Astronauts Prepare for Space Walk on Challenger Maiden Flight
In Cape Canaveral NASA plans a dress rehearsal for Thursday's space walk as astronauts Musgrave and Peterson test suits and airlock procedures. Engineers report brief loss and regain of satellite control but expect to salvage it with thruster firings over about a week to correct its orbit above 36 000 kilometers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Challenger
Teach
Tiger
April Stevens
Mission Control
Houston
Mary Cleave
Randy Stone
NASA
Robert Aller
Aller
Musgrave
Peterson
Teen’s food theft plan leads to fine at Milano Express
A 17 year old from 1060 Ross St S E attempted to steal two meals valued at 17.75 from Milano Express Pizza at 803 Kingsway SE. The plan failed and the youth, identified as Bertoni, was fined 250 dollars after an employee recognized his voice during police questioning.
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Milano Express Pizza
Kingsway S.E
David Bertoni
Ross St. S.E
Bertoni
Skyride terror traps Hat family in wind gusts at Disneyland
Malcolm Curtis reports a Medicine Hat family of six spent two hours in two gondolas suspended 12 metres above ground as a wind storm dislodged a Skyway cable. The Winkelaars, among Canadian visitors, were rescued by Anaheim firefighters with no injuries reported.
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Jane Winkelaar
Phil Winkelaar
Medicine Hat
Anaheim
Calif
Jane
Garrett
Disneyland
Philip Winkelaar
Linda
Garrett Winkelaar
Susan
Heather
Winkelaars
Submarine Lagoon
Leave housing alone, government urged in Alberta
Alberta HUDAC officials urge the province to withdraw from the housing market arguing private industry should lead. Reg Copithorne cites lower government involvement could stabilize housing, while Gary Proctor notes mild weather fuels early starts but warns of a manufactured market and job market weakness.
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Alberta
Reg Copithorne
Housing and Urban Development Association of Canada
HUDAC
Medicine Hat
Gary Proctor
Proctor
South Ridge
Fraser joins PC scramble amid leadership bid
The Progressive Conservative race gains Neil Fraser as a candidate in Kingston Ontario. Reports say Premier Bill Davis plans to bow out and back other contenders, while a panel to review delegate selection is discussed and Halifax delegates are chosen quietly.
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Progressive Conservative Party
Ontario
Bill Davis
Neil Fraser
Revenue Department
Kingston
Ont
Davis
Janet
Mulroney
Halifax
France expels 47 Soviet diplomats as Western warning
Paris ousts 47 Soviet diplomats and officials in a swift action tied to espionage and military secrets. The move follows expulsions from Spain and Britain and signals a Western warning to Soviet leaders about meddling in Europe.
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James Ferrabee
Southam
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
France
Soviet Union
Spain
Britain
French
Interior Ministry
France Soir
Andropov
Gromyko
Enve
Moscow
Europe
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