Alberta grain cars challenge federal power
A few railway cars diverted from a Vancouver bound freight onto sidings threaten grain shipping rules in the West. Alberta government faces court action over control of Alberta cars, with the GTA and wheat board at odds over authority. Economic Consulting Ltd. to hold a news conference on rapeseed implications.
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Commonwealth Microfilm Library
Ave. S.W
Alberta
Federal Power
Winnipeg
CN Rail
Canadian Wheat Board
Canadian Grain Commission
Railways
Econ Consulting Ltd
Wheat Board
GTA
Robert Ward
Alberta Terminals Ltd
Doug Radke
Hugh Horner
End of Soyuz-81 Warsaw Pact maneuvers in Poland
East Berlin dispatch says the three week joint exercises code named Soyuz-81 concluded with forces returning to bases. Western observers saw the drill as a show of readiness for possible intervention in Poland amid internal crises. Brezhnev urged the Polish party to handle its problems, while Husak linked Poland to past uprisings as a warning against liberal movements.
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East Berlin
Reuter
Poland
ADN
Tass
CTK
Leonid Brezhnev
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Prague
Polish Communist Party
Brezhnev
Communist Party Congress
Gustav Husak
Independent Labor Movement
Huszak
Trudeau Admits Spy Files Missing From Archives
Prime Minister Trudeau told the Commons key documents on Soviet espionage in Canada in the 1940s are missing from the National Archives. The missing items include diaries of Mackenzie King and records from the 1946 Taschereau royal commission into Gouzenko’s defection.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Canada
National Archives
the Commons
Igor Gouzenko
Allan Lawrence
Joe Clark
Taschereau
Gouzenko
Mackenzie King
Lawrence
King
Privy Council Office
Gouzenke
Contaminant Delay Hits Shuttle Columbia Countdown
At Cape Canaveral the countdown to Columbia faces a new snag as fuel cell lines hold contaminants requiring a gas rinse lasting 10 to 11 hours. Earlier delays included a leaky valve and an electrical short, with four hours lost and crews working through a rest period to keep the Friday launch on track.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
Columbia
Horsman warns Medicine Hat courthouse may be built outside downtown
Advanced Education minister Jim Horsman says Medicine Hat could place the new courthouse beside the provincial building outside the downtown core if the city council does not approve. He blames post election shifts for scrapping a land agreement and delaying the project.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Provincial
Horsman urges downtown courthouse location in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat MLA Jim Horsman recommends reviving a 1980 agreement to place the new provincial courthouse east of the Court of Queen’s Bench on First Street S.E. The city council favors downtown relocation, arguing land, parking, and future city hall plans. The dispute draws mixed reactions from business leaders and the bar association while Horsman also pushes for cost matching and regional projects.
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Medicine Hat
Horsman
Jim Horsman
Court of Queen’s Bench
First Street
S.E
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Chamber of Commerce
Dave Oliphant
Oliphant
Wilton Thorsteinson
Medicine Hat Bar Association
Thorsteinson
Reinhardt
Reagan Fevers On As Doctors Watch For Infection
President Reagan remains feverish and on antibiotics as he convalesces at George Washington University Hospital. He will be represented by Nancy Reagan and Vice President Bush at a Republican fundraising dinner at the Washington Hilton, where tight security surrounds the event.
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Washington
Reagan
George Bush
Washington Hilton
House of Representatives
Senate
White House
Nancy
Bush
Barbara
Maureen
George Washington University Hospital
James A. Baker III
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