09 Apr 1981
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1981
Page
1
Conservative and NDP spokesmen press the government for relief from high rates amid the policy of following weekly U S rates. McEachen calls inflation the key issue and resists new subsidies or bank rate crack downs despite homeowners being hit hard.
In Improvement District No. 1 voters defeated the bid for autonomous local government by 518 to 295. turnout about 40 percent. ID manager Perschon and deputy minister Grover commented on implications and future options.
Seven Persons Historical Society prevailed when the Southeast Alberta RPC denied reapproval of a subdivision selling the cemetery’s northerly acre to Lloyd Busse. The dispute centered on graves, cemetery size, and land use, with debate over proper procedure and potential appeal.
President Reagan will be restricted to a few hours of work daily on returning to the White House, now expected between Friday and Monday. Doctors say the left lung remains pristine with only minimal damage seen on x rays, and hospital spokesman Dr. Dennis O'Leary notes no infection and ongoing two antibiotics.
The book The Canadian Caper suggests Ken Taylor, former Canadian ambassador to Iran, may have secretly aided the U.S. CIA by gathering and relaying sensitive information in Tehran during the 1979–1980 hostage crisis. Co-authors Pelletier and Adams cite sources in Washington and Ottawa noting an informal arrangement to obtain information on embassy security and hostage developments.
Gen Omar Bradley the GI's General and last five star general died at 88 after a heart attack at the 21 Club in New York. A Missouri native, he commanded U S invasion forces on D Day and later served as the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Barry Goldwater pilots an F-18A at Patuxent River praising it as fabulous and fast. He warns of mounting costs in the US program, joins critics like Howard Metzenbaum, and notes Canada has ordered Hornets. Congress debates cuts amid technical issues and ongoing reviews.
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