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01 Aug 1984
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Medicine Hat News in Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1984
Page
1
Hat cabbies show unity in solemn funeral gathering
About 50 Medicine Hat taxi drivers attended a 1 00 p m funeral service at Grace Lutheran Church to honor Ken Spoonheim a driver slain in a Sunday stabbing. The city lacked taxi service for about two hours during the massed show of solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Ken Spoonheim
Grace Lutheran Church
Israeli foes reach pact on unity government talks
Labor Party leader Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir held four hours of talks in Jerusalem on forming a bipartisan national unity government and agreed to meet again Thursday. They said they would explore the possibility of a unity government with further clarification focusing on social and economic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Shamir
Yossi Ahimeir
Shamir
Ahimeir
Oilers agent charged with theft fraud forged documents
RCMP charged Peter Spencer 37, agent for six NHL players, with two counts of fraud two counts of theft and two counts of uttering a forged document. The accusations involve clients Kevin Lowe and Dave Semenko of the Edmonton Oilers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary (Cp
Peter Spencer
Kevin Lowe
Dave Semenko
Edmonton Oilers
RCMP
Spencer
Sgt
Bob Kells
Edmonton Rcmp
Two hostages freed from Air France hijack at Tehran airport
IRNA reports three Arabic speaking hijackers released ailing mother and daughter at Mehrabad airport after landing in Tehran from an Air France jet hijacked over Switzerland. Iran escorted the Boeing 737 with fighter planes, crew and passengers total 63. No motive confirmed.
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Ap-Reuters-Afp
Tehran
Air France
IRNA
Mehrabad
Switzerland
Iran
Agence France-Presse
Guardians of Islam
France
Shapur Bakhtiar
Paris
Cyprus
Deneal Egea
Tabriz
Turner recalls Davey to duty
John Turner rehired veteran organizer Keith Davey to serve in Liberal election leadership. Davey, known as the Rainmaker, rejoined ahead of Turner's Vancouver Quadra nomination win by acclamation, after being dumped earlier during the Trudeau era. The move signals a boost to a campaign seen as disorganized by supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferguson
Southam News
Prince Rupert
B.C
John Turner
Keith Davey
Davey
Rainmaker
Trudeau
Turner
Vancouver Quadra
Pierre Trudeau
Axworthy May Seek Grain Price Rollback Amid Drought
Wheat Board Minister Lloyd Axworthy urged Canada’s cabinet to cancel planned price cuts of five to twenty dollars per tonne for wheat oats and barley to help western farmers hit by the worst drought in years. He spoke after meeting farm leaders and warned the drought would depress farm income even as costs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axworthy
Erain Woedy
Clyde Graham
Winnipeg
Wheat Board
Lloyd Axworthy
Canadian Wheat Board
Prairies
Federal
Wallace Fraser
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Fraser
Cabinet
Mortgage aid extended in Alberta housing program
Alberta Housing Minister Larry Shaben announced a one month extension of the mortgage interest reduction program. Eligible homeowners paying more than 35 percent of gross income and over 12.5 percent interest can apply, with rebates based on current income and the amount needed to reach 35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheri Murphy
the News
Alberta Housing
Larry Shaben
Shaben
Bill Dunaway
Dunaway
North Alberta water transfer eyed to ease drought in south
Farmers in southern Alberta back diverting northern river water to relieve drought. Growers Casey Aasman and Gordon Lait support the plan noting potential gains for wheat and barley while MLA Ray Speaker warns the government must act. Uniform vice-president Gordon Blanchard sees regional benefits if costs are manageable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Strickland
Alberta
Casey Aasman
St. Mary River
Aasman
Ray Speaker
Speaker
Gordon Lait
Whitla
Gordon Blanchard
Uniform
Blanchard
Saskatchewan
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