02 Aug 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1985
Page
1
A Page A5 feature traces lingering Hoffa case leads while profiling two sisters as they pursue growing careers. The story blends unresolved mysteries with personal ambitions, highlighting ongoing investigative angles and family narratives.
A brief weather note indicates scattered showers with a 30 percent chance of precipitation on Saturday. The high is 28 and the low 14. Map on page B4.
Medicine Hat player Crystal Fried falls to Cindy Baxter 15-9 15-6 in the London semifinal. Baxter, a 30 year old American, used the back court to counter Fried after Fried had won four matches. Canadian Harripersad and Dupuy reach finals, Dupuy set to face Baxter after Mary Dee forfeited with a back injury.
Prime Minister Mulroney names Paul Tellier 46 as clerk of the privy council the top civil service post. Stanley Hartt 47 is appointed deputy minister of finance replacing Marshall Cohen on leave as Ottawa eyes economic policy leadership. Hartt is new to the public service while Tellier is an experienced former deputy minister in several portfolios.
Olympia and York Developments will acquire 49.9 percent of Gulf Canada stock from Chevron for 2.3 billion dollars and hold an option to reach 60 percent. Gulf Canada ranks fourth in Canada by revenue with refining and marketing networks, Western oil, and stakes in Beaufort Sea and Hibernia. A prior takeover attempt failed two weeks ago. Petro-Canada may bid for Gulf assets.
A leading anti apartheid group denounces the death of a black activist lawyer as a cold calculated assassination blamed on South Africa's white minority government. Australia recalls its ambassador in protest joining Western moves, while the United States and the 10 Common Market countries pull envoys. Canada imposes tech export bans and halts official visits, signaling mounting international pressure.
Canada faces criticism from University of Toronto law expert Gerald Morris after not protesting the U S icebreaker Polar Sea's Arctic voyage through disputed waters. He warns Canada risks losing sovereignty and setting a precedent for future passages.
William Fleming 52 of West Vancouver pleaded guilty in Walkerton Ontario to attempting to enlist the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association chief to poison cattle with anthrax and foot-and-mouth bacteria. He planned to place bacteria on salt licks in Ireland Denmark and other European countries to trigger a quarantine affecting imports.
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