Weather Outlook Foreseeable Wednesday Highs Near Twenty Eight
The brief weather note reports few clouds and a twenty percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday. High around 28 degrees and low near 12. Map reference Page B4.
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1985
Page
1
Crash Kills 18YearOld Motorcyclist in City
An 18-year-old city man Gordon Lee Poitras died after his motorcycle struck a median and a traffic sign on Maple Avenue S.E. The single rider was southbound and was transported to Calgary Foothills Hospital where he died at 1 10 p.m. local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Lee Poitras
Maple Avenue
S.E
Allowance Avenue
Calgary Foothills Hospital
Koziak Calls for Changes to Crop Insurance Policy
Alberta Tory candidate Julian Koziak urged refining the Alberta Hail and Crop Insurance Corporation to aid drought struck farmers. He said consecutive crop failures penalize insurable crops and premiums, yield figures, and called for coverage that goes beyond cost recovery. He spoke in Bow Island to Cypress constituency executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tory
Julian Koziak
Alberta Hail and Crop Insurance Corporation
Koziak
Bow Island
Tory Party
Cypress
Canadian premiers form US task force to ease trade frictions
Premiers Bennett, Lougheed, Buchanan and Levesque join a 10- member task force with six US governors to curb trade barriers and boost cross border commerce. Co chair Bennett and Idaho Governor Evans aim for recommendations to Ottawa and Washington by late October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
CPAP
Canada
U.S
Washington
Bill Bennett
British Columbia
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
John Buchanan
Nova Scotia
Rene Levesque
Quebec
Bennett
Idaho
John Evans
Congress
United States
Evans
Ottawa
U.S. National Governors Association
Richard Hatfield
New Brunswick
James Lee
Prince Edward Island
Brian Peckford
Newfoundland
St. John’s
Nld
James Blanchard
Michigan
John Sununu
New Hampshire
Victor Atiyeh
Oregon
Rudy Perpich
Minnesota
James Martin
North Carolina
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Strike Looms As MLB Negotiations Hit Deadline
Major League Baseball players and team owners met as a strike deadline neared. Don Fehr warned of a possible walkout that could halt the season, while Lee MacPhail remained pessimistic. Fehr cited salary arbitration demands and pension concerns as key sticking points. A Kansas City resident threatened a $100 million lawsuit if players strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Shack
Peter Ueberroth
Lee MacPhail
Don Fehr
Players’ Union
Fehr
MacPhail
Kansas City
Major League Players’ Association
Mike Eddins
U.S. District Court
Wind shear blamed for Delta crash despite late warnings
U S investigators said radio and computer warnings reached the Delta TriStar too late to prevent the Friday night crash at Dallas Fort Worth, killing 133. They cited wind shear as the probable cause, noting wind sensors detected dangerous currents minutes after impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Reuter
U.S
Delta Air Lines
Dallas-Ft. Worth
G.H. Patrick Bursley
National Transportation Safety Board
Delta
Edward Connors
Bursley
Hiroshima marks 40th anniversary of nuclear attack
In Hiroshima Japan a minute of silence and peace appeals opened a memorial marking 40 years since the Little Boy blast. Doves rose as 50 000 gathered at Peace Memorial Park while 4 200 names were added to the cenotaph bringing identified victims to 138 700. Prime Minister Nakasone urged U S Soviet nuclear disarmament talks amid a ceremony with international mayors including Vancouver and Ottawa representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiroshima
Japan
Peace Memorial Park
United States
Ground Zero
Little Boy
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Soviet Union
Nakasone
Vancouver
Michael Harcourt
Ottawa
Marion Dewar
Parliament Hill
Brian Mulroney
Anti-nuclear protesters challenge Nakasone policy stance
Survivors recall activists who shouted at a rally criticizing hawkish defense policies of Japan's Liberal Democratic party. Hiroshima Mayor Takeshi Araki warns that today’s hesitation invites tomorrow's destruction as talks stall and superpowers exploit negotiations for advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nakasone
Liberal Democratic Party
Morrow
Hiroshima
Takeshi Araki
Reagan rejects test ban in favor of sustained talks
President Reagan says a permanent U S Soviet nuclear test ban is not ready until Pentagon finishes new weapons work and Soviet compliance is assured. He backs Geneva talks as the route to disarmament and notes Soviet five month moratorium stretching beyond January if the United States mirrors it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Pentagon
U.S
Reagan
Geneva
Mikhail Gorbachev
United States
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