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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1985
Page
1
Rioting Spreads Near Durban as Police Engage Youths
In Johannesburg area near Durban police fought street battles with black youths amid months of rioting against apartheid. State radio praised U S President Reagan for saying Pretoria s state of emergency aims to curb violence and claimed the United States is a dependable ally. Winnie Mandela has gone into hiding after a police raid left her Orange Free State home in ruins, according to her lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Durban
U.S
Ronald Reagan
Pretoria
South Africa
Reagan
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Orange Free State
Teen dies on tracks in New Westminster incident
Aaron Furssedon a 15 year old from Surrey was killed when struck by an advanced light rapid transit train after he and a companion trespassed on elevated tracks. A second teen was uninjured as police noted the youths climbed the guide way undetected. The train was on a test run and Furssedon was hurled into an electrical substation. The ALRT linking New Westminster and Vancouver plans a 1986 public opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Westminster
B.C
Aaron Harold Furssedon
Surrey
ALRT
Fursseden
Vancouver
Petro-Canada Eyes Gulf Canada Assets Expansion
Ottawa sources say Petro-Canada may acquire Gulf Canada's refinery operations and 2,500 service stations while seeking Western gas stations and frontier assets. The Reichmann family and Chevron sold Gulf Canada to a controlling stake, with Petro-Canada aiming to bolster energy self-reliance and expand presence in the West and offshore Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Whittington
Eutham News
Ottawa
Petro-Canada
Canada
Gulf Canada
U.S
Reichmann
Toronto
Chevron Corp
Reichmanns
Gulf
Chevron
Bill Hopper
Frontier
Hibernia
Newfoundland
Beaufort Sea
Arctic
Inde
Kremlin backs Canada Arctic claim amid polar sea voyage
Edmonton dispatch reports Mel Hurtig, leader of the Council of Canadians, allied with the Soviet Union to protest the US Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Sea crossing the Northwest Passage without permission. A Soviet embassy spokesman in Ottawa supports Canada's Arctic sovereignty claim. The Soviet Union also lays claim to the Northeast Passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Mel Hurtig
Soviet Union
United States Coast Guard
Polar Sea
Northwest Passage
Hurtig
Council of Canadians
Ottawa
Canada
Evgeni Pozdnyakov
Toronto Globe and Mail
Pozdnyakov
State Department
Globe and Mail
Julia Moore
Department
Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs
U.S
Arctic
Thule
Greenland
Jim Shultz
Canadian Forces
Point Barrow
Alaska
Ball talks on base
A tentative understanding has been reached between MLB owners and players ending the day-old strike, announced by commissioner Peter Ueberroth. No details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter Ueberroth
Ueberroth
Baseball strike cancels nine league games and more
News conference set for New York at 3 p.m. with no comments from either side. Cincinnati Reds vs Padres in Cincinnati was called off. The 13-game Tuesday slate was wiped out and 11 games tonight were in doubt. Toronto Blue Jays vs Orioles was cancelled with another Jays game awaiting news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cincinnati Reds
San Diego Padres
Cincinnati
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
Jays
Ghitter urges strong agriculture push in Alberta leadership race
Ron Ghitter, Julian Koziak and Don Getty rally for an all candidates forum in Lethbridge as Ghitter vows to represent a rural constituency if elected premier. Getty cites drought devastation and calls for aid while Koziak plans a fall policy conference on farming issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta
Calgary
Ron Ghitter
Ghitter
Progressive Conservative Party
Julian Koziak
Don Getty
Peter Lougheed
Edmonton
Getty
BBC World Services silent as 24 hour journalist strike hits
About 120 million listeners worldwide heard music and a recorded notice of a 24 hour strike by BBC journalists. The stoppage, the first in 53 years for World Services, followed protests over government interference and last minute cancellation of a Northern Ireland program at Home Secretary Leon Brittan's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
BBC
Britain
Northern Ireland
Leon Brittan
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Teen
Ann Landers
Corea Keen Ereneesaneenes
Deneve
Graham Kelly Eereerer
Kremlin
Ball
Hopper
Pat Carney
Petro
Texaco Canada
Ultramar Canada
Rockwell International Corporation
Pittsburgh
Hiroshima
Rockwell
Brittan
Margaret Thatcher
Martin McGuinness
Irish Republican Army
IRA
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