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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1980
Page
1
Beach possessed a class five or ordinary operator licence but the bus was privately owned and not used to haul passengers for a fee, limiting regulatory requirements.
Medicine Hat city police hold two men in connection with a Thursday beating death in Riverside Park. Chief Crown prosecutor Darwin Greaves says both will be charged with second degree murder and appear before a justice of the peace this afternoon. Remand for three days set until bail hearing at Court of Queen's Bench. The unidentified man died at Medicine Hat District Hospital around 11 p.m. Thursday. Police withheld the victim's name pending kin notification. Suspects not named until they appear in court.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck mountainous areas in Guatemala Belize and Honduras without immediate casualty reports. In Honduras Puerto Cortes residents fled homes as tremors toppled several structures while Belize City reported felt shaking with no damages. Mexico Guatemala and Belize authorities coordinate assessments with USGS locating the quake about 150 km south of Belize City.
Hurricane Allen, blamed for at least 87 deaths in the Caribbean, spawned tornadoes near Brownsville Texas ahead of its expected landfall. Police report about 10 homes destroyed and a bakery heavily damaged in pre-dawn hours, with no injuries confirmed. The Weather Service attributes damage to a tornado rather than wind gusts.
An Associated Press survey finds 95 percent of Carter delegates in New York intend to back his renomination even if released on first ballot. The poll shows Carter holding a firm majority on convention rules driving delegates to follow state primary results. Kennedy campaigns to sway delegates toward an open convention as Carter risks losing only if he fails the rules fight. The survey aligns with Kennedy efforts and underscores Carter’s strong delegate loyalty ahead of the convention.
In Bassano, Alberta, six people are dead after an apparent family murder suicide linked to the Levens household. Police found Philomena Levens 35 and her children Tim 15 Liz 10 shot, then Irvin Levens earlier in a neighbor's motor home. Pastor Reg Tomlinson 60 and his wife Grace 56 were later found shot at their home two blocks away. Investigators believe the deaths are connected and no suspects are being sought.
Edmonton budgets for 13 Preventive Social Services projects were sanctioned after a week of dispute with the province over salary increases. The province agreed to cover 80 percent of funds, ending a threatened cut to advance funding that had totaled 1,000,000 across the affected programs.
The Federal Trade Commission accuses General Motors of knowingly withholding defect information from buyers from 1975 to 1980. Defects involve transmissions camshafts and diesel fuel pumps with potential repairs costing up to 50 million dollars. GM contesting the charges as hearings loom.
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