Indépendents to appraise new courthouse property
City leaders and the province agreed on independent appraisals of land for a new courthouse on First Street. The province offered 385 000 while the city seeks about 1 million, with talks stressing market value and parking compensation. Appraisals due by Oct. 15 are to guide a possible parkade funding plan.
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Sheila Pratt
First Street
Milt Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Tom Chambers
Ald
Ken Sauer
Ron Clement
Dick Pearce
Murder charges in boat tragedy that killed Haitian migrants
In West Palm Beach two men face six counts of first degree murder after Haitian refugees were forced from a smuggling boat into deep water. Survivors describe the captain ordering overboard and firing warning shots as victims including a mother and five children drowned near Lantana Beach.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
United States
Marie Ange Toussaint
James Knowles
Tarpon Bay
Bahamas
Jeffrey Robert Hastings
Hypoluxo
Fla
Knowles
Hastings
Kurt Halbin
South Palm Beach
John Ferguson
Delray Beach
U.S
Freeport
Haiti
Lantana Beach
West Palm Beach
Disastrous Admiral Cup Yachting Race Hits Storm
In Plymouth England during the Admirals Cup race a storm in the Irish Sea left 19 sailors missing. The Royal Navy led a large rescue as two bodies were recovered and a deceased yachtsman was identified as part of the Isle of Man entry Magic. Canadian boats Evergreen Pachina and Magistri are not yet listed in casualty reports.
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Plymouth
England
AFP
Irish Coast Guard
Royal Navy
Isle of Man
Evergreen
Pachina
Magistri
Redcliff council rejects amalgamation petition
Redcliff council rejected a petition seeking amalgamation with Medicine Hat citing noncompliance with the Municipal Government Act. Municipal secretary Bill Beach said the 760 names lacked legal property descriptions and organizer representation documents, with three issues in one petition. Mayor John Van Dam noted unanimous council rejection and said the secretary’s recommendations guided the decision.
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Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Bill Beach
Beach
John van Dam
van Dam
John Pearson
Pearson
Hundreds evacuated as Calgary gas line ruptures
Calgary police and fire crews evacuated a six block area in downtown Calgary after a high pressure gas line ruptured at a construction site on 8th St between 6th and 7th Ave. Gas spewed from the pipe. boilers were shut, lights doused and traffic blocked. No injuries reported.
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Calgary
8Th St
6Th
7Th Avenues
S.W
Plans venting of reactor radiation at Three Mile Island fall
General Public Utilities says safe radiation levels will be vented from the damaged Three Mile Island containment building during a 30 day period as part of a 400 million recovery project. The company notes advance notices will be given and the dose will stay far below federal limits.
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Hershey, Pa
Three Mile Island
General Public Utilities
Robert Arnold
Arnold
Weapons cache found at Archambault penitentiary in Quebec
Canadian Penitentiary Service confirms a weapons cache including dynamite was found in the Archambault Institute's main cellblock north of Montreal. The find follows the escape of armed robber Michel Lafleur who vanished after seizing a van and riding toward Laurier Station.
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Quebec
Montreal
Canadian Penitentiary Service
Archambault Institute
Here
Penitentiary Service
Michel Lafleur
Archambault
Quebec City
Lafleur
Laurier Station
Laval Institute
Rains hamper rescuers in Indian dam disaster
Monsoon rains hinder relief as death toll estimates for the Machu River dam collapse in Morvi Gujarat range from 10 000 to 25 000. Flights and buses with aid face delays amid washed out roads while rescue efforts continue.
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New Delhi
Machu River
Hindustan Times
Morvi
Lilapur
Adepar
Gujarat
United News of India
Morin
Belluno
Italy
Bombay
Harjivanbhai Patel
Roof collapse at Rosemont Horizon kills five workers
Five workmen died when the partially built all wooden roof of the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont Illinois collapsed. Witnesses reported vibrations from a low flying plane overhead as construction crews worked on the roof. Fifteen workers were injured and investigators consider wind or aircraft turbulence among potential factors.
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Rosemont, Ill
Rosemont Horizon Arena
O'Hare International Airport
Eric Mees
Mees
O'Hare
Fred Schroeder
Anthony Rossi
Rosemont
Donald Stephens
Stephens
Arturo Reyes
Douglas Wilson
John Geib
Martin Wilkenson
Chester Phillips
Chicago
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Redcliff Council
Peter Robb
Rose Bertrand
Place Concorde
Sundial Apartments
Executive Place
Pentland Place
O'Neil Towers
Frank Webber
Bechtel Power Corp
Hanford
Wash
Utility
Herman Dieckamp
Donald Yeomans
Federal Commissioner of Corrections
Neal Callahan
Federal Aviation Administration
James Pinkston
Kemper Sports Arena
Kansas City
Hartford Civic Centre
Connecticut
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