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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1984
Page
1
Priestley, Noted British Writer, Dies at 89
J B Priestley died at his Stratford on Avon home after a brief illness. He was 89 and known for more than 100 works spanning novels, plays, and criticism. His BBC radio broadcasts during World War II raised his public profile alongside Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priestley
Stratford-on- Avon
England
William Heine- Priestleymann Ltd
Heinemann
BBC
Winston Churchill
University of Regina enrollment exceeds capacity figure
Regina CP report says 4,047 full time students enrolled in 17 weeks this year, up from 4,113 in 1983, indicating 50 percent more students than the facility was designed to hold according to university president Lloyd Barber.
Turner Rejects Nuclear Freeze Policy for Canada
Prime Minister Turner rejects a general nuclear weapons production freeze while urging NATO allies to pursue arms controls. He warns a freeze could undermine NATO credibility and says Canada cannot go it alone. The leaders will host a national debate on women’s issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Canada
Ottawa
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Soviet Union denounces Reagan joke as hostile to U S S R
Moscow dispatch reports the Soviet Union issued a formal statement via TASS condemning President Reagan's radio joke about bombing Russia as unprecedentedly hostile. The reply criticizes U S policy and warns leaders to act with responsibility toward peace and mankind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Reagan
Russia
U.S.S.R
LAPD Officer Faces Bomb Hoax Charge After Olympic Scare
Officer Jimmy Pearson once cited by President Ford for heroism and credited with saving lives is jailed on charges of possessing an explosive device after a pipe bomb was found on a Turkish Olympic team bus in Los Angeles. Police say he feared he would be seen as a hero by superiors and staged the hoax to gain attention. About 6000 people were evacuated from three terminals as authorities investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reagan
Yuri Zhukov
Communist Party
Pravda
Genrikh Borovik
Zhukov
Washington
United States Administration
Los Angeles
Jimmy Pearson
Olympic Village
Pearson
Davyl Gates
Gates
Alberta eyes irrigation as backbone amid Heritage Fund cuts
Transport Minister Marvin Moore says irrigation and water management will survive funding cuts to Alberta's Heritage Savings Trust Fund. He notes over 300 million spent on dams and river projects since 1976, with Dickson Dam near Red Deer and 11 other Red Deer River sites offering potential expansion. He warns a basin diversion program would cost far more than highway trenching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Marvin Moore
Capital Projects
Moore
Heritage Fund
Dickson
Red Deer
Red Deer River
Capital Projects Division
Two Day Hearing Set in Hansford Murder Case
A two day preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 1 over a first degree murder charge against Edward Allan Hansford 21 in the death of city cabbie Ken Spoonheim 57. Hansford appeared in Medicine Hat provincial court and was remanded to the Calgary Remand Centre. Spoonheim died from knife wounds after an attack in his cab on July 29 in Medicine Hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Allan Hansford
Ken Spoonheim
Hansford
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Spoonheim
Debate on women's issues tests Canadian leadership
Ottawa faces a historic TV showdown as three party leaders discuss women’s issues. Analysts doubt the debate will shift the election, noting parties remain cautious and nonpartisan on gender topics, with leaders’ remarks likely reflecting broad consensus rather than new policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Ferry
Southam
Ottawa
National Party
Women’s Movement
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John R. Walker
Sean Surers
Renee Dba
Toronto
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
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Ed Broadbent
Saint John
N.B
Gallup
Liberal Party
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Transport
Lloyd Axworthy
Jim Coutts
Pierre Trudeau
Spadina
Jean Chretien
Conservative
New Democrats
Mulroney
Frank Savoiardo
Savoiardo
Reagan Park
FORD
Touts Irrigation
Peace River
Sweden
John Turner
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