Weather Outlook Clear With Cool Highs Near 17
The forecast calls for clearing skies with a 30 percent chance of precipitation on Friday. Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 17 and a low of 8 degrees. Page A16 map reference.
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1985
Page
1
Singer Tommy Common shot in pickup outside ex‑girlfriend home
Calgary police say singer Tommy Common was found dead in a pickup with a pistol at his side outside a former girlfriend's home. Insp. Errol Indergard noted no foul play. death ruled unclear by action. Common, 51, rose on midcentury Canadian TV and worked for the Liberal party. He faced a June 3 break in at the woman’s residence where he had lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Tommy Common
Errol Indergard
Common
Federal
Liberal Party
Alberta farmers weigh drought aid shortfall and relief plan
Alberta farm leaders question federal drought relief as Agriculture Minister John Wise discusses a 48 million dollar aid package with 30 million going to livestock in the province. They say more funds are needed, potentially 100 million, to prevent hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
John Wise
Stan Bell
Uniform
Gallup poll shows Tory support sliding in July
Gallup reports Progressive Conservatives at 40 percent of decided voters in July down from 60 percent last October. Liberal support holds at 33 percent, NDP rises to 26 percent the party's highest since 1982. Poll notes regional shifts and a national sample of 1,039 voters with a four point margin of error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Progressive Conservative
New Democratic Party
Gallup
Tories
Michael Wilson
NDP
Ontario
Canada recalls ambassador over talks with South Africa
Foreign Minister Joe Clark in Ottawa announces recall of Edward Lee, Canada's ambassador to South Africa, to protest Pretoria's refusal to meet with black leaders including Desmond Tutu. Clark pledges further measures if apartheid does not progress with concrete steps. In Durban, attackers strike at a mixed-race Labor party leader's home, killing a friend and wounding three sons, as Nelson Mandela requests a visit from President Botha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Clark
Ottawa
Edward Lee
Canada
South Africa
Clark
P. W. Botha
Tutu
Australia
France
Durban
Cape Town
Labor Party
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Pollsmoor
Stanley Fisher
Botha
Tail failure suspected in JAL jumbo crash in Japan
Japan Transport Ministry orders tail section inspections on all 747s operated by Japanese carriers after evidence points to structural damage in the tail causing the fatal crash of a Japan Airlines jetliner. Three tail fragments found near Saga Mi Bay support the theory as investigators search Mount Osutaka for victims and four survivors are confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Transport Ministry
Japan Air Lines
Sagami Bay
All Nippon Airways
Japan Asian Airways
JAL
Nippon Cargo Airlines
Osudaka
Redcliff and Medicine Hat eye annexation decision in October
Redcliff and Medicine Hat set October as the target month to decide on annexing Redcliff. A steering committee and city administrators will conduct a full cost-benefit analysis, gather data on debt, land stock, and provincial grants, and prepare a complete report by Sept. 18 with a mid October decision expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Strickland
the News
Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Kaye Osgood
Sgood
Osgood
Grimm
Bill Beach
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Casey Annett
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