U.S. Navy shoots down two Libyan fighters
Defense Secretary Weinberger says U S Navy F 14s from the Nimitz shot down two Soviet built Libyan SU 22s after they fired on American aircraft in international waters off Libya. One Libyan pilot parachuted. no U S damage reported. NATO officials meet in Brussels to discuss the incident.
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Washington
Caspar Weinberger
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
Reagan
Los Angeles
Pentagon
Nimitz
Weinberger
U.S
Atlantic Fleet
Navy
Jim Lois
USS
Muammar Khadafy
United States
Libya
Tripoli
Brussels
NATO
City airport fire shortfalls spark crash response alarm
Medicine Hat's city airport lacks adequate equipment and manpower for crash response. Lethbridge's foam‑truck system and three full‑time staff highlight the gap, with authorities noting eight minutes can pass before help arrives if no warning.
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Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Transport Canada
Time Air Freight
Wayne Petersen
Rabin Schlaht
Harry Lowe
Lowe
Bev Bray
Gordon Engler
Bray
Lowes
Time Air
Pat Gibboney
Dwight Jensen
Jensen
Roy Heringer
Public Works Committee
Kent commission calls for tough laws to curb press ownership
The Kent royal commission on newspapers urges unprecedented regulation of ownership and journalism quality after a nine month, 3 million study. It warns concentration threatens free exchange of ideas and targets Thomson Newspapers Ltd for heavy criticism. The report calls divestment to curb power concentration in media.
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Ottawa
Kent Royal Commission On Newspapers
Commission
Tom Kent
Thomson Newspapers Ltd
Thomson
Canada
Globe and Mail
Toronto
Kent
Government studies Kent royal commission on newspapers
An interdepartmental committee and a working group are to study the Kent royal commission report on newspapers and make recommendations to Cabinet. The panel urged limits on concentration, tax incentives for better journalism, forced sales, and a press rights panel to enforce new laws. The commission members warn freedom requires legal safeguards against powerful minorities.
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Kent Royal Commission
James Fleming
Thomson
Ottawa Journal
Southam Inc
Winnipeg Tribune
Kent
Winnipeg Free Press
Borden Spears
Laurent Picard
CBC
Medicine Hat News rated above average in Royal Commission study
The Royal Commission on Newspapers ranked The Medicine Hat News in the above average category for editorial spending, placing near the top among 82 daily papers. The report praised Southam Inc. for investing in journalism, while noting the Ottawa Citizen was an exception within the Southam chain.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission On Newspapers
Medicine Hat News
News
Quebec
Chicoutimi
Sarnia Observer
Calgary Herald
Edmonton Journal
Red Deer Advocate
Commission
Southam Inc
The
Kent
Southam
Ottawa Citizen
Citizen
Andrew Snaddon
Province urged to declare historic home a resource
The Medicine Hat and District Historical Society urges the province to preserve the Ewart-Duggan residence on First Street S.E. as a provincial historic resource while city officials show reluctance. The item appears in the May issue.
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Ewart-Duggan
First Street
S.E
Medicine Hat and District Historical Society
Casual workers spark CUPW anger over post office hires
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers in Medicine Hat protests casual hires after a 42 day strike backlog. Union leaders allege contractual limits on overtime are violated as Calgary Edmonton and Medicine Hat post offices employ casual staff to clear mail. Officials defend the move as fastest backlog relief.
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News City
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Edmonton
CUPW
Mona Sykes
Post Office
Pat Dixon
Schaufele
Eberhardt
Alberta
Jim Hall
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Ken Sauer
Kent Commission
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Canadian International Development Agency
Mark Mac Guigan
Bridge Sre
John Walker
Keith Spicer
Allan Coyle
Henry Schaufele
Gary Eberhardt
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