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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1985
Page
1
Rebels leave peace talks collapse sparks armed struggle
The Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels suspended talks after the rebels walked out. A rebel spokesman Balasingham said the second round collapsed and vowed to resume guerrilla warfare. India's Salman Haidar said suspension allowed a new autonomy plan to be prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Salman Haidar
India
Foreign Ministry
Sri Lanka
Balasingham
Associated Press
Madras
Jays sign Canadian Winston Brown to Blue Jays system
Toronto announces the signing of Winston Brown 17 from Truro Nova Scotia a left handed batter who played for the Canada Youth team and Nova Scotia at the 1985 Canada Summer Games. He will report to Medicine Hat Blue Jays of the Pioneer League for the 1986 season as the current minor league season ends this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Winston Brown
Truro
N.S
Toronto Blue Jays
Brown
Canada
Nova Scotia
Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Getty King debt deal sparks leadership race chatter
Edmonton CP report says Don Getty picked up Dave King’s 60000 debt when King withdrew from the leadership race. King admits a lease and phone system were exchanged but denies an endorsement. Getty calls the claim insulting and says the deal covered services only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Don Getty
Dave King
Peter Lougheed
Calgary Herald
the Herald
King
Getty
South Africa Church Leaders Rally Meets With Botha
In Pretoria top South African church leaders met President P W Botha to discuss racial unrest that has claimed over 600 lives in riots this year. The talks yielded pessimistic views as leaders said communication barely began amid deep divisions. Reverend Jerry Falwell spoke privately with Botha and returned optimistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
P.W. Botha
Desmond Tutu
Botha
Jerry Falwell
Falwell
Crosbie defends sons in federal work controversy
Justice Minister John Crosbie in Halifax rejected claims his Newfoundland law firms were favored for Federal Business Development Bank contracts. The Globe and Mail reported his aide urged that Crosbie sons Chesley and Michael be among four firms to receive development bank work, amid prior opposition claims of conflict of interest.
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Halifax
John Crosbie
Newfoundland
Crosbie
Federal Business Development Bank
Toronto Globe and Mail
Tive
Brian Derrah
Philip Evershed
Sinclair Stevens
Crosbie Sons
The
Commons
Chesley
Michael
Justice Department
Air Canada strike slows flights in first union action
Flight attendants walk out at 9 59 p m Sunday delaying a New York Toronto flight about 30 minutes and delaying reports at Dorval as they begin a long strike against Air Canada. Management staff and students fill in while union claims safety could be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Air Canada
New York-Toronto
Dorval
Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants’ Association
Toronto
Pearson International
Jean-Jacques Bourgeault
Bombs Rock Beirut in Molten Sectarian Violence
A car bomb exploded in a West Beirut restaurant killing 22 and injuring 77 amid fighting along the Green Line. A separate blast near a Ghobeiri mosque reportedly killed one and wounded five, with police not yet confirming details. Christian militia vows revenge for Saturday's attack that killed 55 and wounded 119 in Antelias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ap-Reuters Beirut
Beirut
Ghobeiri
Christian Voice of Lebanon
Antelias
Rape judgment favors leniency sentence to be lowered
Alberta’s appeal court cuts the maximum for sexual assault not causing bodily harm and lowers the starting point for such cases. The ruling reduces William Kergan’s sentence to 18 months from two and a half years, prompting outrage from women’s groups who say it undermines recent Criminal Code changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Milton Harradence
Alberta Court of Appeal
Harradence
William Douglas Kergan
Lethbridge
Alta
Kergan
Calgary
Jim Ogle
Canada
Davies
Alberta
Jane Karstaedt
Sexua Assault Centre
Ogle
Gwilym Davies
Edmonton Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
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