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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1985
Page
1
Mount Vernon Workers Claim Lotto Jackpot Split
A group of 21 workers at an offset press plant in Mount Vernon said they won part of the 41 million dollar Lotto prize, pooling 21 dollars to play together. Lottery officials noted multiple winners are possible and full verification will take hours as sales are processed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mount Vernon
Peter Lee
Yonkers
George Hantsche
Kevin Fleming
Fleming
Mount Vernon Group
John Quinn
Rain delays Alberta harvest as July went missing
Farmers report 2.5 centimetres of rain in three days across the district, delaying harvests and bleaching swathed wheat while ranchers welcome the moisture for grass and cattle. Alberta Wheat Pool officials note delayed cutting and warmer weather needed after the wet spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Strickland
Alberta Wheat Pool
Stan Dereniwski
Medicine Hat
Dereniwski
Gordon Lait
Whitla
British plane blaze kills 54 on Greece flight at Manchester
At Manchester airport a British Airtours Boeing 737 on a Greece vacation flight crashed in flames after an engine exploded during takeoff. Fifty four died among 137 aboard with 83 survivors hurt, many from smoke and burns, as passengers fled via emergency chutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Greece
Premiers press for Canada U.S. free trade plan
Alberta premier Peter Lougheed and British Columbia premier Bill Bennett urged Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to start negotiations on a U S free trade accord despite Ontario opposition. They argued such a deal would curb protectionism and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, warning Canada could lose its standard of living without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John’s
Nfld
United States
Ontario
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Bill Ben
British Columbia
Tony
Brian Mulroney
Canada
Lougheed
Central
Bennett
Mulroney
Canada weighs stronger Arctic claim with more troops
External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Ottawa may boost Arctic sovereignty by expanding military presence and possibly building a new 100000 horsepower polar class icebreaker, while ruling out an International Court case and noting the Polar Sea voyage as a catalyst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferguson
Southam
Vancouver
Joe Clark
Clark
International Court
U.S
Polar Sea
Northwest Passage
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior bombing case rocks New Zealand and France
Police say a French captain and a major are charged with murder arson and conspiracy in the Rainbow Warrior bombing. Prime Minister Lange warns of international legal consequences if orders were given by France. Rainbow Warrior raised from harbor bed and placed in dry dock. Pereiras identified, prelim hearing set for November 4.
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Ap-Reuters
Auckland
Greenpeace Environmental Organization
New Zealand
France
Sophie Claire Turenge
Dominique Prieur
Det
Allan Galbraith
General Directorate For External Security
DGSE
Sawyer
David Lange
Lange
Prieur
Greenpeace
French Polynesia
Mururoa Atoll
Tahiti
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Mike Mather
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