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24 Aug 1984
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1984
Page
1
Police radar gun stolen from patrol car
A city police constable reported a radar detector was stolen from his cruiser on Red Deer Drive S.W. after a windshield smash at about 3 a.m. The gun, one of five owned by the force, is valued at $3,500. Investigators believe the officer was briefly away at a fast-food outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Deer Drive
S.W
Ron Douglas
Douglas
Bomb Blast Tears Through Johannesburg Government Building
A rush hour explosion, likely a bomb, buckled walls of a seven story government building in downtown Johannesburg. Police cordoned the area and warned of a possible second unexploded device as shops were forced to close. No casualties were confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Britain faces second national longshoremen strike in weeks
Leaders of Britain's 35,000 longshoremen called an immediate national walkout joining the coal miners' action. Officials warn three-quarters of British industry could halt within weeks as the Conservative government cautions of thousands of job losses. Profit margins and steel industry fears complicate the dispute across unions and ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuters UP London
Britain
National Coal Miners
Jim Gilligan
Scottish Docks
The
Transport Union
Steelworkers’ Union
Nicholas Finney
National Association of Port
Tom King
Progres sive Conservatives lead polls sharpen in Sept election
The Canadian Press reports four polls show the Progressive Conservatives broadening a lead toward a majority in the September 4 election. A CROP poll Aug 14 19 gives PCs 49 percent of committed voters, Liberals 32, NDP 18, with Turner vowing to remain Liberal leader. Mulroney pledges tax reform but declines rate details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Conservatives
Liberal
New Democrat
Tories
Liberals
Centre de Recherche Sur L’opinion Publique
CROP
NDP
Turner
Mulroney
Regina
Ed Broadbent
Gerry Caplan
Toronto Star
Sikhs seize India plane hijacking ends with release
A hijacked Indian jetliner carrying 93 people departed Lahore after Sikh militants seized it and threatened harm. The plane later landed in Karachi for refueling with passengers reportedly released hours later, though Pakistani and APP conflicting reports followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
Pakistan
India
Karachi
Arabian Sea
United States
Bahrain
Indian Civil Aviation Ministry
New Delhi
Mohammad Sharif
APP
Associated Press of Pakistan
Packers close to contract Brooks plant unaffected
Canada Packers Inc and its unionized workers near a tentative deal after a strike started July 30. Lakeside Packers remains unaffected for now with non union staff running the plant and 6,000 cattle slaughtered weekly. Ratification by 3,700 workers at 10 plants across Canada pending next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Curtis
Canada Packers Inc
Brooks Lakeside Packers
al Rogerson
Canada Packers
Canada
Rogerson
Lakeside
Burns Meat Ltd
Drunken doctors urged to test in hospitals panel says
A CMA panel urges police and officials to consider breathalyzers and urine tests in Canadian hospitals to identify impaired physicians. Dr. Saul Cohen cites two cases of harmed patients and notes seven to 14 percent of doctors may become alcoholics with up to 30 percent at risk for narcotics addiction. The self regulated medical system favors treatment over prosecution, though CMA president Alex McPherson supports police involvement for law breakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Munro
Southam
Edmonton
Saul Cohen
Saskatchewan
Alchorism Commission
Cohen
Canadian Medical Association
Sicians
Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons
Canada
U.S
CMA
Alex McPherson
Roy LeRiche
Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons
LeRiche
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Tex
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CBC
Ontario
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B.C
Brian Mulroney
Toronto Globe and Mail
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Brooks
United Food and Commercial Worker's Union
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