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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1985
Page
1
Furniture seized at federal facility in Edmonton
Sheriff's officers seized ten items of furniture from the Grierson Centre in Edmonton after the National Parole Board failed to pay court costs awarded to prisoner Randy Richards. The Federal Court ordered the seizure on July 19 following Richards successful bid for day parole which was granted in July 1984 and revoked in October 1984.
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Edmonton
National Parole Board
Federal Court of Canada
Grierson Centre
Randy Richards
Richards
Parole Board
Launch Delayed by Thunderstorm at Cape Canaveral
A fast-developing thunderstorm nine minutes before scheduled liftoff postponed NASA Space Shuttle Discovery’s mission. Astronauts will attempt the launch again Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Shuttle
Discovery
NASA
Apartheid Protests Grow as Boesak Calls March
Nelson Mandela prisoner amid anti apartheid tensions. Desmond Tutu helped release nearly 900 black schoolchildren while police report hundreds detained in Soweto and Cape Province clashes. Allan Boesak’s whereabouts remain unclear after a Friday crackdown on dissidents and a planned mass protest next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance of Reformed Churches
Pollsmoor
Nelson Mandela
Boesak
Mandela
Johannesburg
South Africa
Antiapartheid
Cape Province
Ap-Reuters
Desmond Tutu
Soweto
Allan Boesak
United Democratic Front
Typhoon Nel son Hits Fujian Province in China
Typhoon Nel son struck southeast China's Fujian province late Friday night with winds up to 165 kmh. It cut communications in 11 counties and Pu tian City, damaged homes and crops, and led to power and water outages. Local official Lin Kun said rain totals reached 25 cm in Zhelong County and emergency relief coordination was activated.
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Peking
China
Fujian
Jiangtian
Lin Kun
Fujian People’s Government
Associated Press
Fuzhou
Lin
Zhelong
Pingtan Island
Fuqing
Fuan
Alberta Tory leaders dodge women’s group panel
Alberta's largest women’s group condemns Don Getty and Julian Koziak for skipping a panel at the October convention. Only Ron Ghitter agrees to speak, while candidates cite timing and party forums as reasons. Observers note dirty tricks allegations fueling voter cynicism amid leadership race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Don Getty
Julian Koziak
Ron Ghitter
Advisory Council On
Koziak Koziak
Jack Kane
Kane
Getty
Conservative Party
Tory
Amanda LeRougetel
Status of Women Action Committee
Sylvia McKinlay
Action Committee
Ghitter
Ian Seth
Calgary
Roger Gibbons
Koziak and
Gibbons
Clark snips PMs South Africa sanctions push
Canadian External Affairs Minister Joe Clark backed away from immediate sanctions on South Africa. He favored pressuring Pretoria through economic channels and private diplomacy, seeking a timetable to dismantle apartheid and Mandela's release.
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John Ferguson
Southam
Vancouver
Joe Clark
Brian Mulroney
South Africa
Mulroney
Pieter Botha
Clark
Canada
Botha
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
Edward Lee
Massey Ferguson
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