24 Aug 1989
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1989
Page
1
Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred for life for betting on his team and related actions. Commissioner Bartlett Giamatti ruled there is no reinstatement deal, while Rose denied betting on baseball and admitted bets on others.
Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki was elected Poland's first non Communist prime minister by 378 to 4, a historic move to lift the nation from economic ruin. Lech Walesa hailed the selection, pledging support and urging the new leader to pass the test before society.
A Soviet freighter discharged 15 containers of Canadian PCB waste on a federal dock in Baie-Comeau despite a Quebec court injunction. The temporary order barred unloading until a hearing, while 1,500 protesters gathered nearby. The shipment, salvaged from a warehouse fire, has circulated Atlantic routes amid opposition from activists and Hydro Quebec.
Alberta set to vote October 16 in a historic Senate election amid mixed interest. Premier Getty and cabinet ministers pushed the plan, with Prime Minister Mulroney reserving final say and urging five nominees from each region. Voter engagement appears low, and costs reach 2.5 million dollars alongside municipal ballots. Public debate centers on Triple E Senate reform and constitutional implications.
Bombings hit the Liberal and Conservative party offices in Medellin injuring at least one person and damaging homes of former finance minister Edgard Gutierrez and Senator Ignacio Velez Escobar. The Extraditables group claimed total war on the government as U S authorities announce a 2 million program to aid threatened Colombian judges.
The Khudozhnik Pakhomov departed Liverpool for Canada after Dynamis Envirotech failed to secure an injunction to stop unloading PCB contaminated waste. The ship had been impounded by British marshals over a prior Aug. 16 incident involving another Ango-Soviet vessel.
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