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26 Aug 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1985
Page
1
Balloonists Ditch Balloon During North Atlantic Flight
Three Dutch balloonists attempting a Newfoundland to Western Europe crossing ditched about 1,400 kilometers southwest of the Irish coast. Crew members Henk Brink Evelien Brink and Evert Louwman are unaccounted for. The Flying Dutchman left St. John’s on Sunday aiming for France or the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Europe
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Henk Brink
Evelien
Evert Louwman
Irish
Cody Hoolmans
Schiphol Airport
St. John’s
Nld
France
Netherlands
Samantha Smith among victims in Maine plane crash
Mrs Samantha Smith of Maine said her husband and daughter were killed when a Bar Harbor Airlines Beechcraft 99 turboprop crashed near Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport in rainy conditions.Authorities reported eight dead including one crew and seven passengers as officials worked to identify victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Samantha Smith
Maine
Soviet Union
Yuri Andropov
Bar Harbor Airlines
Auburn-Lewiston
Samantha
Southam Torstar share swap opens markets
Southam acquires 30 percent of Torstar and Torstar buys 20 percent of Southam in a share swap that stops short of a merger. The deal gives each company a stake in the other’s markets and non newspaper ventures and is seen as strengthening the national newspaper chain with access to Toronto and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southam
Torstar
Toronto
Canada
Torstar Corp
Southam Inc
Beland Honderich
St. Clair Balfour
Balfour
Medicine Hat News
Andrew Snaddon
The
Star
Snaddon
Honderich
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Montreal
Coles
Panarctic ships first Arctic cargo to refinery
Panarctic consortium after 17 years wins approval to lift crude from Cameron Islands storage to an Arctic tanker. MV Arctic to three week voyage to a Montreal refinery with a projected profit of 1.7 million dollars. Minister Pat Carney says government support forthcoming while Panarctic plans more wells and larger shipments in 1987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rea Point
N.W.T
Panarctic Consortium
Calgary
Cameron Islands
Panarctic
Arctic
Montreal
Energy
Pat Carney
Alberta
Leduc
Carney
Canada
Northwest Passage
Charles Hetherington
Tutu’s son Trevor detained after court remark in Soweto
Trevor Tutu eldest son of Desmond Tutu was detained by South African police for two weeks after allegedly swearing at a white officer at Protea Magistrate Court in Soweto during hearings for youths arrested over a school boycott. He was held at Diepkloof prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
Trevor
Protea
Soweto
Trevor Tutu
South African Press Association
Diepkloof
France cleared in Rainbow Warrior bombing by internal inquiry
A government investigator in Paris cleared the French government and intelligence officials of responsibility for the Rainbow Warrior bombing near Auckland. The report found no convincing proof of six agents’ sabotage, while noting if official involvement occurred it was poorly executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Greenpeace
New Zealand
Bernard Tricot
Rainbow Warrior
Environmental Organization
Auckland
South Pacific
Tricot
David Lange
Tories accuse campaigns of dirty tricks in Calgary contest
Charges of unethical conduct hit both Don Getty and Ron Ghitter campaigns as Calgary events are marred by ballot stuffing in Calgary-McCall and alleged paid memberships. Ghitter downplays anti Semitism as debates focus on tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Don Getty
Ron Ghitter
Bob Ward
Calgary-Buffalo
Getty
Calgary-McCall
Energy
Julian Koziak
Ghitter
Edmonton
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