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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1995
Page
1
A Clareview born Edmonton man, 38, reports his car was broken into on Sunday and a custom medium brown toupee was stolen from his briefcase. He offers a $50 reward for its return and asks no questions, citing embarrassment and privacy.
The 1996 Official Scrabble Players Dictionary grants legitimacy to yo as a valid word. Players can earn five points for yo and ten on double word score, reflecting its use in greeting and excitement. Scrabble authorities cite dictionaries from Merriam Webster and Oxford as influences.
Four brothers born with a condition giving a female appearance were raised as girls in Amman. The 17-year-old Mohammed previously had surgery in 1992 to descend and reconfigure genitals. The remaining brothers, ages 10 to 12, received or are to receive similar procedures in the recent operations.
Two RCMP emergency response members were ambushed near a native camp at Gustafsen Lake as gunfire damaged their 4x4 truck and gas tank. Both officers survived wearing bulletproof vests. one sustained a belt area burn from a hot slug. Grand Chief Mercredi urged restraint and mediation while Dosanjh framed it as a law enforcement matter, not a land claim issue.
A violent wall of wind hail and rain battered Pilot Butte near Regina injuring nine people and causing extensive damage. Homes farms and a cement plant were heavily damaged with grain bins coal combines and a tractor moved or destroyed. officials declared a local state of emergency.
The Canadian Press reports a string of plow wind storms across southern Saskatchewan this summer. Aug 26 Pilot Butte sees flattened buildings and widespread hail damage to 440 homes. Aug 7 Hodgeville endures high winds ripping roofs and shredding grain bins. July 30 Oxbow suffers toppled trees and golf-ball hail with damages over 5 million. June 15 Fillmore hit by rain wind hail destroying a seed plant and damaging garages.
Toronto lawyer Karen McArthur argued on Baton Broadcasting that Paul Bernardo’s murder case may hinge on doubt, given key testimony from Karla Homolka. She noted Homolka’s credibility and that acquittal on murder could lead to parole in as little as seven years for Bernardo if convicted only of related crimes.
The deadline for flood claims is Sept 15. Medicine Hat has filed all 615 city applications with the Southern Alberta Disaster Recovery Program in Lethbridge, and 148 claims have been approved for payment while another 268 await approval. Provincial totals show 3,266 claims with $50 to $60 million in total payments expected.
A shell exploded near Sarajevo's crowded central marketplace killing at least 15 people and wounding scores. The city morgue later said more than 16 died. Dozens were injured as the market, a longtime war flashpoint, became a scene of chaos with victims loaded into cars and rushed to hospitals.
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