Mountbatten murder suspects charged in Dublin
Two Provisional IRA members, regarded as a time bomb expert and his accomplice, were charged in Dublin with the Aug. 27 murder of Lord Louis Mountbatten. They showed no emotion, faced a special court hearing, and were remanded for Oct. 2. Police named Francis McGirl 24 and Thomas McMahon 31 as the suspects.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Earl Mountbatten
Burma
Francis McGirl
Thomas McMahon
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Mountbatten
McGirl
McMahon
Ireland
Donegal Bay
Storm David regains power in Caribbean strikes islands
Hurricane David strengthens and lashes the Windward Islands and Puerto Rico with gale winds and heavy rain. Reports indicate 12 injured in Guadeloupe, 15 in Martinique, and extensive banana crop damage on those islands.
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San Juan
David
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Dominica
Conservative inner cabinet studies spending cuts in Jasper
Prime Minister Clark leads a 12 member inner cabinet in Jasper Alberta as they study how to trim expenditures for each department and prepare energy policy proposals for provinces oil industry and consumers. The plan includes a move to drop Petro-Canada and set private ownership terms while negotiating province by province on prairie oil price rises.
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Jasper
Alta
Clark
Inet
Ottawa
Alberta
Petroleum Corporation
Petro-Canada Energy
Ray Hnatyshyn
Petro-Canada
John Crosbie
Peter Lougheed
Ontario
Frank Miller
Canada
West
Dealers raise gasoline prices in Medicine Hat
City drivers face higher fuel costs as Gulf Texaco and Shell outlets lift prices by one cent per litre, about 4.5 cents per gallon. Turbo stations may delay or match the rise, about three cents per gallon, depending on inventory and metric conversion. The change follows a $1 per barrel federal price rise announced July 1 with crude at $13.75.
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Medicine Hat
Turbo
Gulf
Texaco
Shell
Reinhardt Eyes Ottawa Mayoral Ambition
Mayor Milt Reinhardt said he will actively seek the Progressive Conservative federal nomination once Medicine Hat MP Bert Hargrave steps aside. He enjoys the mayoralty but wants to finish his political career in Parliament and has previous provincial NDP bids. He has served as mayor since October 1977.
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Milt Reinhardt
Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
Reinhardt
New Democratic Party
Hargrave
Mayor backs two new firms at Medicine Hat Mall
The mayor plans to back two close friends in opening separate businesses at the Medicine Hat Mall. He will not disclose business types while deals finalize. A Toronto firm handles mall leasing as negotiations continue for an Oct 17 opening. The mayor expects to exit in about a year as partners take full control. He previously co owned a city furniture firm until July 1978 after taking office in 1977.
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Milt Reinhardt
Medicine Hat Mall
Reinhardt
Toronto
Medicine Hat flight service workers join country wide walkout
Medicine Hat flight service specialists plan to back the Friday strike as part of a national walkout over the conciliation report with the Treasury Board. Merv Zwicker says the real issue is the Essential Services Act limits on striking, affecting their duties at the airport. Salary ranges and proposed increases are outlined, with no strike vote reported as of 8 a.m. The union cites lack of a contract since July 1978 and contingency planning by Time Air.
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Medicine Hat
Merv Zwicker
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Federal Treasury Board
Zwicker
Breevort Island
Here
Next of
Rennie
Bradley Air Services Ltd
Carp
Ont
Ottawa
Medicine Hat City Plan Ready for Consideration
After 16 months of study a proposed general municipal plan for Medicine Hat outlines a three phase 20 year development. The plan calls for hearings and readings with targets of 44 000 by 1985 51 000 mid plan and 65 000 by century end.
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Medicine Hat
Southeastern Alberta Regional Planning Commission
RPC
Ald
Ken Sauer
Ajit Atwal
Sauer
Crowfoot
Medicine Hat College
Atwal
East Glen
Ross Glen
South Ridge
Crescent Heights
Burnside Southview
Burnside
Southview
Setbacks Hit Flats Project Funding for Overpass and Pool
Alberta housing and public works denied 187 500 for an overpass at CP Rail tracks and 62 775 for a Flats swimming pool. The city already funds 200 000 for the pool under the Neighborhood Improvement Program. Community services director Al Hagan voiced disappointment, noting no specific reasons given beyond others would be more effective. The committee planned to discuss the rejection today.
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Community Services Division
Alberta Housing and Public Works
Alberta Housing
Community Services Committee
al Hagan
Hagan
Nine die in Frobisher Bay plane crash
A de Havilland Twin Otter crashed while landing at Frobisher Bay, killing all nine aboard. Six victims worked for Southeastern Commonwealth Drilling Ltd. on Davis Strait oil rigs. two pilots and one passenger also perished. Investigators from the federal transport department attended.
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Frobisher Bay
N.W.T
Baffin Island
RCMP
Murray Rennie
Southeastern Commonwealth Drilling Ltd
Davis Strait
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IRA
London
Storm
Caribbean
St. Croix
U.S. Virgin Islands
U S
National Weather Service
Sligo
Westminster Abbey
Britain
Winston Churchill
U.S
Neil Frank
Dwight Jensen
Time Air
Jensen
Medicine Hat Airport
Peter Robb
Federal Department of Transport
Frobisher
Desmond Miklos
Miklos
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