05 Dec 1983
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1983
Page
1
Meechai Viravaidya organized a nine hour event in Bangkok where 1,190 Thai men were vasectomized by 50 surgeons. The campaigner, famous for condom distribution at public events, said the tally surpasses his prior record of 719 vasectomies set to honor King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The Canadian Forces destroyer escort Iroquois picked up 20 seamen from the abandoned Panamanian freighter Ho Ming off Newfoundland. A helicopter from the Iroquois evacuated the Chinese-speaking crew amid bad weather that thwarted two prior rescue attempts.
Erik Nielsen told PC Metro that Prime Minister Trudeau will head the Liberal party into a general election next June. Nielsen urged Tory members to prepare, saying Trudeau’s peace trips form part of a Liberal blueprint toward an election.
Defence Research Establishment Suffield scientist Dr. Alex Markov misses the final cut as six recruits are named for intensive space training. Ottawa’s Marc Garneau Bjarni Tryggvason Steven MacLean Hamilton Roberta Bondar Montreal Robert Thirsk Toronto Kenneth Money comprise the test pool with two slated to fly aboard a US shuttle in 1985 86. Markov vows to try again.
Damascus demands U S forces leave Lebanon before handing over Lieut. Robert Goodman captured on a raid. A second airman, Lieut. Mark Lang, is dead with body in Damascus. In Beirut a car bomb kills 10 and wounds 84 as U S Marines and multinational forces face shelling and air sorties.
Former prime minister Joe Clark is appointed to lead a major study of arms control and disarmament for the Progressive Conservative party. Brian Mulroney announced the move amid Trudeau's peace world tour, saying Clark will consult experts and statesmen while beginning briefings on current developments.
Prime Minister Trudeau returns to Ottawa from a 19 day eight country tour amid mixed signals on his peace plan. He hedges on visiting Moscow or Washington and says he is available in mid December if either side seeks a meeting. His stance on future politics remains unsettled with unclear plans about not running.
The Edmonton report traces Peter Lougheed's 1981 push to widen belt tightening with higher taxes and lower wages. It notes union wage reductions, hospital and school grant limits, growing income tax, and user fees amid minimal public opposition and criticism of elite privilege.
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