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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1993
Page
1
Four men in HEREFORD backed a $15,000 stunt by living like battery hens for a week but quit after 18 hours. They sat in a cramped one by two metre cage with no sanitation and faced cold, hunger, and fatigue, said Richard Brett.
Crown alleges Hermesh Austin 29 and Gregory Rungel 24 held Kun gel in a city warehouse for days then fatally harmed him keeping him in a room atop the warehouse. Rungel driven to Sibbald Flats where he was struck and neck harmed then buried body found years later. Witnesses testified of drug trafficking links and a crew of imposing men.
The Energy Department acknowledged more than 200 nuclear weapon tests since the 1940s and about 800 human radiation tests, some on civilians unaware of risks. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary said 18 civilians were injected with highly radioactive plutonium in the 1940s to study exposure doses. all are dead, though some lived years after.
Alberta Treasurer Jim Dinning warned that if oil revenues stay weak, the province will have to slash expenditures. May budget had assumed US$20.25 per barrel, later trimmed to US$18.25. January crude fell to a five year low before rallying, with each $1 drop costing about C$100 million annually in revenue. OPEC and Iraq tensions keep prices volatile.
Medicine Hat spokesman Roy Wilson warns cuts will hit students hard as Alberta plans to trim the education budget. He predicts deeper layoffs and larger classes, while Education Minister Halvar Jonson says programs can be preserved. Additional officials cite a $502 million reduction, about 33 percent of the budget, challenging basic education even after possible across the board reductions.
London reports Prince Charles declares he will not let a failed marriage or adultery rumors stop his path to the throne. Aides and Nicholas Soames push the message as Diana steps back from public life, fueling debate over a possible divorce and a divorced king.
A gunman aboard a rush hour train from Penn Station killed four passengers and wounded twenty one before being subdued by three travelers near Garden City. Police described the attack as random with a NYC resident suspect in custody. most victims were hit in the head or neck.
Campbell is expected to resign as leader of the federal Conservatives on December 15 after talks with senior party officials. debt and fundraising problems were cited, with estimates of 3 to 7 million dollars. A Quebec MP, Jean Charest ally, may take interim leadership until a party convention within two years.
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