Prairie pools back Argue Crow plan over Pepin freight reform
Saskatchewan and Manitoba Wheat Pools endorse Hazen Argue proposals to raise Crow Rate and tie freight charges to crop value. They support directing subsidies to railways while opposing Pepin Gilson plans that favor broad subsidies to farmers and export limits.
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Ottawa
Prairie Wheat Pools
Wheat Board
Hazen Argue
Jean-Luc Pepin
Argue
Pepin
Ted Turner
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Manitoba
Clay Gilson
Gilson
West Coast
Thunder Bay
Eastern Railway
Alberta Wheat Pool
Manitoba Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Pool
Alberta backs restraint amid hopes for growth in 1983
Alberta Treasurer Lou Hyndman said the province will restrain growth and focus on stabilizing the budget as Ottawa and provincial ministers discuss projects. He noted a one third rise in capital spending last spring and predicted a five percent cap on spending in 1983-84 while remaining open to western rail and housing initiatives. The Alberta Construction Association forecast for 1983 warned a downturn after a late 70s boom.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lou Hyndman
Ottawa
Hyndman
Canada
Alberta Construction Association
Association
Pentagon cruise missile fails first test flight
The ground-launched cruise missile destined for Western Europe suffered its first test-flight failure near Dugway Utah after six prior successes. The cause is under investigation as testing plans move to Primrose Range in 1984 under a NATO approved deployment to West Germany Britain Italy the Netherlands and Belgium beginning December 1983.
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Washington
Europe
Pentagon
Dugway
Utah
Primrose Air
Saskatchewan-Alberta
United States
West Germany
Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Pension protest over Bill C-133 on Parliament Hill
About a thousand retired public servants marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa protesting Bill C-133 which would cap pension increases at 6.5 and 5.5 percent over two years. Led by Jack Donegani, the group warned of court action if the bill is passed before full debate.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Jack Donegani
The
Professional Institute of the Public Service
Donegans
Gray
Winter focus on cross country skiing
The issue highlights cross country skiing as winter approaches. It notes unseasonably warm weather and signals a feature on the sport on page 12.
Medicine Hat woman wins $650 in News crossword contest
Shelley Hoffarth a 19 year old bank teller won the Medicine Hat News crossword prize boosting more than 7000 readers entries. Hoffarth the 13th entry and first to win explains she plans a January trip to the United States and might buy a plant hanger with the prize.
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Shelley Hoffarth
Medicine Hat
Hoffarth
News
Ron Turner
U.S
Santa
Turner
Medicine Hat News
Frank Webber
Sharon outlines Lebanon troop pullout terms and peace moves
Israel's Defence Minister Ariel Sharon says in Maariv that secret talks with Lebanese officials set a path to normalization. He details a staged plan including a security belt 25 to 30 miles into Lebanon, PLO evacuation, prisoner exchanges, and Syrian withdrawal from Mount Lebanon and the Beqa Valley.
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Ariel Sharon
Israel
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Lebanon
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Sharon
Morris Draper
Habib
Draper
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Washington
Moshe Nissim
Begin
Beirut
Amin Gemayel
PLO
Toto
Tripoli
Beka’a
Mount Lebanon
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