19 Dec 1980
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1980
Page
1
MPs voiced urgent views on the economy during an unfiltered session. MacEachen faced opposition jibes as Broadbent pressed for a three week holiday budget plan and relief measures for low income Canadians, while price controls and a free floating dollar were urged.
Air Canada flight attendants voted 78 percent to strike, potentially halting 40,000 daily passengers during peak Christmas travel. A special mediator arrived in Montreal to push for a settlement as union and management meet, with no offer details disclosed.
MOSCOW AP Kosygin the former Soviet premier who stepped down in October after 16 years in office died Thursday night of a heart attack. Western diplomats and Soviet sources confirmed the death saying he had been in poor health and hospitalized at a VIP clinic outside Moscow.
In Northern Ireland, 40 convicted terrorists call for political prisoner status. Three women at Armagh prison end their fast after mid morning tea and toast, joining 37 men who abandoned their 53 day hunger strike at Maze Prison. Officials call the collapse a victory to the government.
Alberta Crown land and gas rights sales reached a record 1.4448 billion in 1980, with $1.696 million top bid from the Hunt brothers. Industry leaders say momentum may slow in 1981 due to federal energy policy and budget, prompting cuts and shifts to U.S. exploration.
A former Toronto man, John Simon, 55, was to appear in provincial court on charges including first degree murder, four counts of attempted murder, and abduction after a rooming house superintendent was killed. Four other people were injured, including a woman, in a shooting and stabbing spree that ended with the gunman fleeing downtown Ottawa.
An Edmonton man convicted of five bank robberies saw his sentencing unsettled after the court learned his claimed dead son and cancer battle were fabrications. The defense had planned leniency based on the son’s life-threatening illness funded by the loot, but the revelation undermined the sentencing case and the judge remanded Andrew McWhinnie to January 19 for further action.
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