19 Dec 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1985
Page
1
In Montreal two hooded bandits armed with revolvers robbed Brink's Canada guards of about $30,000 in cash and cheques outside the Mercantile Bank of Canada at 770 Sherbrooke St West. No injuries reported.
In Nantes three men and a woman on trial for robbery took 29 hostages after an accomplice bent into the courtroom armed with a gun and a grenade. Police surrounded the building and negotiated as a crisis center operated nearby.
Columbia on its first flight in two years was halted on the pad 14 seconds before planned liftoff. Launch control cited an unexpected shutdown, with a possible auxiliary power unit problem while the seven crew including a Florida congressman and the first Hispanic-American astronaut awaited a new launch date.
The trial of three Bulgarians and three Turks accused in the attempted murder of Pope John Paul II moves to Sofia at Bulgaria's invitation. Prosecutors allege the plot was hatched and funded there with possible Soviet involvement. Mehmed Ali Agca testified to a $1.2 million offer from a Soviet official.
In Ottawa junior finance minister Barbara McDougall and Liberal MP Aideen Nicholson clashed over using taxpayer money to reimburse insured deposits from the Canadian Commercial and Northland banks. The bill seeks 875 million, with opposition demanding depositor names released.
Vancouver column alleged Allan Fotheringham mocked John Turner aides John Swift and Mike Hunter through a satirical piece on politics and society. Lawyers argued the piece was not about actual wife swapping but a broader look at political life.
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