21 Dec 1983
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1983
Page
1
Light snow is expected Thursday with a high of minus twenty and a low of minus twenty six. The Medicine Hat News announces holiday publishing changes and classified ad deadlines for December 1983, including insertion deadlines across December 22 to 29 and a note that Monday publication will be skipped.
Finland defeated Canada 3-1 as Canada finished last with 0 wins and 5 losses in the five country event. Finland finished fourth at 1-4 with the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia set to meet for the title after both won all three prior games.
In downtown Beirut a bomb killed and wounded several at a hotel bar while a truck bomb near a French peacekeeping unit injured at least ten French soldiers. The explosions occurred almost simultaneously in West Beirut, with state radio confirming the Nasra district blast.
Finance Minister Marc Lalonde urged Canadians and MPs to celebrate a November inflation rate of 4.2 percent, down from 4.9 percent, the lowest since June 1972. Opponents called for action on unemployment and interest rates amid talk of possible rate rises.
In Ottawa Tuesday a Liberal refusal derailed a Conservative bid to topple the government over an income tax bill aimed at small investors. The vote, 139 to 106, left the clause defeated and the matter unresolved as MPs prepared for a Christmas break.
In Lebanon Yasser Arafat and about 4,000 loyalists left Tripoli aboard five Greek ships under UN banners as Israeli jets fire on pro Iranian bases in Baalbek and Moslem factions attack a French peacekeeping post in Beirut. Italy signals troop withdrawals from the UN force.
Scotland Yard said four men are in custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act as investigators from its anti-terrorist squad and special branch pursue leads in the Harrods car bomb attack. The blast killed two police officers and three civilians, including an American, and injured 92 amid a pre Christmas crowd.
VIA Rail’s Vancouver to Toronto transcontinental arrived 32% hours late amid record cold that cracked rail welds and froze moving parts. Passengers endured hours-long stops, icy toilets, and mixed temperature cars while crews offered complimentary meals and help.
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