27 Dec 1975
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1975
Page
1
Ottawa reports cabinet debates a new Parliament session versus extending the current one to sell austerity. Prime Minister Trudeau has used two national broadcasts to press the $1.5 billion in cuts while opposition critics call the move a con.
Debra Mackall 26 and accomplice Alfred Forte 30 were charged with murder after the naked burned bodies of 2-year-old Rodell Mackall and 4-year-old Candy Cunningham were found in a vacant East Harlem lot. Police say flammable liquid ignited the bodies. autopsies pending. The mother reported the children missing after a Christmas Eve shopping trip.
An alliance of provincial opposition parties asked congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Isabel Peron for alleged maladministration. The move follows years of corruption allegations within her administration and prior failed efforts by the Bloquista party. Meanwhile Gov. Victorio Calabro of Buenos Aires province was praised by the army for police actions against guerrillas that reportedly left 156 dead.
One person was killed and two hospitalized after a head-on collision on the Trans-Canada Highway about a quarter mile from 13 Ave S.E. in Medicine Hat at 5:15 p.m. Grant Schmidt a 19 year old passenger in Thelma Hall s vehicle died in the crash. Thelma Hall 19 and Cameron McGregor 20 were the drivers. both vehicles were writeoffs and an autopsy was planned for Schmidt.
In Mayotte, amid Comoro Nationalist resistance to pro French groups, several people are believed killed over days of clashes. The National Executive Council cites occupation by French forces and appeals to the OAU and UN for withdrawal.
Police pursue new witness in the shooting deaths of Cpl. Eric Spicer and taxi driver Keith McCallum in Dartmouth. Allan Craig MacDonald, 22, of Esdale NS, is charged with murder and in custody awaiting court. Funeral services for Spicer drew about 1,000 mourners despite heavy snow.
Washington report by Jack Anderson claims the Soviet Union pressed U.S. scientists for genetic engineering data related to germ warfare. Dr Vyacheslav Stepanov of the Soviet embassy allegedly courted researchers, prompting NIH security notices and FBI involvement. The piece notes UN pledges to destroy biological weapons stocks and CIA toxin destruction.
In Beirut the nine month civil conflict factions and government security teams agreed a time-table to end the fighting in the next few days. The talks were described as frank and productive though past ceasefires failed and street violence continued with at least 17 killed as of Friday.
Greece imposed a government news ban on any coverage of the assassination of U.S. diplomat Richard Welch. Police questioned hundreds and searched for leads amid theories of CIA KGB plots and CIA involvement in past coups affecting Greek U.S. relations.
Gente reports Walter Kutschmann, a former Nazi officer accused of 38 Polish Jewish killings in 1941, living in Miramar with his American born wife. A prior suspect used the name Pedro Olmo and worked for Osram Argentina, but was released after police questioning.
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