Iris Weather Flurries With Snow Friday
A weather note forecasts strong winter conditions with an 80 percent chance of snow on Friday. Highs near minus 20 and lows around minus 27 are expected, with the update appearing on Map Page B7.
27 Dec 1984
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1984
Page
1
A weather note forecasts strong winter conditions with an 80 percent chance of snow on Friday. Highs near minus 20 and lows around minus 27 are expected, with the update appearing on Map Page B7.
Connie Friesen, 16, of Altona Manitoba, died Wednesday night at University Hospital London Ontario. She passed away three weeks after her first liver transplant and just before a planned second operation. Her condition had been critical again after an initial improvement.
Police say the $68.5 million Merrill Lynch Canada burglary remains unsolved as investigators search multiple addresses in Montreal. About 30 kilos of documents and $40.4 million in negotiable securities were taken along with $28.1 million in non negotiable securities and $3,000 in cash. Det Sgt Rene Villeneuve says little has changed since the theft. Earlier tips and mug shots had pointed to five Montrealers with robbery histories.
Three security police officers confess to murdering pro-Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko claiming they believed they had high level support. Capt. Grzegorz Piotrowski Lieut. Leszek Pekala and Lieut. Waldemar Chemielewski pleaded guilty at the opening session. Their Interior Ministry superior Col. Adam Piotruszka denies instigating the kidnapping.
Cambodian rebels clashed with Vietnamese troops at the Rithisen camp and four other bases along the Thai border. Heavy fighting sent shells into Thailand as civilians fled. rebels claimed high Vietnamese casualties, while Thai officials reported dozens dead or wounded on both sides.
A Canadian Forces Kiowa helicopter crashed at the Suffield range on November 16 killing pilot Lieut. Richard Stam and observer William Patrick Black. The board of inquiry cannot determine the cause and continues with tests. the report remains internal to the defense department.
The Reagan administration revises its 1985 deficit forecast upward after two months show a 23 percent higher pace than last year. Officials now anticipate about 210 billion dollars in red ink for 1985, well above 1984 levels and earlier targets.
President Reagan launches a sharp warning two weeks before fresh nuclear talks. He accuses the Soviet Union of occupying Afghanistan and says Moscow will pay a high price. Senator Gordon Humphrey complains U.S. aid to Afghan guerrillas leaks away in a leaky pipeline amid mismanagement concerns.
A nine kilometre ice jam on the Bulkley River forced ten Quick residents to evacuate on Christmas Eve. Neighbors aided the Gillespie family before they found shelter with locals, while officials monitor shifting ice and flow amid evacuation plans and insurance questions.
President Reagan marks the fifth anniversary of the 1979 Soviet intervention and vows continued U S support for those fighting the Soviets. He says the United States cannot remain silent and joins others urging a negotiated end to the brutal conflict in Afghanistan.
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