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27 Dec 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1986
Page
1
Resort Hotel Explosion in Bavarian Alps Kills and Injures
An explosion tore through the Riessersee Hotel in Gar měisch-Partenkirchen Bavarian Alps. Police say the northern wing and indoor pool were blown into the air and the casualty count is not yet certain. Officials suspect a natural gas explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
West Germany
Bavarian Alps
Riessersee
Arrested man wins support
A man who admits firing during a dairy store break in is drawing broad backing in Springfield Ontario. Cathy Bearss collected several hundred names on a petition to drop charges against Robert Putnam 23 who faces weapons charges and careless use of a firearm after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ont
Cathy Bearss
Robert Putnam
Sakharov dreams of world travel and freedom to emigrate
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov told CBS and NBC that his return to Moscow after internal exile marks progress toward human rights and movement freedom. He emphasized a desire to travel abroad to see family and the world, and noted Gorbachev set no conditions on his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov
Yelena Bonner
Moscow
Kremlin
Bonner
CBS Evening News
NBC
Alexander Goldfarb
NBC Nightly News
United States
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boxing Day Shopping Lockdown Knocks Out Ontario Stores
Shoppers mob holiday sales at ants and convenience stores but in Ontario the Hours of Operation Bylaw kept malls closed. Police reported no department stores or supermarkets opened and no charges laid as pharmacists and service stations remained exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maus
Bob Zazulak
Ontario Boxing Day clash tests holiday closing law ruling
Magder led a challenge to Ontario's holiday closing law, with the Supreme Court upholding the measure. The case notes Magder’s 250 plus charges and potential 2.5 million in fines as provinces like Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia see brisk sales and openings. In Manitoba 75 percent of stores stayed closed though major malls opened for Boxing Day. Vancouver and Montreal ads flood with 25 to 50 percent cuts drawing shoppers amid the Boxing Day rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magder
Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Supreme Court of Canada
Vancouver
Montreal
Moira Davey
Abshire to lead Iran team in White House probe
David Abshire, veteran foreign service officer, named White House co-ordinator for inquiries into Iran arms sales and the Contra funds diversion. Reagan bypasses Donald Regan to place Abshire at cabinet level reporting to the President. Also notes CIA Director William Casey’s improving condition after brain tumor surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David Abshire
Foreign Service
Europe
White House
Ronald Reagan
Abshire
U.S
NATO
Reagan
Donald Regan
Iran
Georgetown University Hospital
Robin Pages
CIA
William Casey
Casey
Nixon
Laos
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Henry Kissinger
National Security Council
Mark Weinberg
Abc-Tv
Don Regan
Cbs-Tv
Creation
New Post
Regan
Plane crash near Nadi airport kills 11
A four engine Heron operated by Sunflower Airlines crashed into a grassy slope about 200 metres from Nadi International Airport killing 11 people including six Americans and one Australian. Two passengers were critically injured and the cause was not known. The craft was on approach from Vanua Levu to Nadi when it plunged to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadi
Fiji
Nadi International
Sunflower Airlines
Iraq claims major Iranian offensive crushed on Shatt al Arab
Iraq says it smashed a major Iranian assault along the Shatt al Arab waterway recapturing an island as Iran counters with a limited strike. Both sides claim thousands of enemy killed with Iran vowing retaliation for air strikes. The six year Persian Gulf war remains unverified by Western reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iraq
Nicosia
Cyprus
Shatt al- Arab Waterway
Iran
Shatt al-Arab Waterway
Mahir Abdul al-Rashid
3Rd Army Corps
Basra
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