Alberta contractor wins round in land sale policy clash
Medicine Hat contractor F Wahl Construction Ltd triumphs in the Alberta Supreme Court appellate division over the city’s land sale policy loophole. City vows to appeal to Canada’s Supreme Court. court costs total $1,300 with possible Canadian costs up to $6,000. The dispute centers on a lottery system that allowed contractor land purchases and speculation amid a 1970s housing boom.
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Carter weighs Cairo stop amid Poland talks
President Carter said he may visit Egypt if mutually convenient but has no current plans to go there. He stressed the United States will aid negotiations between Israel and Arab neighbors without imposing a settlement and praised U S Polish ties and progress on SALT II. He urged energy conservation and highlighted human rights commitments under Helsinki.
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Year of the Horse to follow Snake in Asian zodiac
AP reports Tokyo on the eve of the Year of the Horse beginning February 7 as Japan China and Korea bid farewell to the Year of the Snake. The piece recalls 1977’s economic and oil troubles and cites past Horse years including 1966 and notable world events.
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Quebec RCMP inquiry to begin new hearings
The Quebec commission of inquiry into police wrongdoing will start a new round of public hearings on January 9, then move to closed sessions before the January 16 appeal. The inquiry, led by Jean Keable, seeks access to RCMP documents challenged by Solicitor-General Francis Fox who may face contempt if he fails to appear.
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Vance Defends Carter Middle East Remarks Amid Arab Criticism
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance rebutted Arab criticism as he traveled with President Carter to Poland. He said Begin’s troop withdrawal stance is a starting point for talks, while Carter backed a Palestinian state in principle but opposed a radical one. Responding to the Netanya bombing, official reports noted casualties and heightened tensions.
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Explosive bid to snuff Alberta gas well fire
About 500 pounds of explosives arrived at the West Pembina field to be used by Red Adair to cap the out of control gas well burning since December 6. An Edmonton expert supervised handling while Adair’s team moves the charges toward the well to create a vacuum and extinguish the fire.
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Rod Edgecombe
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
Edgecombe
Amoco
Energy and Resources
Pembina
Adair
No NEWS Monday Jan 2 1978 publication pause
The NEWS will not publish Monday January 2 1978. Display ad deadlines for January 3 and January 1 are December 20 in the afternoon. Classified deadline for January 8 is December 20 at noon. The business office closes all day Monday January 2 and reopens Tuesday January 3.
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Hoon Dee
Interpreter Relieved Of Duty After Translation Slip
In Warsaw President Carter faced embarrassment as a U S state department translator mis rendered remarks. Stephen Seymour was relieved of linguistic duties after several Polish phrases were mistranslated including your lusts for the future and when I abandoned the United States. Other examples included woven for founded and fatherland for nation.
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