12 Feb 1981
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1981
Page
1
Reviewers from the Paris based IEA and the OECD visited Canada late last year to examine the energy situation nationwide. Ed Clark senior associate deputy minister of energy who drafted the NEP visited Paris for two days of discussions with IEA officials defending federal energy policy.
London accuses a Ottawa source of leaking diplomatic cables to pressure Westminster over Prime Minister Trudeau's constitutional package. Tory MPs call the leaks twaddle and warn of damage to Anglo Canadian relations as a rift widens. Mrs Wadds's dispatches claim phone lines are bugged and hint at a political war between Ottawa and Westminster.
Five top Texasgulf Inc executives died when their private jet crashed in fog and rain while attempting an instrument landing. The pilot and co pilot also perished. The crash occurred at 6 45 p m EST on Wednesday near Ryle Lake on a swampy wooded peninsula about two kilometres north of the area.
Statistics Canada drops the head of the household label in favor of a unisex anchor person designating the central relation point in families. The change affects June 3 census forms and expands the idea to any adult agreed on by others, raising debate on family roles.
Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski urged a three month halt to labor strikes in Poland and warned of possible economic ruin and a fratricidal war. Solidarity signalled willingness to work by opposing a nationwide printers strike and its leaders had not yet heard his remarks.
Las Vegas police booked 23 year old Philip Bruce Cline on eight counts of murder and arson after inconsistent statements about the Las Vegas Hilton blaze that killed eight and injured hundreds. Officials said the arson was deliberate and the suspect initially claimed to warn guests. The fire damaged the east tower while most rooms escaped, and Hilton expected a quick reopening.
The Nevada gambling resort area endures a string of disasters from bomb blasts at Harvey's to the MGM Grand fire in Las Vegas and a deadly Reno car rampage. Extortion threats, evacuations, and recession fears compound the crisis facing the state’s casinos.
Premier Peter Lougheed stays calm amid constitutional and energy storms in Alberta. He warns Ottawa’s moves could slow production starting March 1 and condemns Trudeau's package as divisive while praising Joe Clark's leadership on energy and constitutional questions.
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