Weather forecast for Tuesday with chilly temperatures
The report shows few clouds with no precipitation expected. High near minus six and low around minus fourteen degrees. Map page B5 provides regional details and temperature trends.
05 Jan 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1987
Page
1
The report shows few clouds with no precipitation expected. High near minus six and low around minus fourteen degrees. Map page B5 provides regional details and temperature trends.
President Ronald Reagan underwent prostate surgery with initial tests showing no cancer. Army Col. John Hutton said the procedure went smoothly and nothing unusual occurred. Doctors earlier found and removed four small polyps from Reagan’s colon after a weekend physical that found no sign of colon cancer.
Five Medicine Hat Tigers players Mark Fitzpatrick Wayne McBean Dean Chynoweth Neil Brady and Mark Pederson have been named to the Western Hockey League East Division all star team for the January 20 game in Regina. Tigers public relations director Daryl Henry calls it a feather in their caps as they join 12 others from seven East Division teams in a new format facing the other division.
Rescue crews pulled bodies from the derailed Colonial Amtrak train after a high speed collision with a Conrail locomotive killing at least 15 people and injuring many. The crash halted Northeast corridor traffic as investigators arrived and casualties rose through the night.
Investigators focus on flammable substances to determine how arsonists started the New Year’s Eve blaze at the DuPont Plaza Hotel Puerto Rico killing 96 people and injuring over 140. Officials say origin found and a laboratory path for incendiary material is underway while noting possible links to a hotel labor dispute. Toronto victims Lily Snider and Jean Fogel among dead.
An Alberta women’s access crisis follows Foothills Hospital abortion clinic closure. Inter-Mountain Planned Parenthood counsel warns desperate measures and back alley abortions could rise. She notes Montana abortions cost about 300 US dollars plus travel. Doctors at Foothills froze new cases after a referral letter fee led to a provincial warning that extra billing is illegal.
Federal Sport Minister Otto Jelinek said Ottawa will study funding for the international junior hockey program after Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified following a bench clearing brawl in the world junior final. He asked CAHA to produce a one week report and may protest to the IIHF if the Soviets are deemed at fault.
The game finished 4-2 with Canada guaranteed at least bronze. Canada eyed gold or silver depending on margin, while the USSR was out of medal contention. Jelinek criticized the incident as harming amateur hockey and blamed officials for leaving the ice.
Sun Youth director Sid Stevens says 12 Turkish men seeking refugee status were refused by the Old Brewery Mission after arriving downtown. Hotel Europa staff said the group was full and lacking proper papers. two Somalis accepted shelter at the mission. In total 41 more claimants arrived at Mirabel airport Sunday, 1,819 since December 1, including 18 Turks.
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