Weather Summary Forecast for Tuesday
Local forecast notes few clouds with a ten percent chance of precipitation. High around 6 degrees, low near minus 8. Page reference B5.
06 Jan 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1986
Page
1
Local forecast notes few clouds with a ten percent chance of precipitation. High around 6 degrees, low near minus 8. Page reference B5.
The Canadian dollar slid to a new low near 71.02 U S cents before firming to 71.10 in morning trading. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce boosted its prime lending rate to 10.5 percent from 10 percent, effective Tuesday.
Cape Canaveral reports a bulky fuel line valve caused a second postponement of the Columbia shuttle mission to study Halley's comet. The crew of seven includes a Florida congressman. Launch set for 7:05 a.m. EST Tuesday.
Ottawa reports show the federal agriculture department siding with major meat packers to block public access to unsanitary processing findings. The department seeks tighter secrecy and opposes disclosure of negative comments in meat inspection reports while backing industry in court challenges to access laws.
President Reagan and White House aides say they are on guard against Libyan death by own action squads and seek European economic isolation of Libya. Khadafy denies Libyan terror camps and calls the U S a target as warships mass in the Mediterranean.
Air workers on the Pacific Western strike are being replaced by non-union staff paid eight dollars an hour after training at thirty dollars a day. Overtime is twelve dollars an hour and prior wages averaged fourteen to twenty dollars for ticket agents, mechanics, and flight attendants. Negotiations resume Tuesday as unions challenge concessions amid deregulation.
A hydrofluoric acid cloud from the Sequoyah Fuels Corp plant in Webb ers Falls Oklahoma killed one worker and sent 43 others to hospital. The release involved 14 tonnes of uranium hexafluoride and affected over 100 people before dissipating.
Bathurst New Brunswick endures a weekend blizzard as civic workers strike over contracts forcing shops to close and police, plows, and sidewalks in peril. A 57 year old man died after entering a taxi trench. highway crashes and fires strain responders as winds linger.
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