07 Jan 1983
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1983
Page
1
Focus page 23 notes ALTA Love Over Gold named best rock album of 1982 while Asta self titled debut earns worst rock album of 1982 in a critical roundup.
The note recalls Frank Godley’s 1973 return to Medicine Hat to nurture two passions, organ and choral music, and records his present focus on playing the organ.
Statistics Canada reports December unemployment at 12.8 percent, 1.494 million jobless, up 55,000 from November. Full-year 1982 saw declines across primary industries, manufacturing, and construction, with only modest monthly hiring in retail due to the Christmas season.
A surprise invitation from Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew invites Canadian business leaders to meet Singapore’s top decision makers. Raymond Royer of Bombardier calls it a historic step that strengthens Canadian firms bidding on a $2.5 billion subway project.
Globe and Mail reports Ottawa planning a 30 billion deficit for the 1983 fiscal year starting April 1. proposed measures include tax exempt bonds for public works and a tax break plan for Canadian stock investors, plus tax simplification for small business.
A weather note indicates a cloudy Saturday with a high of 10 and a low of 0 on page 16. A city tax plan proposes withdrawing tax payments from taxpayers’ bank accounts as Medicine Hat considers a similar option, mentioned on the same page.
West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher has intervened in the Anglo-Danish fisheries conflict to calm disputed grounds off Britain. Danish captain Kent Kirk faced British magistrates in North Shields for violating new rules after being escorted from disputed herring grounds.
A 23-year-old Montreal man who surrendered after a hostage incident is wanted in Medicine Hat and Calgary on 10 charges of house breaking. Serge Beaulieu faces kidnapping forcible detention break and entry and firearm charges in Quebec then Calgary and Medicine Hat charges. He allegedly took weapons and jewelry during Sept 1982 break ins on Harris Street and failed to appear in Calgary court.
A Canadian American team reports the discovery of LMC X3 a black hole in the Magellanic Cloud confirming stars can collapse into a gravity bound void. The X ray source traces to a companion star feeding material into the hole with the system 180000 light years away in the southern sky.
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