Weather Outlook for Inde Wednesday Snow Likely
A cloudy Inde forecast shows a 30 percent chance of snow on Wednesday. Temperatures dip to a high of minus four and a low of minus ten with map reference on page B4.
15 Jan 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1985
Page
1
A cloudy Inde forecast shows a 30 percent chance of snow on Wednesday. Temperatures dip to a high of minus four and a low of minus ten with map reference on page B4.
Transit minister Don Mazankowski announced six passenger routes would be restored and Via Rail would acquire new equipment. Legislation would turn Via into a Crown corporation with a clear mandate while renegotiations with CN Rail and CP Rail aim to reduce costs. A new three member board from the Passenger Rail Action Force will lead improvements. Routes include Edmonton Jasper Vancouver Montreal Saint John Toronto Havelock Montreal Sherbrooke Montreal Mont Joli and Montreal Sudbury via Ottawa. Edmonton Calgary dayliner is dropped.
Manitoba's Agriculture Minister Bill Uruski said that unless banks and the Farm Credit Corp reduce interest rates on outstanding farm loans to eight percent, a bill will be introduced at the next legislative session to halt farm foreclosures.
The second test of an unarmed cruise missile started as a B 52 entered a 2500 kilometre Arctic corridor from Cold Lake Alberta at 9 46 a m MST amid weather delays in Washington State Protesters gathered in Edmonton and Saskatchewan while Greenpeace activists in Athabasca staged a net disruption plan and peace groups held vigils in Toronto expressing anti testing sentiment
Angela Browning, coalition chair, stated Reagan A7 will end nuclear weapons. The second test of the cigar shaped missile over Canadian soil received approval Monday after a conference call with Canadian and American military officials. The test corridor runs from the Beaufort Sea through the Mackenzie Valley across northeast British Columbia and northern Alberta to Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range at CFB Cold Lake.
In Vegreville Alberta a gunman Tom Zaiec held police for 18 hours after wounding Const. Allen Giesbrecht and injuring Cpl. Cornelius Kikkert. Giesbrecht died at hospital and Zaiec died by his own action after a standoff.
Prime Minister Shimon Peres announces a summer withdrawal of about 20 000 Israeli troops from Lebanon while Deputy PM Yitzhak Shamir opposes the plan saying it lacks sufficient security for northern settlements. The cabinet approves a three stage pullout with UN troops and South Lebanon Army patrols to guard the border.
PAUL STRICKLAND of The News Redcliff reports gas rates may rise 10 to 13 cents per thousand cubic feet as the town utilities committee considers a bylaw change. Committee chair Everett Burk says a 15 percent increase could be needed to offset flowback declines, with a typical monthly bill rising about $3 in cold months. Continued on A7.
The 1983 manual Mapping Data to Support Cruise Missiles, released under FOIA, depicts a cartoon missile and a bungling planner as it outlines route planning for cruise missiles. It notes guidance can be misled by power lines trees slopes cliffs and snow during a 2500 kilometre flight from the Beaufort Sea to Cold Lake Alberta.
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