16 Jan 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1987
Page
1
College students from Hat University mailed a protest to the education minister over proposed cutbacks. They urged ministers to rethink funding reductions and protect campus programs. Local campus leaders said the plan would harm classes and student services.
Focus article documents fishermen adapting to cold months by mastering fly tying. It covers techniques, materials, and tips shared by local anglers to sustain fishing activity during winter. The report highlights community fosters skill and resilience in winter seasons.
The weather bulletin indicates cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of precipitation for Saturday. High and low temperatures are listed as minus three and minus thirteen degrees, respectively, on Map Page B3.
Rebels trapped President Leon Febres Cordero and defense minister Gen Medardo Sarazar after a firefight with bodyguards. Reports say they were held at Taura airbase near Guayaquil following a military ceremony. Three others reportedly killed and several injured.
The draft bylaw targets Sunday openings with fines for employees up to 200 dollars and owners up to 10 000 dollars. It allows four Sundays yearly with two days’ notice to the police chief as a compromise between supporters and opponents.
Ten people die when a small Mooney M-20 and a Skywest Fairchild Metroliner collide seven thousand feet above the Salt Lake Valley. The Mooney was undetected by radar or radio at Salt Lake International Airport and debris falls damaged homes. Ground crews recover wreckage over seven point seven square kilometres as authorities, police, and firefighters respond.
A Medicine Hat News survey canvassed 1 200 homes by phone to gauge views on Sunday shopping. Prelim results show about 800 respondents from four city areas, with 900 contacted and 1 200 called. Respondents named reasons for or against Sunday openings and discussed which government level should regulate shopping.
Ottawa moves to select a Finnish owned firm for the Polar 8 design, despite a 1985 task force verdict that Canadian in house and two Canadian designs offered better price and performance. The proposal would cost about 350 million dollars with 33 month delivery versus an estimated 450 million and 55 months for the in house option.
Alberta health officials warn that AIDS cases linked to contaminated blood transfusions may rise over the next five years. Dr John Waters cites six of 47 Alberta cases before 1985 with five deaths and notes incubation varies from six months to five years.
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