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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1992
Page
1
Darryl Malone formerly played Raven a top romance line persona in Sparks Nevada for eight months. He claims Northwest Nevada Telco passed him over for promotion due to his gender despite longer service and performance.
Gwen Jacob, a University of Guelph student, was fined 75 for topless walking during a heat wave. She vows to do it again and argues gender equality, while Judge Bruce Payne notes male and female breasts provoke different reactions. Public complaints sparked the arrest after four hours of exposure over two days in July.
Alberta's welfare caseload climbs 13.7 percent boosting 1991-92 social assistance to 889 million with a 130 million special appropriation. About 76 200 cases are handled, representing roughly 167 000 people including dependents as new workers and changes to unemployment insurance add cases.
A Briske quote states a dead man cannot earn more, reflecting the view on opportunity and life. The remark is attributed to Briske and appears in the index.
A Southam News Angus Reid poll of 600 Alberta adults taken Jan 13 14 shows Premier Don Getty’s outburst over bilingualism turning off voters more than it attracted. Conservatives sit at 36 percent of decided voters with Liberals 27 percent and NDP 34 percent, while Getty’s approval remains weak and regional splits persist across Edmonton Calgary and rural areas.
Alberta Environment approved a plan to set up tire recycling plants in Edmonton and Okotoks. Tirecycle Products Ltd failed to win a Medicine Hat site for a seven million dollar facility, despite investing eighty thousand dollars in the bid. The two winning firms will grind 2.5 million tires yearly into crumb rubber with cost details undisclosed.
On the Gulf War anniversary President Bush urged Iraqis to topple Saddam Hussein while Washington fears Iraq secretly seeks to restore weapons of mass destruction. Parliament gave Saddam honors as activists in Canada hold vigils for war victims.
Thousands of students in University Town, Tashkent, protested price liberalization as Uzbekistan ended controls and issued food coupons. RIOT left one dead and many wounded as crowds smashed stores and clashed with police, demanding President Islam Karimov's resignation.
President Boris Yeltsin told 5,000 officers he agreed to let Ukraine and Azerbaijan take over parts of the navy while warning a larger Russian army could form if former republics create their own armed forces. The meeting paused as TV coverage began and key leaders were absent. Ukraine demands loyalty oaths for personnel by January 20.
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