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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 20, 1981
Page
1
The Canadian Wheat Board privately advances a Market Assurance Program to buy all grain Prairie farmers can produce with details pending. Target is in force by Aug 1 for the crop year, requiring Feb 1 declarations of planned sales. The MAP would compensate for reserve grain and shift surplus risks to the wider economy.
President Reagan announced that 52 American hostages had left Iran aboard two Algerian aircraft. The departure ends 444 days of captivity and coincides with the transfer of power to Ronald Reagan. The group, including 50 men and 2 women, heads toward a U S hospital in Wiesbaden after negotiations over Iranian assets.
Prime Minister Trudeau said Canada will restore normal relations with Iran as soon as possible following the release of the 52 U.S. hostages. External Affairs Minister Mark MacGuigan signaled a careful review of issues before reactivating embassy functions in Tehran. In the Commons he noted the need for further steps.
About 500000 taxpayers, mostly women who work for spouses, would gain Canada Pension Plan benefits on retirement under amendments to a broad income tax bill. Health Minister Monique Begin said the measure recognizes wives' contributions in family businesses and ensures a full pension and protections against disability or death.
Provincial court Judge Dietrich Brand urged a system to ensure patients learn about medical conditions amid liability concerns after Medicine Hat woman Elsie Nowak died weeks after a surgical sponge was left inside her. The inquiry recommended referring such cases to an uninvolved party to protect team care. Nowak, 67, learned of the sponge only days before her death on January 6, 1980, following an August 1979 operation for rectal cancer at Medicine Hat and District Hospital.
On Oct 23 1980 the testimony details that Chabra referred Nowaks questions to Cowan before a sponge was removed. Cowan oversaw admission arrangements while hospital records show conflicting admitting doctor designations. Judge Brand urged clearer doctor roles and tighter sponge count procedures after concluding Nowaks death was accidental from pulmonary embolism linked to infection and a surgical sponge.
City council approved a report for a new city hall of about 8,370 square metres in Medicine Hat to be four to four and a half storeys on First Street S.E. with underground levels and about 50 underground parking stalls. The project includes a neighboring cultural centre and a long term plan for expansion on south side parking. The city will hire Stevens Graham MacConnell Milton Partners and Henry Hawthorne to design the cultural centre, with a contract around 700000 to 881250 dollars. Construction is targeted for completion by July 1983.
In Calgary the hostage standoff concluded peacefully after Thaddeus Drabick, 50, released Mark Pollard, 32, from a northeast Calgary house. Drabick faces two kidnapping charges and a firearm offense. his lawyer requested time to consult before entering a plea.
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