Weather Index Scattered Showers Expected Wednesday
Weather index notes scattered showers with a 30 percent precipitation chance on Wednesday. High near 26 and a low around 12. Map page B4.
08 Jul 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1986
Page
1
Weather index notes scattered showers with a 30 percent precipitation chance on Wednesday. High near 26 and a low around 12. Map page B4.
New York Court of Appeals orders Bernhard Goetz to stand trial on attempted murder and assault charges from the December 22, 1984 subway shootings. He also faces weapons charges. he claims self defense. Four youths were involved. three recovered, one paralyzed and brain damaged.
Premier Don Getty says energy industry still needs help even if the petroleum and gas revenue tax is scrapped. He urges rapid PGRT removal and discusses potential longer term stabilization with federal Energy Minister Marcel Masse as Alberta ministers meet in Calgary with IPAC and other industry groups.
A 34 year old Medicine Hat man James Dodds was electrocuted when oil rigging equipment struck a 13 800 volt power line in the API Great Guns Logging yard in Redcliff He died en route to Medicine Hat hospital Investigators from the police and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety will review whether regulations on energized lines were followed and a final report may take up to six weeks Power loss affected Redcliff for under an hour.
A 6.0 magnitude quake struck 19 km northwest of Palm Springs at 2 21 am damaging a utility substation and cutting power to 100 000 customers. The tremor caused rockslides and windows to shatter with aftershocks continuing into the morning.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in a taped broadcast, said no western industrial country, including Canada, supports general economic sanctions to end apartheid in South Africa. She argued sanctions would backfire, questioned western morality, and said Canada largely aligns with Britain while hoping the Commonwealth remains united.
The Toronto Stock Exchange fell further as 446 issues declined and 270 held steady, with the TSE 300 dropping 32.26 points to 3009.96 in early trading. In New York the Dow slid 23.76 points to 1815.24 as analysts warned of continued U.S. weakness and forecast lower prices.
Ontario Supreme Court ruled that a teacher's right to freedom of association was violated when about two dollars of his 338 yearly union dues supported political causes he opposed. The ruling, seen as a win for individual rights, prompted plans to appeal and vows to continue challenging union political spend.
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