Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers Saturday
Scattered showers are forecast with a 40 percent chance of precipitation on Saturday. The daytime high is expected to reach 23 degrees while the overnight low dips to 14. Map on page B3.
11 Jul 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1986
Page
1
Scattered showers are forecast with a 40 percent chance of precipitation on Saturday. The daytime high is expected to reach 23 degrees while the overnight low dips to 14. Map on page B3.
Helmuth Buxbaum, 48, imprisoned for life for arranging his wife’s murder near Highway 402, has applied to Millhaven Penitentiary for permission to marry a London woman. The warden must approve to avoid prejudice to justice. a spouse could not be compelled to testify. Parole not due for 25 years.
A spectacular crash in the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon second heat left five horses destroyed and two outriders hospitalized with injuries. Gary Mahan and Randy Robinson were among those hurt, while Desjarlais and two others faced wrecks as wagons tangled on the backstretch. Judge Norm Haynes called it the worst crash he has seen after 20 years of watching chuckwagon races.
Provigo Inc. in Montreal says it will remove all South African fruit from shelves after a threat by a small group calling itself the Azanian Peoples Liberation Front. No direct message or evidence of contamination found. action cited as precaution.
Edmonton CP report details mediator Al Dubensky’s 25 recommendations for the 40 day Gainers meat packing strike. Ed Seymour of UFCW says the union won't present the report as a settlement basis and will keep the boycott and strike, while noting issues like overtime pay and replacement workers remain unclear.
Canada’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate falls to 9.5 percent in June, with Medicine Hat down from 15.8 to 10.3 percent. District totals show 4,371 unemployed on insurance, with 61 percent male and 39 percent female, led by construction and clerical sectors. Alberta sees a 12,000 rise in unemployment amid oil price woes.
Guy Armand Lafleur of Mission B C sues the Royal Canadian Mounted Police alleging officers failed to stop him from driving while impaired outside an Agassiz inn. He says he drove four kilometres before crashing into an oncoming truck. He names RCMP officers Frederick Richardson Joseph Depaulo and Robert Morrison.
Premier Don Getty told the legislature that further royalty cuts or a floor price for oil would not help Alberta. He argued large oil firms could use extra profits to reward bankers or buy rivals, while loans on equity financing with incentives would spur drilling and job creation. He warned a national funding commitment is needed due to high costs.
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