12 Jul 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1985
Page
1
A feature profiles cellist Leah Wyber tracing her musical journey from early studies to a professional career. The piece highlights performances, teaching, and community music outreach shaping her path.
The bulletin notes few clouds with a ten percent chance of precipitation. Temperatures peak near 27 and dip to 14 degrees. This short item appears on Map Page B3.
Arthur Gene Davis, 24, faces first degree murder and attempted murder charges in a fatal crash near Kinbrook Island Provincial Park. Leroy Evans Hutchinson, 20, died. Kathleen Moore, 24, injured. Davis remanded and will reappear July 15 in Medicine Hat court.
Ottawa report from a Liberal committee urges rejecting the American invitation to join the Star Wars program. It says the plan would not create jobs and would escalate the arms race and destabilize East-West relations. The interim study outlines 16 reasons against participation in the $26 billion effort.
Firefighters kept the Kimberley fire from racing toward the town 6 km away as air tankers and retardants held a 2,200 hectare edge. Ram fire near Canal Flats exploded anew, joining a week of BC fires with 757 fires reported and 184 new ones overnight. Evacuees faced renewed risk as winds and dry conditions persisted.
A tentative agreement could end Alberta's two month beer industry shutdown. The deal requires ratification by the Carling O'Keefe union and follows earlier settlements with Labatt's Molson Alberta Brewers' Agents. The strike began May 7 over vacation scheduling and affected about 180 of 900 workers.
In Johannesburg suburbs blacks dragged two white women from a car injuring them slightly as clashes spread from townships to white neighborhoods. Police say whips dispersed marchers in Vereeniging with no arrests. Since August, about 450 blacks and three whites have been killed in anti-apartheid protests.
Medicine Hat police chief Norm McLeod ordered to take holidays from July 15 to August 31. Insp. Larry Brink to lead force during absence. The commission had asked McLeod to resign in May, offering funds. he countered with a higher proposal.
Eight year old Cornerstone Christian school seeks a four room portable facility at 4000 13th Avenue SE with a $140000 budget after receiving planning approval to relocate from behind the Alliance Church. Principal Mel Ulriksen says enrollment could grow as public schools lose moral grounding. John Deys says Medicine Hat Christian School Society also plans an $1 million eight classroom site on Rice Drive SE by 1986 term. The two campuses view expansion as complementary and rely on two thirds of public school grants plus donations and tuition.
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