Janice Osadczuk Crowned Stampede Queen at Medicine Hat Event
Janice Osadczuk won the 1981 Stampede Queen title at the Medicine Hat Exhibition after also taking two other titles. Lois Steen and Pam Krauss were named first and second princesses. Osadczuk also earned Miss Congeniality and horsemanship honors, with Laurie Sharland lauded for a close contest and long-running coordination of the pageant.
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Elks Club
Janice Osadczuk
Stampede
Medicine Hat
Lois Steen
Pam Krauss
Laurie Sharland
Osadezuk
United Way
Janice
Megan Snedden
Pioneers
Paula Laczkowski
Sharland
Lori Leonard
University of Alberta
Frank Webber
Postal Strike Looms as Talks Continue Near Washington
Negotiators for the U S Postal Service and four unions met with a federal mediator to avert a nationwide strike at midnight as three year contracts expire. The two largest unions reported little progress while the mediator noted a mood shift and healthier discussions, though the main wage and safety disputes remained unresolved.
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Washington Star Service
Washington
Postal Service
Walter E. Duka
Nicholas Fidandis
American Postal Workers Union
National Association of Letter Carriers
Fidandis
L’enfant Plaza Hotel
Richard P. O’connell
NALC
Duka
Playground battle could decide Ross Glen park gears
City council chambers host a decision on whether 10 playground items stay in the Ross Glen tiny finger-park this evening. The agenda centers on park equipment and local recreation space.
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Ross Glen
Edmonton Red Deer area to see 7 billion in petrochemical expansion
Petrochemical companies and refiners plan about 7 billion dollars of investment in the Edmonton and Red Deer regions over five years. Key projects include a 591 million ethylene plant near Red Deer, and numerous expansions by Nova, Shell, Alberta Energy, and other partners at Scotford, Bruderheim, Gibbons, Joffre, and Prentiss.
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Edmonton
Red Deer
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
Alberta Gas Ethylene Co. Ltd
Biewag Energy Ltd
Nova Corp
Alberta Energy Co. Ltd
Nova
Alberta Energy
Shell Canada Ltd
Scotford
Fort Saskatchewan
Shell and Husky Oil Ltd
Shell-Nova
Alberta
Esso Chemicals Ltd
Petrochemicals
Bruderheim
Alberta Energy and du Pont of Canada Ltd
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Gibbons
Joffre
Nova-Shell
Union Carbide of Canada Ltd
Prentiss
Celanese Canada Ltd
Clover Bar
CIL Inc
Trimac Ltd
CIL
Imperial Oil Ltd
Strathcona
Gulf Canada Ltd
Israelis strike again in Lebanon crossfire flare
Israel says air sea and ground forces hit Palestinian targets in southern Lebanon as cross-border violence escalates. The PLO claims guerrillas repulsed the attack and attacked northern Galilee settlements. One Israeli officer killed. multiple soldiers wounded. dozens of rocket and shell exchanges reported by UN observers.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Galilee
Beaufort Castle
Zipora Yisod
Misgav Am
Reagan Tames Critics At Seven Nation Economic Summit
At the Mont Tremblant meeting Reagan meets with Britain’s Margaret Thatcher Japan’s Zenko Suzuki Italy’s Giovanni Spadolini and others as Trudeau and Thorn sit out. Officials say early talks tranquilized sticky issues and the US agenda aims to lower interest rates curb inflation and ease currency pressure while pursuing arms talks with Moscow and aid for Caribbean and Central American nations.
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Ottawa
United States
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Zenko Suzuki
Japan
Giovanni Spadolini
Italy
Helmut Schmidt
West Germany
Francois Mitterrand
France
Trudeau
Montebello
Que
Gaston Thorn
European Economic Community
Reagan
Notice to our readers on service cutbacks
The News will discontinue its Page 5 Opinion page due to newsprint shortages from a Western Canada forest strike. Letters to the editor will still be published as received, but further reductions in service may occur.
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B.C
Canada
National Beef Marketing Board Drive Takes Shape in Regina
Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia producers form the Canadian Beef Producers Action Group in Regina to push for a national marketing board with supply management. They cite $250 lost per animal and urge a stabilization plan and coordinated pork management to protect prices.
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Regina
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
National Meat Marketing Board
Eugene Whelan
Canadian Beef Producers Action Group
Canada
John Pahara
Lethbridge, Alta
Alberta Cattle Commission
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U.S. Post Office
Index
Joe
Joe Borowski
Mehmet Ali Agca
Pope John Paul
Bridge
Sheree Serene
Don McGillivray
Gordon Wright Gretta Chambers
Hemera Ee
Moscow
West
Europe
Mitterrand
Soviet Union
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