Weather Outlook Wednesday Sunny with Cooler High 29
A brief weather note shows Wednesday will be sunny with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. High near 29 with a low around 12. Map on page B4.
23 Jul 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1985
Page
1
A brief weather note shows Wednesday will be sunny with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. High near 29 with a low around 12. Map on page B4.
About 200 protesters, many affluent women, disrupted the Philippines National Assembly when they unfurled banners calling for President Ferdinand Marcos to be impeached. Speaker Nicanor Yniguez suspended the session as guards attempted to seize banners hung from the upper gallery. Doors were locked to trap protesters until two opposition members freed them.
Lawyer Guy Bertrand becomes the fourth candidate to succeed Premier Rene Levesque as PQ leader. At 47, he vows to place Quebec independence at the heart of his bid, though he concedes little chance of victory. The PQ will pick a new leader on September 29.
Medicine Hat Health Unit staff overruled board approval and cut 150 seniors from home care and Meals on Wheels citing budget strain. Alderman Green says the board will accept city money to reinstate services and cover costs through year end. staff acted without full board approval.
President Ronald Reagan met Chinese Premier Li Xiannian on the White House South Lawn signaling a foundation of goodwill. The ceremony lasted about 15 minutes with military bands, a joint anthem, and brief remarks. Talks were to cover the stalled nuclear cooperation pact, Soviet relations, and trade as about 30 Taiwanese protesters gathered on the Ellipse.
In Johannesburg an eminent white activist Molly Blackburn was arrested at home in Port Elizabeth on unclear charges tied to an illegal gathering. Police detained 441 activists under a new state of emergency and prepared release of detainee lists. Blackburn, a Black Sash member, had been linked to a memorial gathering for four activists killed last month.
An 80 year old resident in North Bend refuses evacuation and faces a blaze that has burned 2,215 hectares near the Fraser Canyon. About 100 firefighters with equipment keep the fire from reaching the village as 816 fires burn across British Columbia and costs rise toward 60 million dollars.
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