Weather Outlook Cloudy With Showers Thursday
A weather brief notes cloudy conditions with a 30 percent chance of showers on Thursday. High near 26 and low around 10, with the forecast appearing on Map Page B4.
24 Jul 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1985
Page
1
A weather brief notes cloudy conditions with a 30 percent chance of showers on Thursday. High near 26 and low around 10, with the forecast appearing on Map Page B4.
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and a top Sikh political figure inaugurate an agreement intended to end a three-year Punjab crisis. Acceptance by militants remains uncertain as talks excluded rebels who seized control post assault on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
In London a Conservative revolt narrows government margin to 17 votes over top official pay rises. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faces her worst challenge since 1983, with 48 Tories voting with Labour and 50 abstaining, amid expectations of an autumn 1987 election.
Police report 212 detentions in 24 hours and 653 in three days as emergency powers spark arrests. France suspends new investment and recalls ambassador while UN action looms. Tutu pleads for restraint as violence climbs. about 500 blacks have died in 11 months of rioting. State of emergency allows arrest and detentions without warrant to quell unrest.
West Germany Agriculture Minister Ignaz Kie chle warned in Winnipeg that a global wheat trade war would hurt exporters like Canada. He said taxpayers would fund export subsidies and farmers face lower world prices, a scenario with few winners and many losers.
The Conference Board of Canada says the May 23 budget will cut next year’s jobs by about 44,000 while unemployment eases through the decade as fewer people enter the labor force. It notes the deficit drops by 4.7 billion due to the budget but warns further tax hikes and spending cuts will be needed to prevent a rebound later. Inflation around four percent supports a real investment rise near five percent.
Toronto financier Andrew Sarlos says Prime Minister Mulroney pulled government support from Petro-Canada's bid to buy Gulf Canada's refining and marketing network hours before Chevron's deadline. He says the Reichmanns needed the Petro-Canada deal to finance their $3 billion Gulf takeover and that resuming talks now is unlikely.
Toronto Globe and Mail reports investigators pursue a theory that a rogue unit within India's intelligence service planted the June 23 Air India bomb to discredit Sikh separatism. RCMP-led team probes Indian consular operations and possible covert networks in Canada.
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