Medicine Hat Votes on $85 Million Gas Reserve Borrowing
Medicine Hat council debates an $85 million bylaw to purchase extra natural gas reserves. First reading set at 5:15 p m with potential total commitments reaching $105 million for municipal gas utilities. Mayor Grimm cites supply shortages likely by 1984 and notes possible future financing pending Local Authorities Board approval.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Utilities Department
Grimm
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation
Lou Hyndman
Ald
Ken Sauer
City Utilities Committee
Stampede attendance jumps near 50 percent in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede reports 78 534 gate entrants up from 52 279 in 1980 as changes including free parking and beer with meals drew crowds. Casino revenue tops last year, grandstand shows praised, and prize winnings highlight local winners from Medicine Hat and Redcliff.
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Medicine Hat
Ralph Murray
Grandstand
Murray
Stampede Board
Les Stuber
Medicine Hat Shriners
Danny Love
Elaine Gruning
Redcliff
Gloria Blaquiere
Doherty Sets Record in Maze Hunger Strike
Irish nationalist Kieran Doherty entered his 67th day of hunger strike at Maze prison, surpassing Bobby Sands and threatening his life. Sinn Fein said Doherty, 25, was losing sight and hearing while Kevin Lynch, 25, remained critical. Eight inmates continue refusing food as Britain rejects political status for jailed nationalists.
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Belfast
Kieran Doherty
Maze Prison
Irish Republican Army
Maze
Bobby Sands
IRA
Terence McSwiney
London
Brixton
Sinn Fein
Provisional
Doherty
Kevin Lynch
Irish Republic
Lynch
Irish National Liberation Army
Sands
Britain
Romania buys Candu reactor from Canada
Canada’s Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd will supply a second 600 megawatt Candu reactor to Romania in a deal covering procurement quality assurance and some engineering. Energy Minister Marc Lalonde and Trade Minister Ed Lumley announced the sale and noted further Canadian contracts with several suppliers will follow.
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Ottawa
Romania
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
Energy Department
Marc Lalonde
Ed Lumley
Mexico
Japan
Yugoslavia
Weather skip and sports notes mix in Canadian paper
A fragmented clipping summarizes Sunny High 28 and Low 9 with a weather map reference on Page 24. It notes Alderman Pete Simpson doubts beer sales cut incidents at sports events, and mentions Saudi oil near-record output amid a global glut as well as a Medicine Hat Stampede steer wrestling win by Ben Hern of Bindloss in 3.3 seconds.
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Richard Clowes
Suffield
Medicine Hat
Clowes
Montana
Scott
Pete Simpson
Simpson
Horn
Ben Hern
Bindloss
Fragile ceasefire breaks as rockets hit Lebanon enclave
Palestinian guerrillas fired rockets and artillery at the Christian militia enclave in southern Lebanon, breaking a ceasefire for the fourth time since Friday. No casualties or return fire reported. Shelling began from Nabatiyeh toward Christian villages near Misgav Am. no shells landed inside Israel. No immediate Palestinian comment.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Nabatiyeh
Misgav Am
Israel
Beirut
Free Lebanon
Five killed in Saskatchewan two vehicle crash near Consul
Five people died and six were injured in a two vehicle collision on Highway 21, 26 kilometres north of Consul, Saskatchewan. Victims include Albert and Dorothy Fischer of Medicine Hat and Henry and Mary Guenther of Saskatoon. Others injured or missing details are confirmed by Consul RCMP.
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Consul
Sask
RCMP
Albert
Dorothy Fischer
19Th Ave. S.E
Medicine Hat
Henry and
Mary Guenther
Saskatoon
Matthew Williams
Frontier
Ted
Judy Williams
Highway 21
Steel strike looms at Stelco Algoma as talks stall
About 20 000 steelworkers face a possible Friday strike at Stelco Hamilton Hilton Works and Algoma Sault Ste. Marie after negotiations stalled. Algoma Local 2251 recommended action. Stelco Local 1005 holds a Tuesday meeting as 48 hour notice looms. Unions demand cost of living payments despite agreement on unsafe work rights.
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Toronto
Canada
Hilton Works
Stelco Inc
Hamilton
Algoma Steel Corp. Ltd
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
United Steelworkers of America
Algoma
Local 1005
Stelco
Ray Illing
Illing
Sault
Stewart Cooke
Ontario
Steelworkers Union
Local 2251
Jack Ostroski
Postal talks reach tough ground as strike nears one month
Ottawa mediation with Judge Alan Gold and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers stalls after 28 days of stoppage by 23 000 clerks handlers and sorters. Gold says progress continues and calls for soul searching as overnight work is asked to break a difficult core issue.
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Ottawa (Cp
National Post
Alan Gold
Gold
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Quebec
Diana's Tears Boost Public Support Ahead of Royal Wedding
Prince Charles calms nerves of fiancée Diana Spencer as she weeps at polo events drawing praise from British press. Diana discusses nerves and polo with reporters while crowds gather for wedding preparations and a Buckingham Palace gala vows. Alberta premier sends warm wedding wishes.
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London
Charles
Diana Spencer
Nancy Reagan
U.S
Diana
Sun
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Windsor Great Park
Press Association
Heart of London
Prince Charles
Lougheed
Alberta
Alberta Legislative Assembly
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Bruce Baillie
Candu
Washington Star
United States
the Star
Gordon Wright
Jim Coleman Pere
Caen
Ae Notices PO Ee
Karl
Melinda Preuss
East Glen Dr. S.E
Carmel
Kevin Preuss
Maple Creek
Union Hospital
Lady di
Daily Express
Jean Rook
England
Spain
Polo Ground
Prince
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