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30 Jul 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1985
Page
1
Riots flare after threats from South Africa leader
In Johannesburg police used shotguns tear gas and rubber bullets as violence rose after President P W Botha threatened to expel over a million foreign black workers. He refused to meet with Desmond Tutu to discuss the crisis as security forces detained 1259 people under a 10 day state of emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Reuter
P. W. Botha
South Africa
Botha
Desmond Tutu
Cathcart
Cape
Nyanga
Cape Town
Tutu
Three Teen Cyclists Die In Alberta Crash Near Cochrane
In Cochrane Alberta three 13 to 15 year old girls were killed when a westbound car struck a single file line of 19 cyclists on the Trans Canada Highway. Nine other people were injured including two accompanying recreation workers. A 17 year old Calgary youth driver was questioned and released. The group was en route to Kananaskis Country Provincial Park for a five day cycling trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Calgary
Cochrane Rcmp
Brian Winter
Cochrane
Kananaskis Country
Parks and Recreation Department
RCMP
Rockies
Appeal board weighs status in McLeod case
The Alberta Law Enforcement Appeal Board finished part of its hearing on whether the Medicine Hat police association can participate in challenging Police Chief Norm McLeod. The board considers if the association should have status and reviews Murray Sidvon's report into the allegations. If status is denied, the hearing ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Sellers
Alberta Law Enforcement Appeal Board
Police Association
Norm McLeod
City Police Association
Medicine Hat
McLeod
Chris Evans
Evans
Lawrence Gordon
Gordon
Medicine Hat News
David McLean
Police Commission
E.W.N
Skip) Macdonald
Sidney Legg
David Chiswell
Organization of
Rank and File
Scott
Association
Murray Sidvon
Keith Freeman
Gorbachev Halts Nuclear Tests to End of Year
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announced a moratorium on nuclear tests through year end to highlight the danger of nuclear war. The United States criticized it as propaganda while proposing Soviet observers monitor a test in Nevada. Shultz and Shevardnadze arrived in Helsinki for the 10th anniversary of the Helsinki accords and plan to meet amid the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
United States
White House
Nevada
Tass
United Gorbachev States
Helsinki
Finland
Eduard Shevardnadze
U.S
George Shultz
Shultz
Shevardnadze
Spacelab scientists face solar telescope and probe issues
Cape Canaveral reports spacelab scientists contend with power and overheating problems on two solar telescopes and a $60 million sun pointing device after Challenger’s main engine shutdown. Despite incidents, 13 experiments started and mission control aims to resolve the issues as the crew continues round-the-clock shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Spacelab
Mission Control
Loren Acton
Karl Heinze
Cleon Lacefield
Challenger
Lacefield
Edmonton man receives Western Canada first heart transplant
Khursheed Mellick underwent a five hour operation at the University of Alberta medical centre led by Dr. Dennis Modry. He woke minutes after surgery and wrote he was hungry while remaining on a respirator. The donor was a 30 year old Edmonton man who died in an accident and consented to donation. Mellick remains in isolation and could leave hospital in 30 to 35 days if recovery continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Western Canada
Khursheed Mellick
Robin Hill
University of Alberta Medical Centre
Stanford University Medical Centre
California
Edmonton Journal
Mellick
Hill
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