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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1981
Page
2
The supervisor of track switching for Calgary Transit was suspended after a weekend collision involving two trains. Eyewitnesses saw a worker at the track-switching box before the crash in downtown Calgary. Damage exceeded $2 million. 21 people were hospitalized, all later released.
Paraplegic Doug Klein, 30, became the first Canadian and the second paraplegic worldwide to parachute from a plane. He jumped from 1,500 metres into Pigeon Lake near Edmonton, expressing an adrenaline filled rush after being recovered by friends and reporters.
The Medicine Hat public school board and Alberta Education partner on an energy conservation project aiming to cut district electricity and gas use. Ten of 15 schools will be studied with measures including insulation, staff motivation, curriculum changes, and potential 10 percent savings bonuses.
AUPE members faced warnings of government spending reductions likely to hit white-collar public workers hardest. An economics professor warned the economy won t improve for five years and that social services face cuts, urging union action to protect welfare for the elderly disabled and poor.
The message pitches a Canadian exhaust system supplier inviting inquiries to Marketing Manager Ron Grieve at 80 Enterprise Road Rexdale Ontario M9WICO. It promises the benefits of a big company with independence for a company of its own.
Calgary staged a full scale mock jet crash on a college campus to test emergency response, revealing slow rescue and high casualty risk. The real test followed with city crews facing a separate rail crash, prompting calls for regular multi agency drills and updated plans.
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