06 Jun 1989
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1989
Page
1
In Beijing three rival armies fought for control as factions battled for supremacy. A witness reported the 28th Army exchanging tank and small arms fire with the 27th Army in western Beijing after noon, with 27th Army moving toward the city center.
Ottawa reports cancellations as travelers fear the Beijing crackdown and a broader China crisis. Travel agents note fewer bookings while analysts warn political upheaval could cool a blossoming tourist and trade relationship between Canada and China.
Canada says about 50 citizens left Beijing with a further 200 slated to depart on a later flight. Ottawa urges immediate exit while Soviet congress and East German media criticize outside pressure and Western coverage. Protests erupt in Sydney Perth and Mexico City as Dutch dockers refuse Chinese cargo.
Solidarity said it will not join a Communist party governing coalition despite winning a parliamentary majority in Poland. The union offered to support the April accord that gave the government a Sejm majority but stated all candidates will enter the Sejm or Senate as the opposition. The party signaled willingness to work with the government on reform while pursuing free elections in four years.
Regina council member Joe McKeown defends his role in urging CKCK TV to halt a Flintstones episode amid a wave of letters and public comment. He cites 150-plus discussions and a 77-signature letter while receiving criticism from some readers. He says removing racist content from cartoons advances racial harmony.
Tens of thousands of mourners fill Tehran as Ayatollah Khomeini is buried after heart attack death. Mourners clash with Revolutionary Guards, shroud torn, body briefly dropped, cannons fire, and at least eight dead with hundreds injured in the mass funeral.
Canada’s Via Rail weighs eliminating almost half its operations in a five year plan to be submitted to Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard. The plan proposes a 48 percent reduction in kilometres travelled by 1990 1991, threatening about 2500 jobs and all regional services from Halifax to Sydney Montreal to Sherbrooke Toronto to North Bay and Victoria to Courtney.
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