09 Jun 1983
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1983
Page
1
The Reagan administration said pollution is the likely cause of acid rain and threatens areas beyond New England. A 10 year, federal task force report maps vulnerability in the Southeast and West due to low alkaline buffering, drawing praise from environmentalists and industry alike.
RCMP and US customs agents dismantled an eight month investigation sealing the seizure of more than 2700 kilograms of Thai marijuana with an 18 million dollar street value. Seven arrests followed a raid off the central west coast including a failed unload at Nootka Sound. Police seized a sailboat a power boat an inflatable dinghy two pickups and a motorhome.
A Southam News Global TV poll shows Joe Clark with 37 percent of committed delegates on the first ballot, ahead of Brian Mulroney and John Crosbie. Undecided voters could shift results. Clark leads in one on one matchups but faces growing challenge from opponents. The survey interviewed 850 Tory delegates June 3 to 7 across Canada.
London AP reports Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher aims for a decisive win to banish left wing socialism, while Labour struggles to unite on nuclear disarmament. Voter turnout expected 75 to 80 percent of 42.7 million. results due by 1 am. A gasoline tanker bomb exploded near a West Belfast police station with no injuries.
James Morrison a former RCMP corporal arraigned on three counts of passing secret information to Soviet diplomats during 1955 to 1958. He waived plea, released on 50000 bail posted by his son Stewart Morrison, and to reappear Friday for plea. Publication ban on court arguments.
Ronald Dirk, 25, on trial for manslaughter, told Court of Queen's Bench he struck Fred Robinson, 44, after a pool game dispute at the Assiniboia Inn on November 7, 1982. He said he did not wind up and heard Robinson's head crack when knocked with his left hand.
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