11 Jun 1984
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1984
Page
1
Canada Post President Michael Warren, 46, was treated for first and second degree burns following a weekend explosion and brush fire at his Owen Sound area farm. He remains in good condition and was to be transferred to an Ottawa hospital for further care.
The Supreme Court of Canada was asked to invalidate Manitoba statutes older than nine decades for lacking French enactment. Federal lawyers argued bilingual laws are mandatory and urged a two year window for re enactment in both French and English.
Pentagon officials said an experimental U S Army missile scored what is believed to be the world s first successful intercept of an oncoming ballistic missile warhead. The event occurred Sunday when the missile fired from an island in the mid Pacific struck a dummy warhead aboard a U S Minuteman ICBM from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the coast of the pastorate region.
Alberta construction workers at the Medicine Hat hospital expansion face a 24 hour lockout affecting 14 of 150 site staff. Carpenters and cement masons from Calgary contractors PCI and Cascade Construction may see wage cuts as contractors bypass union bargaining. Hospital site manager Jim Farquharson said he will notify workers when the lockout ends, likely within a day.
In Manama Bahrain Industry Minister Youssef Shirawi said GCC oil ministers agreed to replace all shipments hit in the Iran Iraq war while keeping exports flowing at current prices with no insurance driven discounts. Iraq has attacked ships near Iran’s Kharg island and Iran has answered with air strikes on vessels in neutral waters.
Quebec cabinet veterans question a PQ convention resolution tying the party’s fate to independence by stressing sovereignty in any election. Ri chard Berube Johnson warn the move is too restrictive and could alienate voters. Polls show low outright support for independence and sovereignty with economic ties. Levesque says no immediate action. continuation on Page 7.
Pierre Trudeau spoke after the London economic summit, acknowledging frustrations yet deeming discussions worthwhile. He noted limited news value, the need to balance words and actions, and the hopeful shift toward a more conciliatory Western stance. He recalled eight summits and quoted Orwell on surviving troubled times.
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