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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1978
Page
1
The Titan-30 rocket, the Air Force’s largest, lifted a classified payload from Cape Canaveral amid tight security. Guards, dogs, and patrols surrounded Launch Pad 40 as observers reported a routine though highly guarded departure visible along nearby beaches.
An undersea earthquake off Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, registered as high as 8 on the Richter scale and 7.5 at the epicenter, killed 21 and injured 340 as tremors toppled houses, damaged utilities, halted trains, and triggered a brief tsunami warning. Police reported sites of destruction in Sendai and surrounding prefecture, with widespread power and communication outages.
Petro-Canada confirmed it has placed a bid to buy all common shares of Husky Oil Ltd a Calgary based petroleum company with operations across Canada and the United States. The move was announced in a news release.
David Berkowitz was sentenced to 315 years for six murders and seven woundings in a rapid court session across three boroughs. He could be paroled in 30 years under New York law. A courtroom incident followed the Moskowitz murder sentence as a spectator attacked Berkowitz.
In Salisbury villagers mourn nine Black victims burned in a mud hut during a weekend security forces action. Nearby 13 more bodies lay under blankets in front of a brick bungalow as a villager revealed the scene.
U S fishermen, NMFS officials, and Canadian counterparts gather in Boston to align strategy for June 19 talks in Ottawa over 200 mile maritime boundaries. The planned discussions aim at negotiating a settlement amid ongoing disputes and regional lawmaking.
Police hunt two men after an armed robbery at Ron's Grocery on 608 Industrial Avenue S.E. The suspects, in their twenties, wore silk stockings over their heads and blue jeans jackets, cutting a telephone line and fleeing on foot with a quantity of money.
Prime Minister Trudeau begins a two stage bid to rewrite Canada’s fundamental law with a federal bill of rights and provincial input on appointments to the federal executive, Senate, and Supreme Court. Draft legislation aims for completion within a year amid pending Quebec referendum dynamics and ongoing federal provincial talks.
Two Medicine Hat area brothers were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a Vauxhall police officer. One brother faced a provincial court appearance on weapon charges while the other was to be returned from Saskatoon. Both are in their twenties and held on possession of stolen property charges linked to Calgary and Fort Saskatchewan.
Antoinette Gianzana daughter of slain mob boss Sam Giancana says she is broke and facing eviction from a Geneva Illinois home. Her father’s estate, over 132000 dollars, is tied up in court as she recounts financial strains and a difficult split from her husband.
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