Weather forecast: cooler with showers this Saturday
A weather update notes cooler conditions and a 30 percent chance of precipitation on Saturday. The day’s highs near 16 with lows around 10. See map on Page B4.
14 Jun 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1985
Page
1
A weather update notes cooler conditions and a 30 percent chance of precipitation on Saturday. The day’s highs near 16 with lows around 10. See map on Page B4.
Rumors of a Reagan heart attack sparked a sharp dollar drop in European trading before the White House statement described him as hale and hearty. In Moscow, Soviet officials detained and expelled U S diplomat Paul Stombaugh for alleged espionage, Tass said.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney faces caucus push to stick with old age pension de-indexing. Tory MPs report little public pressure and plan to rally back-benchers at a Saturday caucus. Liberal and NDP offices report higher activity, with Turner's 300 letters and Broadbent's 400–500 letters plus 20,000 signatures opposing the plan.
U S authorities seek Charles Ng in connection with up to 25 missing people tied to Leonard Lake’s sex and torture prison. Police in Canada Britain and Hong Kong were alerted while a diary expands the probe to Humboldt County and the Miranda bunker plan. Ng faces kidnapping false imprisonment and burglary charges and had lived in Hong Kong and England as a youth.
An Athens to Rome TWA flight with 153 aboard was hijacked by militants demanding the release of Lebanese Shiite prisoners. The jet landed in Beirut for refueling and then Algiers where 17 women and two children were freed. Reported gunfire injured a man on board but not seriously. Most passengers were American.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney urged Manitoba to accept the Supreme Court decision that English only laws be translated into French. He offered federal aid to implement the ruling and technical assistance to Manitoba’s government, while avoiding talks on a constitutional amendment to limit translations. He stressed protecting linguistic minority rights nationwide.
Ottawa critics say the proposed federal Divorce Act makes fathers scapegoats by forcing alimony and child support while denying real influence in their children’s lives. COPE and AHSD urge changes, warn that stricter enforcement could create fugitives, increase hostility, and demand linkage between support and access rights.
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