Fundamentalists threaten Reagan base with purity and pace
Editor Frank Viviano reports that religious fundamentalists comfortable with rapid, pure policy backing threaten to split from the Reagan coalition. They fear slow action and insist on pure doctrine, influencing domestic and foreign policy as Moral Majority leaders and scholars weigh harsh lines on education, Israel, and human rights.
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PNS
Frank Viviano
San Diego
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Christ
Jerry Falwell
Los Angeles Times
Robert Scheer
Falwell
Scheer
Jerry
Neil Segraves
Israel
Saudi Arabia
U.S
China
James Buckley
Carter
South Africa
Chile
South Korea
Guatemala
Soviet Union
Nell Segraves
HAT Art Club Voices Support For Downtown Cultural Centre Plan
Anne W. Shepherd of the HAT ART CLUB argues the Medicine Hat organization is essential to arts promotion and youth programs. She notes winter banners for the 1977 Winter Games, scholarships, and free memberships, urging the city to honor the club’s role in the proposed cultural centre and against joint-use compromise.
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Medicine Hat
The
HAT Art Club
Department of Culture
Dave Cormier
Mosphere
Anne W. Shepherd
Readers urged to sign letters with contact details
The News invites reader letters on topics of public interest and reserves the right to edit for grammar and taste. Signed letters with a valid address and telephone number will be considered. those lacking information may not be published.
Council backs Horsman plan for cultural centre at college
A letter argues the city faced funding pressures and, after talks with the college board, chose Medicine Hat College for the cultural centre. The writer defends Jim Horsman and accuses council of cowardice and misfortune over funding and tax issues, noting provincial debt relief and federal gas tax impacts.
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Horsman
Alberta
Ottawa
Jim Horsman
Graham Kelly
Fear of Flying and the IATA Odds Misread
A wary flyer questions the IATA claim that plane crash odds are one in a million. The piece blends humor and fear, noting the paradox of loving flight yet dreading a crash, and recalls a father's bath safety quip while affirming aviation as mankind's achievement.
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International Air Transport Association
IATA
Official languages commission urged in New Brunswick
The Moncton Chamber of Commerce backs creating an official languages commission to defend linguistic rights. It cites injustices faced by French speakers in government dealings and supports Bill 84 recognizing two linguistic communities in the province.
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Moncton L'Evangeline
New Brunswick
Moncton Chamber of Commerce
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