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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1983
Page
7
Statistics Canada reports a robust first quarter with 1.8 percent GDP growth and 5.4 percent inflation in May, the lowest in a decade. Unemployment remains 12.4 percent, investment lags, but housing starts hit 254000 annually in May as consumer demand recovers.
Pope John Paul celebrated a mass before more than two million in Krakow, the largest crowd of his Polish pilgrimage, as Solidarity supporters marched through downtown. Police later blocked a boulevard to end the procession while the pontiff beatified two 19th century Polish patriots and spoke to the vast throng.
Environment Minister John Roberts testified before a Commons subcommittee on acid rain, promising a fall report on stricter auto pollution standards but signaling little immediate action. He cited ongoing studies and noted Quebec’s two year effort with Noranda Mines amid questions on U S Canada efforts.
In Kingsmere Quebec guests from Ottawa mingle with the royal couple at a barbecue honoring Prince William's first birthday. The lawn party devolves into a crowded, uncoordinated scene as guests swarm the couple while Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau arrives, prompting bemused comments from staff and RCMP.
A Boeing 707 chartered from Lebanon to Tripoli diverted to Ciampino Rome after two hijackers one with a pistol and one with a possible bomb demanded fuel and talks with Lebanese Libyan and Romanian ambassadors. The plane from Athens landed at 3 40 p m and was surrounded by police as officials weighed next steps.
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