Warden slain as riot erupts at Baja California prison
In La Mesa prison near Tijuana a warden and deputy were shot dead along with three guards in what authorities say was a plot by drug kingpin Marcio Enrique Alvarez. A shootout left several dead and many wounded as soldiers and police battled prisoners in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tijuana
Mexico
Baja California
Paul Cloyd
Northridge
Calif
la Mesa
Salvador Gonzalez Gutierrez
Jose de Jesus Dominguez Cobos
Peared
Cloyd
Gonzalez
Dominguez
Jesus Villalobos Nunez
Jose de Jesus Lugo
Rolando Vega
Jose de Jesus Velazquez
Javier Mendivil Rojo
Alejandro Rosas Romandia
State Judicial Police
Marcio Enrique Alvarez
Alberta Winter Games profit for Medicine Hat tops 74 thousand
The Medicine Hat Alberta Winter Games yielded about 74 000 in profit with grants totaling 16 400 for equipment and facilities plus a 50 000 provincial legacy and 7 400 earlier grants. A final audit is pending though reports show a 21 000 profit, with 3 600 remaining after expenses turned over to the Alberta Games Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Games Society
Crestwood
Alberta Games Council
John Coulbourn
Fire Hall
Medicine Hat College
Gordon Anderson
Anderson
Saskatchewan backs Petro-Canada in Husky bid
Premier Alan Blakeney announced Saskatchewan favors Petro-Canada in the bid to take over Husky Oil from Occidental Petroleum. He argued Petro-Canada’s money and speed suit Saskatchewan heavy oil development, hoping for quick, vigorous recovery methods and capital access for Lloydminster reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Arbuckle
Regina
Saskatchewan
Petro-Canada
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Los Angeles
Husky Oil Ltd
Calgary
Alan Blakeney
Federal Oil Company
Blakeney
Occidental Petroleum
Husky
Lloydminster
Rhodesian raid leaves 19 dead in Mozambique
Rhodesian troops killed 19 people in a two pronged raid in southwestern Mozambique. Helicopters and jet fighters backed the assault and the Mozambique army reported insurgents also abducted women and children from a research station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maputo
Mozambique
Salisbury
Sussundenga
Massengena
Judge halts source disclosure in Baxter libel case
A New Brunswick Supreme Court judge temporarily blocked CBC reporter Eric Malling from being ordered to disclose the source of RCMP documents used in The Fifth Estate. Baxter, a former justice minister, sues Malling and CBC for libel over the 1977 program's use of RCMP materials and related inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Conservative
CP Rail defends performance amid grain movement criticism
CP Rail Prairie region vice president J. W. Malcom publicly rejected claims that railway car shortages caused grain delays. He cited multiple factors including late ship arrivals, weather, long hauls, and terminal issues, and blamed the Wheat Board's grain movement programming for backlog and misallocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
CP Rail
J. W. Malcom
Prairie Region
Manitoba Pool
Canadian Wheat Board
Malcolm
Vancouver
Wheat Board
No News Saturday In Medicine Hat Publication Schedule
The Medicine Hat NEWS will skip publication on Saturday July 1 for Canada Day. Advertising deadlines are set: 4 p.m. June 29 for Monday July 3, 4 p.m. June 30 for Tuesday July 4, and 12 noon June 30 for classifieds. Church Page copy due by June 28 for Friday June 30 edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat News
Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Bob Rast
Bryan Blomme
Bravo
Chow Chow
Ryan Pierce
Upland Drive
Ryan
Chow
Frank Webber
Robert Higgins
Justice Department
RCMP
Higgins
Paul Barry
Saint John
Malling
Baxter
People’s Liberation Forces
Rhodesia
UN Food and Agricultural Organization
Mansagena
Zambia
Ian Smith
Patriotic Front
Joshua Nkomo
Robert
Mugabe
Nkomo
Zimbabwe African Peoples’ Union
ZAPU
Zimbabwe African National Union
ZANU
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!