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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1981
Page
11
Scandinavian officials weigh Brezhnev proposal for a nuclear-free zone in Northern Europe. The Soviet leader pledges not to use weapons against joining Nordic states and hints at limits on missiles toward Scandinavia, reviving a 1958 concept and provoking cautious inquiries from Nordic governments.
A Danish foreign ministry official, who asked to remain unnamed, notes Kola peninsula SS 20 missiles could hit any Nordic country. Western analysts also point to Soviet nuclear weapons near the Finnish border and missile-armed submarines in the Baltic. Danish Foreign Minister Kjeld Olesen urges positive Brezhnev statements on Soviet areas.
Alberta weather notes sunny skies across Edmonton and surrounding areas with mild highs around 18 to 19. Calgary expects clearing and sun with a high near 19 and a Sunday high around 17. Lethbridge Medicine Hat remain sunny with possible showers tonight and Sunday. Jasper and Banff face mainly cloudy skies with showers and highs near 18.
Canadian weather report previews conditions across provinces. British Columbia shows sun with periods of clouds and coastal highs 15 to 20 while interior areas reach 17 to 25. Alberta remains mostly sunny with mountain showers and near 20. Saskatchewan faces scattered showers and winds with highs from the low 20s south to about 15 in the north. Manitoba reports showers with temperatures from 30 in the south to 20 in the far north.
Two lawmakers propose bills to curb Canadian acquisitions of U.S. energy firms in retaliation for Canada’s National Energy Program. The move follows Seagram’s 2.55 billion bid for about 41 percent of Conoco Inc. The measures would cap Canadian holdings at five percent for nine months and require margin rules for Canadian bidders.
A propane tank explosion aboard a 35 year old bus trapped and killed ten people on a mountain road in California. Seventeen others were injured. most escaped through windows as the bus rolled, crashing into a flatbed truck and a station wagon carrying five people. The bus carried 25 passengers, all but one related to a Fourth of July reunion headed for Decatur Alabama with a stop planned in Kansas City Missouri.
Atlanta police remove three investigators from the special unit once a suspect is arrested in one of the slayings of 28 young black men. Fulton County Chief Clinton Chafin says two investigators will shift to four slayings within the county including unincorporated areas.
The House approved a late night package of more than 5 billion dollars in additional budget cuts by a 217 to 211 vote. The measure, drawn up overnight, shifts 1982 spending toward Reagan’s balanced budget goal for 1984, with cuts aimed at food stamps Social Security welfare and school lunches. Democratic leaders decried the tactic as a charade but supported the president’s plan on the cliffhanger vote.
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