Group seeks to resurrect Fire Hall Theatre issue
An Alberta drama group plans a province wide press release urging Medicine Hat to reconsider converting the Fire Hall Theatre into office space. Theatre officials seek a second chance to negotiate for city hall space beyond Aug 31 and eye alternate locations.
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Alberta Drama Group
Fire Hall
Karolyn Harker
Alberta Drama Festival Association
Medicine Hat
Harker
City Hall
Harold Ellis
Ellis
Drama Association
Grande Prairie
47 Believed Dead in Venezuelan Airliner Crash
Forty seven people are believed dead after an Aeropostal turbo prop Avro struck the Caribbean and burned minutes after takeoff from Maiquetia en route to Cumana. Rescue teams recovered 20 mutilated bodies offshore as heavy seas hampered search. Survivors were not expected.
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Caracas
Caribbean
la Guaira
Macuto
Avro
Aeropostal
Cumana
Maiquetia
Somoza Plans Open Nicaragua to All Ideologies
President Anastasio Somoza announces a dramatic shift to open Nicaragua to all ideologies including communism to quell weeks of anti government riots. He blames Cuba and opposition, says the constitution should allow all parties, and asserts he remains firmly in control despite what he calls an illegal mutiny.
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Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Cuba
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Somoza
RCMP probes source of leaked secret RCMP papers
Ottawa MP Tom Cossitt faces an Official Secrets Act bid to hand over secret documents or risk arrest as RCMP intensifies its probe into the leak source. Cossitt denies a Toronto Star plan to shred papers. vows to consult lawyers before deciding.
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RCMP
Ottawa
Rcmp Security Service
Tom Cossitt
Cossitt
Official Secrets Act
Toronto Star
Brockville, Ont
Brockville
Canada
Leeds
Hunter
C.M. Drury
Jean-Jacques Blais
Commons
FBI search for saboteur in derailment case
The Youngstown derailment released a chlorine cloud after a saboteur removed rail spikes triggering a 120 car freight train crash. Eight people died and over 100 were injured as 3,500 fled rural homes while 25,000 gallons of propane were pumped from a tank car.
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Youngstown
Fla
FBI
Ron Johnson
Bay County
Panhandle
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
Government Won’t Appeal Mennonite School Case
Education Minister Julian Koziak announced the province will not appeal the Three Hills Mennonite school ruling. New regulations divide private schools into four categories including unaided language schools, with standards on curriculum, testing, and safety while offering one-time and partial funding to districts losing students.
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Edmonton
Julian Koziak
Three Hills
Koziak
Alberta
Mennonite
Minister of Education
Department of Education
Saskatchewan farmer gravely injured at Wheat Pool stockyards
Fred Shipjack aged 55 from Candiac Sask remains in critical condition after a picket line clash at Regina's Saskatchewan Wheat Pool stockyards. Fellow protester Joseph Leitner escaped with minor injuries. Wheat Pool employees Lawrence Clark and Glenn Bozarth face assault charges. The movement plans to hire someone for Shipjack's farm as unions and farmers widen support and consider policy measures to lift beef prices.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Fred Shipjack
Candiac
Sask
Plains
Wheat Pool
Shipjack
Canadian Agriculture Movement
Joseph Leitner
Montmarte
Ween Wheat Pool
Lawrence Clark
Glenn Bozarth
Pilot Butte
Leitner
Manitoba
Moose Jaw
Alberta
American Farmers Movement
Idaho
Montana
Manitoba Federation of Labor
Games standings and related stories tease
A compact note highlights standings and related stories on pages 2 and 13, guiding readers to game results and summaries across the edition.
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Mark Buckshon
By Gerard McNeil
Terry Nishida
The
Hill Recreation Centre
Whiz
Dan Lander
Farmer
Government of
Federation
Calgary
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