12 Mar 1980
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1980
Page
1
A letter from River Valley Authority and boards protests a February 25 photo showing a snowmobile and a four wheel drive vehicle at Police Point. They call for leadership and editorials rather than endorsing such activity and urge preservation of the natural habitat.
The Medicine Hat NEWS defends its Police Point Park photograph amid complaints by River Valley Authority and Parks Advisory Board that it promotes snowmobiling in the reserve. The paper argues snowmobiling has long occurred there and criticizes city delays in park protection.
Negotiations over the Dominican Republic Embassy hostage release stall with Colombia saying it cannot free any prisoners due to constitutional and judicial limits. A government source notes reduced demands from 311 prisoners but insists no releases are possible. today’s fifth meeting could prove crucial.
Ontario and Quebec Liberal caucus chairmen back economic trade-offs to keep Canadian oil prices below world levels as Ottawa eyes talks with Alberta Energy Minister Marc Lalonde. They urge tariff breaks and incentives rather than cash to aid oil provinces while avoiding a push for higher prices. Alberta Premier Lougheed opposes compromise and presses for world-level prices amid sovereignty debates.
Ottawa reports the new Liberal cabinet plans measures to ease high interest rates for homeowners farmers and small businesses. Finance Minister MacEachen says consideration is likely in the upcoming budget while ministers Gray Axworthy and Cosgrove push for help with mortgage renewals and business loans. Authorities note 14-15 percent rates for homeowners and over 17 percent for small businesses.
Carter and Reagan posted large margins in Florida Georgia and Alabama to widen their delegate leads. Kennedy and Bush face uphill battles in Illinois with Ford weighing a possible bid as Anderson lags behind in a Chicago Tribune Illinois poll. Carter led in Florida 63 21 percent Bush 58 30 Reagan 73 13 in Georgia Carter 88 8 and Alabama Carter 82 13 Reagan 70 25. Carter holds 267 delegates to Kennedy 142 with 1666 needed.
Iranians prepare for a parliamentary election amid calls from Ayatollah Khomeini to attend in force. The vote may influence the fate of about 50 Americans held at the U S Embassy in Tehran as the United States and United Nations pursue nonmilitary options and monitor the tense standoff. The crisis follows Khomeini’s veto of moving hostages to Iran's Revolutionary Council, complicating a UN investigation of wider regional issues.
A Pakistani military officer says Soviet forces in Afghanistan's Kunar province killed hundreds and leveled several villages during an offensive against Moslem guerrillas. He reports airborne troops helicopters and tanks along valley roads, while guerrillas remain in the mountains. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity.
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