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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1985
Page
1
Peckford Calls Vote in Newfoundland Election
Prime Minister Brian Peckford announced an April 2 provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador. He argued a new mandate is needed to make the offshore oil pact real and create jobs, while Liberal Leader Leo Barry accused him of using an early election to dodge budget issues and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John’s
Mfld
Grand Banks
Brian Peckford
Ottawa
Peckford
Newfoundland
Leo Barry
Barry
Gunmen storm Turkish Embassy. guard dies and hostages freed
Ottawa reports say three gunmen from the Armenian Revolutionary Army seized the Turkish Embassy, killed a security guard, and wounded the ambassador during a more than four hour siege. All 11 hostages survived as the attackers surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaman Uzumere
Turkish Cultural and Folklore Association
Toronto
Ottawa
Armenian Revolutionary Army
Orginally
Turkey
Pinkerton Canada Ltd
Roskun Kirca
Kirca
Canada
Ankara
Pinkerton
Medicine Hat Police Commission Deliberates McLeod Case
The Medicine Hat Police Commission met at noon to review solicitor general investigator findings on Police Chief Norm McLeod. Ed Witherden and E W N Macdonald joined five commissioners in a closed session to discuss a new complaint by the Police Association and whether to act on Reimer's Calgary probe report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Police Commission
Solicitor General
Norm McLeod
Solcitor
Tan Reid
Commission
Keith Freeman
Ed Witherden
Solictor General
Edmonton
McLeod
Medicine Hat Police Association
E.W.N. Macdonald
Witherden
Wither
Den
Police Association
Crown Prosecutor’s
Attorney General’s Department
Solicitor General’s Department
Calgary
Ernie Reimer
Reimer
Neil McCrank
Attorney General
Freeman
Nuclear arms talks resume in Geneva after lapse
The United States and the Soviet Union begin fresh nuclear weapons talks in Geneva as Mikhail Gorbachev leads the Soviet delegation with new instructions. The opening session lasts two hours and 40 minutes, Chernenko’s death is marked, and Bush travels to Moscow for Chernenko’s funeral while urging both powers to reduce arsenals and avoid space becoming a battleground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Victor Karpov
Parlevnenko
NATO
U.S
Europe
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Chernenko
Washington
Moscow
George Bush
Bush
Amos Jordan
Georgetown Centre For Strategic and International Studies
Walter Laqueur
Georgetown
London
Weiner Library
Petro-Canada denies Dye figures on Petrofina cost
Petro-Canada senior VP David O'Brien says Auditor General Kenneth Dye uses fictitious figures regarding the 1981 Petrofina purchase. Ernst and Whitney review supports the $1.6 billion price and finds no $200 million tax concession or $512 million tax savings as claimed. The court fight over documents continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ferrabee
Southam
Ottawa
Petro-Canada
Kenneth Dye
Petrofina
David O’brien
Crown Corporation
Ernst and Whitney
O’brien
Dye
Department of Energy
Econo
Belgium
Crown
Auditor General
Gorbachev Emerges as Young Power Figure in Kremlin
Gorbachev at 54 becomes the youngest Politburo member in decades and set to steer Soviet policy with a broad domestic focus. Western officials expect gradual change, cautioning that accumulated power takes years to build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Communist Party
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Politburo
Josef Stalin
George Shultz
Monay
Konstantin Chernenko
Chernenko
Stalin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Egypt
Allan Fotheringham
Ann Landers
Caen
Wits Way
Gilles Mathieu
Foreign Ministry
Harry Sterling
Konstantin Cher
PFSA
Petrofi
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