Mayor proposal sparks aldermen’s concerns over gas bill rebate
Mayor Milt Reinhardt proposed a 20 percent rebate on monthly gas bills funded from flow-back gas revenues, with six example citizens showing annual savings of about 43 dollars. Aldermen Davison and Clement warned the plan could lift the general mill rate by up to five mills if funds aren’t used as gas revenue, and questioned fairness and fiscal principles.
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Milt Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Utilities Committee
Ald
George Davison
Ron Clement
Utilities
Davison
Clement
Crash near Tilley claims four Moose Jaw residents
Four Moose Jaw residents returning from Brooks died as a Cessna 172 crashed near Tilley 80 kilometres northwest of Medicine Hat. Victims include Ron Raymond Bruce Carol Anne Swack and two children Jason Bruce Janice Swaok. Ministry of Transport investigates weather appears to be a factor with heavy fog present.
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Moose Jaw
Brooks
Tilley
Medicine Hat
Ron Raymond Bruce
Carol Anne Swack
Jason Bruce
Janice Swaok
Brooks Rcmp
Ministry of Transport
al Froehler
Marines Storm Building Free 70 Hostages in Netherlands
Dutch marines stormed the Trento provincial government building in Assen and freed 70 hostages held by South Moluccan terrorists. Three militants were captured. one reported hostage death could not be confirmed. One hostage woman found dead outside the building.
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Assen
Netherlands
Mon
Day
Trento
Indonesia
South Moluccas
Justice Ministry
Court told of alleged brutality in dangerous driving case
Medicine Hat man Michael Murray Unger testifies that two city constables beat him after smashing his truck window with a tire iron during a pursuit. Constables John Rombough and Reginald Leibel deny the claims as judge remands the case for March 30 trial decision.
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John Rombough
Reginald Leibel
Michael Murray Unger
St. S.E
E.W.N. Macdonald
Rombough
Cameron Road
Southview Drive
Dunmore Road
28Th Street
Leibel
Unger
MacMillan
Macdonald
Philip Wambolt
Prisoners Clash With Police in Argentine Prison Riots
In Buenos Aires near Villa Devote prison, about 600 prisoners clashed with police, causing 44 deaths and 30 serious injuries. Rioters and guards were among the casualties as explosions and heavy smoke filled the high walled facility. The jail, holding political detainees since 1976, was overcrowded well beyond its 2,500 capacity.
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Buenos Aires
Villa Devote
New York State
Attica
Argentina
Unemployment tops one million in Canada February
Statistics Canada reports 1,007,000 unemployed in February raising actual jobless rate to 9.5 percent, while seasonally adjusted rate holds at 8.3 percent. Labour force grows to 10,584,000 with 9,577,000 employed. Ontario gains, Quebec falls. critics urge federal budget action from Finance Minister Chretien.
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Vic Parsons
Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Sinclair Stevens
Stevens
Jean Chretien
Bud Cullen
Alberta rate still lowest
Alberta unemployment remained the lowest in Canada with 5.6 percent in February, up from 5.4 percent in January. The seasonally adjusted rate was 4.7 percent, reflecting winter industry shutdowns, and Alberta’s labor force reached 907,000 in February, up 16,000 from January and 44,000 from a year earlier.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bert Hohel
Canada
Quick thinking ends hijacking on United Airlines jet
Three crew members leaped from the cockpit and escaped as the Boeing 727 landed at Stapleton Airport ending a hijacking by Clay Thomas who claimed terminal cancer and sought Memphis or Cuba. He surrendered after authorities converged, with no bomb found.
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Denver
Colo
United Airlines
Memphis
Tenn
Cuba
Ted Rosack
FBI
Clay Thomas
Mountain View
Calif
Rosack
San Francisco
Stapleton International Airport
Thomas
Bob Stapp
U.S
Royce Sickler
Sickler
San Francisco Bay
Oakland
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Minto Ave. S.E
Dan Lander
Dan Trafford
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