14 Mar 1980
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1980
Page
1
Hyndman pledged a firm provincial stance in negotiations with the rest of Canada while noting Albertans fear what lies ahead. He warned that without mature approaches from central Canada, the future may dim for Alberta, but potential could be reached in the 1980s with constructive cooperation.
Critics denounce the Bank of Canada's new floating rate system after a record 14.19 percent rate, with U S rate hikes and higher Canadian prime rates prompting calls for accountability. MPs urge the government to defend policies and offer relief to homeowners and small businesses.
A loading dock worker Alan Russell fled a tanker explosion at Elspeth dock near Sylvan Lake Alberta. Four 114000 litre propane tankers toppled, a fireball rose 300 metres, three farm families evacuated, firefighters from Red Flame fought fires and gas leaks, cause under investigation.
Relatives and friends cheered as John Gacy was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the sex slayings of 12 young men and boys. Judge Louis Garippo set June 2 for execution and automatic appeals proceed.
Las Vegas authorities suspend several Sunrise Hospital staff amid a probe into bets on patient deaths and alleged tampering with life support. Police, district attorney and coroner review death records after reports of impaired oxygen and other life-sustaining measures.
Twenty three members of a U S amateur boxing team were among 87 killed when a LOT airliner from New York crashed near Warsaw. The group, part of a National Amateur Athletic Union squad, was en route to face Poland March 16 and 18. The plane, on a direct New York to Warsaw flight, hit an earthen fort near the airport in clear weather, with most victims Polish. Americans were among the few non Polish passengers.
Tehran votes to shape whether the 50 Americans held since November will be freed. Ayatollah Khomeini casts a secret ballot as Iran's Majlis election proceeds amid calls from President Banisadr and Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh to ease the embassy hostage crisis.
Quebec lawmakers toss political theatre into the referendum debate using lemmings belts and suspenders metaphors. Camille Laurin mocks federalists as lemmings while Raymond Mailloux critiques Ottawa’s role and Maurice Duplessis’s era. Jules Boucher cites Victor Hugo as Ryan is urged to read Conscience. Pierre Marois quotes Roosevelt and Churchill on trying.
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