Weather Outlook for Tuesday Flurries and Clouds
Mostly cloudy with flurries and a 30 percent chance of precipitation on Tuesday. High near 3 degrees and a low around minus 4. Map Page B4.
17 Mar 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1986
Page
1
Mostly cloudy with flurries and a 30 percent chance of precipitation on Tuesday. High near 3 degrees and a low around minus 4. Map Page B4.
Swedish public prosecutor charged a 32 year old right winger who claimed Palme was on a death list with involvement in the assassination. He cited investigation findings that indicate participation as a perpetrator. Alberta government approves 58.5 million extra spending, bringing total near 1 billion above last year’s budget. Cabinet warrants total about 930 million, a sharp rise from prior year. Treasurer Lou Hyndman called the move a responsive budget action.
Heavy 23 centimeter snowfall halts public and separate school buses in Medicine Hat. About 2,700 students miss morning rides. public buses resume by 2 p.m. Drivers faced manpower shortages, city crews focused on hills and arterial routes. Forecasters expect melt later in the week with highs near plus three.
OPEC oil ministers paused their emergency talks and plan to reconvene Tuesday after a three hour morning meeting. Arturo Hernandez Grisanti said informal group discussions will replace the full conference as divisions over price support and production limits surface amid a 50 percent price drop since December. Qatar's Abdul Aziz bin Khalifa al Thani cautioned against an immediate return to production quotas.
President Reagan links Nicaragua's government to drug smuggling and the killings of four U.S. Marines as he asks Congress to approve $100 million to back the Contras. He argues the aid defends the southern frontier while opponents warn of military escalation and regional war.
In Washington, Quebec and U.S. producers led a day-long Capitol Hill campaign urging acid rain legislation. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney arrived for talks with Ronald Reagan and pressed for acceptance of a joint report calling for a five-year, $5 billion test program and equal cost sharing between the U.S. government and industry.
In Paris voters rejected the Socialist government but left the National Assembly without a clear majority. The Socialist Party held 210 seats, and the centre right RPR and UDF held about 281 between them, with the Communist and National Front smaller. Mitterrand must decide whom to name as prime minister amid a hung parliament.
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