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01 May 1984
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Medicine Hat News in Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 01, 1984
Page
1
Man earns life sentence for Maple Creek murder
Merrill Michael Semenek of Maple Creek was sentenced in Swift Current provincial court to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the Oct. 9, 1983, death of Russell Zoerb, 20, following a dispute. The judge set no parole eligibility for 10 years after the Crown witness testimony influenced the plea change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Michael Semenek
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Russell Zoerb
Ross Wimmer
Semenok
Redcliff Increases Taxes To Cover School Requisition
Redcliff council approved its 1984 budget at a special meeting. Homeowners face a 2.5 percent residential tax rise and a 3.9 percent non residential rate to fund a $52,000 higher school board requisition. The $3,012,118 budget includes a $150,000 year over year rise, with the town guiding a pending debt load of about $5.8 million and a $100,000 school deficit from March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redcliff
Kaye Osgood
Osgood
Liberals Take Lead Over Conservatives In Gallup Poll
Gallup reports Liberals at 46 percent vs 40 for Conservatives in a March survey, the largest one month shift in 42 years. NDP at 13 percent, with a four point margin of error, prompting cautious reaction from Liberal campaign chief Senator Keith Davey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Gallup
NDP
Canada
Keith Davey
Liberal
Clara Hat
City taxes rise above eight percent in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat homeowners face an average 8.3 percent tax rise as City Council keeps a non expansionary 1984 budget with stable services. Mayor Ted Grimm says spending will be cut 10 percent to balance a 18.3 million tax take, with 7.3 million for city, 8.5 million for schools, and 2.5 million for other requisitioning authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheri Murphy
the News Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Utilities Department
Poles clash with riot police at Walesa May Day march
In Gdansk Lech Walesa and about 1,000 Solidarity supporters infiltrated an official May Day parade. Riot police fired water canons tear gas and used truncheons to disperse thousands of protesters in other cities. No injuries or arrests were reported. Walesa's hometown is also the Solidarity movement’s birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Tap
Lech Walesa
Gdansk
Solidarity
Walesa
Solidarnosc
Nurse cites staff shortages in Sick Kids baby deaths case
Toronto nurses on the cardiac ward testified to a royal commission that insufficient staff near the end of the period may have allowed babies to die. Phyllis Trayner said doctors reassured staff they were not at fault. Her testimony followed earlier disputes about possible spurious letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Phyllis Trayner
Trayner
Stephen
Privilege fight floods air waves in Saskatchewan
Regina reports the NDP and Saskatchewan Conservatives locked in a privilege dispute over a lawsuit against Ned Shillington. Radio ads urge pressure on the government as division bells echo for a sixth day and talks fail to break the deadlock. Premier Grant Devine silent on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bentley Regina
New Democratic Party
Regina
Ned Shillington
NDP
Saskatchewan
Shillington
Lwsuit
Assembly
House
Dwain Linenfelter
Grant Devine
Gov
Devine
Lingenfelter
Government House
Bob Andrew
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