City considers two proposals for Medicine Hat mall site
City council will meet behind closed doors to review two detailed plans for a second regional shopping centre in the south end, including a Cambridge Leaseholds Oxford Sears bid for about 40 acres opposite Connaught Golf Course. Toulon Development abandoned the 38-acre Third Street site after a $60 000 penalty.
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May Day violence mars global workers holiday clash in Istanbul
Gunfight between rival leftist groups at a May Day rally in Istanbul left 33 dead and more than 200 arrested as clashes spread to other cities. In Madrid riots Spanish police used tear gas and clubs while demonstrators faced fire bombs in multiple locales.
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Protests at Seabrook Nuclear Site End in Mass Arrests
About 1,200 demonstrators were held in jails and armories after sit-in arrests for trespassing at the Seabrook nuclear plant site in New Hampshire. Court hearings were set as construction workers returned to the $2 billion project and police pressed arrests to end the breach of a fenced area.
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Cleaver Attacked By Pie Thrower At Vancouver Talk
Eldridge Cleaver, once Black Panther info minister, spoke to a religious campaign audience in Vancouver when Frank Lee, 25, threw a pie from a group calling itself Groucho Marxist Anarchists. Lee said the act was nonviolent and no charges were filed. Cleaver faces May 9 court on an assault with intent to kill charge from 1968 Oakland clash.
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Break in Calgary Transformer Dims City Power
A Calgary area transformer sub station breakdown early Sunday caused voltage drops and a brief power interruption. City utilities director Bill Scott says Medicine Hat crews isolated the system to restore balance and service was briefly affected in several districts.
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Saskatchewan premier on Western views of Quebec separation
Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney said Western Canada shows both opposition to and support for Quebec's separation. He noted many westerners favor national unity and urge accommodating French-Canadian aims within a reorganized federation. He spoke after a weekend meeting with leaders from multiple sectors.
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Richard Hatfield
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British troops surge to 15000 as Northern Ireland braced for strike
The U K government sent 600 more combat troops to Northern Ireland bringing total forces to about 15 500 as a militant Protestant strike called for midnight loomed Officials also noted 3 000 more troops on standby in England and 17 850 militiamen police and reservists were in Ulster The Ulster Unionist Action Committee led by Rev Jan Paisley and Ernest Baird demanded a military offensive against the IRA and restoration of Stormont Parliament The government rejected the demands and warned a decisive action from the start amid reports of intimidation against workers supporting the strike Markets rationed bread and essential foods as strike plans spread across Belfast
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Cleanup ships fight to save mackerel from spill
Norway dispatched more cleanup ships to the Ekofisk Bravo oil spill in the North Sea as mackerel spawning nears later this month. Environment Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland said experts expect the slick to dissipate in a few days and noted limited environmental damage despite an 8.8 million gallon spill. Phillips Petroleum pledged cleanup efforts as mechanical recovery targets areas under two square miles where the slick is thickest.
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