23 May 1981
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 23, 1981
Page
1
Kaplan notes Canada’s firearm controls link to lower handgun homicide rates and fewer gun deaths. He cites two thirds of firearms deaths being self inflicted and questions U.S. attitudes while detailing Canada’s license, safety training, and legitimate ownership criteria pending enforcement.
British soldiers fired plastic bullets at Catholic mobs in Londonderry amid rioting after hunger striker Patsy O Hara died in Maze prison. Two soldiers faced guerrilla RPG fire in Andersonstown as Catholic and Protestant groups gain seats in Northern Ireland council elections.
Marc Carbonneau, one of two exiled FLQ members still sought for James Cross kidnapping, will fly to Mirabel from Paris with police escort. He faces conspiracy, kidnapping, forcible detention and extortion charges after being exiled since 1970. He is to be questioned as papers are processed.
U S peace envoy Philip Habib departed Beirut for Jerusalem as Syrian and rightist Christian militias renewed artillery and rocket fire. Shells struck the Presidential Palace near the ambassador’s residence injuring civilians while Habib stayed at John Gunther Dean’s villa before continuing efforts to avert a wider clash.
Inside Ray Speaker and Alberta political figures weigh buffering small oil firms and the service sector from the Alberta Ottawa energy stand-off. Bogle addresses social planning in Medicine Hat urging regional decision making.
Ottawa reports Canada energy ministers Marc Lalonde and Merv Leitch will resume price talks in Banff on June 10 after an April Winnipeg session. They seek proposals amid debate over Alberta oil pricing and the gap between domestic and world prices.
In Barcelona gunmen stormed the Central Bank demanding the release of four jailed right wing military men from Madrid and warned of executions. The assault left at least one wounded and around 15 people injured as police surrounded the four-story building.
Chicago AP report says Roy Lee Williams interim Teamsters president and three co defendants face federal indictments for conspiring to bribe Senator Howard Cannon to influence trucking deregulation. Union officials defend Williams and pledge support for his five year term amid the case. Cannon not charged.
George Oake reports on the debate surrounding Peter Lougheed, with commentators labeling him a nation-builder and weighing his potential gains against political costs. The piece frames the discussion within Alberta politics and national implications.
University of Alberta political scientist Larry Pratt charges Peter Lougheed's Tory regime fans a narrative of Alberta nationalism to justify independence. Roger Gibbins adds that Alberta's grain system police force and Medicare control hint at broader separatist tendencies amid Ottawa conflicts.
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