Weather outlook cloudy with showers Thursday
A cloudy forecast with a 40 percent chance of showers on Thursday. Temperatures reach a high of 16 and a low of 6, with map reference on page B4.
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 29, 1985
Page
1
Shells Hit Beiruts Gemayel Palace During Lunch
Artillery shells struck the presidential palace in Beirut while President Amin Gemayel ate lunch, setting his private wing and office ablaze. He was uninjured and soon left for Larnaca to fly to Damascus for a two day summit with Hafez Assad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Amin Gemayel
Gemayel
Larnaca
Cyprus
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Man Dies in Hussar Area Two Vehicle Crash
A Medicine Hat man was killed and another Bassano city man was in serious condition after a two vehicle collision six kilometres north of Hussar on Highway 56 Tuesday. A propane tanker driver escaped injury and next of kin were to be notified before identities are released. The pickup driver remains in hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary Foothills
Hussar
Bassano
Next of
Dream crossing ends as cancer fundraiser finishes in Victoria
Steve Fongo plans to dip his artificial leg into the Pacific at Victoria after a 14 month 7924 kilometre cross country journey from St John’s to Victoria raising over 7.5 million dollars for cancer research and patient services. He becomes an honorary Parkland high school graduate as thousands cheer along the route and donate to the Canadian Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Kingston
Victoria
Steve Fongo
British Columbia
Canada
Fongo
St. John’s
Mld
Marjorie Todd
Fonyo
Parkland High School
Equality defined in trial
Jim Keegstra testified in his trial for wilfully promoting hatred against Jews arguing equality contradicts true Christianity. He cited a 1920 Churchill article to support his belief in a global Jewish conspiracy while insisting only some Jews are involved and that Christianity upholds individual worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Mertl
Red Deer
Alta
Jim Keegstra
Keegstra
Eckville High School
Winston Churchill
Witness details alleged motive in Hansford murder trial
A Court of Queen's Bench witness testified Edward Allan Hansford described Ken Spoonheim as homosexual and said he stabbed the cab driver after Spoonheim allegedly touched his leg. The Crown closed its case after 28 witnesses as details emerged of a knife strapped to Hansford's belt and a coin changer found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Queen's Bench
Edward Allan Hansford
Ken Spoonheim
Hansford
Spoonheim
Stacey Spoonheim
Medicine Hat
Leamington
Ont
Jerry Michalezki
Michalezki
Helen
Third Street
S.E
David Carter
Canada Development Corp privatization planned by government
Ottawa moves to sell its 47.1 percent stake in CDC, turning the federal enterprise into private hands. The sale could raise about 320 million dollars if shares price near 10.36 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, reducing government ownership to 10 percent and ending involvement in Poly sar Ltd in Sarnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada Development Corp
Sinclair Stevens
CDC
Stevens
Treasury
Toronto Stock Exchange
Polysar Ltd
Sarnia
Polymer Corp
Ontario opposition pact could topple Conservative rule
Ontario's NDP and Liberal leaders signed a two year pact to defeat Premier Frank Miller's Conservatives. The agreement binds both parties to support confidence votes while the Liberals avoid elections for two years, enabling the NDP to oppose specific bills without toppleting the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Valozzi
Toronto
Ontario
NDP
Bob Rae
David Peterson
Frank Miller
John Black Aird
Peterson
Miller
Conservatives
Liberals
New Democrats
Rae
Sarnia
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