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12 Sep 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1985
Page
1
Wilson presses tax changes in Canada
Finance Minister Michael Wilson outlined a minimum tax and the closing of tax shelters to make the system fairer. He said the minimum tax, first announced in last May’s budget, will be implemented soon and that authorities will curb shelters used by high income earners to reduce tax payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Canada
Finance
Michael Wilson
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
Wilson
Parachute Failure Kills Drug Carrier Thornton
A former narcotics agent Andrew Carter Thornton 40 of Paris Kentucky was killed when his parachute failed in Tennessee early Wednesday. He was heavily armed wore a bulletproof vest and carried about 14 million dollars in cocaine police said. Fred Myers 85 saw the body in his driveway and noted the heavy load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenn
Fred Myers
Andrew Carter Thornton
Paris
Britain Expels 25 Soviet Officials After Defector Reveals Spy Network
Britain ordered 25 Soviet officials expelled after Oleg Gordievski, head of Soviet intelligence in London, defected and exposed the spy network. The move lifts total expulsions in Britain since 1971 to over 130, with six diplomats among those ousted. The Soviet Embassy denounces the action as unfriendly. Gordievski joined the KGB in 1962 and had been appointed head of London operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuter
Britain
Kremlin
West Germany
Soviet Union
Alexey Nikiforov
Foreign Office
Oleg Gordieviski
Moscow
KGB
Scandinavia
Gordievski
Train crash near Viseu kills dozens in Portugal
An eastbound express carrying hundreds of migrant workers collided head on with a westbound local train in central Portugal. At least 46 people died and more than 100 were injured as cars burned for hours amid a rescue effort by thousands of responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viseu
Portugal
France
Oporto
Hendaye
Coimbra
ANDP
Duarte Santos Correia
Francisco Marteira Nado
Noticias de Portugal
Delfim Azevedo
Mario Soares
Portuguese Red Cross
Serra de Estrela
U S Regrets Canada Claim on Arctic Sovereignty
The United States expressed regret over Canada's fresh claim to Arctic sovereignty and said it wants talks with Canada. The State Department noted differences and reserved rights to use Northwest Passage and northern waterways. External Affairs Minister Joe Clark offered discussions without pre conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southam News
Washington
United States
Canada
State Department
Arctic Islands
Water
Gret
U.S
Joe Clark
Northwest Passage
U.S. Coast Guard
Clark
Mulroney pledges charges over CCB collapse
Prime Minister Mulroney vowed that criminal charges will be laid against the chartered banks or anyone found to have acted illegally in the Canadian Commercial Bank collapse. He spoke amid fierce questions from New Democrats who accused banks of participating in a rescue then pulling out deposits. Mulroney warned action only after parliamentary findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Maser
Southam News
Ottawa
Mulroney
Canadian Commercial Bank
CCB
Commons
Michael Wilson
New Democrat
Wilson
Finance
Barbara McDougall
Rose tops Cobb with record single in Cincinnati
Pete Rose, 44, broke Ty Cobb's all time hits mark with 4,192 on a first inning single off Eric Shaw as the Reds beat the Padres 2 0 in Cincinnati. Tears marked the moment, seen at first base with Rose recalling his late father and fans chanting his name during an emotional celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Pete Rose
Ty Cobb
Rose
San Diego Padres
Eric Shaw
Cobb
Cincinnati Reds
Harry
Reds
Padres
Philadelphia A’s
Shaw
Ed Montague
Pete Jr
Pete
Tony Perez
Davey (Concepcion
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