19 Sep 1978
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1978
Page
1
The council defies planners by advancing a compact core for downtown with extended eastern and western boundaries and a shift of residential land to commercial use. Mayor Reinhardt claims land values will rise if expansion stalls and expects changes in the plan after RPC input and public hearings.
Prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau used a schoolroom act at a Winnipeg town hall to push his Liberal Three Rs: Restraint, Reallocation and Renewal. He mixed jibes at critics with policy pitches, aiming to shore up support amid the St. Boniface byelection and counter separatist arguments in Quebec.
Israeli Prime Minister Begin told U S congressmen Israel will not surrender sovereignty or the right to station troops in disputed West Bank and Gaza. He spoke amid Camp David accords while Sadat and Vance announce extended visits to urge Arab support. Carter urged Knesset to back Sinai settlement withdrawal as peace condition.
Premier Allan Blakeney announces Saskatchewan will go to the polls on October 18 in a hard fought provincial election shaped by federal timing. The NDP faces threats from the Progressive Conservatives while Liberals shift right under pressure from crime and tax debates.
The Letter Carriers Union of Canada announces rotating strikes by its 19 000 members starting Friday to back demands for a six percent wage increase and a cost of living adjustment. Talks have not resumed as the government refuses to budge on the wage formula, with Trudeau warning of possible backstop legislation to end any postal strike.
Heavy selling on international markets drives the Canadian dollar down to 85.54 U.S. cents, its steepest one day fall since August. Traders say institutional selling and a Wall Street Journal analysis contribute to the mood as governments' policy questions loom. The loonie had hovered near 86 cents and trades near the low 1933 levels.
In Darwin area Reuters reports a six metre saltwater crocodile attacked two fishing boats on the Finniss River. Police say two fishermen escaped unhurt after the croc sank their boat and chewed the motor and fuel tank. A second assault affected a four person family who fled to shore. Local experts warn the crocodile may have moved into fresh water and mistaken boats for rivals.
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