Weather Outlook for Wednesday
A brief weather note reports few clouds with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. The high is 22 and the low 6. Map reference Page B4.
23 Sep 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1986
Page
1
A brief weather note reports few clouds with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. The high is 22 and the low 6. Map reference Page B4.
RCMP identified Therese MacLaughlin of Neguac as the victim whose body was found Monday in a gravel pit near Miramichi Bay. Police note the death occurred late Sunday or Monday and are not ruling out a link to August’s 13-year-old rape and stabbing in Lower Newcastle. An autopsy was planned in Saint John.
Edmonton CP report says Canada Wheat Board minister Charlie Mayer and Alberta minister Peter Elzinga announced grain cleaned in Prairie terminals before port shipment will save farmers money. The shift reduces storage at port and speeds loading, while mitigating Thunder Bay grain handlers strike effects. Mayer noted Alberta shipments mostly go through Vancouver and no hardships yet.
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said a superpower summit is a realistic possibility if the Reagan administration wants one. He called Reagan’s UN address regrettable but noted relations remain promising, and discussed Daniloff’s spy case with George Shultz.
Meir Halevi of the Canadian Jewish Defence League and Terry Long clashed near Long’s land near Caroline Alberta where a barbed wire fence separated rival groups. Halevi condemned police for not arresting a gunman and questioned RCMP patrols as a loaded weapon was pointed.
UN Sudan relief efforts slowed by security concerns as the Rainbow airlift with Canadian funding awaits approval. Officials warn the first flight may not occur before Sunday while reports cite starvation deaths in Wau and mass displacement. Analysts note SPLA access challenges and risk to the Hercules aircraft.
Mozambican government appeals for urgent food aid to feed 3.9 million people, nearly a third of the population, as rebel activity and drought disrupt distribution. Minister Jacinto Veloso cites intensified risk since January 1984 and notes improved weather and security had reduced hunger earlier.
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