Weather Outlook Sunny with Westerly Winds
Forecast calls for sunny conditions with westerly winds and a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Tuesday highs near 17 and lows around 0. Map page B4.
30 Sep 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1985
Page
1
Forecast calls for sunny conditions with westerly winds and a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Tuesday highs near 17 and lows around 0. Map page B4.
Gunmen in Moslem-controlled West Beirut abducted four Soviet Embassy officials. Voice of Lebanon radio reported two separate seizures: Second Secretary Valeri Korneev and Attache Oleg Spirine were seized together, while Arkady Katakov and the embassy’s resident doctor were taken in a second incident.
Canadian Liquid Air Ltd plans a $5 million plant on Canadian Fertilizer Ltd grounds in Brier Park to process carbon dioxide for oil recovery and food and beverage use. Wayne Archambault announced from Montreal that operations will start before year end. site representative Edward Gaspar cited a prearranged agreement limiting employee numbers.
The federal government shuts the Calgary based Northland Bank and appoints Supreme Court Justice Willard Estey to probe the failure of Northland and the Canadian Commercial Bank. Barbara McDougall says reorganization attempts failed. The closures follow curatorship orders issued Sept 1 and public assurances to uninsured depositors.
Pierre Marc Johnson son of a former premier won the Parti Quebecois leadership with 58.5 percent of ballots, pledging the next election won’t be fought over independence while supporting sovereignty as the ultimate goal. He inherits a divided party as Rene Levesque resigns and a Liberal lead looms in polls.
Police and youths clashed in Brixton for a second night with scattered looting and arson. Forty eight arrests were reported as two women were raped and Cherry Grace, 38, remained in intensive care after being shot to request her son’s possession charge.
Le Point allege senior Elysee aides planned against the Rainbow Warrior weeks before its sinking in Auckland. Prime Minister Fabius admitted secret agents were to blame and defence minister Hernu and intelligence chief Lacoste were dismissed or resigned. The report reopens questions on high level involvement.
A three member team led by Dr. Peter Pearse of the University of British Columbia urges Canadians to pay much more for water. The report recommends doubling homeowner charges and directing revenues to urgent water safeguarding programs. It cites toxic contamination aging systems and mismanagement of federal water programs, stressing northward policy improvements and the user pay principle to conserve resources and promote responsibility.
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