Alberta Booming Oil Economy Sparks Prairie Transformation
Calgary hosts a Houston-on-the-prairie boom as Alberta's oil finds drive vast wealth and rapid growth. Since Leduc No. 1 in 1947, 7.8 billion barrels of oil and 43 trillion cubic feet of gas have been found, with Athabasca sands promising 300 billion barrels more. Americans flock to the province, Calgarians boast the highest millionaires per capita, and the stampede week highlights a Western energy era reshaping settlement, housing, and city rivalry with Edmonton.
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Calgary
Alta
UPI
Alberta
Montana
Texas
Vern Hunter
Hunter
Leduc No. 1
Wildcatters
Athabasca
North American
U.S
Canada
United States
Northwest Territories
Arctic
Continental
Houston-on-the Prairie
Edmonton
Los Angeles
Nightlife Fragments Shuffle Through New York Scene
A collage of New York evenings appears with bar lines on Third Avenue, Central Park cycling, off Broadway hints in East Village, and a cab stand banter about a standout performer. The piece mixes urban scenes, dining chatter, and playful, provocative subtexts within a single night’s urban tapestry.
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New York
Central Park
Eighth Avenue
Third Avenue
Lenny Bernstein
Opera, lunch, and cross border views in Canada
A vivid slice of social life and opinion from the Canadian prairie. At a Calgary lunch a group discuss fine dining and hours, while prominent locals like Eddy Laborde and Carl Nickle reflect on American ties and Canadian identity. A Wichita sociologist criticizes nationalism, contrasting views on culture and borders.
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Eddy Laborde
Leduc
Canada
United States
Shreveport
E.C. Manning
Social Credit
Edmonton
Manning
Prairie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Calgary
Carl O. Nickle
Clem Blakeslee
Wichita
Kan
University of Calgary
America
Banana Republics
Austria
Germany
Martins appeal hearing on Bennington auto service station
The Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet at the Village offices on South Street in Bennington Vermont at 8:00 p.m. on May 17 1967 to consider the Martins appeal from the zoning inspector's denial of a permit for an automotive service station and cycle sales at West Main Street in an A-3 zone. Charles E Ulrich chairman. May 27 May 4 11.
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Zoning Board OF Adjustment
USA
Mary and
Paul Martin
Bennington
South Street
Martins
West Main Street
Vermont
Charles E. Ulrich
Milton Surdam
Television in Review by Rick Du Brow
Hollywood column notes television fans and critics alike define quality across genres. The piece reflects on viewer expectations, the evolving medium, and how critics weigh innovations against familiar formats.
Navy Fears Explosion At Port Chicago Ammunition Depot
The Navy warns of a potential catastrophic blast at Port Chicago California where the town handles about seventy percent of ammunition bound for Vietnam. Officials monitor the depot as crews load munitions and assess risk amid escalating conflict.
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Navy
Washington
API
Port Chicago
Calif
Vietnam
Congress
Jerome R. Waldie
D-Calif
Rowe Island
San Francisco Bay
Concord
Vallejo
Eddy
Pentagon
Defense Department
Tigers tame patrol near An Khe using insect spray
In An Khe Vietnam a six man reconnaissance team from the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry avoided harm when a family of tigers treed their position. Sgt Ray Belfield and a companion managed to distract the animals with an Army insect spray, sending the lead tiger fleeing into the jungle as the others followed.
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AN Khe
Vietnam
UPID
1St Air Cavalry Division
5Th Cavalry
Ray Belfield
Richmond
Bennington Special Town Meeting Warned for May 11 1967
The town of Bennington Vermont warns qualified voters to meet at the Elementary School on School Street for a special town meeting on Thursday May 11 1967 at 8 pm to decide on funding enlarging water mains for Bennington Flats and related costs, authority for selectmen to use reserve flood funds or levy taxes, and to consider a grant project for a senior citizens center with a potential tax levy. meeting dated April 25 1967 with signatures of selectmen Louis F. Sausville Richard VanSantvoord Joseph E. Higgins.
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Bennington
Water Board
Vermont Interdepartmental Council On Aging
Vermont
Louis F. Sausville
Richard VanSantvoord
Joseph E. Higgins
Palmer appeal set for zoning permit review Bennington
The Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet at the Village offices on South Street Bennington Vermont at 7 30 p m on May 17 1967 to consider the Palmers appeal from the zoning inspectors refusal to issue a permit to build a machine shop in the rear of 211 Bradford Street in a residential R 2 district April 27 May 4 11
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Zoning Board OF Adjustment
USA
Eleanore
Vaughn Palmer
Bennington
South Street
Palmers
Bradford Street
Vermont
Zoning Board to Hear Surdam Appeal in Bennington May 17
Public notice lists a Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Bennington to consider Milton Surdam and spouse’s appeal over a permit denial for a mobile home at 135 Burgess Road in an A-2 zone. Also includes bids for obsolete Highway Dept materials due May 19 and thanks from residents.
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Ronald Reagan
Fuehrer
iMao
Lively Cras
Charlie O’s
Television In Review
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Hollywood
Julian Goodman
National Broadcasting Co
Highway Department
Vermont State Purchasing Division
State Administration
Montpelier
State of
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North Branch St
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Donald Carrier
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Spike
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Cadillac Inc
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Monza
Iain St Bennington
Jeep Wagoneer
Elwell
Shaftsbury
Ideal
Chevroi Sedan
Walter L
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Inx
Pontiac-Buick
Bennington Road
Williams & Bugbee, Inc
E. Main St
Monument Motors
Volkswagen
Dial
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Mt. Anthony
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Bennington Rd
Milton Mackey
Leonard Wells
Bennington, Vt
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Nyaah
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Red Baron
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