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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1995
Page
1
Mikel Stanek 26 drives a car shaped like a hotdog to promote Oscar Mayer products. He won the job from hundreds of applicants and hands out wiener whistles at malls. He cherishes the role and sings a commercial jingle about his dream.
For 17 dollars ride passes cover any day from noon to midnight at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede. Passes available at city licence bureaus as organizers promise crowd dispersion and continued savings despite no Kiddies Day sponsor. Weather outlook calls for drying, sun, and warm highs in the 20s to low 30s.
Alberta officials consider widening off track betting to boost ailing racing profits. Pastor David Hall and others warn that greater gambling access will hurt families and reduce funds for essentials while proponents argue the plan could revive the industry. Regulators note declines in wagering at Calgary and Edmonton tracks and debate privatizing the racing commission.
A Canadian study at Clarke Institute of Psychiatry links severe premenstrual syndrome to oversensitivity to the brain protein CCK-4 released during stress. Researchers say most women have mood changes but only under five percent suffer severe PMS affecting lives, with anxiety irritability and sadness noted on bad days.
A man surrendered at the Ottawa courthouse as police press their probe into the shooting of sportscaster Brian Smith. A beige car linked to the shooter was towed from the courthouse area while authorities confirm a custody link to gun and vehicle in the case.
Rafay family killings in Bellevue Washington involving Tariq Rafay and ex friend Burns detailed. Canada seeks assurances against death penalty under treaty as Tariq Rafay and his parents were fatally bludgeoned in 1994. Beirne represents both sides challenging extradition terms amid capital punishment questions.
Hurricane Erin weakened to a tropical storm crossing the Florida peninsula causing downed power lines, damaged windows, and outages for about 250 000 homes and businesses in Cocoa and Melbourne areas. The storm threatened the northeast Gulf of Mexico return inland as it tracked toward Florida while a Georgia coast tug sank in heavy seas with five crew rescued. In the Bahamas storms damaged boats and agriculture and Jamaica reported a fatal plane crash from outer rains.
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