WCC hopefuls rally in Medicine Hat leadership bid
Elmer Knutson and four other Western Canada Concept candidates spoke at a windy Medicine Hat gathering to seek party leadership support. They urged unity, defended their records, and discussed potential premiers roles, with estranged party members in attendance and Wayne Whitaker absent.
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Elmer Knutson
Alberta
Steve Pinchak
Gordon Kesler
Ramsay
Camrose
RCMP
WCC
Knutson
West Fed
Margaret Anderson
Area West Fed Association
Medicine Hat News
Anderson
Elmer
Elmer Knutsen
Western Canada Concept Party
Medicine Hat
Riverside Park
Les Carruthers
Herbert Kuehn
Cypress
Robin Schlaht
Man Delivers Baby At Home Before Ambulance Arrives
Daniel Harold Rudd helped deliver his son at home after labor began at 5 10 am on a Saturday. The ambulance arrived four minutes later and the baby, weighing four pounds ten ounces, was placed in quarantine at Medicine Hat hospital.
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Daniel Harold Rudd
Steven
Loreen Rudd
Rudd
Medicine Hat News
Loreen
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Iranian Wrestler Seeks Asylum After Defection During Championship
A 26 year old Iranian world freestyle wrestler fled his team's lodging at the Edmonton championships and sought refugee status. He is believed in a safe location with the Moslem Students Society assisting and awaiting a formal asylum request. The defection sparked protests in the crowd with chants against Khomeini.
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Edmonton
Seyyed Jabbar Mehdioon
Mohamad
Majid
Aytollah Khomeini
Iran
Mehdioon
Khomeini
Gary Palmer
Canada
Palmer
Immigration Department
Barnard
Ottawa
Students Society
Amir Tehrani
Aslan Seyhanli
Turkey
Trudeau eggs greet visitors during Rockies trip
Pierre Trudeau left Banff to a warm sendoff of about 200 well wishers as his Via Rail train headed for Ottawa. In Calgary a small protest and placards occurred while the dining car was cleaned of eggs. City police manned the station in Medicine Hat after an overnight stop.
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Calgary
Pierre Trudeau
Rockies
Banff
Canmore
Trudeau
Ottawa
Rogers Pass
Salmon Arm
B.C
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Medicine Hat
Larry Brink
Expansion plans spark debate over old nurses residence
City considers tearing down the old nurses residence on Second Street SE to expand the police station. Utilities department still uses the building, and at least one group opposes its destruction.
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Second Street
S.E
Utilities Department
Israel May Allow PLO Pullout From West Beirut This Weekend
U S envoy Habib returns to Beirut with major Israeli concessions on withdrawing Palestinian guerrillas from West Beirut. Lebanon reports evacuation could start Saturday as talks continue over verification, the return of an Israeli pilot, and missing soldiers.
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Associated Press
U.S
Philip Habib
Beirut
West Beirut
Elias Sarkis
Shafik Wazzan
Fuad Butros
Habib
Radio
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Israel
PLO
Aharon Ahiaz
Lebanon
International Red Cross
Syria
Bekaa
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Maygard
Red Leer
Pinchak
Wayne Whitaker
Peace River Region
Mister Rudd
Chris Harbron
Allan Coyle
Ann Landers
Christopher Young
John Walker
Loto
Dan Meridor
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