Klein backs Western leadership for Tories in Calgary
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein praised Joe Clark as an admirable choice for prime minister but avoided endorsing him as the next Tory leader. Klein, during the Stampede, also noted Hugh Segal’s western visit while declining to publicly back Clark and preferring a western figure. Mulroney and Campbell offered private and public support respectively for Clark.
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Roy Rogers dead at 86 in California
Roy Rogers, the singing cowboy icon and star of 87 Westerns, died in his sleep at his Apple Valley home after a congestive heart failure. The Los Angeles born actor rose from truck driver and peach picker to Hollywoods King of the Cowboys, known for clean gunplay and family appeal.
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Medicine Hat approves plebiscite on keeping VLTs
City council unanimously approves a plebiscite for Oct 19 to decide if Video Lottery Terminals remain in Medicine Hat. The measure asks if the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission should remove VLTs citywide, with results to be sent to the provincial government.
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Politicians clash over for profit casinos and VLTs
Profit casinos opposed by Iberta tourism minister as debate grows over video lottery terminals in Alberta ahead of a provincial plebiscite. Pat Nelson warns of trouble if machines stay. Stockwell Day proposes moving VLTs to large tourist casinos if voters reject them.
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Manning seeks a global profile on 24 day world trip
Reform leader Preston Manning plans a 24 day summer voyage to Asia India and Europe to raise his international profile and meet business and government leaders. An aide rejects comparisons to Prime Minister Chretien as the trip costs about 45000 funded by Reform coffers and uses no travel points with economy class flights.
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Exeter man convicted of killing Ronald Platt in chillingly efficient fashion
Albert Johnson Walker, 52, found guilty of murdering Ronald Platt with calculated ruthlessness. The judge called the act callously premeditated and warned of a long life sentence, while the Home Secretary would set the actual term after sentencing. Walker’s lawyer planned an appeal on grounds of an unsafe verdict.
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Distraught mother seeks path for 13-year-old thief
In Cambridge the 13-year-old charged with theft for stealing $5.50 from his sister faced a youth court. The boy, barred from being named under the Young Offenders Act, was described as smoking and socializing with disreputable pals. Judge Paddy Hardman placed him on 12 months probation and ordered participation in an anti-theft program.
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