Stampede first day attendance breaks seven year record at Calgary
The Stampede opened in fine weather drawing 112 446 visitors on Monday surpassing the seven year high of 110 220 in 1959 and fueling hopes for a total attendance near 600 000. Senator Robert F Kennedy opened the exhibition and the Canadian Petroleum Exposition started on stampede grounds. Tough judging kept many rodeo riders from qualifying early with Alberta rider Wayrie Wold leading seven of eight infield events. Seigert Nielsen chuck wagon from Standard led daily racing with 1 12 45 over six days. Newall brothers from Rockyford were second at 1 12 59.
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Calgary
Stampede
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Alberta
Wayrie Wold
DeWihton
Seigert Neilsen
Standard
Alta
Neilsen
Dale Flett
Newall Brothers
Rockyford
Shock wave blast tests at Suffield experimental station
A 20 ton spherical TNT detonation at Suffield Experimental Station at 11 25 a m lit a red flash and a 400 foot smoke column. The tower was destroyed leaving two twisted steel sections. Measurements, cameras and radar logged ground motion of the air blast with 35 high speed cameras and RCAF flights. Six blasts planned this year include another at Hinton and another at the SES range with a 9 foot diameter sphere from a 95 foot tower.
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Suffield
Ron Walter
NEWS
Suffield Experimental Station
Arthur Lambert
SES
Ford Flats
Medicine Hat
Zero Point
U.S
RCAF
Hinton
Edmonton
Canada vetoes Soviet call for nuclear disarmament conference
Gen E L M Burns at the 17 nation Geneva disarmament meeting rejected a Soviet proposal for an international conference to sign a ban on nuclear weapons. He argued for concrete verifiable measures and general disarmament rather than verbal undertakings.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Reuters
Canada
E. L. M. Burns
Alexei A. Roshchin
Burns
Liberal rout ends Tory rule in Prince Edward Island
In Kings 1st the Liberal councillor Alex Campbell wins by 207 votes, toppling Premier Walter Shaw as Liberal Daniel MacDonald and Bruce Stewart claim two seats. The Kings 1st vote, delayed after a Liberal candidate death, ends seven years of Conservative government and yields Canada’s youngest premier at 32.
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Charlottetown
Kings
Prince Edward Islanders
Alex B. Campbell
Canada
Walter R. Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Daniel J. MacDonald
Bruce L. Stewart
Shaw
MacDonald
Railways show revenue gain in March 1966
Canada’s railways reported an 11.6 percent rise in March 1966 revenues to 129,731,335 from a year earlier. CNR earned 68,242,652 and CPR 48,709,131, with total operating expenses up 9.2 percent to 118,964,845 and net operating income at 11,355,845.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
CNR
CPR
Protestants rally in Belfast against church union
About one hundred thousand Orangemen marched through Belfast to oppose Catholic ecumenism and reaffirm loyalty to the Queen. Lodges from Canada Scotland Ireland the United States Australia and New Zealand joined a three hour procession with banners promising to maintain Protestant faith and constitutional ties. A Grand Lodge of Ireland resolution attacking ecumenism was to be put to about 100 000 Orangemen at mass meetings marking the Boyne victory.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Rome
Battle of the Boyne
Canada
Scotland
Irish Republic
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Grand Lodge of Ireland
Christian Ecumenical “Movement
Ing
Shock tests study blast effects on towers and shelters
The report describes a large field test with instrumented towers and 65 projects including a 20 by 20 foot brick panel hut and eight eight to twelve foot deep blast shelters. Canadian participation covered site construction and rocket tracing of the blast with a navy deck house and a wooden bunker tested for strength. Portable horn antennas by Bell were tested for vulnerability as tests progressed from spring preparations.
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Emergency Measures Organization
U.S
Bell Telephones
Leiterman sees change in CBC dispute
Douglas Leiterman says he withdrew from a Sunday night television program amid controversy over This Hour Has Seven Days and that he believes there is a slight prospect of change in the dispute that led to his dismissal from CBC last week. He issued the statement by telegram to CJOH TV in Ottawa after deciding not to appear on air.
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Toronto
Douglas Leiterman
Hoir
CBC
Leiterman
Cjoh-Tv
Ottawa
Ottawa debates supply bill as Viet Nam and CBC dominate
The Canadian Commons debated a $662 million interim supply bill while also airing Viet Nam and CBC issues. MPs pressed topics from medical care insurance to Quebec longshoremen, an arts centre, and Income Tax Act amendments. Thompson supported U.S. actions. Nugent urged opposition views.
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Commons
Québec
Social Credit
Thompson
United States
Viet Nam
Terry Nugent
Edmonton
Strathcona
X. ‘Thompson
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Alberta crop conditions ease, but regional declines persist
Alberta wheat and crop reports show a slight overall decline in condition to 93 percent for the week ending July 9, despite general rains. Regions vary from 100 percent in the south to 79 percent in Peace River. northeastern areas slip to 76 percent with hail damage noted in Ponoka and ongoing drought.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Peace River
Medicine Hat
Ponoka
East Central
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P.E.I
Jority
Peter MacAulay
Mr. Stewart
Keith ‘MacKenzie
Mr. MacKenzie
J. Philip Matheson
Queens
Irish’ Protestants Score Church Union
U.s.canada
Saskatchewan
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