Rockabar follows father into Calgary rodeo finals bid
Kevin Rockabar, 12, of Medicine Hat rides Wild Bull for a 57 to threaten finals as his father Rocky eyes a top eight finish in the Calgary Stampede steer and bull riding events. The elder rodeo veteran, 39, aims to stay atop Kesler's Welcome Aboard for a potential big payoff with top bulls and supporting riders like Shoulders, Ward, and Garstad in pursuit.
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Calgary
Rocky Rockabar
Medicine Hat
Kevin
Young Rockabar
Rockabar
Kesler
Larry Collins
Jack Faulk
Rocky
Marvin Shoulders
Texas
Wildman
Shoulders
Mr. Shoulders
Ben Calhoun
British troops clash with IRA in Belfast slums
British soldiers waged an all night battle with IRA gunmen in Lenadoon Avenue and nearby areas of Andersonstown Belfast killing six people and injuring dozens. The offensive used 700 troops to flush out snipers amid heavy shelling in working class districts.
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Belfast
Lenadoon Avenue
Andersonstown
Irish Republican Army
Lenadoon
Falls Road
Ardoyne
Davis Street
Army
IRA
London
William Whitelaw
Britain
Northern Ireland
House of Commons
Whitelaw
McGovern picks Eagleton as running mate at Democratic convention
The Democratic convention gave Senator George McGovern and his Missouri vice presidential pick Senator Thomas Eagleton a rousing pre-dawn reception. Former rivals Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie Henry Jackson Shirley Chisholm and Terry Sanford joined the cheering delegates while Gov George Wallace remained absent. McGovern pledged to end the Vietnam War open government and restore jobs after victory over Nixon. He urged opening war decisions and setting a date to withdraw troops from Vietnam.
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McGovern
Thomas F. Eagleton
George S. McGovern
Missouri
Miami Beach
Democratic Party
George McGovern
Thomas Eagleton
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Terry Sanford
George Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
United States
Agreement signed by Olson and Horner in Edmonton
Federal Agriculture Minister H A Bud Olson and Alberta Agriculture Minister Hugh Horner signed in Edmonton a joint small farms development program to help farmers grow profitable family farms and support retirement. The agreement aims to expand land transfer plans, credit for land archasers, grants for buyers and sellers, and a land listing service while adding information and farm management services under a Canada Alberta coordination committee. The program seeks to raise farm family income toward the national average and improve land use and rural opportunities.
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H. A
Bud) Olson
Alberta
Hugh Horner
Edmonton
Olson
Ottawa
Small Farms
Fischer protest rejected in world chess match by forfeit
An appeals committee of four chess officials backed chief referee Lothar Schmid in upholding the forfeit win awarded to Boris Spassky over Bobby Fischer. Fischer missed Thursday’s game claiming camera presence disturbed him, while the panel reserved judgment on his protest about play conditions and camera use.
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Ap-Reuter Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer
Lothar Schmid
Boris Spassky
Russia
Fischer
Andrew Davis
New York
Gudmunder Arnlaugsson
Iceland
Davis
Schmid
Arnlaugsson
Fred Cramer
U.S. Chess Federation
Nikolai Krogius
Spassky
Baldur Moller
Icelandic Chess Federation
Arnilaugsson
No regrets: Okamoto admits responsibility for Lod massacre
Kozo Okamoto admitted responsibility Thursday in the Lod Airport massacre and told his judges he has no regrets about the people he killed. The three members of the court then retired to consider his fate and their ruling is expected Monday. The defence called no witnesses and the defence and prosecution summations took only 10 minutes.
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Lod
Israel
Kozo Okamoto
Navy unarms Fat Albert video bomb joins air war
The U S Navy announced the Fat Albert one ton video bomb, an enhanced Walleye, now in use against North Vietnam. Capt Townsend of the Kitty Hawk said six Fat Alberts scored direct hits, with four bridges downed and two military buildings destroyed. U S pilots carried out 270 tactical air strikes, and naval crews targeted coastal defence sites near Vinh with laser guided bombs.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Navy
Marland W. Townsend
Townsend
U.S
Vinh
Troops Join Hunt for Millhaven Escapees
Kingston reports 275 soldiers from Petawawa and Barriefield aid a large scale search for seven of fourteen convicts still at large after the Millhaven breakout. Residents cooperate while police field hundreds of sightings in a rugged 15 square mile area near the penitentiary. Two Napanee officers recaptured Thomas Smith, 34, as he sought cigarettes in the town’s business district.
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Kingston
Ont
Canadian Forces
Petawawa
Ottawa
Millhaven Penitentiary
Penitentiary
1St Signal Regiment
Barriefield Camp
Royal Canadian Regiment
Camp Petawawa
Canadian Armed Forces
Napanee
Thomas Smith
London
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Garstad
Jack Ward
Odessa
Mighty Mike
Ward
Clyde Vamvoras
Rusty Riddle
Pete Gaye
Gaye
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Alta
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