Alberta Cowboys Shine as Crowd Sets Rodeo Attendance Record
One rodeo athlete, Wally Greenwood of Lon gana Alberta, broke his neck after a bareback ride while several cowboys were shaken up entering finals day. Attendance Friday hit 119,139, a new record, with six day total near 591,715 as Alberta cowboys led in half of the 10 events. Sigurd Nielsen of Standard posted a top calf roping time while Jack Shheckter of Edmonton trailed closely.
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Alberta
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Longana
Alta
Bill Greenwood
Bobby Clark
Bakersfield
Calif
Clark
Alberta Cowboys
Sigurd Nielsen
Standard
Jack Shheckter
Edmonton
Canadian wins Bisley Queen’s Prize at Bisley
Maj. Dick Hampton a 52 year old Toronto securities salesman and retired Canadian Army officer won the Queen's Prize the major event at the Bisley shooting championships in Brookwood England. He received his public and high school education in Guelph Ontario.
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Brookwood
England
Reuters
Dick Hampton
Bisley
Hampton
Toronto Securities
Guelph
Ont
Wilson peace bid will fail
Prime Minister Wilson arrives in Moscow for a three day visit amid warning that any new Viet Nam peace bid is doomed to failure. Soviet hosts may see the trip as appeasement of Britain’s left wing which wants a break with U S policy on Viet Nam. Britain backs the American line but dissociates from bombing on Hanoi and Haiphong outskirts.
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Britain
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tour Guide Dave Oliphant Boosts Medicine Hat Appeal
Tour operator Dave Oliphant conducts daily city tours for visiting U S travelers from the Carolinas and Georgia, praising Medicine Hat for its cleanliness, new schools, parks, and civic pride. His efforts, aided by hotel managers, create a welcoming image and spark resident pride in the citys civic administration and finances.
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Medicine Hat
Oliphant
South Carolina
United States
Dave Oliphant
Mr. Oliphant
Hellyer vows no force leaders dictate policy
Defence Minister Paul Hellyer says he will resign if cabinet colleagues do not back his plan to integrate the armed forces, warning senior officers including Rear Admiral William Landymore face resignation or removal for opposing civil control. He asserts the issue is civil control and expects further resignations from top ranks.
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Royal Canadian Air Force Association
Air Force
Army
Iaw
M. G. Stirling
Esquimault
B.C
Pacific Fleet
Robert P. Welland
H. C. Burchell
Ottawa
Landymore
Lawrencetown
N.S
National guardsmen patrol riot areas
National guardsmen and police patrolled a 140 block area in Chicago after days of racial violence. Guardsmen were told to shoot to kill if fired upon as 3,000 were called by Gov Kerner with 1,500 deployed alongside 1,000 police.
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Chicago
Otto Kerner
Richard J. Daley
Francis P. Kane
Medicine Hat Linked To Siberian Twin In Book Review
A Soviet Academy of Sciences publication argues Medicine Hat Alberta shares temperate and geographic traits with Akmolinsk in Siberia. The review notes similar climates, taiga landscapes, and connections to other cities, plus oil discoveries shifting Siberia’s image.
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Ottawa
Medicine Hat
Alta
Akmolinsk
Canada
Geographical Institute
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Angelina Antipova
Miller Town
Mid
Niklayevsk
Amur
Peace River
Saskatoon
Novosibirsk
Barkerville
B.C
Listveniehnoye
Walkouts spread to 39 Quebec hospitals
Non medical staff walkouts expand to 18 more institutions as of 7 a.m. EDT in Quebec and Montreal hospitals. Premier Daniel Johnson monitors talks with Yves Pratte acting as mediator amid a union dispute over contracts affecting 32,500 workers across 139 hospitals.
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Quebec
Quebec City
Daniel Johnson
Johnson
Provincial Health Department
Yves Pratte
National Federation
Aiken Presses Hard on Vietnam Retaliation Threats
Senator George D. Aiken warned that if Hanoi executes U S airmen the American people will demand complete destruction of North Vietnam. He joined 18 Democratic doves in urging restraint while warning the crisis could spark broader conflict and nuclear danger.
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George D. Aiken
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
Aiken
Senate
Mike ‘Mansfield
Hubert Humphrey
Fort Worth
Tex
Gemini 10 set for three day space voyage Monday
Cape Kennedy notes bright weather as Gemini 10 astronauts John Young Michael Collins prepare for a three day mission. An Atlas rocket will lift off at 4 41 pm EDT to place the Agena satellite, with Titan II sending Young and Collins to space at 6 21 pm for a six hour chase and rendezvous. Collins will perform two 55 minute spacewalks including a 50 foot lifeline excursion with a space gun.
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Javy Cmdr
John W. Young
Air Force
Michael Collins
Space Agency
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Gemini
William Schneider
Atlas
Agena
Young
Collins
Titan
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