18 Jul 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1964
Page
1
At Suffield Experimental Station on Friday the atmosphere was described as roses all the way as the big bang was prepared, set off, and pursued. SES chief superintendent A M Pennie called the event tremendously successful and said details would follow in a press briefing.
Ottawa reports federal will cover half the cost of a four point Saskatchewan aid plan to move fodder and support pasture lands. Two thirds rail costs for fodder moves and truck mileage subsidies are described as part of the emergency program targeting areas north of the QuAppelle and South Saskatchewan rivers.
The Saskatchewan CCF outlined a technological revolution driven platform at its three day Regina convention ending Friday. Party leaders discussed government action to ensure the revolution benefits individuals and pledged to undertake this program.
Stampede schedule lists 2:00 p.m. rodeo 7:00 p.m. quarter horse show cutting contest and 7:30 p.m. night show Country Hoedown. Sunday all day is for relaxation as the event ends.
Complete Friday run off results span bareback bronc to Brahma bull riding. Notable names include Jim Clifford Ribstone and Pat McHugh Dewinton in fast times, Rosemarie Linder Cardston leading ladies barrel race, with Calf Roping and Steer Wrestling showing close seconds and multiple competitors from Medicine Hat, Taber and Calgary.
London AP reports a Cornish high school headmaster tried to shame three long haired boys by tying their locks with ribbons. The pupils resisted the tactic and now style their hair themselves, tying a bow on top to keep it neat.
Charles Lynch argues that Barry Goldwater's campaign could unleash white backlash and bigotry across the United States. The piece warns of racist and anti communist rhetoric fueling demonstrations and counter protests, casting doubt on civil rights progress amid heightened partisan fervor.
Rockabar dominated bull riding with 59 points and won Thursday's saddle bronc with 64 while also placing second in Friday's saddle bronc to Dr. D C Lund. Lawrence Hutchison scored 57 on Cochrane, and Gid Garstad faltered in Brahma Bull as turnout reached 8 460 with 3 500 rodeo attendees.
Washington AP reports the Soviet vessel fired three shots across the bow of the U S grain ship Sister Katinga in the Black Sea. The U S State Department called the action excessive and outside acceptable norms though within strict legal rights. The Katinga was boarded and fined for unloading without permission after a wage dispute. no injuries or damage were reported. Captain Arthur H. Fertig said the ship was 16.3 miles from land when stopped. An oral protest was delivered to Soviet official Georgi Kornienko urging measures to prevent repetition. The dispute arose over unloading rates and was to be arbitrated by the Soviet Ministry of Merchant Marine.
Two Calgary men died and a Redcliff man was seriously injured in a head-on collision on the Trans-Canada Highway at 10 45 p m Friday. Richard J Dean 21 and Donald Leroy Lang 26 were the dead. Marvin Baumann 20 is in serious condition with multiple injuries. Police say the southbound half ton truck and Baumann’s car collided near 12th Ave N W with possible wrong side driving. Lang is married. his wife and children are in Germany. Dean was single.
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