Critics Nervous Before Medicine Hat Stampede Rodeo
The Medicine Hat Stampede opens its first go rounds under ideal conditions with 140 entrants vying for $6,000. Leo Brown of Czar leads the bareback and Brahma bull events, while George Myron of Viking trails closely in saddle bronc and bareback. Bud Butterfield of Ponoka shines in steer wrestling and Wilf Gerlitz narrowly follows in Bull milking event.
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Medicine Hat
Cardston
Herman Linder
Leo Brown
Czar
Central Alberta
George
Myron
Viking
Brown
Wilf Gerlitz
Youngstown
Alberta
Bud Sharp
British Columbia
Don
MacKay
Black
Diamond
Bud
Butterfield
Ponoka
Kok Ok
Record crowds pack Exhibition Building for Stampede events
Official figures show 95,645 attended the rodeo and 3,438 the evening show this year, with 5,916 and 3,973 respectively last year. Exhibition activity ran from afternoon rodeo to evening fireworks as Hon Li Gy Halmrast praised exhibits and opened the Stampede in Medicine Hat.
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Luck
Gy Halmrast
Parleys Conducted On Algiers Truce
Paris reports the foreign ministry authorized talks with insurgent representatives in Tunis on the Algerian conflict. Jean Yves Goeau Brissonniere met union leaders close to the insurgents to assess readiness for possible negotiations while Paris maintains a hard line until a cease fire. In Algiers militants launched a new bomb offensive killing two and wounding five, with a sixth device defused.
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Paris
Reuters
Foreign Ministry
Jean Yves Goeau-Brissonniere
Tunis
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Christian Pineau
Goeau Brissonniere
Foreign’ Ministry
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Alger
Algiers
Traveling salesman seeks Waterloo street mix up
A salesman pulled into Waterloo seeking Taylor Street to reach Mack Molding Company on Taylor Street. Constable Peppert noted no such street in Waterloo Ont. The man realized the street was in Waterloo Quebec, about 500 miles away.
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Waterloo
Matthew Peppert
Mack Molding Company
Taylor Street
Peppert
Que
Ont
Weather Outlook for Western Canada Sees Warm July Conditions
A weather report from Edmonton notes scattered showers overnight in Northern Alberta and potential activity in northwestern Saskatchewan this afternoon. Elsewhere it will be sunny and warm through Alberta and western Saskatchewan with isolated thunderstorms tonight in southern regions. Afternoon temperatures reach the mid eighty degree range, typical for July, with no significant precipitation.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Stampede Saturday Events Schedule At Stampede Grounds
Stampede Grounds hosts horse classes at 9:00 a.m. Exhibits run noon to 10 p.m. Fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m. Exhibits may be taken on presentation of claim cheques. A Ford draw is scheduled for 11:30 p.m.
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Stampede Grounds
Parade Figui Mixes Up Parade Figures in Medicine Hat
A chaotic parade report miscounted attendees. Officials eventually noted figures ranging from 5,000 to 18,000 while the paper apologized for the error. The reporter responsible faced internal discipline. The parade was billed as Medicine Hat’s finest, with miscommunication leading to a correction.
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Boster
Medicine Hat
Train crash in Avignon injures and kills many vacationers
An express train carrying Mediterranean coast vacationers derailed near Bolène la Croisière, Avignon. Fourteen died and about eighty were injured as cars overturned and burning steam hindered rescue. a station watchman placed detonators to avert a second collision.
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Avignon
France
Reuters
Mediterranean
Paris
Nice
Bollene-la- Croisiere
Cowboys Ride Wild at Thursday Rodeo Showdown
A powerful bronc demonstrated high spirited riding as cowboys battled to stay aboard during Thursday afternoon rodeo events. The action featured a lively mount leveraging daylight under all four feet as a top ride.
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A. Lively
Father plans surprise gift for son's graduation
A customer buys a fountain pen as a surprise gift while a clerk notes the son expects a convertible. The exchange underscores a playful parental gesture amid celebratory plans.
Nuclear air to air rocket test at Atomic Site Ney
The first air to air atomic rocket was fired from a Northrop F89 Scorpion at the Atomic Test Site in Ney. The weapon exploded at 7 a.m. PDT above 15000 feet creating a pink donut cloud as the vapor trail veered north.
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Atomic Test Site
Ney
Air Defence Command
Northrop
Father of fallen airman questions CF 100 crash
Ottawa father questions air force explanations after his 24 year old son Flying Officer D A Sheffield was killed June 8 in London Ontario when a CF 100 wing tips broke off during a low level display. Also killed was FO L E B Sparrow. The father seeks assurances to prevent future deaths while critics urge groundings until airworthiness is proven. Air Force officers offered no clear answers about the plane and safety record despite earlier declines in fatal accidents since 1953.
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Douglas Leiterman
Ottawa
RCAF
Air Force
London
Ont
D. A. Sheffield
FO. L. E. B. Sparrow
Powell River
B.C
433
North Bay
Sheffield
Fisar
Nasser assassination plot revealed in Cairo report
Reuters reports in Cairo that 16 plotters including two former cabinet members attempted to assassinate President Nasser nearly three months ago. Ahmad Atef Nasser and Dr Mohammed Salah el Din led the conspiracy with seven senior officers, two on active service, and five civilians, aiming to strike at a cabinet meeting and later ambush Nasser's car or kill him in his office.
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Cairo
Reuters
Farouk
Nasser
Ahmad Atef Nasser
Mohammed Salah el. Din
Abdel Fattah Hassa
Interior
el Din
Hassan
Wafd
Society of’ Upholder-Of-Righteousness
Wald
Tripartite
Britain
France
Cavalcade of Stars thrills Medicine Hat Stampede crowd
A 1957 Medicine Hat Stampede grandstand show titled Cavalcade of Stars wowed 3,973 patrons with 10 acts. Highlights included Coronet Dancers, The Allens finale, and feats by Payo Mai on a high unicycle, plus Chester Barnett’s comic act with dogs and a skunk. Emcee Howard Hardin kept the program moving.
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Bob di Paoli
Allens
Howard Hardin
Spain
Cindy
Alberto
Payo
Mai
Chester “Bobo" Barnett
Mr. Barnett
the .Cay
A. Triumpet
Bobo
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