Cattle drive animals go on the lam during Alberta event
Trail boss Tom Butterfield of Ponoka leads a week long cattle drive marking the 100th anniversary of the stock growers. Problems with 2200 cattle and 50 drovers include 75 head and several horses missing after moonless nights. Helicopters from CFB Suffield assist in locating livestock and keeping the route clear.
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Tom Butterfield
Ponoka
Alberta
Butterfield
British Army Training Unit
Suffield
Bob Baron
CFB
Batus
Helen Steele
Lloydminster
Sask
Sharon Norem
Calgary
Frank Webber
Mugging hits mob boss kin as victim turns out to be Yolanda Gigante
In New York a mugging victimized Yolanda Gigante, 94, mother of reputed mob boss Vin cent Gigante. Police report the suspect Willie King was stunned when told the victim’s identity and the crime linked to the Genovese family. Prosecutors accuse Gigante of leading the Genovese outfit while feigning mental illness.
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NEW York (Ap
Vincent
the Chin
Gigante
Robert McKenna
Willie King
New York
McKenna
New York Post
Genovese Crime Family
Yolanda Gigante
Greenwich Village
Canadians Choked By Olympic Pressure Amid Disappointing Show
Southam writer Bill Walker notes Canada’s Olympic struggles in Atlanta. Joanne Malar falters in the pool while Curtis Myden earns bronze in the 400 IM. Judo, fencing, volleyball, and rowing also suffer defeats as Canadian athletes face a tough Games.
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Atlanta
Hamilton
Joanne Malar
Georgia Tech
Malar
Canada
Curtis Myden
Calgary
Myden
Alberta fights Wheat Board legal challenge.
Alberta filed a Federal Court of Appeal challenge to the Canadian Wheat Board's dominance and seeks permission to help farmers bypass the board. Farmers like Lavern Kurpjuweit advocate a dual marketing system allowing sale on the open market.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Federal Court of Appeal
Alberta
Lavern Karpjuweit
Wheat Board
Kurpjuweit
Western Grain Marketing
Federal Agency
Fischer
Darren Winczura
Viking
Farmers For Justice
Winczura
Ralph) Goodale
Paszkowski
Tests contradict TWA bomb theory in crash probe
Tests on a wing fragment from TWA Flight 800 found no trace of explosives, contradicting earlier borderline results. Investigators await salvage of more metal as divers recover bodies and map the ocean floor amid uncertainty about the cause of the in flight explosion.
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East Moriches
N.Y
TWA
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Washington
Associated Press
Atlantic
German doctor tied to Calgary murders investigated as suspect
Calgary police review five local homicide cases for links to Ernst Schmitz a 36 year old dermatologist born in Berlin living in Alberta for four years He is already wanted in Germany for attempted murder of two prostitutes and is linked to murders in Berlin and Frankfurt between 1988 and 1994 Calgary investigators seek to confirm or rule out connections to Jennifer Janz Rebecca Boutilier Jennifer Jones Shawna Van Der Busch and Tracey Maunder based on overseas information and file reviews
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Calgary
Alberta
Ernst Schmitz
Edmonton
Germany
RCMP
Dale Duchesne
Berlin
Frankfurt
Duchesne
Calgary Police
Jennifer Janz
Rebecca Boutilier
Calgary Mounties
Jennifer Jones
Shawna van der Busch
Tracey Lynn Maunder
George Rocks
Calgary Rcmp
al Carlisle
Schmitz
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