Chaos at Atlanta Olympics Overshadows Opening Ceremonies
Canadian press highlights chaos at Atlanta Games with bus-driver resignations telephones failures and packed metros as armed intruder arrested at opening ceremony. Organizers say judging will wait until the end. Greek minister blames Athens failure and calls it confusion.
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Atlanta
France
France-Soir
Bob Brennan
Seee Ees Sree
Theodoré Pangalos
Athens
Lawn Buddy inventor markets speaking yard ornament
Bill Killian debuts a cross between a yard ornament and answering machine. The Lawn Buddy pops up to invite visitors to record a message when the owner is away. Plastics come as animals like rabbits and gnomes, priced around 30 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Bill Killian
Killian
EU fears mad sheep sweep hits European meat trade
London reports say EU ministers in Brussels fear BSE could jump to sheep prompting Britain’s Douglas Hogg to urge calm. EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler proposes Europe wide bans on sheep goat and deer organs and removing brains spleens and spines from human food after lab tests show transmission risk.
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London
Europe
Britain
European Union Agriculture Ministers
Brussels
Douglas Hogg
EU Agriculture
Franz Fischler
Sears Cuts Hit Montreal and Regina Warehouses
Sears trims 1,200 jobs with cuts in distribution and administration including warehouse closures in Montreal and Regina. Medicine Hat employees report no local layoffs, while overall Canadian staffing falls from 51,000 to 36,000 as costs are squeezed in a weak economy and a quarterly loss of 8.6 million dollars.
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Toronto
Medicine Hat
Sears
V. S
Canada
Dave O’connor
Hat Sears
Montreal
Regina
Penny Kitson
Sear
Don Shaffer
Shaffer
Cattle drive runs without a hitch across prairie hills
The Western Stock Growers cattle drive continues toward Medicine Hat with 2,200 cattle, 40 kilometers covered since Sunday, and no major incidents. Trail boss Tom Butterfield and Roy Clark report growing cattle docility and skilled Cowboys as outriders and wagons trek toward civilization.
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Medicine Hat
Leo Maynard
Tom Butterfield
Robby Fyn
Linden
Phyllis
Robby
Roy Clark
Norm McFarland
Western Stock Growers
Alberta moves to bypass Wheat Board prompting Montana backlash
Alberta asks Federal Court for opinion on bypassing the Canadian Wheat Board to help Alberta farmers sell grain across the U S border. Montana Farmers Union warns crossing the line could trigger border closure while others defend Alberta action as needed policy options.
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Edmonton
Klein
Alberta
U.S
Montana
Washington
Montana Farmer’s Union
Canadian Wheat Board
Walter Paszkowski
Federal Court of Canada
George Paul
Montana Farmers’ Union
Great Falls
Paul
Canada
Wheat Board
National Farmers Union
Earl Rasmuson
Paszkowski
Rasmuson
Sharon McKinnon
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Berta Kaize
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Southam
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Doonesbury
Murphy-Wright
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