26 Jul 1996
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1996
Page
1
A man seeking to buy drugs dialed what he thought was his dealer's pager but reached narcotics detective Det. Jim Porter. The caller, who identified himself as Wayne, sought a quarter pound of marijuana and arranged a meet. Wayne is arrested on drug possession and delivery charges.
Investigators said no engines from the doomed TWA 800 were located on the ocean floor. NTSB Vice-Chairman Francis gave no timing on recovery nor condition. Eighty-eight bodies found. divers retrieved black boxes revealing normal flight sounds, then a sudden silence. A source says bomb likelihood has dropped from 20 to 5 10 percent, but no conclusion yet pending physical evidence.
Spectators lined Maple Avenue to watch about 750 cattle and hundreds of riders end the Western Stock Growers cattle drive at the Medicine Hat Stampede Grounds. RCMP escorts led the first group across the Maple Avenue Bridge around 9 15 a m. Crowds cheered as drovers guided cattle past onlookers with roadblocks in place. Local families and ranchers described the event as a once in a lifetime spectacle.
Four riders attempted a river crossing on the South Saskatchewan River near the Arena in Medicine Hat. Three escaped. a fourth rider disappeared with his horse downstream. Police and eight firefighters searched the muddy water as witnesses were questioned. Visibility was fair and the river ran about 1.5 meters per second. The missing rider’s identity is withheld pending relatives.
Myden, 22, becomes the first Canadian swimmer since 1984 to win two individual medals in one Games by finishing third in the 200 metres individual medley with a Canadian record of 2:01.45. He also took bronze in the 400 IM.
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