Gladstone Tops Calf Ropers at Medicine Hat Rodeo
Calf roping honors go to Cardston’s Jim Gladstone who tied his calf in 1.0 seconds as Medicine Hat hosts a rugged second day. Ed Cochran and Lorne Wells trailed with 12.5 and 27.7 seconds respectively while Pat McHugh’s team won the wild horse race in 24 seconds.
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Medicine Hat
Southern Alberta
Dave Penner
Marvin Joyce
Helena
Montana
Gid Garstead
Huey Wang
Dewinton
Ben Hern
Dear John
Hyland
Canada
Kenny McLean
Flash Back
Flash
McLean
Okanagan
Lorne Wells
Cardston
Jim Gladstone
Senator Gladstone
Ed Cochran
Gladstone
Wells
Ernie Dorin
Dorin
Pat McHugh
Wayne Hale
Freddie Freddie
Hale
Red Jacobson
Bindloss
Jacobson
Rocky Rockabar
Mel Hyland
Denton Moffett
Czechoslovak Support Grows Ahead of Soviet Talks on Liberalization
Prague crowds flood Communist HQ to back Alexander Dubcek as a pivotal summit with the Soviet Union nears. Workers seek audience with Kremlin leaders to argue liberal reforms do not betray communism. Dubcek urges calm and optimism while Czech liberals warn the nation's fate hinges on the talks.
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Prague
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Dubcek
Russia
Ceteka
Calf roping leads Cardston rodeo with Gladstone 11 seconds
Dean ahead in bareback as Cardston rodeo caps Friday events. Jim Gladstone, grandson of Senator Gladstone, posted 11.0 seconds in calf roping to top the day’s standings. Phil Dean and others posted strong times in bronc and steer events as Cody area cowboys showed speed and skill.
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Lloyd Kopp
Moose Jaw
Dronc
Phil Dean
Calgary
Malcolm Jones
Lethbridge
Blue Blazes
Larry Petherbridge
Marvin Joyce
Helena
Montana
Jack Dawson
Boulder
Rural Alberta cancer patients face drug supply cuts due to postal strike
Alberta rural cancer patients risk running out of medications as mail deliveries halt amid a postal strike. About 1,000 people may be affected. pharmacists advise clinics to verify patient numbers to arrange drug shipments. The strike also threatens university scholarship deadlines for Calgary students. Local union leaders accuse the government of strike breaking as non union staff handle mail in some offices.
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Alberta
Calgary
Allan Ferman
Provincial
Cancer Hospital Board
Cancer
Abie Okazaki
University of Calgary
Lethbridge
Aledicine Hat
Quebe
Quebec
Prairie wheat carryover tops 665 million bushels in record year
Winnipeg reports a July 31 crop year end carryover of about 665 million bushels, the highest since last year and near mid 1960s export levels. Prairie farmers hold about 265 million in farm bins with 400 million in commercial storage as weaker sales push grain into storage across Canada.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Wheat Board
United Grain Growers
A. M. Runciman
United States
Magazine section changes for this week only
Readers of The NEWS are told the magazine and comic section are temporarily sourced from other papers after a truck carrying regular editions crashed in Ontario. Extra copies were printed from Star Weekly and The Calgary Herald to satisfy fans until next week.
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NEWS
Ontario
Star Weekly
Calgary Herald
Prairie premiers form interprovincial health cost committee
Premiers of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta along with provincial medical association leaders agreed to establish an interprovincial committee on costs of medical services. Ministers of health will represent governments. They aim to curb rising health costs and minimize wage cost differentials across the Prairie region. Hospital utilization fees in Saskatchewan, effective April 15, were discussed as a factor in cost considerations.
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Regina
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Weir
Thatcher
Manning
Provincial
Medical Association
Gordon Marjerrison
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Donald McPhail
Manitoba Medical Association
Lloyd Grisdale
Alberta Medical Association
The
Prairie Economic Council
Prairie
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Champs
Literani Listy
Presidium
Vaclav Prehlik
Party
Prehlik
Edward Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Dean
Stoney
Butch McLean
Bassano
Dale Rose
Francis Church
Balzac
Jerry Duce
Granum
Miss Duce
Manyberries
Carol Becker
Saddle
Bob Gottfriedson
Kamloops
My Buddy
George Kaln
Gordon Kessler
McHugh
Brahma
Gid Garstad
Madden
Freddie Walker
Ray Dorkenson
Rocky Mountain House
Kevin Bear
Federal
Iba
Vatican City
Reuters
Vatican
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