Canada's best bull rider faces the worst in Medicine Hat
Canada's top rider John Dodds of Ponoka clashes with self-described worst bull rider Phil Johnson at the Medicine Hat Stampede. Dodds drew Tornado for the Saturday matinee while Johnson enters the bull riding event seeking redemption after recent rodeo disappointments. The field includes Rocky Rockabar, Windjammer, and others as the two afternoons of competition unfold.
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Phil Johnson
the News
Canada
Medicine Hat
John Dodds
Ponoka
Drew Kesler
Johnson
Ivory Lightning
Dodds
Ivory
Lethbridge
Bob Cook
Creston
B.C
Rocky Rockabar
Dale Rose
Windjammer
Frank Strout
Big Buck
Jim Gauthier
Panhandle
Doug Newman
Blue Frost
Larry Mayhem
Mayhem
Tornado
Rose
Mr. Everything
Okanagan Falls
Kenny McLean
Rockabar
Ken Perrin
Maple Creek
Fergie Ismona
Jack Schulte
The
Hat
Pionship
Lynn Jensen
CRCA
Malcolm’ Jones
Ted Vayro
Pat Page
Bob Anderson
Dale Trotter
al Thorpe
Oil study favors a Canadian route for North Slope oil
A confidential Alaska wildlife report backing a Canadian pipeline over an Alaskan line was tabled in Congress by Rep. Les Aspin. He accused the Interior Department of suppressing the study which discusses environmental effects and possible Canadian routes, suggesting a forthcoming draft omits them.
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Washington
Alaska
North Slope
Congress
Les Aspin
Wisconsin
United States Interior Department
Aspin
Interior Department
Interior
Gordon Watson
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Department
Watson
Apollo 15 mission rides past minor gremlins to moon
Apollo 15 carried on to the moon despite minor electrical and communications glitches. Flight director Glynn Lunney said the problems were routine for such complex hardware as astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden rested before six busy days near the lunar surface.
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Houston
Glynn Lunney
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Mission Control Centre
Moon
Lunney
Mission Control
Scott
Irwin
Lunar
Chou En-lai Rules Out Two China and Taiwan Compromises
In a three hour Peking interview with 15 U S graduate students Chou En-lai rejected any two China or Taiwan independence settlement. He demanded withdrawal of U S forces from Taiwan and Formosa and called the 1954 U S Chiang Kai-shek treaty illegal. He said China would not join the United Nations while Chiang's regime is represented. The students released a 20 page transcript after returning to Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Chou En-lai
United States
Peking
Taiwan
U.S
Chou
Formosa Strait
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations
Chiang
Committee of
Concerned Asian Scholars
Trudeau names junior minister for science and tech
Prime Minister Trudeau plans a minister of state for science and technology to coordinate federal science spending. He aims to appoint between now and September and will seek Senate vacancies before fall. The role emphasizes policy over program function and avoids a large new department.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Science and Technology
Canada
Toronto
Alistair Gillespie
Sudanese Communist Chief Hanged in Khartoum Purge
Abdel Khalek Mahgoub 48 founder and leader of the Sudanese Communist party is hanged at Kobar prison, the 14th leftist execution since Nimeiry’s coup. The purge targets the ultra left while trials continue against as many as 30 others.
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Khartoum
Reuter
Abdel Khalek Mahgoub
Sudanese Communist Party
Kobar
Mahgoub
Sudan
Jaafar El-Nimeiry
Nimeiry
Joseph Garang
Garang
Soviet Union
Mahgouub
Shafie Ahmed El-Sheikh
Rail unions reject federal bid for binding settlement
In Washington the union on strike against four U S railways refused a labor department request to let a neutral board impose a binding settlement. In Nicosia UN peacekeepers were on high alert as Greek and Turkish Cypriot tensions worsened. In Belfast Britain vowed to keep troops in Northern Ireland until the outlawed IRA is crushed.
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Washington
United States Railways
Department
Nicosia
Reuter
Belfast
Britain
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Barrels near dry in British Columbia beer halls
Do it yourself beer makers flock to stores for malt hops and yeast as bottling beer runs short after a strike lockout at Molson's and Labatt's. Wine Arts Sales Ltd notes inquiries rise while hotels and liquor stores struggle to restock. Some interior towns like Lytton report heat shortages but limited beer remains.
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Vancouver
Wine Arts Sales Ltd
Molson’s
Labatt
British Columbia
Lytton
Liberals to stay at home ahead of 1972 election
Prime Minister Trudeau announced the Liberals will remain home next year to explain government policy, cancel international trips, and tour Quebec and the Prairies. He said no election this fall barring unforeseen events and aimed to rebuild support after inflation and unemployment concerns. He eyeing a Saskatchewan byelection before mid October.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
France
China
Saskatchewan
Assinfe Boia
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Apollo
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Toronto Globe and Mail
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James. Irwin
Alfred Worden
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