Rodeo Stars Tire Late as Kesler Stock Dominates Medicine Hat
Reg Kesler's stock led the Medicine Hat rodeo as Tom Bews Pekisko earned a 70 on Bay Midget in saddle bronc, top score of the day. Larry Mahan Dallas failed to score in bull riding and saddle bronc, posting 63 in bareback to sit seventh. Bews edged Thursday's top, Kenny McLean, by two points. Claypool Saskatoon and Coleman Pearceland tied for third with 65. Bob Hartell held top bull riding with 72 from Thursday. Hern Bindloss rose to second with 66 Friday.
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Reg Kesler
Medicine Hat
Kesler
Tom Bews
Pekisko
Larry Mahan
Dallas
Texas
Alberta Roan
Bews
Kenny McLean
Brian Claypool
Saskatoon
Melvin Coleman
Pearceland
Claypool
Sun Tan
Bob Hartell
Jim Hern
Bindloss
Hill Country
Lee Wachtler
Doyle Parker
Billings
Dale Rose
Redcliff
Rocky Rockabar
Dale Trottier
Russel McCall
Myrtle Point
Ore
Phil Dean
Clark Schlosser
Stavely
Scott Bloxham
Austin
Ted Bly
Roy McPeak
Jeff Copenhaver
Creston
Wash
Arnie Johnson
Cutbank
Reg Howe
Lorne Thompson
Black Diamond
Jim Solberg
Garry Logan
Sundre
Astronauts Begin 59 Day Skylab Mission From Cape Canaveral
Three US astronauts Alan Bean, Dean, Garriott, and Lousma launch aboard the Apollo ferry to reach the Skylab space station in an 85 ton lab. They chase the unmanned tower as the station passes overhead, starting a 59 day solar and Earth study.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Skylab Space Station
Alan Bean
66 Hour Rail Walkout Strikes Western Canada
The 66 hour rotating walkout by 56000 non operating railway workers hit Alberta British Columbia the North West Territories and the Yukon causing stoppages in rail freight passenger traffic and associated telegraph services. Ontario had 480 hours without trains or telegrams and CN CP and eight smaller railways faced wage disputes. Local pickets and layoffs accompanied the strike as grain movements slowed and crews refused to cross picket lines while officials assessed when service might resume.
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Toronto
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
North West Territories
Yukon
Canadian National Railways
CP Rail
Medicine Hat
North Railway Street
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Thunder Bay
Churchill
Manitoba
Walkout ends in Ontario restores rail and telegram service
TORONTO CP Rail and telegram service in Ontario resumed at 7 a.m. EDT as 20,000 members of the Association of Non-Operating Railway Employees ended a 48 hour strike and returned to work. CN and railways indicate recall of all workers, with routine checks under way as freight trains begin, followed by the Rapido passenger service from Toronto to Montreal.
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CP Rail
James Hunter
Toronto
Ontario
Association of
Hunter
John Noel
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Rapido
Parliament adjourns for summer break in Ottawa
Parliament ends a 132 day session amid minority Liberal challenges and cross party bargaining with the NDP. The adjournment sets resumes for October 15 in the Commons and October 30 in the Senate after royal assent to 13 bills including tax cuts and Olympic financing.
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Ottawa
New Democratic Party
Commons
Senate
New Democrats
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John Edwards
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