Apollo 15 spacemen ready for lunar orbit maneuver
Apollo 15 prepares for lunar orbit with a one second engine burn to place the craft about 65 miles above the moon. The mission uses a new manual control technique after a circuit concern. Commander Scott notes a smooth burn while Mission Control staff joke about the success.
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Houston
Moon
Lunar
Scott
Joseph Allen
Mission Control Centre
Cape Kennedy
Richard Gordon
Apollo 15
Mission Control
Stampede parade grows bigger and brighter this year
Thousands lined downtown streets for the Stampede parade marking the opening of Stampede week. Over 185 floats and entries registered, with 37 judges selecting winners as crowds watched colorful displays from Snoopy to a flour mill scene and groups from Cranbrook to Edmonton. The procession featured Stampede Queen Joy Rose, attendants, pipe band, and local dignitaries.
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2Nd St. S.E
Allowance Ave
3Rd St
4Th Ave. S.E
Cranbrook
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Miss Joy Rose
Irvine
Linda Ost
Shirley Rembowski
South Alberta Light Horse Pipe Band
Harry Weiner
Stampede
Lorne Thompson
Oldtimer Stampede
Dirk Scholten
Harry Strom
Harry
Wilson decries press bias and resists Market entry
London Labour Leader Harold Wilson challenged biased press coverage and denied plans to resign. He pledged steadfast opposition to British entry into the European Common Market on current terms, while acknowledging deep Labour division over the issue and saying he will not muzzle pro Market MPs for now.
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London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Labor
Britain
Europe
Labor Party
China denies expansion plans and nuclear policy
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai stated China refuses to seek superpower status or send troops abroad. He described the socialist economy as weak and backward but asserted China will develop and produce nuclear weapons solely to end nuclear monopoly and blackmail. The remarks were made in Peking on July 2 during a CBC broadcasted conversation with Canada's Jean-Luc Pepin.
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Toronto
Chou En-lai
China
Peking
Canada
Jean-Luc Pepin
CBC Radio Network
U S peace negotiator urges Indochina ceasefire talks
Paris AP report says David K. E. Bruce, aged 73, outgoing U S negotiator at Vietnam peace talks, calls for immediate internationally supervised ceasefire talks across Indochina. He criticizes Communist rejection and urges end to all fighting without conditions as William J. Porter is slated to replace him.
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Paris
David K. E
Bruce
United States
Vietnam
Indochina
William J. Porter
U.S
South Korea
Xuan Thuy
Indochina and Be “‘Part of A General Move To End the War There.” Bruce
Nguyen Thi
Egyptian War Minister threatens unimaginable revenge against Israel
In Cairo Gen Mohamed Sadek declares the armed forces on full combat alert and warns Israel of severe retaliation if it strikes deep into Egypt. In New York the UN says its Cyprus peace force is on alert to forestall problems from Turkish Cypriot militia exercises. In Calcutta a Soviet AN-12 crashes on approach at Dum Dum airport during monsoon, while ferrying 100 East Pakistani refugees to central India.
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Cairo
Mohamed Sadek
Israel
Egypt
United Nations
Reuter
Cyprus
Calcutta
Dum Dum
India
Sudanese government detains 24 more suspected Communists
In Khartoum the government announced arrests of 24 additional Sudanese Communists including Salah Mazari, part of a broad crackdown after Jaafar El-Nimeiry's overthrow. Since the counter coup, more than 1,400 have been detained, with 14 executed to date as a Cairo report cites a court martial for Mirghani al Atta and embassy takeovers.
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Ap-Reuter Khartoum
Salah Mazari
Jaafar El-Nimeiry
Nimeiry
Cairo
al- Akhbar
Khartoum
Mirghani al- Atta
al-Atta
Alberta parties pledge no general sales tax
In the Alberta election campaign promised leaders pledge to keep Alberta free of a general sales tax. Premier Strom vows tax only after other revenue options exhaust. Lougheed avoids general tax in first term. Notley opposes a sales tax as regressive. Russell says no need in a rich province.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Harry Strom
Social Credit
Peter Lougheed
New Democratic Party
Grant Notley
Bob Russell
No NEWS Monday notice on August 2 observed
The Medicine Hat NEWS will not publish Monday August 2 in observance of a civic holiday. Advertisers must note deadline changes for the coming issues with Tuesday August 3 moved to Friday July 30 and Wednesday August 4 due by noon July 31. Classifieds for Tuesday August 3 close at 3:30 July 31.
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Medicine Hat News
McClure
Loffmark
B.C
Low lead gasoline struggles as demand remains weak
Three Canadian producers Shell Canada Imperial Oil and Sun Oil keep selling low or no lead gasolines despite less than two percent of motorists showing interest. Manufacturers cite upcoming Detroit engine deadlines and environmental concerns to justify continuing sales rather than removal from stations.
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Clayton Sinclair
Financial Times
Toronto
Canada
Detroit
Shell Canada Ltd
Imperial Oil Co. Ltd
Sun Oil Co. Ltd
BC doctors clash over new provincial practice rules
Vancouver report states the British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons will meet with 35 doctors to discuss Health Minister Ralph Loffmark's order assigning where doctors may practice. The minister claims the move will spread doctors more evenly. the college fears a shortage and urges rural postings.
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Vancouver
British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ralph Loffmark
W. G. McClure
McClure
Loffmark
Victoria
Okanagan
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