Stampede finals Wilson named all around rodeo cowboy
Cardston rider Bob Wilson won the all around at the 26th Medicine Hat Stampede. Vernon’s Kenny McLean earned 530 for calf roping while Jim Gladstone of Cardston did not compete. The event drew about 2,500 spectators as Reg Kesler kept the pace lively in amateur bareback.
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Medicine Hat
Kenny McLean
Vernon
B.C
Bob Wilson
Cardston
Jim Gladstone
Wilson
Orv Kope
Stampede
Warren Cooper
Cooper
Reg Kesler
Manitoba
Gas City
Shawn Davis
Whitehall
Montana
Wapity
Davis
Bart Brower
Kamloops
Bobby Brown
Adrian
Texas
John Pieray
Lloydminster
Zane Grey
Saskatchewan farmers lose protection under debt act
Regina reports Saskatchewan farmers lose protection from legal action as the Family Protection Act ends a one year moratorium on debts for livestock machinery and land. The act had shielded farmers since a NDP majority in 1971 but opposition warned it would hurt credit and leave dealers unpaid for used equipment.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
New Democratic Party
NDP
Eagleton defies McGovern on staying on ticket
Barricades stormed as Eagleton says he will push to stay on the ticket with McGovern. The Missouri senator notes he cannot commit without being asked and would need more time to think it over as leadership presses him to exit.
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Flintstone
Ben Herne
Bindloss
Why Gamble
Walker
Kirk Thompson
Black Diamond
Rocky Rockabar
Dale Rose
Rockabar
Rose
Ivory Lightning
Washington
New Democratic Party
Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern
Missouri
McGovern
Eagleton
Nixon
Major 7.3 Alaska quake spares Sitka from tsunami
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake centered 300 miles offshore shook southeast Alaska and, despite buildings swaying in Sitka, no serious damage or injuries were reported. Lesser tremors were felt in Ketchikan and Juneau as officials attributed the event to the Fairweather fault.
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Juneau
Alaska
Seismological Observatory
Palmer
Sitka
National
Boulder
Colo
Aleutian Islands
Anchorage
Ketchikan
Palmer Observatory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fairweather
Boulder Observatory
British Troops Overrun IRA Strongholds in Northern Ireland
British forces swept into Londonderry and Belfast at dawn to seize IRA redoubts amid sweeping three year sectarian violence. Whitelaw hailed the operation as highly successful with virtually no casualties and declared Northern Ireland under army control as troops moved into Bogside and Creggan areas.
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Ap-Reuter
Northern Ireland
Belfast
IRA
Londonderry
William Whitelaw
Whitelaw
Lisburn
Altnagevin
Armagh
Lurgan
Ulster Defence Association
Bogside
Creggan
Milner says Alberta oil tax not too tough on independents
Alberta's new oil tax plan aims to raise about 70 million dollars a year through higher royalties and a tax on crude reserves. Independent Petroleum Association president Stan Milner of Edmonton argues incentives for exploration will soften the impact, while J D Porter of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors and Imperial Oil's Walter Dingle note mixed effects on drilling activity and investment decisions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Stan Milner
Independent Petroleum Association of ‘Canada
Milner
J. D. Porter
Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
Porter
Walter Dingle
Heath sets up talks to ease labor crisis in Britain
London reports Prime Minister Heath arranged discussions with the Trades Union Congress to address Britain's worst industrial disruption in 46 years. Longshoremen, miners, and transport workers halted work over job security amid containerization, with the government clashing over the Industrial Relations Act. Victor Feather urged suspension while offering talks, as port operations suffered.
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London
Britain
Heath
Trades Union Congress
TUC
Victor Feather
Sabotage Suspected In Derailment Near Lang Saskatchewan
A Canadian Pacific freight train derailed near Lang Saskatchewan after clipping a bulldozer, police suspect sabotage. Seventeen cars and four locomotives derailed, two crewmen injured and treated in Weyburn. A tank car released butane vapor and a blast scorched surrounding wheat fields.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Lang
Sask
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