Benefit auction boosts lost cowboys fund in Medicine Hat
A weekend benefit auction in Medicine Hat aims to raise funds for the search of four missing Canadian cowboys whose plane went down May 22 between Salem Oregon and the California border. Organizer Tom Davies says the auction will feature donated items and a dance was canceled.
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Medicine Hat
Salem
Ore
California
US Civil Air Patrol
Berry Tibbitt
Canadian Rodeo Cowboys’ Association
Brian Claypool
Saskatoon
Lee Coleman
Pierceland
Sask
Calvin Bunney
Duchess
Gary Logan
Sundre
Tibbitt
Tom Davies
Schlenker Auction Service Ltd
Jenner
Davies
Sheila Schlenker
Schlenker Auctions
Schlenker
Canadian Cowboys Search and Rescue Group
Jim Schlenker
U.S. Patrol
Oregon
Refugee family finds new home in Medicine Hat
Luu Hoa Mong his wife and three relatives, Vietnamese refugees formerly aboard a Bangkok boat, settle in Medicine Hat Alberta under Mennonite Central Committee sponsorship. MCC plans to place over 500 refugees in Canada this year and expects about 100 to reside in Alberta. The family flew via Paris Calgary customs then to Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, with Crestwood Mennonite Brethren backing their socialization and housing for a year.
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Luu Hoa Mong
Alberta
Mennonite Central Committee
Mennonite
Brethren In Christ Churches
Canada
Lou
Paris
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Max Mendenhall
Crestwood
Mueller
Prairies
Bill Thiessen
MCC
Federal hiring frozen as Ottawa imposes two month hold
Treasury Board President Sinclair Stevens announced a two month hiring freeze on the public service to focus on essentials. Discretionary spending will be deferred with no new commitments unless necessary while reviews and reprioritization are undertaken across departments.
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Ottawa
Treasury Board
Sinclair Stevens
Joe Clark
Stevens
Crack found in DC-8 leads to reinforced wing spars
CP Air said it reinforced wing spars on five DC-8s after cracks near an engine were found. Jim McKeachie noted a Braniff crack prompted checks across airlines. Five aircraft were inspected at Tulsa with main spar sections strengthened between 1977 and 1979. Air Canada reported no cracks after checks in Montreal.
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Vancouver
CP Air
Jim McKeachie
Braniff
McKeachie
Montreal
Air Canada
Ted Morris
Noose Tightens as Sandinistas Press Final Offensive
Sandinista guerrillas claim control of 25 towns and villages in a major push against the Somoza dictatorship. A public safety crisis worsens as travel and telephone links between Managua and the rest of Nicaragua are disrupted. Radio Sandino warns the capital’s 500,000 residents are increasingly surrounded as regional governments trade harsh rhetoric with President Somoza.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Somoza
Anastasio Somoza
Radio
Sandino
Record Low Two Degrees Sets Medicine Hat Cold Spell
Medicine Hat records a low of two degrees Celsius the coldest since 1937 with 1950 and 1960 matches. A 17 degree forecasted high follows as civil unrest and strikes cripple the city. Sandinistas prolong a national strike into day five as reservists mobilize and troops tighten a Managua bunker. Guerrilla reports claim重 battles in Leon Granada Diriamba Jinotepe with many Somoza troops killed.
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Medicine Hat
National Stadium
National Guard
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Leon
Nicaragua
Managua
Granada
Diriamba
Jinotepe
Somoza
Wardair urges lifting DC-10 grounding order
Wardair asks the FAA to lift the grounding of certain DC-10-10 models amid confusion over defects found in American airlines aircraft. Wardair notes its own DC-10-30s are unaffected and urges a distinction between models while regulators review the Chicago crash and related engine mounting issues.
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Edmonton
Wardair
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Tom Spalding
U.S. Aviation Administration
Canada
Air Transport Board
U.S
Federal Aviation Administration
Chicago
Aubrey E. Robinson Jr
Northwest Airlines Inc
Western Air Lines Inc
World Airways Inc
Western
American Airlines
World and
Northwest
Not Just Fat Woman Sheds 200-Pound Tumor
A 30-year-old California woman who believed she was severely obese had a benign ovarian tumor removed after it had expanded her abdomen by about 200 pounds of tissue and fluids. Doctors say the tumor grew for at least 15 years and left no lasting health harm. She weighed 380 pounds before surgery and 180 after a four hour operation.
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Los Angeles
California
Russell Laros
University of California Medical School
San Francisco
Laros
End dispute over West Coast ports shuts BC trade
Premier Bennett urged Prime Minister Clark to act to end a 3500 member ILWU strike at seven B C ports. He warned continued shutdown harms British Columbia economy forest and mining sectors and Canada’s trading reputation. Alberta Premier Lougheed joined Bennett's appeal in Edmonton.
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Victoria
Bill Bennett
Joe Clark
Bennett
Clark
British Columbia
Canada
Vancouver
B.C
Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Moroz urges embargo on Soviet wheat sales
Ukrainian dissident Valentyn Moroz urged Canada and the United States to halt wheat exports to the Soviet Union to pressure the Kremlin. He said repackaging of Canadian wheat masks shipments to developing nations and pressed for conditions on trade with Moscow. Moroz met Prime Minister Joe Clark, who offered no public statement, and spoke of possible steps to free his wife and son still in the Soviet Union.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Soviet Union
Valentyn Moroz
U.S
Kremlin
Moroz
Joe Clark
Steve Paproski
Paproski
Sport
Clark
Donald Doyle
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Thailand
Luu
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest and
World
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Bruce
Southam News Services
Moscow
John Diefenbaker
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