Sooner Gals claim oldest Oklahoma team in seniors hoops
The Sooner Gals, an all female basketball squad with an average age of 71, prep for the Senior Olympics in San Antonio in the over-65 division. Organizer Dot Salter says they are possibly Oklahoma and U.S. oldest. A member notes men refuse to play them because they are too mean.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sooner Gals
San Antonio
Texas
Dot Salter
Oklahoma
U.S
Jets future uncertain in Ottawa meeting delay
Ottawa requests cabinet talks with NHL commissioner Bettman to decide the Winnipeg Jets future in Canada prompting a postponement of a formal decision. Jets owners will not act on selling the team until after the federal meeting, says consortium chair John Loewen.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Jets
Ottawa
NHL
Gary Bettman
Canada
League
Bettman
Jets
John Loewen
Medicine Hat awards four trash trucks to Edmonton firm
The Medicine Hat council agreed to buy four tandem-axle side-loading garbage vehicles from Edmonton based General Body and Equipment Ltd. for 626 792 dollars plus GST, despite local opposition. Aldermen Roset and Neigum criticized the decision, while city officials cited lower long term costs and efficiency. The bid came as Wittke Waste Products, a local firm, had previously been the lowest bidder on a cancelled 1993 tender.
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Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Ald
Duane Roset
Council
Valerie Neigum
General
Roset
Ted Grimm
Maran Equipment Ltd
Cubex Ltd
Calgary
Wittke
Pnor
Harold Aslen
Neigum
Grimm
Ken Sauer
Winston Kerr
Bernardo pleads not guilty in sex slayings case
Paul Bernardo appeared in a Toronto court and pled not guilty to nine charges stemming from the killings of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French. About 1,000 jurors filled the Colony Hotel ballroom as Justice LeSage warned they must remain neutral.
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Paul Bernardo
Bernardo
John Rosen
Colony Hotel
Toronto
Tom Blackwell
Ontario
Leslie Mahaffy
Burlington
Kristen French
St. Catharines
Mahaffy
Grande
Patrick LeSage
LeSage
Blast witnesses in FBI custody in Oklahoma City case
Two men sought as witnesses in the Oklahoma City bombing were arrested in Carthage Missouri after a motel parking lot sighting. Gary Allen Land and Robert Jacks were taken into custody on material witness warrants, with FBI noting no further details. A trooper spotted a white Thunderbird tied to Land at the Eel Lake Motel before FBI entry at dawn.
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Oklahoma City
Carthage
Gary Allen Land
Robert Jacks
FBI
Dan Vogel
Arizona
Eel Lake
Highway Patrol
Archie Dunn
Dunn
Spurned lover accused in HIV blood attack on photographer
Marilyn Tan, an ex-model born in the Philippines, faces charges including uttering threats, aggravated assault, conspiracy to administer a noxious substance, and administering a noxious substance. Prosecutors say she drugged and injected photographer Don Boland with HIV contaminated blood during a sado masochistic session to exact revenge after their breakup. Boland, 47, has tested positive for HIV and runs a Riverdale studio in Edmonton. The defense and prosecution agreed to publication bans on a key witness to protect his family and business.
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SKY Edmonton
Marilyn Tan
Philippines
Brian Peterson
Tan
Don Boland
Evelyn Tan
California
Peterson
Con Boland
Boland
Edmonton
Riverdale
Wayne Gretzky
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Ormer
Pierre Trudeau
Ria
Con
Queen's Bench
Keitter
Tan Boland timeline of abuse and arrests in New Zealand case
Timeline logs show Tan Boland and Mari lyn Tan connected by a want ad for a secretary role at his home. June records claim HIV drugging and sulfuric acid attacks causing burns. July 1993 arrests of Tan Geoffrey Clark, Ksythe and Walter Peel. Public scrutiny notes lack of evidence and stay of proceedings while court arguments proceed.
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Boland
Marilyn Tan
Tan
Geoffrey Clarkson
Ikohe
New Zealand
Edmonton
Ksythe
Walter Peel
Bragg Creek man hits identical Lotto 649 quick picks twice
Tom Walker bought six Quick Pick tickets at a Calgary area store, three in each purchase, and the two sets of numbers proved identical though drawn two years apart. A Calgary mathematician questioned the randomness and odds, while Western Canada Lottery Corp defended the draws as random and possible a rare coincidence.
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Calgary Herald
Calgary
Tom Walker
Bragg Creek
Foothills
Walker
University of Calgary
Bill Sands
Sands
Western Canada Lottery Corporation
Marlene Gockel
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