Ploen Calls for Safer Punt Returns at Dinner
Kenny Ploen of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers urged unlimited blocking for punt returns at Medicine Hat News Sports Dinner, calling punt returning hazardous after citing injuries to players. He criticized the current play-off system and shared the forum with local and national sports figures.
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Kenny Ploen
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Ploen
Medicine Hat News
Park Lane Motor Hotel
Gas City
Ploen Urges Shorter CFL Playoffs and Five-Game Spree
Ploen argues for no extended playoffs and favors letting first place teams decide the Grey Cup. He recalls five games in 14 days during the 1957 semi finals. Kenny notes keys for Bomber coach Bud Grant include outlook motivation and luck. He downs the roster limit as less disruptive than feared, and supports CFL players union advocacy led by Bernie Faloney.
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Ploen
Kenny
Bombers
Bud Grant
CFL
Bernie Faloney
Retirement talk and standings from CFL veterans
Kenny argues for proper CFL player representation and compares to the NHL while Ploen notes the fight for players to secure pensions and hints retirement is near. They preview teams Vancouver Lions Calgary-Stampeders Winnipeg Saskatchewan and Edmonton as finishers with old habits of calling his mother after games.
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Kenny
CFL
National Hockey League
Ploen
Mike
Vancouver Lions
Iravorites
Calgary-Stamipeders
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Old-time hockey urged by Stasiuk at banquet
Vic Stasiuk ex NHL star and Pittsburgh Hornets coach urged more natural ice and less coaching for Canada’s future puck players at The NEWS sports banquet. He warned over coaching robs kids of fun and could let Russia gain on amateurs and pros by restricting ice time for skates.
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Vic Stasiuk
NHL
Pittsburgh Hornets
Canada
Dipsy-doodler Stasiuk
Boston
Detroit
Stasiuk
Inside secrets from the pros at the NEWS Sportsmen’s Banquet
At the NEWS sponsored Sportsmen’s Banquet pros share tips and anecdotes. Doug Barkley discusses Ted Lindsay’s comeback and his son’s view of him. Floyd Nattrass comments amid North Korean shotgun cheers. Vic Stasiuk notes Henri Richard’s grit as rookie.
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Charles Atlas
Doug Barkley
Red Wing
Ted Lindsay
Barkley
Lindsay
Floyd Nattrass
Moscow
NHL
Henri Richard
Vic Stasiuk
Earl Linsford
North Viet Nam rejects Indian peace proposal
North Viet Nam rejected India's April 24 ceasefire plan and pacifying force, calling it an offense to the Vietnamese people. The North Vietnamese news agency accused Indian authorities of errors benefiting U S imperialists as China also denounced the proposal. The United States said it would study the Indian formula.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
India
China
United States
Santo Domingo rocked by heavy gunfire and stalled ceasefire
Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked Santo Domingo as peace talks in the Dominican civil war stalled. Rebels fight junta forces in the north and downtown while U.S. troops with the 82nd Airborne monitor the Ozama River sector. A UN watchdog mission arrives to assess the crisis.
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Santo Domingo
Ozama River
U.S
82Nd Airborne Division
United Nations
CPR centralization plan faces criticism at Alberta hearing
The hearing before the federal board of transport commissioners heard Vulcan Alberta officials allege CPR shows callous disregard for public welfare. They argued closure of 27 rural agencies in the Lethbridge division and centralization would hurt service, while CPR claimed it would boost competitiveness with trucks. Local representatives from Nobleford, Warner County, Milk River and Blackie voiced concerns, noting reliance on uncertain media and loss of small services.
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Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific Railway
Federal Board of Transport Commissioners
Martin Hoyt
Vulcan
Alta
Alberta
CPR
Board of Transport Commissioners
Hoyt
W. S. Russell
Warner
J. Noble
Nobleford
Milk River
FE. E. Rice
Harry Fairbridge
Blackie Chamber of Commerce
Rancher Robert Walper Dies In Auto Crash West Of Jenner
Jenner rancher and Patricia Hotel part-owner Robert George Walper 45 died when his car rolled on a gravel road 14 miles west of Jenner as he returned home from the hotel. An inquest decision has not been reached. Survived by wife Alice and four children Wade James John Linda.
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Medicine Hat
Robert George Walper
Jenner
Mr. Walper
Patricia Hotel
Walper
Alice
Wade
James
John
Linda
China eyes longer wheat imports from Canada and beyond
Peking economist Yung Lung-kuei said China will continue wheat purchases from Canada for at least a year and possibly indefinitely if terms suit. He noted imports favor China financially, with one ton of rice paying for 1.8 tons of wheat, and China aims to stockpile grain while expanding purchases of machinery, raw materials, and consumer goods from Canada.
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Peking
Red _ China
Canada
China
Yung Lung-kuei
Yung
China Council For the Promotion of International Trade
Peking University
Australia
Argentina
France
Yang
Soviet Union
Hong Kong
Japan
Britain
Avalanche buries 30 six killed on Zugspitze
Garmisch Partenkirchen police said an avalanche on Germany’s Zugspitze killed at least six and buried 30, injuring eleven, with Americans among the buried. Rescue workers evacuated the injured by railway and helicopter as reports said some sunbathers were rescued unhurt.
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Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Zugspitze
West Germany
Garmisch
Diefenbaker Attacks Government Over Cultural Pact
Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker criticized the Pearson government as spineless during a fishing trip. He denounced Quebec's cultural talks with France and questioned provincial treaty rights versus federal control in Canada. He also disputed Pierre Laporte’s Paris trip plans regarding a cultural agreement.
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Diefenbaker
Quebec
France
Pearson
Canada
Biscotasing
Here
Pierre Laporte
Laporte
Paris
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