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Dick Button is favored to retain his North American title this weekend when 30 top-rank figure skaters from Canada and the United States compete in Calgary, Alberta, in the men's and women's divisions. Button has won the world championship for four years...
Nose to the Grindstone. In Edmonton, Alberta, Tony Solar, 18, answered 21 charges of car-stealing and shop-breaking: "I didn't want to steal cars, but I didn't have no transportation to get out in the country and rob stores at night, so I had to steal cars fo get to my jobs." In Elwin, 111., a gang of men in three automobiles and a truck pulled up to an appliance store, spent two hours looting the place, politely told the manager's wife before making off with her jewelry and $3,500 in cash...
While developing her industry, Canada has also strengthened her position as a leading world supplier of raw materials. The vast oil exploration program in Alberta ("Second only to that of Texas") and the 350-million-ton Ungava-Labrador iron ore deposits ("Only a fraction of what the field will eventually yield") are prime examples of new riches uncovered during...
Varsity and freshman skiers, coached this year by Graham Taylor, former captain, have week-end meets scheduled from January till April. Dartmouth, Middlebury, New Hampshire, Yale, Williams, Norwich, and McGill are among the team's opponents. Tentative plans for a trip to Alberta for the North American Intercollegiates round out the Schedule. Minor numerals and letters will be awarded to team members...
Source of the smoke are 100 forest fires burning in the general district of the Alaska highway in Northern British Columbia and Alberta. The pall, covering all New England, extends westward to Iowa and southward to the Carolinas...