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...sell gas and oil-for cash-only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. weekdays. On Sundays they will lock up their pumps and go walking. (Company credit cards are out, except for American tourists.) Gas prices were upped 1? per Imperial gallon. Conservation controls were slapped on wells in Alberta's lush new Turner Valley field, which supplies about 15% of Canada's consumption...
...Canada's five poor provinces (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) were generally in favor of it. Premier Joseph Adelard Godbout of French-speaking Quebec was not ready to commit himself, but would talk. Three Premiers were flatly opposed: Ontario's florid Mitchell Hepburn, Alberta's vast shiny William ("Bible Bill") Aberhart, British Columbia's round, pink Thomas Dufferin Pattullo...
...want to be pushed down. Since British Columbia spends nearly twice as much per capita as the average provincial Government, this did not make much sense. Even less sense was made by Bible Bill Aberhart, who wanted the Dominion to stay out of provincial affairs altogether but to underwrite Alberta's debt. By this time it was clear to everybody that three politicians had effectively scuttled the reform...
...exhibits: insect pests, choice meat cuts, Sculptor Charles Umlauf 's 13 skating pigs done in lard. Then into the ring at the Chicago Stockyards' International Amphitheatre stepped a hulk ing, bullnecked man with sagging trousers and a wise, weathered face. He was farmer J. Charles Yule, of Alberta, Canada, who had been given the ticklish job of choosing the grand champion steer of the show. This was the big show's climax...
...South American. But this year the war made another exception. Canadian Charlie Yule took the job, with misgivings. While the hushed crowd of 15.000 watched, Judge Yule weeded out the entries to the four finalists: two from Purdue University, "Loyal Alumnus III" and "College Maid"; the University of Alberta's "Robin Hood" and 18-year-old Evelyn Asay's fat little "Sargo." Judge Yule paced from one to another in solemn worriment, arms hang ing, fingers outstretched like a house guest looking for a towel. Finally he waved the Purdue entries aside. Josh Biglands, sawedoff, red-faced herdsman...