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Jean Baillargeon and Selie Samara won the Alberta tag team championship from Jim "Goon" Henry and Frank Marconi [...] It was a one hour match for the best of three falls.
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Lou Sjoberg and Fritz Von Erich defeated Earl McCready and Sky Hi Lee to win the best-of-three fall main event and also capture the Alberta Tag Team championship at Victoria Pavilion Friday night.
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