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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1961
Page
10
Officials discuss a plan for periodic driver exams to reduce highway deaths. Critics argue surprise enforcement and current demerit systems better deter reckless driving than exams. The O P P head seeks more traffic officers to improve highway checks amid cost concerns.
Mr. Ribicoff argues laws restricting child employment are too tight while recalling farm chores, schooling tradeoffs, and lessons from early work. The piece notes historical figures and the link between work, education, and later success, warning against reversing progress on child labor protections.
A narrator reflects on finally understanding his wife through psychology. He notes she embodies neuroses discussed in lectures, comparisons to overcompensation and inferiority complex concepts, and hints at generational psychoanalytic ideas shaping her behavior.
An oblique narrative describes emotional turmoil after an accident. It details shifting reactions such as suffering hero and rationalization, notes a wife’s distress and a childlike scene, and hints at anxiety, worry, and creeping psychological motives around music and a tense domestic setting. The tone remains reflective and fragmented.
The piece argues West Berlin’s freedom irritates the communist powers amid Khrushchev’s threats and a surge of 3000 refugees. It contends that East Germany may push internal passports, that Moscow aims to divide the West, and that Allied rights of conquest remain intact under the Four Power framework.
The article outlines shifting political loyalties in the Western provinces after World War II as Conservative leaders step down and various groups including a Reconstruction Party form or gain influence. It notes Ontario and federal dynamics with Liberal and Conservative pressures, pondering future electoral outcomes and regional leadership.
The Free Press reports Civic Holiday activities in Acton and Georgetown with Acton winning bowling games led by skips Joseph Holmes and D M Henderson. A roof accident narrowly misses a worker, a Soldiers Comforts carnival draws crowds, and town council installs a new police vault amid treasurer changes.
A period directory listing physicians surgeons lawyers and notaries in Acton Ontario with office hours and phone numbers. It includes Dr D A Garrett Dr R D Buckner Dr H Leib Dr A J Buchanan barristers and notaries Lever & Hoskin and Gray Coach Lines with timetable notes for routes from Acton to Toronto Stratford and beyond.
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