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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 27, 1968
Page
7
The North Hills News Record reports Pittsburg PA will test a new English spelling alphabet with about 100 youngsters. Critics argue it promotes shortcuts, claiming learning to write standard words is easier than adopting phonetic variants.
Sree Press notes a pilot Ontario Housing Corporation program allowing 70 subsidized housing tenants in Guelph to buy their homes with as little as 475 down. Price 16 000 with a 2 000 forgiveness allowance if paid cash or occupant five years. Monthly 73 to 94.80 plus 330 in annual taxes.
Arthur Koestler, the prize winning European writer, spoke bluntly at Queen's University symposium about the belief in science as ethically neutral. He warned that teachers and artists influence others whether aware or not, and that a covert, persuasive effect is absorbed by recipients. He denounced a nihilistic ideology masquerading as science as an internal invasion undermining Western values. He did not offer solutions, merely asking where to go from here.
The Free Press schedules four additional editions before Christmas on December 4 Ul 18 and 23. Weather chatter aside readers may prefer snow sports as winter ends and spring arrives with brighter days.
A reader shares a personal Remembrance Day letter about a World War I veteran father whose drinking shaped his family. The piece highlights classroom services with student planning, songs, and a CBC documentary. The letter urges memory of all who fought and suffered in all wars, emphasizing intergenerational learning.
The Financial Post notes a patent for meatless meat from soy fibrous protein with taste and color additives. Vancouver Island growers report an excellent holly crop with a shift back to dark green varieties after popularity of variegated forms.
Fragmented OCR text outlines weekly publication in Acton, 1875, with mentions of pricing, delivery, and advertising rules. The garbled lines reference Canadian pricing, mail mailing details, and regulatory bodies, but the intended article content is unclear and partially unreadable. No clear events or persons can be identified.
Free Press notes a 5 percent power allotment increase lifting some blackout hours for a trial period with potential resumption if quota is exceeded. Nomination Night in town hall reports Theron Jones reeve elect. other offices contested. Scouts and badminton clubs active. Miss Elma Bralda and Rue West buy Victor B Rumley furnishings store and plan to continue undertaking business.
Free Press item from November 30 reports Salvation Army Self-Denial Week. Tannery chimney blown down by gale and snow recedes. three inches of snow fall triggers sleigh traffic. Local street and walk repairs urged before frost. Acton public school staff re-engaged for next year. Thomas C. Moore relocates to Lake Avenue. Christmas is three weeks away.
Fifty years ago the Free Press notes freer travel between Canada and the United States since the war began with waivers of permits for military age travelers. Ottawa sent border instructions last week. The piece also cites liquor order prosecutions in Dundas, Sunday gasoline sales ban lifted, and local visits by Miss Lillian Thompson, Mrs James Moore, Miss Lottie Speight, and Miss Olla Armstrong visiting Brampton and Toronto.
The 7th Line tollgate in Esquesing was tested by Councillor T Hume. After an apology demand and blunt refusal, the company prosecuted. Found guilty, the defendant paid 20 cents. The road to Ashgrove was promised to continue. An Orange Hall Grammar School exhibition was announced for tonight with dialogues recitations and music to raise funds for prizes and apparatus. Patrick J. Whalen, sentenced to death for the McGee murder, arrived in Toronto escorted by Sheriff Powell and seven officers.
A columnist recalls sightings of a flying saucer over Lindsay's mill and Ottawa reports from Canada’s National Research Council noting unexplained sightings. The piece jokes about disbelief, compares to ghosts, and recounts a British ghost tale at Levens Hall, urging readers to keep an open mind.
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