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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1974
Page
2
Publication details for Chetwynd weekly Echo Publishing Ltd. lists advertising rates by count line and for display ads on request. Subscriptions priced at 6.00 per year in Canada and Commonwealth, 8.50 for U.S.A. and overseas. Single copy 15 cents. Editor and Publisher Bunne Hoffman.
August 12 to 24 Chetwynd Summer Figure Skating School applications still being accepted contact 788 2246 or 788 9180. August 12 to 23 Red Cross Swim Program for 10 to 13 year olds information Grace McNabb 788 2554 or JoAnne 788 2724 registration on a first come basis.
August 12 to 23 program at Hudson's Hope for Chetwynd youths ages 10 to 13. Registration at Marshall-Wells August 6 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by calling Grace McNabb or JoAnne McKeown. Provincial grant covers part of a 60-seat bus. nominal fee per child. Bus departs Windrem Elementary at 7:45 a.m. returns by 1:00 p.m. Space limited. first come registrations.
Frank Oberle M.P. for Prince George Peace River says he will not name civil servants accused of illegal political activity during the federal campaign. He argues investigations are not his job and asserts government servants are to serve the people. He questions how many of about eight thousand civil servants are NDP supporters. Oberle accuses two unnamed officials of campaigning for NDP candidate Bob Steventon during working hours. Steventon denies the charges.
The British Columbia Department of Travel Industry teams with the Chamber of Commerce and local groups to canvas schools, service clubs, cultural and sports organizations for information on upcoming events in Fort St John. The effort aims to map significant community happenings and coordinate participation across sectors.
Region 3 coordinator Blake Sanford of the National Farmers Union calls for federal intervention to reverse rising interest rates, arguing the policy fuels inflation and hurts farmers who rely on borrowed capital. He warns higher rates benefit banks and large corporations while shrinking workers’ earnings. He urges a substantial rollback and a targeted rate ceiling.
Library shelves brim with fresh titles including Irving Wallace’s The Fan Club. Also noted is Kosygin is Coming where the Royal Canadian Mounted Police abandon traditional attire for seedy raiment.
New regulations under the Forestry Act govern Forestry Service roads bridges and trails aligning with Motor Vehicle Act provisions on licensing speed signs emergency response and accident reporting. Key routes include Sukunka Gwillim Lake Hasler Creek and Johnson Creek Roads with Sukunka posting a 30 mph zone from mile six to fourteen. other roads remain at 930 mph unless posted.
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