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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1973
Page
2
An in camera session held after a regular council meeting drew criticism as details leaked within hours. The writer questions ethics and presses for transparency, arguing all meetings should be open to the public to hear all perspectives before forming opinions.
Hudson's Hope social news highlights Keith and Mary Dubeau visiting from Montreal and Donna and John Major from Montreal. Dorothy Summer and son Jason travel to Terrace to stay with Francis in hospital work. Ed and Josie Erickson host Doris and John Erickson from Nanaimo V S and Ed and Stella Openshaw from Vernon. Jim and Wanda McEvoy with two children visit. Kelly and Patrick go to Revelstoke to see daughter Sandy and Al Walker. Babe and Jim Donlan en route to Calgary to see dam and old friends. Babe is Henry McLeod's daughter from Fort St John. Donna Summer home on holidays from Terrace aims to visit brother Mike in Fort Nelson. Vince and Marge Tutula head to Vernon for fruit. Congratulations to Donny Harris and Tracy Wilkinson on August 14 in Fort St John and Hudson Hope reception. Josie Knull recovering in Providence Hospital. Fay LaVallee and children holidaying in Vancouver.作者
The first long distance telephone call was made on August 10 1876 from Brantford to Paris Ontario, about eight miles. The Dominion Telegraph Company supplied lines for Alexander Graham Bell’s experiments as he moved transmitter to Brantford and receiver to Paris and even telegraphed coil adjustments.
A concise timeline traces telephone reach from two miles in 1876 Boston to global networks. It covers key milestones: first long distance lines in 1877 Boston to Somerville, Canadian transcontinental system in 1932, Vancouver to Japan link in 1934, and the 1958 continent wide microwave network. It notes the Moon voyage call in 1969 and anticipates future global dialing advances.
The British Columbia Construction Association released its first Construction Cost Index noting monthly material price shifts. Steel price increases push up metal decking studs doors and rigid conduit while reinforcing steel costs rise from supply shortages and a past labour dispute. Lumber prices ease as demand stabilizes and plywood levels off. Copper prices are rising globally, with copper products in mechanical and electrical divisions expected to climb due to a worldwide shortage. A felt and asphalt shortage may push future prices higher as well.
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