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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1975
Page
2
This week’s paper urges parents and volunteers to join at least three youth groups planning programs for the year. Girls seek Guiding, boys Cubs Scouts and Venturers, while Little League and hockey need coaches and managers. Volunteer your time to help youth become tomorrow’s good citizens.
The piece argues Ottawa restricts and inflates the economy, hitting business with high taxes and monopoly concerns. It calls for targeted social support and reform of unemployment insurance and the Canada Pension Plan, warning of rising premiums and long term funding gaps. It urges shifting aid to children the elderly and disabled, and expanding family allowances while reducing reliance on minimum wages and broad welfare.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business notes a $42,209.27 balance to be forwarded in January 1976 under the Sewerage Facilities Assistance Act. Since last year the fund has drawn strong municipal support across British Columbia, enabling greater provincial aid to sewerage projects. In 1974, Workers' Compensation Board registrations reached 55,176 with assessable payroll at about $6.4 billion, up $642 million from 1973.
Premier Dave Barrett will visit Peace River Country on Saturday October 11 with six engagements in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. He appears on CKNL radio at 10 am, cuts a ribbon, attends a noon luncheon, films in Dawson Creek, hosts a 4 pm coffee in Tomslake, and a public meeting at 8 pm in Unciagah Hall. The trip fuels election speculation.
Summer commentary on prison conditions in Canada reflects on breaks riots hostage plots and absconding inmates. The author contrasts perceived comforts with aims of rehabilitation and questions whether crime pays and how society treats punishment.
This fragment blends a Cooperstown origin tale with Civil War heroism and a NY surveyor who shaped modern baseball. It shifts to a harsh critique of prison systems, detailing brutal punishments, segregation, and reform delays, then ends with a boisterous call to rebel and probe justice through reckless defiance.
Fortier and Associates runs a vast camp catering network from Edmonton with branches in Calgary Dawson Creek Peace River Anchorage and Denver. Since 1949 the firm grew from feeding 20 men near Peace River to serving thousands across 150 locations over 3000 miles including Alaska Canada and the lower forty eight. President Doug Cox notes Alaska offices opened after Alyeska Pipeline uncertainties and a return to activity.
The association selects L Donahue of Quesnel as President, George Broadhurst of Fort St John as 1st Vice, and Anna Myers of Dawson Creek as secretary. Committees will draft a constitution and bylaws for member approval.
A $1500 grand prize leads a poetry competition by World of Poetry monthly newsletter. Poems of all styles are eligible for the grand prize or 49 other awards. second place pays $500. Contest director Joseph Mellon invites talent from all poets and a list of rules and entry forms is available by mail. Contest closes November 30, 1975.
Television schedule fragment lists program blocks from CBC and syndicated shows across daytime to late night. Notable entries include sports, news, and entertainment segments with titles such as Gunsmoke Mary Tyler Moore M.A.S.H. and CFL Football, plus Kids and variety programs.
A compact listing shows events for the day including NFL football coverage, a Hymn Sing at Cathedral of Tomorrow, Rainbow Country in Canada, and entertainment segments with World Tomorrow Walt Disney Beachcombers Irish Rovers and The Waltons. Also noted are Side Street and New Wave People Of Our Time segments with TBA timing.
A list of morning devotion and TV programming for the Forest Rangers audience includes segments like Morning Devotion at 3:30, Coming Up Rosie Canae and Hi Diddle Day, with popular shows Star Trek Rhoda Front Page Challenge and All in the Family. Also listed are Chico & The Man, Wrestling, and CBCs Electric Comp in Stationary Ark CFL Happy Days This is the Law Prime Time The Fifth Estate and Legal Forum.
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