Red Sox Manager Explains Baseball to Foreign Visitor
Allan Robertson describes the game to a visitor with a simple two-side rule. Dateline Sherwood Park reports the birth of a daughter to Dick and Gwenda Coombs, with relatives named in Hamiota Basswood and accompanying notes from neighbors.
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RED Sox
Allan Robertson
Sherwood Park
Dick and
Gwenda Coombs
Jack and
Eleanor Coombs
Hamiota
Bob and
Olive Templeton
Basswood
Bobbi
Templeton
Gwenda
Bob
Tamara
Coombs
Odds, fortunes, and aging hopes in a quizzical Canada
Reggie's ramblings joke about lightning versus lottery odds, a Ontario couple winning two million in quick succession, and a cancer scare tied to scotch. Quebec ministers lack French, Soviet scientists tout aging delay, and Confucius hints loyalty as principle in a curiously mixed Canadian vignette.
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Ontario
A Warm Raise Hope Meets Cold Room Truth
Bruce Lemon asks about a raise as he nears review. An older worker replies the bright effort won’t warm the room, likening him to a thermometer in a cold room. Thought for the Week notes growing older takes time.
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Bruce Lemon
Clark defence policy critique urges new white paper
The column ridicules the Clark government for following Trudeau era defence plans. It notes potential NATO NORAD costs of jet fighters radar ships and argues for renegotiating commitments, a public debate, and a new white paper focused on 1980s needs rather than past policies.
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Ottawa
Clark
Joe Clark
Trudeau
Barney Dawson
NATO
Europe
North American Air Defence Command
Canada
Defence
NORAD
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Toronto Sun
Jack Coombs
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Allan Cumming
F.E.A
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Wimp
Neb Curll
Oakden’s
Bill Rutherford
Bessie Houck
Kae
L. L. Brown
Satan
Reggie
Quebec
Levesque
Clark Tory
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