Young Violinist Wins Top Regina Festival Mark
Seventeen year old Donald Whyte, a Regina College student from Rivers, earned the highest mark 92 in the Regina festival instrumental class. He won the $200 Kinsmen scholarship and will compete in six categories as he pursues a concert violinist career. One more sentence not allowed.
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Regina
Donald Whyte
Regina College
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Regina Conseratory Music
Kinsmen Club
Guy Johnson
Legion Memorial
Gordon Houston
Whyte
Johnson
Rivers
Milan
Jeunesse Musicale
Montreal
Winnipeg
Donald
Mendal
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Leighton Brown
Manitoba to Build Modern Radiotherapy Centre in Winnipeg
The Manitoba Cancer Foundation unveiled plans for a new radiotherapy centre near Winnipeg General Hospital, Children's Hospital, and the Medical College to provide free, state of the art cancer treatment with high energy x rays and electron beams. Funding will largely come from surplus Blue Cross funds, with hospital support and compassionate facilities for patients. The project aims to centralize ancillary departments and offer a leading therapy service in North America.
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Manitoba Cancer Foundation
Canada
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Blue Cross
J.E Morrison
Canadian Cancer Society
St Boniface Hospital
North America
Increased Resort Lot Rents In Manitoba Government Areas
Manitoba government owned resort areas raise five year rental rates to cover higher costs of services. Hon. C. H. Witney cites wage growth and new facilities. lake front lots up from 20 to 30 dollars, larger lots to 35 per acre, back tier 20, Falcon Beach townsites from 50 to 60. Rentals target maintaining cottages and soon created subdivisions while charitable campsites stay unchanged.
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Manitoba
C. H. Witney
Lake-Front
Lake Front
Falcon Beach
Witney
Government Team to Assess Flood Damage
Farmers with flood damaged permanent buildings should file estimates with their municipal office. Claims go to government appraisers J. G Sinclair and Lawrence Smith under a supervising committee led by J. Griffiths. An engineering group will assess damage to bridges, drainage works, and related structures.
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George Hutton
Agriculture and Conservation
Broadway Avenue
Winnipeg
J. G Sinclair
Lawrence Smith
Portage la Prairie
J. A. Grif
Joy Dy My
Hutton
Birth of a New Empress on CPR Flagship
Canada: A $23 million flagship named Empress of Canada was launched May 10 at Vickers Armstrongs, Newcastle, by Mrs. John G. Diefenbaker. The 27 500 ton 1 050 passenger liner will serve UK to Montreal routes, joining Empress of England and Empress of Britain on trans Atlantic service. About 15 000 spectators witnessed the christening with a bottle of Canadian red wine. The vessel will stay in dry dock for sea trials before entering service in 1961.
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Vickers - Armstrongs Yard
Newcastle
England
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Montreal
Diefenbaker
Tyne
CPR
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