Manitoba to Launch Bread Price Inquiry
A three member board of inquiry under Manitoba Trade Practices Inquiry Act will investigate bread prices in the milling and baking industries. Dr John Weldon chairs. other members are Mrs Muriel Smith and Harry Rachlis. The inquiry reports by end October 1973 and major bakeries are asked to hold price increases until then.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ian Turnbull
Board of Inquiry
John C. Weldon
Department of Economics
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Weldon
McGill
Muriel Smith
Y.W.C.A
United Way of Winnipeg
Action Committee On the Status of Women
Smith
University of Manitoba
Oxford
England
Harry Rachlis
Public Schools Finance Board
Universities Grants Commission
Turnbull
the Echo
Caution On Roads Urged By Burtniak
Manitoba highways minister Peter Burtniak reports 120 traffic deaths in the first six months of 1973, a 65 percent rise from the prior year, urging defensive driving and regular vehicle checks. He notes more fatal single-vehicle incidents and stresses older cars need attention under ongoing compulsory checks.
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Winnipeg
Peter Burtniak
Manitoba
Mr. Burtniak
Burtniak
Cardale Finishes in Second Place in Canadian Championships
Cardale Cubs reached the final of the midget baseball championship at Barrhead Alberta, losing 14 to 8 to Melville after earlier defeating Barrhead 10-2 and beating Melville 10-6. Wayne Ramsey led Cardale with three hits, Blaine Peterson two, and Ron Knight earned the win for Cardale in a separate match. Manitoba’s Winnipeg squad exited early at North Battleford, while Ontario’s Chatham Kinsmen claimed the Dominion beaver title with an 8-0 win over Sydney Stars.
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Barrhead
Alta
Cardale Cubs
Manitoba
Melville
Winnipeg
Terry Puhl
Wayne Ramsey
Cardale
Blaine Peterson
Victoria
Medicine Hat
Ron Knight
Doug Mathison
North Battleford
Ontario
Chatham
Richmond wins Western Canada Bison Championship in a rain ruined finale
The Richmond baseball team claimed the Western Canada Bison title amid four days of rain in Souris Manitoba. Organizers say proceeds help the town’s artificial ice fund while backers lament the weather but celebrate a community coming together despite losses and delays.
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Houston Astrodome
Astrodome
Souris
Souris Park
Bill Kirkup
Royal Purple of
Kirkup
Murray Zuk
Zuk
Kohuch Family Reunion At Crandall Community Centre
Kohuch family reunion held at Crandall Community Centre on Saturday August 4 1973 with 13 siblings and extended relatives from Winnipeg Rossburn Petawawa Calgary and Dryden. Miss Lorraine Kohuch pinned a corsage while 32 overnight guests stayed at the Ariss home and Sunday visit included a bonfire at the old home farm in Mears.
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Nellie Kohuch
Winnipeg
Mears
Rossburn
Crandall
Crandall Ucw
Lorraine Kohuch
Nick Kohuch
Alex Kohuch
Petawawa
Ontario
Chris Matthews
Hamiota
George Davis
Decker
George Ariss
Weiners
Charlie Pawliuk
Fred Kohuch
Stan Magdaniuk
Dora
Anne
Roy Kohuch
Ont
Frank Maydaniuk
Mary
Peter Kohuch
Don Kohuch
Calgary
Terry Kohuch
Dryden
Andrusiak
Stella
Joe Sokunciak
Mildred
Walter Kohuch
Eugene Kohuch
Steve
Ken Stephenson
Marcia
Mike Rudnnski
Jason
Evangeline
Janet Maydaniuk
Ray Lussier
John Main
Editors Letter Box Haunts Hamiota Blood Clinic
The Manitoba Red Cross Donor Service extends thanks to Mr. Harvey Gray and the Hamiota branch for assisting the Blood Donor Clinic. Attendance reached 161, down from last year but deemed a successful event. Gratitude is expressed to the committee volunteers and donors.
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Harvey Gray
Pres
Canadian Red Cross Society
Hamiota
Hamiota, Man
Manitoba Red Cross
Labour Day Marked Park Fee Cut-off
Tourism minister Laurent L. Desjardins announced that park entrance fees at provincial parks and recreation areas ended on Labor Day 1973 at 4 p.m. Beach patrol supervision also ended then with swimming unsupervised thereafter. Camping fees continue until October 1, after which only select unserviced campgrounds remain available to travelers as water and sewer systems are winterized.
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Winnipeg
Laurent L. Desjardins
Desjardins
Park Residence News Visitors Bring City and Rural Ties
Mrs Wesner enjoyed a Sunday visit with her Brandon son. At Mrs Robertson s home visitors included Mrs Lorraine Barrett Winnipeg Mr and Mrs Harvey Hyde and family Treherne and Mr and Mrs Bud Barrett Rivers Mr and Mrs D Mitchell Brookdale Mrs Mable Kennedy Neepawa and Miss Phyliss Rankin Winnipeg. At Mrs Morris home guests were Mr and Mrs Alex Caswell Melita Mr and Mrs Tom Wyatt Cardale and Mrs Bessie Fraser Melita.
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Wesner
Brandon
D Mitchell
Brookdale
Mable Kennedy
Neepawa
Phyliss Rankin
Winnipeg
Morris
Alex Caswell
Melita
Tom Wyatt
Cardale
Bessie Fraser
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John Weldon
Public Insurance Corporation
RED Cross
F. S. Venables
Publisher
Niagara Falls
Western Canada Bison
Richmond
British Columbia
Rel Cross
Kohuch
Alex Kohach
Gerry
Sherry Ariss
Terry Maydaniuk
Walter Kohach
Mr. Gray
Bud Barrett
Rivers
Arthur
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