Television hearing set for Yorkton in September
Yorkton Television Co Ltd seeks to establish a Television Broadcasting Station in Yorkton. The CBC Board of Governors will hear the proposal in Ottawa on September 26 during a public session. Company associates will present oral representations and cite strong local support from individuals, organizations, and Yorkton boards of trade and area councils.
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Yorkton Television Co. Ltd
Yorkton
Ottawa
CBC Board of Governors
Teevision
Boars of Trade
Melvile and
Kamsack
Yorkton. Sask
Broken Culvert Causes Traffic Hazard on Old Road
The culvert over the GW W D ditch on the old road is in bad shape after being broken during Trans-Canada Pipeline construction. Heavy trucks hauling cement weights and pipe worsened the damage three years ago. Slabs have been placed to deter vehicles while repairs are awaited, as reported by The Carillon News in Steinbach Manitoba on August 30 1957.
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Trans-Canada
Meyer
Trans- Canada Pipeline
Carillon News
Steinbach
Man
Canada
Yukon
Northwest
Alaska Highway boom fuels Fort St John growth dreams
Fort St John shifts under Alaska Highway expansion as Sam Miller sells his field for nearly 150000 dollars amid plans for a 30 million gas processing complex. Prospectors, geologists, and helicopter teams race into Yukon and northeastern British Columbia seeking big base metals, while a 700 mile pipeline to Vancouver nears completion.
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Fort ST. John
British Columbia
Peace River
Sam Miller
Sam
Dawson Creek
North
Westcoast Transmission
West Coast
Fort St John
Alaska High Way
Vancouver
Pacific Northwest
Watson Lake
Alaska Highway
Yukon
B.C
Klondike
Printed Pattern 4503 for Childs Summer Frock and Classwear
Anne Adams Pattern Dept offers Printed Pattern 4503 for child sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with a scoop neck sunfrock and embroidery options. Includes a neat school collar and tuck ed skirt style, requires 3 yards 35 inch fabric for size 6, and transfer directions. Submit 40 cents by mail with size name address and pattern number to Toronto pattern dept.
Manitoba Road Contracts Reach Seven Million in August
Road contracts on Manitoba's No 4 and No 5 highways in August push the year’s total to 7.5 million dollars. Hon R D Robertson reports 452 000 contracts for the month with No 5 receiving about 177 000 and No 4 just under 100 000. Additional costs for right of ways and materials accompany the contracts.
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Manitoba
R. D. Robertson
Hich
Pembina River Dam Benefits Headed to Flood Committee
Discussion in Winkler aims to present Pembina river dam advantages to the Royal Commission on Flood Cost Benefits. A 105 foot dam could back water for 16 miles and store 175000 acre feet, with flood control and broader social and economic gains for Winnipeg and Manitoba.
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Pembina River
Pemopina River
Winkler
Royal Commission On Flood
Winnipeg
Pembina
Red River
Manitoba
Red River Basin
Pembina Valley Water Control Association
Red River Valley
Altona
Man
Province establishes Cancer Foundation
The province forms a Cancer Foundation to start September 20 to handle treatment diagnostic services and clinic research. Health minister Bend says a nine member board was named by order in council on September 5 and the act will be proclaimed September 20. About 455 000 dollars is allocated this year for treatment diagnostics and clinic research. The foundation will continue work previously done by the Cancer Relief and Research Institute, while cancer education will be carried on by the Manitoba division of the Canadian Cancer Society formed last spring.
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R. W. Bend
Bend
Cancer Relief and Research Institute
Manitoba
Canadian Cancer Society
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Yorkton Hearing
Alaska
Haines Junction
Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Pembins
Red Rivers
Province
Cancer Foundation
FORD
Mercury
Plymouth
Studebaker
Nash
Anti-Freeze
Ivede Marie
National Carbon Company
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