Tenders Opened For Narrows Bridge
Tenders opened for two Manitoba bridge projects as Lake Manitoba Narrows and a highway five span over the Assiniboine near Roblin. McAllister Contracting bid lowest at 470 278 for Narrows bridge 890 feet long two lanes concrete surface. Biggar Industries bid 32 183 for metal and structural steel. Peter Leitch Construction bid 526 230 for the highway fire bridge 524 feet long two lanes replacing an older span over a widening Assiniboine to Shellmouth Reservoir.
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Manitoba
Lake Manitoba
Narrows
Assiniboine River
Roblin
McAllister ‘Contracting Company
Biggar’ Industries Limited
Peter Leitch Construction Limited
Assiniboine
Shellmouth
Indians and Metis Overlooked in Manitoba Justice
Manitoba debate on attorney general spending reveals calls by NDP leader Russ Paulley for more legal aid for Indians and Metis. He notes Churchill magistrate court lacks lawyers, while Attorney General Sterling Lyon cites moves to address the issue and cites $40,000 set aside for indigent legal aid with about $16,000 spent last year.
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Manitoba
NDP
Russ Paulley
Attorney General Department
Paulley
Churchill
Sterling Lyon
Lyon
Saul Cherniack
No Doors and Windows In New Quebec High School
A modern Pierrefonds high school planned for the 1969 year will be the first air conditioned in Quebec and feature no windows or corridors. The $9 million, two storey facility will serve 1,500 French speaking and 1,600 English speaking students in dual wings. It includes flexible teaching stations, collapsible walls, large all purpose rooms, workshops, a dining area for frozen meals, and an indoor track alongside a gymnasium supporting multiple activities.
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Pierrefonds
Quebec
Pointe Claire
Beaconsfield
Montreal Forum
Quota Upped At 25 Points
The Canadian Wheat Board announced delivery quotas of five bushels per specified acre effective Monday at 29 prairie delivery points. Alberta hosts 17 points, Saskatchewan 7, Manitoba 5, with other quotas outlined across provinces and a total of 29 prairie points closed.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Ontario
Prairie
Complains Commission Not Full Time In Legislature
Larry Desjardins raises concern that the Manitoba Boundaries Commission chairman works part time, asking Municipal Affairs Minister Thelma Forbes if the chair should be full time since no report is expected during the session on Greater Winnipeg. Robert Smellie chairs the commission. its first report covered school boundaries. Jake Froese asks about a lack of a second report affecting technical vocational school site selections. Forbes says another report may come soon.
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Larry Desjardins
L - St. Boniface
Manitoba
Thelma Forbes
Commission
Greater
Winnipeg
Forbes
Robert Smellie
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Manitoba
Jake Froese
Sc—Rhineland
Farmers Union Charges Market Manipulation by Packers
Manitoba Farmers Union president Ken Singleton accuses Canadian meat packers of moving cattle to undermine a US withholding drive. He cites a 1200 percent rise in western Canada slaughter export to the United States in early year. Singleton says processors are shifting products to counteract the withholding action, but he declines to name the companies.
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Manitoba Farmers Union
Ken Singleton
United States
U.S
National Farmers
Singleton
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Western
Ada
MFA
Mr. Singleton
Canada
Manitoba Exporters Honored By Province
Four Manitoba firms received awards at a luncheon during the Manitoba Export Opportunity Conference for strong export performance. Canadian Garment Co. Ltd. exports 15 percent to the United States and five percent to the United Kingdom and Europe. Morris Welding and Iron Works Ltd. ships about 30 percent of its production and opened a Chicago office last year. Brett-Young Seeds Ltd. exports several million dollars annually, 80 percent to the United States with strong European sales.
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Manitoba
U.S. m
Sidney Spivak
Manitoba Exportunity
Canadian Garment Co. Ltd
Winnipeg
Morris Welding and Iron Works Ltd
Morris
Paul Moore Co. Ltd
Brett Young Seeds Ltd
Canadian Garment
Morden
Miami
Winkler
Cee-Gee
United States
United Kingdom
Europe
Morris Welding
Paul Moore Co
Chicago
Brett-Young Seeds Ltd
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Necor
Narrows Bridge
Interlake
Encom
Franklin Ccs
Franklin
Blackieg
Denwal Pharmacy
Macgregor Ltd
Macgregor
INE
Portage
Animal Hospital
North Norfolk
Farmers Union
Frankfurt
Germany
Kilted van Champel
Scotland
Ernie Kingsdon
Jim Wainman
Macleods
MacGregor Bakery
Qoggedory Shopping Centre
G. M. Hay
Ford Sales & Service
Austin
C. W. Sloik
Ninth Street
N.W
Portage LA Prairie
Herb Borton
Erle R. George A Ed
Optometrist
Farmers
Zenith
John Deere
First Street
la Prairie
Franklin Electric
Denwal Pharmacy Macgregor Ltd
Texaco
Bob) Stratton MacGregor
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