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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
2
A Montreal driver appeared before Mr Justice Sabourin after drinking and was sentenced to four years in prison. The judge emphasized traffic laws exist to keep roads safe and called for harsher action to remove dangerous drivers from the streets.
An analysis notes rapid progress in surgery and organ transplants with near-term breakthroughs possible. It highlights predictions of new cures affecting incurable diagnoses and the pace of medical advances, alongside rising expectations in Canada travel as US and overseas visitors boost tourism revenue beyond $600 million this year.
A television columnist notes the concept of slack season in TV, while newspapers face the temptation to repeat comics or front pages from prior years, raising questions about repetition without explanation and the strange timing of reused material. The piece reflects on the oddity of newsroom routines during slow periods.
Time sale charges tied to instalment buying will come into effect September 1. Hon. Sterling Lyon says the act protects buyers by clarifying finance charges and exclusions. The act requires time sales agreements to be executed within 20 days of delivery, with a focus on education and informed purchasing.
An anonymous columnist laments soaring costs and inflation in Manitoba Canada urging frugality. He argues readers could cut 15 percent by skipping nonessentials and resisting government taxes on goods and services. He notes readers may demand price clarity and question ongoing progress rhetoric.
The Board of Grain Commissioners cut elevation charges on wheat barley rye and corn at western Canadian country elevators to 2½ cents per bushel from 3, effective with the 1963-64 crop year, restoring the rate to 1961-62 levels. The change follows calls from Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Alberta Wheat Pool, while private elevators urged keeping last year's higher rate. The board also reduced invisible loss and shrinkage allowances to 0.25 percent for straight grade wheat and corn delivered to country elevators. Terminal and eastern elevator tariffs remain unchanged.
State Secretary Pickersgill said a private member's bill by Nicholas Mendziuk would be debated on government time to ease a log jam of more than 1,100 parliamentary divorces. The bill would appoint a divorce commissioner to hear petitions from Quebec and Newfoundland, with the Senate voting on dissolutions.
A compact compilation of aphorisms on progress from Emerson Mary Eddy Baker Seneca Henry George and G Macdonald. The quotes explore desire as driver progress the collective benefit and the idea that missteps spark real advances.
The Saskatchewan 4H Foundation reports contributions totaling 14 000 dollars since launching a year ago. Saskatchewan stands alone as the only province with a 4H foundation in Canada.
Mr and Mrs Wm Jones of Austin Manitoba celebrate 50 years of married life with a July 9 reunion at Kaslo British Columbia hosted by Vernon Jones family and attended by Vincent Jones Court ney Fitzgerald Stock Lloyd White and others. The couple wed in Brandon July 9 1913 at Rev W Jacksons church and they later farmed Light Hill before retiring in 1945 and settling in Courtney and Austin.
Royal Bank of Canada suspended trading in two B C government agency power bonds after a Supreme Court ruling by Chief Justice Sherwood Lett. The bank will not cash BCE or BC Hydro bonds at face value, instead selling on open market and paying customers after sale. Premier Bennett awaited word on the situation.
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