No Pest Strips Residue Considered Not Hazardous
Dr R A Chapman director general of the food and drug directorate said trace residue of No Pest strip chemicals found in fatty foods is well below the two parts per million tolerance for six percent fat. He noted Canadian authorities are reviewing US findings and that the strip should not be used in areas where food is prepared or served.
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R. A. Chapman
The
Food and Drug Directorate
U.S
Canadian Food and Drug Directorate
European Car Sales See Surge in Overseas Vehicles
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports June overseas car sales rising 148 percent in units and 16.5 percent in value, with an average overseas price of 2518 dollars. North American car sales fell 3.1 percent in volume and 8.1 percent in value. Through the first six months of 1970 overseas autos rose 20.7 percent in numbers and 23.81 percent in value while North American sales dropped 22.2 percent in units and 21.9 percent in dollars. Total six month vehicle sales fell 16.3 percent in units and 15.3 percent in value to 1521 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
PSAC questions questionnaire on attitudes toward French Canadians
A PSAC spokesman said the government erred by circulating a questionnaire to test attitudes toward French Canadians as part of a language training program. PSAC and public service commission officials described the test as an experiment, stressing it is noncompulsory and should not influence promotions.
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Public Service Alliance of Canada
K. R. Robinson
PSAC
Public Service Commission
Redundant Churches May Be Sold in Britain
English parish churches declared redundant by Church of England authorities may be put on sale. Interest in the buildings has been expressed by people in Canada and Australia. A church commission spokesman said redundancy stems from population movement and that inquiries are passed to local committees to decide use.
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Church of England
Canada
Australia
Deaf Brooklyn laborer cleared. heroin charges dropped
Maximo Julia a 22 year old Brooklyn laborer had an indictment dismissed after DA Eugene Gold called the arrest a miscarriage of justice. A policeman testified Julia spoke during a February heroin sale but the judge found the testimony could not be trusted due to Julia being deaf and mute. Gold vowed that those responsible would face justice.
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New York
Thomas R. Jones
State Supreme Court
Maximo Julia
Brooklyn
Eugene Gold
Gold
Julia
Train kills man on CNR line in St Boniface
An unidentified man in his 60s was killed Friday night when a train struck him while he lay between the tracks on the CNR main line in St Boniface. Police said he did not move to avoid the approaching train and the locomotive could not stop in time.
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CNR
St. Boniface
Crown agency reports June housing starts drop
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp said 11 585 new houses and apartments began in June, down 38.3 percent from a year earlier. Seasonally adjusted, June starts at an annual rate of 131 800, up from May at 120 300. Ontario minister Robert Andras promised 100 million dollars for 15 000 low income units, and total starts for the year may reach 180 000. The Economic Council of Canada cites a need above 200 000 new homes per year to meet demand and backlog.
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Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
May
Robert Andras
the Economic Council of Caada
Canada
Schreyer defends Wawanesa viability under auto bill
Premier Ed Schreyer told the Manitoba Legislature that Wawanesa would not be destroyed if public auto insurance passes. He cited company head office in the town of 512 and about 70 local workers, noting 12 percent of Wawanesa’s total 1969 Canadian business was Manitoba auto insurance. He argued displacing workers could shift them to the Brandon based insurer, and dismissed assertions of a town collapse.
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Ed Schreyer
Manitoba
Wawanesa
Brandon
Wawanesa Insurance Company
Canada
Wawanesa Company
McKellar
Schreyer
Insurance Corporation
Appointment Announced to Alberta Grain Board
Delmer Pound of Calgary, 45, named to the board of grain commissioners by Agriculture Minister H A Olson. He replaces A V Svoboda who retires August 9. Pound, former Alberta Junior Chamber of Commerce president and Alberta Chamber of Commerce director, is GM of Oliver Industrial Supplies. The board administers the Canada Grains Act, setting grain standards and licensing elevators, and operates the grain research laboratory in Winnipeg.
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Delmer Pound
Calgary
Board of Grain Commissioners
H. A. Olson
A. V. Svoboda
Mr. Pound
Alberta Junior Chamber of Commerce
Alberta Chamber of Commerce
Oliver Industrial Supplies
Winnipeg
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Ava
Vanguard
C. W. Sloik
Ninth Street
N.W
Portage LA Prairie
Herb Borton
MacGregor
G. Mm
Hay
Austin
Ford Sales & Service
Roy Smith
McMaster
Dr. Chapman
Sya
Generox Ir
Bombardier Ltd
Forsythe Coal CO. Ltd
Man
Gladstone Garage Ltd
Gladstone, Man
East End Motors
Gale Gas and Oil
John Deere
Christianson
First Street
Austin Credit Union
North Norfolk
Asseys
H. K. Schroeder
Boris Racine
Robinson
Erle R. Georg Ce Ne Ce l
Optometrist
Ua A
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
Earl McKellar
Louris- Killarney
Walt Disney
Woody Allen
Belomton
Denwal Pharmacy
the Card Shop
Hill
East Rexall
Portage
Beaver
Pine Creek
Firdale and
Edrans Districts
N. Hutlet
Wan
Brown
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