Bagot and District News by Mrs Baskier
Birthday greetings to Billy Charlton and H D Ritchie and notes from Portage la Prairie with community reminders. Editorial on traffic hazards and neglected intersections, urging city action before tragedy, plus local visits, anniversaries, and reflections on happiness and charity.
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Billy ‘Charlton
H. D. Ritchie
C. Stewart
J. M. Baskier
Portage
J. Lamont Sr
M. Lamont
Portage la Prairie
Royal Road
Crescent Road
Mel Baskier
J. Purkess
Brantford
Geo. Green
Ladner
B.C
J. H. Adams
Geo.Thompson
Russell Thompson
Variety Farm Training Centre opens in Fraser Valley
A new Variety Farm Training Centre in the Fraser Valley British Columbia opens with four resident students. The $85,000 residence is part of a $500,000 five year plan by the Variety Club of Western Canada to provide full time farm training for mentally handicapped teens. Instructors will teach farm work including breeding livestock and field crops while finding each youngster's aptitude for work.
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Fraser Valley
British Columbia
Variety Farm
Variety Club of
Western Canada
Selwyn Simons
Mr. Simons
Premier leads protest march in support of Czechoslovakia
Premier Walter Weir led a protest rally by the Canadian Ukrainian Committee denouncing the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia as unjustified. He urged that communism cannot coexist with freedom and expressed solidarity with Czech victims, while noting world opinion may spur action. Cardinal Cushing granted permission for weekday home Masses in his Boston diocese.
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Czechoslovakia
Walter Weir
Weir
Russia
Matobans
United Nations
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
CBC Overspends In 1967 68 CBC Budget Surges
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ran up a total cost to the taxpayer of 145.7 million dollars for the 1967 68 fiscal year. Operating costs reached a 33 year high due to Centennial Year programming with about 1 500 hours. Advertising and investments cut the net to 145.7 million.
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CBC
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