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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
2
A reflective piece argues that Johnny does not read because his parents do not read. It blames busy schedules fatigue and a lack of emphasis on literacy. The essay suggests parental attitudes influence child reading and questions who should take responsibility for teaching reading.
The passage cites five reasons Gibbon gave for Rome’s collapse and asks readers to see if similar danger signals exist today. It highlights rising divorce, taxes and bread and circuses, a craze for increasingly brutal sports, immense armaments, and a fading religion guiding society.
The Manitoba hospital services plan has run its initial testing period. A Manitoba writer argues for a provincial royal commission to evaluate MHSP and hospital care, citing two vivid incidents of patient neglect and staff strain. He warns against humiliation in welfare care and urges preserving patient dignity and humane nursing amidst systemic strain.
A compact guide enumerates household thermometers from outdoor and indoor air measures to refrigerator and clinical types. It explains alcohol versus mercury scales, maximum and minimum thermometers, bimetal strips, and how shifting temperatures reset indicators.
BRISTOL England Professor MacInnes of the University of Bristol criticizes French phrases on UK menus saying Britain should not be a gastronomic colony of France. He, a Dalhousie graduate visiting Canada, delivered a Rotary Club talk urging fewer borrowed terms and offered a blunt verdict on British cooking noting it is very good or very bad.
Reginald Muskett, Manager Marbregor Branch Bank of Montreal presents a historical reflection on banking practices in 1960. The piece outlines the impact of currency value, interest rates, and customer experience at a regional bank during that era.
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