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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1965
Page
2
A Gilbert Harding anecdote about a professional announcer who grows obsessed with avoiding a feared name Rimsky Korsakov. He frets over mispronunciation until the broadcast, when he manages to get through the phrase correctly and feels relief at ending his psychological torment.
A discussion on granting priority to French in Quebec argues that a 20 percent English-speaking population warrants no universal unilingualism. The piece compares Quebec to New Brunswick, emphasizing good manners and equality, and suggests priority can coexist with equality. It cites union negotiations and contracts as clear examples.
A prominent American newspaper once carried two half pages of mail order items from Texas grapefruit to a rock polisher. The rock polisher ad listed a motor price of 19.95 but gave no clear details about the item or how it works.
Manitoba farmers sold 42,720 more cattle and 20,850 more hogs in the first half of 1965 than in 1964, slowing cattle expansion and causing a nine percent hog population drop. Turkeys rose while hens, chickens, and sheep declined. total milk output fell two percent. The June survey by provincial and federal agriculture departments notes 1,150,000 cattle, 408,000 hogs, 57,000 sheep, about one million turkeys, and around 50 million chickens on farms.
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