Credit Gimmick Currency For Taxes Proposed By Bank
City National Bank and Trust Company of Columbus Ohio discusses with the Internal Revenue Service a plan to issue customers drafts up to 500 dollars payable to the IRS. The drafts would be used with 1969 tax returns due April 15. The bank would earn interest and service charges on the loan. IRS has not decided.
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City National Bank and Trust Company
Columbus
Ohio
International Revenue Service
IRS
United States Internal Revenue Service
Not Recommended Hero Brought Down by Crossing Incident
Walter Brisebois of Windsor acted to stop a freight train at a railway crossing after being blocked unreasonably. A judge dismissed charges of obstructing a highway. The tale warns such revenge is dangerous as cars and trains collide when crossings fail to stop quickly.
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Walter Brisebois
Windsor
Rights of patients cited as teaching beds squeeze care
Winnipeg orthopedic surgeon Dr. David McQueen warns that Manitoba hospital bed allocation for teaching cases infringes patient rights and his own ability to place patients with doctors of choice. He resigns from the Winnipeg Orthopedic Society and seeks a judicial inquiry into monopoly practices, arguing university teaching nets limit access and threaten ethics and career mobility.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
David McQueen
McQueen
Winnipeg Orthopedic Society
University of Manitoba
Canada
Winnipeg General Hospital
Seading
Ed Schreyer
Rene Toupin
Tax concessions may be removed from Manitoba Act
A legislative committee recommended striking the tax concession clause from the Manitoba Municipal Act. If passed, municipalities would lose authority to grant tax freezes or reductions without legal amendments. The change would not retroactively affect existing agreements, and the panel noted concessions can attract industry but burden services. Campbell Soup Plant in Portage la Prairie cited as an example receiving 90,000 annually.
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Winnipeg
St. Boniface
William Jenkins
NDP
Logan
Campbell Soup
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba Adds 20000 in Loans for Adult Education Centre
The Manitoba government will provide 20000 in loans to Winnipeg Adult Education Centre students facing financial hardship. Youth and Education Minister Saul Miller said about 40 of the 450 students may receive support from his department.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Saul Miller
Industry Minister Scolds Real Estate Agents for Fees
Manitoba Industry Minister Leonard Evans decried price fixing among realtors at the Manitoba Real Estate Association convention read by Attorney-General A M Mackling. He warned of public inquiry and potential government intervention if firms continue to restrict price competition and urged removal of fee schedules to spur market-driven pricing.
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Old Manitoba Realtors
Manitoba Real Estate Association
Leonard Evans
Industry and Commerce
A. M. Mackling
New Democratic Party
Mackling
Parliament Hill Faces Quebec Crisis and Independence Talks
The Ottawa letter discusses potential Quebec secession and its impact on Canada. It questions who should lead negotiations if current leaders face political extinction and notes a rising sense that the Quebec issue is nearing a head with few public comments to avoid inflaming tensions.
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Quebec
Parliament Hill
Canada
Parliait
Government seeks 14.8 billion for next year spending
Parliament was asked to approve 14.8127 billion dollars for 1970-71 to cover old age pensions and existing programs. The budget hike, driven by debt service and provincial grants, will reduce staffing to 247,859 by March 31, 1971, with Finance Minister to unveil tax plans in March.
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Treasury Board
C. M. Drury
Drury
Edgar Benson
Office Probe Into District Highways Office
Transportation Minister Joe Borowski states an investigation is ongoing into the district highways office at Jauphin. District engineer Ray Daniels was suspended February 3 and has since resigned. A report has been given to the attorney general.
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Joe Borowski
Jauphin
Borowski
Ray Daniels
Attorney-Genan Department
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Macgregor Herald
MacGregor
Mtennessee Merek
Suterioton
United States
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Assocnation
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association
Allen McGregor
Association
Britain
Parliament Hill Report
Air
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
McLaren
Rupert
Hydro
Orlectric Heating
Manitoba Hydro
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