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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1963
Page
2
Finance Minister Walter Gordon warns that foreign ownership dominates Canada’s economy with Americans owning large shares of manufacturing, energy, and mining. He argues for expanding exports and boosting Canadian research while balancing foreign investment, noting past gains from it but urging steps to protect long term independence.
In Canada a public health furor over smoking grows with strong calls from villagers to ministers. The American Medical Association refuses to single out tobacco as a sole disease cause, urging cautious study and citing the need for complete documentation before naming an etiological agent in lung cancer. The Canadian Medical Society and Canadian Cancer Society join the debate, promoting education about tobacco toxins while avoiding a rushed verdict.
A critic argues that living requires deliberate tension to spur effort and growth. Timidity leads to quiet submission, while challenges train muscles, minds, emotions, and the spirit. The essay advocates embracing pressure to provoke work and progress.
Alderman Joseph Zuken argues against the 11 percent sales tax on building materials, warning it will raise costs for public and private construction, reduce employment, and slow Canada’s economy. He states the council requests Prime Minister and Finance Minister to withdraw the tax.
Madison columnist August Derleth reviews his own book The Shadow in the Glass about Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's 19th century governor. He deems the work too long and largely unrelieved, offering critical reflection on its scope and pacing.
Manitoba has enlisted Dr Emmit Sharp associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Northern Illinois to analyze census and provincial statistics. He will map internal migration age sex structure and changes in towns and rural municipalities and deliver a report by September and a fuller study by March next year. The work supports long term planning under the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Act and aims to guide industrial location based on labor force and youth nucleus considerations.
A taped emergency call was admitted as evidence at the preliminary hearing for 46 year old Mike Sednyk charged with capital murder. The victim is Mary Sednyk of East Kildonan. Pathologist cites injuries including 25 broken ribs and multiple lacerations and bruises. The tape came from a call to police at the Metropolitan station in Winnipeg. Several witnesses are expected to testify.
A compact note surveys Chamfort and a line about egotism as vanity’s tongue. It links various phrases on self-importance and reflective quotes, hinting at how ego appears in classical and contemporary musings.
Officials Monday evaluated weekend flood damages after a Saturday storm dumped over two inches of rain in minutes. An unofficial estimate puts losses around $250,000 as water flooded streets and basements, isolating the Manitoba Liquor Commission building for an hour and causing about $50,000 damage to a bowling alley.
The bodies of four men were found Monday in a burned light plane wreckage along the Blue River, 110 miles northeast of Kamloops. The craft likely crashed Friday while en route to a fishing camp on Myrtle Lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park. discovery followed their absence from work. A BC forest service crew reached Myrtle Lake and reported the scene during a return flight to Blue River.
Conservative party sources anticipate a general election in spring or fall 1964, with readiness linked to the start of a new national contributory pension plan. Liberals may try to gain a majority after pension advances, while Diefenbaker reorganizes party HQ and signals a comeback plan.
Education Minister Stewart McLean announced a 16 member committee will start July 2 to revise the University entrance course. It will update the high school matriculation course and define aims. The new three year study plan supports further study of three to five years at university. The general course will be added to 20 more grade 10 classrooms next year, with Winnipeg division gaining seven extra classes and about 500 additional students enrolled.
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