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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1964
Page
2
The piece notes Manitoba residents face higher municipal taxes while Britain experiments with lotteries to fund schools and reduce tax pressure. It cites Ayrshire, Midlands bingo, and Britain’s Premium Bonds as examples and argues Manitobans already enjoy lotteries and hope laws will change to legalize them locally.
The planned merger of the Toronto Lawyers Club and Reading Law Club signals rising social integration in the profession. It reflects a shift away from racial and religious labels toward shared professional interests and aid to students.
A famous remark by the late judge Learned Hand reflects on liberty residing in the hearts of people rather than in constitutions or laws. He warned that without inner commitment, legal structures cannot sustain freedom.
The article cautions on child safety in cars during summer travel. It recommends securing babies in a back seat basket, avoiding rear window positions, using proper front seats with restraints, keeping foods and toys soft and stationary, preventing child access to the dashboard, and never placing a child on a driver's lap.
A compact collection of quotations urging patience and careful consideration. Notable lines warn that haste breeds error and thoughtful deliberation leads to wiser action, attributed to Durant Simmons Eddy Wesley and others.
The Manitoba Association votes to form a committee after a three member panel urged reform of the magistrate crown attorney and coroner posts. Proposals include abolishing part time magistrates, creating itinerant full time magistrates, stopping private practice for crown attorneys, and replacing coroners with an attorney general official. Attorney General Stewart McLean says his department is receptive to the plan.
Barbara Sargent, a blind telephone operator, was denied entry to the Cambridge Theatre public section with her guide dog Merry. She was invited back to sit in the royal box via a private stair leading from the street to the box.
Premier Roblin said a special summer session of the Manitoba Legislature is quite possible after a Progressive Conservative caucus in Brandon. He noted no dates but sources expect a July meeting to set up a provincial retail sales tax and a six month period to establish the collection system once legislation passes.
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