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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1968
Page
5
Manitoba's public school teacher loss in 1968 appears lightest in four years, based on 80 percent of returns. 1,263 teachers from the 1967 68 term will not return, down from prior years, with 193 leaving for outside provinces. The resignation rate is 23.1 percent, and 15.5 percent left the profession, both lower than recent years.
A 26 year old go go dancer from Italy was fined 50 dollars in Winnipeg after a three hour trial for an immoral and indecent topless performance in a hotel beverage room. Marie Schmitz testified she had danced topless in Italy and that language difficulties affected her understanding of local rules. Magistrate John Enns ruled the act beyond community decency standards and unacceptable.
The column lists birthday wishes for Earle Farncombe Verne Ritchie Corinne Kostenuk Dave Coulthard Glenda Lamont Malcolm Coubrough C Rands H Currie Wayne Nichol Robert Kerr Murray Burch Mrs Harold Wright Mrs B Brittain Glen Bodie Ernest Burton and others. It Also shares homely counsel on positive thinking kindness and civic duty plus visits and social news from Portage and area including recent guests and travel to Winnipeg and Regina with remarks on community events and crop prospects.
Two Vancouver prospectors missing since June 17 were recovered by RCMP aircraft near Lawford Lake, 60 miles northeast of Norway House. John MacDonald, 70, hospitalized with condition unclear, and Howard Oreutte, 40, not requiring hospital care. They had been flown to the area June 7 after a failed June 17 pickup, with weather delaying a rendezvous in the bush near Lake Witinipeg at Norway House in Manitoba.
Parking authorities in Canada and the United States report substitutes like paper clips washers and beer can ring tabs are reducing meter collections. About 10 percent of meters in some districts accept such items. IMPC president Harry Orr estimates annual losses around 25 million dollars prompting can makers to redesign pull tabs..Token meters promise to curb free shopping space by limiting free parking to shoppers with tokens issued by Duncan Industries.
Captain William John McIntosh of the Winnipeg based RCAF must complete five years of service from February 4 1966 as repayment for two years of flight instructor training valued at $124 000. The Manitoba Court of Appeal confirmed a Queen's Bench ruling denying his request to leave the unified forces under the Canadian Forces Re organization Act.
North news reports Minister Arthur Laing predicting the biggest mining reveal in 25 years will come this fall at Coppermine N W T at the mouth of the Coppermine River Arctic Ocean. More than 30 000 claims have been staked near Hope Lake 40 miles south amid heavy prospecting by over 50 companies. An earlier plan disclosed a 551 000 airport project by Transport to boost year round mineral development.
A Sioux Falls storm toppled hundreds of trees and blew out plate glass and power lines. Police warned of hot wires as gusts reached 81 miles per hour just after 1 a.m., with 46 to 58 mph sustained winds for an hour. Trailer homes were upset but no injuries were reported, though outages persisted in residential areas.
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