New Uniform Issue Starts By This June
A new green uniform rollout for 8000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel will begin by June and take about 18 months to complete. A military spokesman said outfits cost about $250 each, with first recipients including officers commissioned after November 1, 1968, personnel posted abroad, and troops at St. Jean Quebec and Cornwallis Nova Scotia.
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Cornwallis
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Watt Announces Crop Insurance Payments In Manitoba
Agriculture Minister Doug Watt stated that record payments of 2.25 million dollars will go to Manitoba Crop Insurance Plan insured farmers who lost crops in last year’s wet season. Over 4,000 claims were filed, with some losses awaiting spring appraisals. Partial payments may reach farmers with snowy fields if appraisals qualify. Harvesting is 96 percent complete and funds are covered without reinsurance. Coverage now includes field peas, bringing the plan to ten crops.
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Manitoba Crop Insurance Plan
Doug Watt
P. H. Ford
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Manitoba Crop Insurance
No Early Solution To Grain Marketing
A.C. Runciman heads the Canada Grains Council which will meet in Winnipeg to formalize the body and plan its approach to industry problems. He urges coordination among producers, grain companies, and government, noting results will not come immediately and stressing vigilance against rival nations advancing grain quality.
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A.C. Runciman
Canada Grains Council
Runciman
Winnipeg
United Grain Growers Ltd
Calgary
High River
Alta
Canada
Farmer union warns of 100 million bushel damp grain loss
The National Farmers Union warns damp grain losses could reach 100 million bushels on prairie farms due to insufficient drying funds. NFU seeks emergency cash aid, criticizing the 10 cent per bushel relief cap as inadequate and calling for direct assistance up to $600 per farm regardless of size.
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Olson
Trade and Commerce
Pepin
National Farmers Union
NFU
Roy Atkinson
Saskatoon
Ottawa
12 Million Vehicles Enter Canada
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 12,066,760 foreign vehicles entered Canada last year, down 2.5 percent from 1967 but up over 10 percent from 1966. The data include cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and other non commercial trucks. Overnight stays totaled 3,296,254 from April to December, down 13.8 percent from 1967.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Manitoba
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Ford Sales & Service
Austin
Odes Farmer
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Portage International Farm Equipment
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Rover
North Phone
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Ralph's Fabric Centre
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Canada Manpower Centre
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