Rural planning and weather wrap Canadian regions
Forbes Gilbertson notes rural municipalities face rising costs as demand grows near fast developing centres. Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan consider regional frameworks to streamline services and cut borders. The piece also reports January’s deep freeze, with U S Weather Bureau cautioning a possible global winter temperature dip since 1940. March 21 looms as spring nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
Forbes Gilbertson
Financial Post
Employers urged to curb unemployment benefit abuses
Money chief James McGregor urges employers to cooperate with the Commission to stop abuses in unemployment insurance. Workers and bosses must submit separate separation statements, but many employers ignore the forms or collude to obtain unentitled benefits. The fund nears a low point, raising urgency and financial concern.
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James McGregor
Unemployment Insurance Fund
Tomployers
Commission
Mother's Sacrifice Lights Hope for Polio Boy
Kevin Frost of Salford Lancashire suffered polio as a two year old and could not walk. Fifteen years later doctors offered a chance of normality if bone grafts were donated. His mother Mrs Frost volunteered enduring long surgeries and pain, spending months in a wheel chair before walking again with a cane. She says she is happier every time she sees Revie playing football and riding his bike and thanks Providence for Mother Love.
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Kevin Frost
Salford
Lancashire
Revie
Providence
Spring 1961 Fashion Forecast Color and Silhouette Trends
Carol McLaren outlines a vibrant spring 1961 fashion scene with bold colors like pink green and blue and a shifting silhouette featuring eased waists gentle gathering and dropped shoulders. Fabrics blends knits and crepes rise, accessories shift to long skinny bags coarse straw hats, two tone shoes and crushed leather emerge, urging readers to update wardrobes for a vivid season.
Health topics of the week Burns cold and baldness stories
A regional survey finds cold incidence higher in the South than the West and Northeast. Women suffer more severe burns than men due to hair follicle differences. Civil War soldiers used teeth in battles and misfortune linked to dental status affected early physical qualification. Excessive anxiety may trigger temporary hair loss, with a tale of regrowth after a pardon.
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Raymond Hinshaw
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Joint Decision Making by Rural Farm Couples Highlighted
Dr Helen Abell of the federal agriculture department cites a federal provincial study of 350 Ontario farm homes showing couples tend to make joint decisions on farm operations and housekeeping. She says these decisions influence both earnings and family life and points to female interest in farm work as a key factor.
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Helen Abell
Federal Agriculture Department
Abell
Ontario
Farm wives take on farm chores beyond homemaking
The study shows ninety eight percent of farm wives perform farm tasks beyond domestic duties, including accounts, machinery operation, livestock care, and marketing. A minority returned to pre marriage work such as teaching or sales to supplement income, and over three quarters had worked non farm jobs before marriage.
Email voting may come to polls in the future
A Michigan State University expert predicts voters could use home written ballots via telephone codes to vote, with results possible minutes after polls close, pending safeguards against ballot stuffing. A separate note cites Michigan researchers on germ attack by disinfectants and a Smithsonian report on a tiny barnacle female carrying husbands. Prices fall on technetium-99 at Oak Ridge with a claim for its use in anti corrosion alloys.
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Ralph M. Goldman
Michigan State University
Old Farm Memories Recreated In Oil Painted Memories
A wife rebuilt the farm in oils after Christmas, painting the road, house, barn, and shed to honor memories of the Dehre River site. Nostalgia floods the tale as memory and art revive joys from childhood riverside walks, frostbitten skating, and willows, offering a second chance at feeling alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Dehre
Wage Cuts Across Canada The Coffee Shop Theory
A newspaper editor recalls a coffee shop exchange where a traveling salesman proposes a blanket wage cut from Prime Minister to citizen. He predicts lower prices, stronger Canadian goods, more jobs, steadier pensions, and higher tax receipts. The piece argues unions hold one of the largest monopolies, enabling wage gains while others suffer, risking economic collapse.
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Canada
Valesman
Are You Helping Solve the Unemployment Problem
A storekeeper put up a bold sign urging readers to examine their own roles in welfare and sacrifice. It contrasts those who work toward solutions with those who seek handouts, arguing Canada must boost manufacturing, raise efficiency, maintain quality, and lower prices to absorb displaced farm workers in city jobs.
St John Ambulance Guides on Bruises and Stings
St John Ambulance offers tips for minor injuries and bee stings. Use cold compresses on bruises and remove stings with sterilized tweezers or needle before applying rubbing alcohol or baking soda solution. Consider a fall first aid or home nursing course to gain vital life saving skills.
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St. John Ambulance
St. John ‘Ambulance
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Marve
United States
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Ottawa
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Manitoba
Assoc Canadian Weekly
ASSOC
Allen McGregor
Expers
Saskatchewan
United States Weather Bureau
American Meteorological Society
North America
London
England
Carrol Corner
Carol McLaren
Carl Javert
Albert Kligman
Phildelphia
Dangerfield
Winnipes
Man Vere
Science At Work
University of Michigan
Smithsonian Institution
Atomicergy Commission
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ambrose Hills
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