Pan Am Games Set for Winnipeg Velodrome Debut
The Pan American Games will feature America’s first concrete velodrome in Winnipeg. The $300,000 track, 1,300 feet long and 24 feet wide, slopes eight degrees on straightaways and 37 degrees at turns, with 3,000 seats for post games use. Cyclists from 13 nations, including Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Argentina, and Uruguay, will compete. Canada trains on the venue before the July opening, while road racing spans 120 miles and officials from the Canadian Wheelman's Association oversee events.
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Orth
Cycling Committee
Rutherford
Am ‘Ames
Wicheg
Winnipeg
Dave Bonner
Winnipes
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Argentina
Uruguay
Canada
Wheelman’s Association
Alexis “Koupreanov
Moscow
Federated International Amateur Cycling Association
Keen fencing entrants at Winnipeg Pan Am Games
Mexico will send a record fencing delegation to the 1963 Pan American Games in Winnipeg with at least 140 competitors from 15 nations. Argentina and Venezuela are strong threats to U S dominance as Mexico aims for medals. events run July 26 to August 3 at the Highlander Curling Club featuring foil epee and sabre for men and women.
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Mexico
Winnipeg
A. M. Moore
Bolivia
el Salvador
Guatemala
Ecuador
Paraguay
Trinidad
Gentina
Venezuela
United States
Presidente
Americas
Europe
Local Ladies Quilt for Korea Drives Community Effort
MacGregor group volunteers join Canada Wide Centennial Project by Calgary Unitarian Service Committee to sew heavy quilts for Korea. Three quilts ready to leave from Winnipeg No. 10 Fire Hall depot with nylon stocking padding, over a thousand stockings used. Norfolk Manor group and Mrs Ed Chant home knit blocks. donors praised as stockings and patches funded warm, practical quilts for 1967 centennial outreach.
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MacGregor
Calgary
The
Unitarian Service Committee
Korea
No. 10 Fire Hall
Winnipeg
Norfolk Manor
Ed Chant
St Vital Backs Riel Landmarks Preservation Effort
St Vital offers financial aid to preserve Louis Riel era sites in Manitoba. The city backs the Metis Society and Manitoba Historical Society in restoring Riel's Red River house to a museum. A second site linked to Riel’s uprising is also being considered for preservation and display.
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St. Vital
Riel
Louis Riel
Manitoba Council
Metis Society
Manitoba Historical Society
Red River
Witter Persed Smi
Manitoba Winter Fair Calf Scramble Steer Show
Manitoba Winter Fair prepares cattle events with the Commercial Cattle class and Canada Centennial Steer Show. Boys and Girls feeding competition gathers calves for arrival by 800 am. Steers are shown Thursday and Friday afternoon.
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Canada Centennial
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