Canadian Woman Helps British Radio And TV
Monica Magan, once CBC radio commentator Listen Ladies in the 1940s, now writes TV and radio scripts from her Finchley flat in London. Married to writer Norman Phillips, she still travels for interviews but prefers a calmer life abroad. She recalls Canada with homesick fondness while enjoying Europe's leisure and cultural offerings. Her family, including daughter Susan, favors Ibiza for annual holidays.
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London
Monica Magan
Miss Magan
CBC
Norman Phillips
Toronto
Hebrides
France
West Germany
Lordon
Finchley
Calgary
CFAC
Listen Ladies
Canada
Europe
Susan
Balearic
Ibiza
Mediterranean
What is a Truck
A montage lists items connected to a truck drive by Walter Belson of the American Trucking Association. It frames the truck as a vast aid delivering essentials from penicillin for a child to a beam for a skyscraper and a range of goods for diverse people across regions. The piece hints at the truck's mission as a carrier of life and hope for many.
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British Columbia
Clear Lake
Okanagan Valley
New Brunswick
Ontario
Montreal
Ment
TCA
Rockies
Huge Expansion Plan Boosts Canadian Aviation
Ottawa outlines a ten year program costing between 500 million and 1 billion dollars to expand civilian aviation. Plans include new ports and extended facilities at Malton Dorval and other airports, plus navigation aids and a visual omni range system. Major projects target Malton Dorval Halifax Edmonton Gander Nile Winnipeg and Vancouver with jets by 1960 61 and radar-like oversight to follow.
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Ottawa
Transport Department
Canada
Hees
Malton
Toronto
Dorval
Montreal
Halifax
Edmonton
Gander
Nile
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Wood Fibres Adhere When Wet Forming Paper
The passage explains that wood fibres join as water evaporates, a process that leads to paper production. It notes that wet fibres stick together and then dry to create solid sheets. The description emphasizes material bonding during drying.
One Legged Skier Competes With Fortitude at Laurentian Slalom
MONT GABRIEL Quebec Herbert Matz skis on one leg as race forerunner in Laurentian zone slalom. He would have placed mid-pack if racing, after losing a leg to a Russian sniper in youth. He adapts by balancing on a left leg with tiny skis on pole ends and a 17 layer plywood scaffold.
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Mont Gabriel
Que
Herbert Matz
Matz
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Hoa. Lye, QC
Austin
MacGreer
Manitoba
Malcolm E. Mackinnon
Winborn
Defence Research Board
Arthur Fentimen
Gies
Walter Belson
American Trucking Associat
Joe Worrall
A. R. Henry
Portage
Mill Jean Flowers
Ormisto
Montgomery’ S Drugs
Wawanesa Vesta
Compal
Sa, Manitoba
Stomer
Wawanes
Mom
The
Ppnson
Vv. O. McKelvy, MacGregor, Man
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