Call for Macdonald Day Statutory Holiday in Canada
A Progressive Conservative MP Jack Wratten of Brantford pushes a bill to establish a Sir John A Macdonald Day in February to honor Canada first prime minister and foster Canadianism. Critics doubt extra holiday will educate youth amid crowded school time and other priorities.
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Storing Wool Garments to Fend Off Moths and Remedies
Carol McLaren explains safe wool storage to block clothes moths. Dry cleaning or washing with neutral soap, brushing for eggs, and sealing in bags protects wool. Use tight containers, seal cracks, and consider napthalene or paradichlorobenzene in safe bags away from children. A note on frozen apple juice concentrates follows.
Dino Minni Overcomes Muscular Dystrophy To Complete Exams
Eight year old Dino Minni defeats crippling muscular dystrophy and completes university entrance exams with an A. He continues grade XII English literature and French by correspondence. Dino, who emigrated from Italy in 1951, began school at Grade seven after which disease confined him to a wheelchair. He studies via Vancouver school board home instruction with Edith Wootton.
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Dino Minni
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Canada
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Edith Wootton
Vancouver School Board
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Sleep Learning Under Question, Sleep Shows Conditioning
Psychologists from Walter Reed Army Institute report that humans can be conditioned to respond to shocks while asleep, indicating organized behavior can occur in any sleep stage. The finding challenges the view of wakefulness as a uniquely qualitative state.
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John T. Hammack
Allen H Granda
Walter Reed Army Research Institute
Health topics this week warn on heat blues and baby colic signs
The column notes that emotional trouble can show in hair coloring and eyebrow plucking, sweating and pill refusal. It details heat stroke risks from high heat, monitoring at Lackland Base, and a study on infant colic finding formula changes helped two thirds of babies, while one third did not respond and may reflect mother child adjustment.
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Texas
Chicago
Lawrence Bresow
Changing the World Without Forcing Change
The piece argues that real world change comes from individuals who improve systems rather than revolutionary groups. Visionaries like Ford and Kettering inspire progress while keeping society adaptable, not fixed, and warns against forcing a single blueprint on everyone.
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Marconi
Kettering
Fullson
Reflections on the Eichmann Trial and freedom versus government power
A reader recalls watching the Eichmann trial on TV and questions how a totalitarian regime could commit such crimes. The writer argues for limited government, warns against surrendering freedom for government gains, and urges Canadians to weigh how much liberty they sacrifice for state measures.
Wall of kahawai crowds water near Auckland coastline
Report from Auckland area fishermen off Mayor Island on the east coast of New Zealand described a dense wall of kahawai forming a solid curtain in the water. Tens of thousands of fish were observed in a packed shoal while kingfish swarmed beneath and attacked.
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Mayor Island
New Zealand
Eichmann
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