MacGregor Herald Wins Grain and Milling Award
The MacGregor Herald is honored in Winnipeg for being the best weekly newspaper in its class over the past year. The award reflects publishing excellence and the support of district correspondents and contributors who chronicle local news and daily happenings for MacGregor and surrounding areas.
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MacGregor Herald
Grain and Milling
Bes Round
Winnipeg
MacGregor
Manitoba
Most Of Them Are Good Teenagers In Times Of Need
The piece praises the majority of teens as reliable in emergencies while noting a small group of hoodlums. It recalls Watloo Iowa flood volunteers, where about 2,700 teenagers aided by singing while filling sandbags, loading trucks, and reinforcing levees against the Cedar River. The author stresses pride in most youths.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Reader's Digest
Watloo
Cedar River
What Is a Billion How Canada and US Budgets Seem Large
The piece recalls C. D. Howe’s remark What's a million and a columnist Sylvia Forter’s bid to visualize a billion. It explains counting a billion dollars at $100 a minute for 48 hours weekly would take over 66 years, and notes historical budget scales, comparing Canadian and U.S. totals to convey the magnitude.
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Sylvia Forter
Choosing between natural and synthetic laundry detergents
Carol McLaren explains that the choice hinges on water type and washing needs. Hard water favors synthetic detergents, soft water or softened water allows natural soap, and low sudsing formulas suit front loading machines. She urges home experimentation, notes water softening options, and adds asparagus storage and prep tips for fresh market produce.
Spring Clean Up Campaign ABC Angle Features Home Sanitation
Community urged to join a 1961 spring clean up to create a healthy, attractive environment. Families share tasks from yard debris removal to fence painting, inventorying indoors for hazards, burning old rubbish, and ensuring cleanliness to deter pests.
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Dad
ABC
Science at Work Topics This Week
Topics this week include a benefit for games, talk of reflexes in table tennis aiding daily tasks, aquariums displaying sawfish and the challenges of keeping swordfish in captivity, and a look at germs that resist radiation. Scientists study micrococcus radiodurans found after 1955 meat irradiation tests, noting its extreme radiation tolerance and heat sensitivity.
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W. Anderson
Oregon State University
Health Topics This Week On Heart Murmurs And Fat
Focus on Health Topics this week. Crippy children and lonely alcoholics reveal social roots of drinking. Heart murmurs in children often innocent, but require check. Warnings about excess fat and heart risk mix with studies on fat disposal and heparin effects. Hormone aiding healing after wounds peaks in five days.
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The
Nutrition Foundation
American Heart Association
Angiology Research Foundation
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