Drift Theory Reconsiders Earth’s Rock Solid Image
Geologists challenge the idea of fixed continents noting drift over hundreds of millions of years. Continental blocks slide atop molten mantle as Africa’s Sahara region migrates from near the South Pole toward the equator, according to Dr. Rhodes Fairbridge of Columbia University.
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Winnipeg Tribune
Africa
Sahara Desert
South Pole
Rhodes Fairbridge
Columbia University
Equator
Muskeg handbook issued by National Research Council
The NRC publishes a 297 page muskeg handbook aimed at engineers for Canadian North development. It compiles muskeg research since 1955 and reviews the art of muskeg utilization for railways highways airstrips and buildings. Canada holds about 500000 square miles of muskeg and the guide may aid future projects.
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National Research Council
Canadian North
NRC
Central Plains Inc Vows Expanded Involvement And Board Changes
The annual meeting praised Central Plains Inc for tourism potential and urged greater government coordination to reach full potential. An by law amendment increases ex officio members from two to four, with two new voting members. Eight directors were named for four zones, including Portage la Prairie, North Norfolk, and St. Francois Xavier representatives.
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Arthur
Central Plains Inc
Regional Development Corporation
Clarence Riach
Central Plains, Inc
Cliff Bagrie
George Cassidy
Portage la Prairie
Robert Adrain
Allan Kelly
St. Francois Xavier
Norfolk
Victoria
Treherne
Riach
Ald
Gishi Thordarson
Glen Lye
MacGregor
Sven Sorenson
Gladstone
Jim Duncan
North Norfolk
Bert Cochrane
RM of
Lansdown
Morris Allard
Manitoba Century Book Sparks Legislative Controversy
Jean Allard and Phil Lippertson clash over a Toronto printed comic book titled Manitoba The New Nation distributed to 160 800 schoolchildren for the 100th anniversary of Manitoba’s 1870 act. The book allegedly distorts history by misdating Riel’s execution to 1875 and omitting the provisional government. The Centennial Corporation plans corrections and refers concerns to Bud Sherman.
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Jean Allard
Rupertsland
Allard
Phillip Petursson
Manitoba
Petursson
Riel
Fee
Manitoba Centennia Corporation Board
Sherman
Toronto
Winnipeg
Eranatasons
Leywer
Sharmibaid
Cen
Desjardin backs auto bill with conditions in Manitoba
Liberal Democrat MLA Larry Desjardins of St Boniface signaled tentative support for the Manitoba NDP auto insurance bill only if the government issues a clear plan to compensate dislocated private insurance agents. He warned he would oppose the bill at third reading without such guarantees.
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Desjardin
Larry Desjardins
Liberal-Democratic
St. Boniface
Manitoba
New Democratic Party
Ed Schreyer
NDP
Mr. Desjardins
Conservative
Liberal
Social Credit
Desjardins
Britain Can Plan Youth Exchanges With Canada
Canadian provincial coordinators for the Young Voyageurs program joined representatives from Commonwealth countries in two days of talks on boosting youth exchanges. The 1964 program has moved 20 000 high school students across Canada, and this summer a Canada Britain exchange will be organized for the first time.
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Britain
International Association
Young Voyageurs
Canada
Brit
Montreal Wins 1976 Summer Olympics Bid
The International Olympic Committee awarded Montreal the 1976 Summer Games on a second ballot with 41 votes to Moscow's 28 and one blank. Avery Brundage announced the decision after Tass briefly leaked Moscow as the winner before retracting the report. Montreal's selection ended Los Angeles bid and affected other Winter Games contenders.
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International Olympic Committee
Montreal
Canada
Moscow
Avery Brundage
Los Angeles
Garibaldi
B.C
Denver
Colo
Sion
Switzerland
Tampere
Finland
Tass
Amsterdam
Manitoba discusses route for auto insurance bill
Utilities Committee To Get Bill reports Manitoba government plans to send its automobile insurance bill to the public utilities committee after second reading. Opposition pressed why not to the law amendments committee, but the government argues such a move could imply defeat. The bill would establish a crown corporation to administer universal compulsory auto insurance.
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Ben Hanuschak
Municipal Affairs Minster
Howard Pawley
Manitoba
Public Utilities Committee
Pawley
Walter Weir
New Democratic Party
NDP
Bill Jenkins
Logan
Public Utilities
Ruling Is Outside Jurisdiction On MLA Disqualification
Speaker Ben Hanuschak said it is outside his jurisdiction to rule whether an MLA can be disqualified from voting on a government automobile insurance bill due to a monetary interest. Liberal Gordon Johnston urged a ruling on three MPs involved. The decision lies with the Legislature and must be raised as a motion in the house at the time of the vote.
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Ben Hanuschak
Manitoba
Hanuschak
Liberal House
Gordon Johnston
Mr. Johnston
Wally McKenzie
Roblin
Louris - Killarney
Earl McKellar
Assiniboia
Steve Patrick
Johnston
Manitoba Book Wins AIDC Award for Canadas Industry Site
Manitoba Industry Minister Leonard Evans told the Legislature the department won a American Industrial Development Council award for a 40 page pictorial and editorial book promoting Manitoba as an industrial and commercial site. The book This Is Manitoba beat 34 entries and was presented in Kansas City Missouri.
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Manitoba
AIDC
Leonard Evans
American Industrial Devellopment Council
Council
Kansas City, Mo
Evans
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Prince Edward Island
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United States
Audit Bureau OF Canadian
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Louis Riel
Tennial Corporation
Bud Sherman
Fort Garry
Democrats
Can
Utilities Committee
Mr. Pawley
Development Council
U.S
Industry and Commerce Department
Broadway
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
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