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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 29, 1969
Page
2
A parent reports a Grade 7 teacher claimed Bible stories are fairy tales. The principal fears upsetting a staffer with a degree, but calls for education authorities to censure teachers who push personal views on religion and ideology to pupils. Principals and inspectors urged to act decisively.
Ontario Safety League recalls a fatal incident where a man died after his car rolled forward while attempting to mail a letter from the driver's seat. The message warns that cars are powerful tools needing complete control and respect to prevent deadly outcomes.
Moncton officials back a plan to attract purple martins, the largest swallow, to curb mosquitoes. Iss Lockhart leads the Purple Martin and Bird Society to promote building bird houses and establish colonies, with Mayor Leonard Jones endorsing the effort and planning a back yard martin site.
Chief Robert Smallboy leads about 150 Cree followers from Hobbema reserve to a wilderness area 170 miles southwest of Edmonton near the White Goat Wilderness. Alberta officials say no permanent settlement is allowed there but may review actions as needed while band members endure winter conditions and plan a summer camp with some members taking local work on construction of a dam on the North Saskatchewan river.
Three youths aged 13 to 15 were arrested in Toronto after a pie fight at a Canada Bread Co Ltd plant. They broke in, ate products, and threw items around the plant, causing neighbors to call police.
Pathologist John P. Wyatt of Winnipeg says there is no evidence cigarette smoke dissolves lung tissue. He cautions that bias may skew data while noting emphysema increases with smoking in Winnipeg and St Louis, and suggests air pollution may influence outcomes.
In a candlelit Easter service at Austin United Church on Saturday April 12 at 4 PM, Patricia Dawn Carrothers and Franklin John Weber wed with Rev. SN. Stately officiating. The ceremony featured daisies, gardenias, a blue palette, and a three-tiered turquoise and white cake as guests admired the bridal party and exchanged vows.
At least seven Progressive Conservative members including Attorney General Sterling Lyon Health Minister George Johnson and Government Services Minister Thelma Forbes will not run in the June 25 provincial general election. Others are Carolyn Morrison Joe Jeannette and R C Lissaman. Opposition member T P Hillhouse announced retirement plans. Lyon cited personal and family reasons and Johnson and Forbes have long public service records. The dissolution follows election call last Thursday.
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