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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 11, 1971
Page
7
G N Vogel chief commissioner says export sales will lift barley quotas well above earlier predictions. He notes 20 to 25 bushels per quota acre may be delivered by year end as Canada’s record barley harvest feeds on farm stocks and elevator deliveries.
Three candidates entered the Minnedosa by election race after nominations closed. Liberal Hugh Stephenson, defeated mayoral candidate, seeks the seat while NDP rival Emil Shellborn a dairy farmer from Erickson and Progressive candidate Sonora Blake, a Minnedosa bank manager, contest the race following the resignation of former premier Walter Weir to become a funeral chain president in Toronto. The 57 seat legislature standings show NDP 31 PC 20 Liberals 3 Social Credit 1 and Independent 1.
Premier Ed Schreyer urged a shorter work week funded by higher wages and profit sharing to curb unemployment and rising welfare, arguing automation harms happiness and that society must adapt to technology. He cited 1964 contrasts and called for public funding to create more jobs and a guaranteed income path.
A Laurentian plant at St Jerome by Liberty Smelting Works (1962) Ltd relocates from Montreal after ten years of air pollution. Built in 1969 with federal aid, the $2.5 million facility uses a clean cold process to recycle copper and aluminum cables, separate metals, reclaim plastic, and circulate water. No furnaces or smoke, dust collectors, and electric heating mark its environmentally friendly operation.
Bechtel Inc. executive E J Wasp urges slurry pipelines to move garbage and digested sewage sludge to less populated areas as a cheaper cleaner option. He envisions mobile chippers fed into pipelines, reducing water pollution and enabling direct, high rate transport to mills for forest products and recycling.
Statistics Canada reports 26 705 births in September this year down from 32 525 a year earlier reducing the monthly birth rate to 16.6 per 1 000 population from 18.5. For the year ending September the birth rate was 17.3 per 1 000 versus 17.4 in the prior year and 176 in the year to September 1969 though figures are partially garbled in the source.
Scientists from Rice University report an instrument left on the Fra Mauro site by Apollo 14 recorded a lunar geyser of water vapor. The burst of charged water vapor ions lasted about 12 hours starting March 7, described as the most exciting discovery yet from lunar science packages.
Minnesota lawmakers approved a plan permitting visitors from regions where studs are legal to use studded tires for up to 30 days per year. Some senators questioned the constitutionality of granting nonresidents privileges not afforded to residents who fund roads. Senator Ed Schrom likened the rule to letting neighbor kids use the rug while restricting local children.
The regular flaxseed delivery quota has risen to five bushels per quota acre, up by two bushels. The adjustment took effect on October 29 and applies to existing quota allocations and farming plans under the program.
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