Winter Weather Bursts On Austin As Snow Covers Trees
Austin news notes bitter cold and deep snow with residents enjoying snowmobiles but worrying about accidents. Mentions hospital stay of Lowe in Winnipeg, weekend visitors from Winnipeg and Thunder Bay, and upcoming community meetings for the Austin Home and School Association and the Austin Community Recreation Association. Local families and visitors are listed amid the frigid spell.
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Lowe
St. Boniface Hospital
Winnipeg
L. E. Campbell
Linda Larkin
HF. Johnson
Ronnie Hay
Jack Hill
James Ormiston
Austin Community Recreation Association
Sprucedale
Mrs Laurie Smith Sails to New York Tour With Portage Group
Mrs Laurie Smith led a Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg group on a chartered trip to New York on November 11. They visited Jehovah's Witness Bethel on Brooklyn Heights, toured a factory and printing rooms including the Brooklyn Bridge view and Empire State Building, and returned to Winnipeg at 10:10 p.m. The trip highlighted Bethel’s operations and machinery, with guides noting cleanliness and efficiency.
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Laurie Smith
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg
New York
Newport Landing Field
Jehovah's Witness Bethel
Brooklyn Heights
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of the World
Jehovah's Witnesses
Our Earth
Bethel
Brooklyn Bridge
Bran M
Quantel
Manhattan Island
Empire State Building
Holland Tunnel
Newark Airport
Manitoba
Compensation Asked For Camp Operators
The Tourist and Convention Association of Manitoba seeks compensation from provincial and federal governments for tourist camp operators harmed by mercury pollution in fishing waters. A resolution calls for criteria to assess losses and claim submission procedures, noting commercial fishermen already received government compensation.
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Tourist and Convention Association of
Manitoba
Haig Elected New Leader of Manitoba PCs
Graeme Haig a 47 year old Winnipeg lawyer was elected Sunday as president of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative party replacing Sidney Spivak who did not seek re election He won on the first ballot defeating Richard Long Winnipeg alderman Robert Steen and University of Winnipeg student Bill Blaikie Pearson of Brandon named vice president Campbell of Winnipeg returned as secretary Eight regional vice presidents were added to the executive including John D Watson Morris Smeltz Vic Falk Doug Paterson Blaikie Arnold Brown Maurice Glen and Roger Cathart all from various Manitoba communities.
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Siraeme T. Haig
Winnipeg
Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party
Sidney Spivak
John D. Watson
Flin Flon
Morris Smeltz
Virden
Vic Falk
Gimli
Doug Paterson
Mr. Blaikie
Arnold Brown
Rhineland
Maurice Glen
Swan River
Roger Cathart
Manitoba
Weir
Dutt Roblin
New Democrats
Leonard Domino
Domino
Graeme Haig
Sidney Pivak
River Leights
Publi Auttasine
Four Deaths On Prairies From Weekend Traffic Accidents
A Canadian Press tally from Friday evening to Sunday night reports at least four fatalities in prairie area traffic accidents. Calgary residents Frank Hill and his son Alfred died when a cattle truck fell into a sewer excavation, a Calgary boy Terry Balla aged 11 was struck by a truck after stepping from a city bus, and Gerald Leroy Lee, 34, of Morinville Alberta, was killed on Highway 2 north of Edmonton.
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Prairies
Calgary
Frank Hill
Alfred
Terry Balla
Gerald Leroy Lee
Morinville
Alto
Edmonton
MAST Calls For Basic Schedule for Manitoba Teachers
The Manitoba Association of School Trustees urged the government to adopt a single basic salary schedule and one round of negotiations with the Manitoba Teachers Society. The plan includes a basic provincial contract with local variance, plus an education levy on mobile home owners aligned with mill rates. The group also backed performance ratings and pay tied to performance and qualifications, with details to be worked out in talks.
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Manitoba
Walter W. Robson
Resolutions Committee
Trustees Association
Manitoba Teachers Society
Man jailed for Bank of Nova Scotia robbery on a bet
Royal Eldon McGee, 44, pleaded guilty to robbing a Bank of Nova Scotia branch on a wager. About $2,971 was taken. In court he said a man challenged him to rob a bank. he went to a restaurant before the holdup and, after drinking, claimed he did it for the wager. The magistrate sentenced him to four years in penitentiary.
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Royal Eldon McGee
Bank of Nova Scotia
McGee
John C. Coughlan
Iris
Coughlan
Manitoba Conservatives approve policy papers and expand executive
The Manitoba Conservative party ended a two day meeting with an expanded executive council adding eight regional vice presidents. It approved eight of fourteen policy papers including a Manitoban tax reform forum and public dental care plan while leaving labor relations and parochial school aid unsettled. A leadership convention is planned within twelve months after the next legislative session.
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Manitoba
Bank of Manitoba
Igy
Insurance payout eyed in Mullendore death case
The largest ever settlement for an individual death, about 15 million dollars, is expected to be paid to Linda Mullendore, widow of Oklahoma cattle rancher E C Mullendore II who was shot on his Cross Bell ranch in September. The payout involves three policies held by Mullendore and underwritten by United Family Insurance Co. and 19 other firms.
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Oklahoma
Linda Mullendore
E. C. Mullendore 11
Mullendore
Cross Bell
Mallendore
Tulsa
Pawhuska
Okla
Leroy Kerwin
Atlanta Insurance Agency
United Family Insurance Co
Atlanta
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Alice Birth
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Kingdom Hall
Gloria Scora
Brian Nichol
Karen Kane
North Norfolk - Macgregor Wildlife Association
MacGregor Memorial Hall
LIONS
Louis Quinn
Lion
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Manitoba Association of School Trustees
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Government
Teachers Society
L. B. Jones
Anne OF the Thousand Days
Richard Burton
McLaren
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