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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1970
Page
6
A column by Joan Butcher offers a fried prairie chicken recipe with steps and ingredients for two birds, plus advice on canning tomatoes using raw or hot pack methods. It warns against open kettle canning and stresses selecting firm tomatoes, removing cores, and proper processing to prevent spoilage.
Timothy Vincent Wendell, 23, formerly of McNutt Saskatchewan now living near Roblin, was fined 150 dollars and given a two year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possession and cultivation of marijuana. RCMP arrested him on a farm nine miles southwest of Roblin where 18 marijuana plants and related pipes were seized.
Archeologists uncover a 3rd century Buddha fragment in Kabul and Greek urban remnants at Ai Khanum. Belgian researchers find Aramaic inscriptions near Bamiyan suggesting cultural links from Asoka era India. Dr Bernard notes contact between Mediterranean culture and South Asia as a large Greek city east of Mesopotamia is revealed.
Robert Benson of Kingston Ontario, 24, son of Finance Minister Edgar Benson, left his family home as four military policemen guarded against possible terrorist attack. On return a different guard refused entry, asking for identification and summoning Mrs Benson to identify her own son.
A double ring wedding at MacGregor Bergthaler Church on Saturday July 18 970 joined Glo Martin and Jake Dyck. Rev Regier officiated with Lois Regier at the organ. The couple resides in Winnipeg after a west coast honeymoon.
Winnipeg police abandon the ten year old one-man patrol car policy after 7 p.m due to increased violence on Winn peg streets. Acting Chief Jack Webster supports the move, forecasting about 20 percent fewer police cars after 7 p.m though manpower remains steady. The change reallocates patrol cars and police strength after dark.
Port manager George Brennen estimates the 1970 grain season may fall 200,000 bushels short of the 24,707,000 bushel all time record set in 1965. Adverse weather and a British dock strike slowed operations at the Hudson Bay port 610 miles north of Winnipeg near the October 26 insurance deadline for ships entering the bay.
The Austin Ladies Mission Band will hold a bazaar and bake sale on Saturday October 24 starting at 2:30 p.m. at the Austin Community Hall. Quilt tops will be on sale for anyone interested in making quilts.
A fully loaded grain freighter ran aground late Wednesday near Churchill Manitoba while nearing Mani toba’s northern port. The Tamworth of the Dalg liesh Lines was holed and limped back to dock as divers assess damage. Captain Dick Awne of montreal Shipping Co. noted a large starboard gash but water intake controlled by pumps. Repairs may occur without unloading grain. ships bound for Hudson Bay are insured until Oct 20, or until the dead line passes, after which insurance may lapse if the ship sails.
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