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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1973
Page
2
Statistics Canada reports September consumer prices up six tenths of one per cent led by food costs. Meat, bread, and cereal prices surged while fresh fruit and vegetables fell. housing, clothing, transportation, and recreation also showed increases. Measured year over year, overall costs were 8.3 percent higher than a year earlier.
The 4000 foot Whale Cove airstrip near Churchill, 250 miles north of Churchill, will handle larger aircraft and military transports. The Northwest Territories government will operate the new airport, part of a $5.6 million remote airports program begun in 1969, with other sites at Pangnirtung Coppermine and Old Crow.
Toronto doctors describe an Antabuse implantation program where two men have pills inserted in their stomachs to trigger illness after alcohol. Dr. Edward Kingstone notes six month abstinence potential, with Donwood Foundation backing and about 20 more volunteers ready for treatment.
A $500,000 industry to locate in Moose Jaw will manufacture glass beads for reflective highway signs and dividing lines. Canasphere Industries will be 35 percent owned by the Saskatchewan Economic Development Corp with a $106,400 regional expansion grant. The plant plans to source glass from eastern Canada and notes Alberta offers cheap glass via container refunds.
A Canadian arm of Retail Credit Co describes its practice of gathering intimate lifestyle details for credit and employment purposes. Managers defend the inquiries as aiding accurate risk assessment, noting reports cover drinking habits, daily routines, and living arrangements to help verify an individual’s character and stability.
Winnipeg police officials warn rising not guilty pleas raise court costs for police witnesses. Fees last year reached about 97000 with 3500 tied to city bylaw cases. most went to provincial and federal cases. Police and commission urge higher government funding while critics call the system a racket.
Jules Leger, 60, former ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, is appointed Governor General replacing Roland Michener. Leger will assume office mid January. Michener will retire in early January after a lengthy term. Leger is a Saint Anicet Quebec native. Prime Minister Trudeau announced the appointment in a brief statement.
Alaska attracts visitors who spent an estimated 72 million dollars this year with 10.5 million in state taxes. Tourists supported the livelihood of more than 5200 Alaskans employed in the tourism industry, says Guy Russo, director of the state division of tourism.
Two specialists at the Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded forecast a decrease in retardation over the next decade. Dr. Donald Christie of Toronto and Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger of New York cite medical advances eliminating prenatal and postnatal causes, while noting poverty reduction and prenatal diagnosis may lower incidence further.
A social shift from the 1960s onward, fueled by women's liberation and higher costs, sees women increasingly paying their share on dates. Interviews in Berkeley and Washington describe women taking the lead, with men noting new expectations and pressure to chip in. The trend appears tied to independence, earnings, and the rise of weekend dating.
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