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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1970
Page
2
An education minister warns knowledge for its own sake is barren and dangerous. Parents feel inadequate amid their children's tech knowhow. Children seek human values at home, learning responsibility through family chores and simple decency, not through schools alone.
Manitoba Transport Minister Joe Borowski is condemned by two Progressive Conservative MLAs for transferring six highways department workers from Dauphin to northern Manitoba. Critics call it intimidation and revenge, while one MLA notes a civil service commission reinstated four of the six. Ronald Rube, charged with breach of trust, was the seventh involved and later reinstated with back pay.
Premier Schreyer was asked to intervene in a dispute over transfers for Manitoba highways department staff in Dauphin. Manitoba Government Employees' Association president F J Mills urged a halt to transfer outcomes pending investigation after six employees faced changes. Schreyer later said eight employees were involved with varied outcomes including reinstatements and relocations to Porage la Prairie Lynn Lake The Pas Hecla Island Roblin districts.
R M Macintosh of Bank of Nova Scotia urged a gradual peg for the Canadian dollar near 98 cents US, saying timing should be cautious. At a Conference Board meeting in Toronto, he warned the higher dollar threatens auto parts makers while noting political rather than economic pressure to peg the currency.
The Goldfield Corp seeks counterclaims in Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench accusing General Host Corp Greyhound Corp and Union Bank at Los Angeles of conspiring to take control of Goldfield’s Bernie Lake tantalum mine on the Manitoba Ontario border. Original suit by General Host claims default on loans of 6.1 million (June 1968) and 4.9 million (December 1968). The counterclaim argues loans are null and void and seeks relief against the three firms.
A wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs Donaldson H Wright Saskatoon united Cynthia Jane Wright and Gerald Anthony Sutton of Georgetown Guyana with the bride given in marriage by Judge E N Hughes Attendants included Susan Brown and Don Wright The reception was at the Bessborough Hotel with Peter Whitenect as master of ceremonies After a European honeymoon the couple will reside in Georgetown Partners and many relatives from Regina London Moose Jaw Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg attended
Robert Feldman of Winnipeg, now with Manitoba Egg and Poultry Association, urged Manitoba to explore an economic trading agreement with the United States. Speaking at a poultry conference, he argued cheaper goods for Manitobans and cited Ontario and Quebec price competition. He claimed eastern and western markets show restrictive patterns and urged expanding into Chicago markets.
A honeymooning couple on inland Venezuela plains witnessed a water snake from a lagoon seize a steer’s upper lip. The snake’s tail anchored to a tree, the creature exhausted and nearly strangled the steer before two ranch hands hacked the snake apart. The steer, freed, charged the rescuers.
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