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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1965
Page
2
Expo 67 emphasizes broad participation by Canadian and foreign firms under the theme Man and His World. Expo’s director notes the event offers a golden chance for public relations, advertising, and national goodwill to demonstrate Canada’s production and potential to the world.
The piece argues that provinces and municipalities now spend far more than Ottawa, with a 100 percent rise in three-level government spending from 1955 to 1964 versus a 73 percent rise in GNP. It highlights education highways parks and sewer services as provincial and local focuses, urging voters to note the shift and importance of local elections.
A humorous note recalls Scots selling a vintage orange marmalade aged in white barrels at a German fair. Marketed as marmalade for men with near zero alcohol, the item sold out. The piece imagines future women versions and recalls a Fortnum and Mason anecdote about nectarines in curacao.
The Manitoba Association of School Trustees releases figures showing Manitoba spent far less on federal technical and vocational training aid than any province except Prince Edward Island between 1961 and 1965. Costs totalled 7.6 million, with 2,440 new student places created and a per capita outlay of 8.11, far below the national average of 41.04, though potential projects could raise totals to 18.1 million and 5,215 places. After a slow start, Manitoba seems to be catching up.
A Winnipeg cleaning crew found dozens of dead fish a dead bird dirt paint and hundreds of water beetles in an open reservoir after paint sprayed onto the surface from a nearby operation. Health officials say no health hazard exists as samples are taken daily and water is treated before distribution. The system serves about 500,000 people across Greater Winnipeg with multiple reservoirs totaling tens of millions of gallons.
International mail rates will rise January 1 under a new universal convention. Most changes apply to countries other than the United States, Central and South America, Britain, the Commonwealth, the West Indies, Ireland, France and Spain. First ounce letters to other nations rise to 10 cents. each additional ounce to 6 cents. Postcards set at 6 cents. Printed matter and samples priced at 4 cents on the first two ounces. subsequent two ounce blocks use regular airmail rates. Parcel post classifications shrink from 230 to four. the U.S. rate unchanged. Weight limit for some overseas parcels rises from 20 to 22 pounds.
The government plans to issue plastic social insurance cards to new registrants under the Canada Pension Plan, replacing the cardboard cards. A Torontos firm, Dashew Business Machines (Canada) Ltd., won the contract for 5,000,000 cards at 323,500 dollars. Cards bear a red maple leaf and the words social insurance number. names and numbers will be stamped in raised lettering by the labor department.
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