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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1968
Page
2
A reminiscence by a psychologist writer praising family togetherness through a horse radish party. The piece recalls Grandmother's farm kitchen activities, root digging, washing, grinding, and making a pungent sauce with bacon fat and cream. It emphasizes unity and wholesome shared labor.
The article notes airport congestion during the July 1 holiday weekend at Toronto International Airport. Cars spill onto roads as travelers abandon vehicles. terminals face long lines and delayed boarding. It argues ground handling and access must improve before faster planes arrive.
The Economic Council of Canada calls poverty a disgrace and urges a national offensive to wipe it out. It warns of entrapment and hopelessness across regions, urges coordinated anti poverty policies, pilot urban projects, and a Senate inquiry while reexamining family allowances and minimum incomes.
Manitoba liquor rules loosen standing drink limits while in beer rooms and permit patrons to move about if the premises operator permits it. A separate rule lift allows higher daily liquor purchases, ending old caps dating to prohibition as police say bootlegging is no longer a major issue. The Economic Council’s fifth annual country review is blunt about ills and calls for action, with full analysis on page two.
Anticipated increases in old age security benefits and Canada pension plan contributions follow a two percent rise tied to the consumer price index. The maximum combined pension and guaranteed income supplement will be 109.20 monthly, with various increases for old age security, guaranteed supplements, and survivor benefits affecting millions of Canadians.
Nine Czechoslovak nationals fled Europe after the Soviet invasion and arrived in Canada aboard an Air Alitalia flight from Milan. They plan new lives in Montreal Hamilton and Winnipeg with two students a family of three and a family of four.
The Canadian Press tally from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight reports 54 deaths nationwide: 43 in traffic, four drownings, 15 in Ontario including 12 road fatalities, Quebec worst with 25 dead, one baby drowned in a bathtub, and fires claiming several lives. Alberta shows six road deaths, Newfoundland three drownings, and Prince Edward Island two road deaths. BC and Nova Scotia reported no fatalities.
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