The World Heads Toward Disarmament or Disaster
A critic highlights vast armament spending totaling about 240 billion annually by major powers like the United States and the Soviet Union, while billions live in poverty and malnutrition. The pamphlet urges urgent global disarmament and funding for health and development to avert further disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Arms Control
Isarmament Agency
United States
Soviet Union
World Health Organization
Developing Countries
Birth boom at Alberta Game Farm boosts rare species
At Al Oemings Alberta Game Farm near Edmonton a spring of new arrivals includes four yaks, three Pere David deer among only 300 worldwide, one hattelbeest, one demara zebra, three wood bison, eight prairie bison, two dama gazelles, four llamas, two Japanese sika deer, three Formosan sika deer, three wallabies, one porcupine and several wolf pups. Mothers and infants are reported to be thriving, a sign of recovery for several near extinct species.
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al “Oeming
Alberta
Edmonton
Conserving Cormorants With Steel Road Sheds In Japan
A Japanese feature describes a highway on the Chita peninsula sheltered by long steel sheds lined with asbestos to cut traffic noise from 93 to 63 phons and shield cormorants from headlights. The measure, backed by a major steel firm, keeps birds nearby as commuters pass.
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Chita Peninsula
Japan
Radical shift in student politics across 12 colleges
A fall poll at 12 American colleges shows radical students rising to 17 percent, double the 1963 level, with conservatives dropping from 27 to 15 percent and liberals increasing to 59 percent. The data suggests urgency and impatience among students about progress under established systems, though 83 percent remain non radicals.
Borowski resigns Manitoba highways post over abortion funding
Joe Borowski, at 87, resigns as Manitoba highways minister after clashing with Premier Schreyer over funding for Mount Carmel Clinic and abortion policy. He cites moral principle and criticizes government stance while noting he will stay in the legislature representing Thompson north at least until next election.
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Joe Borowski
Manitoba
Mount Carmel
Winnipeg
New York
Schreyer
Borowski
Peter Burtniak
Jegislatic
Veterans Hospitals
Constiu
Ency
Swompson
Thompson
Health survey to screen Portage la Prairie residents
A city and rural Portage la Prairie health survey will offer chest x rays, pulmonary tests, and diabetes blood tests for residents 16 and over. Clinics run September 10 to 22 at multiple venues, with sponsorship from the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba and the Canadian Diabetic Society via the Portage Plains United Way.
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Portage la Prairie
Sanitorium Board of
Manitoba
Canadian Diabetic Society
Portage Plains
Columbus Hall
Canada
Sanatorium Board of Manitoba
Portage
Rapeseed Farmers Warned of Stem Rat Disease Damage
Agricultural representative Eugene Bendig of Melfort warned last week that a stem rot disease known as sclero linia stem rat threatens rapeseed crops. He estimated potential damage from 25 to 30 percent beyond the army worm outbreak.
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Eugene Bendig
Melfort
AutoPac to cut about 40 Winnipeg jobs due to demand drop
Continental Insurance plans about 40 layoffs at its Winnipeg office within two months as business declines from Manitoba Public Insurance Corp. The move affects staff across Manitoba Ontario and Saskatchewan regions and follows a recent restructuring notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Insurance Co
Winnipeg
Manitoba Public Insurance Corp
Barone Eatin
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
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Macgregor Herald
MacGregor
Ritter
Sign
Ed Schreyer
Scar
Autopac
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
RE Homey Atmospurer
McLaren
Rupert
Austin Credit Union
Austin
Magregor and
Gladstone
Manis
Jim Webb
Brandon
Sanitona
Atte
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