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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1962
Page
4
Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton said butter sales in Canada rose since the government fell May 1. Total sales reached 287 million pounds in the year ended April 30 1962, with projections of 330 million pounds if trends continue. Surplus is expected to 25 million pounds, prompting calls for broader action.
The Manitoba sugar beet harvest began Monday with over 200 000 tons slated for delivery to the Manitoba Sugar Company plant in Fort Garry. Output may exceed 60 000 000 pounds of sugar and 18 000 tons of dried pulp and molasses for feed, with 21 600 acres ready and a normal yield around 10 tons per acre despite heavy rainfall.
John Potoski about 50 years old of Hnausa Manitoba was killed last Thursday when the tractor he rode rolled over and crushed him. The fatality occurred about 24 miles north of Gimli and 50 miles north of Winnipeg with authorities reporting a tragic farm accident.
Wilfred Allan Read, 21, of Northside Sask, died en route to hospital from injuries in a construction accident on Hansen Lake road 50 miles southwest of Flin Flon. He was fatally pinned between a moving truck and a tractor after the parked vehicle rolled forward. Read suffered multiple leg fractures and internal injuries. No inquest will be held.
Samuel Thomas, 32, of Winnipeg was killed when his car collided with a half ton truck on highway 12 near Belair. The vehicle rolled four times. The truck driver, unnamed, was not hurt. An inquest has been ordered.
A weekend blaze in Du Lac Manitoba destroyed a United Grain Growers elevator and annex, with damage over 100000 dollars. The facility had a 75000 bushel capacity. Salvage operations to begin.
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