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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1958
Page
4
The Observer from Carlyle Sask urges improved handwriting through family involvement. Parents should have children copy recipes, write notices, and handle letters to build legible, slowly written work rather than relying on typewriters. Schools should insist on clear writing. home practice fosters steady skill and mutual learning.
The Georgetown division of Provincial Paper Mills reports a full year without a lost time accident, totaling over 500 000 accident free hours. To honor the achievement, every employee received a Parker ball point pen inscribed with accident free year 1957. Provincial aims to maintain the record into 1958.
A long feature describes the Mekong River’s vast, perilous reach from the Tibetan highlands through China into Southeast Asia. It details its size, potential power use, UN surveys, and historic and cultural contexts including Angkor and local life along Laos Cambodia and Vietnam, with mentions of Tonle Sap and Vientiane.
Residents of Carrot River faced isolation after the Witherow highway bridge over the Carrot River washed out from ice damage eight miles south of town. The 30 foot steel span failed at the approach and east end, leaving only cables at the west end to hold. Drivers must now detour about sixty miles to reach the town amid recurring floods.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers seeks a 25 percent daily rate increase for 1,400 CNR western region engineers and changes to a 100 mile workday splitting into five freight three and one third passenger and six yard hours. Other demands include night differential holidays health plan vacations sick pay and higher pay for long freight runs. CNR officials will study the proposals and plan further talks later this month.
The Unity amateur night at the New Star Theatre broadcast on CNNB brought in over 900 in pledges from hall and phone donations for the Unity Community Centre Fund. Mayor James Dickson thanked CMNB staff and air time providers, and Lions and Legion sponsors were praised. The final winners and top fundraisers will be announced after all pledges arrive.
The pocket gopher can sprint backward into its burrow nearly as fast as it moves forward. It relies on its sensitive tail to steer and locate the hole.
Albertine Plamondon shares a Tall Tales Contest entry where the narrator hunts with a single bullet, loses his way, shoots three ducks, and a moose is struck by a falling branch. He falls into a lake and discovers fish in his pockets, leading to an improvised feast. The Sun Edmonton.
The Highway Traffic Board invites Saskatchewan centres to join its 1958 Safety Lane schedule with free auto testing in summer and fall. Five trained operators examine major safety items, offering an OK sticker after inspection. Last year 40 locations were visited and 7 335 of 10 105 cars tested were unsafe.
Merchandising sales in department stores grew versus 1955 in the third week of March. Canada retail totals reached $238,027,000 in 1956 with chains supplying just over 60 percent and independents about 40 percent. Ontario centers supplied over half of the national total and about 4 percent of provincial retail sales.
The column offers time worn guidance to readers seeking romance and reassurance. It speaks in hopeful tones about heartbreak, dating mishaps, and personal growth, reflecting a long tradition of syndicated advice in local papers.
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