Pion Era Week Set at Western Development Museum
The third annual Pion Era show in Saskatoon runs July 1 to 6 at the Western Development Museum. Harvey Dryden notes extended week aims to attract more locals and visitors as the event showcases pioneer farm machinery with daily attractions and a monster downtown parade co sponsored by the Saskatoon Rotary Club.
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Western Development Museum
Saskatoon
Harvey Dryden
Dryden
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Rotary Club
Kitchen Middens and Ancient Garbage Disposal
Archaeologists report kitchen middens where ancient waste and broken pottery were discarded in trenches. They note that in seasonal cottages without trash service, burning food waste and tins, then burying ashes, was a safer practice to deter flies and vermin, with improvised outdoor incinerators shared by families.
Trinity Tigers End Robichaux Draws All America Praise
Milton Robichaux, six foot six end from Trinity University Texas, signed by Rider line coach Jack Russell who calls him one of the best ends in the south. Co-captain in 1956, he earned first string all-State and all Gulf Coast Conference honors and was noted for speed. Draft selection by Los Angeles. Season tickets for 1957 available via Gillies Agency Regina.
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Milton Robichaux
Trinity University
Texas
Rider
Jack Russell
Robichaux
Trinity Tigers
Trinity
W. A. McElreath
Los Angeles
Inflation, spending, and diesel fireman dispute in Ottawa
The piece argues rising inflation driven by government expenditures from the Canada Council funding and CBC expansion, while critics call for spending restraint. It highlights a proposed $450 million CBC expansion, a $100 million arts fund, and CP Rail diesel fireman savings of $11.5 million, amid union pushback over safety concerns.
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Ottawa
Harris
Canada Council On Education and the Arts
Fowler
CBC
East
Royal Commission
Canadian Pacific
Europe
Canada
Firemen’s Union
Oil Found On Liabie Farm Near Willmar Saskatchewan
The Dufferin Leader reports oil has been discovered on the Willmar area farm of former Carman district residents Mr and Mrs Archie Liabie. The well, listed in the Sowing class, is described as a very good one and expected to significantly boost the Liabie family's income. March 21 1957 Carman Saskatchewan.
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Carman
Archie Liabie
Willmar
Saskatchewan
Dufferin Leader
Man
Brighter outlook for tuberculosis in Canada
The article notes a great decrease in tuberculosis incidence in Canada offering hope of eradicating the disease in a few years. Modern medical treatment and widespread chest x rays are credited with early detection and curable stages, reflecting significant progress.
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Canada
Revelstoke News Briefs From February 28 1957
Fragmentary text reports on highway travel and transport near Camp Rogers. references Revelstoke and regional limits on westward car travel. Mentions MLA A W Late Tow and annual vehicle numbers. Details are garbled but imply highway use and regional travel conditions in late February 1957.
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Rogers
Ban
Revelstoke
Farm production to rise 8 percent by 1980 says Gordon report
The Gordon report on the Canadian economy projects an 8 percent rise in physical farm output by 1980 with little export demand growth. It concludes that immigration must expand so domestic demand absorbs the higher farm productivity.
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Canada
Three Hanna Artists Win Awards at Drumheller Festival
At the Drumheller and District Musical Festival from March 5 Hanna competitors earned honors. Elizabeth Gourlay won the major scholarship and the Rotary Club Banff School scholarship of 100 dollars for contestants 16 or older. She also took the T McGarry Shield for highest marks in any open piano class. Gourlay studies with F G Engbaum of Drumheller.
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Drumheller
Hanna
Elizabeth Gourlay
Rotary Club Banff
Gourlay
T McGarry
Popular Wigs Sparked by Louis XIII’s Baldness in Europe
Wigs popular in Europe as Louis XIII began balding and adopted elaborate hairstyles. Followers imitated the fashion, spreading the trend across courts and streets.
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Europe
Louis XIII
Canadian Experts Clear Arctic Waters for DEW Line Supply
Naval frogman Lieut.-Cdr. Ben Ackerman of Peterborough Ontario leads divers in Arctic waters to secure DEW Line supply routes. The free diving suit lets the diver carry air, with oxygen and nitrogen bottles sized to dive depth. A 100 foot dive yields about 85 minutes endurance.
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Arctic
Naval “Frogman
Ben Ackerman
Peterborough
Ont
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Anne Barraud
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Prairie Command
CWAC
Militia Unite
Barraud
Winnipeg
Regina
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
North Battleford
Gillies Agency
Salk
Roughriders
Sask
Labrador
AB Arthur Beaumont
Montreal
AB Walter A. Green
Canadian Arctic
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