Canadian statistics report highlights March price stability
The Consumer Price Index held at 316.4 from February 1 to March 1, with the year prior at 116.0 and little overall change. Food dipped to a five year low, shelter rose to 131.6, while wholesale prices edged up slightly. Mining shows iron ore shipments rising, nickel copper zinc and silver up, fur output surging 54 percent, and agriculture expecting a 2 percent pig crop increase. Railway carloads rose 9.3 percent in late March compared with last year.
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Idex
Vitamin C intake linked to vascular health and daily renewal
The text lists sources of vitamin C including black currants spinach broccoli peppers Brussels sprouts strawberries citrus and tomatoes. It warns that long cooking or air and water exposure destroy vitamin C and urges daily renewal in the menu. It notes stutterers can sing about any speech difficulty.
Ice scarred Theron returns from Antarctic voyage
The Theron, a rusty Nova Scotia sealer, sailed up the Thames to London dock after delivering the South Polar expedition. Aboard were Dr. Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary as eight men remained to establish a base for a 1957 dash across the ice for the International Geophysical Year. The ship bears battle scars from Cape Horn and now needs repairs.
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Theron
Nova Scotia
England
Antarctic
Britain
Thames
London Dock
Vivian Fuchs
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mount
Everest
Canada
Cowboy Legend Survives as American Symbol Says Professor
Dr William T. Coxe of Ohio argues the cowboy myth embodies national traits such as straightforwardness and justice. He credits Owen Wister with shaping the pattern in The Virginian (1902) and notes the cowboy’s enduring cultural pull despite Hollywood.
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Wittenberg College
America
Wiliam T. Coxe
Ohio
Bava
Dr Coyle
Owen Wister
Seed Cleaning Essential For Good Farming Practice
Regina officials urge Saskatchewan farmers to thoroughly clean and treat seed for disease before planting. Small-scale cleaning is preferred to avoid weed spread. test germination and smut, apply seed dressings if needed, and store treated grain away from livestock to prevent poisoning.
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Regina
R. E McKenzie
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
McKenzie
Canada Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Saskatoon
Plant Industry
Quotes on wealth and virtue from famous thinkers
A compact collage of aphorisms from Gaskell Eddy Thoreau Howe Seneca and others. Each line contrasts money with love wisdom and contentment highlighting moral wealth over material gain. The passage ends with a reflection on wealth’s true measure if money were lost.
Evaporation From Elm Leaves On Hot Summer Day
On a scorching day as many as 50 barrels of water may evaporate from the surface of a large elm tree leaves.
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Grace Kelly
Monaco
Prince Rainer
Detroit woman runs Sunday school class from sickbed
Mrs. Mabel Card of Detroit hosts Bible lessons for about a dozen teens in her East Detroit bedroom each week. Despite a frail spine and anemia, the 54 year old invalid has led with the Ten Commandments, inspiring steady changes in her boys.
Taming Wild Auto Traffic in Mexico City
Mexico City's traffic chief Gen Antonio Gomez Velasco launches a get tough safety campaign to curb 4000 annual motor accidents. Thousands of drivers may face jail for speeding running red lights and pedestrian rights violations while 2000 new traffic lights and governors on public transit vehicles are rolled out.
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Mexico City
Antonio Gomez Velasco
Gomez Velasco
Extinct bird dodo as real fact behind saying
The phrase dead as a dodo stems from a true event. The last known dodo died over 250 years ago, marking the bird as extinct long before modern times.
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Earth
New Nile Dam Plans to Boost Egypt’s Wealth and Power
A new Aswan dam project with estimated cost exceeding 1.3 billion dollars could greatly raise Egypt’s income by about a quarter through increased electric power and irrigation for up to 2 million more acres. Financing sources include a Soviet offer of 360 million dollars and a World Bank loan, with potential U.S. and British support amid Cold War stakes. The article recounts Nile history and its central role in Egyptian civilization, noting ancient cities along the river and legends tied to the water god, Osiris, Ra, and Horus.
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Aswan
Assouan
Egypt
Asivan
Soviet Union
Aswan Dam
United States
Great Britain
Prems
Nile
Osiris
Horus
Set
Setan
Nuileopolis
Hemphis
Karnak
Thebes
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24Th Street East
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Mary Baker Eddy
Henry David Thoreau
Ed Howe
Seneca
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Jowett
Mrs
Mabel Card
Detroit
USA
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CPC
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Rhine
Mississippi
Amazon
Ine
Loressi
Memmon
Amienhotep III
Cairo
Delta
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Memnon
Amenhotep
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