Joe Griffiths Earns Honorary Law Doctorate at U Sask
Joe Griffiths known as Joe Griffiths is honored with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan at the fall Convocation on November 6. A longtime director of athletics from 1919 to 1951, he helped shape Saskatchewan track and swimming and served as a Canada Olympic official on three occasions. Born Ernest Wynne Griffiths in Wales, he moved to Canada in 1908 near Blucher, Saskatchewan after Royal Northwest Mounted Police service, joined the army in 1915, and returned to the U of S in 1919. In 1950 he received the Canadian Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation honor award.
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Joe” Griffiths
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We can cure the mentally ill says Canadian Mental Health group
The division promotes psychiatric research that has produced methods to diagnose and restore health. It argues untreated mental illness leads to welfare costs and staff demands. It urges support in November campaigns with local canvassers.
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Canadian Mental Health Association
London Bridge to be rebuilt as it sinks over time
The 134 year old London Bridge is set to be replaced due to gradual sinking by about one eighth of an inch per year. The plan keeps traffic moving during construction, with three lanes and a pedestrian walkway, and parts of the new bridge built upstream and downstream before linking.
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Canada early press bonds and tax history noted
The article recalls that Canadian newspaper publishers in the early days had to post bonds to ensure pre publication official approval. It also traces tax history from 112 percent rise to the 1917 introduction of a special war tax and the 1948 name change to the Income Tax Act.
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Study Links Chronic Alcoholism to Half of Fatal Traffic Accidents
A Washtenaw County based study of 72 drivers involved in fatal crashes finds 40 percent were alcoholic and 10 percent pre alcoholic. Most accidents were single vehicle at night on weekends, with many drivers showing long histories of psychopathology including paranoia and violence.
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