World search for 20 000 owners of 10 000 000 in securities
New York a global hunt by Tracers Inc to locate 20 000 people who own 10 million dollars in stocks and bonds they do not realize exist. Missing dividend checks dating back as far as 50 years are traced, with stories of valuable holdings found in Florida, Switzerland, Congo, and Scotland.
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World Search
New York
Tracers Inc
Daniel Eisenberg
Tracers
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Eisenberg
Belgium Congo
Switzerland
Algeria
Paris
Scotland
New York City
Florida
Mounties Add Another To Wanted List
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police add Harry Duguid to Canada’s ten most wanted as No 10 after a January 8 Salt Lake City shooting. The list shifts as Donald Henderson rises to No 1, with Hugh Kennedy and Michel Sisco among others moving up one slot each.
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Ottawa
R.C
Canada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Harry Duguid
Toronto
Duguid
Welland County
Donald Winslow Henderson
Calgary
Yvonne Levesque
Henderson
Hugh Kennedy
Hugh McIntosh
Winnipeg
Kennedy
Kingston Penitentiary
Michel Sisco
Antoine d Agostino
R.C.M.P
Montreal
France
Smile Of The Week Reveals Boss’s Wife In Joke
A stern woman entered the office demanding to see the chief. The boss asked if she was good looking and, upon learning she was beautiful, told the boy to show her up. After she left, the boss learned the woman was his wife, prompting the boy’s apology.
Quick Quiz Answers From Canadian Facts Handbook
Answers to quick quiz questions: 5. 567 mills. 3. Hamilton and Toronto. 1. Montreal, Quebec Verdun, Sherbrooke. 4. Station XWA now CFCF Montreal opened in 1919. 2. This year more than half as tough again as in 1944 wartime peak.
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Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
Verdun
Sherbrooke
XWA
CFCF
Fough
Canadians Now Enjoy Vitamin Enriched Bread
Ottawa reports Canadians may now buy vitamin enriched white bread with added thiamine niacin riboflavin and iron while preserving taste. The enrichment matches whole wheat nutrition without changing price and is endorsed by Newfoundland medical officers as part of provincial nutrition policy.
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Ottawa
Newfoundland
Canada
United States
Framed Dollar Marks Stranger Traffic Fine Gesture
In St Catharines Ontario Police Chief Norm Fach frames a dollar after a speeder overpaid a fine and offered an extra dollar to the officer. Fach, with 17 years on the force, says the gesture taught a lesson and will hang in his office.
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ST. Catharines
Ont
Norm Fach
Grantham Township
Ceiling of human endurance without oxygen at 42000 feet
A note cites the practical limit of unassisted altitude endurance at 42 000 feet, reflecting aviation science and physiology discussions.
Oddities in the News Spark Light Moments Across Topics
A mix of quirky reports includes a Michigan patrolman fining his wife for overparking and joking on the ticket, a Great Bridge shop crab catching mice, Chicago cops getting luminous cap coverings for safety, Lancashire horses blamed for flickering lights, and Sweden funding via match-box sales. Additional items note a flagless Guelph court tower, a possible Two Egg post office, and actor Dick Paxton showing ambidextrous writing and reversal skills.
Upside Down Gingerbread Fruit Cake Recipe
A simple gingerbread upside down cake uses fruit as the topping. Combine fruit juice sugar butter and spice in a baking dish then layer fruit and nuts over the liquid and bake.
No Need To Steal Romance Dismisses House Breaking Charge
In Montreal Judge Rene Theberge dismissed a house breaking charge against 38 year old Gilles Royer. The defendant entered a house after midnight on November 12 to see his girlfriend, a domestic, and fell asleep in a chair before being reported by the employer. The judge said Royer intended to steal romance but the evidence shows no theft occurred.
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Montreal
Rene Theberge
Gilles Royer
Nineteen Countries Represented At University Of Sask
Saskatoon. FortY four students from nineteen foreign countries attend the University of Saskatchewan this year. A group photo beside Convocation Hall includes twenty eight in the picture. England sends eleven, the United States four, and several nations contribute two or three students across arts science engineering medicine pharmacy agriculture commerce education and law.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Convocation Hall
Walter C. Murray
England
United States
British West Indies
India
Ireland
Nigeria
China
France
Hong Kong
Poland
Albania
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Korea
Lithuania
Northern Ireland
Norway
Latvia
Radio announcer gifts turn out to be sawdust bags
In Portland Maine Roger B Withington handed out bags of cream and sugar from a coffee sponsor display on stage. He kept a pound for himself and later learned the display bags were filled with sawdust. The note ends with a puzzled line about today being yesterday's pupil.
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Portland
Roger B. Withington
Look To School Teacher For Cure Of Society Ills
Ottawa MP Walter G. Dinsdale urged that government cannot cure social ills and the school must foster responsibility in youth. Speaking to the Ottawa Secondary Schools' Men Teachers' Association, he lamented lost ideals amid rapid tech progress and noted five core institutions shaping society. The talk, titled Education in a World Adrift, warned of a race between education and catastrophe. Eat Right-Live Right-Feel Right.
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Ottawa
Walter G. Dinsdale
Brandon
Ottawa Secondary Schools’ Men Teachers’ Association
M.P
Hansard
Canadian Quiz Questions on Cities Taxes Telegraph and Radio
Four Quebec cities over 50 000 population are Montreal Quebec City Laval and Gatineau. Federal taxes peaked in 1945. The first telegraph linked Montreal Toronto Kingston and Quebec City. Canada’s first radio station was CFCF in Montreal. There are three mills in all Canada making wool textiles or knitted goods. In Travancore women are heirs guardians of the family purse.
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Quebec
Canada
Tranvancore
Province
India
Indian priest who spent decades teaching Blackfoot tribes
CARDSTON Alberta an Oblate priest Rev Louis Severn has spent fifty two years with Indian communities. He speaks Blackfoot well and works at St Marys Indian school. He recalls Blood tribe growth from 1100 in 1920 to about 2100 now and notes shifts from nomadic life to farming and changes in sun dance practices.
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Cardston
Alta
St.ary’s
Louis Severn
Alberta
Lyon
France
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Order
Canada
Ottawa
St. Albert
Edmonton
Standoff
Fort Macleod
Clooney
Father Severn
Brackett
Severn
Stamps Depicting Canadian Wildlife To Be Issued
The Post Office will issue three new Canadian wildlife stamps on April 1 to coincide with National Wildlife Week. A polar bear on the 2 cent, a moose on the 3 cent, and a big horn sheep on the 4 cent stamp highlight an effort to raise awareness of depleted wildlife resources.
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Canada
Queen Tries Ancient Coronation Ring Fit for June 2
Queen Elizabeth II has tried on the 123 year old wedding ring for her coronation and it fits well. The heavy gold ring features a large oval sapphire framed by rubies forming a St George cross.
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London
Elizabeth II
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