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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1957
Page
3
Advice for hockey players urges cheerful, aggressive thinking to boost stamina and morale. It notes avoiding constant stickhandling, passing to both sides, and focusing on skating when breaking out. The text ends with a historical aside that in 1919 Sweden minted iron money due to gold and silver shortages.
The Ottawa conference of December 1956 reviewed Canada's upcoming year 1957 agriculture outlook. It notes continued trade strength, stabilized farm prices, and favorable export and currency conditions. Farm cash income should hold near 1956, with dairy income rising and egg output likely down. Labor shortages persist, especially in dairying and stock farming, with seasonal help and interprovincial labor organization expected.
Representatives acknowledge standards lag Western nations due to state of Soviet printing machinery. Only two major works supply the expanding industry and a former directing board has been disbanded. Equipment is obsolete, with shortages in composing typesetting photo gravure and offset presses. No photosetting machines or large scale electronic supply. Inks quality also criticized.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration reports that civil flights across the North Atlantic in July and August averaged 86 daily, about one every 16 or 17 minutes. Total flights were 5,337 with 2,373 by US scheduled airlines, 2,412 by foreign airlines, and the rest by nonscheduled operators. Military, private, and business flights are excluded.
A $300 000 radio telescope to be built on a New England hill will be the world’s largest. It features a 60 foot antenna, an 8 000 pound aluminum bowl on a conical concrete base, and motors to scan the sky. Scientists hail it as a new window on the universe enabling study of unseen heavenly bodies and ancient signals from the Milky Way and beyond. A stray tip notes a tip about nylon stockings using a marble in the toe to prevent winding.
The Donaldson Line proposes a direct Glasgow to Canadian Great Lakes port service starting with 1957 navigation on the St Lawrence river. It will sail to Toronto and Hamilton with calls at other Canadian ports to serve traders seeking direct shipments. Sailing dates to be announced.
Two laborers dug up a trove of about 200 Louis XV gold coins at Saint Leu-Desserent according to police. The coins dating from 1715 to 1774 are highly valued by collectors.
A study asks which Canadian city showed the greatest proportional population growth over five years and which antipasti is favored by fur trappers. It notes growth peaks with key events and asks whether foreign goods sales will exceed Canadian exports by $150 million $550 million or $2 billion. It also compares 1949 federal spending to current per capita figures.
The reader notes quiz results with per capita figure about 325 dollars and multiple historical peaks. It cites periods of high immigration tied to events from the American Revolution to the opening of the West. Mentions Edmonton Alberta and a 1 billion figure.
A compact listing of horizontal and vertical crossword clues, covering items from fish depiction to sun god. Includes numbers, abbreviations, and hints for a weekly puzzle grid with varied word lengths.
The Tour d'Argent in Paris established 1582 is linked to early fork use for dining and is famed for its pressed duck with each order numbered. Notable guests included Pierpont Morgan and Queen Elizabeth I.
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