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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
4
Canada reports a record high in mineral production for last year with a nearly 20 percent rise to 1 778 400 000 dollars from 1 498 900 000. Metals pass the billion-dollar mark for the first time with copper iron ore and crude petroleum driving gains.
Manitoba’s Legislature will convene Tuesday January 31 to open the third session of the 24th Legislature. Premier Douglas Campbell announced the session, with about the same volume of business as last year when 116 bills were presented. The Liquor Enquiry Commission report is a major topic.
Saskatoon physician Dr. F. A. Ferpet leads the 1956 March of Dimes campaign in Saskatchewan urging public support for expanding vocational rehabilitation. Two centres in Saskatoon and Moose Jaw provide testing, training, sheltered work, and paid labor for 118 adults, with rural clinics and transport also funded by donations.
Two of the NHLL's top left wingers play for the Chicago Black Hawks. Johnny Wilson has 15 goals and Nick Mickoski 14 as of December 29, trailing only Detroit's Ted Lindsay who had 15. No other left winger had more than 13 goals.
The federal health minister announced Canada's first major national heart conference to unite 25 to 30 specialists, provincial heart association leaders, university experts and public health officers. The goal is a coordinated national plan to fight heart disease, with ongoing federal funding for research and hospital center equipment.
In Hong Kong several bookshops, notably Sin Min Chu in Queen’s Road Central, offer vast Communist literature from Peking Shanghai and Canton at very low prices. Readers mainly browse rather than buy while publishers promote Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi with translations in Chinese and English.
Regina reports repeated deaths and near misses from carbon monoxide poisoning. J A Christie, highway traffic board chairman, warns motorists to keep exhausts in good condition and avoid running engines in closed spaces, with tips on ventilation and avoiding blocked intakes.
Robert Brown and Dewey Beebe built an 1898 Stanley Steamer replica from cast-off parts in San Leandro California. The 400 pound frame houses a 66 inch wheelbase boiler engine with a safety valve at 300 psi. It runs without gears, simply throttle and fire for propulsion.
A New York animal dealer packing two great spotted woodpeckers for a St. Louis zoo failed to keep them apart by a solid partition. A hole in the crate allowed the birds to stay together during shipment, prompting a note on the mishap.
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