Salmon Counters At Bonneville Dam Lead The Way
Six women count salmon at Bonneville dam as fish pass the ladders. They work shifts from 4 am to 8 pm tallying Chinooks blue backs and steelhead while debates over dam impacts and Indian fishing rights continue in the background.
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Portland
Ore
Ruby M. Warren
Columbia River
Oregon
Bonneville Dam
Columbia
Yakimas
Celilo Falls
Dalles
Bright blue and yellow kitchen motifs from 1953 pattern
Advertises ten complete patterns from Alice Brooks Needlecraft 1953 for iron on kitchen towels napkins and tablecloths. Encourages sending 25 cents with name address and pattern number to receive patterns and additional ideas for gifts home accessories toys and fashions.
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Alice Brooks
Shipping magnate predicts end of passenger ships
Anthony Cayzer told a business luncheon that delta-wing jet planes will carry passengers at far lower fares, threatening ships with obsolescence. He warned aircraft may also take high-grade cargo from ships as jet travel expands and diseases from vitamin deficiencies afflict sailors.
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Liverpool
Anthony Cayzer
Cayzer
New Problem For Men Fighting Drugs
The RCMP warns of new synthetic narcotics that can be produced in basements and sold illegally. Officials say addiction remains widespread and crime fueled by drugs costs Canada billions. they urge nationwide treatment and commitment to cure rather than punishment.
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Ottawa
RCMP
Canada
R.c.msp
R.C.M.P
Hunters Seek Kodiak Bear in Alaska Expedition
Calgary hunters Chester Burns and Harry Simpson flew to Kodiak Island in the Aleutians to bag a Kodiak bear, one of the world’s largest game. The note also mentions electric catfish in Africa reputed to give a shock when touched.
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Calgary
Chester Burns
Harry Simpson
Kodiak Island
Aleutians
Funny and Otherwise Funny and Otherwise
A humorous patchwork of light stories and quips about homesickness a pub owner a moon joke and romantic misfires. The jokes cover flattery arguments self talking and a camel at a zoo with a tickled back punchline.
Saskatoon Profits From Parking Meters
Saskatoon reports a net parking meter profit of 20 220 from three years of operation. Since July 1950 meters earned 111 155 in gross revenues, 73 917 covered capital and operating costs, leaving 37 237. City council redirected one mill of taxation from meter revenue to lower the property mill rate.
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Saskatoon
Dennis Fusedale
Manitoba Industry Still Led by Agriculture Despite Growth
Manitoba’s economy shows agriculture still dominates as manufacturing rises. In 1952 manufactured goods valued at about 596 million dollars vs agriculture at 351 million, with meat packing leading, needle trades expanding, and Winnipeg as a major manufacturing and financial hub. New firms rose in 1952 and early 1953, with construction booming and international capital entering Winnipeg’s wholesale and distribution sectors. A Portage la Prairie firm makes siding from swamp reeds.
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Martoba
Winnipeg
Canada
Needle Trades
Manitoba
Deaminion
Greater
Manitoba Capital
General Motors Corporation
Portage la Prairie
Geologists and researchers head for Banks Island Arctic survey
Two defence researchers and a University of Alberta physiologist depart Edmonton by Dakota for Banks Island in the Beaufort Sea for a summer biological and geological survey. They will travel 400 miles round trip with supplies cached on Castel Bay and Sachs Harbor, noting coastal and tidal data amid early thaw concerns.
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Edmonton
Defence
RCA Dakota
Arctic Circle
T. H. Manning
Ottawa
I. M. Sparrow
Royal Engineers
England
Banks Island
Beaufort Sea
E. O. Hohn
University of Alberta
Mr. Manning
Capt. Sparrow
Castel Bay
Sachs Harbor
Manning
Dogsleigh
Recreation Leadership School At Red Deer Alberta
Red Deer hosts a four week Recreation Leadership School from July 6 to August 1. Sponsored by the Health and Recreation Branch of the Department of Education, it trains youths to lead community recreation activities and provides part time remuneration eligibility upon completion. About 100 applicants from 36 communities have been accepted. nominations are still being received.
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Alberta
Red Deer
Health and Recreation Branch
Department of Education
Edmonton
Recreation
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Central Press
Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Smith
Jack
Joe
Brown
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Geological Survey
Recreation Leadership
Jus
Peggy
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