Shell Oil films win awards at Vancouver festival
Shell Oil receives two honors at the Vancouver International Film Festival. "The Drama of Metal Forming" wins first in the industry commerce category and "Echieven" earns top in the instructional group. The titles showcase metal forming methods and engraving techniques. The Breil Film Libranes offer these educational 16 mm films across Canada, borrowable at no charge to schools and groups with projector access.
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Shell
Ompany
Canada
Vancouver
Brel
Libranes
Calgary
Toronto
Montreal
Rutherford Wins Nobes Prize for Chemistry Work at McGill
New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford later Baron Rutherford earned the Nobes Prize for chemistry recognizing his nine years at McGill University. He proved uranium radioactivity and that the atom could be split, laying groundwork for nuclear power and weapons.
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Ernest Rutherford
Baron Rutherford
England
McGill
Basking Shark Caught in California Waters Reels In Vast Size
A basking shark measured 30 feet in length and weighed 8,600 pounds off California, a comparison to 45 large men illustrating its massive size.
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California
Cunarder Caronia to make a Mediterranean spring cruise
The Cunard liner Caronia will sail from New York on May 8 1961 for a 39 day spring Mediterranean cruise covering 12 120 miles. Rates start at 975 dollars. Ports include Madeira Tangier Palma Valetta Athens Dubrovnik Venice Catania Messina Naples Villefranche Barcelona Malaga Gibraltar Lisbon Cherbourg Southampton.
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Cunard
Caronia
Mediterranean
New York
Funchal
Madeira
Tangier
Morocco
Palma
Balearic Islands
Valetta
Malta
Athens
Greece
Dubrovnik
Yugoslavia
Venice
Italy
Catania
Messina
Sicily
Naples
Villefranche
French Riviera
Carcelona
Malaga
Spain
Gibraltar
Lisbon
Portugal
Cherbourg
France
Southamption
England
Thos. Cook and Son
Collectors' cars and color panels for recreation room
Readers are invited to send thirty five cents for pattern 7253 two x211 inch panels with a color chart. Print name address pattern number and mail to Household Arts Department PSP Prest Street W Teresta.
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Attern
Household Arts
Department
Prest Street
W. Teresta
Overweight a Major North American Health Issue
Dr. E. Vincent Askey president of the American Medical Association says Americans eat more and exercise less leading to many becoming seriously overweight. He links smoking to cancer as a factor among others and notes hospital costs rise with labor and patient needs.
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North America
Health League of Canada
E. Vincent Askey
American Medical Association
Askey
Dr. Askey
ICROSSWORD Clues Echo Late 20th Century Puzzles
Pronounced crossword clues list from Eugene Sheffer style puzzle with entries such as cozy home number bird beak and portico. Other fragments reference historical figures a Chinese leader and Confederate general, plus scattered numbers and notes.
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State of Eastern India
Daseball &H
Water transport path to Winnipeg via Grand Rapids lock
The Pas Chamber of Commerce urges building a Grand Rapids lock to raise Saskatchewan River water levels and enable year round navigation from The Pas to Winnipeg. A lock would cut freight costs, boost Opasquia farming, timber, minerals, and manufacturing, improving markets and attracting industry.
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Pas Chamber of Commerce
Manitoba
Grand Rapids
Pas
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Grand Rapids Dam
Squaw Rapids
Fort A la Corne
Saskatchewan River
Edmonton
Lost on a rural road
A nostalgic essay praises brief country drives to relax from city life. It urges families to take sultry evenings to wander off main roads, easing speed on gravel, enjoying quiet landscapes, and leaving worries behind.
Canada to boost natural gas exports and reserves
Exports from Canada to the United States are forecast to rise from 18 million to 93 million dollars annually by 1963. An expected drilling boom could add about 2.5 billion cubic feet of gas yearly for ten years. Japanese steel buys 225000 tons of western Canadian coal at 10.50 dollars per ton with a 4.50 dollar subsidy. The Canary Islands dragon tree yields a dark red resin.
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Canada
Japan
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Shell Oil
Lenest Rutherford
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Cunarder Caronia
British Isles
Balmoral
Sandringham
By Alice Breekes
Ontario
Quebec
Visites Interprovinciales
Danielle Rozon
Don Mills
Ont
S. Falconer
Kim
Tom Falconer
Danielle
Eugene Sheffer
Phoenicia
Chow
King Features Synod, Inc
The
Northern Mail
Man
Swift Current
Canary Island
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