Yorkton Television hearing set in Ottawa Sept 26
Yorkton Television Co Ltd faces a CBC Board of Governors hearing in Ottawa on September 26 to petition for a Yorkton television broadcasting station. Company associates will present oral representations and cite broad public support including letters from Yorkton and nearby boards of trade and town councils.
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Yorkton Television Co. Ltd
Yorkton
Ottawa
CBC Board of Governors
Boards of Trade
Melville and
Kamsack
Enterprise
Broken culvert creates traffic hazard on old road
The culvert over the G W W D ditch on the old road is badly damaged from construction work by Trans-Canada Pipeline three years ago. Heavy trucks hauling cement and pipe worsened the deterioration, with both sides badly filled. A local driver patched the approach to prevent accidents, hoping repairs will occur.
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G.W.W.D
Trans-Canada
Trans- Canada
Carillon News
Steinbach
Man
Printed Pattern 4503 for girl's gunfrock and skirt
A printed pattern advertises pattern 4503 for a girl in sizes 2 4 6 8 10. It describes a scoop neck gunfrock with embroidery a neat school collar and tuck ed skirt easy sew. Instructions and transfer transfers are printed and forty cents is requested with order details to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto.
Alaska Highway Boom Town Dreams of a Northwest Future
Fort St. John and the Peace River region ride a wave of oil and gas wealth as a $30 million processing complex rises near the Alaska Highway. Prospectors flood the Yukon and northern British Columbia with helicopters and gear, betting on a major lode that could spark a northern town and lasting energy prosperity.
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Canada
Northwest
Peace River
Alaska
Dawson Creek
B.C
Haines Junction
Yukon
Fort ST. John
British Columbia
Sam Miller
Sam
Sam's
North
Westcoast Transmission
Vancouver
U.S. Pacific Northwest
Watson Lake
Klondike
Road contracts reach seven million in August
Manitoba reports August road contracts total seven million for highways 4 and 5 feeding the north western agricultural region. Public Works Minister R D Robertson says August awards amount to 452 000, lifting the year’s total to 7.5 million with about 177 000 for No 5 and just under 100 000 for No 4. Additional costs for rights of way and materials push overall road expenses higher.
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Manitoba
R. D. Robertson
Pembina River Dam Benefits Exhibit At Flood Committee
The Pembina river dam proposal discussed at Winkler meeting with the Royal Commission on Flood Cost Benefits. The plan aims to reduce Red River floods and spur social and economic gains including land value, productivity, erosion control, water supply, flood control, industrial and agricultural development, recreation, tourism, and regional growth. A 105 foot dam could back water 16 miles and store 175000 acre feet, with details in the 1953 Red River Basin report.
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Pembina River
Winkler
Royal Commission On Flood
Winnipeg
Pembina
Red River
Manitoba
Red River Basin
Province forms Cancer Foundation to fund cancer care
The province establishes a Cancer Foundation to begin September 20 to provide treatment diagnostic services and clinic research. A five member board was named and 436000 dollars was set aside this year for programs. The Manitoba division of the Canadian Cancer Society will continue education work begun by the former institute.
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RW. Bend
Bend
Foundition
Cancer Relief and Research Institute
Manitoba
Canadian Cancer Society
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Yorkton Hearing
Moone
Sedicin
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Jim Bowes
Red River Valley
Permbina
Red Rivers
Recreation
Pembina Valley Water Control Association
Red River Valley Echo
Altona
Province
Cancer Foundation
FORD
Mercury
DODGE
Plymouth
Studebaker
Nash
Prestone
Eveready
Prime
Regs National Carbon Company
Union Carbide Canada Limited
Oese Prime
Anti-Freeze
Venilla
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