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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1962
Page
6
A historical note contrasts early handmade combs used by the wealthy with today’s nylon and other man made materials. It explains rapid mass production, durable designs, and prices from 10 to 50 cents, noting women often own many combs and decorative pieces.
Catharine de Medici popularized a garment like an iron cage that functioned as the early corset, marking the first documented use of the constraining apparel.
Reports of a civil war in newly independent Algeria focus on two leaders. Ben Khedda serves as premier of the government-in-exile during the conflict while Ben Bella, long jailed in France, acts as vice premier. Ben Bella advocates breaking with France and aligning with the Communist bloc.
Cunard Line announces 1963 schedules with the Saxonia and Ivernia on a Montreal Rotterdam service starting May 10 and June 4 respectively, plus a Mauretania New York Naples Mediterranean run beginning March 28. Both Cunarders receive major refits including new decks and baths. Mauretania will make ten round trips, with port calls at Gibraltar Cannes Genoa and Naples.
A reader quiz lists geographic and tax questions with answers: 1) east west span 5 780 miles. 2) tobacco tax about 70 dollars per year for a daily cigarette smoker. 3) first wheat grown in Nova Scotia at Annapolis Royal in 1605. 4) manufacturing employs more Canadians than agriculture construction or mining. 5) corporate tax around 50 percent today.
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