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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
3
The Army Navy football game ended 21 to 18 in favor of Army after Navy mounted a late surge. The column notes the late drop in convert rules and questions basketball’s Toronto slump under Lew Hayman amid strict no-contact enforcement and excessive officiating.
The piece argues that Canadian football relies on a single kicker to score touchdowns and questions the value of field goals. It notes specialists who only appear during crucial moments and jokes about replacing scoring with a simple kickoff after a major score. It references a young girl who could outkick boys, illustrating the sport's quirky dynamics.
A tame pigeon attacked a sleeping three month old baby boy of Mr and Mrs C Mireau in Victoria British Columbia. The bird lacerated the face and pecked at the tongue until it bled. The mother drove it away and the father killed it with a stick when it returned to the pram half an hour later.
The world’s first jet propelled airliner the British Lancastrian Nene flew from Paris to London in 41 minutes, nine minutes faster than the return flight.
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