Conservatives See Economic Boom Continuing Into 1970
Ontario’s economy shows growth with a five year expansion plan led by the Department of Economics and Development. Projections include 75,000 new jobs per year, unemployment under 2 percent by 1970, 2.5 percent productivity gains, higher manufactured exports, and a 5.5 percent real GDP rise, supported by post war population booms and urban migration trends in Durham and Halton counties.
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Alex Carruthers
M.P.P
Ontario
Department of Economics and Development
Stanley Randall
Funes
Canada
Randall
United States
Lou
Iity
Durham County
Durham
Ontario County
Halton County
Glengarry County
Glengarry
Carleton County
Halton
Newcastle Artificial Ice Association Forms Aiming For Local Rink
Residents in Newcastle form a group to push an artificial ice rink. They circulate a petition and plan fundraisers led by a carnival and draw on Monday August 2 with a 50 50 prize and a $1000 guaranteed for the winner. The carnival details are not finalized yet.
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Newcastle
Monnday
Orono Community Notes Include Ice Rink Costs and Parade
The local column reports artificial ice for the rink will cost just over $30,000. Mr and Mrs Chas Armstrong holiday in Puerto Rico. Mr Wm Bunting attends a US conference on radiation effects on trees. Dr Clarke lectures at the Clarke school. Sixty to one hundred Odd Fellows from Orono and nearby lodges attend divine service at Orono United church. Before the service the order honors battle dead at the cenotaph with a parade led by the Orono band.
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Wm. Bunting
United States
Clarke
Clarke School
Orono
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