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OFFICIAL OPENING SEPT. 5 OF HUGE ST. LAWRENCE POWER PROJECTCulmination of a half-century dream and four years of record breaking: construction, the St. Lawrence Power Project will be officially opened on Friday, September 5th, in colourful ceremonies attended by officials and dignitaries of Canada and the United States. Climaxing the celebrations that commence at 11 a.m., the Hon. Leslie M. Frost, Prime Minister of Ontario, and the Hon. W. | ‘Averell Harriman, Governor of the State of New York, will jointly start generators housed in the two powerhouses of the development, and send power pulsing through the facilities of the partners in the great en-j deavour, Ontario Hydro and! the Power Authority of the State of New York.Preceding this historic moment will be an hour of international -amity, symbolizng the spirit in which the power project lias been and is being built. Famous personages of both countries will speak briefly ia honour of the occasion, including the Hon. Thomas E. Dewey, former Governor of the State of New York, and the Hon. Joseph B. Johnson, Governor of the State of Vermont, asj well as Mr. Frost and Mr. Harriman.The Canadian speakers will be introduced by James S. Duncan, Chairman of Ontario Hydro, and the American by Robert Moses. Chairman of the Power Authority of the State of New York.A highlight of this inaugural ceremony will be the world i• •
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Millbrook Reporter
Millbrook, Ontario, CA
Thu, Sep 04, 1958
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