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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1962
Page
2
The Pas Herald notes residents challenged CNR officials over changes with northern potential. It cites a proposed pulp mill as possible but hindered by high freight rates, and argues the excursionists’ visit shows railway value to northern development despite past doubters.
The community mourns Laird Oulette who died last Friday, famed for early starts in dog racing. He won the Trappers' Festival first in 1950 and again in 1959, with his wife Marie sharing the racing passion and his son Breen entering his first major race. The Musher’s Banquet honored past mushers, and Oulette received warm applause as oldtimers were introduced.
About 200 excursionists stop over in The Pas on the tail end of a promotional tour. Protesters, supported by CN Rail, argue freight rates are extravagant and unjust, raising living costs for northerners and extending to Flin Flon and the far southeast.
Jack Berg chairman of the Kelsey School Board with trustee Cale Gibson and secretary-treasurer Mac Munro travelled to Winnipeg on Monday to meet educational authorities about a proposed 82 room high school. They aim to present proposals to the Department of Education before moving forward with a money by-law. They were to return to The Pas today.
The board reached a sale with Canadian Kodiak Refineries for 8 acres on the eastern outskirts to host a proposed high school. The existing Collegiate would be converted to an elementary school as overcrowding is expected at the start of the term.
The piece Defends Tom Lamb amid government feuding over a planned landing strip near Moose Lake Gra ce Lake arise from flood concerns and local development. It praises Lamb as a northern symbol inspiring independence from major operators while urging feuding officials to reconcile.
A fragmented TV guide lists 4:45 Test Pattern and Music and 5:00 The Tea Zone with multiple shows through August 21, including Dick Tracy, Perry Mason, The Red River Jamboree and Dr Kildare. Sign-offs noted each day.
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