Chief Probation Official Responds to The Pas Delinquency Case
L W Dewalt, Manitoba Chief Probation Officer, defends The Pas probation services in a January 6 1969 letter responding to Herald coverage of four youths ages 8 to 14 who damaged Sacred Heart School. The piece notes interviews with police and welfare workers and critiques bureaucracy and lenient rules that allowed a police chase and limited restitution.
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Manitoba
L.W. Dewalt
R.S.W
Pas
Herald
Dewalt
Sacred Heart School
Social Welfare Department
Opposition grows to Benson proposed estate taxes
Resentment over Finance Minister Benson’s plan to tax estates widens as critics call the draft law statist and onerous. Premier Weir pledges to protect family farms and small businesses, warning passage could undermine transfers from father to son. Exemption cut from 40 000 to 20 000 could tax more ordinary people on inherited homes cars pensions and life insurance.
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Benson
Mr. Benson
Weir
NDP Nominee Borowski and the Sales Tax Question
The piece questions NDP stance as Joe Borowski runs in Churchill by election. It notes Borowski has served time in The Pas jail for failing to remit the provincial sales tax and asks how the NDP would replace or reduce taxes and what services might be cut. It warns that ignoring laws leads to anarchy.
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Joe Borowski
NDP
Churchill
Borowski
Pas
CCF
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
New law targets lifetime savings, opposition urged to confront
The Winnipeg Tribune notes the new law will take a cut from modest lifetime savings. It urges the opposition in the Commons to fight the measure to the finish, challenging Mr. Benson on both philosophic and economic grounds, supported by many Canadians.
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Commons
Allenge
Mr. Benson
Winnipeg Tribune
Second $7 Million Saw Mill At The Pas Breaks In
The Pas Herald reports an anticipated second saw mill by River Sawmills Company, with Churchill Forest Industries already operating. City officials learned of the plan in late December, but the Herald published the development January 15 after obtaining the letter to council. Winnipeg Free Press later questioned the delay and quoted Deputy Mayor Audrey Batchelor on the matter.
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Pas
The
Herald
Winnipeg Free Press
Audrey Batchelor
Churchill Forest Industries
Council
River Sawmills Company
Winnipeg
Batchelor
Free Press
Batchelar
River
Churchill
Gil Molgat
Metro
Readers weigh a national park for The Pas area
A reader urges establishing a national park to protect Cranberry Portage and northern Manitoba forests amid industrial expansion. The letter criticizes local officials and Winnipeg coverage over tax concessions for the pulp and saw mill interests while stressing pollution safeguards and public prudence.
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Cranberry Portage
Manitoba
Bob Mitchell
Canadian TV Guide Schedule Snapshot
Daily broadcast listings show a dense lineup across morning to late night with programs from Weight Watch to The Way It Is and signoffs. Notable items include Beverly Hillbillies Ed Sullivan Bonanza and classic children’s programs like Friendly Giant and Skippy the Kangaroo.
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Hec
Ed Allen
Mr. Dressup
Stan
Tommy Hunter
Hedi
Manitoba
Dick van Dyke
Toby
Archie
Pas Town Council Forms Six Committees to Guide Town Business
The Pas Town Council announces a new committee structure with six main panels and two lesson committees to streamline municipal work and speed up meetings. The change aims to organize and study local affairs more efficiently, with details continued on page 3.
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Pas
Churchill Forest
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Norman Publishers Ltd
Third Street
the Pas
Doug Mariidle
Canada
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Ottawa
Ditor
Dial Electric Co
T.V. Guide
Andy of
Mayberry
Keen Ice
Forest Rangers
Land of Ours
Beverly Hillbillies
the Good Guys
Barris and Company
Phare
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