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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1972
Page
2
Town council notes progress on a dust control program using temporary blacktop and a spring to fall timeline. Province places blacktop as a top priority in 1972 73 talks with Ottawa while residents thank crews and taxpayers fund the project.
The Pas gains Direct Distance Dialing as Manitoba Telephone System expands long distance calling. The article traces The Pas role as northern communications hub from early exploration to modern microwave and tropospheric systems, noting DDD enables station to station calls across North America and Hawaii.
A scanned listing shows a weekday broadcast slate from 8:05 to 11:44 including daytime shows like Sesame Street Four Corners Green Acres and Coronation Street and late news CBC TV News and The Snorkel with a mix of dramas comedies and children programs across multiple half hour blocks.
The listings show a June schedule with multiple shows daily from Birdman to Expo Ball and Sunday through Saturday. Highlights include Birdman and The Galaxy, 24 Hours Summer Edition, Father Dear Father, Night Gallery, Hawaii Five O, Major League Baseball and CBC News with assorted times.
A noisy TV guide fragment lists CBC and American programs across June days including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Naked Maja event, and The Pink Panther with multiple daily time slots and channel notes.
Since 1962 a series of innovations has led to Direct Distance Dialing which started operating at 10 a.m. yesterday on Tuesday June 18. The system enables The Past 4 000 telephones to access modern telecom and data services found in major Canadian cities.
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