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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1968
Page
2
Town Council and School Board faced sharp levy increases as the Manitoba Government raised the Foundation Levy and teachers' wages. Despite fears, council decisions cut some items to offset core programs, showing responsibility and potential public endorsement.
The Pas community reflects on low adult participation in the Federal Election and civic life while praising teenager involvement in campaigns. The piece notes civil service barriers, urges broader family participation, and condemns Thompson harassment of Robert Stanfield’s motorcade as excessive. It highlights teens’ understanding of issues and Parliament, urging positive patterns northward.
Tom Lamb advocates multiple game sanctuaries across northern Manitoba aiming for about ten square miles each. He warns against equating sanctuaries with a northern national park near The Pas and argues for a broader network to preserve wildlife.
The Manitoba Wildlife Convention heard concerns over declining duck numbers and discussed actions such as postponing the duck season north of the 52nd parallel until late September and restricting hunting to mornings in a defined zone. Mines Minister Don Craik signaled a preference for action, including game sanctuaries, rather than words.
Wilby, director of special education, notes 302 classes for 2,325 educable and about 600 trainable children, with projections to 335 educable and about 100 trainable classes by 1970. The department pushes integration into regular schools, new curricula for educable and trainable groups, and in-service teacher training to support specialized instruction and credential endorsements.
The passage recalls an English gentleman Mr Lamb and his eighteen year old English bride, a family move from The Pas to Moose Lake in 1900 aboard a York boat. They paddled to Prince Albert loaded with fur including beaver, muskrat, fox, coyotes, wolves and bears to fund a large barge, facing opposition from the Hudson's Bay Company.
Channel listings for June 26 to July 1 show daily programs including test patterns news and various dramas comedies and sports. Notable entries include Ed Allen Friendly Giant Guiding Light Luncheon Date As The World Turns Coronation Street Wide Wide World Allan Sherman It's a Square News Deadly Decoy and CBC News with regional programming and special events throughout the week.
A radio television grid lists programs for Friday June 28 and Tuesday July 2 with many titles. Notable items include Bonni Prudden Adventure Time Birdman Water People Hogan's Heroes Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Mr Dressup Shazzan Daktari Get Smart Charlie Brown Day of the Triffids and The Beverly Hillbillies. Also shown are political blocks PC LIB SC and a luncheon sequence plus Sign Off and an address for mail.
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