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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1974
Page
6
The Pas library board rejected a provincial regional library proposal citing provincial issues. Chairman Dennis Mostat said the combined facility remains best for the town, and the board will proceed with plans for an arena site despite the delay. Board members declined comment.
A May 2 1974 town council move created an autonomous library board with mostly private citizens. A Winnipeg cultural affairs head queried a former Pas Library Board member about December 1973 resignations, leading to a detailed explanatory letter outlining the dispute.
Morrisette faces sentencing after pleading guilty to willful damage of a truck and related charges. The court noted prior non drug convictions and a history of antisocial conduct since losing a left hand, while the Crown urged a one year term. defence counsel cited personal turmoil shaping his acts.
Judge Martin imposes seven months in a correctional institute for trafficking with three months concurrent on a second charge and one year probation. Morrisette already faced two months in jail and pled guilty to possession of stolen property, receiving a concurrent three month sentence. Rehabilitation hopes emerge as condition of sentencing.
The Pas Friendship Centre will sponsor a history project on the Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival. The grant from Northern Manpower Youth Corps supports wages. Festival pledges up to 1000 for materials. Information Communications Program funds a Winnipeg trip. Five students, paid 80 dollars weekly, will work July through summer, taping interviews and collecting photos tapes and films for eventual public displays.
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