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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1964
Page
2
A reader reflects on a young man entering the workforce and the pressure to become rich or endure poverty. The writer notes elders’ costs and services funded by younger generations and weighs the tradeoffs of teaching or writing poetry as career paths.
A young man faces options of a comfortable life with taxes and services paid by others or riches he cannot earn himself. He prefers becoming a poet and living in bohemian poverty, supported by society and a Canada Council grant. The narrator notes poets may flourish in the coming decade.
A column blends humorous banter on kilts versus trews with British wartime jests about Montgomery and Eisenhower. It notes Canadian flags and symbols, asks about Smokey the Bear versus Bucky the Beaver, and chats about civic figures like Mayor Steve Juba, all with a light, opinionated tone.
Ottawa reports Thomas B. Ward age 57, a Canadian Labor Congress official, named by Labor Minister MacEachen to the Unemployment Insurance Commission for a five year term as the labor representative on the three member body. Ward, born in Deepdale Manitoba, taught school in Saskatchewan before moving to finish his career.
Filion Mandering the Second Fire Lion base metal workers federation faced attack by the CLC and the Liberal opposition in 1969.
Premier Duff Roblin announced the fourth Manitoba Savings Bonds sale topped 18 million dollars, about 38 percent above the 1963 issue. The sale, limited to Manitobans and Manitoba organizations, ran May 19 to June 20, 1964, helping fund provincial development without external borrowing.
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