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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1973
Page
6
The Commons passed the Capital Punishment Bill to second reading by 138 to 144. The measure would extend for five years the ban on executions for murder, except for police and prison guards, with amendments likely in Committee and a possible third reading vote before summer recess.
The Canadian Wheat Board lifts all remaining delivery quotas, opening wheat and barley quotas in 18 shipping blocks across the Prairie region. Deliveries of all grains are now on open quotas for the current crop year, a first since 1966 and earliest since 1962.
The first season list shows notable catches including N Produniuk of Winnipeg with a 25 14 pike from Buster Lake on February 24 and Frank Dixon of Kamsack with a splake at Childs Lake on May 5. The area’s parks open for 1973 with unchanged camping rates. Lake N Catherine Campgrounds in Riding Mountain National Park opens July 1.
Meo and Mrs. Steve Kurchak of Roblin and Mr and Mrs William Surla of Inglis announce the engagement of their children Leona Kaye and Barry Glen William The wedding is set for Saturday June 30 at 2 30 p m at St John Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church Roblin
National resolutions discussed by school trustees urge a Federal Office for education with provincial sovereignty, establishment of a Canada wide Table of Equivalencies, funding for bilingual teacher training, and public educational television programs. Other items call for provincial textbook funding, admission of foreign students at cost, metric targets by 1973, tax rebates for school repairs, and a National Day Care Act with provincial childcare boards.
An article explains how imagined orange squeezing led to electric juice extractors. These devices offer convenient, speedy juice production with optional grater and blender attachments for multi purpose use. Operate by loading produce, switching on, and collecting juice as pulp separates automatically.
The extractor disassembles easily and parts can be washed thoroughly in hot sudsy water for simple maintenance.
A prescription drug cost assistance program for the elderly will start July 1 1973. It covers 80 percent of prescription costs after 50 dollars annual expenses for those age 65 plus, or after 100 dollars per family. Eligible dependents under 18 living with seniors qualify. Bills dated May 1 1973 can be saved for rebate claims at year end. Special claims forms will be mailed to pensioners and made available locally.
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