Never too late for peace
A writer reflects on last Saturday's frantic shopping by soldiers in fatigues in a valley town near the Gulf conflict. He links the rush to war nerves with Christmas, weighs echoes of World War II and Vietnam, and urges patience and a focus on peace rather than haste to militarize. The piece contrasts personal sacrifice with national choices and warns against rushing into conflict.
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Gulf
Hame
Iraq
David
Hitler
Austria
Kuwait
Czechoslovakia
Saudi Arabia
Poland
France
Belgium
Vietnam
Main Street
Manitoba launches province wide consult on drug war
Health Minister Donald W. Orchard unveils a province wide consultation process and a discussion paper Alcohol Drug and Substance Abuse in Manitoba a Strategy for the Nineties. Rosemary Vodrey to lead public hearings starting mid January with MLAs Dacquay Sveinson and McAlpine assisting. The plan links prevention social and economic factors to treatment and urges rapid completion by February 15.
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Manitoba
Donald W. Orchard
Gary Filmon
Mr. Orchard
Orchard
Rosemary Vodrey
Fort Garry
Louise Dacquay
Seine River
Ben Sveinson
la Verendrye
Gerry McAlpine
Sturgeon Creek
CRTC
Birtle
Deloraine
Killarney
Melita
Roblin
Rossburn
Russell
Ste-Rose-Du-Lac
Man
Westman Media Cooperative Limited
P.O. Box
Brandon
RZA
Main Street
Broadway South
Broadway
Mel
Crtc Information Services
Hull
Fox
Winnipeg
Saley resigns as secretary treasurer at W J Birdtail WI
The Birdtail Women’s Institute December meeting at Jessie Caldwell’s home had ten members. They donated baked goods to Rossburn District Health Centre, discussed Federated News, and planned money making projects and hospital donations. Mary Saley stepped down. Renske Kaastra was nominated to replace her.
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Birdtail Women’s Institute
Jessie Caldwell
Rossburn District Health Centre
Federated News
Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
Selkirk Mental Health Association
Gwen Parker
Manitoba Women’s Institute
The
Cancer Society
R.D.H.C
Mary Saley
Renske Kaastra
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