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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1981
Page
2
The Credit Crunch notes banks are tightening credit for small firms as high interest rates squeeze profits. Bankers push for loan repayments to cut risk, even when customers have not missed payments, prompting calls for managers to visit businesses to understand real-world conditions.
The article reviews provincial politicians statements on AlCan negotiations including a 35 year water license with renewal terms and debated expiry. It cites fluoride controls at the Manitoba smelter, water use claims, and compares corporate responsibility with skepticism from environmental groups and local farmers.
The column recalls Harold Anderson and Melville Spar row of Silverton winning barley at the Toronto Royal Show on December 11, 1941 and mentions four Anderson brothers overseas in the Canadian Army. It also reports sobering military losses, local homesteader heritage near Russell, a Grey Cup overtime game with Winnipeg attendance, church officers, a business sale, Reach for the Top winners from Major Pratt Collegiate, and a hotel lobby quip about CBC and Knowlton Nash.
A syndicated column laments junk mail and spots a Hamburg press release about a brewery turning excess heat into hospital heating. The plan costs about 400 000 marks funded by the city, offset by energy savings. The piece riffs on hot air from various groups and imagines bottling it for use.
Letter asks friends to bring new gifts for Mentally Ill Patients at Christmas. Gifts placed at Fashion Shoppe will be collected Saturday December 19th and delivered to the nearest Mental Hospital. Order of the Eastern Star Committee for C.M.H.A.
Bruce and Dorothy Dent thank the Kinsmen Club for a bountiful senior citizens supper with well done service and enjoyable music. The Winnipeg Sun notes the Liberal vote disintegrated in latest election coverage.
A digest of Canadian editorials reflects on consumer culture from Carman Valley to High River, urging careful market study and personalized service. It notes social trends, fuel costs, and the rise of shoplifting with RCMP crackdowns, citing Yorkton losses and a Manitoba honey seller’s bad luck.
Manitoba Agriculture releases two new factsheets examining the Norway rat and brown rat damage to property and food and offering control measures. The guide covers rodenticides and repellents and lists product characteristics for eradicating rats. Copies available through agricultural representatives or Manitoba Agriculture Distribution Centre Winnipeg 411 Whyte Ave Winnipeg MB R2C 0V8.
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