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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
3
Manitoba weekly newspapers gather in Winnipeg for the 26th annual convention by Ron Tuckwell. The event features two days of sessions, panels, social events, and awards for prize-winning papers while stressing the role of weeklies in serving communities and supporting local commerce.
Manitoba crude output in March rose sharply year over year with 999,224 barrels produced from 320 wells. February production was about 95920? and March daily average reached 9,652 barrels as 16 new wells came online. Officials expect April to fall due to road bans, leaving 351 potential wells in total.
The 730 Quebec crew completed a three month training cruise around Africa with vivid memories of hospitable hosts in ports from Freetown to Cape Town and Mombasa to Alexandria. They saw elephants and Zulu war dances, traveled 18 500 miles, and gained a broad naval education through seamanship gunnery and navigation drills at sea.
Manitoba reports its first drop in suspended drivers in four years, with 3,846 off the road at end of April, down 77 from March. Of 396 suspensions in April, 46 due to accidents or convictions, 76 for insurance, 39 for failed tests, 31 for major traffic offenses, half of which were drunken driving. Residual context notes reinstatements and a push to pay into the Unsatisfied Judgement Fund as a step toward license restoration.
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