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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1979
Page
7
Government and campaign aims under International Year of the Child push to find adoptive homes for 150 children with special needs and future entrants. Despite expectations most potential parents seek only infant adoptions, and agencies shift views on older children and those with special needs being adoptable.
Ang utsville social notes record visits from relatives in Edmonton Winnipeg Carman and Brandon including births anniversaries and birthdays. Families share updates on travel funerals and the arrival of grandchildren with congratulations to each family.
Guy C. McMurray argues mortgage costs rise but so do home values, claiming real estate remains a superior investment. He notes financing for other purchases is higher, trade-in values for cars fall short, and home ownership offers inflation protection with property values historically outpacing the cost of living.
The Russell town council met on October 11 1979 to approve receipts and bonds by officials, appoint recreation commissioners for senior and minor hockey and figure skating, consider a $65000 contribution toward a sewage lagoon extension and sewer water work, and grant building permits for a frame dwelling and attached frame garage. The meeting discussed cooperative potato variety research with Canada and the US to aid prairie growers.
In a murky political scene the Conservatives withstand a first non confidence vote as Petro Can looms in a national drama. The tally shows 223 to 21 with the Grits proving a forceful presence as party lines shake. A hotel lobby chatter hints at Ottawa's fragile loyalties.
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