Preliminary Royal Tour Run Begins Ottawa April
The Commissioner in charge of arrangements for the Royal Tour, Lt. Gen. Howard Graham, will leave Ottawa on April 8 to map the route and sites for Queen Elizabeth II’s visit next summer. He is joined by security, transport, and press staff, with Exmond Butler arriving from London as assistant press secretary. The party starts at St John’s Newfoundland on April 8 and aims for Maritime and Quebec centers before Ottawa return on April 15, with Western route checks beginning April 20 to coordinate local programs.
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Howard Graham
Ottawa
Graham
Exmond Butler
London
St. John's
Newfoundland
Quebec
Officis Ia
Long Niagara Falls Tunnels Carry Hydroelectric Water
Two enormous tunnels beneath Niagara Falls Ontario span five and a half miles each with an inside diameter of 43 feet. They supply water for hydroelectric generation, forming the western world’s largest pair of water conduits.
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Niagara Falls
Qont
Materials inspectors keep roads lasting through tests
W. E. Winnitey heads Saskatchewan's materials and research branch testing soils and highway materials. Routine analyses of soils and cements, research into unknowns, and problem investigations guide construction thickness and material choice. Six three-man gravel crews locate deposits near highways for quality and quantity testing to ensure durable roadways.
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W. E. Winnitoy
Saskatchewan Department of Highways
Mr. Winnitey
University of Saskatchewan
University of Michigan
W. E. Winnitey
Winnitey
Saskatchewan
Maaterials
Meadow Lake adopts mercury vapor street lights
A Saskatchewan Power Corporation crew from Regina is converting Meadow Lake from incandescent to mercury vapor street lighting. The 125 watt lamps emit about 50 percent more light than 100 watt incandescent lamps with controlled diffusion. The switch should finish in about a month.
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Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Regina
Meadow Lake
Sask
A Glimpse Into Your Local Newspaper's Purpose
A verbose pledge extols the community newspaper as a guardian of truth and memory. It frames the paper as a lifelong record of readers, families, and neighbors, linking daily news to personal history, justice, and communal welfare.
Middle class income shift shown in Taxation Statistics 1958
A government publication by the Department of National Revenue notes that in 1941 to 1956 the largest taxpayer group moved from $1 000 to $2 000 a year to the $3 000 to $4 000 band. By 1956, over half of income tax came from earners of $6 000 or less, with $3 000 to $4 000 the next largest group. The piece argues middle and lower incomes support Ottawa and that take home pay hides taxes.
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Department of National Revenue
Canada
Ottawa
Ten years of NATO reaffirm unity and deterrence
The tenth anniversary of NATO on April 4 arrives amid renewed tension. The alliance is praised as the cornerstone of the Free World, with unity among western democracies and Canada highlighted for continued contribution to deter Soviet expansion and counter Communist influence in Asia and Africa.
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NATO
Europe
Asia
Middle East
West
Africa
Free World
North Atlantic Triangle
Canada
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