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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1964
Page
4
The ten year Defence White Paper outlines a well equipped flexible force for Canada to meet alliance needs and UN contributions. It emphasizes mobility and rapid deployment as key to effectiveness, with integration expected to cut manpower by about ten thousand and potential savings up to a billion dollars over a decade.
Canada plans to rebalance defence spending by boosting equipment funding from under 14 percent to about 25 percent in coming years. The move seeks stronger armed forces and potential benefits for defence industries as Hellyer pursues a four year integration of Defence Headquarters, field commands, and stations. Local items note birthdays and softball results among Winnipeg and River Hills groups.
Notes from Seven Sisters residents recount a meeting at the Seven Sisters store at noon and trips by Gordon Klapprat and Don Krampetz to Winnipeg for a football game. The column mentions out-of-town kinfolk visiting Mortons yard and Stonewall residents, with a local gathering at A. Krampetz's home.
A fragment reports events at a Great Falls camp with a curious incident where an intruder reportedly entered a camp while residents slept. Details are sparse, but the piece notes at least one person was exceptionally bald and present among the campgoers.
Saturday volunteers moved boys and gear to Portage la Prairie for Manitoba's first Jamboree at the Portage Island Exhibition Grounds. About 1,000 scouts from 70 towns in Canada and the U.S. will camp and cook for themselves under canvas. Notables including Lt Governor Eric Willis and Mayor Henderson attended opening ceremonies.
A classified memorial notice from the family of a husband and father. It expresses ongoing sorrow and remembrance for the sudden death and the unanswered question of why, noting that his wife and family never said goodbye and continue to miss him.
Well bred Shetland ponies for sale including colts and yearlings priced from $100 and up. Hereford cattle also available. See J C We at Homestead Farm, Newcomb Road, Lac du Bonnet.
Nick flew to Rat Lake last weekend for fishing with a good catch and a good time. Mr and Mrs E Jannson and family vacationed at Balsam Lake Minnesota visiting Mrs Jannsons parents and attended her father's 82nd birthday dinner. Al Bracken family vacationed in the Whiteshell while W Kristofferson and wife vacationed at Clear Lake. Valerie Bernard visited Patsy Berthelette in Powerview and Dave and Haldean Gittins spent a holiday with Dave's parents S Gittins.
For sale a three bedroom two storey Dutch Colonial stucco home on Lake Avenue with attached garage and unfinished family room above. One finished room in the basement and a lot 100 by 200. Contact Lac du Bonnet weekends at 345 2265 or Winnipeg Globe at 3 1476 on weekdays.
A private sale of household goods, a boat, lawn mowers and more runs August 19 to 22 at the home of Mrs Edythe Brown Ehrlich on Lake Avenue in Lac du Bonnet. A list of items will be posted at MacLeod's Store and the contact number is 345-2265.
Mr and Mrs Leo Briere of St Gerard Wolfe s County Quebec announce the engagement of their daughter Edith to Cst Pierre Rochon of Lac du Bonnet son of Mr and Mrs Charles Auguste Rochon of Montreal. The wedding is set for Saturday September 5 in Sherbrooke Quebec.
The Local Government District of Pinawa will pass a by law on September 11 1964 to stop up and close a portion of Public Reserve 6370 and to sell the closed portion to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited with the remainder vested in Pinawa. Objections must be filed with the Resident Administrator by 4 pm September 11 1964 notice reads.
Tenders will be received until August 20 1964 by J Zarecki secretary treasurer for hauling six pupils from Red Deer district to Iryland school about 64 miles distant.
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