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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1960
Page
2
A fragment describes scavenging scouts using makeshift billycans to cook and eat, tucking plastic bags for rain shelter, and spreading gear on tall stocks to defend a small fire from rain while collecting rainwater for drinking.
A 1948 TSR Ford bus, bought in Lansing for 500 dollars and another 500 on repairs, carries a mother father six children a niece a nephew and a sister in law from Minden City Michigan to Alaska. The father Clifford Thompson drives the vehicle which now serves as home with beds on back mattresses and a propane stove for meals as the family ages eight to nineteen travel north toward Whitehorse.
The clear stream looks inviting on a hot day but may be polluted if it runs through populated territory. Do not drink unless boiled for five minutes and treated with a recommended purifier from health officials.
In 1959 1960 there were 102000 university students in Canada. Alberta's natural gas is piped as far east as Montreal. In the main Parliament Building there are 490 rooms. Canada has 53 diplomatic missions abroad. Combined provincial and municipal spending was 4871 millions. Alberta gas reaches Montreal.
The pygmy marmoset of Amazonia is the Western hemisphere's smallest monkey. Full-grown specimens weigh only three to five ounces.
A child told repeatedly not to do things may develop antagonism and deceit as he grows. Most kids respond when reasons for the prohibitions are explained, though gravity on Pluto is half that of Earth.
The three mile limit to a nation's control of the seas shaping coastal rights traces to the reach of an 18th century cannon, establishing a historic benchmark discussed in maritime rule references.
A mature goose can furnish about a pound of feathers in a year if plucked every six weeks during the spring summer and early fall. A single particle of surface soil may contain 60 million bacteria.
The article warns that keeping a medicine chest secure can save lives in emergencies but careless storage risks children accessing poisons. Mislabeling and mistaken dosing can turn medicines into hazards. It notes that Amharic is spoken in Ethiopia.
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