Viscount Stonegate May Renounce Nobility to Join Commons
Youthful Viscount Stonegate aims to shed peerage and continue in the House of Commons. The title would be relinquished under a historic rule against selling peerages, as Benn and predecessors sought similar reform. Parliament weighs a strict committee to allow renunciation, a fate last tested in 1955 with Wedgwood Benn.
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Teeden
Viscount Stonegate
Ding
Viscount Blanegate
Anthony Nell Wedgeodd Benn
Labor Party
House of Comihons
Viccmint Sianagite
House of Commons
Une House of Commons
Wedgwood Benn
House of Lords
Commons
Grain Board Shift Moves to Agriculture Dept
Prime Minister Diefenbaker told the Commons that the administration of the grain commissioners has moved from the trade department to the agriculture department. This follows his October 11 announcement that the Canadian wheat board would be shifted from trade to agriculture.
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Board of Grain Commissioners
Trade Department
Agriculture Department
Diefenbaker
Commons
Canadian Wheat Board
Red Carpenter Pencil Distinguishes Work in Woodwork
A carpenter uses a bright red pencil to mark timber work for easy dating and visibility on wood shavings.
Postcard Stamp Quest in Moscow and Leningrad
A travel note recounts obtaining and stamping 1700 Forty Kopek stamps across Moscow and Leningrad to mail about 1000 postcards. The author and Mrs Augustine navigate Soviet rules, securing stamps from many issues and purchasing eighty eight packets of postcards, then mail under public scrutiny with a crowd watching.
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U.S.S.R
Mai
U.S.A
Canada
Moscow
Moscow Post Office
Forry
Mrs. Augustine
The
International Assoc. of Printing House Craftsmen
Reptile HORIZONT US Depicted 40 Tt does not constitute 12
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered terms and numbers across diverse topics such as reptiles, currencies, places, symbols, and animals without coherent narrative or identifiable entities. The readable bits include references to North Dakota, New Zealand, a parrot maker, a medicinal herb, and various numeric tokens, offering no clear event or person.
Pencils Used by Steel Workers on White Hot Ingots
Steel workers employ four pencils to mark white hot steel ingots, producing visible traces on the glowing metal as part of quality checks and process control.
Television Good or Evil and Public Responsibility
A reflective piece argues television can aid or harm youth and society. It cautions against continuous violence on screen, calls for higher authority to curb morally bad programs, and suggests a voluntary Hayes-like rating as a remedy to force constructive public action. It critiques panel cynicism and urges wiser viewing norms.
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Mo4tern Society
Alexander Pope
Hayes
Penticton Vs to Disband After Financial Crisis
The Penticton Vs, once world hockey champions, announced on November 27 they will disband unless a financial miracle occurs. Plagued by falling attendance and a 52600 debt, the team held an emergency meeting and prepared a general meeting to explain. The 1955 title squad, led by the Warwick brothers, has faced money and attendance trouble since the 1980 81 OSHL season, while nine players struggle to find work. a $140 cheque was approved for eight men, with others finishing the week unpaid.
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Penticton Vs
Warwick Brothers
Grant
Bill
Penticton
Kelowna
Defence station employee killed during field trials at Sufiekl
An employee was killed at the defence research board experimental station near Medicine Hat. Norman Randolph Willis of Red Cross, Sask, died during preparations for field trials, according to an experimental station spokesman.
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Defence Station
Defence Research Board
Sufiekl
Aita
Medicine Hat
Norman Randolph Willis
Red Cus
Sask
Printed Pattern 4704 Half Sizes with Collar and Skirt
Advertisement for Printed Pattern 4704 in half sizes. Describes a deep descending collar with a slim ming skirt. Notes fabric requirements of 35% yards of 39 inch fabric and price fifty cents. Mail order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Pattern for corduroy gay slippers with cross stitch trim
Reader note describes a two piece slipper pattern 7202 for boot or ballet styles in corduroy cotton and velveteen with rickrack and cross stitch trim. Includes small medium large extra large pattern pieces and a transfer. Send thirty-ove cents with name address and pattern number to Household Arts department 60 Front Street W Purento.
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Household Arts
Department
P.L
Front Street
Purento
Sharpened Pencils Rule Stuns Swiss Market
In Switzerland a law bans selling pencils unsharpened. Staff Sergeant Clay Dennison of Rose Isle Manitoba received the Canadian Forces Decoration for service with the Royal Canadian Engineers as Foreman of Works at Camp Shilo Manitoba. National Defence photo.
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Ghim
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
No. 17 Regional Ordnance Depot
Griesbach Barracks
Edmonton
Alta
Tom Skelton
Victoria
B.C
al Pringle
Fillmore
Sask
No. 10 Medical Detachment
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Western Command
St. John Ambulance Association
National Defence
Clay Dennison
Rose Isle
Manitoba
Dennison iI
The
Royal Canadian Engineers
Camp Shilo
Man
Ice keg craft pattern for outdoor dining aids
Pattern 447 offers actual size cutting and decorating guides for making ice keg holders, candle chimneys, wooden napkin anchors, and screened food covers. It’s part of the Aids for Outdoor Dining Packet 58 all for $1.75 from Home Workshop Patterns Vancouver.
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Department P.P.L
West Lth Ave
Vancouver
Do It Now Winter Work Campaign Urges Employers
Canadian Labour Department and National Employment Service announce a nationwide Winter Work Campaign to curb unemployment. They promote home and property improvements, extended Municipal Winter Works, early federal payroll support, and Home Improvement Loans under the National Housing Act, now available to rental properties. Employers are urged to seek new winter ventures and support the program to boost employment and economic stability.
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Department of Labour
National Employment Service
Chartered Banks of Canada
Cold War cultural exchanges echo in music tours
Despite heated exchanges between Khrushchev and U S officials, Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter and American Byron Janis tour Soviet and American audiences. Audiences respond with deep emotion, showing that such exchanges keep channels open beyond political battles and are more than aesthetic triumphs.
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Khrushchev
United States
Sviatoslav Richter
Byron Janis
Richter
Beethoven
Janis
Mr. Richter
New York
Who's right here about coyotes foxes and birds
A reader questions the balance of nature as coyote poisoning reduces coyotes but may boost foxes, with fewer grouse prairie chickens and partridges. Some blame open prairie farming and more guns, while others defend regulation. The piece asks naturalists to settle the debate.
Woman Gilbert Brat Researchers Uncover Quebec Heritage
Researchers in Canada analyze funds found in Quebec revealing 1823 ties to Chaudiere River and French Canadian folk culture. The discovery connects regional words and music with 14,000 different items, highlighting historical cultural links.
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Gilbert Brat
Canada
Quebec
Chaudiere River
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