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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 02, 1960
Page
5
The Colombo Plan report notes the population problem is growing more acute, with birth rates outpacing GDP growth and rising unemployment. It credits research centers and family planning education but says results remain not significant.
The War Cry cites a Clinic survey noting excess deaths among regular smokers not only from lung cancer but many from coronary and other diseases. A theory suggests lack of oxygen replaced by smoke as the danger, reinforcing that smoking is harmful to health.
Dr J W T Spinks will be installed as the fourth president of the University of Saskatchewan. A special Convocation is set for 2 30 p m Saturday January 30 in the university gymnasium. He became president November 1 succeeding Dr W P Thompson. The installation follows Jubilee events, with H C Rees presenting him and Chancellor Dr F H Auld performing the ceremony.
A public official notes intersections in his city suffer from an excess of road signs. The flood of signs can confuse both new and seasoned drivers, prompting traffic engineers to study reducing or distinguishing signs for clearer reading. An example at a cross road showed what look precautions failed to prevent accidents until road changes were made. The piece warns hazards, obvious and subtle, require constant vigilance along the road of life.
Ottawa conference of biologists from government, universities, and conservation groups urged the establishment of wilderness areas in Northern Canada kept in natural state in perpetuity. The Canadian Society of Wildlife and Fishery Biologists, in its first annual meeting, reported 180 percent attendance of its 145 members. The proposal demands areas free from industrialization mining and organized communities.
A four year review at Shaughnessy Hospital finds organized safety measures cut staff injuries from lifting and falls, especially bed and wheelchair incidents. With rails and belt restraints, serious patient falls declined. most fatalities occurred within months due to age and preexisting conditions. The study urges standardized incident recording and department wide prevention programs.
Payments totaling close to one million dollars have been approved for farmers who could not thresh crops under the joint federal provincial acreage program. Some 3,000 applications from 24 municipalities and LJD’s, mainly in northern and eastern Saskatchewan, have been processed and first cheques issued. Municipal councils and secretaries-treasurers are credited for efficient handling and inspections where needed.
Before Confederation Ontario was known as Canada West per the 1841 Act of Union. The designation reflected its status as the western portion of the then united Provinces of Canada.
In Eigenbilzen Belgium a laborer attempted to tap a pipeline supplying British forces in Germany to sell gas cheaply. Pressure caused a 6000 gallon spill spreading over the countryside in three days before authorities intervened Claeasey faced charges of attempted theft.
Dashing sep parates for teens with a vest skirt and blouse option. Size 12 skirt and vest require 2% yards of 45 inch fabric plus blouse 29 inch. Printed directions accompany each pattern part. Send 50 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept at 60 Grant Street, W. Turonta.
In looking to a new decade, global leaders face disarmament talks and rising anti Semitism while nations weigh progress from the past century. The piece reflects on whether the sixties will be serene or sordid based on strides toward peaceful relations and the fate of small nations.
Courts affirm presidential authority to limit travel abroad and uphold passport rulings that keep some areas off limits. The Supreme Court blocks discriminatory passport denials, allowing travel to the Soviet Union with justification, while disallowing arbitrary bans. Debate remains on travel as a diplomatic tool and policy.
In Toronto Metropolitan Jail a young inmate, once unresponsive to Major J. Jackson, embraced religion after visits and instruction in salvation. Governor J. Dougall commends the Major for his role as the man’s case shifts from imminent execution to a life sentence. The decision spares a hanging and guides future spiritual support at Kingston Penitentiary.
The manufacturing industry accounts for 55 percent of the total net value of Canadian production, highlighting its primary role in the economy.
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