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Springfield Leader

Location

Springfield, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Feb 11, 1964

Page

7

Precautions to Cut Heart Disease Risk Outlined

Medical guidance urges regular check ups and control of high blood pressure, urges reduced saturated fat intake, weight management, and increased exercise. Advice notes smoking cessation and stress reduction, highlighting long term declines in stroke and hypertension deaths due to advances in diagnosis and treatment. The Heart Foundation promotes earlier medical advice and better rehabilitation to thwart heart disease.

Your Heart Foundation Edu

Transportation by Saskatoon buses aids disabled riders

A daily fleet of specially equipped buses in several Saskatchewan centers transports handicapped children and adults to school and treatment centers, takes disabled adults to work and vocational assessment areas. The service runs home to destination, carrying over 153,000 passengers and traveling more than 184,000 miles last year. Saskatchewan March of Dimes, Box 1551, Saskatoon.

Saskatchewan Saskatoon

Co-ops Plan Fertilizer Plant In Prairie Location

Detailed engineering and planning for a co operative fertilizer plant are nearing completion. Construction contract for erection at an undisclosed prairie location is expected to be signed in 1964. The Alberta Saskatchewan Wheat Pools and Federated Co operatives Limited say the plant will produce a wide range of fertilizers for co operative members. Distribution would go through Pool Elevators and Federated’s 540 member co op stores. Location capacity and further details are not disclosed as plans are not final. Rapid fertilizer demand and last spring’s supply shortage spurred the move into manufacturing.

Prairie Alberta Saskatchewan Wheat Pools Federated Co-operatives Limited Federated

Amundsen’s Arctic Flight Rescue Mission Sealed Fate

Roald Amundsen, famed for navigating the Northwest Passage, died in 1928 during a rescue air operation in the Arctic seeking Italian explorer Umberto Nobile. The venture tied his name to the doomed air expedition and Arctic search mission.

Roald Amundsen Northwest Passage Arctic Umberto Nobile

The Schwartz Family Move In On Centerville Farm

Neighbors show hospitality to the Schwartz family as they settle near Centerville. Old Man Schwartz and his clan, including Jerry Mallon, struggle to fit in while a car accident traps Jerry, with no local doctor nearby and help two hours away in Forrest City.

D.P Centerville Schwartz Man Schwartz Mrs. Schwartz Mr. Mallon Jerry Schwartzes Jerry Mallon Forrest City Steve Brannock Brannock Lisa Joseph Dr. Jones Dr. Fredericks Dr. Bunder Vienna Mr. Maillon America Paul Jackman

Vienna Doctor Helps Child in New World

An injured boy receives emergency care aided by an elderly immigrant doctor who once practiced in Vienna. With a permit issue clarified as moot, the family and townsfolk help transport the boy to hospital while the doctor prepares to face potential charges for practicing without a certificate.

Two-litter sow sparks talk with 23 piglets born

A purebed Canadian Yorkshire sow at Cedar Springs Ontario farrowed 23 piglets in 23 days across two litters. Belmont Champion Lady owned by Carl and Bob Cleveland produced nine piglets New Year's Day and 14 more later. Only 12 survived. Experts Forshaw Green and Emerson call it double conception, noting sows typically farrow twice yearly with a three month gestation.

Cedar Springs Ontario Carl Bob Cleveland Robert Forshaw Ontario Agriculture College George Green James Emerson

Mail order engine joke ends with clever reply

A man asks a mail order house to send a gasoline engine first and if it works he will send a check. The reply: Please send check. If it's any good, we'll send the engine.

The Smoking Madness Editorial Opinion

The Olds Gazette and Mountain View News laments tobacco’s grip yet notes smokers, from rank beginners to pipe enthusiasts, adapt to habits despite medical warnings. It criticizes careless disposal and jokes about smoking dangers while condemning the tobacco industry’s push to expand use for tax profits.

Can Computers Write Editorials or Just Speed Up Print

The Toronto Telegram notes a publisher John H. Perry uses computers for production but doubts a machine can grasp subtleties of justice and humanity. It questions whether an electronic editor could replace human judgment, though it could appease irate readers with swift responses.

John H. Perry tToronto Telegram

British MPs lag behind world in pay and perks

The article notes British House of Commons members receive 3000 dollars a year and 2250 for expenses, far less than Canada’s 12000 and 6000 tax free. It argues MPs lack office space or secretarial help, calling them paupers, and says proposed raises will wait until after the next election.

House of Commons Britain

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John B. Armstrong Canadian Heart Foundation Mallon Thyra Sumter Winslow The Olds Gazette and Mountain View News Alia
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