Gadgets Promise A Futuristic 1961 Home Scene
A look at new gadgets for 1961 spans aluminum can openers with peel off tops, flame tip cigarette lighting, car mounted ovens for remote cooking, and transistor wrist radios. Paper dresses washable and disposable, hay making machines for field pellets, radar guided cars, kitchen micro waves, and anti spill shelves reflect a push toward quick ready meals and automated home aids. Prairie Publishers Co op Ltd invites correspondence from Regina Saskatchewan readers.
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Prairie Publishers Co-op Ltd
WO Searth St
Regina
Sask
Alberta oils milestone reached with one billionth barrel
Since the Leduc discovery in 1947 Canada has produced 1,300,498,417 barrels of crude oil. The one billionth barrel of Alberta crude was produced in June 1959.
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Leduc
Canada
Alberta
Witchcraft and cosmetics fuel ill fated divorce tale
A Californian man claims he was deceived into loving a wife made beautiful by cosmetics and seeks severe penalties for women who enhance appearances. The piece notes a 1770 British bill aimed at seduction by scents and paints, which would have nullified marriages but failed to pass.
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California
Carilion News
Steinbach
Man
Prediction of 2500 MPH passenger aircraft by 1970s
G W G McConachie president of CPA predicted windowless stainless steel supersonic airliners linking Winnipeg and London in under two hours in the 1970s. Each craft would cost about 20 million dollars with development costs between 500 and 1000 million. Seats would feature closed circuit TV, small tube missiles not. ascent to 70000 feet in five minutes. auto handling and navigation.
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G. W. G. McConachie
C.P.A
Winnipeg
London
England
Regina set for world premiere of The Canadians film
Regina prepares for a world premiere at Cypress Park of The Canadians a film about the Northwest Mounted Police. Robert Ryan John Sutton Theresa Stratas and Scott Peters lead, with local Indigenous actors. Premiere date to be announced, Robert Ryan expected to attend.
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Northwest Mounted Police
Robert Ryan
John Sutton
Theresa Stratas
Toronto
Scott Peters
Peter Scott
Cypress Park
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation adds two Manitoba pastures
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration expands its land utilization program with Dauphin Ethelbert and Turtle Mountain pastures in Manitoba. The two sites total 45,150 acres, bringing national pasture land to 1,931,000 acres and supporting 6,331 farmers. During 1959-60 the 67 pastures managed 122,820 cattle, 1,408 horses, and 2,920 sheep, with construction costing about $6 million and rental fees offsetting operating costs.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Dauphin- Ethelbert
Dauphin
Turtle Mountain
Boissevain
Valley of Gold and the Quebec mining town Val d'Or
The Quebec mining town Val d'Or translates to valley of gold though built on a high plateau. The name is believed to derive from a tobacco brand favored by early region miners.
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Quebec
Val d
Graham Miffins Quick Muffin Recipe
Graham Miffins blend graham and white flour with molasses, sugar and raisins. Batter features a light mix and is baked 15 to 18 minutes at 375 degrees F. Yield about a dozen muffins. served warm with butter or margarine.
Valentine Buffet Menu With Chicken Noodle Soup
A festive Valentine's buffet plan featuring Chicken Noodle Soup, Egg Rolls, Almond Chicken Chow Mein, Sweet and Sour Spareribs, Steamed Rice, and Frozen Strawberry Mold. Includes a Canada Grade A 4 pound fowl cooked under pressure and detailed chow mein preparation.
Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs Recipe Card
Step by step for ribs and sweet and sour sauce. Uses 6 pounds side ribs or 3 to 4 pounds back ribs cut into 3 inch pieces. Bake at 425 for 30 minutes then 325 until done. Sauce combines brown sugar cornstarch mustard ginger chili powder salt garlic vinegar tomato juice water soy sauce optional. Simmer until thick and clear. Serves 6 to 8. Makes about four cups.
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Canada
Spreads Not Margarine Claim Sparks Ontario Letter
Arthur H. Ward of Thornbury Ontario reports to viewers that Quebec bans margarine sales are circumvented by naming products spreads. He cites wrappers showing Merry Spread Federal Spread and Golden Grimle Table Spread made from edible oil lecithin milk powder salt and sodium benzoate and colored.
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Arthur H. Ward
Thornbury
Ont
Hodgeville
Sask
Courts Crack Down On False Claims Under Unemployment Insurance
In Toronto Magistrate Crawford Guest fined a plumber 200 dollars after finding he earned 897.60 in eight weeks while also claiming 90 dollars in unemployment benefits. In another case the same magistrate fined 10 men 3,760 dollars for false claims. The piece argues for tighter regulations to curb abuse and notes the broader cost to taxpayers and the public from unemployment insurance payments.
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Toronto
Crawford Guest
Lighter jokes and anecdotes in a late era of humor
A collection of one liners and gags about wives, finances, memory lapses, and daily life. Jokes involve a portrait reaction, vodka game, a son asking about financial genius, a memory problem, hotel room twins, a cold remedy by boxing, horse racing wit, and a military mental test.
One in a million golf shot halts play in Gravesend match
Harold Drewett and Sid Basson each drove from opposite tees in Gravesend England when two golf balls met in midair and collided. Both players called the event a shot in a million and wondered if a world record had occurred.
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Gravesend
Eng
Harold Drewett
Sid Basson
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