Auto court owners deny morals charge in White Rock meeting
White Rock auto court operators faced accusations from the White Rock Ratepayers Association at a city council session. The group urged a thorough review before new motel licenses, warning premises could lower social standards. Motel owners defended their properties, saying residents are mainly families and workers, and that MOTELS improve the area.
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White Rock
Stayte Road
Campbell River Road
Construction moves in Bindloss-Cavendish gas field
Work in the Bindloss area of Alberta's gas gathering system advances with pipeline ditches dug and dehydrator forms laid. Five wells of Canadian Export Gas and three of Bailey Selburn will connect to the trunkline at the well heads. The phase must finish by July 15 as the first step in eastern export via Trans-Canada Pipelines.
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Bindloss
Alberta
Bailey Selburn
The
Bulletin
Brooks
Alta
Winkler permits show rising building totals in May
Winkler building statistics released by town clerk H. B. Friesen show May totals reaching 97000 for permits and 92000 for construction costs. This doubles the 1956 May figure of 44500, with nearly 300000 registered by year end 1956. Humidity note follows.
Increased assistance not to affect supplemental allowances
The Saskatchewan minister announces that the new Old Age Assistance Blind and Disabled allowances rising to a maximum of 46 dollars monthly do not affect Supplemental Allowances. T J Bentley says in council that income limits rose but the supplemental payments remain untouched, with increases effective July 1 1957 and first cheques issued August 1 1957.
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T. J. Bentley
Saskatchewan
Mr. Bentley
Wakaw Snack’s Credit Mystery In Diefenbaker Visit
A Wakaw Saskatchewan note from the Wakaw Recorder recounts John Diefenbaker’s June 1957 stop at Smitty’s Snacks before the federal election. The operator refused a long distance call until proprietor Mrs. P. J. Smith approved, sparking a humorous tale of credit and small-town etiquette.
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Canada
John Diefenbaker
Wakew
Saskatchewan
Wakaw Recorder
P. J. Smith
Diefenbaker
Granny
Carillon News
Steinbach
Man
McMunn
P. D. McMunn
N. Busilla
the Times
Assiniboia
Les Dow
Charles Lindsay
Tom Fong
Assiniboia Times
Alberta
High River Times
Tom Ogden
Funny tale of a friend in Holywood and a hard luck plea
Phil Silvers recalls a friend who visited studio chiefs with a dire hard luck story and an urgent request for a raise. He did not get the raise, yet the studio bought his story, highlighting Hollywood whimsy and negotiation.
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Phil Silvers
Holywood
Stugio
Retirement and Scrap of CPR Steam Locomotives
The CPR replaces steam engines with diesels, sending hundreds to Weston Winnipeg Ogden Calgary and Montreal yards for dismantling. In 1953 56 the system scrapped 389 engines with most parts salvaged, engines stripped in days and sorted into 18 scrap classes as dieselization accelerates toward 1961.
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Winnipeg
Calgary
C.P.R
CPR
Backshop
Weston
Ogden
Angus
Montreal
Weston and Ogden
Milla
Eaton's
Gravity's Strength Varies by Latitude
Gravity’s force, determining weight, decreases toward the equator and increases toward the poles. As latitude changes, weight shifts slightly, reaching a minimum near the equator and rising nearer the poles.
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W. J. Megill
Cpl
Neil Brydges
Flin Flon
Bill Mountain
Megill
Douglas Goodwin
Regina
Sask
Canadian Army
Surrey
Cloverdale
B.C
Cavendish Area
Winkler
Augus
Bany
N.R
Manton
Directoratien
Ce-opera
Tntecmation
Department OF Co-Operation and Co-Operative Development
Imperial Review
Imperial
Russ Roney
Belton
Unity Courier
Fred Flanagan
Karen
Richard Hallam
Hawkshaw
Richard
Dauphin Herald
Russell Brewer
Ashville
Olds Gazette
M. C. Wear
Coronation
E. Robson
McDougal Flats
A. R. Mansreck
Dand
A. E. Wilson
Indian Head
Jane Greenaway
Raymore
8. Quinn
Kinistino
D. Howe
Benito
Jane Lowe
Kyle
Transcona
Jim Brady
Melfort
W. H. Rocker
Lacombe
C. N. Mcintosh
Arch McKerricher
Wolseley
Grenfell Sun
University of Saskatchewan
Isobel Drake
Broadview
Peguis
Russell Banner
Albert E. Thompson
Manitoba Historical Society
Margaret McWilliams
Eva M. Ferguson
Dauphin
Thomas Turnbull
RED Cross Safety
Sam
the Mercury
Estevan, Sask
Grandeen Crescent
Don Inglis
New Pleasant Dale
Ivan
Canarama Bravinaki
Nicholson Crescent
Mercury
Front Street
Toronte
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