Federal emergency program aids Manitoba Saskatchewan cattlemen
A PF.RA statement outlines an emergency maintenance program following an Ottawa Agriculture Department directive. Manitoba and Saskatchewan pastures will be used to sustain livestock on a maintenance ration through fall, with feed purchased by PF.RA. Calves receive 10c per head per day, calves with cows 3c. Applications go to PF.RA Brandon Manitoba or Regina Saskatchewan. Priority to preserve breeding herds if demand exceeds capacity. Farmers urged to state needs quickly.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
P.F.R.A
Brandon
Motherwell
Regina
Storage wheat moved from rink after five years
The Pioneer Grain Company has received orders for 166000 bushels of wheat from the emptying work of the new skating rink. It is expected that more orders will arrive and the rink will be cleared over the summer of the 272000 bushels originally stored there. The grain had been in storage for five years in Shauna von Saskatchewan.
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Pioneer Grain Company
Standard
Shaunavon
Saskatchewan
Water Shortage Hits Rimbey As Supply Line Leaks
The Record reports a water shortage in Rimbey Alberta after the town's reserve water in the tower was deleted while the line from the curling rink carried water to agricultural ground. An estimated over 15,000 gallons flowed continuously, prompting service disruption.
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Rimbey
Alta
Wool shipments hit a Lacombe record shipment day
Central Alberta wool growers association moved a record 87 860 pounds of wool at their annual loading day in Lacombe. Largest single shipper was J Brouwer Jr of Bentley with 4 355 pounds shipped.
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Central Alberta
New Plant Started for Carnation Milk in Wetaskiwin
Heavy machinery roars as drillers sink cement pylons for the Carnation Milk Company's new Western Canadian plant in Wetaskiwin Alberta. A large crowd attended the sod turning ceremony despite winds and dust.
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Carnation Milk Company
Wetaskiwin
the Times
Alta
Misplaced dentures at King George Hotel found in dining area
A dental plate, upper or lower, was found wrapped in a serviette and left on a bench after bingo night at the Princess Room of the King George Hotel. The item was turned into The Advance office in Melville Saskatchewan for claimants to retrieve.
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Princess Room
King George Hotel
Melville
Water rate increase approved by town council
Town council voted to raise the minimum water charge from 2.50 to 3.00 starting July 1, expected to yield about 5,500 extra yearly revenue. The remaining 1,200 needed for a 6,700 debenture payment would come from higher water use. The higher rate will take effect from July 1, with its first appearance in the billing cycle.
Doctor urges tax cut to ease drug costs in Canada
Halifax physician and Liberal legislator Dr C Henry Reardon urged the federal government to drop the 11 percent sales tax on drugs as a first step to reduce high drug costs. He told the restrictive trade practices commission that lifting the tax could cut drug costs by 15 to 20 percent including administration.
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Halifax
Canada
C. Henry Reardon
Halifax West
Federal Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
Water bills due in early August for July charges
The Independent of Stettler Alberta reports that water bills will be mailed in early August covering July charges. The notice emphasizes timing for residents to anticipate bill delivery and payment dates.
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Stettler
Alta
Big Building Year in Rapid City Plans Dam Reconstruction
The 1961 outlook in Rapid City points to major growth with the Little Saskatchewan dam reconstruction ready to start after contracts were let. Surveyors have worked this week and the sluiceway has been emptied to dry the river bed for the project.
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Rapid City
Little Saskatchewan
Bookmobile to Visit R.M. of Shellbrook This Summer
The Regional Library will bring a book mobile to the R.M. of Shellbrook in July August and early September. It will make one and a half hour stops at each of ten post offices on designated mail days during the period.
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R.M
Shellbrook
the Chronicle
Saskatchewan
Crossword Style Puzzle Clues List
A compact listing of crossword clues with numbers and words including English coin slang silly nonsense Egypt's capital and other varied hints. The set includes terms for sizes measures nationality and common objects, suggesting a mixed puzzle or cryptic style for wordplay.
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Egypt
Alvin
Jokes and quips from a bygone era fill a light page
A collection of short squibs and gags from Alberta and beyond. A teenager jokes about an answering service, a father jokes about diary stubs, a civilization quip about money and collateral, a construction foreman on a chapel built on speculation, and a streetcar rider who misreads a seat grab.
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Alberta
Teaching Job for Axis Sally at Ohio Convent School
Mildred Gillars Sisk known as Axis Sally will teach next fall at a Roman Catholic convent school in Columbus Ohio. The 60 year old former propagandist was released from Alderson federal reformatory after 11 years for treason and will teach at the Olentangy River Road school of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus.
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Mildred Gillars Sisk
Columbus
Ohio
Sisk
Alderson
W. Va
Woman's Reformatory
Olentagy River Road
the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
Canary Islands Home to 820000 Spaniards
The Canary Islands lie off northwest Africa and comprise two provinces of Spain. The archipelago houses about 820,000 residents, all part of Spain's provincial structure.
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Canary Islands
Africa
Spain
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