Manitoba deputy minister aids Colombo and Malaya teaching links
B Scott Bateman Manitoba deputy minister of education attended the New Delhi conference where a recommendation was made to expand links for countries to engage with each other. He chaired the committee on teacher training supply and ESL. He reported on Katubedde Institute of Technology in Ceylon where Manitoba teachers staff, with salaries funded by Manitoba. A third Manitoba teacher will join July 1. The institute is a Canadian Colombo Plan donation serving 1000 daytime and evening students. Bateman also visited Muali a Lumpur Malaya at the federal external aid office request to plan a teacher training institute with advisory staff. B F Addy will spend March and April in Malaya assisting building plans and course discussions.
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B. Scott Bateman
Manitoba
Ceylon
Malaya
New Delhi
Bateman
Canadian Education Association
Katubedde Institute of Technology
Colombo
Mualea Lumpur
B. F. Addy
Sisting
Cunard expands Great Lakes sailings with new ships
Cunard Line plans a 1962 Great Lakes service expansion with two faster 14 knot vessels the Bilbao and the Carpathia maintaining direct links to Liverpool while the Johanna and Leanna operate between the Great Lakes and London. Donaldson liners Colina and Santana run weekly to Glasgow. vessels carry vegetable oils and call Avonmouth Bristol Channel ports. First sailings to Montreal will start for the St Lawrence Seaway opening. Sailings from London and Liverpool occur Saturdays and from Glasgow Wednesdays.
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Great Lakes
Cunard Line
United Kingdom
J. A. Frost
Cunard
Bilbao
Carpathia
Liverpool
Johanna
Leanna
London
Donaldson
Colina
Santana
Glasgow
Avonmouth
Bristol Channel
Wessels
Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Frost
Baby Englee Born Aboard CNR Car En Route To Toronto
Mrs. Marie Tretoese of Terrace B C named her newborn Englee after a CNR sleeping car during a voyage to Toronto. The birth occurred west of Jasper as passengers and crew assisted. Mother and child were later admitted to a local hospital with the car Engiee Newfoundland cited.
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Marie Tretoese
Terrace
B.C
Englee
Venezuela Ships More Petroleum than Any Nation Excluding U S
Venezuela ships more petroleum than any country in the world except the United States, reflecting its rising role in global energy markets and strategic output.
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Venezuela
United States
Canadian Patricias Join Great Bear Winter Exercise in Alaska
The 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry returned from Exercise Great Bear in Alaska where 160 parachutists led by Capt. A. G. Caesar traveled 4,400 air miles and landed at Nome after a forced air land operation. They tested logistics vehicles and field equipment in extreme cold while earning praise for stamina and morale from U.S. Army observers. The unit, based in Edmonton, included new gear from Calgary and Montreal makers.
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NO Man's Land
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Tanan& River Valley
No-man‘s-land
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
Hamilton Gault
Barracks
Edmonton
Alaska
Nome
Tanana River
Winnipeg
Montreal
Vienna
Tannacross
U.S. Armicers
U.S. Army
Pat
Calgary
Alberta
Canadian Car Co
Alaska National Guard
George Mayne
Alan Rylander
Guy Lavergne
North Bay
Ont
Bob Harris
Fort William
Patricias
Neil Mackenzie
Prince Albert
Sask
Hamilton Gault Barracks
U.S
A. B. Cummings
Maple Creek
John Tamrag
Anchorage
Nat
Niagara Falls Hydro Plants Power Half of New York State
Niagara Falls hydro electric plants account for about half of New York state water power. Large facilities generate the majority of the state’s hydroelectric capacity and influence regional energy production and economics.
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Niagara Falls
New York State
Canadian National Railways films captivate U.S. TV
American viewers saw 1 269 CN Films telecasts in 1961 across 182 stations in 158 cities across 41 states. The broadcasts showcased Western Canada vacation spots and industrial developments.
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Canada
Canadian National Railways
Thunion
Western Canada
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Ontario
Cyprus
Ontario Supreme Court
John Leonard Wilson
High Court of
High Court
Healey Lake
A. G. “Rick” Caesar
ARMY
Germany
Canadian Joint Air Training Centre
Rivers
Man
Armoured Regiment
Lorne Glendinning
Vancouver
MT. Etna
Sicily
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