World Refugee Year aims to aid displaced people worldwide
United Nations proclaims World Refugee Year through June 30, 1960 to spotlight repatriation resettlement and integration. Canada participates as about 63 nations join the effort. In camps across Austria Germany Greece and Italy some 30 000 refugees remain and another 100 000 live in worse conditions outside camps. Twenty percent are children. Over 180 000 Algerian refugees live in mud huts tents and caves in nearby countries with 90 000 under age sixteen.
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Austria
Germany
Greece
Italy
Europe
Tunisia
Morocco
Shy Child Needs Family Love and Attention
A shy child needs belonging and assurance of family love. Daily undivided parental attention helps him share school experiences and successes, while gaining sympathy for failures, reinforcing his sense of security and belonging.
Diamonds Emeralds Sapphires and Rubies Highlight Gems
A concise note lists the four gems as the truly precious stones: diamonds emeralds sapphires and rubies. It emphasizes their status as the premier jewels in mineral lore.
Manitoba minister seeks changes to Crop Insurance Act
Hon. George Hutton Manitoba's minister of agriculture Tuesday served notice in the Legislature that he would be seeking changes in the Crop Insurance Test Areas Act to include flax with cereal crops for coverage. He announced changes in the manner of cereal act and outlined insured scenarios. He said farmers could insure full seeded acreage of wheat alone or with oats or barley, and flax could be insured if the entire seeded acreage of all cereal crops is insured.
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George Hutton
Manitoba
Probation to radar in enlarged Manitoba program
Manitoba attorney general Sterling Lyon announced broader measures in prevention probation and correction. The plan includes extending the rehabilitation camp program starting from Oxbow Beach, four new probation officers, extending their duties in Winnipeg, consolidating director and jail inspector roles, creating youth advisory committees, forming a Judicial Boundaries commission, and introducing radar speed meters on trunk highways.
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Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Lyon
Oxbow Beach
Greater
Winnipeg
Approved schools set for psychiatric nurses
Manitoba Legislature studies a bill to recognize provincial schools of psychiatric nursing. Health minister Hon. George Johnson says approval would officially certify nurses trained in Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases Brandon Hospital for Mental Diseases and Portage la Prairie. The act would standardize classrooms and practical training across the three institutions.
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Manitoba
George Johnson
Johnson
Selkirk Hospital
Brandon Hospital
Portage la Prairie
Fraternal Society Marks Early British Rite in 1748
A fragment notes the first Fraternal Society in Britain or related rite, dated 1748, mentioning Saternal society and An- Sane Royal. Context unclear but suggests historical ceremonial lineage in Britain.
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An- Sane Royal
Heart surgery and the deep freeze technique
Dr. W. G. Bigelow of the University of Toronto pioneered hypothermia for open heart operations, reducing oxygen needs by cooling the body. He seeks to extend time limits by studying groundhog hibernation, hoping a special gland may reveal a path to longer safe pauses during surgery.
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W. G. Bigelow
University of Toronto
Gairdner Foundation
Bigelow
Second Festival for Saskatchewan House Opens Dates Set
Festival director Richard Moore announces the second Saskatchewan House celebration in Regina this summer. More than five thousand people attended last year’s three week program of music drama and ethnic events with visitors from across the province and as far as Scotland Pakistan the Netherlands and Germany. The 1960 festival runs from June 18 to July 9 featuring choirs soloists and a variety of cultural programs.
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Saskatchewan House
Regina
Richard Moore
Scotland
Pakistan
Netherlands
Germany
Saskatchewan
How Halifax Got Its Name and Seven Islands Mystery
The city of Halifax is named for the Earl of Halifax, a British planner of its 1749 founding. In 1959 Welland canal traffic shows ocean ships made 1,984 passages versus 5,457 by lake craft, about one fifth of total. Sept Mes Quebec reportedly has seven islands. actual count is six due to Cartier’s error. The term Crows Nest Pass freight rates refers to a rail act mandating grain movement for export.
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Halifax
N.S
Wellandanal
Sept Mes
Quebec
Canada
Crows Nest
Prairies
Jacques Cartier
Earl of
Butch the Bull Terrier Hero Dog Dies After Snake Fight
In a suburban Edmonton backyard, a bull terrier named Butch sacrificed himself defending five children from a venomous viper. The nine year old dog was bitten on the throat. a veterinary surgeon treated him for hours but could not save him.
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Butch
Alberta Country Life
Edmonton
Alta
Vancouver Soldier Retires After 33 Years Service
Major T. Jamieson Quirk C D of Vancouver retires this month after 33 years in Army and RCMP service. He has served in seven provinces and abroad from 1927 to 1956 and led as senior Canadian Provost Corps officer at Winnipeg HQ since 1956. He is vice president of St James Presbyterian Church board, a Vancouver Rowing Club life member, and once stroked provincial rowing crews. He plans to move to Vancouver with wife Ellen and son Tommy.
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T. Jamieson Quirk
C.D
Vancouver
Army
RCMP
Winnipeg
Washington
Far East
United Kingdom
Europe
St. James Presbyterian Church
St. James
Man
Ellen
Tommy
National Defence
Do It Now Campaign Boosts Winter Canadian Jobs
The Do It Now campaign from the Department of Labor urges immediate winter work to offset seasonal lay-offs. It argues that completing projects now boosts winter employment, stabilizes spending power, and reduces reliance on unemployment benefits while noting winter slows production and planning habits.
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Department of Labor
Spitting in the hacks to curling’s modern glare
A humorous verse rails at changing curling culture in a Saskatoon style town. It contrasts old hardy men with new fashion conscious curlers, noting wives and young women disrupting traditional roles, the rink become a runway, and fears about what the well dressed curler will wear.
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Yesteryear
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin Film Scenes at Fountainbleau Hotel
Hollywood gossip notes Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin dominate headlines after their split. The duo is busy with film, records, and TV work while Lewis shoots a picture largely at Miami Beach's Fountainbleau Hotel. The production disrupts hotel life and entertains guests, with Jerry writing directing and starring, and Milton Berle quipping about ulcers amid the chaos.
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Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Dean
Jerry
Hollywood
Florida Gold Coast
Fountainbleau Hotel
Miami
Milton Berle
No More Tattoos For Servicemen In Ft Rucker
The U S Army bars tattoos for servicemen at Ft Rucker Alabama upon the recommendation of Col Charles C Canada surgeon in charge of the Ft Rucker Hospital He says tattoos adversely affect health welfare and morals of most who get them
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U.S. Army
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Charles C. Canada
Aurgeon
Ft. Rucker Hospital
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