Best crop year since 1952 in Alberta
Alberta farmers enjoyed the best crop year since 1952 with general production above the long term average. Though the southeast suffered moisture shortages, and farmers from Medicine Hat to Provost and Drumheller worry about moisture for next spring, the central area east of Edmonton to the Saskatchewan border had a harvest in several years, with only one area north of Edmonton still grain-filled.
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A. M. Wilson
Agricultural Department
Wilson
Medicine Hat
Provost
Drumheller
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Quick Canadian Quiz answers reveal key facts about Canada
Answers list: oil discovery in 1857 at Oil Springs Ontario. Largest bear the polar bear. bears weight up to 1600 pounds. About 70 percent of union membership belongs to international unions. Four provinces exceed one million: Ontario Quebec British Columbia Alberta. 1945 federal civil service payroll 180 million. 1960 figure 730 million excluding Crown corporations.
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Alberta
Quick Canadian Facts
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Free beer breaks won by women strikers at London factory
In a North London shampoo plant manufacturing beer infused product, thirty four women workers ended a strike after management agreed each could drink a mug of free beer daily. The protest began with a one hour walkout and spread to office staff as they paraded with sign says We want our beer break.
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London
Eric Lincoln
Connie Danbury
Ailing Man Sees Light in Farmland Return
A woman consults a doctor about her husband who imagines he is a refrigerator yet finds humor in his delusion. The scene shifts to a raid where men claim innocence at a table, a clerk offers an odd hotel room cue, and a traveler defends his morals. Amid reflections, a man yearns for earth over city life, finally rejoining family dinner.
Local budgie bird prefers blondes
Esterhazy Sask Turk is a budgie who has taken up with a blonde a female goldfinch. Mr D L Grant found a gold finch with an injured wing last September nursed the sick bird back to health. Goldie could not migrate joined Turk in the Grant home for the winter. Turk serenades coaxes her out to fly about the room and fetches her back. The only quarrels have been over food a domesticated male.
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Goldie
Near famine in Tibet area amid rebel activity and transport costs
A state of near famine is reported in many parts of Chinese ruled Tibet. The shortages are blamed on neglect of seasonal crops due to Khamba rebel activity and the prohibitive cost of moving grain from Communist China.
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Tibet
Chin
Canada’s Food Rules For Seniors In Daily Life
Grandma Craig shares practical tips for older adults to eat well on a budget and stay healthy. She cites Canada’s Food Rules with daily servings for milk fruit vegetables cereals meat and eggs while suggesting soft foods lighter meals and cheaper options like root vegetables and skim milk powder. She advises doctor guidance for overweight and highlights hobbies as a life extender and appetite aid.
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Canada
Canada records unusual August capital outflow in securities
Canada posted an unusual capital outflow of 2.8 million dollars in August from international trade in outstanding securities. The report notes this contrasts with earlier substantial inflows and leaves a cumulative sales balance of 92.3 million for the first eight months. The main factor was higher repurchases of foreign held Canadian bonds and debentures, while Canadian investors bought slightly more foreign securities than they sold.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Seeing Red in the Hunting Season
The Standstead Journal warns about the dangers of hunting season as hunters, sometimes armed like Revolutionary soldiers, roam woodlands with little protection. The piece humorously notes the risk of being mistaken for game and highlights the red color as a battlefield cue.
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Standstead
15000 Men to Be Sterilized in Maharashtra Plan
Plans to sterilize 15,000 men within a month have been made in Maharashtra, the fourth Indian state to start such a program to curb population growth. The state, with capital Bombay, reports 650 farmers volunteered during the six summer months. India’s population stands about 425.9 million, rising by 7 million annually.
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Maharashtra
India
Bombay
Luther Burbank Develops White Blackberry Variant
Scientist Luther Burbank, renowned naturalist, developed a new white blackberry variant through selective breeding. The discovery highlights his ongoing work in fruit botany and plant variation with potential impact on fruit varieties and horticultural practices.
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Luther Burbank
Merry Christmas Apron Pattern 7424 Featured
Alice Brooks invites crafters to greet guests in a bright red poinsettia applique apron. Pattern 7424 includes transfer W1, 19 inch panel and pocket accents with coordinating applique pieces. Send 35 cents, name, address, and pattern number to the address on the order form.
Polio Reports Spark Concern Across Drumheller District
Alberta polio brief reports two paralytic cases in the Drumheller health unit this year. A boy, inoculated previously, is hospitalized in Coleman. Doctors warn polio remains a risk as public health officials track further developments.
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Drumheller
A. Thomson
Coleman Hospital
Drumhelder Mail
Happy Chesterfield man avoids work with family in mind
A 34 year old man from Chesterfield England Jack Cooper says he is unemployed for over three years to support a wife and seven children. He states unemployment benefits plus milk allow him not to work and claims his neighbors urge him to seek work. Authorities note his last job as coal pit attendant in May 1957 earning £9 10s weekly. He believes the National Assistance Board pressures him yet he is content with his situation.
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Chesterfield
Eng
Jack
Cooper
National Assistance Board
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