Saskatchewan Minister Reports Winnipeg Conference Proposals
Agriculture Minister Nollet relayed Saskatchewan’s drought response package at the Winnipeg meeting. Proposals urged declare Prairie provinces a disaster area, extend fodder transport aid, share storage costs on oats and barley, provide emergency credit, and use rail space for fodder. Only cattle movement cost sharing was agreed. storage and transportation cost sharing on oats and barley was rejected. The province will push existing programs and convene farm groups to review actions.
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Tre Hon
J. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Barney
R.m.‘S
R.m.'s
Barney and
Oats
Canada
S.a.rm
Shell to Build Trafalgar Township Refinery
Shell Oil Company of Canada Limited will construct a petroleum refinery in Trafalgar Township on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton. The design capacity is about 31 thousand barrels per stream day, with completion planned for 1965. The plant aims to process nearly 10 million barrels of Canadian crude annually, delivered via Interprovincial Pipe Line, supporting national production goals.
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Shell Oil Company of Canada, Limited
Trafalcar Township
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Hamilton Company
W. M. Wash
eThe
Shell
Mr. Ash
Shell of Canada
Vancouver
Grande Prairie
Winnipeg
Montreal
Repairs and a Shell refinery plan in Ontario
Community notes scrap craft patterns and a Shell refinery project for Ontario. Pattern 7206 solicitations appear alongside a description of an On tario refinery site near Bronte, with plants for distillation and catalytic cracking. Shell plans emphasize pollution controls, buffer landscaping, and local employment.
$10,000,000 Animal Research Lab to Be Built
Ottawa will host a major federal research program into animal diseases with a $10 million laboratory planned. Dr P G Plummer, head of the federal pathology lab, says the center will be world leading and require four to five years to construct. A school picnic moment yields a child’s whispered confusion about family, asking whether a sister is present, then clarifies it is her mother amid many adults.
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Ottawa
P . G. Plummer
Federal Pathology Laboratory
Mary
Alberta Fairview Community College to reopen in 1962
The Alberta Fairview Community College will operate again in September 1962 on a trimester system giving students flexibility. Academic subjects to complete high school will be offered, with dormitory facilities for all attending students. A government committee will study local facilities to determine adequacy and recommend suitable courses and needed infrastructure.
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Alberta Fairview Community College
Fairview
Post office permits unaddressed samples at new rates
Effective September 1 the post office will accept unaddressed Householder samples at higher postage than printed advertising mail. Postmaster General William Hamilton announced the move to ease pressure from heavy individually addressed mail. Samples up to eight ounces and dimensions nine by four and three quarters by three quarters will cost three cents for the first two ounces and one cent for each additional two ounces. Oversized unaddressed samples up to one pound will be charged four cents for the first two ounces and one cent for each additional two ounces.
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William Hamilton
Chuckle on wit and housefly life span
A wry remark distinguishes a witty teller from a nitwit who overuses jokes. The note adds a fact about houseflies living up to about 62 days, reflecting a light, human interest oddity.
Saskatoon College Awards Norman W. Scott Teaching Fellowship
Norman W. Scott of Wadena, a superintendent of schools, will hold a $3,000 teaching fellowship at the College of Education of the University of Saskatchewan for 1961 62. He is the second recipient, with C A Jones of Saskatoon being the first. The fellowship is renewable for one year with progress and performance. Scott will pursue a master of education, assume teaching duties, and oversee practice teaching. He holds a BA and BEd with distinction and has a long teaching administrative record in Saskatchewan, including Kinistino Nipawin and Wadena postings.
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Galen van Cleave
Saskatoon
DuPont Company of Canada
College of
University of Saskatchewan
van Cleave
City Park Collegiate
A. B. van Cleave
University Drive
Norman W. Scott
Wadena
College of Education
Scott
C. A. Jones
Normal School
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
Kinistino
Nipawin
S.T.F
Health Services Planning Commission
Forgan
Sask
Carlsbad
Turtleford
Makwa Lake S.D
Loon Lake
Forgan Consolidated S.D
White Bear S.D
Rosthern S.D
Kinistino S.D
Nipawin Town
Bill on rapeseed delivery survives in senate votes
A government bill to classify rapeseed with flax under the Crowsnest Pass freight-rate pact survived Liberal and Conservative opposition in committee by 12 to 5. The measure, aiming to boost rapeseed as a prairie oil seed, awaits third reading and royal assent after passage in the Commons on June 20 with aims to enact by August 1.
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Senate Transport Committee
Prairies
Commons
Baker
Senate
Danish farmer’s sow births 34 piglets in world record
Aksel Segedee’s sow delivered 34 piglets, a claimed world record according to Danish veterinary experts. The event underscores remarkable litter size in swine, drawing attention from agricultural circles and rural communities.
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Denmark
Aksel Segedee
Eiffel Tower in Paris Ranks Third Highest Building Worldwide
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is described as the third highest building in the world according to the report. It highlights the landmark’s height and global standing among tall structures.
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Paris
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