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SIXTY YEARS AGO
The excavation for the eight-room addition to Fleming School is now being dug and work on the project will be rushed through the summer months.
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, in an almost unprecedented move, will call for a general revision of its 15-year agreement with the National Hockey League.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Sixteen-year-old Minnedosa boy Bernard Leslie Dagg was pulled from Minnedosa Lake this week after a Red Cross-trained girl, Dale McKee, spotted the lad in trouble and went to his assistance. McKee was assisted by Terry Ritchie in towing the lad to shore and Maurice Mazerolle applied artificial respiration.
Victor M. Binkley, president and general manager of Binkley Motors, has been appointed assistant campaign chairman for the 1962 United Appeal.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Hail the size of golf balls and heavy rains hit Boissevain and Killarney areas last night, leaving windows broken and buildings damaged in the town and crops in the surrounding area flattened.
Connie Davidson, a teacher at Neelin High School, is one of two Manitobans to participate this summer in Project Overseas, an annual educational assistance program of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation. She will be travelling to Ethiopia during July and August.
Cattlemen jumped for joy at the Keystone Simmental sale in which a total of 65 head of cattle changed hands for a total of $226,260 in cash.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
British infantry, backed by artillery, pressed a fierce three-pronged attack today on two Argentine-held ridges west of Stanley in the third British assault in as many days on the besieged Falklands capital.
A small crowd of anti-nuclear demonstrators turned up at Princess Park yesterday afternoon. Almost a million people turned up in New York City in support of the United Nations Social Session on Disarmament held earlier this week.
The Canadian dollar broke through the 79-cent barrier to a record low of 78.78 cents U.S. today.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has offered to fully erase debts owed Canada by 10 poor Latin American countries, if they spend equivalent amounts to protect their rainforests and endangered species.
More than 500 people gathered in the late Friday morning sunlight in front of the new, glass-fronted main building at the Agriculture Canada Research Station for the official opening of the $19-million structure.
TEN YEARS AGO
Funnel clouds spotted near Lac du Bonnet and Yorkton, Sask., led to a tornado watch for much of Westman yesterday. Environment Canada issued the watch for Brandon, Carberry, Treherne, Virden, Souris, Neepawa, Minnedosa, Russell and Riding Mountain National Park for the afternoon and evening.
Two Neelin High School students have won national awards for volunteer efforts with Canadian Blood Services. Cara Tardiff and Christine Rodrigue will travel to Ottawa in September to the organization’s Honouring Our Life Blood conference, where they will accept the awards.
Construction of Brandon’s new public safety building could start in early August, city treasurer Grant McMillan says. The $4.4-million facility on Princess Avenue will replace the historic fire hall and Ninth Street police station. Starting work in two months would ready the safety building for opening in March or April next year.
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 13, 2012
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SIXTY YEARS AGO
The excavation for the eight-room addition to Fleming School is now being dug and work on the project will be rushed through the summer months.
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The excavation for the eight-room addition to Fleming School is now being dug and work on the project will be rushed through the summer months.
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