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Looking Back-April 10, 2012

By: Cathy Arthur

Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 | Comments: 0

In 1982: Future classics showing on Brandon screens

SIXTY YEARS AGO

The Assiniboine River rose one inch during the night to reach a level of 12 feet, 11 inches.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman seized the country’s vast steel industry today in the name of the United States government, averting a union shutdown of vital mills.

Spike Jones and his City Slickers presented two shows in the Wheat City Arena.

The federal government yesterday put a floor price on beef to help the shaky livestock industry.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Stormy Weather, ridden by Keith Macpherson, the winningest horse in the Homecrest Farms stable, repeated his feats of piling up the biggest number of points in the Manitoba Winter Fair hunter classes last week to win the Linda Scott Memorial trophy for the second straight year.

The United States and Britain gave Russia an apparent final warning today that unless there is agreement on an enforceable nuclear test ban, the new U.S. test series scheduled to start late this month “will have to go ahead.”

FORTY YEARS AGO

Canada, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain agreed today to outlaw biological weapons by signing an international convention negotiated at the Geneva disarmament conference.

For the past academic year, Brandon University has been the base of operation for a man apparently impersonating Martin John Bohn, an American psychologist. The man, known as Martin Joseph Bohn, and his wife are sought by the RCMP.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

Currently showing in Brandon: at the Strand, “Chariots of Fire,” starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson, and “Melanie” starring Glynnis O’Connor and Burton Cummings; at the Towne Cinema, “On Golden Pond,” starring Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn, and “Battlestar Galactica,” starring Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict; at the Lucky Star Drive-In, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” starring Harrison Ford and “Airplane” starring Robert Hayes and Leslie Nielsen.

Barbara Lewis of the Brandon Ski Club was presented the Manitoba Order of Sports Excellence Award.

Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. of Toronto said that depressed worldwide metals prices have forced it to temporarily shut down its two mining operations and regional headquarters in northern Manitoba, affecting about 650 employees.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Constitutional negotiators claimed a historic breakthrough yesterday, agreeing in principle to the inherent right of native self-government and limited changes to the Senate.

Edith and Alfred Poole, Kemnay; Almon Cotton, Swan River Valley; George Franklin, Deloraine and Lloyd Hatch, Oak Lake; will all be inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame. Remi De Pope, Somerset; Susan Jasper, Hartney; John McLean and Merle Barkley, Morden; will all be placed on the hall’s roll of honour. The only living person selected is Edith Poole.

TEN YEARS AGO

Brandon arts groups are in the money again — relatively speaking — after city council restored some of the grants it cut last year. Council approved grants for 37 organizations, including six arts groups. Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals ($1,000), Brandon Chamber Players ($1,500), Brandon Festival of the Arts ($750), Brandon Folk, Music and Art Festival ($2,000), Brandon Jazz Festival ($2,500) and Theatre New West ($500) will get grants. They’re small amounts but important to some that need to show local support when applying for larger grants from Manitoba and Canada arts councils.

Wawanesa could see its biggest residential construction boom in two decades as a result of a plan to build as many as 11 energy-efficient homes. It has been chosen for a pilot project developed by Wheat Belt Community Futures, Manitoba Hydro and the Wawanesa-Oakland Community Development Corporation.

» From the archives of the Brandon Sun

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 10, 2012

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