Looking Back — September 9, 2010
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This article was published 09/09/2010 (5753 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In 1950: Bing Jukes opens drive-in diner
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Bing Juckes, a former Brandon hockey star, opened a modern eating establishment on the northern approach to the city today. Bing Juckes’ Drive-In is situated near the site of the old flying club on the northern approach to the city. Its distinctive design has a practical value for while it is very modern, it is compact and equipped to give fast, efficient service to waiting cars.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Figures released by the unemployment Insurance Commission in Brandon show applicants registered a total 760 compared with 605 one year ago. Of the number registered, 396 are male and 364 are female.
A fire believed to have started from overheated stovepipes completely destroyed the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Smith, nine miles north of Oak Lake this morning.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Patrick Watson, former host of the CBC program “This Hour Has Seven Days,” will be in Brandon today to discuss “Alternatives in Education” at a seminar at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium.
Downtown property holders owning $2.1 million worth of property have so far signed a petition requesting city council to create a local improvement district in the downtown area to enable construction of a 300 car parkade.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The spirit of Terry Fox Week remains high in the Brandon area, according to the local Canadian Cancer Society. Westman donations toward the Marathon of Hope fund in honour of the amputee runner are now estimated at $22,000.
Two arson fires in Deloraine this past weekend have increased suspicion that a $200,000 blaze at the Robinson Store just six days earlier was also deliberately set. One fire on Saturday caused an estimated $15,000 damage to Deloraine Hair Fashions and Hasselfields Drugstore next door.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
An order by Ayatollah Khomeini for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie will definitely be carried out. “Its implementation is indisputable,” the Iranian newspaper Abrar said of the order issued in February 1989 after publication of Rushdie’s novel, “The Satanic Verses.”
The federal government will not negotiate any form of amnesty for armed Mohawk Warriors at Oka, Que., federal Justice Minister Kim Campbell said today.
An internal memo at Brandon General Hospital has ordered department heads to cut $1 million from the operating budget by April.
TEN YEARS AGO
The already unheard-of price of 70.9 cents for a litre of regular unleaded fuel jumped two to three cents at service stations around Brandon yesterday.
Canadian car buyers feasted on factory rebates and cheap financing last month, sending August vehicle sales soaring 14 per cent. Sales of cars, trucks, minivans and sport-utility vehicles jumped to 138,416 from 121,807 a year earlier as automakers, led by Daimler Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, pumped incentive money into the market.
From the files of The Brandon Sun. Compiled by Cathy Arthur.