Looking Back — June 19, 2023

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This article was published 19/06/2023 (926 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

U.S. President John Kennedy sent to Congress today a five-point civil rights program which he said provides the most responsible reasonable and urgently needed solution to this problem. The five points are: 1) To give black Americans equal accommodations in such public facilities

as restaurants, hotels, theatres and recreational areas; 2)To speed school desegregation; 3) To provide “fair and full employment”; 4) To set up on the federal level through executive action a community relations service to work with local biracial groups; and 5) To bar federal assistance to “any program or activity in which racial discrimination occurs.”

FIFTY YEARS AGO

The prime minister’s office today confirmed reports that Margaret Trudeau is pregnant. The second child of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife is expected around the end of the year.

More than 900 people jammed the convention hall of the Keystone Centre last night to hear Premier Ed Schreyer and meet the candidates from six southwestern Manitoba ridings.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Police arrested hundreds of anti-nuclear protesters blocking the gates of several United States weapons plants from Connecticut to California today during what organizers called Disarmament Action Day.

For the second consecutive year Glenn Caldwell of Reston has captured the title of King Farmer at the Provincial Exhibition. With 76 points he squeezed by Raymond Kulbacki of Neepawa by five points.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

It’s big bucks under the B for the Manitoba government, which opened a $15-million“bingo parlour” in Winnipeg this weekend. Club Regent offers everything from slot machines to plastic ponies for those with cash to spare.

Manitoba Pool Elevators is taking steps to upgrade burglar alarm systems at its chemical storage sites following the second herbicide heist in a week. The latest incident had cases of herbicide, worth $26,000, stolen from the Quadra elevator.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

A Brandon critical-care nurse is one of eight Manitoba nurses who have jetted to a Toronto hospital to help with staffing shortages due to the SARS outbreak. The nurses left earlier this week.

Local Canadian Pacific Railway workers are dealing with snarls in rail traffic after staff who control every movement of the 25 trains that pass daily through Brandon walked off the job. Railway managers are now doing the jobs of 200 members of the Rail Canada Traffic Controllers Union.

TEN YEARS AGO

An Old Order Mennonite community in Manitoba has reportedly had all but one of their children apprehended by Child and Family Services amid allegations of child abuse. In addition, the number of adults charged has now grown from two to four as the police investigation continues.

Hundreds of Manitobans who’ve signed up to speak on NDP legislation — from cracking down on bullying to raising the provincial sales tax to merging smaller municipalities — are in limbo due to a cat-and-mouse political game now nearing its 50th day in the Manitoba legislature. When public presentations start is up to the Opposition Progressive Conservatives, the NDP says. The PCs say they’re not budging from their position the PST hike to eight per cent is bad for the economy and breaks the law in that the New Democrats are not holding a referendum on the increase.