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Terrace Bay News, 5 Sep 1968, p. 12

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PAGE 12 Drowning Victim Buried - cont'd from page 13 Mr. and Mrs. Lauri Halonen Jr. and family, Mr. R. Sheffield of Port Arthur, John Halonen of Brookline, Ontario and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wainikka from Gurney. ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE REPORT Period from August 25th to 31st, 1968 During the past week the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated four motor vehicle accidents which resulted in approximat ely $800 property damage. No injuries were report- ed. - One motorist struct Costa's Foodateria, at Schrei- ber, causing approximately $15.00 property damage and $150.00 to his car. Constable J.E. Wills locat- ed the subject and charged him with failing to report 'the accident. From August 25th to 31st, members of this Detach- ment, patrolled 2,830 miles of highways and logged 232 working hours . _ There were 9 persons charged under the Highway Traffic Act; 30 warned and 68 vehicles given safety checks. Four persons were charged under the Liquor Control Act. There was one break and enter reported, with nothing stolen. There were four reports of thefts, which presently are under investigation. There were also 3 domestic complaints investigated. Deaths, injuries and accidents in Canada for the 1958-1967 decade show a gradual upward trend with a slight dip in 1965. During this period there were 3,262,392 motor vehicle accidents; 41,304 persons killed as a result of these uccidents and 1,206,785 persons injured. Please drive carefully and avoid being a "statistic ' M. Kulmatycki . GOVERNMENT TO PAY HALF COS The Federal government is paying half the cost of converting coin-operated vending machines from silver to the new nicket coinage (quarters and dimes) There are 500,000 machines to be converted at $16 each across Canada, so Ottawa's share will be about $4 million. The problem arose when the federal government announced the switch from a silver- copper alloy to all-nickel coins. The switch to all- nickel coins means an increased seigniorage revenue for the Royal Canadian Mint because it costs less to TERRACE BAY NEWS SEPTEMBER 5, 1968 manufacture the new coins but the selling price to banks and other outlets stays at the same face value. This added income will be used to pay the govern- ment's share of converting the machines. Makers of the new coin selection mechanisims enclose forms on which owners apply for the 50 percent rebate. Harold Shack of the staff of Holy Angels' _, Separate School, Schreiber ~ who has been granted a year's leave to teach ina Mission school in Nassau, is shown in the photo at left by Inez McCuaig. Harold flew from the Lakehead on August 27th ta take up his new position and plans to return to teach in Schreiber at the end of his Nassau tenure. ACROSS 1-Gratuities 5-Small lumps 9-Handles 11-Calm 13-Faroe Islands whirlwind 14-New York State | university 16-Babylonian deity 17-Recede 19-Buckets 20-Encountered 21-Plumlike fruit 23-Suffix: like 24-Evergreen trees. 25-City in Germany 27-Trades for money 29-Music: as written 30-Young boy 31-Food programs 33-Man's name 35-Dock 36-Crony (colloq.) 38-Pitcher 40-Organ of hearing 41-Singing voice 43-Resort 44-Paid notice 45-Operated 47-Three-toed sloth 48-Esteem 50-Star in Draconia 52-Flesh 53-Wife of Geraint DOWN 1-Threefold 2-That is (abbr.) | 3-Moccasin 4-Cease 5-Dampens - 6- Exist 7-Prefix: 8-Scoffs 9-Pedal 10-Killed 11-Transac- tions 12-Dines 15-Alcoholic beverage 18-Playing the boss more and more 20-Discoloration caused by fungi (pl.) 22-Chemical compound 24-Blaze 26-Consume 28-Cloth measure 31-Crown 32-Squander 33-Encomium 34-Remunerated 35-Fruit down digits SOLUTION -- -Collection of 45-Cry of goat facts. 46-Man's moet nickname on -Fruit cake 49-Earth goddess -Nerve network 51-Note of scale' T0505 AS25054 Ce x XD oO > oO oO 6 $25 0 YY D 2. DO KO

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