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Dates: during 1950-1959
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JOHN C. PELECH Hamilton, Ont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 14, 1959 | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...first time since 1920, the Harmsworth Cup, symbol of world supremacy in powerboat racing, left the U.S. as Canada's Miss Supertest Ill, owned by Jim (Supertest gasoline) Thompson of London, Ont, defeated Maverick, owned by Phoenix Millionaire (oil, cattle) Bill Waggoner. In winning the cup, Miss Supertest set a new course record of 104.098 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Sep. 7, 1959 | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

Between the Lines. In Toronto, Ont., Palmist Jean Long read a young woman's palm, "You'll be successful and helpful to others." next day was fined $25 for fortunetelling when her client turned out to be a policewoman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

Died. Reuben Bennett D'Aigle, 85, legendary lone-wolf gold prospector who roamed the Canadian North in search of his fortune and always narrowly missed it; of a heart attack; in Scarborough, Ont. On his way to register a claim to gold he discovered in northern Ontario in 1907, "Sourdough" was sidetracked by tales of a silver strike, learned to his sorrow that he had passed up a $500 million gold mine. After years of scouring Labrador (which has remembered him in the names of rivers, lakes and streets), he struck iron ore, but the depression prevented him from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 17, 1959 | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

DAVID E. H. FANGRAD Stratford, Ont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 20, 1959 | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

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