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'Flying Phil' Gaglardi shows off his highway program in 1956


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“Newspapers are very valuable things,” he once told a Social Credit convention. “I’ve been through a lot of them in the outhouse.”
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This Week in History: 1956: Flying Phil Gaglardi shows off his highway program Back to video
But with a provincial election in the offing in the summer of 1956, the long-time Socred highways minister invited the media along on an eight-day tour of provincial roads.
The tour was largely by plane, which was fitting, given that the media had dubbed Gaglardi “Flying Phil.” ....

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