Lögberg-Heimskringla - 07.03.1980, Síða 1

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94. ARGANGUR
Winnipeg, föstudagur 7. majrs, 1980
NUMER 8
Sister Laufey Olson, Jan.
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3000 North Hamline Avo.,
ST. PAUL, Minn. 5511-
Preserves Heritoge — Assures Future

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RAGNHILDUR HELGADÓTTIR ATTENDS
CONFERENCE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Mrs. Ragnhildur Helgadottir,
from Reykjavik, Iceland, a former
member of the Icelandic Althing,
has been invited to participate in
the conference Status of Women in
Scandinavia and American
Societies, March 14 and 15, 1980.
The conference will be held in
Augsburg College, Minneapolis.
This two-day conference of
lectures and panel discussions on
the role of women in the Scan-
dinavian countries and in the
United States will focus on women
in the work force, marriage and
the family, status of women in the
church, educational goals and
textbook bias, attitudes toward
women in society and politics. The
March 14 and 15 conference is
open to the public at no charge and
will be held in Sateren Auditorium
of the Music Hall, Augsburg
College.
Fru Ragnhildur Helgadottir
from Iceland is the only woman
coming from abroad to lead
discussion of the “Evolving Status
of Women in Scandinavian and
American Societies.” A leader in
women’s activities holding a
federal post in Washington in that
field, will discuss the topic as it
involvesthe United States — Mrs.
Arvonne Fraser, wife of the
former congressman, now Mayor
of Minneapolis, Donald Fraser.
Ragnhildur Helgadottir
received her law degree at the
University of Iceland in 1958
admitted to practice in the district
courts December 13, 1965. She
was a member of Iceland’s
Althing, elected from Reykjavik
and serving, through sugcessive
re-elections, from 1956 to 1979.
Elected presiding officer of
parliament’s upper chamber,
serving 1961-1962. Chairman of
the National Federation of In-
dependence Party Women and a
member of the Central Committee
of the Independence Party since
1965. Delegate for Iceland to the
European Council Meeting in
Strasbourg in May, 1963. In
addition to this, she has served on
a number of important councils
and committees. Ragnhildur is
married to Bor Vilhjalmsson,
municipal judge in Reykjavik,
professor of Law at the University
and now member of Iceland’s
NÝ RÍKISSTJÓRN
Mns og sagt hefur verið frá
blaðinu hefur nú verið
íynduð ný ríkisstjórn á Is-
mdi undir forsæti Gunnars
’horoddsen. Mynd þessi er
ekin á Bessastöðum og sýn-
r hina nýju ríkisstjórn á-
amt forseta Islands.
F.v. Gunnar Thoroddsen
orsætisráðherra, Steingrím-
ir Hermannsson sjávarút-
'egsráðherra, Svavar Gests-
on félagsmálaráðherra,
fjörleifur Guttormsson iðn-
iðarráðherra, Tómas Árna-
on viðskiptaráðherra, Ragn
ar Arnalds fjármálaráðherra
Ingvar Gíslason menntamála
ráðherra, Ólafur Jóhannes-
son utanríkisráðherra, Frið-
jón Þórðarson dómsmálaráð-
herra, Pálmi Jónsson land-
búnaðarráðherra og forseti
Islands hr. Kristján Eldjám.
Þrir ráðherranna hafa
ekki setið ráðherrastóla fyrr
en þeir eru Ingvar Gíslason,
Friðjón Þórðarson og Pálmi
Jónsson.
Ríkisstjórnannnar íslensku
hafa menn nú lengi beðið. —
Fjölmargar tilraunir vortr
Ragnhildur Helgadóttár
Supreme
Ragnhildur
Court. Bor and
have four children.
gerðar til stjórnarmyndunar
síðustu mánuði. Ekki vantaði
forsetaráðherraefnin viljann
En hér var við erfiðleika að
etja. Engin stjórnmálaflokk-
ur komst nálægt því að vinna
hreinan meirihluta i síðustu
kosningum, og þvi naumast
um amiað að ræða en sam-
steypustjórn með stuðningi
tveggja eða fleiri stjórnmála
flokka eða þá minnihluta-
stjórn. Nokkuð kom til tals
að allir flokkar á þingi mynd
uðu þjóðstjórn, en sú hugj-
mynd fékk heldur lítinn byr.
TRAN^LATORS OF
ICELANDIC-
CANADIAN
LITERATURE
We should like to draw special
attention to the following letter
from Canadian Fiction Magazine:
The Canadian Fiction Magazine
plans to publish a second volume
of fiction from the unofficial
languages of Canada. Submissions
are sought as soon as possible and
contributors and translators will
be paid according to professional
standards.
I would certainly appreciate
being put in touch with anyone
you can suggest who can con-
tribute and-or translate short
stories and self-contained novel
excerpts from languages other
than French and English. W. D.
Valgardson has suggested you
might be able to help with
Icelandic contributors.
This project is sponsored by the
Multiculturalism Department.
Canadians writing in languages
other than French and English
should send their submissions to
Geoff Hancock, editor, Canadian
Fiction Magazine, Box 946,
Station F, Toronto, Ontario M4Y
2N9.
May we suggest that anyoné
interested in this proposal write
directly to Mr. Hancock.
The Editors
AN OUTSTANDING
SINGER WINS
ACCLAIM
IN TORONTO
In June 1979 Catherine Haire
took her Grade Ten Voice exam at
the Royal Conservatory of Music
in Toronto. When the results were
out, Catherine had the highest
mark in the Province of Ontario.
On November 9 she was presented
with a silver medal at a special
program for silver medalists.
Catherine is a lyric soprano. She is
a graduate in music of the
University of Toronto and now
teaches music in the high school at
Listowl, Ontario. She is also an
organist and choir master in the
Presbyterian church there.
Catherine Haire
Though born iií Vancouver,
Catherine has lived all her life in
Toronto. She is the daughter of
Jack and Ethel Haire. Her mother
Ethel is the youngest daughter of
Magnus G. Gudlaugson and his
wife Olina. Ethel was born and
raised in the Peace River Country
of Alberta, but went to Toronto to
further her own musical studies.
There she met and married her
husband Jack Haire in 1947. He is
of Irish descent.
Catherine has one sister -
Barbara Jean. She is a graduate in
piano from the Royal Con-
servatory of Music, but has
distinguished herself as a
graduate in Business Ad-
ministration from Western
University of London.
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