Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 14, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Reach twice the readers in greater Winnipeg with free press want ads Winnipeg free press Carrier 3sc Winnipeg Friday october 14, 1960 copy Price Joc sunny with occasional Cloudy intervals. A Ottle temperature change. Winds Luff it. Saturday 30 and 55. Temperatures for period new line plan Joejr fort William York on old . City unable to win bid Given several opportunities but private firms higher the City of Winnipeg was Given the Opportunity to bid on the old Winnipeg Post office building but could not match the bids of several private firms received by the Federal government Louis Richard president and general manager of Crown assets disposal corporation said Friday in Ottawa. Or. Richard said several private companies had submitted bids for the old building. The Post office Load been to the highest bidder. The City of Winnipeg had wanted the old building turned Ostir to the City for the nominal Price of Hon. Raymond o Hurley minis Ter of defence production who has Crown assets under his jurisdiction disclosed exclusively to the free press Ottawa Bureau thursday that the old Post office building had finally been sold by the fed eral government. The Sale took place this week. The City was Given ample Opportunity to buy the old building but it was finally sold to the High est or. Richard said. 4 traffic victims in Hospital four persons were hospitalized in Winnipeg thursday night when five cars became involved in two separate accidents. Harry re Smuk 69, and his wife Kita of 44 Matheson Avenue were injured when their car became involved in a four car collision near main Street and Pacific Avenue. Both Are reported in Good condition in the Winnipeg general Hospital. The occurs at about 10 . Last night when a car collided with a tree at the Corner of William Avenue and Lydia Street. The Driver George w. Thorn 19. Of 719 William Avenue received head injuries. A passenger Wayne Parnell 19, of 719 William Avenue suffered lacerations to his face. Both Are in fair condition in Winnipeg general Hospital. Plan for town Hall is dropped the Winnipeg Junior Cham ber of Commerce has decided not to hold an election town Hall because of Lack of time to get one organized. They dropped the idea two years ago because of Lack of pub Lic attendance at meetings where candidates for civic office could give their platforms and answer questions. When the metro election com Mittee and the Kcf both said they d Welcome the Chance of having their candidates appear on a town Hall the Jaycees considered reviving the custom. The Jaycees thursday approached the Csc on the possibility of a televised town Hall. The Csc noted it already has scheduled a number of informative programs on metro. The Jaycees then dropped the town Hall idea altogether. False friends rapped those Divide labor management blasted by Carroll those who attempt to Divide Jabor and management into two Camps Are false labor minister Jack Carroll said Friday. Speaking at the opening of the sixth annual convention of the Manitoba federation of labor or. Carroll said the stigma of labor or anti labor attached to people should be eliminated. All will agree that an employer who engages in unfair labor practices should be he told the 200 delegates. But it is unfair to imply that this is a com Mon practice because tire facts show that this is rare in common interests isolated irresponsible actions of unionists by the ame Token should t Brand the whole Union movement. Or. Carroll hoped the convex Ion would be fair in criticizing management and government. In on and. Management a had a goo Ideal in common -7 Joth seeking for example improved town planning housing and municipal services. On unemployment or. Carroll said the Best efforts of govern ment business and labor were needed to combat it. Details of the province s Winter works program one of the greatest in its history would be announced later. Most important some unemployment could be blamed on inability to meet com petition for both the Home and foreign markets. Some could be blamed on a Lack of technical and professional skills. Labor was the single most important Factor determining the health of the Canadian Economy or. Carroll said. It had an Obliga Tion therefore to exercise in common with employers responsibility in economic development. The Public interest must be served and Yow just both strive Eor the most efficient and most economical methods of meeting the needs for the better understanding Between the two groups would Aid this. Mrs. Patterson and daughter Colleen missing 4 months camping meeting Manitoba camping. Association will hold its annual meeting at . Tuesday in the Owca sose room 447 Webb place. A. D. Thompson superintendent of Winnipeg elementary schools will speak on the recent Canadian con Ference on children. Sleeper moves up in mayor s stakes bettors with tickets on mayor Thomas b. Findlay Are urged to hang onto them carefully. The St. James mayor biggest Sleeper on the track in the Community Chest mayoralty fund race has come roaring up from last place and is already nosing out mayor Stephen Juba for place position in the contest. The big drive came Friday with the posting of another 761 by the Community Chest. It now has 42.8 per cent of its objective. Mayor George Suttie of East Kildonan honorary chairman of the schools and universities division is still Way out in front with 58.1 per cent of his Money in. Mayor Juba and his textile division have 22.9 per cent accounted for and mayor Findlay s boards and commission division have 20.5 per cent in. Behind them in order of standing Are mayor Raymond Fennell of fort Garry provincial Federal and civic governments 17.5 per cent mayor Walter Bannister of Brooklands mechanical and engineering 14.9 per cent mayor Thomas Copland of Transcona residential 10.5 per cent mayor j. G. Van Belleghem St. Boniface advertising 6.1 per cent mayor Cecil Lamont Tuxedo wholesale and hardware 4.8 per cent Reeve a. E. Christiansen. West St. Paul retail 4.7 per cent mayor John Dickson North Kildonan food and beverage 4.4 per cent. With less than one per cent to Date Are Reeve Fred Hayward Charleswood mayor c. M. Kushner West Kildonan construction and mayor Fred Brennan St. Vital car and car. Wife seeks help to find husband a Winnipeg woman whose Hus band disappeared four months ago is turning to the Public for help in locating him. He was she said a wonderful husband and a Good father to Nis four the missing Man is a former army quartermaster w. J. Patterson known As Pat Bill or mrs. Olive Patterson of 796 Flora Avenue says she does t know whether her husband is alive or dead. She thinks he might. Have suffered of ii attack of amnesia or. Might have been the victim of foul play last june 17 when he left their Dawson Creek .b.c. Home to get some Money at the or. Patterson Drew about from his account in the Dawson Creek Bank Money he had received from his army pension fund and disappeared. He was Hospital gets loan of the Federal government has awarded a Grant to the Winnipeg general Hospital to help finance a five Storey service Wing and to renovate existing facilities. A spokesman for. Hospital said Winnipeg general had applied for the loan last under the Federal construction Grants Tir Ogram. The new Wing expected to in july 1961, will 000. The Federal Grant will be matched by the Manitoba govern ment. The Winnipeg general hos Pital trustee fund will Supply 000, and the remainder will be Bor rowed. The new addition will House a Kitchen cafeteria stores Bio chemistry and research labs a Central Supply service and a re covery room. Railway Man dispute crash report three Winnipeg railway men took exception Friday to the free press report thursday of a two train collision at Benard Man., contending the Story left the impression the Crew of train no. 5, the westbound train involved was at fault. No. 5 had started into a siding to allow eastbound no. 12 to pass when the two trains collided. The westbound train was not moving when it was hit by no. 12, which had been slowed to less than 10 . Before the Impact Railroad officials said. Officials said severe fog which Cut visibility almost to Zero is considered the major cause of the crash. There has been nothing so ear in the findings of an official investigation to establish which rain was actually a or spokesman added. Last seen in the men s canteen of the Dawson Creek army base. Happy life mrs. Patterson says he disappeared driving their 1950 station Wagon without even a change of clothing. She said they had a Happy family and the Only thing she could think of that might have been bothering her husband was the criticism he had received from army authorities since his discharge. Or. Patterson worked in the quartermaster stores at d Awson Creek before he was discharged in april mrs. Patterson said. After his discharge t army officers visited their Home complaining of some missing sleeping bags she said. The couple planned to return to their original Home in Winnipeg where or. Patterson was to begin his own taxi business his wife said. After his disappearance mrs. Patterson said one managed to persuade army authorities to move her and her family Back to Winnipeg where she is now receiving welfare support. I have complained to the ramp in mrs. Patterson said. They told me to write to Winnipeg. The family court Here is trying to help 2 tattoos or. Patterson is described As 24 j ears of age five feet eight inches High red hair Hazel eyes with a complexion and weighing 185 pounds. He has two tattoos on his right Arm there is a Rose a Bird and the name on his left Arm hearts and the names Bob Bill and he was driving a Light Grey 1950 Dodge when he disappeared. The car carried a 1960 British Columbia licence no. 378-562. The Patterson have four Chil Dren. They Are Bobbie 12 ber Nice 10 Billie 7, and Coleen 1. Or. Patterson Falls 30 feet to Concrete a 40-year-old construction worker was injured thursday when he fell through a Hole and tumbled 30 feet to a Concrete basement floor. St. James police withhold the Man s name but said that he had been working on the construction of the Park West motor hotel Portage Avenue and Madison Street at . When he broke through a Board and fell to the basement floor. He was taken to Grace Hospi Tal with undetermined injuries. There were no broken Bones but there May have been some pulled Muscles police said. Variety show St Andrew s society of Winni Peg will hold its eighth annual scotch variety program at 8 . Wednesday in the Dominion Thea tre. The concert will feature Highland dancing by Daphne Van Engal Janice Douglas Kim Mccormick and Faye Thomson Heather Bell girls pipe band will play. If protracted strike worries Selkirk mayor effects of 6-week steel Plant stoppage not bad yet but businessmen fear Long walk out mayor Ben Massey of Selkirk said thursday night his town s Economy will suffer immensely if there is a drawn out strike at the Manitoba rolling Mills Plant. Things have been holding up Carrick warns voters omnibus bylaw will bring defeat mayoralty candidate Stan car Rick Friday charged that Winnipeg City Council put urgently needed civic projects on the shelf for an other year by lumping them in its massive omnibus bylaw. Or. Carrick predicted sure de feat at the polls for the 000 Money bylaw claiming be tween 75 and 90 per cent of City ratepayers will turn the project Down. The candidate said the decision by the Junior chamber of com Merce not to stage a town Hall this year should not deprive the Winnipeg Public of the Chance to hear the two mayoral platforms discussed in a Public debate. He challenged mayor Stepnen Juba to meet him any place any preferably he said at the civic auditorium because it is owned by the City. He asked where is mayor Juba s program. He asked me on nomination Day and promised to give me his but i Haven t received or. Carrick said a new police station was sorely needed in Winnipeg. More this year than Ever before. But City Council More than jeopardized the project they Defeated it when they dumped so Many other things in with it. The other things Are needed but not urgently and voters Are very resentful about the form this bylaw has taken. You will see what happens one puts All one s eggs in one he warned. Injured by wild Bullet Swan River Man. Up Kenneth Gilbert Overby 18, was taken to Winnipeg general hos Pital thursday night after he. Was struck in the head by a ricocheting 22-calibre Rifle Bullet. Ramp said Overby and three companions were shooting across a River three Miles West of this Community 320 Miles Northwest of Winnipeg when the Bullet ricocheted. He was reported by Hospital authorities in fairly Good Condi Ion Friday. Hydro chief reports soviets ooze Confidence the russian people seem sublimely confident that their coun try will eventually become a More productive nation than the United states Donald Stephens chair Man and general manager of the Manitoba Hydro electric Board told a Winnipeg luncheon meeting thursday. Or. Stephens who recently spent three weeks touring Russia with a group of Canadian Hydro officials said . Propaganda makes no attempt to hide the fact that the United states currently Lias a much higher Standard of living than Russia. He was outlining impressions of his russian trip at a luncheon sponsored by Winnipeg chamber of Commerce s economic information committee. Seem Content the soviet government propaganda line stresses that russian citizens will eventually have the highest living standards in the world if they will Only tighten their belts a Little for the he said. We did not sense a Lack of Harmony Between the people and the government russians like and Admire Strong purposeful leadership and they feel they be got or. Stephens said the average russian citizen appears Content with his lot and feels that present hardships must be borne cheer fully so that the . Can achieve its goal of out producing the United states. Russians ardently desire peace he believes because they think it is the Best Way they can accomplish their political and economic objectives. The purposefulness of the rus sians rather than their actual advances is the Factor that should cause said. It makes a Canadian wonder we Are in a sufficiently purposeful mood to Cope with what s going on in the ." need to counter or. Stephens said the russians Are trying to create the impression that they underdeveloped countries and take nothing in return. At the same propaganda is claiming that West Ern countries intend to acquire these territories lock Stock and "1 think we must find some Way to combat this propaganda he said. I feel the russians Are making some headway in under developed countries even though we know their statements Are in he was surprised that russians were allowed to express them selves freely on controversial subjects although he had been told that restrictions had Only been lifted in the past four or five years. He said the Canadian Visi tors participated in some quite rugged political economical and technical discussions with their russian hosts. Astounded he was also astounded by the apparent Richness of natural re sources in Russia. He said soviet citizens greatly Admire technical achievement and always want to have the largest this and that. There was also Mere evidence of Competition than i expected to he said. On one project it appeared the manager was earning eight times More than his labourers. That s a bigger spread than we encounter despite All the Progress he did t think any Canadian would like to Trade a rus Sian. Well so he told the free press but our businesses will Likely take losses unless there is an Early the strike started about six weeks ago when about 600 steel workers walked out of the Selkirk Plant. Rated As the town s main Industry the Plant has been closed since that time and there has been no indication that work will be resumed soon. Mayor Massey said the economic effects of the strike have not been Felt to any great degree As yet. He said the Idle workers have been Able to support themselves by taking part time jobs As har vesters potato pickers and fish ing Plant processors. Morale Strong the town s morale is Strong Al though Selkirk citizens have varied viewpoints on whether the strikers or management Are in the right the mayor said. Some think the strike was a Wise move others he said. You Don t hear too much comment about it on the streets. But everybody is hoping for a Quick return to garage Man Frank Malis who is also chamber of Commerce president said the farm population has helped support Selkirk s eco Nomy during the lean period. He said most Farmers have finished their harvesting and Are now com ing in Large an Outing they were not Able to make during the summer. Good fall the Farmers have had a Good fall and some of them Are driving Long distances to get he said. The garage business in t feeling the Pinch although things May be different for grocers and or. Malis thinks town morale will remain at a High level until Winter. Who could be miserable in such Fine weather As he said. Praise for City clinic new York consultant says child unit one of Best a new York social work consultant thursday night commended Winnipeg school trustees for the interest they have shown in the operation of the City s child guidance clinic. Or. Rose Goldman discussed the clinic with the trustees Dur ing a special meeting of the school Board. She is one of four consultants the Board has invited to Winnipeg to carry out an in service training program with the staff of the clinic. Or. Goldman said she was impressed with the Homework trustees had been doing. The Board has held a series of Spe Cial meetings to become better acquainted with the purpose and Workings of the clinic. Winnipeg s clinic said or. Goldman was one of the Best organized units she had Ever visited. She said one of its Strong Points was that All five depart ments social service Reading speech and hearing psychology and psychiatry were under the direction of a single body. However or. Goldman told the trustees she would like to see an increase in the clinic s staff and More Money spent to improve the services offered there. Her three Day stay in Winnipeg ended Friday. During that time she has conducted several sem Inars with the staff of the social work department. Three named to study effects of medicare Hon. George Johnson minister of health Friday announced the members of a special commission which will study the effects of he province s medicare p Gram on the teaching of medical students in hospitals. Or. Johnson said that any fur ther Extension of government a Ivity in the Field of comprehensive medical care would await the re sults of the commission s study. Chairman of the commission is . Harold j. Riley. Its members Are or. Kenneth r. Trueman representing the Mani Toba medical association and or. John p. Gemmell representing the medical faculty of the University of Manitoba. The commission will Deal with . Riley commission chairman free press meetings meetings to be held Mon Day in the free press build ing include Board room no. 2, federation of senior citizens 2 . Board room no. 1, Manitoba ladies Lawn Bowling association 8 . Board room no. 2, ladies auxiliary to Imperial Veter ans in Canada 8 . Club room Winnipeg aquarium society 8 . The problems created for medical education by the medicare Gram which supplies cards to 000 recipients of social allowances entitling them to medical care from the doctor of their Choice. Formerly Many of these people were treated in the out patient departments of teaching hospitals where senior interns received Clin ical training under supervision. With these patients now free to be treated by the doctors of their own Choice medical men fear that the Supply of patients for teaching purposes in the out patient depart ments May be seriously limited. The commission will seek new ways in which interns can get the necessary training. Or. Johnson said the commis Sion s work will be largely a tech Nical study and will Likely include visits to other provinces to study teaching methods there. He said the study had attracted the inter est of medical educators across Canada. The government first announced its intention to inaugurate the study at the time it put its medi care program . J. T. Patterson new co for Winnipeg bears Wing cmdr. J. T. Patterson took command of the City s auxiliary Squadron the Winnipeg bears thursday succeeding Wing cmdr. D. M. Gray the commanding officer of the group for the past four years. The Squadron itself is being re equipped with amphibious otters replacing four of the expediters it flew in its former transport role. The new aircraft will be used in search and Rescue and in National survival operations. Four expediters will be kept for Light transport duty. The auxiliary will continue its training concentrating on Aerial observation to de Termine disaster areas. The Winnipeg bears flew Hurri canes and spitfires during these cond world War ;