Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, October 22, 1960

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 22, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday Faturos i i j first Section pages 1 20 letters to the editor 32 deaths 8 Book Page 13 women s 14 to 19 radio to .25 to 28 music 29 Church 30, 31 comics .34, 35 Jumble game 36 Jumble entry form 52 sports 53 to 57 finance 62, 63 keeping in shape 17 first Section news women s news travel How to grow Trees and shrubs from seed women students at University choose special lines of study. Page 15 what to hand out to ghosts and goblins is suggested Page 18 second Section Africa is still the scene of witchcraft Ard other Barbaric customs. Page 21 Manitoban Ara Reading More books than Ever before. Page 21 John Bracken is now a breeder of Fine horses Page 23 radio and to guide pages 25 to 28 third Section editorial classified fourth Section sports entertainment finance Winnipeg free press final edition free press phone number Whitehall 3-9331 and department Inelma Lynx club lied Adi vol. 68 21 88 pages Winnipeg saturday october 22, 1960 forecast unsettled 30 and 35 gloves removed in angry to Duel of words ilk. Plans no action on Cuba but word awaited on Fate of insurance firms by Duart Farquharson London staff the British government is not contemplating joining the United states in its Trade embargo on Cuba. Nor Are any other counter measures being consid ered for the simple reason that Britain has Little to coun Ter. British business interests in Cuba Are very few and with one major exception have not been intentionally harmed by president Castro. By Robert j. Donovan new York special Nyht vice president Nixon and sen John f. Kennedy staged a tense and sometimes bitter debate Fri Day night on Cuba Quemoy Anc Matsu and the question of Ameri world prestige. Iii their fourth and apparently final meeting on television the presidential candidates threw Chal Lenges and jibes at one another with or. Nixon praising the Eisen Hower record on foreign policy and sen. Kennedy calling it unimaginative. The vice president accused sen. Kennedy to his face of advancing probably the most dangerously irresponsible recommendations of the Campaign by suggesting that the United states extend help to elements in Cuba. Sen. Kennedy snapped Back that or. Nixon was uninformed and said that Fidel Castro s influence is growing mostly because this administration has ignored latin or. Nixon called upon sen. Ken Nedy to Tell the huge television audience that his stand on que Moy and Matsu has been mis taken. Sea. Kennedy laughed. Second Best the charge bluntly that sen. Kennedy has contributed to the decline of Ameri can prestige by his statements about this country s second Best efforts. He said that the senator old country soccer London Reuters results of to Day s soccer matches International match Wales 2. Scotland 0. At Cardiff sex Gish league first division Aston Vallila 6. 2 Blackburn 2, Arsenal i Blackpool 4. Notts Forest 0 Bolton 0. Fulham 3 Chelsea 2. Burnley 6 in Cicester 2, West irom _ Man United 3. Newcastle 2 West Ham 5. Preston 2 a Wolverhampton 4. Sheffield w 1 second let Guion Charlton 6. Middlesbrough 6 Hud Denfield 2, lev Erool 4 Lincoln 3. Derby 4 Luton 0, Leyton or. 1 Norwich 3. Leeds 2 Plymouth i. South am Pton 3 Portsmouth is. Bristol r. Ppd Sheffield u. 2. Brighton 1 Stoke 2. Ipswich 4 Sunderland 1, Rotner trim 1 third division Barnsley 1. Brentford .1 Bournemouth i. To re Niay 3 Bradford c 2. Swindon 1 Bristol c. 3, Chesterfield 0 Colchester 0, tra Mere 3 Coventry 1. Bury 2 Grimsby 6. Halifax 1 Hull City 3, Shrewsbury 1 Notts c. 2, port ale j Queens p r 2. Sovitch and 1 Reading 3. Walsall 2 fourth it Ploit Carlisle 3. Accel Norton n. Crystal p 4. Bradford 1 Darlington 1. Norn Ampton 1 a Doncaster 2, 3 Exeter 0, working on 0 Hittl encols 0, bar of _ Mansfield 1. Crewe Alex 1 Peterborough 2. Ogham 2 0, work City 0 Southport 1. Aldershot 1 Stockport 1, chests Wrexham 0. Milt ill 1 scottish division i Aird ionians 4. Hibernia a 3 Clvde 0. Celtic 3 Dundee u 0. 1 hearts is. Ranger Ppd. Kilmarnock 2. St. 2 Partrick 3. Ayr u 3 Raith 0. Aberdeen 3 St Murren 1, dude j the Lanark 4. me 2 Wal Slyn ii Berwick 4. Morton 0 Brechin 1, Queen of s 3 Cowdenbeath 2, 1 Dumbarton 1. 2 e Stirling 2. Queers 1 k Forfar 2, Alborn Hamilton 2. Arbroath 1 Stenhouse Muir 3, Kast f Ife 2 6, Montrae q had the right to criticize but he has the responsibility to be right in his instead he charged sen. Kennedy has been dead wrong on Many important facts. I really Don t need or. Nixon to Tell me about what my responsibilities Are As a sen. Kennedy replied with Chilly indignation. I be served this coun try for fourteen years in the con Gress and before that in the ser vice. I have just As High a Devo Tion just As High an opinion. What i downgrade or. Nixon is the leadership the country is getting not the country. And i did t make most of the you said i see debate Page 5 assault charged in death Philip Marten about 25, of the Roseau Indian Reserve near do minion Man., was arrested late Friday night and charged with assault causing bodily harm in connection with the death of his 21-year-old common Law wife. The bruised and bloodstained body of Christine Thomas was found Early Friday morning in a Patch of weeds on the Reserve after Marten contacted the Emer son detachment of the ramp. Provincial pathologist or. D. W. Penner of Winnipeg who performed a postmortem examination Friday said death was due to asphyxiation. Ramp in Winnipeg said the charge was Laid against Marten pending additional investigation by the Emerson detachment. Mar ten will appear in provincial police court Here next Friday. Marten police said told them when he was first questioned that he and the woman had been drinking on thursday. He said he fell asleep in the weeds and when he awoke Early Friday he found the woman was dead. The Reserve is North and West of Dominion City which is 65 Miles South of Winnipeg. The exception is the British registered Shell Oil company of Cuba which was expropriated last Lummer. The government launched a Strong protest at that time but is silent now while Shell attempts to gain redress in the cuban courts. The foreign office saturday could not confirm a report from Cuba that president Castro has Frozen the Cash funds of five of the thirty big British insurance companies operating in the Island. The report said British insurance men thought the funds May have been nationalized by Accident under the decree bringing All cuban private Enterprise firms under government control. The supposition is based on the fact that All the funds effected Are in the names of cuban Agen cies who handle other business besides insurance. See Cuba Page 4 blame Yankee Dollar London Reuters Lack of Confidence in the Dollar is blamed a experts for this week s Gold Price Rise. Gold prices on the London mar Ket closed lower Friday though they remained Well above the United states official Selling prices. Near bedlam broke out in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Friday As dealers scram bled to buy and sell shares in companies producing Gold. But news from London of the stabilization of the Gold Price brought out heavy profit taking and prices moved irregularly lower. The Dollar May have been weakened by the recent outflow of Gold from the . To meet american commit ments Over seas. W. J. Bus Schau chairman of the consolidated cold Fields of South Africa said that unless the . Treasury could come up with a solution to the american bal Ance of payments ing More overseas than exports brought Back into Lack of Confidence in the Dollar would continue to grow. Bus Schau said european Cen trial Banks could have cured the Rise in Gold prices by Selling Gold for dollars but apparently had not done so. This indicates the Central Banks too prefer Gold to dollars at Hen said. However other observers said that the . Treasury had discouraged the Bank of England and other Central Banks from turning their dollars into Ameri can Gold and Selling it on the open Market. Tory Grosart denies pressure put on big Ottawa by election feud in Peterborough ont., Over television campaigning spread to the capital Friday amid a rash of statements and counter state ments about political pressure being exerted on the Board of broadcast governors. It began when c. Donald Munro Liberal candidate in pet Ter Borough charged the conservatives were Able to broadcast a dramatized commercial Over chef to Peterborough after bi5g chairman or. Andrew Stew Ari Over ruled the Board s solicitor at the instigation of Allister Grosart National director of the progressive conservatives. Within a few hours prime min ister Diefenbaker had stated j firmly that the government has no direct or indirect control Over big decisions or. Grosart de fended his action in a lengthy statement and or. Stewart commented tersely the statement or. Munro s does not include All the facts Rel Evant to the action irregular or. Munro demanded or. Stew Art s resignation adding Llie action of or. Stewart in re interpreting broadcasting regu lations at the Behest of Allister Grosart and his failure to communicate directly to the station involved is highly irregular and can Only be construed As an admission that the Board has lost its Independence due to Clear Cut political Crux of the dispute is a Sec Tion of the broadcasting act rather than regulations As referred to by or. Munro and or. Grosart which Statts that no station shall broadcast in dramatized form any program advertisement or. Announcement of a partisan political see Grosart Page 5 quits after probe Quebec up the Man who was que Bec province s superintendent of insurance for 23 years has resigned after an investigation into the bankruptcy of the first reciprocal insurance association Ever formed in the province. Georges Lafrance 61, the first French speaking Canadian to be come an actuary resigned after see Quebec Page 4 Roberts to oppose Campbell promises All out Campaign to gain Liberal leadership by John Dafoe Stan Roberts 33-year-old la for la Verendrye launched himself into the Liberal party s leadership race Friday with a Promise of an All out Campaign to wrest the Job from party Leader d. L. Campbell. Carefully disassociating himself from the record of the Campbell administration he promised to Lead a lib eral party tailored to the needs of the 1960s. Or. Roberts becomes the third Man to announce himself As a candidate at the april leadership convention. Or. Campbell has said lie Voll run for re election and f. L. Bud Jobin former minister of Industry and Commerce has announced that he will let his name stand. Or. Roberts however is the first to into serious campaigning for the Job. He has Laid plans for a tour which will take him to every constituency in the province by the time the Leader ship convention comes along. Or. Roberts called for a re of Liberal party policies and made it Clear that the party he would Lead would be radically different from the one col Snow brings mishaps the first touch of Winter embraced the Winnipeg area Friday night and Light Snow continued to fall saturday. One Quarter of an Inch of precipitation was recorded by 6 . Saturday at the weather office. Rain Snow and sleet was general throughout the province. A few Light Snow flurries were predicted for saturday night and sunday but the forecaster said my re would be no heavy fall. Skies will be Cloudy with Little change in temperature. Slippery Road conditions caused by the weather disturbance which moved in from Saskatchewan about 9 . Friday kept police departments in greater Winnipeg Busy. Ten minor traffic accidents most of them in downtown Winnipeg were reported. The most serious injury was a broken leg. First Accident on the newly opened Disraeli freeway was re corded saturday morning when twi cars collided and caused a ten minute traffic tie up. Clement r. Dillon 59, of 710 Beaverbrook Street was reported in Good condition at Victoria hos Pital following a two car collision at . Saturday. Or. Dillon received cuts and bruises when the car he was driving West on Corydon collided with another westbound car driven by laity David Sargent 25, of 1042 Garwood Avenue. Roads in the province were generally Good but May be Slippery in the provincial govern ment highways Branch said sat urday morning. Dominion City and Carman had Littie precipitation while Neepawa hardest hit by the first Snow re corded .37 inches. Old Man Back again and with him a Quarter Inch of Snow. He dusted this boat and Dock on the Aissin Boine River and caused Slippery streets in the City. Forecast a Little More of the White stuff. Jumble contest prize for mrs. Parsons mrs. K. E. Parsons of 63 Thelmo mansions is this week s Winner of the first prize in the free press Jumble contest draw. Looking for a piano this want and under musical instruments for Sale piano. Excellent finish. Tine tone. Reasonable. Phone Lenox 3-6628. I among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Contest rules and entry form on Page 52. Other winners Are second prize mrs. V. Resch 175 Community How Charleswood. Third prize mrs. J. Bolton Dubuc sask. Fourth prize mrs. F. C. Lewicki 829 Manitoba Avenue. Ten prizes of each mrs. Winifred Kalb 38 Hindley Avenue mrs. E. Fotheringham 703 21st Street Brandon mrs. S. Nygaard 165 Harbison Avenue mrs. T. Mcjannet Carberry mrs. Edward Chulai Balme town ont. Mrs. C. 498 Harbison Avenue l. Sigmar 449 Kennedy Street suite 23 mrs. Anna the Venot Somerset j. Vandenbossch 482 Young Street suite 8 mrs. Charles Powell 136 Hill Street Norwood. The Correct. Answers to Puzzle numbers 1695 to 1700 Are mural Patio. Orbit chorus too much son canal pause expel pomade pen pals Price etude exact radish an extra seed Pesky fruit havoc female pre Cious Days tango bigot Honey notice a Congo Bongo latin savor Guise scheme Gale. . Envoy to Canada Dies in Boston Boston mass. A Rich Ard b. Wigglesworth United states ambassador to Canada died today at Peter Bent Brig it m Hospital. Wigglesworth 69, was admitted to Hospital oct. 19 for an Undis closed ailment. Hospital officials said the cause of death would not be available immediately. Byfield enters defence letters to the provincial govern ment which sparked an inquiry into St. Vital s municipal affairs were written in Good Faith and in the Public interest and Benefit Deg Newspaperman Vernon Byfield contended in a statement of defence filed this week in court of Queen s Bench. Or. Byfield with St. Vital councillor Lillian Florence Pierce and former councillor Marin Van Hull faces a suit for unspecified damages filed oct. 14 by six present and former members of the Council. The statement of claim alleges the defendants wrongfully and maliciously and with intent to in Jure the plaintiffs conspired to Gether to publish or cause to be concerning the false and defamatory published plaintiffs statements both orally and in or. Byfield a reporter for the free press Prairie Farmer admits writing the two letters and giving copies to reporters for the to Winnipeg daily newspapers. Provincial probe the letters concerned the Pul Derry subdivision in St. Vital and prompted a provincial inquiry into the whole development project. The Board of inquiry has not yet released its findings. Or. Byfield in his statement says the letters wore Given to Peter Desbarats Thon a reporter or the Winnipeg Tribune and to an unnamed reporter for the see Byfield Page 5 civic election biographies with the Winnipeg civic elections Only four Days away the free press prepared background material on the mayoralty Alde Nanic and school Board candidates run Ning in this election. Additional information has been provided about the Sun Day sport referendum and the City bylaws which Are also to be voted on. For thumbnail sketches of the mayoralty Alderman in and school Board candidates turn to pages 60 and 61. Ored by or. Campbell s Active Outlook. See Roberts Page 4 reds will Boycott Congo Bill United . The russians made Clear Toda they intend to keep harassing Dag Hammarskjold in the apparent Hope of forcing him to Cruias Secretary general. The attacks steadily mount ing in intensity were expected to reach a Climax monday or tuesday when Hammarskjold is due to put in an estimated Bill of to to cover the Cost of the Congo operation through next year. The soviet bloc served notice in the. 99-nation financial com Mittee Friday that it will not pay any part of the. Congo Bill. In some of the harshest language it used Czechoslovakia accused he United nations of playing dirty role in the strife torn african state and charged Hammarskjold with hypocrisy and showing partiality to the West. The attack sparked a Sharp reply from the United states which branded it a move aimed at wrecking the United nations. Albert Bender . Delegate called the czech statement one of the most deplorable Ever made in this he said that by his charge czech Delegate Miroslav nac Valsac had hurled insults at Hammarskjold the . Government and All other nations which voted of set up a in Force in the Congo. Later the soviets issued a statement accusing h m a r skjold of following a policy of direct sabotage of Security Council resolutions on the Congo. See Russia Page 5 bar to atom Power arms for nato wait on change in . Law by William Gant Washington special Nyht there is Little likelihood that nuclear Wea Pons will be supplied the North Atlantic treaty organization forces in Europe until Congress revises the United states atomic Energy Law. Despite the growing support in he 15-nation Alliance for nuclear deterrents under the command of Usan Gen. Lauris no stand sup reme Allied commander in Europe Jie United states is prohibited rom making such armaments available to its allies under the atomic Energy act of 1946 which was revised slightly in 1954. Only he president has the authority to order the use of american atomic weapons. It is True that Britain has nuclear weapons of her own but it is doubtful if she has sufficient to make a contribution to nato. France theoretically has become an atomic relieved to Power but is not have advanced to a practical stage despite successful ests in the Sahara. Heavy debate at the dec. 16 meeting of nato ministers nuclear armaments Are expected to be the main topic As he member nations strive to improve on the 1949 treaty which set up the Alliance. Methods will a studied for achieving a unified nuclear weapons policy and there Are indications that the United states representatives will favor such a move. Gen. Norstad him self is plugging for atomic deter rents to be used Oit his own initiative or by order of the nato ministers. But nothing can be done until the . Laws Are changed and that will require a lot of de Bate in Congress. See nato Page 4 Mobutu rejects in Leopold Ville a col. Joseph Mobutu broke off rela ions with the United nations Congo command today and announced he will go to the United states to plead for support for his uttering military regime. The erstwhile tary strongman congolese Mili bitterly accused he United nations Congo chief Tajeshwar Dayal of India of Reading him like a child and said i am through talking to Mobutu made the announce ment in a fortified military zone Leld by his Loyal troops in bin a Maside the City. He moved there rom the main army Camp when support of some of his ill Discie ined troops began to waver. Mobutu vowed he intended to do All in my Power to keep his of technical commission ers from collapsing. See Congo he feels Art gallery temporary too Long Winnipeg s temporary Art Gal Ery Drew some seating remarks Charles com the Friday from or. Ort 60-year-old director of National gallery in Ottawa. I remember when i was in Winnipeg not Long before the first world War the gallery was in a temporary he said in an interview. It has t changed much since or. Comfort with prof. B. C. Winning of the University of British Columbia is Here to judge a Dis Lay of paintings at the gallery located in the Winnipeg auditor urn. He said a visit to the gallery Friday had left him both disappointed and discouraged. I think Winnipeg should have a bigger and better Art gallery not one like he declared. This they say is Only temporary but they have to work out a plan. When i visited the gallery to Day i had to climb through unfinished tables and chairs and practically crawl on top of a pile of a Community like this should have a better place for exhibitions. After seeing this display Fine Art i think citizens think much of Art these Days. I Tell you this situation can t go on for i have seen smaller communities with better galleries. I think people should vote for a new Art Friday or. Comfort visited the exhibition and choose out of some 400. Prof. Pictures Bining is to judge the display saturday to pick out another 80 paintings for the Public opening next week. The 80 works or. Comfort picked Are really Fine work. I was very impressed with the Standard and characteristic of paintings. This exhibition is a major collection of can Adan Art and not Only a local one. There Are paintings from Nova Scotia f to British Columbia and they Are expressing the National Art interest and see gallery Page 5 ;