Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 22, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Reach twice the readers in greater Winnipeg with free press want ads Winnipeg free press by Carrier 35c per week saturday october 22, 1960 single copy Price we a twit Cloudy. Heht for Impf and few i Fht or in j. Snow flurries today and sunday. Temperature Chance. Winds East 15. To Xiv to Airt and High sunday 30 and temperatures for a Endler fort William York jury verdict youth cleared of death count but found guilty of negligence in car which killed girl Kenneth William Pfeifer 18, of 681 Alverstone Street was found guilty Friday night of criminal negligence in operation of a motor vehicle. The 11-Man jury in court of Queen s Bench found Pfeifer not guilty of causing death by criminal negligence. He was remanded until tuesday at . For sentence. Pfeifer was charged with causing Coffee break by Gene Telpner with halloween just around the Corner Aiki All the Little goblins soon pounding on the door for tricks and treats Here s some advice for parents. For safety s Sake put some White material or even reflector tape on your youngster s costume so he or she can be spotted by motorists. Many children ours included seem to throw caution to the winds on the big night when they dash across the Street to the next House. It s also a Good idea to make sure costumes Are flame proof and if. Your children Are using masks Check to see that they can Sec from the Eye slits. And we hate to keep harping on the subject but a flashlight inside a pumpkin is much safer than a Candle. On the same subject the dental Public health committee of tie Manitoba has suggested that tricks or treats should be apples or nuts. Some children collect enough Candy to last until Christmas All the housewives Are doing Are passing out new the committee is also firmly behind the Unicof halloween plan a Here Money is Given out for needy children All Over the world rather than sweets. Unicof collectors will be out in Force that night. What s the score the score to Date on the thursday column about Frank Tumpane in phone Calls is 27 for and five against. All of the against callers said they Are sex torontonian and one of them said i m an array wife and my husband in t Here through Choice. We can hardly wait to get Back East but they can t find a replacement willing to come to although the thursday column was simply an answer to Tumpane actually we believe that the City where you live whether it s Toronto or Winnipeg is much the same. If it s Home then certainly it s a wonderful place. Last minute notes saturday is the last Chance to visit the treasure Van Sale at the Library exhibition Centre at the University of Manitoba so hurry on out seven week course in ballroom dancing for Guys and gals 18 to 35 starts next Satur Day at the Winnipeg Owca. You can Register now Brant Argyle United Church ladies Aid anniversary supper oct. 29 in Argyle Man., legion Hall fan club has been formed for the Blue skies at the with 665 members to Date. Mrs. Ross Button and mrs. Jean Wenger Are the organizers. .411 about everything jottings from a reporter s notebook newest electronic gimmick is a device that automatically turns on your porch Light when your Doorbell rings understand a . Firm is coming out with Wax less candles next year made of White Nylon tubing with a Metal nozzle. They Burn butane Gas St. Francis Council of the Catholic women s league will hold a fall supper nov. 6 from 5 to 8 . At St. Francis Hall 1037 Dugald Road St Boniface East casting for Streetcar named desire sunday 2 to 4 ., in the playhouse theatre studio. Good Opportunity for budding Brandos and would be Vivien Leighs. Says director John Hirsch who is looking eagerly for new Talent. On the subject of new Talent almost one third of the or. Roberts cast were making their stage debuts. Aubrey Galpern takes off on his gourmet s tour of Europe Jan. 27. Some of the famous restaurants on the Agenda include maxims in Paris hosta Rio Dell Orso in Rome Bottin s in Madrid Dattulo s in Venice and la tour d Argent Paris a Winnipeg druggist has come across one of those old Edison phonographs and a stack of Cylinder records. He says it plays Well and wonders if it s Worth anything. The death of Patricia Mccormick j15, of 556 Victor Street when his car went out of control at Stafford soap in the Mouth the readers write dear or. Telpner Why is it when you see people washing dishes on television either in commercials or dramas they use simply oodles of soap but never rinse it off. Don t they know it s liable to give a soapy taste to food which i Don t think is very Good for a person we were shocked to see Jack Kane so thin lie must have been put on a diet. This would be a sorry looking world if we were All Skinny. Some people Don t looks Good slender. And i wish Jack Wells would Stop saying believe you me on every show he is on. I get a Strong urge to Jot things now and then. Some of them Are pretty weird. Sin Cerely Manitoba Branch of the Canadian restaurant association is planning a despatch costume contest for Sadie Hawkins Day which Falls on nov. 12 this year. Each of the City s restaurants will select the Best Dogpatch couple and after the big Day will hold the finals mrs. J. R. Crozier of 635 Cambridge Street says she overheard this conversation Between two women first woman my boy is playing Centre Forward on the team what is your boy second woman i think he said he was one of the make mine Turkey with All the notices of Turkey suppers we carry in Coffee break it makes us wonder How Many people attend these functions. Apparently quite a few because the Charleswood United Church Turkey supper had people come from grand Forks . Two men and a woman drove All the Way up Here for it and they enjoyed every said our informant. Students of United College Are raising Money for the build ing fund by Selling chocolate bars in hotels and restaurants. Their goal is bars which is a lot of chocolate most women like to talk and if they can t get a last word in at Home the next Best bet is the Toast mistress club. There Are vacancies in the chatelaine Toast mistress group and for details gals Call Kathie Leitch at Whitehall 3-2818 latest Coffee break Silver dollars to mrs. G. J. Lynch 400 Assiniboine Avenue j. P. Bishop Kenora ont., and Michael har Ries Selkirk Man. Make a note to see two for the Seesaw at the Beacon. The audience reaction to Date picks it As one of the Best shows of the Eason. Street and Lorette Avenue and crashed into a pole while he and three companions were on their Way to a restaurant after attending a graduation dance at general Wolfe school last june 3. The Sec Ond count of the indictment charged him with being criminally negligent in operation of the vehicle. The All male jury Cut to 11 when one of the jurors was taken to Hospital thursday night for an appendix operation took 2 i hours to reach its verdict after returning from a two hour supper break. The verdict ended a three Day trial during which 22 witnesses were called by the Crown. Or. Justice a. M. Monnin heard the Case with w. A. Troughton prosecuting and Manly Israel for the defence. Eyewitness account evidence at the trial disclosed that Pfeifer was proceeding South on Stafford in close proximity to another car operated by Robert Shaw 19, of 331 Mcgee Street who had left the school at the same time bound for the same restau rant. An eyewitness Vaughan me Leod 16, of 1017 Mulvey Avenue testified he was standing on staf Ford near Garwood when he observed two cars coming South. When they passed they were neck and neck just Mcleod testified. He estimated the Speed of both cars at nearly 50 Miles per he said he heard a car hitting the curb just before the Accident. He and some companions ran Over to Lorette and saw one of the cars against a pole with three persons lying on the ground. The second car had pulled into a service station lot nearby. In speaking to sentence Friday night or. Troughton said the maximum penalty for being criminally negligent in the operation of a vehicle is five years in prison. He said he was not urging a maximum sentence for the accused but the accused is in an age group that is considered troublesome certainly the insurance companies think previous conviction or. Troughton said Pfeifer had two previous convictions for traffic offences one in october 1959 for passing another vehicle without a sufficiently Clear View and in May 1960, just a Short time prior to the fatal Accident for driving without due care and attention. He said the charges had been handled through juvenile court As Pfeifer was 17 at the time. Or. Israel said Pfeifer is an Only son of hard working respectable parents. He has a sister 12 years old. Pfeifer has a Grade ten education and had Learned a Trade As an Auto body Mechanic where he could have gainful employment. I Don t think any punishment that can be handed out at this time could be any worse than the anguish and remorse this boy has gone through since the Accident and during this trial. He has not driven a car since and has no de sire or. Israel said. Referring to or. Troughton s remarks that Pfeifer was in a troublesome age group or. Is Rael asked since when has youth not been Youthful problems the youth of today has its problems growing into manhood and womanhood just As it has Al ways. It might be argued that jail serves As a deterrent and also satisfies society and the news papers in Many cases. But this is a tragedy of youth and i respect fully submit that jail is not the answer Here. It might be that suspension of driving privileges for a Long time would certainly serve As a deter rent but i would ask that if incarceration is necessary it be for of Short or. Israel said. Or. Justice Monnin instructed the sheriff to see that Pfeifer was held in Vaughan Street detention Home rather than heading Ley jail pending imposition of sentence next tuesday. The Fountain in Central Park Imp a familiar landmark to the Many residents Whu visit the area during the summer months i getting a face lifting. A sandblast works on the Structure to brighten the surface. Russian Church cannot be wiped Church congregations in russian Are growing steadily although the government con fines their religious activities strictly the Church a Well k i o w n scottish evangelist said Friday in Winnipeg. Rev. Tom Allan of Glas Gow Scotland flew into Winnipeg Friday afternoon to be Gin a three week Mission in the City. During his stay he will speak at the University o Manitoba visit several Winnipeg churches and con duct a Public Mission at the Winnipeg auditorium from oct. 30 to nov. 13. Speaking of his trip last Winter to the soviet Union Allan said the russian Hospital workers Call arbitration worker.5 at Winnipeg general Hospital have asked the Mani Toba department of labor for the services of a conciliation officer. Wage negotiations have broken Down after 7vz months of debate with management Charles wat son Union manager said Friday. Involved Are 626 workers in the bargaining unit. Or. Watson agent for local 56, Winnipeg general Hospital employees Union of the National Union of Public employees said the administration of the Hospital had refused to consider a main Point in bargaining which the Union could not Back Down on. It is that the present contract has a clause which allows the maximum wage to become automatically the base rate in the new bargaining. The Hospital will not implement this clause or. Watson says. Hospital authorities Friday evening were not available for comment. Or. Watson said the current Basic rate is 82 cents an hour and the top rate for tradesmen is from to an hour. There Are 26 tradesmen on this scale he said. Some of the non skilled personnel get lower than the h2-cent rate he said. Semi skilled persons get from to an hour. We Are seeking a minimum wage of hourly with full tradesmen rate which would bring tradesmen to about 15 percent higher pay than or. Watson said. According to or. Watson s Cal Culi tons personnel in King George. Queen Elizabeth King and St. Boniface Hospi Are getting higher pay than Winnipeg general staffs. Michael Barkway to address City Canadian clubs Michael Barkway Ottawa editor of the financial Post will speak at the Canadian club and women s Canadian club at the Royal Alexandra hotel at . Next Friday. Or. Barkway educated at Hail Eyl mry and Cambridge was the president of the Cambridge de bating Union and made a Debat ing tour of the United states in 1933. He was the editor of the bbl overseas news service. In 1943 to 1944 he was the bbl Washington correspondent. In 1949 he joined the editorial staff of the financial Post. Fort Garry is tile fort Garry Home and school association will meet at . Tuesday in Viscount Alexander school auditorium. A file entitled the threshold will be presented. People have a curious Freedom of worship forbid bibles sales they have no right to he said during a press conference. They can not sell bibles they cannot conduct sunday schools and All religious activities must be within the Church build despite this said Rev. Allan the Church is growing. I saw people at one prayer meeting and at another religious he said the russian people s religious instinct was one of the strongest in the world. As Ion As it is there religion can never be wiped out of the however he stressed that christians in Russia although barred from membership in the communist party Are thoroughly committed to the party s economic policies. They believe that capitalism is the godless he said. High morals the Standard of morals in the soviet Union is particularly High. In comparison i was ashamed of places like the West end of London which just reeks with obvious in said Rev. Allan. The soviet Union also Spon sors a vigorous program to reduce alcoholism. An alcoholic lie said is called a Par tial but the Price for these improvements has bean he said. The individual has been sacrificed to the state and regimentation has re placed personal Pembina to unveils its top shows Manitoban news director for new North Dakota station Winnipeg television fans will be Able to see one of the top rated . Shows on kind the new Pembina North Dakota television station when it goes on the air in Early november. Officials announced Friday that the untouchables a Capone Era crime busting series is among the roster shows now being lined up for kind viewers. Other shows include saturday night fights Lawrence Welk a trustee plan to Premier a proposal designed to close the Gap Between Manitoba s two school trustees associations has been forwarded to the provincial government by one of the organizations concerned. In a letter to Premier Duff Rob Lin and Hon. Stewart e. Mclean education minister the Manitoba school trustees association said the Only solution to the existing division Between that body and the Urban school trustees association of Manitoba is a provincial school trustee Council. Efforts to re conciliate the two organizations since their formation in 1958 have so far been the letter stated although the need for a United trustee Effort has become More and More a alternate chairman the Meta submission suggested the new Council could be composed i of an equal number of represent i lives from each organization and i that the chairman be elected. The Council would Deal directly with the government and with the Manitoba teachers the letter stated. It added however that when the two associations disagreed either one could make their views known to the proper authorities the association said this form Ula had provided satisfactory results in Ontario where seven trustee organizations Are United through a Council. Initial step the establishment of such a Council in Manitoba the Meta contended could be the initial step in the creation of a single Strong trustee organization. The Meta said an amalgamation of the two associations would be difficult to accomplish in View of differences in philosophy and ways of facing certain problems of Edu education. There May in fact be a need for two the association said. Cheyenne adventures of Ozzie and Harriet hawaiian Eye tight rope the Churchill memoirs the real Mccoy and Walt Disney. City Man officials also announced the appointment of a Winnipeg Man As news director for kind. Dick Vin cent who for the past year has Een news announcer at radio Sta Tion Job has been named to the Post. A kind spokesman said that it was decided to appoint a Canadian As news director since the Sta Ion will feature Canadian As Well As american news. Or. Vincent formerly worked or a Kim in Dauphin where he a idled news and special events broadcasting. He and his wife will Ive in Pembina. Pictures Okay the test pattern which was be no transmitted from 9 . To 9 . Friday will continue on kind next week from 9 . To 5 ., monday tuesday and wednesday. Satisfactory pictures Are being transmitted engineers said Fri Day. They stressed the importance of pointing outdoor antennas in the direction of the Pembina Tower. Reports of reception with the use of Rabbit ears Only have been coming in from a Small number of set owners since test pattern be Gan tuesday. But officials said an outdoor Antenna is definitely needed for consistent Good reception in the Winnipeg area. Lyon okays flin flon prosecution Hon. Sterling Lyon. Attorney general said Friday he Lias signed an order giving flin flon police the right to prosecute the flin flon Community club for a breach of the lord s Day act. The prosecution results from a Junior hockey game held in the flin flon Arena last sunday. Prosecutions under the act Are launched by the local police but they must first have the Permis Sion of the attorney general. The Community club will be prosecuted As the operator of both the Arena and the hockey team. Or. Lyon said he understood that the Junior hockey schedule has now been changed to eliminate further sunday games until a by Law authorizing commercial Sun Day sport comes into effect. Kcf chief attacks press Russ Paulley Kcf Leader in Manitoba said in a radio address this week that the failures of both Liberal and conservative govern ments when in Power justified the birth of the new political party of the left. Or. Paulley said Canada s press Las tried to split farm and labor groups telling Farmers that labor was responsible for High prices and labor that Farmers were responsible for the High Cost of Liv ing. Despite the warnings of the press discussions continued be tween labor and the Kcf towards the of the new the press then tried a new Angle he said. They told both the Kcf and labor that the other party was trying to dominate them. This attack has also failed or. Paulley said. Now the press claims the new party has to justify its lie said. The liberals promised a comprehensive health scheme that still does not exist. The conservatives promised parity for Western Farmers and the Provin Cial conservatives promised no in crease in taxes. All promises have ended in fail ure or. Paulley said and these failures alone Are enough to justify a new party. Reading consultant miss Barbara Sibbald Reading consultant for Canadian publish i will address the Reading Council of greater Winnipeg at . Thursday in Greenway school auditorium. Charges employees Are loafing complaints of loafing by Muni Cipal employees High taxes Muddy streets and Lack of sidewalks dominated a town Ball sponsored by the Brooklands ratepayers association Friday night. Candidates for the municipal Council metro local school Board and secondary school division aired their views before a sympathetic of 75. The meeting held i the Brook cards Community Hall heard Why its vote on municipal candidates was disregarded by the executive of the ratepayers association. At the association s last meeting on sept. 28, members were invited to nominate candidates who would be endorsed by the association. Members voted to endorse Henry h. Wall and William Kotyk. The executive disregarded this and endorsed air. Wall and a councillor seeking re election Ai thur j. Mas Kell. Protests or. Kotyk protested this action Friday. I Appeal to you voters to censure this Type of procedure on oct. 2fi. It is this Type of conduct that Hiis held the Village Back from explanation came from an executive member and school Board candidate George Petre. Or. Pere said he sent out on Bis own a notice inviting association Rne Mbere to come to the meeting and nominate candidates for endorsement. He d done this he said even though the association ex-1 ecu Tive had already decided which to endorse. I did t entertain the idea a lot of people would come along and nominate More. I had the idea Only a few would show up but i turned out to be he said. The explanation was received without comment by the meeting. Employees roasted employees of the Brookland s Public works department were roasted by two municipal Candi dates for loafing on jobs. Candidate James m. Fernuik said they should be ashamed of them selves for allowing so Many weeds to grow around the municipal Hall. They should Clear it up instead of playing around. And i know they play around. They be lulled 45 minutes in my place a service station a lot of councillor Maskell in agreement said the workmen told him they were working their Heads off and that there was so much work to do they could t keep up with it. Foreman too Busy answering a question Council Lor Maskell said there was a fore Man All right but he claimed he was too Busy to get around and supervise All the workers. Well that s his shouted a member of the audience. Why he even had the audacity to Send us leaflets asking us to clean the ditches out other complaints during the question and answer session were about too few sidewalks too much mud and soaring taxes ;