Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba In metropolitan Winnipeg 3sc per Winnipeg wednesday june 20, 1962 single copy Price inc forecast Wmk own Edmonton Retina Brandon fort William Otuwa Kun. Man. 71 s3 so to 31 75 55 08 43 4j 38 .10 .33 to. In. To. Max. Man. Proc. Toronto Montral Halifax Chicago Miami in Mann Sapolu new York 72 61 do 71 s7 71 77 93 57 56 49 57 73 61 55 70 to. .01 .41 .35 .31 metro is safer than smoking Winnipeg doctor outlines lung cancer danger the chances of dying from lung cancer in Winnipeg As a possible result of smoking is almost five times that of being killed in a traffic Accident according to or. J. B. By Morison of the Winnipeg health department. In an interview at the Canad Ian medical association tuesday or. Morison said 75 male deaths As a result of lung cancer were recorded in 1961 and 17 fatalities As the result of traffic accidents. He said the lung cancer rate among women was also starting to climb but no statistics were available. We firmly believe that smoking is a contributing fac Tor in causing lung said the doctor. In Winnipeg 73 per cent of All fathers smoke and 50 per cent of All mothers. The percentage of doctors who smoke has shown a steady de crease or. Morison said Indi Cating that 58 per cent do not smoke. Before the 1930s when smok ing cigarettes was t so popular medical men rarely saw a Case of lung cancer. It started to go up in the 30s and has been steadily increasing. We believe that it May take 25 or. More years of steady smoking to cause lung said or Morison. The doctor said a concerted Effort was being made in Winni Peg to educate adults and Chil Dren about the dangers of smok ing. We Are trying to work through the schools. First we must try to convince teachers that smok ing is a real health he said. Morison admitted that health was a personal responsibility but people can t make a decision unless they have the working with or. Harry me Dovy and the City health depart ment anti smoking education work was being done i Churchill and a Linwood High schools. Films were being shown which explain the relationship of cancer and smoking and or. Morison said school children take a definite in Terest. Or. Morison said doctors should t sit on a Fence about the dangers of smoking but should warn their patients on the basis of known facts. He Felt that cigarette advertising was a Factor in creating new smokers but Many children smoke because they think it is smart or want to emulate other children. It is our Job to get the facts to the Public and warn them of the dangers to at the Royal Alexandra hotel where the Cha is meeting the Winnipeg health department has set up a scientific Booth. Dominating it is a Large sign which says you have been new birth control Pill described a new contraceptive Tablet called Ortho ovum was shown wednesday at the Royal Alexjandra hotel to doctors attending the Canadian medical association s convention. Or. William Cornett medical director of Ortho pharmaceutical ltd., said the new Tablet had been thoroughly tested on 236 patients in Canada. One the tests was conducted in Winnipeg under the direction of dr.-6. A. Schmidt. According to or. Corn Ett the Tablet was 100 per cent effective in preventing pregnancy arid indicated thai it has marked advantages Over previous Oral contraceptives. The tablets Are Small and White in color and will be available Only on doctors prescriptions. He said the tablets must be taken once a Day for 20 Days a month begin Ning on the fifth Day following the Onset of menstruation. The doctor said one of the prob lems in All contraceptives is a tender icy of women to forget to them conscientiously. To a overcome this the tablets Are available in a special plastic package which enables the Pati ent to see at a glance whether her Tablet each Day. X according to dry Cornett the test indicated the Pill does hamper Conception once a woman stops taking it and does not produce any untoward effects on the body from Long term use. Labor protests to Duff the Winnipeg and District la Bor Council tuesday heard a report on statements made to Premier Duff Roblin regarding labor s dissatisfaction with the Way the supervised. Strike vote was working out. The speaker was Joseph Jim my James executive Secretary of the Manitoba federation of labor who with r. B. Russell executive Secretary of the labor Council met or. Rob Lin monday. The two also discussed the possibility of increased Manitoba medical service premiums with or. Roblin. Or. James said the labor Board was still making up rules to con duct strike votes but that he had pointed. Out that employ ers should have nothing to do with the vote after scrutinizing the list of prospective voters involved. Where the vote is held that is the place and the time of the vote should be decided Only by the Union and the labor or. James said he told or. Roblin. So far he said there had been no rules promulgated. We be suggested the Union should de cide on where the vote be or. James said. He pointed to the Inadequacy of one Union the electricians being ordered to vote by members calling in at the labor Board offices Norquay building. Or. Russell spoke on the mrs. He said the recent revision of the fee schedule for services of doctors could end in mrs Premium rates increasing de spite the mrs s Assurance to the contrary. Or. Russell said or. Roblin had been shocked to hear that the doctors had begun something without coming to the govern ment to have insurance depart ment actuaries study it first. Puts bite on metro for funds metro s Mosquito fighting Crews have already been More than doubled but they May be tripled for around the clock operations. To assist in the fight metro s Parks and Protection committee decided at its meeting tues Day to ask Snetro Council for an additional we re throwing in every thing that we councillor Jack committee chair Man said. Andrew Currie director of the Parks and Protection division said More Money was needed so we can work around the clock to. The Capa City of the there Are now 18 men two aircraft and a boat fighting mosquitoes compared with eight men and a boat at the same time last year. Find sign before shearing Aid. Grant presi Dent of the Winnipeg and District labor Council Csc tuesday came out in support of the Barbers Union and urged labor Council delegates to look for the Union s sign in a Barbershop before Tia ving a haircut or. Mcleod told a labor Council meeting in the labor if you Don t see a Union card Don to patronize the., shop. It s As simple As the Council president was speaking in support of an a i peal for Aid by an affiliate local 930, Barbers Union. Earlier the local s vice presi Dent Howard Brown urged delegates not to master Barbers sign for the Union card. Council endorsed the Appeal. Miss Cororve naga a school Board employee poses with the sch ool Board Hersial new sculpture. Miss Veninga s comment when she saw it for the first time wednesday morning was a shocked what is sculpture a monstrosity it s no replies judge a Winnipeg school trustee tues Day heaped scorn on the creative efforts of a Young student who won a sculpture design Competition sponsored by the school division. Trustee Andrew Moore condemned As a a modernistic bit of s c u 1 p t created by Jenny Stacey a Tec voc Industrial design student. The sculpture was unveiled i a Cere Mony in front of the school Board offices tuesday by the Winni Peg Art gallery director or. Fer Linand Eckhardt. More than 100 Art students in Winnipeg schools worked on preparing 54 entries said school Board officials. The Competition was held to stimulate interest in the Decora Ion of Public buildings and Sim Lar future contests Are planned. Trustee Moore told the Board 10 was very dissatisfied with the winning entry now adorning he front of the school Board of ices. It is quite inappropriate for a building like this. Trustees Are supposed to be serious people. I Don t think this thing represents he school Pard or the school system. It will give visitors a Alse impression. It s More of a monstrosity than a sculpture. The sooner it s moved from there the or. To. R. Maccharles Winnipeg wow Lui been elected president of the Ca medical association succeeding or. G. V. Hal Penny of Montreal. Or. W. W. Wigle of Toronto past president of the Ontario medical association was named president elect. He Wib succeed or. Maccharles following Bis term. The association also elected or. T. C. Routley of Toronto Ike second honorary lifetime president in the Asso Claytob k year history. Trustee Isadora Wolch said the Board should accept the judge s decision trustee Andrew Bileski said he likes Art that reflects life. I looked at this sculpture and i did t understand it at All. May be i m old fashioned but Art that in t understood by people in t trustee Margaret Trott said Canada suffers from a Lack of sculpture fountains and Parks. Any attempt to eliminate this Lack is commendable. I think it s a Fine thing for the school Divi Sion to feature the work of its students. I was proud of what i saw there tonight the judges said the chosen entry exhibited a clarity of form which would make it easily distinguishable from the rest of the building As being separate and apart As it had to be to be successful the subject we Felt was quite appropriate with regard to the symbolism of a Small Bird coming out of a negative space from the figure or. Eckhardt said he hoped the design would stimulate in Terest in outdoor sculpture. The needs of this attempt May Well Bear fruit that will be enjoyed by future Genera wednesday morning the. Judges had further comments to make on the sculpture and the pub Lic s reaction to modern Art. Otto Peters an Art teacher at technical vocational High school did t know Why the school Board was objecting to the sculpture at its unveiling. They had sufficient time to criticize it in its Model stage. The design was submitted to them last the school Board architect an other judge commented that modern Art is controversial at Best. Even if it had been Donu by a professional there would have been criticism. It s some-1 thing that some people just love to get hold another judge who prefer red not named thought the sculpture was a hand some product considering the number of people who worked on it. It s a Good piece not exciting but Good. I basically like he did feel however that it was a mistake to have students do an important piece of Art Art is a sophisticated expression. As someone said last night Why did t they have their drafting students design the John Pankiw director of Art in City schools who suggested the Competition to the school Board thought the biggest trouble was that people expect Art to be realistic. They say look like a Bunny for in stance. If it does t they re or. Pankiw said the Lack of instruction in the arts in the High schools apart from the courses for those who take the. Art option is producing an Esthetial in sterile average person looks at a sculpture and. Gets up saying i Don t understand stand that s All. He does t have the tool to understand people should learn to look for rhythm and form in a sculpture or. Pankiw said. A Good piece of sculpture turns one s Bead towards it. Last night a Man driving past jammed on Bis brakes to get a better look at the Sheet Metal strike set for thursday local 511 of the Sheet Metal workers Union Al Cio Csc decided tuesday night to strike against 15 greater Winnipeg shops . The Datel was decided on at a in Temple april .14, the Union had voted 85 per cent in favor of a strike George Henderson Ilse local s business agent said the local would meet arrange picketing and policing to ensure non Union men Don t take strik ers places without the local knowing about the local will be the fourth building Trade Union on strike in Winnipeg. Others Are the insulators the ironworker and the plumbers. All projects where the 15 Are contracting will be affected including some areas outside greater Winnipeg Camp Sheflo Camp Hughes and Gypsumville. Local Sll Szoo members Are seeking a-20-cent hourly raise in pay spread Over two years. The Winnipeg builders Exchange says it has made its final offer five cents now and five cents . The local also wants Trade improvement programming to pro vide better facilities for apprentices to become journeymen. With these four key unions out and the electricians arranging to take a strike vote thurs Day construction in greater Winnipeg faces a Complete shut Down unless settlement u reached soon. City trustees refuse to replace schools experts Call unsafe floors at St. John s and Kelvin Sag but additions to be built by Pat Clayton Winnipeg school Board tuesday refused to replace two 50-year-old schools St John s Jed Kelvin despite the pleas of one trustee that engineers have labelled them unsafe. By and 8 to 4 vote the Board decided to include in its school Money bylaw this fall to build additions to the schools rather than spend to replace them. Trustee Margaret Trott warned the Board that As soon As parents learn about the condition of the schools May need million a school Money bylaw for be tween million and Mil lion will be voted on by Winnipeg taxpayers this fall. The Winnipeg school Board tuesday approved building plans additions replacements or other improvements to 10 schools totalling if tentative plans for a Junior vocational school and a commercial school Are approved later the total for which ratepayers approval would be required could climb to More than million. The changes the Board approved the follow ing additions or replacements to schools Shaughnessy Park 16 rooms a general purpose room administrative and staff John Dafoe eight rooms adjustment room and a general purpose John King 30 rooms a Gen eral purpose room administrative space and a dental opera tory j. B. Mitchell sue rooms and two Home economic labs Churchill 16 rooms a lib Rary four shops two Home eco nomic labs and a Junior High gym Grant Park 20 rooms Sci ence Art music Library and language Jab rooms and a Junior High Elmwood 16 rooms an Industrial arts shop a language lab and an Art room Gordon Bell 19 rooms a language lab two Home economic rooms an Art room a music room a Junior High gym and a Library Kelvin nine classrooms a language lab and a gym St. John s 12 classrooms and a language lab cafeteria facilities will also be built at several schools at a to Tal Cost of the Board agreed with build ing and policy committee s recommendation that it postpone considering the proposed Junior vocational school and Commer Cial school until Manitoba s Edu cation minister Stewart Mclean can advise trustees any govern ment Grants that May be Avail Able for such projects. The superintendent s depart mentation is that be spent on a Junior vocational school consisting of 15 class rooms a general science room a music room two typing rooms a Library a cafeteria an auditorium gymnasium five shop areas and administrative medical and staff rooms. The superintendent s depart ment said in a report to the Board that Tec voc High school schools they will no longer per Mit their children to attend them. She said a firm of consultant engineers has labelled the schools unsafe and that the Board can not risk injury or death to any of its students. Trustee Alys Robertson agreed. I would t Send my child to either she said. We should oppose anything but a replacement for these the report of the consulting firm w. L. Wardrop and associates management ltd., said National education they need. It said there May be Between 500 and 600 students slow learners those with lower is and some terminal course Stu dents who would Benefit from a new Type of educational pro Gram. The department suggested a few guides for such a school age of entry should per cent vocational and there should be a Strong guidance Section with responsibility for Job placement and follow up. Suggested Sites for the school Are adjacent to Salter Street just North of the car Yards or in the general area of Redwood Avenue. Possible areas of instruction include woodworking Sheet me Tal work painting horticulture tailoring barbering shoe repair warehousing Beauty culture pressing and cleaning and com Mercial skills such As typing and cling. The administration also suggests that a commercial High school be built in North Winnipeg at an estimated Cost of commercial students it says Are occupying space at Tec voc which could be used for other purposes. All commercial Stu dents at Daniel Mclntyre will eventually have to attend Tec voc As enrolment at general High schools increases. It says other commercial High schools May have to be built in future years to accommodate various sections of the City. Lake yields officers bodies the bodies of two missing Craf officers have been recovered from Lake Winnipeg. The body of of c. G. Lead beater 27, of Kingston ont. Was recovered three Miles South of grand Marais at . Wednesday by a Gimli based Craf crash boat. A Winnipeg based Craf Dakota Crew spotted the body of fit. It. K. L. Macdonald 31, of High River alta., Early tuesday evening shortly after an empty Sailboat was discovered floating near Beaconia on the Southeast Shore of the Lake. Fit. It Macdonald and of Leadbeater had been missing since 4 . Monday when they left their Giro i base in a one masted sailing boat to go out on Lake Winnipeg. When they had not returned by . Aircraft from the Craf station at Gimli aided by an air Force crash boat be Gan a search. Light air fact from the Craf flying club at Gimli aided by two expediters and two t-33 Jet trainers searched monday night. Tuesday the search aircraft were joined by an Otter a Dakota and a Lancaster. Tuesday evening the motor Heads pharmacists Jack w. Richardson of Winnipeg has been elected president of the Manitoba pharmaceutical association. Or. Richardson will dead the 600-member association the two years. Other officers elected Are John c. Mcmillan vice president and Duncan w. G. Williamson of Swan River honorary treasurer. Vessel Bradbury the Federal department of Public works boat based at Selkirk found the mis sing men s Sailboat near Bea Conia. Shortly afterwards the Dakota spotted the body of fit it. Mac Donald in a life jacket South of the 18-foot Sailboat. Fit it. Macdonald is survived by Bis wife at Gimli. Of Leadbeater is survived by his wife and two children at Gimli. David Dobbs of 513 Burrows Avenue a 17 year old second year arts student with five awards was one of the top prize winners among undergraduates at the Una Rontty of Manitoba. A Complete list of this under Graznak prize winners appears today on Pago it. Both schools was carried out june 2 at the request of the Board. Many floor areas of both buildings Are in an unsafe Condi the report said adding that it was impossible to single out these areas unless extensive and costly floor Load tests Are carried floors Sag the firm recommended that the buildings be demolished or that All floors be completely Load tested and repaired or renewed As necessary. It said the roofs of the schools Are in fair condition but show signs of previous leaking. Al most All floors show a pronounced Sag in the Centre at slabs and beams. In addition the report said the Concrete at one location in each school was in such poor condition that it was impossible to take a Core Sample. The Concrete in these holes was completely disintegrated resulting in handfuls of gravel be ing obtained instead of a Sam ple of the Board s decision to build additions rather than replace the schools apparently stemmed from two factors. Trustees afraid that the Public would turn thumbs Down on a too Large Money bylaw were also not convinced that the schools condition was As serious As trustee Trott claimed. I m not sure if things Are dangerous or trustee an Drew Moore said. Tax Burden trustee Mary Kardash said the More than million needed to replace the schools would impose a heavy Burden on the already Over Laden she said the administration s Al Ternate suggestion that the schools be added to if not re placed was the practical one. Trustee Andrew Zaharichuk said the schools were not As bad As some people think. They will still be Safe for another 10 years. They were trustee Isadore Wolch hit out at trustees who were alarmists saying that lives Are in danger. I went to St John s 35 years ago and the floors Bra cd then. Be practical and reason Able. The taxpayers will support additions to the outdated trustee Agnes Mcgavin who urged replacement said schools built 50 years ago Are not suit Able for modern education. They Are completely trustee George Frith said by adding to the schools Little by the old structures would be completely replaced by 1975." Board architect w. I. Enns said if the schools were not re placed a Complete analysis of the floors would have to be con ducted to determine which ones would have to be entirely re those voting to build additions were trustees Frith Moore Wil Liam Rayner Zaharichuk Kar dash Joseph Cropo Andrew Bil Eski and Wolch. Those opposed were trustees Trott Peter Gor Don Mcgavin and Alys Robert son. Free press meetings meetings to be held at 8 . Thursday in the free press building include Board room no. 1, executive committee Irish protestants association Board room no. 2, executive committee Wallace Camp no. 88, sons of Scotland clubroom Winnipeg sports car club ;