Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tthhrpact1 urbut showers sad isolated Thund Enhopen. Civil via sunny with Little temperature Chance saturday. Winds Northwest saturday. Tonight 53. Saturday 75. Temperatures for 24-hour period Enolar . Max. Min. Free. Max. Min. Ain onion Angeles fort William Kenora new York Coffee break Gene Telpner Ever since my father managed a loss prone stable of boxers when i was very Young i have been a fan of the fight game. With Norm Coston i attended the Patterson Liston to affair at the Arena the other night. It sort of sets the mind working As to what has happened to boxing. Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney Are probably the oily ones you can think of who managed to come out of it Well fixed although there must have been thousands of fighters since their Day. Apparently Only Rocky Marciano of the modern Box ers managed to hang on to some Money. Joe Louis is still deep in the Hole sugar Ray Robinson is fighting and Rocky Graziano does television work. Unless you re a dedicated fan you would t remember when Marty Servo was welter weight Champion of the world. A Winnipeg Friend of mine who was in Las vegas for the recent fight said that Rocky Marciano paid the Bills for Marty Servo so he could come from his Home in Pueblo watch the Battle. The same Friend also mentioned that Joe Louis was losing pretty heavily at the gambling tables. For the recent two hour television show on his life Joe received Only with a Chance to get More if it s sold to More stations. Although no one asked me Here s my opinion of Cassius Clay. Unless someone stops him the Brash Clay might actually find himself in the ring with Sonny listen next september. And this would be a real tragedy for Cassius. Paraphrasing the immortal words of Sonny Lis ton it would take me a round and a half to catch him then half a round to Knock him Hook line and sinker Here s a fish Story to end All fish stories. Last week Ike Chamish of 45 Smithfield Avenue West Kildonan was invited to fish with friends on Lake Pasqua in Saskatchewan. He did t have tackle with him so some one loaned him a Rod and reel Worth As Luck would have it or. Chamish accidentally dropped it Over Board. There was nothing left to do but pay the luckless owner for the Rig. This week he received a phone Call from Saskatchewan asking or. Chamish How would you like to earn in one then the caller went on to explain that he had been fishing with his daughter on the same Lake. She hooked a Pickerel and in the Battle to land the fish the Pickerel became entangled in something on the Bot Tom of the Lake. Yes she pulled up the fish plus the lost Rod and reel. Now everyone is Happy especially or. Chamish. If from Here and there speaking of Money a fellow in our office showed me a Dollar Bill in his Wallet with the notation on it please return to Gordon Dyck Nice try or. Dyck mrs. , of 2345 Portage Avenue said her four year old granddaughter Laura watched her father Plant a bed of pansies in full Bloom. After Laura went to bed her dad filled in the bed with Blooming tiny violas. In the morning eyes sparkling Little Laura noticed the addition to the Garden. Of Mummy she cried out. The pansies had of you want to read an interesting and thought provoking article pick up a copy of the july Royal Bank of Canada monthly letter Here s an Anonymous Little Story someone sent. It seems some monks were having a wish and Chip Fry to raise Money to build a monastery. One customer thought his fish was cold and took his plate to a Monk to complain. Are you the fish he asked. Was the reply pm the Chip it s the big vegetable season again. T. Meyer of 361 Oakview Avenue Kildonan grew a three Pound radish in his Garden Jerry Isherwood is associated with a new promotion Here called invitation dinners. It s Al ready going big in the ., and the Basic gimmick is two meals for the Price of one at leading restaurants after you buy a membership Murray offer is Back from California and apparently has derided to remain Here rather than in the He s Back in the car Wash at a new location. Calendar Doin Lii Winnipeg i saturday stadium. Mid West International Crapshoot Portage Avenue grounds half mile West of Assiniboia Downs. 2 . And Northern league baseball Gold eyes is. Grand Forks Winnipeg horse racing Assiniboia Downs 7 National league soccer scottish is. Italians Alexander Park. Rainbow stage West Side Story Kildonan Park. Sunday mid West International Crapshoot Portage Avenue grounds. 2 Northern league baseball Gold eyes is. Grand Forks Winnipeg 3 band concert memorial Park Broadway and Osborne. . And Northern league baseball Gold eyes is. Grand Forks Winnipeg stadium. Horse racing Derby Day Assini Boia Downs. Soccer provincial championship United Weston is. Italians Alex Bander Park. Folk singing concert Odetta Peter Paul and Mary winnipeg1 Slaughter up especially w City Manitoba Road deaths mount by Roger Newman Manitoba government safety officials Are becoming increasingly concerned about the Slaughter of this province s highways especially in greater fifty people died in the first six months of this year. Nine teen More died in july according to preliminary figures. This makes a total of 69 Road fatalities so far in 1963. Accidents in the first half of 1963, Drivers on Manitoba highways were involved in accidents causing damage estimated at 150.-this compares with last year s figure of accidents Worth of damage. Many of these accidents were entirely says a safety Branch spokesman. In fact the biggest increase in our Accident total has been caused by people hitting fixed objects and running off the in the past 12 months the number of motorists driving off roads for no apparent reason has jumped to an astronomical 537 from 209. Similarly fixed object mishaps have risen to 328 from 211. Speed biggest excessive rates of Speed Are still the biggest says the spokesman. If Manitoba motorists Don t slow Down our Accident record is going to look pretty terrifying at the end of the a j it what really concerns safety officials is the vast increase in Road deaths taking place in greater Winnipeg. To Date in 1963, been-17 fatal mishaps killing 18 greater Winni Peg residents As compared to six fatal accidents taking six victims at the last year this is end says official. Thev trend shows Jno signs of people died greater accidents during also of prime concern to the government safety Branch is the Large increase in the number of Manitoba smash causing personal injuries. V. In the period there were accidents involving injuries on this province s roadways people were Hurt. This is an increase of about 400 in both the number of accidents and the total of people Hurt. According to safety Branch officials 50 people met their death in 47 fatal accidents on Manitoba during the first six months of 1963. Although records Aren t completed a preliminary count shows an additional 19 persons died in july. The six month figure compares with last year s correspond ing total of 42 fatal accidents killing 53 people. Three fewer people have died this year but there have been five extra fatal mishaps. Insurance More costly this Jour no in Injurer accidents is having an effect on insure Arice rates automobile insurance firms have already indicated they Willie increase their crates next year. Pretty mostly to Settle a claim these says and with the Risa in accidents i Doft t see How Well alternative but to increase car radios custom inst Heo car radio repairs 2.50 by Carrier 35c per week Winnipeg Friday August 2, 1963. Copy Price _10c whip fou Wall 30 at Wurt str Yick Advance car radio Centre 636 Sargent. Near shr Shook phone 786-3347 Roblin Man denies report a Story appearing in the free press on saturday july 6 re ported that some residents of Roblin Man., were irate Over the Transfer of 13 Graves to an other cemetery to make room for a parking lot. Some residents claim they weren t notified of the Transfer in Advance. Michael Korpan of was quoted in the Story As stat ing he had threatened Legal act Ion against the provincial government department which gave permission to the Roblin memorial Chapel to Transfer the Graves. In this connection or. Korpan denies he contemplated or threat ened Legal action. Car Rolls passenger pled lome Reginald Lenton 43, of the Rural municipality of that no son was fatally injured thurs Day when a car in which lie was a passenger if some Loose Gra Vel and rolled Over several times before coming to rest in a ditch. The Accident occurred about . Thursday on a Munici pal Road 2% Miles North of Miami Man. Car was driven by Alex Lenton who was not fur ther identified. The injured Man was driven to the Miami Hospital where he died at approximately . Thursday Coroner or. H. A c. North of Carman ordered a preliminary inquest Friday. Free press meetings to be held at 8 . In the free press build ing monday include Board room no. .2, the Cutty Sark club Winnipeg any free samples the Astra numismatic society and the Western numismatic association opened a three Day Coin show thursday at the Royal Alexandra hotel. Pictured is mrs. V. Darowski an employee of a Winnipeg Coin firm showing collector i. W. Klassen of Kleefeld Man., some Choice specimens. Coins dating Back to the 17th Century Are on display at the show. House of two nations exploitation charged 3 probe metro fair wage rates a three Man subcommittee has been appointed to investigate a fair wage schedule for employees of contractors doing work for metro Dick Bonnycastle metro chairman disclosed thursday night. Meetings Are being planned with officials of labor the construction Industry and the provincial Public works and labor departments. Metro is going to look into All aspects of the chairman said at thursday night s metro finance committee meeting. The members members of. The subcommittee Are metro councillors Peter tar Aska Jack Willis and Thomas b. Findlay. The move came after repeated complaints about stages being paid to non Union workers on me Tro jobs. . A. Coulter and coun. Sidney Qreen said the province s fair wage schedule in t specific enough and that it Only governs wages of work being done on building construction but leaves out Many other categories such As sewer and water line construction councillor Coulter said Sim Kin s construction co. Ltd. Is exploiting its this was the most severe Crit cism he has made against the company the Only one the far in his wage criticisms. In t True his allegation thursday night was met with cries of it in t True and out of order out of coun. Coulter said this com Pany is exploiting the workers and i think this must be taken into account when we Are award ing i said coun. A. E. Bennett. This is a wrong state ment unless you have coun. Said there is proof on file in a letter in which the company claimed it did t have to abide by the fair wage schedule. Metro already has a fair wage schedule modelled on the provincial legislation. A court Case this year found that under its strictest meaning the province s fair wage schedule applied Only to building construction. All contractors councillors Green and Coulter want metro to require All con tractors doing work to pay fair wage schedule rates. An attempt by the two councillors to stall the awarding of a contract failed thursday night. Metro s finance committee voted to recommend to metro Council that a contract for installing an interceptor sewer in Charleswood be awarded to Simkin s. Work on is to Start nov. 1-so that it will pro vide Winter work and qualify for Grants from the Federal and provincial governments. Tunnelling most of the. Work will involve tunnelling. Metro wants to avoid major disruption of traffic such As occurred last year when Charleswood installed a sewer line. Metro s interceptor sewer line will go from Community Row to Beaumont Avenue West to Charleswood Road South on Charleswood to Wilkes Avenue West on Wilkes to a pumping Sta Tion at Highway then Southwest to a sewage la Goon which is under construction. A scheme to save Canada front break up Quebec opposition Leader searches for new National Constitution by John Dafoe Quebec opposition Leader Daniel Johnson visited Winnipeg thursday on tour of Western Canada to get the pulse of the and he confessed himself As deeply concerned about its future. I really am worried unless we Wake he told reporters. The situation can spoil very v if the polished 47-yaer-old Leader of Quebec s Union National has fears about confederation however he is also bursting with ideas of ways to make it work. The Federal government s pre sent Royal commission on Sicul Tural ism won t be enough he said and neither will be a Federal provincial conference. The he said is a constituent Assembly made up of equal numbers of French and English speaking Mem Bers to make a new Constitution by canadians for canadians in there is no other Way to re Patriate the estates general before the Assembly he said French Canada should Call to Gether an estates general re presenting All elements of the French speaking population to determine what Quebec really wants from confederation. The new Constitution or. Johnson said should give que Bec a larger degree of Auto he proposed a new style sen ate an elected House of nations with equal representation from Canada s two a the revamped Senate would have a judicial committee which would become Canada s highest Legal tribunal. The members serving Long terms would be Independent of poli tical party. They would become the watchdogs of the cons Titu Canada at the moment or. Johnson said is Only an and Daniel Johnson we must Wake up ministrative federation. The House of two nations could be come the instrument of a poli tical or. Johnson saw some Bene fits arising from the Royal commission on . For one thing he said it would clarify the terms of the discus Sion. Quebec s needs or. Johnson s trip through the West will help him prepare his own party s submission to the Royal commission. It will also help him prepare the Posi Tion he will take on a Quebec committee on the Constitution which will seek to define the province s objectives in confederation. The committee is being Cal led he said so that the rest of Canada will know what que Bec he said he hoped the committee would establish what French speaking canadians want in Quebec what they want at the Ottawa level and what constitutional guarantees we would like for the French outside of while in Winnipeg or. John son held talks with Premier Duff Roblin and opposition Leader. Gildas Mol Gat. Mednyk to trial ramp police Airport the ramp officially took Over policing of Winnipeg s International Airport thursday. The ramp contingent at the Airport will be headed by. Sgt. Edward Varndell and will consist of five constables and a number of commission Aires. This move is be in keeping with Federal government policy of having the Romr Han dle Security at All the International airports in Canada. The ramp have already taken Over policing at the International airports Lin Montreal Toronto Vancouver Ottawa up to now general policing at the Winnipeg Airport has been done by commission Aires under the supervision of ramp head quarters. Traffic and parking control was formerly done by the St. James City police. The new ramp contingent moved furniture to its Airport off ice thursday. It will move in aug. 12 when Telephone connections Are set up. Sgt. Varndell came to Winnipeg from Ottawa last month but he had been stationed in Winnipeg before from 1957 to 1960. At that time transferred to the Northwest territories where he spent two years before going to Ottawa. While in Winnipeg and the Northwest territories he flew with the ramp s air division. He is a qualified Pilot he was originally from Gleichen Alberta and has been with the ramp for 12 Yean. Bid to reduce charge fails Michael Mednyk .43, of 649 Melrose Avenue was committed thursday for jury trial on a charge of capital murder de spite an attempt by his lawyer to have the charge reduced to non capital murder. Magistrate g. L. Cousley ruled in provincial police court that there was some evidence of capital murder that should go to a in the March .9 death of Mednyk s 77-year-old Mother. Mary Mednyk. The woman s naked and battered was found lying on bed in the basement ,6f their Small East Kildonan in Home i Iowa counsel Mel Myers tended the. Son had planned an d s defence counsel Ken Houston contended that the Crown had not proven a planned and deliberate murder. He failed to see the significance and relevance of much of the evidence called in the Long hearing by the Crown or. Hous ton said. There is no evidence from which you might even say that the accused probably planned a he is difficult to imagine a situation where there was less planning or Deli or. Myers however argued that Mednyk was a Man obsessed with the idea that if he sick and ailing Mother went to Hospital the expenses would eat up the estate to which he Felt he was Mednyk he said was a Man nature excessively greedy and of below average ment Auty who drank to he s run ragged rolling out the red carpet two months ago Alex b. Starikoff of 262 Oak Street rolled out a red carpet for his wife who was homeward bound after a two month vacation. Every husband should Greet his wife this or. Stari Koff said at that time. And he offered to lend the 60-foot-Long carpet to anyone who would make similar use of it since the offer he admitted this week both he and the car pet have nearly been run ragged he s been kept Busy deliver ing it to takers throughout greater Winnipeg. A couple of weeks ago or. Starikoff agreed to lend the carpet to a theatre for the x Winnipeg preview of a movie. He did t know it but his a d promised it to someone else. Rather than disappoint one of the parties or. Starikoff bought another length of carpet. Now 120 feet of red carpet is available to people who want to Welcome Home husband or wife ;