Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Forecast 8ttnb3 Amer. Wind. Ruht be i 1 coming Muthert 15 Ihu Reamy. To Liht 05. Faith thursday 80. Temperatures for 24-hour period Sadlok Max. Win. Min. 58 Ottawa 52 1.04 Calgary 60 53 .82 Edmonton 56 54 1.35 55 to. The Pas 77 .71 Wynn spec 67 fort 47 Kenora York 67 .22 food Money for Claudia s Homecoming by Carrier 35c per week Winnipeg wednesday August 14, 1963 single copy Price we St. Jaines City Council tuesday night decided to Honor Claudia Mcpherson 17, the youngest per son to swim the English Channel at a dinner in september. Council also recommended that the civic finance committee con Sider donating to the Clau Dia Mcpherson education fund. Last week metro Council approved giving to the fund miss Mcpherson is to arrive Home in St. James aug. 23. Alderman r. J. Gillies said he would like to see the Council Honor the girl because she has brought St. James tremendous International publicity and reorganised he said a committee set up last year when miss Mcpherson first attempted the swim has been reorganized to prepare for her Homecoming. The committee consisting of representatives of St. James City Council St. James chamber of Commerce St. James Royal Canadian legion Branch Craf and private Citi Zens would soon be appealing for donations to the swimmer s Edu cation fund. Miss Mcpherson enters Grade 12 at St. James collegiate this fall and then plans to enrol in the nursing course University of Manitoba. From province Aid. Gillies said it was Likely the province of Manitoba would be donating to the fund. Aid. R. Said the fund won t be Worth anything unless it reaches at least Aid. A. H. Mackling1, who seconded Aid. Gillies motion that a dinner be Given said the july Channel swim was a heroic achievement for one so mayor a. W. Hanks said he understood that if Council agreed to hold a dinner then the St. James school Board would make a Cash Grant to miss Mcpherson. St. James school Board tues. Day night donate toward the Claudia Mcpherson education fund in two payments of one this year and one in 1964. Aid. Wightman said he Felt that some recognition such As a pin should be Given George Allison the Young swimmer s coach. The Alderman was informed something would be done for or. Allison who works for the St. James Myca but who to new Brunswick. Not in budget Aid. Russell Pawley said he was worried about the suggestion that Council make a Cash Grant to miss Mcpherson. He said such a move would set a precedent and besides there was no Money in the budget for such a donation. If the Federal government does t recognize it the swim then we should do it in a Small Way. We should t go Over one Alderman said a dinner would be enough. Replied Aid. Wightman we hold dinner for just about the motion asking finance com Mittee to consider a Grant to the education fund was passed 5 to 2. Voting in favor were aldermen Gillies Mackling Wightman j. R. Bourke and Alex Soroka. Against were aldermen Pawley and Dave Johnston. Car radios 7 o 50 custom inst Tuluo w car radio repairs 2.50 Wholl you wait to Mihutat ilk if Advance car radio Centre 436 str gent far sme rebook phone 2 bakeries Over at 3 Union claims company refuses to negotiate for two shops striking employees of three Winnipeg bakeries returned to work tuesday night following settlement of a three Day strike. But the strike continued at two i other bakeries. Winnipeg teen agers mob Paul Cambeilh the Star of the Rainbow stage production of the King arid i after student performance tuesday night. The performance was a sell out and about 300 students had to be turned away said stage spokesman. Official opening night is wednesday. The production last of the 1963 season nos until aug. 24. The Fountain of youth Racket free press meetings meetings to be held Ai 8 . Thursday in the free press building include Board 2, executive com Mittee Wallace Camp no. 88, sons of Scotland clubroom Winnipeg philatelic society. A warning on quack cures cosmetics can do wonders and medical Coffee by Gene Telpner a fils newspaper has recently carried a number of stories about the death of High school foot Ball because of the Lack of for All i know some Angel May have already come through with the Neces sary but not As this was written. However if the High school students really want football As much As they seem to there was one Way they could have raised the and at the same time not had to go begging for the Money. I was speaking to or. J. A Morison director of health services for the provinces of Manitoba about the matter. He said according to a Survey of Cigar Ette smoking to schools boys admitted they smoke a pack or More each week. Said or. Morison if every High school boy who smokes just gave it no for the football season alone and used the Money saved for football it would add up to Well Over i mention this As a striking example of How much smoking the figure of does t include the girls nor does it include St Paul s. You la notice or. Morison did t even suggest that they have to give up smoking he Only offered the perspective that eight weeks of not smoking would pay for the football season which is going by the Board simply because of there s an Opportunity Here for some action if anyone wants to take the trouble. The family recently horned out of their Home thank everyone who so generously supplied them with food clothing and furniture. A mention in this column of their plight resulted in an overwhelming response. Pulse of the province people and places the other Day Bob Divens of Mcguinness introduced me to his grand Nephew 11 year old Ian Hamilton of Helensburgh in Scotland. The lad flew Over by himself for a visit with Bob and his wife and he is a terrific Young fellow. He wears a Kilt proudly and his father s leather Belt which was worn by the senior Hamilton in his years As a commander in the Royal Navy. When Ian got off the plane Here a Young lady asked him what he wears under his Kilt. He replied with a Grin on his freckled face i Shan t Tell later he wrote his father of the incident and received the reply keep thera guessing speaking of youngsters a local boy with in his Bank account recently decided to draw out the Money. His dad took him to the Bank and when the Teller gave the lad the Money he started an awful fuss. I put in a two Dollar Bill and a one Dollar Bill not three ones. You were supposed to keep my own Money and this in t the boy was finally pacified when the Teller made a switch. A Sandy Hook resident is still mystified by an incident that he witnessed sunday afternoon. The Sandy Hook Man was walking two horses in an isolated area when he saw a car drive up with a Man behind the wheel. As he watched the Man parked the car got out and carefully unlocked the trunk to the utter Shock of the Sandy Hook there was a girl she seemed unconcerned and both sat on the Edge of the car trunk Ina warm embrace. Suddenly the pair spotted the intruder Avith the two horses. Hurriedly the Man shoved the Giri Back inthe trunk slammed it shut got behind the wheel and rated away. Truth is of Teri much stranger than fiction. Personal appearance but there Are no creams lotions or drugs that will turn aging skin to that of a teen Ager or put hair Back on a Bald Bead. Amplifying this statement or c. A. Morrell director of the food and drug directorate in Ottawa told the Canadian pharmaceutical association tuesday afternoon there is extensive quackery the cosmetic Fielt in a sense that thousands of Dol Lars Are swindled from the pub lie by false claims for these a he said that cosmetic quack Ery is usually based on the exploitation of some Miracle ingredient that is supposed to restore youth and Beauty to the aged or unattractive. There have been dozens of substances promoted for this purpose Over the years and the process of trial and error is continuing or. Morrell told the. Group meeting at the Marlborough hotel outlining the various types of quackery existing in Canada he said it appears in Many forms. Thera is the obvious quack who endows himself with All the trimmings the University de Grees and the jargon of health cancer cures other types exploit the fears and antagonisms of those who Are suspicious of Medicine or science. He classified three Cate Gories of quackery drug and food and. Nutrition no Accord for hatters a wage negotiations deadlock has been reached by a hatters Trade Union and five companies making cloth hats and Caps a Union official said wednesday. Joe Meslin International representative of the United hatters Cap and millinery workers in he called the drug and cos Metic quack the most dangerous to Public health. The user of a quack Medicine is substituting at Best an impotent or ineffective combination of chemicals for an effective pharmaceutical product. Or. Morrell hurled a Strong warning to the Public to beware of the phoney cancer Pratti he said phoney in this Field can be identified b several important characters listing them As follows his treatment is secret h uses advertising planted stories or testimonials to support his claim he uses the name of a High sounding research organization or foundation in connection with his treatment metro master plan that Weil groomed look for City Ter National Union Al Cio said that at a meeting with the firms representatives tuesday evening we realized this was it it was the final the firms Are dressier head Wear ltd., which has a Plant at Morden Brill hat and Cap co. Buffalo Cap and neckwear Manitoba Cap manufacturing company Gerb manufacturing co. Union demands include that its health and welfare fund Levy be raised from two to four per cent of the total monthly pay Roll. The local is also asking for a 15-cent-an-hour pay increase an increase in starting rates a minimum wage level to be achieved by learners week. And a said the Union will consider now asking for govern ment conciliation services As a next step the usual procedure. Wage Scales mostly Range from an hour for learners to an hour Sec Fried workers he get Only from 70 to 90 cents an hour. The overwhelming majority of the 500 employees or. Meslin said were women. The few men employed got a Little More than a Dollar an hour. A master plan to beautify and give greater Winnipeg s main approaches that Well groomed look was tabled at a metro Parks committee meeting tuesday night. It suggests _ going into debt next year to reseed Centre and ride boulevards and install Sprink ers on All main streets. _ maintenance of boulevards and Trees next year using ample water and fertilizers on Trees and brass and herbicides on weeds. Cost the committee tabled the plans n a nine Page report so that hey could be studied and then discussed in two weeks at the next Parks meeting before being ent to metro Council for final approval. The plans Are the work of n. A. Korven metro s supervisor of Weed control and boulevards. It gives a comprehensive plan for improvements and a continued level of maintenance which a borsits have claimed were mis sing when the streets were under the control of municipalities. Councillor Thomas b. Findlay Parks committee chairman Sai wednesday morning that he is in favor of the suggestion of trying to make entrances to the metro Politan area similar to Broadway i Don t think the costs Are he said. I think we should be willing to spend any reasonable amount of Money to attain this Andrew Currie metro s director of Parks told the meeting his _ to fill in boulevards Nar rower than two feet with coloured Asphalt or crushed Stone because the Cost of then Upkeep is too High. To use polyethylene film on some Boulevard curbs to prevent Salt gravel and Snow from killing grass during Winters. To consider using elevated Flower pots on main Street in All Concrete areas where if is not possible to grow shrubs. Division Hopes to have sprinklers instated grass seeded and shrubs planted by the end of 1966 so that Only maintenance work will have to be done during the Centennial year. The suggested plans include improvements to boulevards on main Street Portage Avenue Broadway Pembina Highway Donald Street St Mary s Road St. Anne s Road notre Dame Avenue Corydon Avenue Grant Avenue Mcphillips Street Kenas ton Boulevard Academy Road Ellice Avenue Erin Street Mary land Street Sargent Avenue Sherbrook Street and Wall Street. The breakdown of capital costs Are for sprinklers on Cen tre boulevards with for re development of Centre boulevards for re development of Side boulevards and for Sprink Ler outlets. Boulevard maintenance for 1964 or less than 1963 and More than 1962. The report says that if the plans Are carried out All Centre and Side mule Ards on metro streets will e fully developed and will prove o be a source of Beauty and Pride by 1967." other recommendations in the report Are St. James endorses jury recommendation wait and walk signals should be installed at All con trolled intersections along por Tage Avenue in St. James according to St. James City coun the Council decided tuesday night to recommend the move to metro Council which has jurisdiction Over the Street. Earlier a Coroner s jury which inquired into the death of Ann Doyle 8, daughter of or. And mrs. W. A. Doyle of 125 Birch Wood Terrace had recommended such signs be installed. The girl was fatally injured at about 3 . July. 30. She had been crossing Portage at Whyte Wold Road and had been in collision with a truck. Keewatin closed Keewatin Street Between Logan avenues was closed to traffic wednesday for one month so that work could Start on construction of a four Lane divided Concrete Highway. He refuses or discourages consultation with reliable physicians. His records Are scanty or do not exist and Many of his cured patients have no Evi Dence of Ever suffering from cancer. He promises to make his drugs available to an official Agency for testing but rarely delivers them. Or. Morrell called the promo Tion of certain Vitamin products food supplements and special dietary foods a Field of quack Ery. Pills nostrums millions on this continent Are attempting self medication for imaginary or. Real illnesses through the use of a wide Vari Ety of More or less irrational food items. This problem is reaching the extent of the Patent Medicine craze that existed at the turn of the or. Morrell pointed out that he fallacy accepted by Many users of these products is that the diet of most canadians is not adequate in some significant food not pills and nostrums s the Best source of vitamins , and other nutrients f symptoms of nutritional i ease or ill health Are present anyone is Well advised to first consult his physician and then Ake any medication that is required under his Faith healer he also discussed Faith heal ers mentioning one that recently received a great Deal of publicity in the Ottawa area. Said or. Morrell of this Man a diabetic who came under his influence abandoned her insulin to Peep at Cost of Cheeps creeping Chicks popping out of their shells May be a summer attraction next year in the Chil Dren s Section of Assiniboine Park. Metro s Parks committee tues Day asked Andrew Currie director of. Parks to approach local hatcheries to see what the proposal would Cost. The idea came from Council Lor b. R. Wolfe who said it has proven a fascinating feature in Toronto. Coun. Wolfe also reported that Toronto s new Parks had a build ing in which mothers could care for their babies. Disposable Dia pers and bottle warmers were available and a Matron or nurse was on duty. Or. Currie said such Maccomo Dation might be needed in Kildonan Park if it were expanded. There Are unofficial plans for the five bakery walkout which involved 65 employees had begun officially late saturday. Thus the bakeries lost their regular Sun Day baking for monday sales. John h. Reid of Toronto vice president in Canada of the Bak Ery and confectionery. Workers International Union of America said in an interview Here tuesday night that the decision to resume work was reached after Union officials bakery management and Manitoba s assistant Deputy minister of labor John King had completed negotiations. To terms strikers from North West Bak Ery City bread and tasty bread had come to terms with manage ment said or. Reid but workers from main bakery and Brothers bakery both owned by the same company would remain on strike because the company has simply refused to or. Reid said he could give no estimate on at main and Brothers bakeries 7 might continue. At the three other bakeries the workers will get a week More by next May. The new contracts Between the bakeries and Union local 389 is for a year and a half effective next month a company official said. Building a swimming Pool in the Park next year therapy and died shortly after wards. Since his operation did not involve the Sale or distribution of food and drugs the directorate was powerless to take any action against the Ottawa official said a new extensive series of regulations Are now being prepared which will exert much More effective control Over the introduction of All new drugs in Canada. Dealing with quackery re quires Legal prosecution Public education and resistance to the advantages offered by quackery. Cabbie describes attackers police wednesday received their first Concrete leads to the identity of two men who beat a taxi Driver then vanished into the night last thursday. The taxi Driver Donald Smith 31, of 449 Larsen Avenue East Kildonan told police he picked up two men at the Corner of mar Ion Street and tache Avenue in St. Boniface shortly after mid night. The two whom he described As having hair and dark complexions being of medium build and Between 20 and 23 years old asked him to drive to Blackberry Bay in the Windsor Park area. Or. Smith said their Conversa Tion indicated they were visiting in the Blackberry Bay neighbor Hood and it was there the beating took place. A nearby resident saw or. Smith get out of his cab after the two men had fled holding his head blood streaming from his wounds police reported. Then the witness said or. Smith got Back into his car and drove away. St. Boniface police have also received information from a woman who said that the morning before the attack she had seen two persons who reset the workers will get a a week increase now another at the end of the year and next May making a total of concessions or. Reid said we also got a number of concessions and new clauses in the contract which might not seem very important to the general Public but which Are very satisfy ing to the the new contract includes clauses concerning pensions Wel fare and Accident and sickness benefits. Max Goldman manager of War eau acc leu no reset As one who is vitally concerned bled the descriptions or. Smith with the deceptions that Are tasted upon the i Appeal o you to co operate in this Bat be from the important position Tou hold within commune or. Murrell concluded. Told in St. James St. James City Council tuesday night received a catty letter from a City couple who complained their Yard has become the general meeting place for cats from blocks or. And mrs. G. R. Finlay of 358 Roseberry Street wrote that cats Are much More of a nuisance than dogs in the area and suggested cats be licensed in St. James. This was the second time Council had received such a sue Guesnon. Council recently agreed to a crackdown on dog owners in the City who fail to buy licences for their pets the Fia lays letter said that one evening they counted nine cats on their premises. They caused such a smell we were unable to enjoy the it should be obvious that people Are keeping cats for pets because of the Lack of licensing and that cat population will in crease As Jong As this is Council referred the letter to its police committee which is considering the licensing of cats. Had Given police. One she said wore a beige jacket the other a shirt. Or. Smith who was delirious and incoherent until monday was allowed to leave Hospital tues Day. He told police one Man wore a windbreaker and the other a shirt. Said he had t seen them a motive for the beating has t been established police said. Or. Smith was not robbed. Metro wants modern lines for Park Bench the Manitoba architectural association is to be asked by metro to design some modern Park benches tables and waste receptacles. Metro s Parks committee authorized the move tuesday after Andrew Currie director of Parks reported association had already offered to do the work. George Rich metro s planning said the items would t be expensive. North West bakery said Day that before the strike he had offered the Union a a week increase with a week to Start now but the local had rejected this. The Union had wanted a increase. Jack Kapac joint manager of Brothers and main bakeries said wednesday the Union so far had not contacted him. We would not accept their terms under present or. Kapac said. He said that a breakdown of the july vote results showed that his 17 employees had voted 9 to 8 against striking. That meant a majority of his men did of the walkout or. Kapac said. 52 voted the 52 employees who had participated in the combined five bakery government supervised strike vote had voted 69 per cent in favor of a strike. Brothers and main were the Only shops to vote against a strike. Thirteen employees eligible to vote were either on vacation or sick and therefore did t vote. One Lane squeeze on Pembina on Pembina Highway at Grant Avenue will be Able to use Only one Lane each Way for three weeks starting at 9 . Thurs Day.-.-. The East Side of Pembina High Way is being rebuilt and widened. Northbound traffic won t be Able to make a left turn on to Grant. I always had a ten ency to pay my newspaper boy collection period this weekend a ;