Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 15, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Forecast sunny Friday with scattered showers or Thund a. Vavul Iziu j. Erst orms in the evening. Little change in Tern Pesature. Winds Southeast 15. Low tonight 55, High Friday so. Temperatures for 24-hour period ending . Max. Man. Man. 54 47 56 52 59 50 .01 60 56 27 52 74 54 the Pas 51 77 .09 Winnipeg .70 fort 43 50 Kenora York Peg free by Carrier 35c per week Winnipeg thursday August 15, 1963 single copy Price Loc car radios 7 q 50 custom Opas radio repairs 2.50 Rou Wah so Limuti Advance car radio Centre 436 Sargent far Sherbrook phone vote in autumn on police station will be sought 6i saw car says up mayor Juba confident9 Money bylaw would pass by Laszlo Bastro Janszky j Tion under the 1963-64 Winter works program. The police chief had indicated a delegation from the Winnipeg police commission will appear next week before Winnipeg s civic finance committee to support a proposal that a Money bylaw for a new police station be put be fore City ratepayers this fall. The police commission decided wednesday its members should appear before the. Finance com Mittee when it discusses Money bylaws to be submitted to the ratepayers during this year s civic elections. The finance committee meeting is expected to be held aug. 22. Mayor Stephen Juba said he was confident t that the citizens of Winnipeg will approve the Money bylaw giving authority for the construction of the new police station. Police chief Robert Taft said that if finance committee de tides against a police station Money bylaw then an application should be made to the Federal government for renovation of the Rupert Avenue police Sta teachers Clear Lake meet set Manitoba teachers will Dis cuss the development of Leader ship within their ranks and their own organization during a six Day conference which begins Sun Day at Clear Lake Man. Representatives of the 47 div Ision associations of the Manitoba teachers society will attend the professional leadership sem Inar sponsored annually by the society. The sessions on leadership development will be directed by d. M. Graham education director and Vernon Trott director of counselling services both of the Forest Hill schools that should the police commission decide to apply for authority to go ahead with repairs under the Winter works project the com Mission had until nov. 1 to sub Mit its request to the Federal government. Mayor Juba said another Reno vation scheme to Facelift the Rupert Avenue police station would be a sheer waste of tax payers he supported Money bylaw. Asking for a or. Murray Fisher a citizen member of the commission said lie had some doubts whether the Money bylaw would be approved by the ratepayers. Civic Centre mayor Juba told the meeting that the new proposed Cost of a slice station or Public safety Village of Toronto. Delegates will study develop ment of the Manitoba teachers society the need for improving professional services the society s policies on educational assistance to underdeveloped coun tries teacher salaries and pen building has been brought Down drastically from the pre Vious estimate. The proposed Cost of the build no was not disclosed by the a or. However the mayor had indicated that the new police Sta i Tion if a Money bylaw is sub omitted and is approved by the j ratepayers would be built near i Winnipeg s. New City Hall now called civic Centre. The civic Centre will be completed by the fall of 1964. The new police station however would not for three or four years it was Learned. The new police station mayor Juba hinted would be built near a Large parking Structure to be erected near Princess Street and William Avenue. The Cost of the new police Sta Tion would be drastically re mayor Juba suggested because the City would not have to pay land acquisition costs. The area in which the police station would be erected can be used by the City free of charge provided that the building in this area is used for civic purposes. A Money bylaw for a new police station was submitted to the rate payers in the fall of 1960 and was Defeated. At that time All Money bylaws needed the approval of 60 per cent of the rate payers who went to the Polis. Mow 50 per cent plus one vote is needed to pass Money bylaws. Know brother and Cousin How they lose legs in smash feel Brooklands police chief Art Gebauer inspects Biori soaked track Barrier. Eye witnesses to crash were Ted Deresh 13, of 476 Washington Avenue East Kildonan and Mark Kuczek 24, of 647 Jubilee Avenue. They re sitting in the stands one Row above where two boys each lost a Teg in wednesday night s crash. I know How they feel i be got a Coupie of kids i feel so spoke Howard Murphy the 26-year-old Driver whose car wednesday night pitched Over the railing at Brooklands Speedway and seriously injured two boys. I d rather have rolled on the track and taken my he said you might As Well have taken an axe and let them have the Accident happened this Way he said i was driving along the outside of the track to let my brother through. After my brother passed a second car came through and i had pulled Over. Our wheels locked together i tried to reef my car Over but when we got to the turn in front of the grandstand he swung his car out to the left. His Back end went to the right our wheels unlocked i went into a Side spin and Over the Barrier and into the crowd. There was nothing i could do. I did t even see any people i just saw those boards he said. After or. Murphy got out of his car and saw what had happened Hes vent Down to the Hospital. I tried to see the kids i waited there but the doctor said it was useless so i just went last Hope Dies Board rejects plan for football Park Alderman Walter Crawford said thursday that the Board of Parks and recreation has passed Coffee break 7 by Gene Telpner Winnipeg received a great big plug in a recent Issue of the Kansas City. Star. Ray Heady the Star s outdoor editor was apparently a visitor to our City and was favourably impressed. Among the things he says Are these Winnipeg is fast becoming one of my favorite cities. First of All i la explain that i usually avoid cities on most trips. But Winnipeg is sort of different. The people Are Friendly their accent is Crisp and flavor Ful. A Day of two in Winnipeg and the mid Western slur in your own speech will begin to Sharpen up. You will enjoy breathing the invigorating air of the High Prairie. It s fun to fill your lungs completely and then exhale slowly. And you will probably discover that the people of Winnipeg Are More like the people of Kansas City in dress manner and Outlook than new yorkers or thanks Ray and we think everything s up to Date in Kansas City too. The slight out cry at the increase in Price of cigars and cigarettes seems to have almost faded out. But once in awhile you still hear the Odd comment or remark. One Cigar smoker recently dropped in to a tobacco store to pick up his favorite Brand. He made a passing remark about the Price increase and the clerk answered with a Grin yes a Penny a puff for on the personal Side jottings from a reporter s notebook did you know that the late or. Stephen Ward was once a Newspaperman according to editor publisher the official Magazine of this business or. Ward attended the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem As a working newspaper Man to draw pictures for London daily Telegraph. This apparently was his Only excursion into the Field of news coverage after that he began to make the news. Don t forget the Ray Charles concert on aug. 24, it s a one night stand perfect cribbage hand for Donald Saunders of 810 Kildonan drive according to the Federal Bureau of investigation the u.s., monday and Friday Are the most popular Days for robbing Banks. And generally the most Likely times Are Between 11 and 1 . Earl l. Mindell of Jamestown North Dakota i saw this sign taped to the Cash Register of one of our local stores. Collect 10 per cent on All cannae Cen Money Over 50 cents i guess we should t complain they did t spell it with a the office philosopher says there s one sure Way to make a person worry Tell him not Claudia gets red carpet Claudia Mcpherson is to. Get the red carpet treatment when she returns to St. James aug. 23. At a meeting of the St. James Claudia Mcpherson Channel swim committee wednesday night plans were made for a Par Ade to Welcome the Channel swimmer Home. The committee Hopes to obtain a red carpet for use Dur ing the ceremonies. When miss Mcpherson Steps off her plane at . She will be met by lieutenant governor Errick Willis Premier Duff Rob Lin St. James mayor a. W. Hanks and metro councillor Thomas. Findlay. Thirty convertibles will escort the Young swimmer to ferry Road and Portage Avenue. At this Point , led by the Winnipeg police pipe band will Parade West on Portage to Whyte Wold Road and up to the Craf recreation Centre where official Welcome Home take place. Ceremonies will a motion not to build a Central stadium for minor football including High school football. The Board feels that a Central stadium for High school and minor football is not its responsibility. The motion will now go to Council for approval he said. In his opinion said Alderman Crawford some people seem to think that they will be Able to Force Council to provide both Money and facilities for High school football by putting on a Little More Council will not be pushed into running a Money bylaw to pro vide a Central stadium for High school football he said. The Ward 1 Alderman said that the Board of Parks and recreation had provided adequate facilities for minor football in the City by setting up seats spread Over four football Sites. He also said that by buying the seats through the City s Purchas ing agent the City saved from the estimated origin Al Cost. Recently the Winnipeg High school athletic Council decided to suspend High school football in the City this year because of the Lack of operating expenses which Council would not Grant. Regardless of what criticism is made of City Council said Alder Man Crawford Council did pro vide adequate facilities for minor football in the City. Police cars to Fly Black fatality flags Winnipeg police Cruiser cars will Fly Black flags for 24-hours every time there is a traffic fatality in the City the Winnipeg police commis Sion decided at its meeting wednesday. The commission gave authority to police chief Robert Taft to adopt the measure. Aid. J. Gurzon Harvey a member of the commission said Toronto police used Black flags on their cruisers when Ever a traffic death occurred there. Is a Good idea i think we should adopt a said. Other commission Mem Bers agreed. The idea of the flying Black flags was suggested to the commission by radio station Krc which fifes Black flags on its new cruisers after traffic fatalities. The flags for the Winnipeg police cars will be supplied by the radio Sta Tion. Longer season for Duck Hunters a longer waterfowl season bigger bag limits for ducks has been announced for Manitoba this fall. The 1963 migratory game Birc regulations just announced by the Manitoba game Branch specify Farmer Dies when tractor overturns Roy William Mckay 50, Farmer in the Pilot Mound Man. District was killed Early wednes Day when the tractor he was driving overturned in a ditch five Miles North of Pilot Mound 125 Miles Southwest of Winnipeg. Coroner or. D. T. Irving of Crystal City Man. Said there will be no inquest. Frying pans ladles Fly rows auctions and rumbles an Early saturday morning ree for All in North Winnipeg hat involved weapons ranging rom frying pans to pieces of pipe brought four youths to win Lieg magistrate s court wednes Day on charges of unlawful As Embly with one. Of the four be ing charged with Possession of an offensive weapon. The fight began about . Aug. 10 when three youths who were passing a House on Mackenzie Avenue got into an argument with the occupants of the House. A youth from the ouse and one from the passing group to fight it out. After few minutes the fight stopped and the involved Shook lands. If As if the fight was ver but then someone both sides claim it was a member of the other group issued a Chal Lenge. The group from the House returned inside while the others went to round up More Man Power. Soon four or five cars pulled up in front of the House and several youths got out. A group from the House rushed out to meet those from tie cars. The fists frying pans and soup ladles began to Fly. During the Battle a woman lost her dentures one person got a Finger in the Eye another was hit Over the head with a frying pan and someone had the sutures ripped from his leg. By the tune police cruisers arrived the fight was Over. The three youths charged with unlawful Assembly a charge not heard in magistrates court since 1961, were Given two years sus Pended sentences and ordered to pay court costs. Magistrate Ian Ubienski said he was sorely tempted to make an example in this matter by giving harsher sentences. The youth charged with both unlawful Assembly and Possession of an offensive weapon a soup ladle was Given an additional two years suspended sentence to add to the Oneise was already serv ing for theft. He was also ordered to pay court costs. All four youths were ordered to obey a Midnight curfew for the next six months. Another youth of the 12 to 15 youths Between 18 and 23 years old believed involved in the fight has pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing an offensive Wea Pon. Duck limits of five daily and 10 Possession a boost from Las year s Low of four and eight. Ai the same time the waterfowl open season has been lengthened by one week. Goose limits will remain the same As in 1962 five daily and 10 Possession. The Export limit is 10 on both ducks and geese. A season limit of 15 geese for All but area residents still applies in the York factory District of Hudson Bay. The general Manitoba water fowl season South of the 53rd parallel opens a week earlier than last year. It will run from noon Friday sept. 27, to Satur Day nov. 23. Between the 53rd and 55th parallels the season opens Friday sept. 13 and runs to saturday nov 16. Special morning Only Goose Hunting in two designated areas of Southern Manitoba runs from sept. 28 to nov. 23. The areas lie East and West of the South Ern end of Lake Manitoba. The new regulations aids specs i y that Hunters May take no More than four mallards daily or have More than eight of this species in the sea son is still closed of Canvas jacks and redheads. 2 fund raising projects okayed1 Winnipeg s civic charities endorsement Bureau has granted a permit to the Kinsmen club of Winnipeg to raise funds for tipped children through easter Seal mailing March 2 to 29, 1964. The Bureau has also granted a Jermit to the kiwanis club of South Winnipeg to sell apples and cakes sept. To oct. 15 this ear to raise funds for the club s welfare work. It was like a dream. I saw the car coming toward us. I just could t believe it. And then this is How eight year old Michael Kotyk describes the horror of the last few moments before an uncontrolled Stock car crashed into the stands at Brooklands Speedway tearing his brother s right leg off below the knee and pinning his Cousin s leg to the stands. His Cousin lost his leg. The crash occurred during the second last race wednesday night. An uncontrolled Stock car crashed through a two foot re Taining Wall and a rotted plywood Fence Only 30 feet from the racing strip. Miles Ela Diuk 14, of Stony Mountain Michael s Cousin lost his right leg when the Stock car pinned it to the first Row of stands. His left leg was. Broken on Impact. This morning Winnipeg general Hospital officials reported him in improved condition. Randy Kotyk 11, of 6 Ellis Wood Street Brooklands Michael s brother had his right leg ripped off below the knee As the car hit the stands. He was under observation in Winnipeg general Hospital this morning with broken ribs and unknown internal injuries. His condition was described As serious. Michael was taken to Hospital in Shock after the Accident but he was allowed to leave Early de the Henkels mrs. Kotyk sat in her Brooklands Home awaiting news of her son Randy. Michael sat beside her silent and shocked. Today. In Shock two unidentified women were also taken from the Speedway to Hospital suffering from Shock. This morning race track own ers Harry and Bill Henkel gave Brooklands police chief Art Gebauer a guarantee they would not reopen the track plete safety at the track is ensured. They said they would erect a crash Wall of either Earth or Concrete and a proper guard rail just in front of the stands. Chief Gebauer outlined safety Steps that must be taken before racing could resume. These in clude Banning spectators from the pit areas where cars Are serviced no customers to be allowed to stand anywhere in eluding areas along the track and everybody allowed in mus have a seat. We will do More than the chief has said Bill Hen Kel. Chief Gebauer said the crash Wall up till now has been too Low people Are standing in the or. Henkel said we know. We be had the police there and we can t do anything about said the chief you be Over loaded this track and that s when accidents the chief said Ater in an interview if they can t seat them the Public they should Rick the restraining Fence he said was Rotten. The Fence is a Dis Grace a matchstick completely there Are five guards at the rack he said but or hers from the owners they can not take safety precautions. Tell the head Vised the owners. They la Chase hem the owners refused to specify that safety standards the Stock a racing association imposed n members. Our. Insurance company was said or. Henkel so we were Satis first Accident the owners said this was the St Accident on the track and that the Driver concerned Hoard Murphy a Winnipeg taxi River was not going very while chief Gebauer interview this was Only the second time the boys went to the said mrs. Kotyk and that s Surpris ing because we live very close to it. Randy has lost a foot but the Hospital is going to Call me they Don t know whether they can save his leg. We have thought How Lucky we Are they weren t she said. Witnesses said the Accident occurred when car no. 11 driven by or. Murphy collided with car no. 6 driven by Rene do fault. Or. Murphy s car went out of control and jumped the two foot panel of Inch thick plywood fencing and the six feet of Chicken wire on top of it then knocked out a six foot first Row panel on which the boys were sitting. The other spectators in the immediate area estimated by police As from 10 to 15" of a crowd of people managed to leap to safety. Brooklands police and Speed Way attendants had ordered 25 youths out of the Section the boys were sitting in Only minutes be fore the Stock car came barrel Ling through the Fence. Sometimes i just wonder about people at the special Constable Robert Brown of the Brooklands police Force. An night Long that Loudspeaker s going telling people to get Back but they just won t move. Just before it happened we shooed about 25 teen agers out of there. I guess about 10 or 15 More went in there after we left. We weren t gone two minutes when we saw Murphy s car bust through the Fence and heard that sickening thud. Smart Alec kids and you know what one of those smart Alec kids said to me just before the crack up when i told him to get Back he says who s life is or that s not much thanks for probably saving his life. Those kids would be in some great shape this morning if we had t gone Over the Accident happened in the second last race of the evening. It was originally intended to be the final race of the evening but when 30 cars entered the promoters decided to run it off in two separate heats police said the race was postponed about 15 minutes then completed and the final race was run As scheduled minus he portion of retaining Wall at the North end. The Brooklands Speedway is owned and operated by the Brothers Bill Harry he and Art and mrs. Don Rish. The provincial government does not have safety regulations Cov ering this Type of sporting event Manitoba a attorney general Sterling Lynn said thursday. He said his department had nothing covering racing events and that the matter would More Nan Likely be a civil liability. Deputy labor minister Douglas Lochrane said the safety Branch of his department did not have any regulations covering car Rac no events either. He said he did not know Why there were no regulations. There just Aren t ban on races there won t be any More wednesday night _ Stock car races in Brooklands until the Speedway passes a new safety police chief Art p. Gebauer said following wednesday night s track Accident. Ill not have them race he said Only two hours after two youths each lost a leg night when a Stock car went out of control and crashed through a Flimsy Fence. Not until we have a completely new arrangement out there. That place in t Safe. It s been in operation 13 years and it s a Miracle that there has t been a major Accident. It was bound to come. They be just been Lucky before now. Just a few weeks ago a tire flew off and landed in the stands they won t race there wednesday unless there Are some Radical changes made i be warned people about this for a Long time and now going to take action. Til Stop them myself if i have to and i Don t care if i Hava to get into trouble to do the chief said the Speedway was once a pretty Good track but that it had gone to past few years until today it was a disgrace1. Giving to the paying ;