Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 3, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mill. 73 75 81 so 60 fort William Kenora 65 67 56 48 52 54 40 51 47 prec. .19 to Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles new York min. Ttor1tp a it. Cloudy becoming sunny wednesday afternoon. J. X a Fri showers late tonight or wednesday morning. A Little warmer wednesday. Winds Lucht Bec Olrik Southeast 15 on wednesday. Low tonight 50. High wednesday 70. Temperatures Lor 24-hour period ending . Tuesday my. Man. Vancouver Calgary Edmonton re Gnu the Pas Winnipeg Max. 78 79 73 73 81 64 61 54 67 so 6b 69 prec. .01 it. To. 1.30 Winnipeg free press by Carrier 35c per week Winnipeg tuesday september 3, 1963 single copy Price we Aid offers pour in pictures open doors to unwanted babies by Noel Swann at Misericordia general hos response to a free press a Pital there Are now five babies tide about the plight of Winni j of unwed mothers three of whom Peg s illegitimate babies who been there Over 14 Days have nowhere to go was de o scribed As very heartening by one has been there for a month. The Hospital has an average of 200 illegitimate births a year which remains fairly constant be cause of the limited capacity of the unwed Mother s Home. The Hospital wrote off roughly a year on debts they were unable to recover from unwed mothers assistant administrator Henry Posyniak said. At St. Boniface general hos Pital the situation was not so acute because they Only handled five to six babies at a time. They wrote off Between and Grace Hospital has an amount of in bad debts in this regard standing in their books. Babies at Grace Vos j they write off an average of a year. Commenting on a children s Aid society spokes Man tuesday. But of course this Only scratches the surface of the he said. The article told of the increasing incidence of illegitimate births in Winnipeg which was creating a backlog of babies with nowhere to go. It described the situation at the salvation army Grace Hospital where there Are at least 18 such babies at pres ent. Following the article the Chil Dren s Aid society received at least 30 Calls offering help in one Way or another. One of the Call ers offered outright adoption for one of the Pital. Others said they would be in the problem of insufficient Foster Terestea in turning their Homes Homes and the Possi bitty of set into Foster Homes so they could look after some of the babies temporarily until they could be adopted. Need More Homes but valuable As this help j May prove we still have the problem of insufficient Foster Ting up a provincial institution for the babies who have nowhere to go Manitoba s Deputy welfare minister k. 0. Mackenzie said any government would be Well advised to look very seriously i into setting up an infants inst i tuition. But of course even this would mean there would be a backlog or. Mackenzie said there had been a definite increase in the number of illegitimate children in the last five or ten years and that placement services had not been Able to keep Pace. Under study for the last six months the problem has been under study by the provincial government and several Steps have already been taken to alleviate the Situa he said. There had been an increase in the numbers of workers for the placement services and attempts had been made to find Foster Homes for the children outside the Winnipeg area said or. Mac Kenzie. But even these Steps Haven t been sufficient to prevent the number of cases increasing beyond reasonable he said. Far More children were placed last year than in the pre Vious year so it is not As though the placement services have broken Down. It is just that the increase has been so or. Sydney israels medical consultant to the children s Aid society of Winnipeg said it is certainly a big problem and it seems incapable of solution. The number of infants rises and the Homes Don t keep Pace. The Only answer at the moment is to keep Homes and More children than i of babies at _ _ _ a people who wish to adopt rimless placement services were the babies in the Hospital Nurs he added. Strengthened or eries and this is no a Survey of the position at hospitals shows that the i situation is very general. I 111 v 1l 1 us a part of the problem is caused by the fact that the Manitoba commission pays Only the first 14 Days for a Well child in the Hospital. But Many of the babies of unwed mothers re main in Hospital after this time because there Are no Foster Homes for them to go to. The expense of keeping the child in Hospital after this time j win is debited to the Mother and j the Canadian chess Charn of because of the circumstances Jon shop eight times. Usually have to write off the majority of these As bad debts. Peter swerhon administrator of the Winnipeg general Hospital said there were 196 illegitimate babies born at the Hospital from the beginning of january to the of August. Last year there were 265. Bad debts he said there was a very Active social service group at the Hospital but they were finding it very difficult to place the babies through the children s Aid society because of the Lack of Foster Homes. Several of the babies had been in the Hospital for up to two months before Homes were found for them. The position was further complicated because the Hospital lacked the proper facilities for dealing with babies beyond the Newborn stage. As at the week end there were 16 babies of in wed mothers in the Hospital. Some of these had been there for up to 40 Days. The Hospital wrote off last year in bad debts that they were unable to recover from the unwed mothers he said. Or. Swerhon said year after year we be had resolutions at the annual meetings of the associated hospitals of Manitoba to find out whose responsibility the child is after the 14-Day period. The matter is always referred to the provincial authorities but Yanof sky wins chess Competition Abe Yanofsky puffed in a thin i lament in the free press build Cigar and relaxed. He had just ing. His last match was an anti Climax. Even if Dennis Allan of Saskatoon had taken it Yanof sky would have won the Cham the 38 year old Winnipeg lawyer coasted to Victory Mon Day in the 15th and final round of the 10-Day round Robin tour Man. So behind Thompson Manitoba social creditors Are right Robert Thompson As National Leader Joseph St. Hilaire president of the Mani Toba social credit league said tuesday. Or. St. Hilaire said the split spearheaded by real Caouette which led to the creation of an anti Thompson autonomous party in Quebec will be discussed by the Board of directors of the Manitoba party at its next meet ing sept. 18. He said he also expected the topic would come up at the social credit provincial convention in november. Or. St. Hilaire said the Mani Toba party had instructed its Dele Gates to a National social credit meeting Early in july to support or. Thompson As National Leader. While decision on the National leadership could Only be made at a National convention he said our people Here in Manitoba Are right behind or. Thompson. We nothing Ever seems to come of support or. Thompson As Lead i Down at the heels Craft Pion ship. Yanofsky who started playing chess at the tournament level when he was 11 years old was undefeated in the biennial championship. Or. Yanofsky is free press chess columnist. But Zvonko Vranesic of Tor onto pressed him almost to the finish. Yanofsky had 13 Points with 11 wins and four draws. Vranesic finished second with 11v4. In third spot was or. E. Mac Skasky of Vancouver with 10 Points a win counted one Point in the tournament a draw was Worth half a Point. Macskassy lost his final game with Geza Fuster of Toronto. Fuster with Points tied for fourth place with Lionel Joyner of Montreal the defend ing Champion. Seventeen year old Irwin lip Nowski Drew with Laszlo Witt of Montreal in the final round giving him nine Points and sole Possession of fifth place. Witt took sixth place with 8 a Points. Duncan Suttles of Vancouver and Andrew Kalotay of Brock Ville ont., tied for seventh place each with eight Points. Other final standings in order Harry Yanofsky Winnipeg 7v4 Paul Vaitonis Hamilton 6vfe Walter Hoover Edmonton Hirsch Montreal 4vi Dennis Allan Saskatoon 4 Mark Schulman Winnipeg Safe it. Cmdr. A. Patrick Fredericton army s go go go turns to no no no to boy rocketeer by Fred Cleverley because of a last minute change of mind the Canadian army last week revoked its own written permission and left two East Kildonan boys with no place to fire their 11-foot, research rocket which took them More than two years to design and construct. Jim Stadnick 16, of 85 Moss Dale Avenue East Kildonan and his neighbor Edwin Kroeger received written permission from army authorities in Camp Shilo almost two months ago to fire their research rocket from the i department of mines and tech-1 has apparently withdrawn the j Camp Shilo ranges. Nical surveys. Permission it had previously give posted an indemnity Bonden in the two month period Sev eral items of correspondence changed hands the army offer ing to provide safety control weather information and vehicles to help the boys with their launching. The firing Date was set for 7 . Aug. 31. Conditions last tuesday the boys received a Telegram from army authorities revoking the permission until the boys received a permit from the amount not received permission from the owners of the land on which the firing was to take place. The conditions impose a practical ban on the firing because the department of mines does not control rockets fired from depart ment of National defence pro Perty there is no specified amount for the Bond and the department of National defence leases the land to be used and the boys have applied for the mines permit but Are not hopeful of getting through government red tape before the Snow flies. Six fired the army s unexpected Deci Sion has called a halt to a pro Gram the boys began several years ago and which has already seen the firing of six Small solid Uel rockets. The boys said they received no help from their science Tea Chers because so Little is known about rockets at the High school Evel. They did make friends among the engineering staff at Bristol aviation in Winnipeg and received advice from these men. Project. They found they had to Start building before applying for permission to fire the rocket ice cause no one in authority would Grant a permit for a rocket which did not exist. In july with the design part of the project Complete they approached the commander of he Royal Canadian school of artillery for permission to use the ranges. They received a letter giving tentative approval on the part of he army from col. E. M. D. July 8. This was followed y a letter from the acting area commander for Manitoba col. W. Hunt july 12. Confirmed col. Hunt s letter said approval was confirmed and that the army Winnipeg rocket builders Jim Stadnick left and Edwin Kroeger right Ciseck out some of the launching equipment they constructed. The rocket is mounted on the rack. It extends More than 11 feet into the air. No Chicken Ware Hopes Little Hope for More Trade with w. Germany minister by Bill Morriss the United states at the moment is considering retaliatory West Germany s agriculture t minister laughingly suggested tuesday that he hoped the Friendly relations Between his country and Canada would not be strained by Canada attempting to Export chickens to West Germany. The minister Werner Schwarz was referring to the current Chicken War Between the uni Ted states and members of the european common Market at a press conference in the fort Garry hotel. Shoe maker is on decline by Roger Newman greater Winnipeg s neighbor Hood shoe repairmen Are slowly following the Blacksmith into oblivion. Most Winnipeg shoe makers estimate that the number of local repair shops has decreased by 50 per cent in the past 25 years. And although the City s population has doubled in the same period neighbourhood shoe repair outlets have gradually dwindled to the Point where there Are now less than 20 of them in the metro area. The repairmen blame the de Cline of their business on such factors As the Advent of cheaper mass produced shoes and the shortage of training available for persons wanting to learn the Trade. They also believe repair shops Are disappearing from every District due to higher labor costs the rising Price of materials and the shoe maker s general Lack of Low prestige in St James alone the num Ber of repair shops has dropped from seven to three in the past few says John Markert of the Marjorie shoe service 1817 Portage Avenue. When a shoe maker Dies his business usually closes because nobody is taking up the Trade these or. Markert who has been at the same location since 1930, thinks his Craft s Low prestige rating deters Many Young men from learning to repair shoes. We used to be known As cobblers an old country expression which signified that our place in the world was t very he said. This expression has pretty Well died out but there Are still some people who Don t recognize us As fully qualified Busy feet or. Markert also said the shoe maker s six Day week is a deterrent to people seeking a Ca reer in the trades Field. Nowadays every Young Man has a car and he does t want to stick around to work on sat or. Markert said. So hell take up construction or some other Trade that has a five Day or. Markert s wife believes the state of the shoe repair business varies from District to District. She said a repairman in a fac tory neighbourhood is the busiest because his clients Wear out their shoes faster than office workers. Simon Kruger of the Handy shoe repair shop 885 Westminster says the introduction of lower priced shoes has meant a loss of business for repairmen. Or. Kruger added that in years he has had to Combine his repair work with a hardware store in order to survive. School most people have Money these Days so they prefer to buy new shoes instead of having old ones he said. Some families also Purchase the cheaper mass produced shoe which in t Worth fixing after it wears out. In both cases a loss of business has resulted for Winnipeg shoe or. Kruger also said Many repairmen have closed their doors because wages rents and mater Ial costs have doubled in the Post War Era. Old age is also claiming Many shoe makers and nobody is coming along to take their places. There is no Trade school training so shoe repairing pretty Well has to be Learned in a family or. Kruger said. It looks As if our Art is definitely dying because six Winnipeg Shoemakers recently died and less than half of them were re placed. I would also say that Only 25 per cent of the present repairmen Are in the 25-35 age better business two other Shoemakers Peter Sherbo 128 Osborne Street and Louis Damico 48 Ellis Avenue say that Competition for remain ing business stops Many people from entering the repairing Trade. Most Shoemakers Are euro peans i Don t think a native born Canadian would take on the says or. Damico. The hours Are too Long and the costs Are too but it is or. Markert who has the final word. Shoemakers can still make a Good living because there s More business for those of us who re main in the he says. There la be even fewer repair men in coming years and Busi Ness will be better than Ever for the Tariff measures against the eco because of prohibitive common Market levies on . Poultry and or. Schwarz in a More ser ious mood added that it was important for members of eco to have uniform policies. Certain members he said had subsidies on Chicken production but we realize the position of third parties and something will have to be worked to study methods or. Schwarz who is visiting Canada As a guest of the can Adian wheat Board to study Grain handling methods said his trip was purely informative. He did not comment on whether his trip might result in any changes in agricultural policy in West. Germany and said it was purely co incidental that Canada s minister of agriculture was presently touring West Germany. The minister in fact indicated in replies to questions that can Ada could expect very Little in the Way of increased exports to Werner Schwarz wheat Board guest West Germany in the agricultural Field. He foresaw Little change in the Hope of increased exports to Ger Many of hard wheat As a result of changing marketing habits in the common Market. There might be increased imports by his country this year of hard wheat because of heavy vain damage to crops. It is very hard to say but it is quite pos he said. The import including Canadian has in the past and will always depend on the size and also the Quality of German cattle Market on the possibility of Canada exporting cattle Breeding Stock to Germany or. Schwarz did not think there was any real Chance. Besides Good supplies of their own they also used Breeding Stock from friesian and dutch supplies As Well As from Austria and Denmark. While they were presently negotiating meat Laws in the common Market he thought that the present pattern would still prevail. The same circumstances applied to possible Export of can Adian meat products he said. Admires methods As a Farmer from Schleswig Holstein who Hopes to return to full time farming when his stint of government office is done or. Schwarz is impressed by Canadian farming methods. After visiting the Altona Wink Ler area monday his main impression was of the very great difference in farming methods in he was impressed by the Small numbers of men used to operate a Large farm and the extensive use of machinery. In Germany he said they had much smaller farms and had to diversify to sur Vive and because of the smaller farms they did not use the sum me fallow methods he noted on the Canadian Prairie. Would provide supervision and safety precautions and allocate a Range for the firing. With the approval in hand the boys began the complicated part of the construction work. They invested in materials. As late As aug. 22, the boys received another letter from army authorities in Camp Shilo telling them the army would pro vide weather information for the firing wireless communication and a limited number of vehicles to assist. This letter urged the boys to keep up the Good just five Days later the Tele Gram telling the boys permission had been withdrawn was handed to Jim Stadnick. By this time the boys were left with the Job of cancelling out their. Last min two years ago the boys Felt it they had gone As far As they could with the Small 16-Inch rockets and started on their big Ute preparations to fire the Rock . The rocket itself which would carry 65 pounds of Zinc dust and Sulphur fuel would Burn about 1.3 seconds and reach a velocity of Miles an hour. The pay Load which includes an accelerometer and a two Channel radio transmitter would feed Back in formation about the. Speed and the Roll getting the latter from a photoelectric cell which would trigger a beep every time the head turned toward the Sun. The payload would be returned to Earth by a six foot Parachute triggered to open at the Apex of the flight or at any time the rocket left its pre planned flight path. The Assembly Complete with a Metal launching stand is now sitting in two East Kildonan base ments in the Hope that the army May once More change its mind. They held his arms and then he fell eyewitness tells Story of drive in fight and death by Peter Wilson one Guy was holding his arms behind his Back i could t see anyone hitting him but i saw lira when they let him drop. He fell face Down on the ground and then the Guys left. There must have been about 10 of this was the description Given by an eyewitness to the beating death in the lot of a North Winni Peg drive in Early monday of Roger Joseph Lafreniere 21, of 22 Hindley Avenue St. Vital. Sneak in Roland Laporte 19, of 42 Hind Ley Avenue St. Vital who was with or. Lafreniere at die time old in an interview monday night of the events that led to he death at the All night drive in horror show. We were trying to sneak in to the drive in when we were caught by this Guy i think he was an usher. He said something to me and we started to fight the Guy had hold of me and was hitting me on the head with his flashlight. Roger grabbed him and pulled us apart. The fight broke up and the Guy i think was the usher told us to get out. We went the Guy we came Back a Little later and got in this time. We got into a car with some other Guys who were already there. We d been sitting there for a while when this fellow came Back with about 10 other Guys. He pointed at Roger and said that s the then he asked us to see our stubs. They called Roger out of the car. I Don t know if they were Ushers or attendants they Don t Wear uniforms there so i could t already gone or. Laporte said one of the group had held Roger Lafreniere s hands behind his Back. He was t Able to see anyone hitting Lafreniere. I was sitting in the car it Bullet Bug motivated by ub6e to outrun All other Cepec Trees. Has no brain just a foot. Shoup 56 s1ampep out. Safety Council just happened so fast. By the time we got out of the car they were gone and Roger was lying on the ground. He was Hurt badly. We carried him into the con cession stand. He was still Brea thing when we picked him up. We tried to get help. The mounties were there right away and gave Bim artificial respiration but i guess he was already Probin drive in death an inquest was opened at noon tuesday into the death of a St. Vital student Early monday at a Winnipeg drive in theatre. It was adjourned until a later Date after viewing of the body. Roger Joseph Lafreniere 21, of 22 Hindley Avenue St. Vital was taken to Winnipeg general hos Pital by ambulance at about . Monday and was pronoun ced dead on arrival. Ramp said William Karpenko 19, an attendant at the drive in and a juvenile whose name was not released were being held on a Coroner s warrant. Police said or. Lafreniere a. Grade 11 student at a St. Vital collegiate had tried to enter the North main drive in with a Juven Ile companion without paying. Details surrounding the incident were not Clear police said. How Ever they said that later a fight broke out at the drive in. Or. Lafreniere was injured. Prayers will be said for or. Lafreniere at 8 . Wednesday in Desjardins funeral Chapel. Requiem High mass will be Sung 10 . Thursday in St. Eugene roman Church. Burial will be to St. Vital cemetery. Retailers see sugar rising slightly sugar was Selling at for 10 pounds in some Winni Peg stores tuesday but retail ers say slight increases May be in store for Consumers in the near future. Tuesday prices were about 36 cents a bag cheaper than those in effect a month ago. Wholesale prices tuesday were listed at a Hun dred pounds in Winnipeg compared with a Hundred listed by three Montreal refineries last Friday. The Mon Treal prices included a 20 cent a bag increase announced last week. I ;