Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 6, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Forecast variable cloudiness my. Eve link. Sunny on i 1 turn lib a Little Couler tills Eren lne. Winds North 15 tonight Southeast 13 saturday. Low tunic it 45, Nign saturday 70. Temperatures for 2-1-hour period ending . Max. Man. Man. Vancouver 72 64 15 Calgary 79 53 Edmonton 72 48 48 52 the Pas 80 50 76 Winnipeg 88 01 be to. Fort William 76 58 Kenora. 76 York .02 Winnipeg free press if fillip. By Carrier 35c per week Winnipeg Friday september 6, 1963 single copy Price Loc Coffee break Winnipeg Maestro Bob Mcm Tullin writes from new York where he has been conducting the orchestra at the Plaza hotel for Enzo Stuarti we be had a fabulous engagement Here with sell out crowds every night a record for the persian room. Our new record album has sold out its first printing and is getting a real play on the big stations All Over the states. Enzo has a fantastic following Here people have flown in by chartered planes from All Over the Central Eastern and Southern states. Jubilee records plan to record the Carnegie Hall concert live on oct. 19. There Are a lot of big things in store for Enzo and he will keep you posted As things Here s a note from Thompson Man. Dear or. Telpner. The other evening after Bowling a group of us decided to drop into the cocktail lounge the Only place in Thompson where a woman can have a drink. When we were seated the waiter told us he could t serve in Slacks or men who did t have a sport coat on. One of the men had a White shirt and tie we were All clean but it made no Dif Ference. After All this is Thompson not Winnipeg it seems that in the future Well have to hobble downtown on partly paved roads in High heels and our sunday Best just in Case we might drop into the lounge. We re not look ing Forward to the Long cold Winter if we have to dress this Way when we go out for a Little relaxation. Please sign us Plain disgusted the sporting sports editor Many people picture a newspaper sports editor As a myopic crotchety old fogey who never comes closer to a sporting event than his television set. Maurice Smith our sports editor disputes this completely and has almost burst his buttons with his latest Victory As a member of the pro am Golf championship team. Of course he had a Little help from Moe Norman and Tommy Johnson of the Boston Bruins. What pleases Smith the most is that he can now lord it Over Jack Wells who won the Grey owl tournament at Clear Lake last june. Anybody can win those Little country Tournai or. Smith reportedly told or. Wells this week with a sardonic sneer. The surprising thing is that editor Smith has a Long list of sporting wins. He was on a winning rink of the Western Canada newsmen s Bonspiel the sportsmen s Curling league a past Winner of the press Section of both the hockey Golf tournament and press club Golf tournament two win Ning teams in the sportsmen s Bowling league and his wife was also a Champion in that league. For his latest win or. Smith received a Beautiful red jacket with a championship Crest from the sponsors of the event. It will really complement my wardrobe when i leave sunday for the grand Bahama Island for a few said or. Smith. I imagine hell be taking his three Golf clubs with him to the Bahamas that s All he Ever uses in Golf. Hye Bossin editor of Canadian film weekly claims Irish Stew is unknown in Ireland Swiss Steak is not available in Switzerland Welsh Rarebit is not a Welsh dish and chinese in China never heard of chop suey. And do you know what they Call German measles in Germany British measles. Make mine one foot did you eater buy Beer by the Yard we did in the Cheshire cheese room of the Sheraton Ritz in Minneapolis where it Sells for 51.75 a Yard. They bring it to you in a special decanter three feet tall and there is a wooden rack which holds the Long Beer Glass. Accord ing to Nate Streitman maitre de of the room almost As Many women order the Long tall shot of Beer As the men. But you can also buy half a Yard if you prefer. For the mathematically minded there Are 36 ounces in a and that s quite a bit of Beer. Close to the subject of Beer went for a spin the other Day in the 1901 Oldsmobile now being sported around town by Norm Coston of carvings. It certainly is a crowd stopper and a lot of fun to steer with a Tiller instead of the conventional wheel. Old cars Are really in style now and i see in the . They Are reviving the Cord. It s a new Model but utilizes the same styling As the one that was last made in about 1937. Face Legal action Baizley will act against defiant to men Manitoba labor minister obie Baizley said Friday that Legal action will be taken against television repairmen who fail to obtain new provincial licences required for their Trade. Or. Baizley however said no action is contemplated until the government completes the cur series of examinations which t is holding for to repairmen. According to the labor minister approximately 80 per cent of this province s repairmen have Al taken the licensing exam nations. Or. Baizley was commenting j on a recent statement by two Winnipeg to shop owners who say they will continue to operate heir businesses without govern ment licences which became mandatory june 1. Test Case both Stan Wolowiec of facade my radio electric and to Ltd. And Peter Gamble of Gamble radio say that by operating with out a licence they Hope to Force a court Case to test the Validity of the government s new Licens ing legislation. Or. Wolowiec and or. Gamble respectively Are president and vice president of the electronic trades association a new group opposing the licensing of to repairmen. Or. Baizley said Friday that charges of operating without a licence will probably be Laid against repairmen who Haven t applied for licences by the time Jie government s series of exams ends. He said appropriate Char Rainbow stage Board splits exit Robertson and Osier Premier gets Union made loaf from Union Baker de Corin majorettes bands clowns unionists draw crowds Premier Duff Roblin told a Claude Carriere father of the mass gathering of Trade Union is will have to be worked out its thursday evening from the labor baby first child to be born on labor Day sept. 2. N consultation Between the la-1 stops of the legislative build he is not a Union member and Bor and attorney general s departments. Any repairman or shop owner who fails to apply for a licence ing that the relations Between i some unionists had earlier Crit management labor and govern Ici Zed the fact that the labor ment were changing. Baby Competition was not con management he said has fined to Trade unionists much to learn and government i Grant Mcleod master of Cere is leaving himself open to Legal much to learn and government i or. Baizley said. And has something to learn too. And monies and president of Winni if any of these people Are break ing the Law Well have to take whatever Steps Are necessary to Stop fairly Happy or. Baizley said he is satisfied that opposition to television Lic Ensing is Only coming from a Small segment of the repair Industry. He said More than 280 repairmen have already taken the government licensing exam the majority of them having passed successfully. Most repairmen Are comply ing with our new regulations and i m fairly Happy with the Way things Are the min ister added. He admitted that some repair men have been concerned about the effects of the new legis lation. But he said nearly All members of the Trade will have applied for licences by the time he next examination is held in few weeks. Look who s popped up again it s Rene Costa the Mech Anical Man who appears in a Portage Avenue window at Eaton s at . And 3 . Daily. Or. Costa will also perform on the fifth floor Friday at 4 ., 7 and 8 . And on saturday at ., 2 ., 4 . And 5 . North Road built on permafrost electric temperature measuring devices have been permanently embedded in a stretch of the Simon House Thompson Road in Northern Manitoba to test the effectiveness of Road building on a foundation of Frozen Muskeg and permafrost. The Road is being built directly on top of the Frost a new depart ure in Road building in North am Erica. In the past construction of roads through Muskeg has involved expensive excavation to Bedrock. Public works minister Walter Weir said 70 of the devices called thermocouples were installed at Depths of up to 18 feet along a stretch of the Road through the Pekusko bog. In this Region Road construction men made their own Perma Frost As a solid foundation for the Road. They worked in the Winter stripping and packing the ground and allowing the Muskeg to freeze solid underneath it. They applied Silty Clay on top of that to act As both insulation and a sub Grade. Or. Weir said installation of the thermocouples indicated that the technique was working. The holes that were drilled to install the devices went through. Solid ice and Frozen Muskeg. Labor has something to the changing relationships he said were the heritage of labor and the place labor found itself in today had been founded by labor. You May be proud of this advancement and i find it deeply he said. Or. Roblin said he hoped organized labor management and govern ment would move Forward with Good will to build the province of Huzzah or. Roblin s speech was loudly applauded by members of about 70 locals of Trade unions in the metro area who had completed a Parade in floats and cars from Sutherland Avenue Down main Street up Portage Avenue and along memorial Boulevard. The almost 200 vehicles accompanied by bands Baton twirling majorettes and clowns throwing candies to children took an hour and a half to Complete its Jour Ney to the legislative building grounds. There floats and cars lasted and a band concert took place. The sidewalks on main Street lad been packed with onlookers and along Portage Avenue to wards the end of the Parade me the crowds had thickened on both sides of the Street. Labor dad in the Lead car was the so called labor dad of the year Peg and District labor Council sponsors of the Parade Pooh poohed the criticism. Unions of course but this is not a Trade Union week Parade it is a labor week Parade follow ing labor Day. And or. Carriere is a or. Mcleod said. Jimmy James executive Secretary of the Manitoba federation of labor also addres sed the gathering. A Telegram a Telegram from Veteran labor Leader r. A. Bob Russell for stage president says new men being hired by. Gene Telpner a split in the Board of Rainbow stage thursday night resulted in the firing of David Robertson As artistic director and business manager for 1964 and the resignation of Board member e. B. Osier. However Colin Crawford pres ident of Rainbow indicated it was t actually a firing because or. Robertson had resigned last Spring from his dual Job As business manager and artistic director. J we wanted a full time Ness manager and we have hired one although we Haven t As yet announced his said or. J Crawford. We also have seven or eight applications for the position of producer but As yet we Haven t made our other versions at least two other Board Mem Bers present at thursday night s Board meeting held other Opin ions. They said or. Robertson resigned from his dual Post be cause he did t feel he could do Justice to both jobs but that he was available for the position of producer. He came up with the Best artistic season Rainbow has had j in said one Board Mem Ier and As a Reward we fired one Board member said or. Robertson s name came up thursday night for the full time of of artistic director and pro Ducer and went to a vote. There was a tie. Then or. Crawford cast the deciding vote against said one Board member. Or. Crawford admitted that or. Osier had resigned thurs Day night but gave no reason or the resignation. The free press was unable to reach or this is sponsored by Trade i Merly executive Secretary of Winnipeg and District labor coun cil was read from the Steps of a bad break on bread a Veteran Trade unionist and Premier Duff Roblin posed thursday evening on the Steps of the legislative building holding a giant loaf of bread. But the unionist a Baker dressed in his White clothes was uncomfortable. The Baker de Gorin 50, a member of local 389, bakery and confectionery workers has 25 years service with Weston bakeries. But the huge loaf thrust into the pair s hands at Short notice and photographed in a Wink was an oversize loaf specially baked by City bread co. Ltd. Twenty five years and they gave me a watch and a Vaca Tion and i have to be photo graphed with or. Roblin and another firm s or. Gorin wailed. J the legislative building. Or. Russell 75, who retired late last Fau through ill health and lives first. Vital had hoped to be present but was unable to make it on account of his health. Or. Russell s Telegram addres sed to Grant Mcleod labor coun cil president said in part the last labor Day Parade in Winni Peg was ill 1911, 52 years ago. Much has been accomplished in that time but much remains still to be accomplished. It is in the Hope that with the renewal of this Celebration of the work Over the years which has been done by the Winnipeg labor movement that the work will be brought into focus and that this will be the Start of what is to become an annual free press meetings meetings to be held at 8 . Friday in the free press building include Board room no. 2, executive committee Dame Isabel Aberdeen Camp sons of Scotland clubroom Winnipeg Amateur radio association at 2 . Board room no. 2, pensioners auxiliary. Osier Friday morning to ask about his reasons. More quitting there was an indication Fri Day that other resignations May be forthcoming. Said one Board member David Robertson leaves the stage there Are two people responsible for the Success of rain Bow stage to a great degree John Hirsch and David Robert on. Now neither one of them is connected with it. And in the loss of e. B. Osier it Means the Board of Rainbow will not have the ser vices of one of its hardest work ers and most dedicated support or. Robertson made no com ment about the situation Friday. It was Learned however that he had been asked to step out of the meeting before the vote. Or. Crawford said the full time business manager for Rainbow will probably take Over his Post oct. 1. He said three of the applicants for the Job were from new York one from Chicago two from the United states West coast and one from Canada. Six of the seven offered to Fly up Here at their own expense for an said or. Craw Ford. Study metro plan province ponders share of costs provincial Cabinet ministers have already met with metro authorities in their first step i toward a study of what contribution the province will make to help implement metro s proposed 25-year development plan Prem Ier Duff Roblin said Friday. The Premier said it was Point less and premature to get into a Tizzy at this Point Over the possible Cost of the plan but Fie warned that its implementation must be tailored to greater Winnipeg s financial resources. He said Public works minister Walter Weir and municipal affairs minister Robert Smellie had met with metro officials thursday to review the plan. He said the government took a desp interest in the proposal and the ministers were studying what part the province plays special Bowling pages appear today with the free press sports Section. See pages 15 to 17. The drafting of the plan the Premier said is just the begin a great Deal of work will be needed to put the plan into effect. It must he said be done very gradually and be tailored to the financial Circum he said metro will have to develop a method to put the plan into effect that is practical and that the Public is pre pared to it must tailor the plan to the tax revenues they have available to there is no Point in crying about the costs now the Premier said. The need was first to de cide if the plan was a Good one and then to determine How to carry it out in Light of the financial resources available. The Premier would give no hint of How much provincial Aid would be provided for implement i tation of the plan. City bombed by Jet fighter no that explosion was t everywhere by Peter Wilson North american air defence command Headquarters in col Orado Springs co Virado has offered an explanation for a mysterious explosion that rocked Homes and offices in All sections of metro Winnipeg thursday afternoon. In a statement issued to Craf Winnipeg thursday night Norad Headquarters said an air defence exercise was carried out today. The explosion heard by Winnipeg residents May have been a sonic Boom caused Jet interceptor chasing a target aircraft. All aircraft involved have been flying above feet where ordinarily the Shock wave from a supersonic flight dissipates before reaching ground level. Every Effort is made to avoid supersonic flights but they Are sometimes necessary during exercises such As to Day descriptions of the explosion heard about . Thurs Day varied from the sound of a car backfiring to a Mas Sive explosion that Shook the whole one Man said the blast was so great the legislative building trembled. Anxious metro residents whose Calls tied up the free press switchboard for an hour after their houses were shaken were All sure the explosion had happened in their districts because it was so loud. Reports of mirrors smashed plaster falling and residents shaken in their Homes came from All Over the metro area. People reported their neigh Bors were standing outside their return of the saucers maybe the Boom was not caused by the United states air Force. A St. James Man thinks the flying saucers or ufos unidentified flying objects Are Back. Rudolf Schaefer 468 Hampton Street says he saw a High Hying Silvery object which appeared to be spinning with lights going on and on. Thursday morning and again Friday morning. Or. Schaefer a night shift worker at a refrigeration Plant in St. James takes a Coffee break at 6 . And lie made the sighting then. Three fellow workers were outside so verify what he saw. Moving from the Southwest to the North East the object was very High and was travel Ling far too fast to be an it looked like a sputnik it could t be an said or. Schaefer. Houses with some running to wards the one radio station told a listener Over the phone that its news Cruiser was headed towards the scene of the blast Andl that All details would soon be available on their newscast. All metro police and fire departments said they had no knowledge of any explosions in their districts and Airport officials said there had definitely been no plane crashes. One Man was t accepting the explanation of a sonic Boom. It was definitely a sewer explosion he said. Officials May not know about it now but some buildings on William Avenue Are out of line. They Aren t standing the same Way As they were ;