Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 12, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Morecai noon. Low tools ending an. 1 Vancouver a Light be coir 40, High Friday thursday lax. Man. Free. 74 58 64 50 .68 62 so to. 63 45 .04 59 41 .21 57 32 to. 69 34 .09 72 34 .51 68 35 on Friday. A Lettl no southerly 15 0. Temperatures pc warmer. Wendi tomorrow 24-hour lax. Man. Free. 75 61 .04 79 64 .82 74 60 to. 65 52 s4 69 .81 87 74 to. 89 68 .-s5 50 .57 76 Edmonton Halifax Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Angeles Minneapolis new York Winnipeg free press car radios 29 custom inst sub by Carrier 3sc per week Winnipeg thursday september 12, 1963 single copy Price inc car radio repairs Whilt rot wait 30 Mihutat sub Vlf Advance car radio Centre 636 saug6nt nor hone Coffee break Gene Telpner to the average Law abiding citizen crime is a fascinating subject. The recent Multi million robbery in England captured the imagination of the Public. Something strange ingrained in human nature managed to stir up a combination of sympathy and admiration for the men involved in the bold venture probably the most staggering thing about the Rob Bery was the amount of the loot. Just for personal Satis faction i dug into the history of some of the train Rob Bers of the old american West and what they stole was actually peanuts compared to modern Crooks. For instance Jesse James Only picked up when he and his gang derailed a Rock Loco motive near Adair Iowa in the summer of 1873. The next year in Missouri the James gang netted about in a train robbery. According to is jury Jesse James was so elated about the haul that he reportedly handed the Engineer a written press re famous old time train robber was a1-Jen rings whose gang robbed 15 trains of some or More. Jennings ironically was the son of a judge. Eventually he was caught As were some of the train robbers in Britain and went to prison. When he got out he switched from robbery to Law became a prosecuting attorney and even ran for the governorship of Oklahoma. Jennings lived to a Ripe old age and was m his 90s when he accidentally shot a Friend in the leg while demonstrating a fast draw with his trusty old Colt 44. He died peacefully at the age of 98 Only two years ago the last of the old West train robbers. One final note there was an old gentleman who lived at the Middle Church old folks Home named r. B. Lloyd who was once on a train when it was held up by Jesse James. I wonder if he s still alive see How they grow strange Frt it it s that time of the year again when the Parade of Freak fruit and vegetables come into full Bloom. Mrs. Clarence Sjoberg of 1421 Pembina High Way sent in a potato shaped like a berserk octopus which was grown on her parents farm near Nora sask. Then Charlie Rioux of 1364 Pritchard Avenue told us about his eight feet tall Tomato plants. Shortly after that came the startling news that mrs. M. Belanger of 530 Prosper Street in Norwood had grown a two Pound Tomato. Now our cup is running Over because we Learned that Morris Handleman of 178 Glenwood Crescent grew a Cucumber As big As a and Ron Dro Bot of 330 Munroe Avenue East Kildonan has a 26 Pound pumpkin inches tall and almost four feet in circumference. Where will it All end is the world destined to be taken Over by strange vege tables Windsor Park Council of knights of Columbus is sponsoring a fun fair Friday and saturday at the wind Sor Park Community Centre. Games rides concessions and a Beauty contest to pick miss Columbus. It s All for Charity Why not take in the fun Mechanic who lost the Large wrench on Sherbrook Street can recover same by phoning lome at Globe 2-6619. High school football should get a tremendous financial boost this weekend from the Texaco people. Jim Plasteras a dealer training representative said All of the net profits from gasoline pumps at 50 Tex Aco stations Here on Friday and saturday will go to Ward the current High school football fund. All about everything random thoughts i see where they re filming a route 66 television Story near Niagara Falls. Somebody must have lost the Road map Hope the fellow who has the electronic Fly killer will get in touch with g. E. Bernuy at his general store in la Salle Man. Or at least Send him the information about the device. To the Anonymous person who sent me Money for a specific use. The boy has been looked after and i still have the Money. Unless you drop me a note that you want it Back the Money will be forwarded to a deserving Charity. And thanks for the thoughtfulness. One of the girls at our off ice says desperately no cares if we land a Man on the Moon i m still waiting to land one on Bob Noble claims a hypochondriac Friend of his said this my doctor says i have a persecution Complex but he s just saying that because he hates the annual reunion and dance of the Hong Kong veterans will be sept. 21 at Minto armouries. Bill Bell is in charge of this affair and any Hong Kong vet who wants details can phone him at jus Tice 6-7085. Winter works Cash for police station pair Scales prison Fence Winnipeg police and ramp Are searching for two men who escaped from heading Ley jail at dusk wednesday. The two prisoners apparently scaled an 11-foot Fence topped with barbed wire to make their escape. A search for the pair Charles Murray Tolton and John Macpherson Buckin 40, began when they were found missing from a group of prisoners re turning about. . From a baseball Ganie at the jail s sports Field. Jail superintendent Barry Littlewood said neither Man was considered dangerous. Tolton was serving an 18-month sent ence for car theft while Beckin. Convicted under the food and drug act was also serving 18 months. Tolton is described As six feet tall weighs 150 pounds and has dark Brown hair and dark eyes. Beckin is six feet three inches tall weighs 190 pounds and has Black Hail and dark Brown eyes. Both men were wearing prison garb a Khaki shirt and pants when they escaped. The Winnipeg police commis Sion wednesday gave chief Robert Taft the go ahead on a plan to use left Over from the 1962-63 Winter works budget on urgent repairs to the Central police station. Chief Taft told the commission that the Money would be channelled into such projects As renovations and repairs to the old record room adjoining the laboratories. Alterations to jail doors and the installation of new locks the existing locks Are of 1911 Vintage. Renovations to the female prisoner s area so that accommodation would be doubled. In backing chief Taft s plan the commission asked that he ge1 the machinery moving As soon As possible and set nov. 1 As a tentative starting Date. Chief Taft said that he was proposing these particular repairs As an alternative to asking for a new jail floor. The new floor is More urgently needed but i m afraid that there might be a Cave in and it would turn into he said. In other business the commis Glon was told that night court handled 256 cases since its Ince Lon april 15 was decided o advise the attorney general lat night court be continued in definitely under magistrate m. H. Carton. Traffic tips John Beckin not dangerous Charles Tolton left Ball game. No Trace of jail Escapee Brandon ramp use dogs to scour bus Liland Brandon Man. Special police Are combing Bushland in the North end of Brandon in search of Escapee Jack Brettle 34, of Hanna Alta. They believe that Brettle who escaped from Brandon provincial jail Early tuesday night May be holed up in the Vicinity of bran Don. Tracking dogs Are assisting in the search. Brettle vaulted Over a Small Fence at the jail and vanished into the night. Ramp have withdrawn most of their Road blocks that ringed the City but Are still checking cars on main highways. It was the second time in. Less than two months that a break has been made from the jail in the City s East end. In july two Young inmates seized three hostages at gunpoint and led police a 56-hour Chase before being captured i Winni Peg. The latest break is not considered to be in. The same Cate gory. Brettle is not considered dangerous by police although h has a Long record of previous convictions. Brettle had five months to serve of a one year term for break and entry., he held a Posi Tion As trusty that allowed him to work in portions of the jail not guarded by a 12-foot Fence. He is six feet two inches in height weighs 190 pounds has fair complexion tattoos on both arms and scars on the right Cheek and left Index Finger. When last seen he was wearing Tan prison garb. Here is the route of the University of Manitoba s Preshie Parade scheduled for Friday night. The Parade will leave big gins Avenue and main Street around p.m., taking More than an hour to pass a Given Point. Other activities at the University this week will be a football inter squad game and a Liotte Nanny both on saturday. Is nearly finished. Roblin wins flood plan acceptance Portage group yields work starts in 64 theatre hires new director assistant two new appointments to the Manitoba theatre Centre s the atre school a director and assistant director were announced thursday by John Caldwell executive producer. Stuart Baker an native of Australia who was schooled in Sil Ain and Canada becomes direct or. He succeeds Peter manner no. Or. Baker s assistant will be Robert Sherrin of Vancouver a graduate architect who forsook he drawing Board for the stage revious assistant director was Jack Ofield. Or. Baker a graduate of the University of British Columbia s school of theatre co founded the Vancouver totem theatre in 1951, and has directed at the Canadian repertory theatre in Ottawa and the theatre arts Guild in Halifax. He served with the National film Board in Montreal As an assistant director and was gues director for Mogul University productions. He has acted on age television and radio and armed in a feature film for in film Board. Or. Sherrin was graduated in 960 from the University of Brit so Columbia with a degree in architecture then went on to Urther studies at sir George Wil iams University in Montreal. He was a member of the first graduating class of the National the atre school of Canada where he specialized in direction and production. Rail Union elects St. Vital worker Frank a. Armstrong of St vital has been re elected vice president for Canada of the brotherhood of railway Carmen Al Cio at the elections held in Kansas City wednesday a. J. Bernhardt was re elected president. The brotherhood has in can Ada nearly members in 99 local lodges. There Are eight lodges in Manitoba. The provincial government will have detailed plans ready by dec. 1, for the Portage la Prairie diversion which will carry. Assiniboine River flood Waters into Lake Manitoba Premier Duff Roblin announced thursday. He said construction on the million project should Start in 1964. The Premier s announcement of owed a meeting wednesday tween the committee of the provincial Cabinet and a Dele a Lon from Portage led by Portage a Prairie mayor Lloyd Render on. The Premier said he had prom sed the delegation that the government would give the City Ami he Rural municipality of Portage a Prairie the technical details on All aspects of the project and of plans to mitigate any Adverse effects of the plan and to in Lance its advantages to the City and Rural the diversion have aroused hot opposition in the Portage area in the past. They were the main Issue in the provincial election Campaign last Winter which led to the defeat of health and welfare minister John Christiansen. Or. Roblin said thursday that the Portage delegation at wednesday s meeting had agreed it did not wish to oppose the diver Sion if it was in the interest of ithe province. He described the Brief presented by the delegation As extremely the Premier said that the government for any Dis i option to existing sewer and Waer services which might be caused by the diversion. He said the Portage cemetery would not be disturbed by the project. The 18-mile-diversion is expected to take two and one half years to build. Cars hit Bridges 2 killed two men lost their lives in Rural Manitoba when their vehicles crashed into Bridges after blowouts. Dear Are Erland George wat son 22, who was travelling from Winnipeg to grand rapids. Ken Sexsmith 19, of Virden who was Riding in a half ton truck when a tire blew out struck a Bridge abutment about a mile South of Virden throwing aim to the pavement. Or. Watson died in Winnipeg general Hospital Early monday morning. His car scraped the Side of a Bridge then landed in a ditch near grand rapids. Or. Sexsmith died Early wednesday night. Driver of the vehicle was identified As Albert Vinck of Virden. Or. R. S. Har Ris of Virden has ordered a postmortem and an inquest. Two other passengers were rid ing in the cab of the truck. Faster program for Jet pilots Craf to step up training pedestrian warning suicide a Chud May be forgiven for stepping be tween parked cars to Cross the Street. For an adult such an act should warrant com Mittal. A Motorist has the right to expect that pedestrians will act like reasonable human beings when trying to Cross the Street. When Sib me one suddenly appears in front of him without. Prior signal or warning he has Little or no Chance to avoid an Accident. It s not enough for a pedestrian to see Cam approaching. He most i also make certain the Driver sees him with plenty of time to react. Jack Brettle from Brandon jail by Noel Swann 1 training time for Royal Cana Dian air Force Jet pilots will be reduced considerably with the introduction of cl-41 Jet tutors next year air vice marshal c. H. Greenway the new officer commanding of training com Mand Winnipeg said wednesday. First of the 190 cl-41 Jet to ors being built at the Canad air Lant in Montreal were expected o be operating next year said air vice marshal Greenway. The Ull complement was expected to e in service by 1965. These Jet tutors will allow new pilots to Start their training on jets instead of on Harvard As they now he said. And this of course will Cut Down the number of flying hours required for Jet 200 candidates it now takes about 1% years to train a Jet Pilot. However the air vice marshal could notes Tim ate Muc Hithe Jet tutors would reduce this time. H said he did not anticipate any tier new Radical changes in in Jet Pilot training schedule. About 200 Jet Pilot candidates apply annually air vice marshal Greenway said. In addition about 00 Jet pilots Are trained each year for nato countries. Nato trainees now include 39 from Norway 52 from Denmark and 16 from Nigeria. Undergoing raining. Overseas the Craf is meeting requirements for the supersonic 2f-104 squadrons As Well As any of the other nato _ forces the air vice marshal said. Air vice marshal Greenway said he approved of stunt flying displays because of the Valu Able training it gives to Jet pilots. He said the acrobatic Aerial exercises were Worth whue to the Craf. The air vice marshal said Spe Cial safety controls protected the Public against crashes at Al Craf air and could no recall a single Accident to a the displays. An Caf red Knight put crashed and was killed last month t a Gimli Man., air show. No body in the crowd of was Lul to Back from France air vice marshal Greenway 48, is recently returned from nato duties in France where he served Asi assistant chief of staff for plans and policy division at Al red air forces Central Europe Lead quarters in Fontainebleau. At the Craf training com Mand Winnipeg he replaces air vice marshal h. M. Carscallen who retired in july. Air vice marshal Greenway joined the Craf in 1935 and received his wings in 1936. In 194c he was overseas with the no. 112 a City of Winnipeg Squadron. Was returned to flying train ing duties at the end of 1940 and after duties in Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia became senior air staff officer at 2 air command Headquarters Winnipeg in 1945. The next year he assumed1 command at Craf station Camp Borden i following various appointments at air Force and training com Mand Headquarters he was Sel cited to attend the Imperial de ence College in Britain in 1956, and was of person Nel at air Force Headquarters n 1958. Am pc Greenway new air chief Here ;