Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 27, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1964 Admiral . New Slimline portables free Ivor w to or Advance to Centre sar6imi h. 786-3347 by Carrier 3sc per week Winnipeg thursday february 27, 1964single copy Price Loc car radios q 50 i year Watt taker offt or up car radio repairs 2.50 you wait 30 minute St vhf Advance car radio Centre 636 Sargent or. Sherbrook pm. 786-3347 Coffee break now that the big fight is More than 24 hours in history it s a Good time to sit Down and look at it without becoming hysterical. Jim Trifunov a Man who has been closely connected with sports All of his life and whose judgment i respect said emphatically this is Good for boxing we need a fellow like Cassius Clay. Now the very word boxing is beginning to mean some thing Jim knows Cassius Clay personally in fact he had breakfast and a Long Chat with him when Clay captured the Light heavyweight Crown in the 1960 olympics in Rome. Yes i would say there was something of the show off in the kid even then. He wore his Gold medal around his neck which is most unusual for winners who Are normally modest and was just waiting for people to notice then Jimmy added but he was Well spoken intelligent and of course cocky. Was he pretty Well i d say he has exceptionally Fine features and is a Rood looking Young now about stopping the fight tuesday night. I Don t say Sonny could to have continued but. I Don t criticize stopping a fight no one wants a Boxer to be killed and this is always a possibility such As the Case of Benny Paret who died after being battered by Emile Griffith. If that fight had been stopped in time he might have been said Jim who is no stranger to bodily Contact As a former olympic wrestling Champion. Did the tuesday night Battle kill boxing As some writers have suggested anyone who says that is out of his mind if there s a rematch the crowds will be bigger than Ever. I la be there and so will smiled Jim who watched it on closed circuit television the same As i did. He s right. Canadian mental health association is try ing to borrow four copies of the 1963 Henderson directory. Anyone who can help phone Pat Madden White Hall 2-7408 producer director Dave Robertson alarmed because there Are no Winnipeg entries for the Dominion drama festival is putting on toys in the attic March 11, 13, and 14 at the playhouse. Jane Heffel Finger and Margaret Brown will Star. On the personal Side notes from a columnist s diary there s a Winnipeg airline executive who is closely related to one of the beatles. He prefers to remain Anonymous for fear of being swamped locally by beatle fans. Speak ing of the singing group a great number of Winnipeg Young people celebrated the birthday of beatle George this week cakes and All the trimmings. Trish Mumford believes she has a unique Job As a woman news broadcaster with Job pm. One of the hardest things in broadcasting is for a woman to succeed in what is purely a Man s Field up to Trish told me the other night for those who asked the two musicians at club 76 Are Gene Andrusco who teaches at Andrew Mynarski school and Jiny White who is a teacher and band director at Edmund Partridge Junior High school. Ressa Lee the Singer is also a local girl and she goes to the Royal Alexandra on March 12. Bill Anderson of Libau Man., says about the say ing he Speaks with a forked Tongue i have a Friend who Speaks with a shovelled Tongue he digs up More dirt than anyone i sixtieth anniversary reunion of sunday school teachers and pupils of St. John s United Church 250 Cathedral Avenue saturday from 2 to 6 . For details phone miss m. Thompson Spruce 2-9488 free puppies 475-7864. Response to the mention of a Little boy who needed a cub uniform was overwhelming to say the least. But several people phoned to say that a child a member of cubs or similar groups regard less of whether or not he or she can afford a uni form. This is True i know but children hate to be different. People and places last saturday 13 members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity descended on the Day Nursery Centre with paint brushes in hand. By the end of the Day the Community Chest Agency had been Given a real face lifting. Equipment including benches chairs toys even 100 building blocks were Bright and new looking when pre school children arrived for Nursery care on monday morning. The details on this Good deed came from mrs. A. B. Brown executive director of the Centre. A former Canadian who is now professor of English at Texas technological College in Lubbock has gained a world wide reputation for his collection of works by Robert Burns. Or. George Ross Roy who was a professor at the University of Montreal now has some volumes in the collection. Currently he s working on a bibliography of scottish poetry covering the period 1700 to 1900 which will take at least 10 years to Complete. There s another Canadian at the same University prof. W. T. Zyla who sent the information about or. Roy. At least 200 boys from the Central Myca will give up regular activities saturday to participate in a fund raising Candy Sale to help underprivileged children in other countries. It s All part of the y world service Campaign two stars of the film sporting life at Pace have been nominated for Aca Demy awards. They Are Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts. She s the wife of Rex Harrison. 4.85 Mill increase possible record City tax possible three years of age is a Little Young to know about Highland dancing but Teresa Ann Gard Ner gets a closer than average look at some of the fancy costumes to be featured at saturday s second annual Highland pageant. The show sponsored by the Queen s own Cameron High Landers of Canada and the St. Andrew s society of Winnipeg will feature 90 Bondsmen a color guard of 30, and 60 dancers. Taking part will be the band of the Royal Canadian horse artillery and bandmaster a. L. Lee s headdress is what seems to be holding Teresa s Atten Tion Here. All but 5 heed warning no to tests no classes for 28 u of students by Gene Telpner Twenty eight University of Manitoba students were excluded from classes for failing to take part in a Campus tuberculosis test but All except five Are now Back in class rooms. A University spokesman said that one student from Fine arts 27 from arts and science had failed to take tests which Are usually Given yearly As part of a tuberculin and a Ray Survey. Under University regulations the "28 were notified that they would be excluded from classes unless they complied. Said the spokesman this was strictly a health measure for the Protection of the thousands of other students on the apparently the 28 were told in a letter that they must take their tests and notify the Dean s weather clouding Over tonight with Light Snow flurries tonight but mainly sunny again on Friday. A Little Milder. Low tonight Zero High Friday 20. Temperatures for 24-hour period ending . Thursday Max. Win. Pre. Vancouver 47 29 Calgary 40 21 to. Edmonton 35 20 Regina 28 10 to. Brandon 21 2 to. The Pas 18 -1 .01 Winnipeg 5 2 to. Fort William 6-16 Kenora. 1-8 .02 Max. Min. Pre. I 2 3 to. .04 .04 Ottawa 30 Toronto 33 Montreal 29 Halifax 33 19 .01 Chicago 31 3 Miami. 76 los Angeles 63 Minneapolis 18 new York 46 65 43 1 30 to. Office. When no confirmation was forthcoming from the 28, they received notice that their school registrations had been cancelled which meant no attendance in classes. Following this notice 23 of the students reported at the Central tuberculosis clinic for testing and were promptly reinstated. But As of thursday there was no word from the other five on the list. We always have a certain number of drop outs or people away from Campus so this May not be entirely the reason for their said the spokes Man who nevertheless confirmed that the total of five was Correct. The Survey began on the Cam pus last november and it also applied to faculty and staff at the University. Tuberculin testing is arranged by the University As a regular health measure and a deadline Date was set up to make sure students would have ample time to take the tests. According to the University the five students who failed to take the tests Are from arts and Sci ence. Unwise at this time dairies Don t want milk Price raised preliminary budget now goes to finance committee for study the City of Winnipeg s preliminary 1964 budget indicates an estimated 4.85 Mill increase in the City s tax rate finance commissioner j. G. Kerr announced metro cuts Road projects blames govt. Six greater Winnipeg dairies say they won t ask now for an increase in the Price of milk to the consumer. Milk producers however have asked for an increase in the Price they receive for milk. D. H. Jones counsel for the six greater Winnipeg dairies told a hearing of Manitoba s milk control Board wednesday that the distributors feel it would be unwise for them at this time to request an increase in the Maxi mum Price at which milk May be sold to a the current ceiling on milk is 24 cents a quart. This is the Price now charged for. Home delivered milk. The Price for milk bought in stores is lower or. Jones made the statement As he read a Brief expressing his clients View that any change in either the buying or Selling Price of milk in the greater Winnipeg area at this time would not be in the Best interests of producer the distributor or the producers request the Winnipeg District milk producers co operative association is asking the Board to Grant a 35-cent increase per 100 pounds of milk. The milk Board is expected to hand. Down a decision within a month or. Jones said the distributors Don t feel they Are competent to comment on the producers Case but conceded that production costs had increased since the last Price boost. However or. Jones said that an increase in the distributors raw-milk1 Cost would prevent advances in techniques and equipment which so far have been used to combat and meet rising costs. Distributors have shown conclusively that even today they Are Able to return a larger percentage of the consumer Dollar than any other comparably sized milk Market in said or. Jones. Taking into consideration the basis and formula on which payment is made the pro Ducer Price in the greater Winnipeg area today compares favor ably with other centres in can or. Jones said dairies believe the milk control Board should have the Power to set the mini mum Price at which milk May be sold to Consumers As Well As the maximum. Control should not be a half Way measure. If controls Are War ranted at All they should be made applicable to All three Levels of the distributors Price making the producers association request for a Price increase lawyer Wilfred r. De Graves asked the control Board to de Vise a formula under which producers would receive a Price for their product in keeping with the Cost of living. While not committing the producers to any particular bargain ing formula it is hoped and urged that the Board will con Sider some principle which would enable the Board to act on its own motion in granting Price in said or. De Graves. This we think would make the Board s function easier and at the same time not make these applications rising costs he said the milk producer is confronted by rising costs of production and inadequate labor returns in 1958, with labor costs figured at a hour it Cost to produce 100 pounds of said or. De Graves. Today with labor at an hour the Cost of 100 pounds of milk is up to he said the Cost of Dairy farm ing had increased 6.1 per cent since 1960. At the same tune producers had been forced to increase their investment to make their operations More efficient. About million Worth of Road projects were Cut wednes Day from metro s 1964 capital works estimates. Metro finance committee said the chief reason was Lack of financial help from the province. At the end of wednesday s expense trimming session capital works estimates totalling about million had been deleted. Most of the total had been pro posed for Road improvements. Unofficially the capital works estimates now total million but More trimming sessions Are scheduled before the committee makes its recommendations to metro Council. Last year metro s second j full year in operation the Capi j Tal works budget was for j million. Councillors in their Par ing Down sessions had Cut million from the original estimates total of million highlights of wednesday s Fin Ance committee session were cuts reducing the streets and traffic department s i million estimate to million. Acceptance of the provincial government s offer to share work to Cost million. A decision to ask the prov Ince for More Money especially for expropriating land. A proposal co spend on. A Pool and on a Pavilion in Kildonan Park this year. These items will be considered at the committee s next meeting. A proposal to remove a com fort station at the Southeast Cor Ner of Logan Avenue and main Street to Widen the Road for traffic off Disraeli Bridge. This will be considered later. Should pay criticism of the province s Cost Sii Aring formula came Early in the meeting when councillor r. Darwin Chase said the province should pay the total Cost to connect Waverley Street from Mcgillivray Boulevard to Mathe son Road an Entrance to the University of Manitoba in fort Garry. If metro weren t Here the province would have paid the whole shot because fort Garry said coun. Chase a former mayor of fort Garry. Coun. Peter Taraska said this in t the first time the municipalities have been Short changed because of coun. Thomas b. Findlay said i be seen metro get Money from the province that Winnipeg could he agreed with metro chair Man Dick Bonnycastle and councillors b. R. Wolfe Jack Willis and a. That the project would provide a main North South artery to ease the traffic flow on Pembina Highway. Everyone backed the project and agreed the province did t contribute enough. The majority disagreed with coun. Sidney Green who wanted to postpone the project. It is a matter of principle that must be said coun. Green. He was supported by councillors Chase and Taraska. Let s be said coun. J. A. Coulter. Let s take what we can this year. They the province will come through with More in 1965." metro wanted to build a 24 foot wide Concrete pavement at a Cost of As half of a four Lane Road for the western1 half of greater Winnipeg from the St. James Bridge Westward. The province refused to help pay the land Cost but was willing to pay for a graded gravel Road which would Cost a total of endorsed metro finance committee wednesday gave its approval in Prin Ciple to the following projects widening the North Side of Goulet Street for live blocks from Des neurons Street to tache Avenue in St. Boniface Cost a 24-foot Concrete Road for Grant Avenue Between Kenaston and University boulevards Cost improvements to the notre Dame Avenue and Midland Street Corner and widening notre Dame from Midland to Keewatin Street and Keewatin to Logan Avenue total Cost an Extension of Kenaston Boulevard from South of Wilkes Avenue through to Highway 3 Cost reconstruction of Miles of Assiniboine Parks roads a Concrete pavement along Welling ton Crescent to the Park ent Rance paving of parking lots at the Windsor Golf course and the Assiniboine zoo and conservatory total Cost rejected major projects dropped from the 1964 list of work were a Road Complex extending Cumberland Avenue from bal moral to Sherbrook streets which was to have been a one Way Street paired with notre Dame Avenue Cost for land ;