Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 2, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1964 aft Lral . New Slimline portables Advance to Centre 636 Sargent neat pm. 786-3347 Winnipeg free press car radios 1 Efth warranty by Carrier 3sc per week Winnipeg monday March 2, 1964 single copy Price Loc car radio repairs 2.50 Emu. Your wait 30 Murt St vice Advance car radio Centre 636 Sargent or. Sherbrook _ pm. I by Gene Telpner in saturday s paper one of my assignments was to write a summary of Jack Ludwig s article about Winnipeg which appears in the forthcoming april Issue of Holiday Magazine. Although a great Many people Are bound to disagree with or. Ludwig s interpretation of the City my feeling is that he is writing of the Winnipeg of Days gone by. I can t agree with him completely because our City is growing faster than most of us imagine. There Are so Many things coming up so Many i changes that have taken place in the past few years to completely eradicate the Winnipeg that or. Ludwig re Calls so nostalgically. When my family moved Here from the u.s., the Royal Alexandra and the fort Garry hotels were just about the Only popular eating places we had and that s less than 15 years ago. Now look what s happened so Many Fine restaurants you Don t know where to Start. And there s much More in the future. Near the Airport there will be a Plush motor hotel with what is projected to be a fabulous restaurant. A downtown Motel will add almost a dozen new floors a Folk singing Coffee shop is in the works and another Long closed restaurant is in the process of being reopened. Our Skyline has changed with imposing apart ment blocks and in what other City in the world can you get car service for a hot dog when it s 30 degrees below Zero Winnipeg s night life is far from Dull there Are few cities in North America that can match the mixture of entertainment for those who hate to go to bed Early. This is becoming an exciting City but still Friendly enough so you can smile at another person on a bus or in a store without arousing suspicion As you would in Toronto or new York. We have a Long Way to go but we be gone a Long Way. Regardless there s much More to Winni Peg than just Salami and Rye bread. But then what s wrong with that mixture coupled with a dash of hot Mustard people and places notes from a columnist s diary several people have phoned to ask Why there Are not More signs on Portage Avenue and other streets pointing the Way to the Airport. Said one caller we spend millions on a Beautiful new terminal but not ten cents on a sign pointing the he s got something there. Frankie Laine who is a possibility for a Rainbow stage role Here opens March 9 at the Riviera in Las vegas. I have my doubts about getting Frankie to sign for a summer show Here but stranger things have happened pan american world airlines is offering a new guide to business customs in Europe. For instance the guide says refrain from kidding europeans their sense of humor is not aimed that for More details write them at 91 Yonge Street Toronto. Did you know there Are still at least Model to Fords in Good working order in North America when i was very Young my dad piled seven of us in his Model to for our very first trip to Winnipeg from Omaha. It was quite an adventure in those trays but at least there was plenty of room on the running Board for the baggage. All kinds of beatle poetry pouring in. Sorry there s no room for it but i appreciate the thought behind it. Iris Gordon of Pine Falls made a sketch of the beatles so did six year old Kim Harris of 587 Warsaw Avenue. Sister Sharon Harris wrote he is a very avid beatle fan so Are the rest of the 10 kids in our birthday for Brad Brad the Clown will be 80 years old on Satur Day and he s going to spend the birthday the Way he likes Best entertaining children. The Alert old gentle Man whose real name is a. E. Brad Bradshaw will be appearing at a party for the children at shrine hos Pital with Bob Hamerton As master of ceremonies. It s also Brad s 56th wedding anniversary on that Day. Far As i know he s the oldest Active Clown in Canada unless anyone has proof otherwise. Brad is also a sports fan has t missed a wrestling match Here since 1936 nor a Blue bomber football game. Many Happy returns Brad. Or. A. C. Brotman 1137 Portage Avenue is enjoying his Florida vacation More than most people and for a special reason. He scored a Hole in one at the North Dade country club near Miami last week with a 140-Yard five Iron shot on the 17th Hole. A plaque with his name is being Hung in the main lobby of the club in a Section reserved for the Hole in one the Ace also corresponded with or. Brotman s birthday. Does t look like March came in like a lion. But have you noticed How much brighter and better you feel with a Little warm weather seems to make people less crabby and sour just watch the difference with Spring on the Way. It s that time of the year when neighbors begin to see each Ether again. Special tax session a possibility Las May get summer Call Manitoba s share red Cross opens drive for funds to the uninitiated it could be a vault in any Bank but there s one difference. You Don t Cash a Cheque to get service Here. This is the blood Bank of the Manitoba red Cross. It s ser vices Are Given freely to All in need. But right now throughout the month of March the red Cross needs the help of each and every resident of Manitoba. Not for blood not at the moment. The red Cross is ask ing for As Manitoba s share of a country wide Appeal for so that the Cana Dian red Cross can carry on its Good work at Home and abroad in 19g3, More than bottles of blood were issued to hospitals in Manitoba. Or. Max Avren president of the Manitoba red Cross said that this blood transfusion service is still the most costly of All assistance Given by the society. Or. Avren Esti mated that will be needed to provide this one service during 1964. The free blood transfusion ser vice is Only a portion of the work done by the Manitoba red Cross. The Complex organization also operates a full time disaster ser vice a sick room Supply service and provides emergency Aid to tiie needy. There is the Junior red Cross water safety service Home Nurs ing instruction enquiry Bureau veterans services International assistance and services to the armed forces. Mrs. Lynzi Scoble of the red Cross is shown taking a blood donation at the red Cross head quarters on Osborne Street. The donor is Lynn s father Brad tap Wortlie Campaign chairman of the red Cross fund raising drive lying on the bed. Looking on Are or. Max Avren. President of the Manitoba division of the red Cross and Burl Gresham chairman of the downtown division of the Campaign. Lion nips Lamb s Tail the March lion cold shouldered the March 1 Lamb causing a 31 degree drop in temperature be tween Midnight and .6 this morn ing. Yesterday the temperature hit a High of 39, dropped to 33 by Midnight then to two above this morning. The Dominion Public weather office at Winnipeg said a Low of 15 below is forecast for tonight with a High of 10 above tomorrow under sunny skies. Tomorrow would Likely see the beginning of a slow warming trend. The weather office said today s Sharp winds would Likely drop to Light by evening. The United states weather Bureau is predicting above average temperatures and Little Snow for the Winnipeg area during March. The Bureau s Long Range fore cast shows Winnipeg at a divid ing line Between above Normal and much above Normal tempera Tures and Well within an area in which Little March precipitation is expected. Gayil service the civil service association of Canada will hold its Manitoba regional convention and work shop thursday Friday and sat urday in the Sheraton Carlton motor hotel. Winter skips out while Beausejour is saying Adieu Beausejour Man. Winter went out the window Here during the weekend As an Estima Ted visitors streamed into town to take part in Beausejour s second annual Winter Farewell celebrations. Even the Weatherman seemed to be co operating with festival officials saturday As tempera Ture Rose to 40 degrees. Main event of the two Day fun fest was the Canadian championship Power Toboggan race which was won by businessman Clayton Mcdonald of Dryden ont. In a time of 19 minutes 38.3 seconds Mcdonald pushed his brightly painted machine Over the eight mile four Lap course. His nearest competitor was George Hail of Winnipeg. Fred Truba of Winnipeg placed third. Woman Champ the new ladies Cross country Canadian Power Toboggan Cham Pion is Terry Mordue of Winni Peg who completed her three Lap race in two minutes 15.1 seconds. All Power Toboggan races were held just East of Here at Colmer s Park. Late saturday fire fighters were called to the Park. A fire of undetermined origin had destroyed the tourist Camp s dance hall1 and snack bar. No one was injured. The Friday with Cross country ski and Snowshoe four Man relay races. At dusk a torchlight Par Ade wound its Way Down Park Avenue to the town Arena where future nursing student Pat Robertson of Pinawa Man., was crowned Beausejour s Winter Queen. Miss Robertson 17, is a Grade 12 student at Lac Dubonnet collegiate. Her princesses were Gloria Peters and Sharon John son. Moccasin dance next a Moccasin dance in the Arena where a few hardier souls were conspicuous in their fur trimmed mukluks. Saturday the program continued with a Parade. Visitors from All parts of Manitoba continued to pour into town throughout the afternoon to catch a glimpse of the Craf Para Chute jumps held near Colmer s Park. But the biggest crowd please was the secret Srno Osh race. Festival officials refused to divulge any information about what they termed this most dangerous and newest Winter sport in Mani and thousands of spectators lined the sidewalks to see. Smooth it seems originated at the Beausejour Craf station. It consists of teams of. Four who Are tied by the feet to sets of lengthy two by four lumber. The object is to race Down the Street on these Gigantic skis some thing easier said than done. Ride., Parkin shop Token plan studied the retail merchants association Manitoba division says a combination ride and shop and Park and shop plan is being considered boils or 20 Winnipeg merchants. Under the member stores would offer customers Stamps and tokens acceptable to Park ing lots and to metro transit. This would mean that Tor every minimum Purchase still to be gun toting deterrent to Bank robber armed tellers Money is. Lives should that pretty Blue eyed Teller in the Treigh boyhood Bank be issued a gun and be taught to use it this is one of the questions being asked following the robbery of the Bank of Nova Scotia Branch at Portage Avenue and Toronto Street thursday. About a Holdup Man with a dirty Blue handkerchief tied around his face walked up to Teller Lawrence Anseeuw. Clutched in one hand was what appeared to be four Sticks of dynamite in the other a lighted cigarette. He told or. Anseeuw to hand Over the Cash or he would blow the place a few seconds later he ran through the front door with and disappeared Down a Back Lane. Unarmed or. Anseeuw and the two other Bank employees were unarmed. Many people feel that if All Banks were equipped with pistol packing employees it Cut the number of Bank robberies in greater Winnipeg. Among the Bank managers however it seems to be a debatable Point. H. W. Caldwell an executive officer of the Bank of Nova Scotia said that there Are Al ways loaded1 revolvers kept in each Branch of the Bank. In our smaller branches the. Manager keeps one locked somewhere in his on h o w e v e a Branch manager Noel Buxton was out to lunch when his Bank was robbed. Weather sunny and cold tuesday. Winds Light this evening. Low tonight 15 below High tuesday 10 above. Temperatures for 48-hour period ending monday Max. Min. Pro. Vancouver 45 36 .79 Calgary 41 4 to. Edmonton 34 -5 to. Regina 40 0 to Brandon. 41 5 the Pas 9-17 .04 Winnipeg 39 8 to. Fort William 26 37 Kenora. 38 25 Max. Min. Pre. Ottawa 34 Toronto 39 28 to. Montreal 40 34 Halifax. 42 30 .99 Chicago 49 30 .07 Miami 73 69 lot Angela 63 52 .02 Minneapolis 52 35 new york___48 39 should the gun be used that a said or. Caldwell. The last thing the last thing we want is for someone to get Hurt for the Sake of a few j. L. Seaborn of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said that his Bank did Issue revolvers in some instances. Not to the gals though it s safer the accountants Are issued guns but i Don t know if they Are trained to use them they used to be i know i he said. F. A Baines of the Bank of Montreal said that a few revolvers Are issued in e a c h Branch to the responsible staff members. We Don t encourage them to use them because of the danger to the Public and other staff or. Baines said that Bank of Montreal employees Are not trained in the use of firearms. We Don t employ armed Security guards in Manitoba but we do use the Pinkerton ser vice Back s. A. Cross of the Royal Bank of Canada admitted that his staff members Are supplied with loaded revolvers but would not comment in any detail. Feelings were echoed by Al a Harshaw of the Toronto Dominion je5ank. Against our policy to divulge such said or. Harshaw. How does Winnipeg s police department feel about it inspector of detectives nor Man Stewart said that the responsibility for such a matter has to rest with individual Bank r officials. Each individual reacts Dif fervently when confronted with a loaded he said. It this Way we d Tiuch rather investigate a Bank robbery than a set at either or the shop per would receive one stamp Good for either one hour s free parking or one transit ticket. If the shopper bought another minimum Bijj Archase amount he would get another stamp and so on. Retail merchants entering the scheme would buy the Stamps from lots and from metro through a Central office and would pay a one cent a stamp Premium to cover administration costs. The merchants would also pay a Entrance fee to get into the plan and a month for advertising and promotion. M. M. Wocks manager of the Manitoba division retail Mer chants association said most of the firms interested so far were smaller concerns. He said the larger department stores All had their own lots and had not expressed interest. Or. Wocks said a meeting would be held in two weeks to see if the scheme could be started in Winnipeg. Nine tag Days for City in 1964 a total of nine tag Days have been announced for Winnipeg for 1964. They include the joint hos Pital committee May 15 Muni Cipal chapter . May 29 ukrainian Canadian welfare sen vice june 13 mount Carmel clinic july 2 Lions club aug. 28 South Winnipeg and Winnipeg sept 11 humane society sept. 26 and file poppy Day Trust fund nov. 6. Michener expects Roblin to have report in March by Roger Newman a special summer session of the Manitoba legis lature looms As a distinct possibility now that the Michener Royal commission on local government organization and finance has almost completed its Mammoth report. The commission s chairman Roland Michener said in an interview monday that the report would be ready within or. Michener declined to set a definite completion Date but said he Felt the report would be in the government s hands by the end of March. Once Premier Duff Roblin has 1st plea in bus he report he will have to decide whether any changes in Mani Toba s lax setup Are to be made James Sally Day. Lot 143 j this year. Most observers agree St. Anne s Road St. Vital were remanded to March 23 in provincial police court monday after they pleaded not guilty to a keeping their daughter Home from school Between Jan. 28 and feb. 11. They Are among six couples charged with infractions of the school attendance act. The other families Are or. And mrs. Wil Liam Schick or. And mrs. Joseph Mager or. And mrs. Roger St Onge or. And mrs. Philias Richot and or. And mrs. Henry Cebula. The others were remanded without plea for one week entering his plea Structure revisions will be necessary and they think the Premier will Call a special summer session to make them. The Premier however could change his mind if the province receives a better financial Deal at the Dominion provincial con Ference scheduled for March 30 in Quebec City. If or. Roblin is Able to obtain More Revenue for Manitoba he will probably wait until next year before imposing any new levies on Manitoban. Government sources believe it is highly unlikely that the pre Mier will bring Down a second in entering his plea of not guilty or. Day contended that i budget at the current session of his wife should not be charged the legislature. Lack of time to i Don t see How you can charge my wife when i m responsible at he said. She can t Over Rule Crown counsel Lawrie Mitchell said mrs. Day was charged As Well As her husband. Or. Mitchell added that w. R. Degraves representing the St. Vita parents had asked charges against the families be remanded another week. Well remand until March said or. Mitchell but this is definitely the last charges against All six families were first remanded one week when they appeared feb. 23. The charges arise out of a school bus dispute in which children failed to attend school after the St. Vital school Board withdrew free bus transportation for sep Arate school students. The children students at St. Emile parochial school had been Riding to class on the Public school bus. They Are Back in classes now with transportation provided Factor. By in unnamed Bene liquor prices up today Manitoba retail prices for most brands of Canadian whisky and Gin were increased monday from 10 to 25 cents for each 25-ounce bottle. The were actually announced in late january but did t take effect until mar. 2. The increases apply Only to a group of distillers which has raised its prices to the liquor commission. However the Rise will be slightly More than the distillers boost so that the liquor commission can maintain its Mark up. Manitoba prices for the affected brands will now be in the Range of to for whisky and around for Gin. Stinson May have heart surgery Winnipeg s Alderman Lloyd Stinson former provincial Kcf Leader is going to the Mayo clinic in Rochester Minnesota in april to determine whether hell have to have open heart sur Gery for valve replacement. Aid. Stinson said monday he is waiting for a specific Date to be set. He is resting at Home after 10 Days of tests in Winnipeg Gener Al Hospital. His doctors have re commended he go to the Mayo clinic for further consultation. If necessary Aid. Stinson said it would be performed in Rochester. Free press meetings meetings to be held tues Day in the free press build ing include 2 ., Board room no. 2, retired Tea employees 65 club 8 Board room1 no. 2, Soro Ptim is glub business clubroom free press Bridge club. Study the Michener report plus the pending Federal provincial meeting would make it almost impossible to bring in new fiscal measures before the present ses Sion ends late in april. Hospital plan if or. Roblin fails at Quebec City however Manitoban could face added taxes before the end of summer. The first boost would probably be in Hospital premiums because the government s Hospi Tal plan is in danger of running into the red. At the Quebec meeting the Premier will be giving top prior Ity to his request for extra Federal assistance for the Hospi Tal plan. If he s successful Mani Toba could Benefit to the tune of s3 million to million. Or. Michener and his fellow commissioner j. H. Mcinnes. Have just returned from Quebec City where they spent several Days discussing Mutual problems with tax study commissions from Ontario Quebec and Saskatchewan. Similar work we went because we thought it would be worthwhile to discuss ideas with people who Are doing similar work in other or. Michener said. We re fur ther ahead than most of these other commissions but nevertheless our talks were most use the Michener commission s proposals won t be known until its report is actually in govern ment hands. However it s under stood most of them will be de signed to lift the growing Burden from the shoulders of real prop erty taxpayers. To curb property abuses legislation to protect the pub Lic from Fly by night real estate operators is being introduced in the provincial legislature monday afternoon. Intent of the legislation is to make it harder for Shady operators to victimize Hie Public with out placing further curbs on the majority of realtors who Are operating in a legitimate manner. It is believed the new act will tighten licensing requirements bonding methods and advertising practices. Realtors from now on May have to keep Large sums of clients Money in Trust accounts. At present there Are no restrict. Tons governing what a realtor does with Money received from a client. The government May also Force lawyers and Trust company salesmen to buy realtors Licen Ces if they Are going to sell pro Perty. No licences Are required at present and this has been a major subject of annoyance to the Winnipeg real estate Board. The government also plans to licence mortgage brokers to exercise some control on their operations. Advertising regulations May be introduced to eliminate mis representation and Hall truths ;