Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 5, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1964 Admiral s portables by Carrier 3sc per week Winnipeg thursday March 5, 1964 single copy Price Loc car radios 7o 50 i to femur warranty 3r up can radio repairs 2.50 f you wait 30 Mihutat str vice Advance car radio Centre 636 Sargent or. Sher Brool 786-3347 Coffee break 7 by Gene Telpner censorship will probably always us in one form or another and it always has been. I m certain that centuries ago someone must have tried to censor the Iliad and the Odyssey and we All know that something convinced Eye to cover up with a Fig Leaf. But censorship is rapidly changing. What would have been halted Only a few years Back is now allowed in. Books films and television in Manitoba we have a censorship Board but in the . The Only states that now have such boards Are new York Maryland Virginia and Kansas. Many cities in the . Censor films in some form or other but Seldom ban productions. A few years Back a movie the Moon is Blue was considered raw but now it s forgotten in the shuffle. If you saw Irma la Douce you la recall a scene where Shirley Maclaine was photographed from the rear wearing practically nothing. Not too ions this would t have Heen allowed in films. Books too Are changing. There s a fuss now about Fanny Hill but you can buy it at the Minneapolis Airport and Many other places. Courts have been pretty Liberal about handing Down decisions which allow the Sale of so called banned books after Long Legal arguments. I imagine this is what will happen with Fanny Hill. The late i Cihiy Walker who was once governor of new York state and had a movie made of his life called Beau James which played Here said some immortal words Many years ago about censorship. At that time new York state was introducing a censorship Bill in legislature and mayor Walker addressed the opened his speech by saying i have never known a girl who was ruined by a in the . There s a group called the National office for decent literature which a Moses tip a list of books and comic strips which it approves. I was interested to note that i l Abner a comic which appears in this newspaper is not approved by them. Apparently they Don t feel that Daisy Mae and the other Al Wear enough clothes seals on the Back the society for crippled children and adults is currently conducting an easter Seal Campaign to raise funds. Here s a warning about those seals which might save some headaches. You can use them to Seal letters on the backs of envelopes because that s All that postal regulations allow. Anyone who places seals on the front of the letter will either get it Back or take the Chance of having it wind up in the dead letter office. There s a big face lifting and change of policy Corning for the old Rose theatre. When the name will be changed to Tovine Cinema with ii policy of the Best in foreign and off beat Finis. Offering will probably be Fellini s production plans for the theatre Call for seating capacity of 600. Iain Grieve formerly with channels 7 and 12, has joined the advertising department of a major department store speaking of Channel 7, they had an unusual airborne press conference wednesday for to personalities Richard Willis and Joan Mccormack in a plane circling the Winnipeg Airport. Volair the newsy publication of the Winni Peg station has a new editor. Flight lieutenant a. J. Bert Legg takes Over the Post As successor to. Robert Thompson who retires from the service in april. Names in the news notes from a columnist s diary despite promises no name stars have been signed for Rainbow stage to Date. One of the big difficulties is that agents of High priced Talent require posting of Cash Bonds for their stars. This in t easy with Rainbow which in t exactly rolling in Cash. Another major stumbling Block is that Many stars insist on 30-Day cancellation clauses in their contracts. Imagine what a fuss this would cause if the big Lead cancelled out a month before the show the Chicago daily news has issued safety helmets similar to those worn by construction workers to their photographers and reporters. They Are to be worn on assignments which require them thai could mean almost anywhere from City Hall to the school Board in this business Bob Noble our television editor says he Learned recently that it takes three elephants to make one set of piano keys. What really surprised him was that they do such Fine work my prediction is Tom Jones a film not yet seen Here will sweep most of the Academy awards. It Ivas drawing packed houses last fall when i was in London. Letter from River Heights area praising free press Carrier boy David Mcfarlane for his thoughtfulness. Said the letter in part my husband is recuperating from an Accident and unable to work. David has shovelled our walks after every Snow and done other helpful things for one of the Best Carrier boys we be Ever whatever happened to watch pockets they used to put on trousers and have you noticed that pants Don t even have buttons inside anymore for suspenders annual conference for lawyers saturday .3. j3.up__n._ in qd00.00.0 3 a a a n a f Uffa o 3 q. I sighs for hidden thighs patting patrons feel Pinch by Gene Telpner at least three. Winnipeg night spots have sacrificed thighs for size in complying with a new Manitoba liquor control com Mission edict concerning wait resses arid floor space. A new regulation which took effect this week said that spots which use waitresses wearing abbreviated costumes must in crease floor space to 14 Square feet per Patron from the pre sent minimum of 12 feet. Apparently this ruling came into being because patrons were reportedly clutching passes along with glasses. One com Mission spokesman implied that some patrons were patting some of the girls As they tried to squirm through narrow aisles. This week the cocktail lounge of the Airliner motor hotel on Ellice Avenue replaced the Robin Hood costumes of their attractive waitresses with sedate skirts and blouses. The previous costumes were of figure hugging Green. Up to last week at the yen dome hotel the girls were out fitted in dresses which ended above the Knees. Now their costumes have been adjusted to reach below the Knees. The towers is no longer the stronghold of bunnies equip Ped with dome fastened tails. But there will still be Bun Nies in the Gold coach said owner auby Gal pern. We be developed a new Beautiful costume for the girls in the towers of a flapper Type that we think people will at the Bon vivant the own ers have decided to retain the waitresses abbreviated cos Tumes even though it Means reducing seating space. In the room which now seats 67, there will Only be 58 seats to comply with the regulations regarding floor space. Mel Kalz of the Bon vivant said we Are going to feature noon luncheons now in order to stimulate business earlier i the at the lounge of the City Centre the decision is to keep the girls in the same Leggy cos Tumes rather than dress them in More concealing clothing. A commission spokesman said there will be no rules against abbreviated clothing but that the floor space Regula Tion will be enforced. Commission inspectors were out checking premises and where necessary were posting signs indicating the seating now allowed under the changed regulations. Lawyers from several parts of Southern Manitoba will gather saturday in Portage la Prairie for the Central judicial bar association s annual conference. The provincial bar Bonspiel takes place the following Day. Topic for the panel discussion saturday afternoon will be Legal problems arising out of present Day assessment practice. Graeme Haig Manitoba bar association president said thurs Day he expected a great Many Points of interest to taxpayers confused by the complexities of the assessment process will come from the discussion. Property owners who feel they have been wrongly assessed often Don t take it up because the expense to Challenge it does t justify the Small amount to be gained. Groups of owners should consider taking action to Gether he said. Another Point that would prob ably arise saturday was the problem of the owner who improves his property and Possi Bly becomes less of a charge to the Community but has to pay More taxes. Speakers will include h. K Irving on general principles and philosophy of assessment in Manitoba and j. D. Mcnairn y of metro Winnipeg s Legal staff. Cyril Collins of metro s assess ment staff will talk on the actual assessment Harold Stubbs Secretary of the Mani Toba Law society will speak on the process of assessment decisions. Proposed change in Bridge plan a Park rescued revised Bridge plan suggested a revised plan of approaches to the proposed Bridge Over the red River Ito St. Vital from the foot of Osborne Street in Winni Peg will be recommended to metro Council at its next meet ing. It. Is hoped that the new plan produced by Harry f. Burns Deputy director of metro s streets and transit division will meet citizens complaints that the Bridge approaches As previously planned would destroy red River Parkland along Churchill drive. Metro s streets and transit committee approved the amended plan wednesday and recommended its adoption to metro Council. Commend director at the same time the commit tee commended Burns for his work in producing the plan m anticipation of a required Revis Ion . Committee was told the new plan would eliminate the Neces sity of constructing a new Road Way Between Churchill drive and the River Bank through the present Park. On a total Cost basis there would be Little difference be tween the new plan and the pre sent one already approved by the provincial government and metro committee was told. Councillor b r Wolfe said i think we have saved a and coun. A. E. Bennett said this should Stop some of the cries of anguish we have heard. We Lell those who were complaining that the original plan was Only our first ramp the new plan Alao shows a re Vised ramp arrangement on the Kingston Row approaches in or Der to limit the area occupied by the interchange and provide a More efficient system. Presenting tile new plan a. I. Macdonald metro s director of streets and said am now pleased to report that or Burns has produced a new design for the North Roadway which will eliminate the necessity of constructing a traffic artery along Churchill drive but will achieve the same objective of providing a connection to Jubilee Avenue without the necessity of making this movement by Means of a left turn at the intersection of Osborne Street and Jubilee a the revised plan involves the use of a tin lamp off the Bridge with a Roadway passing under the Budge and then instead of proceeding along Chut chill drive paralleling the West Side of Osborne Street approaches to the Bridge with a separate Inlet Sec Tion at weather Snow flurries ending this evening. Sunny with Cloudy intervals on colder. Winds Light to night northerly 15 Friday. Low tonight for Gimli Carman and Winnipeg Zero High Friday 5. Temperatures for 24-hour period ending . Thursday Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regma Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora Max. Min. Pro. 43 37 70 45 20 .01 26 0 .02 17 14 8 -1 -6 -14 .01 16 -14 to. 28 -8 .05 19 -11 to. 05 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Max my. Pic 42 35 .07 48 42 .64 49 39 .04 48 29 .01 51 28 .68 82 71 64 49 route metro men urge halt c in pure Salt pending 18-month u study Minneapolis 34 12 to. New York 53 45 .18 tested metro Experiment prompts Motorist complaints metro has been testing Road signs of various colors at the same time working out a route numbering plan for All metro thoroughfares. A metro official said wednes Day that metro s streets and Tran sit division was working with the Manitoba highways Branch on the route numbering plan. The Hope is that the if put into metro wide use would help direct people unfamiliar with the City and also serve to designate those streets which Are the responsibility of metro rather than of Art individual me Tro municipality. Many colors the Experiment came to the fore wednesday when metro s streets and transit committee Vyas informed that complaints had been received from a. Provincial Cabinet minister about eight Multi coloured signs on Light standards on Bradford Street Between Ness and Ellice in St. James and from mayor Joseph Guay of St. Boniface about a similar sign on St. Mary s Road. The complaints said the signs were confusing motorists Many of whom took them to be Speed limit warnings. All the signs no matter what their color say either metro route 40 or metro 40 and they May be the forerunner of. The me Tro route numbering system. Paints tested the initial purpose of the eight Bradford Street signs was to test various types of paints and the legibility of various color combinations Day and night a metro official said. Thursday All the signs had been taken Down it was understood the Provin Cial highways Branch has Given its approval and support to the route numbering project. Despite a warning the streets would be icy and Sand would blow like a Small Sahara in greater Winnipeg metro s streets and transit committee decided wednesday to recommend to metro Council that the univer sity of Manitoba study the ques Tion of Salt corrosion of streets and that the use of 100 per cent Salt be suspended immediately. The implemented would mean the use of too per cent Salt would be sus Pended for about a year and a half. The streets committee decided to recommend that the question of the corrosive effect of Salt on streets be turned Over to the University s mechanical Engineer ing department for an Independent appraisal. The research would Cost metro and take 16 to 18 months to Complete. A rider to the recommendation Tonto too Lone Ranger Steinkopf role metro councilor b. R. Wolfe lashed out at provincial Secretary Maitland b. Steinkopf wednesday for what he termed Lack of co ordination Between the provincial government and metro on planning a Cen Tennial arts Centre in downtown Winnipeg. Coun. Wolfe charged that or. Steinkopf is trying to play the part of the Lone Ranger and in this Case not Only the part of the Lone Ranger but the the outburst came at the end of a metro streets and transit committee meeting when coun. Wolfe said he wanted to know what part metro s streets and transit director d. I. Macdon Ald and his staff were going to be asked to play in the Centen Nial project planning. Traffic plan he said metro had--1.commit ments to meet and that he the project thrust on metro at the last moment. A traffic plan would be required in the main Street James ave nue area of the proposed arts Centre and who else is responsible for the planning of this whole area but he also wanted to know what costs were going to fall on the metro taxpayer costly mistakes cannot be avoided when we Are working in a said coun. Wolfe. Or. Macdonald said his Divi Sion could do no planning until asked to do so by metro coun cil. And coun. A. E. Bennett we can t Tell you we Haven t been asked to participate he said it was possible the arts Centre might not be built on the main Street site after All. Land bought it will be built retorted coun. Wolfe. Province have already bought the land and paid for it and they May require More land. We. Ought to have some lines of communication be tween Here and Broadway the legislative i m not going to be the fall Guy for any mistakes they make Down free press meetings meetings to be held at 8 . Friday in the free press building include Board room no. 2, esperanto association clubroom Winni Peg Cine club. Specified that the use of 100 per cent Salt be halted and that until the report is received from the University abrasives nor Mally Sand be used along with Salt Content of up to 10 per cent. Till 65 this Means that if metro coun cil accepts committee s recommendation metro streets won t gel any 100 per cent Salt treat ment at least until the Winter of 1965-6g. Metro s streets and transit director d. I. Macdonald made it Clear the recommendation did t have his division s bless ing. I think our feelings Are Clear on this. Metro streets have been in a better condition this year than Ever before. They Are virtually dry and Clear of he said that with abrasives and 10 per cent Salt there would be ice conditions throughout the Winter and that under certain conditions without the use of 100 per cent Salt Street traffic would be tied up. In or. Macdonald said we will have Sand blow ing like a Small Sahara when it dries in the wants tvo Salt councillor a. E. Bennett who proposed the corrosion effect study asked that no Salt at All be used. Coun. B. R. Wolfe said How Ever that if metro went from 100 per cent Salt to no Salt at All the City o f Winnipeg would have a perfect right to criticize metro. The City s policy was to use 10 per cent Salt with abrasives. He asked metro s traffic Engin Eer w. H. Finnbogason if 10 per cent Salt with the abrasives would give him the margin of safety required. Or. Finnbogason indicated he would t recommend no Salt but could accept 10 per cent Salt. Metro chairman Dick Bonny Castle had to leave the meeting before the vote was taken but indicated he would have voted for a 10 per cent Salt mixture. Coun. A. H. Fisher said metro was never going to sell 100 per cent Salt. If we have a policy of 100 per cent Salt we Are going to have to Force just stuffed Birds million museum proposed the Manitoba museum association has presented plans for a million museum and planetarium to the provincial government and Centennial corporation. Provincial Secretary Maitland Steinkopf responsible for Centen Nial celebrations said the proposal intensively stud plans for a 22-foot High single Storey display building and a six Storey Tower to Aid research and study by scientists. The planetarium would either be part of or adjacent the Dis play building it s an excitingly different said or Frank Mathewson chairman of the mus Eum association.-. The museum is to have two Basic functions research and v.-. Or Mathewson said the plans resulted from two years study undertaken at the museum association s own expense after it was decided exhibit facilities intr the Winnipeg auditorium were not making a proper contribution to the City evolution theme i a e Parr of the museum of natural history in new York served As consultant. Museums m both Canada and the United states were studied to decide what was Best for Winnipeg. The plan proposes a museum depicting the history of Man and his environment As it developed in Manitoba. This won t just be a collection of rocks and stuffed said or. Mathewson but rather it will evolution of Mani Toba s resources Industry and culture past and present pointing the Way to the future through he said the proposed museum would be a very positive educational institution in Many ways like a the Tower would be used by scientists now involved in re search projects throughout the City to work and Pool information under the same roof. Pool information in a capital City like said or Mathewson there Are Many people engaged in scientific research. Economies could be made by bringing them to Gether under i one roof and the pooling of information and materials would the planetarium would be the most modern of its Type. One i piece of equipment Worth 000, would enable the earthbound viewer to observe the world As if he were sitting on the Moon. It was developed to train . Astronauts. The museum association is hop ing the provincial government will construct equip and main Tain the museum As part of events slated to Mark Canada s Centennial in 1967 and the prov Ince s birthday in 1970. The association estimates it will Cost to build the. Museum and million to stage exhibits. Minimal needs we re convinced this is a min Imal said or. Mathewson. If there were any attempt to reduce it to less it would ruin it. Rather than Settle for less we would pull Back and wait for another time than do less than is required and live to regret i he said that while it is not really our Job to say where the museum should be the Brief urges a downtown site easily accessible to people arriving for casual visits. La if we get Liis he added Well have the Best mus Eum in North f l ;