Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, March 07, 1964

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 7, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1964 Admiral . His Slimline portables we service free press car radios 7q50 i i year warranty of met Centre vol by Cam or j5c per week Winnipeg saturday March 7, 1964 single copy Price we 636 Sargent or. Sherbrook pea. 786-3347 Coffee break the Well dressed Man Brief session Likely legislators May be out in Snow in the world of newspapers radio and television people Don t stand still. Just As the news changes every Day. So do the people involved in report ing the news. To get to the Point there Are some changes coming up with names that will ring a familiar note to to viewers and radio listeners. Boytle Jerome leaves Channel 12 to Taka on a new Post As sports director of Day to in Fargo North Dakota. He succeeds Bill Weaver who joins the new Fargo station. Kathi to. And Bill is the fellow who brings Fargo Moorhead people Here every year for american Day at Assiniboia Downs. So happens to the spot left vacant by or. Jerome Channel 12 executives Are talking to possible successor and i hear Ron Oakes who does sports on , is a possibility. On the subject of Winnipeg personalities one gentle Man who left about 15 years ago to seek Fame and for tune has scored heavily. Or. Alfred Kaplan who gave up a medical career for theatrical production in England was connected with Many hit shows both in London and new York. Now he has clicked with a picture that May he one of the big winners of All time. The. Youthful doctor who once lived on Madain Avenue is executive producer and co owner of the film Tom Jones which is High in the running for a major share of the Academy awards. Abe Averbach in London in business dropped a note with the information about or. Kaplan. Or. Averbach is exhibiting Winnipeg products from his firm at an International food exhibition n London. In the morning Moi dear sir. Your feb. 27. Column mentions Jim Tri funny As saying anyone who says tuesday flight s Box ing match will kill boxing is out of his mind. If there s a rematch the crowds will be bigger than Ever i agree. Further he says i la be there i Hope he has a Good greatest weakness is gullibility or credulity. People believe so readily what we hear and read. Sure boxing will continue and crowds will be bigger than Ever As Long As there Are enough suckers among us to pay whoever is responsible be it the boxing commission or the underground the Clay Liston match was a Sham performance. Please mature men and women let s open our eyes. Yours truly Morris Hykawy Steinbach dear or. Telpner i sincerely Hope that some one who is associated with the alcohol Temperance league will read this and do something about it. In Lake Beer is cheaper to drink than soft drinks. Six ounce popular soft drink Sells Lor 17 cents a 12-Ourice bottle of Beer for .33 cents. Wonder Why so Many people buy Beer Here they save a cent on every 12 ounces they buy. Yours n. Jul Erich . Lake a on the personal Side to you mrs. N. Merritt. 2, 705 Scotland Avenue sends thanks to the fire department Rescue squad no details Given of the incident mrs. Hazel Medlicott of 30 lome Avenue says the world s cribbage championship from 1911 to 1914. Was held by a Brandon Man. She has a Belt and cribbage Board at Home with his name inscribed All is visible Are the initial r. O. Mothers auxiliary of the 65th cubs and scouts hold ing a fashion show March 19, 8 ., at St. Stephens Church variety night at the Arthur Day Junior High school in Transcona set for thursday March 12 mrs. Donald Woodcock of Minnedosa is proud of her Lemon Plant which now bears a Lemon ready for s. R. Talbot of 865 Dudley Avenue got a kick out of the weather report in the papers while visit ing in St. Petersburg Florida. Bad weather in Florida forced the Talbot to spend much of their time in their trailer. When they picked up the paper which they sent to me it said the High is expected to be in the Low 60 a with a Canada caused 42-Ilegree Low Bob Stewart managing director of the red River exhibition said he found the Story about the Essex Iowa school band coming to Winnipeg of interest. This same Effort is being repeated in at least 20 other centres As far South As Louisiana. This is thanks to the Junior chamber of Commerce who not Only invited them but arranges for accommodation and chaperones them Dur ing their stay in or. Stewart said. Day however i m going to take another look at our schedule this weekend to see in any j evasions Are Mclean at the Helm Fot the first time the govern already introduced More than 40 of the 100 pieces of legislating to be considered this special House committees weren t Tures of four departments. When members hit b5 hours however the process should Speed up As the rules can be suspended to Al Low the House to sit after the 11 Deadline. Although most signs Point to Early dissolution the legislature still has several important Busi Ness items in be settled. Top Ping the Agenda is Premier Rob Lin s Resolution which Calls for a special committee to examine program for sharing Public school services with private and parochial schools the Resolution expected to be next week could Spur one of the most vigorous debates in legislature history. It approval but rough ride supporters by Roger Newman and Michener Leports the two Leports dealing be Matoba legislators May forced into the great outdoors ment and tax Reform were expected to be Mam items of Busi even before the Snow is off the Ness at the present sitting but now it appears thai pie mini Rob indications Are that this year s in will Hist attend a Maich 30 legislative session May be one Federal Vocial tone hence of the shortest in recent history special Summet with prorogation possibly taking session to consider the dual re Are also functioning on All Cyl place at the beginning of april if this turns out to be the Case. An Eaily finish to the current even appointed at this time last the 1964 session will have lasted session is also being predicted by approximately eight weeks. Las attorney general the accelerated Pace has also would also come close to setting lean. Or. Mclean in charge of come about due to Premier Hob new Speed record As 12 to 14 week sessions have not been in Tii in believes the House will to Neoushy introduce common in the past. And the government s spending a key reason for an Early end ing could be the government s to scrutiny of the gov decision to wait until this sum quite Well and we re hitting mini Ern ment s estimates has t been from the tory caucus. Mer before implementing the rec target at about 75 per cent of Overly fast As Las have taken commendations of the dimming or. Mclean said Fri 37 hours to examine the exp Ridi from parochial school metro s proposed Kildonan Pavilion is expected to he built this year. This architect s sketch shows the proposed building from the South Side. It is to be located just North of the old Pavilion and will Overlook Selkirk Creek which will w dammed to encourage Duck and Flower Ponds in summer and skating rinks in Winter. Architects Are Blankstein Coop Gil mor and Hanna. Pregnancies alarm educationists number of school girl mothers double from previous years a Large increase in the number of school girl pregnancies in greater Winnipeg has officials con Mclean takes blame says be wailed too Long to free Boldt attorney general Stewart Mclean admitted Friday that lie now thinks he waited too Long be fore ordering the release from jail of Otto Boldt held for two weeks on a Coroner s warrant in corned. In Winnipeg City alone last year. 14 pregnant Young girls applied to the school Board for tutoring at Home. Brigadier Constance Lancaster head of the salvation army girls Home said that last year the Home cared for Ifill pregnant girls the vast majority under 20 years of age. Most of the girls she said were in the j7 to 18 bracket. There were several pregnant 14-year old girls and one 13-year-old. The number of pregnant girls applying for Home tutoring Dur ing 19s3 was exactly double that of the previous year. And says or. W. C. Xiu Imer. Superintendent of Winnipeg schools the number of girls applying for Home tutoring be cause of pregnancy is Only a percentage of the total. Connection with the slaying of a St. Vital Mink rancher. Many not reported he said in an interview that he said he would not order an Many girls More than 16 years investigation into the Case be-1 old leave school because they cause the responsibility was in j Are pregnant but do not report tirely his own. Or. Mclean on the Case by de was questioned Schreyer their condition to the school Divi Sion. Or. James l. Asselstine director of the child guidance clinic. He told the Chouse that it was j said the incidence of pregnancy _. Among school girls is increasing throughout greater Winnipeg. He said that accurate Statis tics on the number of teen age pregnancies occurring annually was hard to compile because both parents and children prefer to keep the incident secret. The incidence of pregnancy among school girls is taking place among girls from Middle class inefficiency charges will test driving schools All driving school instructors in the province will soon be required to undergo stiff Road tests before they Are licensed As qualified instructors it was a decl at Winnipeg fire department chief defends fire dept. Against vicious attack charges of inefficiency level Learned Friday. Deputy Public utilities minister j. G. Cowan said the government intends to License All instructors and driving schools by april 1. To qualify they will have to write examinations and take Road tests. In addition or. Cowan said All vehicles used by driving schools will have to undergo strict mechanical before ing used As instruction cars. Or. Cowan said driving school operators indicated earlier they were in favor of licensing proposed by the provincial government and some operators had requested licensing in previous years. Regulations dealing with licence requirements Are expected to be approved within the next two weeks. By a group of Campbell Street residents have been termed without basis and without justification by fire chief David Dunnett. Chief Dunnett took his stand in a five Page report made to the City s utilities and personnel committee Friday. The commit tee was told that the vicious Ness of this attack on the fire department by a Small group of men women and children is unparalleled in the history of the the seven main and several smaller charges of inefficiency arose from the death of mrs. Marjorie Ford 40, of 105 Camp Bell Street who died the night of feb. 14 in a fire in the basement of her Home. A petition signed by charcoal out iridescence in by Gene Telpner the Dull dark years of clothing for the Canadian male have become a thing of the past a group of fashion experts said in Winnipeg Fri Day. Starting this Spring the Fel Low who has confined his wardrobe to charcoal Grey Blacks or dark Browns will find himself lagging behind the Man breaking the color Barrier. Canadian designer this is the prediction of Ben Dunkelman president and general manager of tip top tailors limited and his Canadian designer Gordon Cohen. They furnished a morning fashion show at the fort Garry hotel which definitely proved their Point. The styles radically Dif Ferent from traditional can Adian male conservative tastes were colourful and Well tailored. The Man in the Grey flannel has been left in the Back ground for such new irides cent shades of Green and Sand Blue and . Brown and Gold even the unlikely combination of Olive with powder Blue. Male models brought Forth imported sharkskin in Brilliant Silver Grey shades then showed How the High fashion colors can be utilized in her ringtones hop sacs pin dots and mohair. We have taken the style trends from the world s fashion centres and have come up with a truly can Adian explained or. Dunkelman. For proof the models were first shown in High styles from Italy France and eng land. We be avoided making copies but developed some thing distinctive for a can Adian style according to or. Cohen the Well dressed Man on Portage. Avenue or main Street will wearing a .y.est.1 Matching or contrast he might not have cuffs on his trousers and perhaps the suit will Only have one Button. One style in the show had no handkerchief pocket but handkerchiefs Are not out asserted designer Cohen who sported a Hanky that matched his colourful tie. Evening Wear has come . Weather Clear. Continuing cold. Winds Light. Low to night and High sunday 15 below and 10 above. Temperatures for the hour period ending at . Saturday Max. Min. Pre. Vancouver 48 33 Calgary 20-6 .07 Edmonton. 16 -4 to. Regina 16-11 to. Brandon 12-15 the Pas. 5 -17 Winnipeg 7-10 Kenora. 14 -15 forr William .27 3 to. .06 to. 37 Montreal 27 Max. Min. Pre. 27 21 31 22 Halifax Chicago Miami. Los Angeles Minneapolis new. York 45 55 81 61 36 47 22 33 72 44 36 to. To. Into its own and the collection included a distinctive Tuxedo in a mess jacket style of silk and Gold Bro Cade. You could Wear this in your Home at a cocktail party or perhaps a carib bean smiled or. Cohen As he flicked an imaginary piece of dust from his cuff less trousers. Worn with the Tuxedo both the mess jacket style and the regular jacket were a pair of Patent leather pumps with a Bow. Every Canadian male might not favor this style said or. Dunkelman although they be Lieve that Patent is definitely Correct for formal evening attire. Gold silk one unusual garment tha t brought slight gasps from the fashion show viewers was a Vicuna coat lined with Gold silk and topped by a mint Collar. Even the buttons were different they were made from Buffalo Horn and the Model wore a Matching Mink wedge Cap designed for Winnipeg Price of the coat was about but was optional with out Collar for considerably less. 20 Campbell Street sent to City Council. It contained the. Charges and called for an investigation into the fire depart ment s actions on the night of the fire. Did everything a Coroner s jury ruled tues Day that Winnipeg s fire and police departments did every thing possible to save the life of overs. Ford in his report to the committee chief Dunnett said his depart ment was not afraid of an investigation into its efficiency by the City Council or any other competent but hoped that any inquiry would be based on More substantial and on More realistic criticism than that offered by the Campbell Street petitioners. The main portion chief Dun net s report dealt individually and in detail with each of the seven charges department. The responsibility of the at Torney general to ensure that persons Are not held too Long As material witnesses or too Long on a Coroner s he said the length of Lime hey should be held depended on the Progress of the investigation into the Case involved. This is something that can Only be known to the attorney general s department. Families and not among information which May or girls from lower income May not result in a charge must j said or. Asselstine. Remain in some last year he said there was cases it May seem that a Man is being held too Long when in fact the detention is necessary also an increase in Milligi tamale births among women in their Early 20s. Hard to convince or. Asselstine said it was difficult for parents and teachers lights thus hindering the Rescue i of the woman and the fighting in response to this charge the chief said he could not see How floodlights would assist the fire department in Rescue work. We Only use floodlights after the fire is under control for the of cleaning up the in View of the facts known by the attorney in the Case of or. Boldt however he said i think waited too Long. I think we a school children hey could have released this Chap should a have real about four Davs before he was i " Hen today play the sex Ansle relations is on levelled at his the floodlights on this Occa Sion were set up exactly at the time required by order of the Batalion Rescue truck the fourth charge made in the the Rescue truck houses from the petition said parked four House on fire. The Rescue truck parked opposite to the next House to the fire said chief Dun Nett. The front of the fire build ing must remain Clear of Rescue vehicles in order to stretch Hose lines raise ladders a fifth charge said that the to the first charge that no i men who finally entered the one was in charge of fighter the fire or giving directions and orders for some chief that three minutes after the alarm was turned in a pumper company with a Captain Iii charge arrived. Bystanders perhaps do not understand5 the fire department s method of said chief Dunnett. Shouting orders is not necessary arid is forbidden. The men Are trained to operate quietly and efficiently with a minimum of noise and. Conf second charge the second charge said that because there was no one taking command the men appeared to be disorganized and one group was standing at the door doing nothing even though word spread1 among the onlookers which proved to be True that there was a women in the base chief Dunnett told the commit tee that the first in company was t told by anyone that there was a woman in the i House and with the arrival of two assignments coming in in res Ponse to two alarms it is pos sible that incoming Crews had to take time to adjust their masks before entering a House charged with and dense i the third charge said that during the height of the fire the House was. Not lit up by flood House had to first stand around the front door putting on masks and oxygen equipment thereby wasting precious certainly the men must adjust and Don the fac piece of the mask before said chief Dunnett. There is a very real reason for this action and one not Likely to be known by onlookers from the the oxygen equipment is Al ready strapped on the Rescue men but the fac piece is not put on until the door is reached to conserve the oxygen for the vital work at hand and to keep the fac piece from misting no oxygen the petitioners also charged that As mrs. Ford was being re moved from the House it appeared that she was not being Given oxygen at this particular chief Dunnett said he did t think he needed to elaborate on this Type of suffice it to say that when it was possible to get the victim to the Rescue vehicle everything that could be done for her was carried out. I the seventh charge said that one of the hoses was leaking water from its joints and from the hydrant to which it was attached chief Dunnett said that this could very Well be he said that the lengths of Hose were connected Only hand tight for a very Good reason asked if he planned any investigation into the Case he said i hat any investigation would have to be an investigation of myself. I was aware a week before his release that he was being held. I did t do anything about it for reasons which could be explained. No one else need be investigated but red Cross total the red Cross drive for funds reached a total of 129 at the end of the first week of the Campaign. Goal of the Campaign which ends March 31, is one answer May be to give children instruction in methods of he said. But How would parents go about instructing their children on contraception remember if we give them contraceptives we be also got to give them a bed or. Asselstine said there would be a strange atmosphere in a Home where the parents allowed children to use a bed the answer might be he said to allow teen agers to buy contraceptives. He said As a Par ent i would not advocate this for All teenagers just those who can accept twin contest starts soon Good things used to come in but now they come in twos for those who enter the free press match the twins contest starting March 14. Along with a lot of fun there will be in Cash prizes. It s an easy contest and you Don t have to be a Puzzle expert. Each Day the free press will publish numbered pictures of twins. All you do is Cut out the pictures and match them up with the twin As other pictures appear on sub sequent Days. When you match up All the pictures at the end of the contest you simply mail them in. That s All there is to it. First prize is second is third prize is and fourth is in addition to these Cash awards there Are fore than 100 smaller Cash prizes. Some of the twins will be easy to spot but of course others will test your skill be cause not All twins Are identical. There s nothing to buy nothing to sell and no Gim micks about the match the twins contest it s designed for family fun enter As often As you like and every single member of your family can participate. Watch for the first set of twins on saturday March 14, and join the fascinating game that could Brinser you easy Money. A ;