Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba Reconditioned to sets 17" and 23" new Guara Niet m of Advance . Centre 636 Sargent Cor of Mckee pm. 786-3347 Winnipeg free press by Carrier 40c per week thursday september 24, 1964 Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Authorized As 2nd class mall by the . Dept., 1964 to clearance up Admiral Philip electro Marconi. Free 1 or. Full Advance . Centre 636 Sargent or Mocchi pm. 786-3347 Coffee break Paris when you travel to Europe Many things Are required. One of the most important of All of these necessities is Money. How far it will go and How Long it lasts depends on you. Cities like Paris can be expensive of course but so Are new York Toronto and even Winnipeg if you eat Only at the fanciest places and stay at the Ritz Iest hotels. By the same Token when you spend the air fare necessary to reach Europe i Don t think you should live like a starving artist. But Elnere Are shortcuts and tips that can not Only stretch j per dollars but add to the pure enjoyment of a trip abroad. In Paris after the first 24 hours it s really quite unnecessary to travel by taxi. The buses and metro subway Are very cheap easy to understand and taxis Are actually no faster because of Paris traffic at the French tourist office my wife and i picked up a pamphlet entitled How to travel by bus and underground like a this makes it easy and you can even buy a weekly pass at a Low Price similar to bus passes used in Winnipeg. Getting Back to taxis i. Found that Paris Eab Drivers will take you right to your destination and you can easily read the meter. In London there is a tendency to Jack up the Bill or the Long Way and you get around this by not giving a London taxi Driver a tip despite his protests. Know where to eat it s hard to get a bad meal in Paris but you have to know where to eat. Madame Phillippe de Bussierre of the French government tourist office advised us of several places to go which were both colourful and in expensive. For example at one Bistro the restaurant l Echelle at 6 Rue de l Echelle Paris you can get a marvellous dinner for two with wine for less than 55. One night i ordered a Pepper Steak which was delicious and i think the Price was about in fact we returned for several meals there and never had anything that was bad. As far As Paris nightclubs go. They Are for the most part costly. The Lido show which some of our friends from Winnipeg attended comes with part of a nightclub tour which costs about s16 a person. If you want to go this is the Best Way because you won t run into extras which could Send the Cost higher and you do get to see three other clubs plus All the Champagne you can drink. Of course on a club tour your transportation is included. This is important. We skipped Lido because we had seen the show in Las vegas. Instead we went to a club called be Caprie Orne 5 Rue Moliere that had not been recommended to us. Before we knew it a girl had joined us at the table there was a strip tease on a tiny stage that took about two minutes. Next thing we knew there was a Bill on our table that included the strange girl s drink. Tourism trap it was obviously a tourist trap but luckily we got off fairly cheap with a lesson to avoid strange clubs unless with a competent guide. Just for the record the girl drank a scotch for that it Cost me the cover was s2.40, and two Beers we had ordered came to All in less than 10 minutes. So skip be Capri borne next time you re in Paris. Most of the hotels in Paris Are fairly old but you won t necessarily find the smaller ones the cheapest or Best. We stayed at the hotel do louvre on Avenue de l opera. It was excellent much better than others we saw at the same rates. Paris is a City which requires a lot of walking it s the Best Way to get the feel of the place. But if you want a Quick tour there is a bus tour called City Rama. There Are speakers by your seats which translate the commentary into English. We took this trip. It goes to notre Dame Cath Edral Eiffel Tower champs Elysee Montmartre pantheon louvre a three hour tour in All. On this tour you can get your bearings then go Back to visit what you want at Leisure. Weare5w to help cystic big approves Sale of a Jim radio Sale of Winnipeg s newest radio stations a Jim and a Jim pm to radio Fine music Grea Ter Winnipeg Ltd., at present Licensee of a few pm St. Nor Bert Man., has been approved by the Board of broadcast governors. But the Deal with Winnipeg broadcasting associates will go Forward with ratification by the department of transport with three provisions attached. One is that radio Fine music give up one of the two pm out lets it now runs in the Winnipeg area. It has been acting As trus tee of a Jim and a Jim pm since the Sale was negotiated. Faces decision radio Fine music would have to decide which outlet to drop. It is negotiating the leasing or Sale of the St. Norbert facilities to the Csc. The company s president George fast told a big hearing in Halifax earlier this if an immediate decision had to be made radio Fine music would drop the Winnipeg pm station. It was willing to let the Board decide. Wednesday a spokesman for the company was reluctant to comment until he had received confirmation of the Board s re commendations. We told them at the time of the hearing that we did not mind which station would have to close. We Don t know what their decision said the spokesman. We would not want to make any comment on this Point until we have had a business backing the big makes the proviso that the company retain the broadcasting policies of the a Jim stations. It also insists no More than five per cent of shareholders own shares in both a few pm St. Norbert and neighbouring fam Altona its one time Parent station. The venture is being backed by a group of Winnipeg business men. The a Jim stations opened last summer were not As successful As expected and the St. Norbert station had been running at a loss it. Was reported. The company spokesman said it was intended to Combine the staffs at Winnipeg and St. Nor Bert and this would help economically. Radio Fine music s was to provide Quality music he said but in order to build up pm re sources it would be necessary to continue with the am station for some time. Members of the group Are Peter Curry president of the greater Winnipeg Gas company r. H. G. Bonnycastle metro chairman Alan Macpherson president Strong Scott Ltd. R. P. Purves president inter Ocean Grain company d. L. Croston a private investor a. J. Vincent director Sovereign life Assur Ance company s. Price Rattray c. H. Enderton and company Ltd. Scott Neal Mccabe Grain company p. J. Mckeag Mckeag Harris realty and w. T. Powell k. A. Powell Canada Ltd. Gay has no zing giver a local businessman who has been stopped from giving free flapjacks and Coffee on main Street claims. Winnipeg is a City with no Maurice Thompson president and manager of Birt s saddlery Ltd., decided wednesday to give his unusual promotion idea a whirl. His firm moved from its previous location across from the City Hall recently when the area was expropriated for the proposed arts Centre. He parked a Chuck Wagon in front of his firm s new location at 468-470 main Street and started handing out Flap cakes. While this is acceptable in Calgary or. Thompson found that it was not in Winnipeg. A police officer came along and told me we would have to Library v opening sunday by Al rach the Portage Avenue and Ken Nedy Street Branch of the Winnipeg Public Library will be open sundays on an experimental basis starting this sunday chief librarian Harry h. Easton said thurs Day. Sunday opening of the Library Between 1 and 6 . Was unanimously decided on at a civic Library committee meeting earlier this week. In an interview thursday or. Easton said the Library would be open sundays at least until the end of this year to see How Winnipeg citizens make use of it. In july Library committee had asked civic finance committee for to finance the downtown Branch s sunday operation. How Ever finance committee turned the request Down. A few weeks ago the Library system received a additional provincial government Grant to provide in creased Library services to the City. Or. Easton said that the operation of the one building from now until the end of the year would Cost about he said that with the provincial Grant the Library will also buy Al jut Worth of books. Move the Chuck Wagon to the rear of the building. He suggested too that we might move the vehicle onto the sidewalk. We decided to place it at the rear because a Chuck Wagon on the sidewalk would interfere with passers by. Besides a vehicle belongs on the a police spokesman said thursday that there were three reasons or. Thompson was asked to move the vehicle. The Chuck Wagon was creating a traffic problem it was taking up metered parking space and Winnipeg s traffic bylaws prohibit the parking of a vehicle on a Public Road which displays advertising material. Or. Thompson said he spoke to metro officials about the motion idea but was told they can t afford to set a meantime free Coffee and Flap jacks Are available in the Back Lane. Man grabbed by loader and killed a 33-year-old Steinbach Man was killed wednesday afternoon when he was caught in Power equipment he was running on a farm in the Hanover Man., District. Police said John Henzel was apparently inside a self loading forage Box helping unload Corn when he was caught in the Power equipment running the loader and thrown into a forage Blower at the base of a silo. There were no witnesses of the Accident. Coroner j. F. Choate of Steinbach has ordered an in quest. Woman 74, Dies of injuries a 74-year-old Winnipeg woman died in Winnipeg general hos Pital Early thursday from in juries received in a car Pedes Trian Accident aug. 18. Mrs. Elizabeth Herman of 334 Mcgee Street was taken to Hospital with a fractured Collar Bone head and Chest injuries after she was in collision with a car being driven East on Ellice Avenue about . Aug. 18. Driver of the car was Stanley Chomica 46, of 216 Young Street. An inquest will open at . Friday i Winnipeg Central police station. weather variable cloudiness tomorrow. Little change in temperature. Winds Westerly 15 . Low to night for Gimli Carman and Winnipeg 40, High Fri Day 60. Temperatures for 24-hour period ending . Thursday mix. Min. Pre. Vancouver 64 48 Calgary 60 38 Edmonton 59 45 to. Regina 60 30 Brandon 57 33 the Pai. 56 44 Winnipeg 59 38 fort William 53 44 .53 Kenora 52 39 .09 Max. Min. Pre. Ottawa 80 50 to. Toronto 77 47 Montreal 79 58 to. Halifax 72 62 .36 Chicago 70 49 .01 Miami 87 75 lot Anschu 79 64 Minneapolis 53 43 .27 new York------80 65 making sure United College student Tom Axworthy does not leave Dull spots on his shoes is mayor Stephen Juba. Enjoying uie scene wednes Day morning before taking up brushes themselves arc Mike a Ambala Ian Kay and Gloria Peters. They will join other United College students thursday Friday and sat urday polishing shoes to raise research funds to combat cystic fibrosis a children s disease. The 309 first year students will spend saturday morning polishing shoes of 500 party workers for the River Heights byc Lection Campaign. Big Apt. Vetoed the Manitoba municipal Board has upheld a life insurance com Pany s bid to quash plans for a 20-Storey apartment building on Hargrave Street Between York and St. Mary avenues. In a decision announced thurs Day the Board said it has decided to allow the Monarch life insurance company s Appeal against a metro zoning Amend ment which would have permit Ted construction of the proposed apartment. The 300-unit building which would have been used for both residential and commercial Pur poses was being planned by Winnipeg developers Bert and Morris settler. Metro s Board of adjustment originally approved the Deve Loper s zoning application but now metro s decision has been Over ruled by the municipal Board. A zoning variation is needed because the area set aside for the proposed apartment building does t meet existing regulations. This state of affairs prompted the life insurance company to a peal to the municipal Board after the variation had been permit Ted by metro. Urban men put onus on province to pay for Hospital bldg. Convention delegates unanimously adopt Resolution proposed by Transcona Neepawa Man. Staff the Manitoba Urban association wednesday asked the provincial government to assume responsibility for the costs of hos Pital construction. Delegates attending the association s annual conference re endorsed a Long standing Prin Ciple that benefits to property Are municipal and benefits to persons Are provincial responsibilities. Representatives of Manitoba municipalities took their stand voting for a Resolution by the City of Transcona during the opening Day of the two Day con Ference. The Resolution was unanimously adopted. A charge the Resolution made Clear that the Michener Royal commission on local government Organiza Tion and finance recommended that the principle services benefiting property should be the responsibility of in municipal authorities and services Benefit Ting persons should be a charge of provincial authorities. Mayor Harry Fuller of trans Cona said this principle had been endorsed by the Michener and the Fisher commissions and the provincial government should go along with the idea. The provincial government the Resolution said should place the costs of Hospital construction where it rightfully belongs and that is with the provincial government. The Manitoba government last session made metro the Collee Tion agent of All area municipalities to raise the first 20 per cent of Hospital capital costs. The Resolution was the first introduced for debate during the two Day conference. Although wednesday s debate was a rather quiet one Strong criticism was expected to be voiced thursday morning when an open discussion was to be held on the Michener report. On pensions in other business the association decided to ask the Manitoba government to change the Muni Cipal act to allow municipalities to defer local improvement Char Ges on properties owned by people living on old age pensions. The Resolution was introduced by Brandon. Alderman a. D. Burneskis told delegates that these citizens having made their contribution to society and with Only a limited sour of income should be Given assistance. Deputy municipal affairs min ister c. H. Chappell said under the municipal act councils can not make exemptions for local improvement taxes on proper ties. However the act he said allows municipalities to pay from a general fund for local improvement taxes on properties owned by old age pensioners if a Lien is placed on the properties involved. When the properties change owners the municipalities can recover the local improvement charges. Extra costs the municipal group also decided to ask the provincial government to increase the Maxi mum rental rates in elderly hous ing projects from the present for single units to and from for double units to to meet the increased costs of construction. The conference also passed resolutions to 0 urge the provincial govern ment to make a full study of the problems arising out of the use of detergents. Asked mayor c. N. Kush Ner of West Kil Donar executive director of the group to appear before the legislature s Highway safety committee next month to suggest that a 15 mile an hour Speed limit in Back lanes been forced. Request the provincial government to provide assistance to All municipalities for traffic surveys by lending the services of traffic experts. 9 Amend the municipal act to raise the indemnity of the mayors of Manitoba villages from the present a year to a year and the current for each Council member to a year. A ask the provincial govern ment to revert to the longer period Day Kent saving time. 0 ask the government to Amend the lord s Day act to allow a municipal Council to re Duce or increase the activities permitted under the act and the performance s hours. Thin Long machine Challenge looms by Roger Newman Manitoba businessmen will soon have to contend with computing machines which can make management decisions. Up to now the worry in Busi Ness circles has been about Auto mated devices taking Over Many routine jobs now done by la borers and clerical workers. But now executive managers them selves Are going to be challenged by cube nation a term used to describe thinking computers. By berated computing sys tems not Only perform tasks set by humans but also take charge of whole operations which formerly required both the brain work and labor of living people. Design contest announced a National Competition for the design of articles which can be manufactured in Manitoba As distinctive Canadian souvenirs was announced wednesday by the Manitoba design Institute. Richard Noonan Institute chair Man said in a press release the Competition is open to any professional designer Engineer architect or other qualified per son who May be interested in submitting designs suitable for mass manufacture. The deadline for preliminary entries is Jan. 15, 1965, and the first stage of the Competition will single out 10 designs. Honorariums will be offered to the top designers to help defray costs of prototypes for the final stage of judging. The three Best entries will each win the Institute was established by the provincial government to assist in developing and building a reputation for Manitoba ducts of advanced Quality and design. Russian tourists frown on Winnipeg s traffic by David Hardy Winni Eggers take a Bow. You re Friendly hospitable and your City looks great. Who says so russian tourists. A party of 11 russians stopped off in Winnipeg tuesday As part of a North american Holiday. They Wero so pleased with what they saw that they met the free press to say so. In a suite at the Carlton motor hotel where they were staying the visitors explained that during their Holiday they hoped to study aspects of Canadian education and Way of life. In the group were two journalists a doctor a professor and two English Tea Chers. They have visited Montreal and Toronto and later they Hope to see new York los Angeles and san Francisco a spokesman for the party said everywhere they went in Winni Peg they had been met with kind Ness. They hoped to be Able to see As much As possible of the provincial capital before continuing their journey. They had made arrangements to visit the univer sity of Manitoba and it was their special wish to see an Indian settlement before leaving Manitoba. Traffic flow but they did t like the amount of traffic. Compared with similar cities in russian the traffic flow was great. They thought that if cars increased much More Winnipeg would have a big traffic problem. Winnipeg newspapers brought a favourable comment from the journalist. But they Wece surprised to see strips. In Russia they pointed out newspapers were of a More serious nature and concentrated on news and comment. There were special papers for Young people and children and the main newspapers were con fined strictly to news. They thought russians and canadians had a lot in common and should work towards greater Friendship. During their Holiday they would try and promote understanding and explain any Points about Russia which might Puzzle canadians. They appreciated the Canadian teen agers enthusiasm for pop music but there was not much following for it in Russia. But recently a radio station had begun broadcasting Light music 24 hours a Day including american re cords and jazz. Tourism in Russia was increasing and there were Many More russian tourists travelling abroad. Several of then party had visited european countries. The picture of them As an introvert nation was wrong. Russians were interested in other countries and travel and knew what was going on in other parts of the world. I a Winnipeg automation con is Quant says that for example if tile building trades were to be by berated it would not mean inventing machines to do the various tasks now done by men. Rather buildings would be re designed so they could been tirely built by machines that s what cube nation is and it poses some powerful Chal economic Board tile dangers and benefits of cube nation will soon be studied by the Manitoba economic consultative Board a year old provincial government sponsored Agency. The Board is trying to improve the efficiency of Mani Toba Industry so that new jobs can be created Here by 1975. To do this one of the Board s first Steps will be to Tell Mani Toba companies about the effects of automation and cube nation. The Board has recently formed two committees one for management and the other a mixture of both labor and Man or. Baldur h. Krist Janson the Board s executive director said in an these groups will be meeting frequently to discuss our economic situation including the com ing problem of or. Kristjanson said the Board will act As the honest broker to unearth the ideas which should be shared among management labor and government. Although the report of the committee on Manitoba s economic future had spelled out the government s role in encouraging development it would Likely take time for the Board and its partners to figure out the contribution which must be made by management and labor. Neutral ground we feel the non partisanship of tile Board offers the broadest Opportunity for a meeting of decision making minds. The Board is the Neutral ground for the exploration of ways to meet our the Board which draws its members from All segments of Hie Manitoba economic Community has sent out letters to businesses in the province inviting their managers to give the Board their views on emerging management problems. Our Challenge is to identify ways to meet and solve our eco nomic or. Kristjan son said. The question that re Mains to be answered is whether it is possible for the private Sec Tor to organize itself to make the necessary or Kristjanson said Manitoba s main problem is that its Economy in t inherently Strong enough to provide reasonably full employ ment for its people. The present business Boom might obscure the Basic problems but it could do Little to change them in the Long run. To overcome these drawbacks Manitoba would have to crash volume Export markets outside the Prairies and it would have to keep abreast of the latest technology to maintain a competitive position in terms of costs. We must develop new markets and we must produce better ducts at lower costs. Without Success in these two areas the Manitoba Economy will Stag or. Kristjanson said ;