Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, October 12, 1964

Issue date: Monday, October 12, 1964
Pages available: 34
Previous edition: Saturday, October 10, 1964

NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Used by the World's Finest Libraries and Institutions

Logos

About Winnipeg Free Press

  • Publication name: Winnipeg Free Press
  • Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Pages available: 34
  • Years available: 1872 - 2025
Learn more about this publication

About NewspaperArchive.com

  • 3.12+ billion articles and growing everyday!
  • More than 400 years of papers. From 1607 to today!
  • Articles covering 50 U.S.States + 22 other countries
  • Powerful, time saving search features!
Start your membership to One of the World's Largest Newspaper Archives!

Start your Genealogy Search Now!

OCR Text

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 12, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba Reconditioned to sets 17" and 23" new guarantee t up Advance . Centre 636 Sargent of Mcgah. Pm. 786-3347 Winnipeg free press by Carrier 40c per week monday october 12, 1964 authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. See Winnipeg s largest display 1965 . Stereo Trade As Down payment Advance . Centre 636 Sargent . Of pm. 786-3347 Viscount Levels off to land two die 3 injured in Manitoba accidents by Michael Kostelnik one Man died and three others were injured in accidents during the first two Days of the thanks giving Holiday in Manitoba. A Man injured in an Auto Accident last week also died Satur Day. Dead arc Thomas Ferney legume 47, of Minnedosa. Herbert William thorns 60, of Boissevain. Died saturday after the car he was driving struck a Norse on Highway 4 seven Miles mishap occurred at . He died at . In Gladstone. No inquest Coroner or. G. T. Mcneill of Carberry has ordered a Post mor tem but no inquest will be held. Or. Thorns died Early saturday in Boissevain Hospital five Days after he was involved in a two car collision three Miles South of Boissevain. Ramp said or thorns died at . From injuries he received in an Auto Accident last monday at the Junction of High ways 3 and 10. Coroner or. G. E. Dow of Kil Larney has ordered an inquest. West of Gladstone. Ramp said Murray Lowe 20, of 932 Sher he was driving alone when the Burn Street Winnipeg was re Coffee break 7 by Gene Telpner what would your reaction be if you were to Wake up in the Middle of the night and find a prowler in your bedroom not too Many people have this rather terrifying experience but a prominent Winnipeg business Man who is an sex army Type discovered exactly what he would do. It was a surprising reaction but this is what happened the other night in his Charleswood Home. About 3 . He awoke with a Start and spotted through sleep Laden eyes a Man at the Entrance to his room in the process of lighting a match. With out stopping to think of consequences the Charles Wood Man let out a Lusty yell and at the same time grabbed the bedside lamp As a weapon. His wife in the adjoining bed had the same reaction. She grabbed the lamp by her bed and the startled intruder now faced the Man and wife armed with table lamps. Although armed with a Jack handle the visitor apparently did t feel he was a match for the pair. The next step for the husband was to Rush for the phone leaving his lamp wielding wife to guard the prowler. Still in the dark he managed to dial 999, and in the excitement he dropped the phone. After groping for it frantically he finally got in touch with the ramp who sped a Cruiser to the scene. There the officers took into custody a Man of about 23 who would probably have been Well Able to handle the situation had he not been taken so much by Surprise. Although the businessman May have Felt slightly shaken after the incident he is still pleased at the Way both he and his wife reacted. What would you have done in a similar Situa Tion almost everyone would act differently and prob ably the safest thing would have been to he perfectly quiet. Might be interesting to know what police advise in cases like this. People and places notes to you e. M. Sigvaldson of 241 Rita Street St. James was recently on a Holiday South of the Border and picked up a paper called the Montana Stan Dard and Butte daily Post. In it was a rather interesting one of those Small items used to fill space in newspapers. He mailed me the paper and it said Quebec France s largest province meets with the United states South of the St. Lawrence River then fans out North Ward Over Square Miles to the Frozen shores of Hudson this might meet with approval of an ardent separatist. Tom Hendry the former Winnipeg Ger who is administrator of Canadian players has been in town on some interesting theatrical business. The play ers will be involved with the co production of Len Peterson s original Canadian show All about us along with the Manitoba theatre Centre. It opens oct. 28 Here for three weeks then goes out West for further performances. Marshall Wilder the perfume expert dropped up to Tell me about the gift for the girl who has every thing. It s a solid Gold bottle of Spray perfume which Sells for put out by Caron and or. Wilder said he expects it to be a hot seller for Christmas. The perfume fittingly is called Derringer and at least you can refill the bottle so the in t wasted. Mike Mcaloney the Rainbow stage producer and his charming wife Julie Wilson Are expecting an addition to the family. According to the doctor the new baby is due on january 1, said Mike. I m hoping it will be dec. 31 so i can claim an in come tax exemption for Liz is working again Al Dubin of Warner Brothers who was in Winnipeg to help promote my fair lady announced a major coup for his film company. He said that Eliza Beth Taylor will Star in the explosive role of Martha in the Warner Brothers production of who s afraid of Vir Ginia Woolf this is a fantastic Challenge to an actress and i know the stage production of the show i saw in London was one of the highlights of my recent overseas trip. Weather sunny with a few Cloudy periods. Continuing warm. Light winds becoming South at 15 tuesday morning. Low and High at Gimli 35 and 65. At car Man and Winnipeg 35 temperatures for the 24-hour period ending at . Monday Vancouver Calgary 72 Edmonton 75 Regina 62 Brandon 65 the Pas 58 Winnipeg 63 Kenora 56 fort William 45 Max. Min. Pre. 65 47 45 42 31 31 35 39 43 29 .04 Max. Min. Pre. Ottawa 44 33 Toronto 49 32 Montreal 44 39 Halifax 48 35 .38 Chicago 56 39 to. Miami 83 74 .33 lot Angeles 68 62 Minneapolis 44 42 .19 new York 54 41 Only a few feet off the ground ported in fair condition in Winnipeg general Hospital sunday night after walking into the Side of a freight train saturday even ing four Miles South of because Jour. Passenger ramp said or. Lowe was a passenger in a car driven by Alan Bertwhistle of 1198 Domin Ion Street Winnipeg going South on a municipal Road near Beausejour. Or. Bertwhistle stopped his car at a car crossing at 11 . For an eastbound train. Or. Lowe got out of the car when it Stop Ped. When the train had passed he was found on the ground his Skull fractured police said. Phillip Grouette 27, of St. Nor Bert was reported in fair Condi Tion in Misericordia Hospital after being injured in an Auto Accident Early sunday. Fort Garry police said or. Grouette was driving on Trappist Road one and a Hall Miles West of Waverley Street when his car went out of control and off the gravel Road. Alone in car alone in the car he was picked up by a passing Motorist and taken to Hospital. Philip Winniski 10, of Lydiatt Man. Was accidentally shot Sun Day evening by his brother Cor Nell Winniski 14. He was re ported in satisfactory condition in Winnipeg general Hospital Early monday. Ramp said the mishap occur red at . Near the family Home. The boy was shot with a .22-calibre Rifle. He was taken to Beausejour Hospital by his parents and later transferred to Winnipeg. He was operated on Early monday. Property owners Force talks on Park land for project govt. To open negotiations on Bird s Hill property prices by Laszlo Bastro Janszky the Manitoba government will Start within two weeks to negotiate the Price of properties expropriated for the proposed Cen Tennial Park at Bird s Hill. The action comes As a result of pres sure recently applied by a prop erty owners group it has been Learned. The government will soon Send letters to about 125 property own ers in the Bird s Hill area Whise land had been expropriated earlier Liis year by the province to make Way for a Cen Tennial Park. The letter is to give Assurance to the property owners that the provincial government will make Price offers starting this month and will Complete Price negotiations by the end of this year. It is also expected to outline when the privately owned proper ties lying in an area of about acres will have to be vacated by the occupants. Law school Marks 50th by Penny Tennenhouse fifty years ago this month the Manitoba Law school opened its doors in the Myca building to aspiring members of the Legal profession for the first time. Oct. 5, 1914, the Law school was formally opened under an arrangement Between the University of Manitoba and tie Law society of Manitoba. In the Best tradition of Suc Cess stories the Manitou a Law school has expanded greatly since the Days of its Humble be ginnings. Its enrolment has in creased its admission require ments have stiffened its staff has grown and its fees have risen. Ten to 15 students attended the first class in 1914. In enrolment reached 100, and today it is 192. Former chief Justice e. K. Present chair Man of the Board of trustees estimates the school has turned out Between and graduates in its half Century of existence. In 1914, Entrance standards required Grade .11. In 19 l7, admission standards were raised a student had to have completed the first year of a University arts degree. In 1922, they were in creased still further to second year arts or its equivalent. Today to enter Law school one needs Grade 12 plus two years University. In 1914, fees were they went up to ?100 in the 30 s and Are now the system employed by the Law school has varied. The dual system under which students studied academic subjects morn Ings and articled in Law offices afternoons has been used most. This year the system used from 1921 to 1931, has been re instituted. Under it students study for three years then article the fourth. Staff at the school has changed greatly because until three or four years ago teaching was conducted largely by regular practising lawyers offering their services As part time lecturers. Many justices have lectured at the Law school or. Justice Wil Liams said. We got great help from them in 1922, two permanent staff lecturers were appointed for the first time. Now there Are five. We Hope to have seven and eventually nine or More. A comparatively Small number of local men Are interested in pedagogical work and it s difficult to get men from the he said. In Jimca accommodation has often caused problems for the Law school. In 1914, the school moved into the was the Only place we could said or. Justice Williams. There were two rooms in which lectures were staggered. In 1916, the school moved to the jaw courts building its present location. Well stagger through this year but sooner or later Well need another he said. It would be a grave mistake to move the Law school to the Cam pus. There s an inestimable advantage in being right near the Law courts where students will sit through actual cases. It s the most valuable thing there is. I wish More could be he said. There have been no bar exams since 1920. However this year a three month bar admission course will follow the year of Arti cling to enable the Law society to main Tain discipline Over the Arti cling period. Telephone Cable first for Manitoba a new underground Telephone transmission by item the first of its kind in Canada is being installed by the Manitoba Tele phone system in Southeastern Manitoba. The new Cable combining both toll and Rural circuits has been buried along a 24-mile route Between Morris and Domin Ion City. When installation is completed Early next year residents of St. Jean Letellier and Dominion City will be served through the latest in High Quality toll Cable. The facility will also serve Rural lines in the immediate areas. The Cable is manufactured by Northern electric and its dissociated equipment was recently developed by Northern electric s research and stories in Ottawa. The new corp site Cuble is capable of providing a total of 240 Long distance voices at pre sent but its designers say it will be possible to increase its capacity in the future. Aerial Telephone wire and Cable along the route including the Letellier Morris pole line will be torn Down when the new trans Mission system goes into opera Tion. Major obstacle was encountered in laying the Cable four feet beneath the bed of the red River. A powerful Crawler Type tractor had to be used to pull a Cable plough straight through the 200-foot wide River three Miles from Letellier. Cerebral palsy the cerebral palsy of Mani Toba parents group will meet at . Tuesday at the army Navy and air Force clubroom Portage Avenue and Young Street. It noses to a halt on runway talked Pilot lands aircraft safely by ii Obin Taylor after a dramatic talk Down from control Tower to Pilot an air Canada Viscount carving passengers and a Crew i of three landed safely at Winnipeg International Airport saturday with its front Landing gear up. The Viscount flight 50, left Winnipeg for Toronto at . Immediately after Takeoff tie Pilot capt. R. W. Chadwick of Oakvale ont., discovered the retracted front Landing gear could be neither locked nor lowered. He then circled Northwest of the Airport for about 3 a hours burning up excess fuel and practising emergency procedures before attempting a Landing. Identical the plane was talked Down by capt. L. L. Paxton of 704 bore Bank Street who faced an identical emergency in january 1963, when he was piloting lie same flight num Ber Viscount out of Winnipeg. Capt. Chadwick said he talked with capt. Paxton throughout the emergency. His advice helped us to make a Landing that was t too different from a Normal capt. Chad Yick said. The plane touched Down on its two main wheels and drop Ped gently on its nose Dur ing the final moments of the Landing. Passengers Sai d there was no noticeable Impact. Capt. Chadwick said he Dis covered the faulty Landing gear in routine checks made after Takeoff. The gear had been with drawn into the plane but an indicator showed it was not in the required locked Posi Tion. Capt. Chadwick said he then tried to extend the gear downward but the Mechan ism did Mot work. The plane then flew Over the control Tower where officials used binoculars to in Spect the gear. They decided to carry out emergency procedures and called capt. Pax ton from his Home. Capt. Chadwick praised the behaviour of the passengers in the emergency. We in formed them of what was happening and they were terrific. I cannot imagine any other group of people behaving better in such a Situa he said. All of the passengers walked unharmed off the plane. One of them a Young girl was later taken to Grace Hospital suffering from Shock but was not detained. For mrs. Rachel Harron of nut Mountain sask the adventure was her second in three Days. After visiting her daughters , Man., mrs. Har Ron took a train thursday of Winnipeg. The dining car caught fire and the train was delayed for More than two hours. The sudden action was a response to recent pressure brought on the provincial government s lands Branch by the Pine Ridge land owners association. The group chaired by r. J. Kennedy met with Premier Duff Roblin mines and natural re sources minister Sterling Lyon and Deputy minister Stuart an Derson on thursday to outline the concern of the residents to the government. Disturbed9 about 125 property owners were reported to be disturbed confused and surrounded by uncertainty because the province has so far failed to take any action although the Bird s Hill area property was expropriated earlier this year. The provincial government poses to develop the site into a Centennial Park about 14 Miles from downtown Winnipeg. The first of the three phase develop ment of the area is scheduled to be completed by 1967. A total of will be set aside by the government for the first phase of the development under the province s Centennial Parks program. The Park will lie adjacent to the East Bank of the greater Winnipeg flood Way and will extend Over the slopes of Bird s Hill. The area will include a 20-acre artificial Lake along with other recreational facilities. Of the total acres in the area 3.900 Are owned by private individuals. The rest is municipal and Crown land. Protest method the government was reported to have been considering land sales from 1961 to 1963 As a fac Tor in the formula using a two mile radius out of the proposed Park site. This method residents said was unfair. Independent appraisers Are studying the land at present and will prepare a report for the provincial government within two weeks. As soon As the report is completed the government will make definite Price offers to land owners it was Learned. Camden Pratt Secretary of the land owners association said Friday the meeting with govern ment officials on thursday was helpful in pointing out some difficulties now facing property owners. Or. Pratt said there had been controversy and confusion among the people affected be cause they were not being prop Erly advised by the government. F. B. Chalmers director of the province s lands Jbranch had indicated or. Pratt said that people will soon be Given information when the takeover of the land May be expected. Or. Pratt said the area concerned will Likely into two parts with one to be taken Over by the province completely by june 1965, the other by Jan uary 1966. Premier Roblin he said re assured the group that if people were still unsatisfied with government actions another meet ing should be called to Iron out the differences. Their anxious Momenta were All Over when Capi. R. W. Judwick of Oakvale ont., right Shook hands with l. L. Pax am of Winnipeg after their teamwork had brought Down safely an air Canada Viscount aircraft whose Landing gear was found faulty after Takeoff from Winnipeg International Airport sitar Ajr. In Centre it first officer Bill Woc byrae of Toronto ;