Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 13, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg free press tuesday october 13, 1964 w. S. Pitch who has been elected presi Dent of the jewish child and family service of Winnipeg. Or. Pitch who is also chair Nan of inf foundation project has served for a num Ber of years on the Board of the jewish child and fam ily service. Moscow smiles again by John Best Moscow times in Moscow you get the feeling of eternal springtime after the Stalin Era Winter of fear. The feeling is somehow conveyed by the sunday afternoon crowds strolling in the Parks pro menacing on Gorky Street or milling about red Square. It is apparent among the chattering throngs in shops and restaurants the queues of peo ple waiting to go on a cruise of the Moscow River. Those who were Here in. Stal in s time confirm that the Dif Ference is in the absence o an atmosphere of fear. In the past you never saw a smiling face in says a Westerner who returned recently following a 10-year absence. Now you see lots of item. People Are no longer muscovites love to stroll a pleasure that owes some of its popularity to the need to get out of crowded apartments. Weekends and warm evenings fed thousands on the streets. They walk slowly and look relaxed seemingly intent on a taxed seemingly intent on a voting their outdoor Leisure. Longtime residents say the people of Moscow Are also be coming More and More fashion coming More and More fashion conscious despite the High Cost of Good clothes. Despite the Spring like mood however Moscow is still a brooding and rather oppressive place to most westerners. Though the police state has abolished vestiges of it remain. Palmiro Togliatti italian communist party Boss Drew to them in a memorandum published before his re Cit death in the soviet Union. It mentioned a slowness and resistance in the soviet Union and other communist countries in returning to the Leninist norms that ensured within the party and outside it a wide lib of expression and debate. Policemen Are still held in Awe if not dread. You be it Awe if not dread. You see it when a Motorist stops Bis car and conies running after he is whistled Down by a traffic policeman and when a Jaywalker 1do Yards away Hustles Back to the curb. Most russians still won t have anything to do with for Eigners on a social level a throwback to the Days of Stal Inist oppression. And perhaps most important you never find a word of criticism of Nikita Khrushchev and other top leaders in the soviet press. Tracking missing soldiers West Berlin Reuters Nineteen years after the end of the second world War the West German red Cross is Clearing up about 50 cases a Day of missing German soldiers. Although cases have already been solved there Are still soldiers on the list headed Fate one German in four has had i one or More relatives missing since the War which ended with More than Ger mans in flight As refugees an other in prison Camps and soldiers missing mostly on the Eastern front. Many of the missing were found in the immediate Post War years when the prison Camps were emptied refugees resettled and children reunited Witti their parents or housed with Foster parents. _ when the West German red Cross was established in 1951, there was still a Large number of cases outstanding. With every passing year the talc of tracing the missing be comes More difficult. Tile death of some witnesses and dimming of the memories of those who survive hamper the investigators. Yet they have succeeded in discovering the Fate of thai the total of All missing soldiers in the. First world War. About stars Are visible to the naked Eye on a Clear night. Wins prise Ivan h. Archer University of Manitoba engineering graduate has been awarded prize by the Canadian construction association for a thesis on civil engineering problems faced in building the St. James Bridge and interchange. The current Wool production season has broken All records throughout the world with a to Tal output of pounds. Arrive from new York Cherbourg France Reut Elizabeth Taylor and her fifth husband actor Richard Burton arrived Mon Day from new York aboard the Queen Elizabeth with 135 pieces of Luggage four dogs and a cat. The party was completed by three children of miss Tay Lor s previous marriages her adopted daughter Maria and five secretaries. Wanted relatives of Miu Smith who Wai to doctor former of Columbia and later to Stacy b. Who dirt to a my Dent of Samors Connecticut . Imitato involved. Halim in half in Barret Lurf 300 main Street Winnipeg 1, Manitoba booming Trade Buenos Aires Apar Gentina Aims to make 1964 its biggest Trade year in history with a booming sur plus. It might hit the target after list year s Mark the highest Ever recorded. Key factors arc whether the Rich pampas can bring out the cattle and produce the sugar with the of Trade remaining so favourable As they have been so fir this year. The government s Central Bank thinks so. It estimates exports will hit and imports Corn fared with and in 1963. Easy now to fight asthma und bronchitis attacks hard Bra think Pratt inc Narf due to recurring attacks of Liron Chial asthma
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