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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 5, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wet a a purity off. Me inf i purity Tor Ace us 3-7171 i _ t by Carrier 4qc pet week fisc Nav lilt v c tuesday just 3, authorized 2nd class mail by the . Opt., Ottawa and or payment of postage in Cash. Fidelity Trust est. Guaranteed Trust this special sex mrs july Cau. 947-0211 Norwood trustees stand hit teachers society president says trouble not Legal problem Donald t. Mckinnon president of the Manitoba teachers society charged the Norwood school Board monday with refusing and neglecting to consider at tempts to resolve dissatisfaction among teachers at Nelson Mclntyre col Egnate which is in the Norwood school division resignation of about 12 teachers and the principal of Norwood collegiate and a meeting at which the Board decided to refer the matter to its solicitor. In the press release or. Mckinnon s a i d neither the Manitoba teachers society nor t its Norwood division association i Bey we t e threatened with had made any Public statement t blacklisting and Legal until now in the Hope that the i feedings in the Early part of Are involved certain teachers alleged that the administration is not treating the teachers with the kind of respect that the Tea Chers feel they have the right to expect certain teachers alleged Joel person 3u, of Floii flan finds this 44-Pound Lake Trout an interesting specimen and interesting it is because it Tab for the Man who caught it. Ted Mac Cotta of flip entered the fish at the animal flin fou Trout festival which ended sunday night. Mae Kanka caught the winning fish in Atti tit Lake 30 Miles Northwest of flin flon in northeastern Saskatchewan. It was iwo pounds heavier than the previous record catch. Problem would be resolved by the Board the administration and representatives of the teach ers. The society president said it was hoped the Norwood school trustees will reconsider their Posi Tion if Only to admit the present situation is or. Mckinnon said Many Mes rings were held Between representatives of the teachers and the Board but he said the Board was primarily interested in obtaining a statement from the teachers that the teachers were at fault and that the Board and the administration were to be absolved of any error in connection with the the trustees had invited representatives of the society to a meeting june 28. Or Mckinnon said nothing was decided at the meeting the trustees referred the matter to its solicitor. The View of the society the Root cause of teacher dissatisfaction is an administrative problem concerning the relations b e t w e e n the administration and the teaching staff. It is not a Legal said or. Mckinnon. He said the following facts Siren Issue postponed Winnipeg City Council has deferred third Reading of a bylaw which would prohibit the use of sirens on private ambulances within City limits. Monday night the proposed bylaw was tabled until Council s next meeting. Prior to monday night s coun cil meeting two possible alter native warning devices to re place the sirens now being used on ambulances were demonstrated to aldermen. One was a simple loud Bell and the second was a two tone Bee Boop Horn similar to one previously demonstrated. Council did not discuss either the demonstration or the posed bylaw. June 1966. The trustees caused the resignation of the principal and aggravated an already difficult Newcity Hospital planned by Bob Olsowa a religious organization the seventh Day adventists wants to build a Public Hospital in North Winnipeg. A 20-acre site bounded by Keewatin Street on the. West Burrows Avenue on the North Dorset Street on the East and Manitoba Avenue on the South has been chosen As the site of a proposed Public Hospital City Council was told monday night. Mayor Stepehn Juba said a delegation will appear at the next Council meeting to ask for its approval to proceed with construction. The mayor said the Iza Tion was familar with operating hospitals. Although mayor Juba did not reveal the name of the organization the seventh Day adventists name appear on a plot plan that was tabled at the Council meet ing when notice of motion to hear the delegation was presented by the mayor. Mayor Juba said the situation is very very the Manitoba hospitals commission in a letter to Council read by Alderman Edith Tennant said it would consider approval of construction of a Hospital in North Winnipeg when a site was selected. Council has decided to continue closed door committee meetings starting two St. Boniface Arenas now Cathedral City Alderman says total Cost to be construction will Start irn mediately on two St Boniface Arenas at a total Cost of Alderman Edward Turner acting mayor of St. Boniface announced tuesday. By bobl1soway Winnipeg City Council will continue its policy of allowing its committees to meet behind closed doors. Monday night Council accepted a civic finance commit tee recommendation that no changes be made in the City s procedure bylaw which allows committee meetings closed to the Public and press. Earlier Alderman Joseph Zuken had introduced a Resolution recommending that the bylaw be changed to place limits on the kind of City business which could be done legally in private by committees. He had urged such business be limited to matters concerning acquisition Sale and leasing of property claims against the City discipline involving City personnel and confidential in formation about individual Wel fare recipients. But finance committee had decided the bylaw s present provision has t been abused and recommended Aid. Zuken s Resolution be filed. Council concurred. Ironically finance committee discussed the Issue behind closed doors at its meeting june 29. Claims a free press reporter had attended the meeting but had. Been asked to leave by Aid. Mark d a n z k e r committee chairman because be said claims against the City were going to be discussed. The procedure of discussing claims behind closed doors is followed on the grounds the City does not want to reveal any possible court evidence ahead time no mention of the closed door Issue had been made in commit tee s Agenda which is prepared in Advance for tha information of committee members and the news Media. Finance committee has re ported to Council that paly two committee meetings out of a total of 94 held this year have been wholly in one was a finance committee meeting held privately at the request of the pan american games society which announced at that time that an additional million was needed to build an enclosed swimming Pool. The second closed meeting was an Urban renewal commit tee meeting with senior govern ment officials. The six committees involved finance Urban renewal Parks and recreation Public health arid welfare Public works and utilities and personnel did not hold any closed meetings in 1364 or according to finance committee s report. Part of Story Aid. Zuken said statistics do not Tell the whole Story. He said there is the possibility of slip Ping Oiler issues into the discus Sion during the closed claims discussions at finance commit a tee meetings. Aid. Alan c. Wade said the i Public resents closed meetings. I m not concerned about the j press being at mayor Stephen Juba said we should not keep from the but he said there could be Good reasons for holding closed meetings. The mayor said the City s taxpayers interests were Well served despite the closed meet ing with the pan american games society. The two senior governments had agreed to pay the extra costs in building an enclosed Pool. Aid. Edith Tennant said there Are no signs whatsoever that the present policy has been abused. Aid. Lloyd Stinson agreed but said i think it was a mistake to hold the Urban renewal commit tee meeting in the tissue was shelved by a voice vote of the 16 aldermen at the Council meeting. The Arenas St. Boniface s Cen Tennial project will each have an fi5-Fopt by 185 foot ice surface and a seating capacity of one Arena will be on the Optimist Park site serving residents West of the Seine River. The other Wilt serve residents of the Seine Brivec and is 14 acre site bounded on the North by Maginot Street on the West by Debourmont Avenue on the South by the Lane North of Dugas Street and on the West by the Lane West of Dawson Road. F. W. Sawatzky construction has been awarded the con tract for the Arenas. Under the Manitoba Centennial act which allows an eight Mill tax increase on the equalized 1963 assessment the City of St. Boni face will make a Levy of to finance the Arenas this loan will be serviced through the Issue of 20-year debentures. In addition the City will receive a joint Federal provincial per capita Grant of surplus will be. Taken up by engineering costs Servic ing the debentures and machines to scrape and flood the ice. Aid Turner said. He estimated it would Cost a year to operate such an Arena. Fewer fire hazards found in Blitz the Alderman said there was Thole no excuse for the pan american i year. We were quite satisfied with the the Winnipeg fire i chief Cecil Leckie said monday of his department s annual inspection program this games society to ask for a closed meeting the pan american games is Public Aid. Isodore Wonleh claimed aldermen do not take advantage of the closed door the bylaw. We should have More in camera meetings the City would Aid. William Mcgarva disa greed there is no reason to hold closed meetings it could be very prosecutor Thomas 85, retires the oldest Crown prosecutor with one of the longest records of service in the British Commonwealth has retired. Representatives from the attorney general s department the Manitoba bar the St Boniface police Force and mayor Joseph of St. Boniface were on hand monday morning in magistrate s court to thank Edgar James Thomas for his 42 years of service in that court. At 85, or. Thomas leaves St. Boniface magistrate s court having installed a feeling of Justice and fair play in his fellow workers and the people of St. Boniface knew that this court was fair and said Winnipeg lawyer Harry Walsh on. Behalf of the Manitoba bar association. Or Thomas was Bora in Ontario and moved to Delor Aine man., where he received his Public school education. He graduated from Manitoba College in 1906 my in 190s he graduated from the Law school with honors. In 1915 he joined the Royal Winnipeg rifles. He was wounded at the Somme and received the military Cross at pass Chen Dale. He held the rank of Captain and after the first world War served As chief examiner of returning prisoners of War. He is master of St. John s masonic ledge until his. I retirement monday he was j Crown prosecutor in the City of i St. Boniface. Or. Thomas is an occasional much of his writing has appeared in the free press. His tribute to King George i at the time of the King s death was reprinted by the Hudson s Bay company a daily newspapers throughout Canada in 1957 he was appointed a Queen s counsel. Compared to last year less potential fire hazards were found in Winnipeg Homes during the inspection which started May 10 and ended thursday. Firemen made recommendations at Homes to remove fire hazards As compared to the previous year when they found it necessary to Issue recommendations. However less Homes were inspected this year As compared to in 1965. Fire department found Homes were in Satis factory condition in 1966 while in 1965 Only Homes were in the same condition. Again As in other years the fire department found this year that the most numerous dangers found in Jikomes were from electrical hazards and rubbish. Besides these two the third major cause of fires is cigarette smoking. This summer firemen found incidents of rubbish gathering in Homes which could cause fires. They uncovered electrical hazards. We have quite a few injuries caused by said chief Leckie identification but to ads. Only Normal factory identification will be allowed on machinery purchased by the City of Winnipeg. Winnipeg City Council approved monday night a civic Public works committee re commendation that the City s purchasing agent be instructed to include in the specifications for tenders a clause that states no additional markings other than Normal factory identification Are to be placed on vehicles or equipment delivered to the City. Mayor Stephen Juba had said earlier it has become the practice of manufacturers to place Large decal transfers on their equipment sold to the City. It is excessive the mayor had told a Public works meeting. Grant Winnipeg City Council monday night approved a Grant of to the salvation army s Harbor Light alcoholic rehabilitation c e n t r e on Hupert Avenue. The Cost of operating the Centre this year is Esti mated at by salvation army officials. Wind peril seen Strong North winds on Lake Winnipeg which could Send flood Waters washing Over farm and resort land in the area Are predicted for this evening. The prediction came from the Public weather office in Winni Peg at the moment flood Waters from the Lake have inundated thousands of Acnes of Tarm and. Some resort land with the Lake level standing at 71t.39 feet this morning the Lake is a Glass of water which has been filled to the brim and Over. Disturbance could cause to Telafice to pour Over its shores. Strong North winds cause a rolling wave action and Force millions of cubic feet of water from the Northern end into the Southern end of the Lake. This combination of wed and wave action has been known to raise the level of the Lake by As much As four feet. Weather synopsis valid until Midnight skin will be mainly Tunny Over the Southern Prairie but widely mattered or will during tha afternoon and extend into Early evening. Cloudy ties ant gradually Clearing Ever Central Saskatchewan and will Clear overnight in Northern Manitoba an intense weather disturbance from Northern Lake Winnipeg to Ward Hudson Bay. Following a heavy downpour of rain Lariat the week owl fee adwaters from a Roadside ditch Seffl Over a Field the r. W. Per Miner farm South of Sperling maa. The main Street of hag about 48 Miles South of Winnipeg covered with nearly a foot at water. Crows Edgar Tho aim is Cem granulated by magistrate Henri lace he of St. Boniface magistrate s court when he retired monday. Or. Thomas is 85 and has served Ai prosecutor for Over 48 years. Wants Street named Avenue of americas the pan american games society is asking the City of Winnipeg to rename Kana Ston Boulevard Avenue of the americas for next year s games. Monday night City Council referred the request to civic Public works committee for study. Kenaston is in Southwest Winnipeg. Forecast Sunn with a Cloudy periods and a few widely Catt Tretz Rywon a Hotra Thlu change m temperature. Winds Yeull Iwetz 15 m.p.h., gusting 25 m.p.h., becoming Light tonight Tow tonight for Cima Carman and Winnipeg 55, High 75. Tempert Uret for 24-hour period ended at 7 Vancouver 69 Edmonton. Fit Regina 73 Brandon 80 the 73 Winnipeg .78 fort Withiam 68 Kenora. 74 Winnipeg Max. 4 77.7 Lart year 66.9 Normal 77.1 Max. Man. Pre. 65 49 46 .01 47 50 s3 57 59 52 59 .11 .25 Max. Min. Pre. 80 5j Ottawa Toronto 79 is Montreal 82 57 halite 78 54 Chicago 83 Miami. 90 76. Let 73 61 Minneapolis 88 68 new York 99 76 Femme Ratut comparisons min. Mean highest on record 61.8 69.9 92.2 in t914 44.1 55.5 on record 55.3 66.2 40 in 1894 .05 .06 Indian students must find school Roseau Reserve indians unable to return to school in Dominion City because of the school Board move there will probably be relocated at Gretna and Altona elementary schools this fall. Talks Are continuing Between the Indian affairs department and toe school boards of the two areas. Sons have never been or Given by the Board but. They be been in the papers. The Board s Contention that we were overloading classrooms was not a valid reason for their exclusion. We no with As Low an enrolment of indians for use grades As in Dominion City. A and next year our Young sters would have had a year s kindergarten experience. They City school members Are standing by their of the class. Decision to Cut the etame tary teaching Sci of from five to four and claiming the 25 Indian students could not be absorbed. Board members feared too big a percentage of indians in classes. Joan is of i a a regional school superintendent for the Federal Indian affairs Branch in Winnipeg said m a interview monday the Rea ment. It sometimes makes us wonder what is real reason the entire Indian tonal program is harmed with statements such As came from Dominion City abs6ut the indians being unclean and not of a level a performance Are made. Youngsters can perform Given equal Opportunity arid a Little period for adj vist let plane for Sale to City a giant size status Symbol. A de Haviland Comet aircraft similar to one used by Queen Elizabeth is being offered to Winnipeg at a bargain Price. Robert Quigney president of Bob of Quigley aircraft limited Malta Airport Toronto is offering the aircraft to the City for his offer was submitted to City Council monday night. It was referred to the City s finance committee. Or. Quigney in a letter to Council suggests the air plane could be a tremendous to racist attraction in a City Park. If the City purchases the Jet aircraft it could Start a tread in Park attractions. The steam locomotive that so Many Canadian Parks including Assiniboine Park could become passe As a decorative feature ;