Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday july 7, 1966 . Stupider thar a stupid Anteater Etite Stutts ants a stupid Don Aid Duck it Chom t take Theta Lons to set a replacement la to i Donaud 5 l Fiot fired for not si_eepin3 the to claim Pav on the Skou nos of Mickey mouse Archie r it s time t put hotels on and Park Archie do you know what time but mom ju6head 15 just getting out of Archie if. R have to Teu Vou Agrain you la be do not pass the do not collect pc Xor a 8londie t me ill bet Vou he Sothy Dowls to the Bumch counter a Coffee break Ftp Kirby hey Swency a Reau keen to knit sweaters for apartment 3g i think we p a set a 6ogp night s never knows what or Stu. Have x he Saip he pre what i from outer v i m Avery twats hut. Fec a new York. Well whats 1he1pea of 9u5tln attth6. Laws you Kino of a nut i and Lois one was t 1 yesterday of to they do you have a question then dial action line we 3-8068 from 6 . To 9 . Mondays through fridays the Ferriea does not operate saturdays sundays or answers to questions will be carried in the free press daily. You do not need to identify yourself. Please be Brief. Answers will be restricted to questions having the greatest q year was winning s City Hall built Flthe old City Hall in Winnipeg was completed in 1886. The Cornerstone was. Laid july 13, by mayor Alexan Ter Logan. Winnipeg s first City Hall was built in 1876. Q _ How Many schools Are there in Winnipeg a there Are 84 schools in Winnipeg proper six of these with a. Second building Bear the school name and no. 2." the Tola Cost less depreciation is listed. At q a person pays into pension plan for six years or any other period of time then de ewes to leave the country will he get Tny of his Money Back no there is no provision in the Canada pension act for withdrawal of pension payments but a person leaving the country is entitled to pension benefits up to the amount of his contributions when he reaches pensionable ape regardless of where he has lived. It in it True that the beatles Are coping to the 1967 centum dial a every Effort is being Mado to encourage. The beatles to come of the Cen Tennial in 1967. But the Eie is no decision yet is the word from Manitoba offices. Q what is the name of the oldest theatre in Winnipeg and How old is it. A the Dominion on Portage Avenue East is the oldest theatre in Winnipeg. It was built in 1904 and opened dec. 12 for vaudeville. Later it presented Stock then travelling companies. It was the second Home of the Early. Little theatre movement and is now the Manitoba theatre Centre s Home q in what cot entries has capital punishment been has it proved a deterrent to crime a capital punishment has been abolished significance and Community interest and to those Call ing attention to injustices or hardship caused by the neglect or indifference of Public officials. If the line is Busy try again later. Do not Call any other free press number. No question can be answered unless put through this number we 3-8069. In at least 25 countries As Well As. In Many parts of the United states and in some areas of Australia. The state of Wisconsin led the Way in 1853, and there foe owed Venezuela 1863 Portugal 1867 Costa Rica 1880 state of Maine 1887 Brazil 1891 and Ecuador 1897. In the next 50 years the death penalty was abolished in Panama 1903 Norway 1905 Uruguay 1907 Colombia 1910 Minnesota 1911 Sweden 1921 Queensland Australia 1922 Argentina 1922 Domin ican Republic 1924 Mexico 1928 Nepal 1931 Den Mark 1933 1942 Iceland 1944 Italy 1944 Finland 1949 German Federated Republic 1949 1950 Israel 1954 Alaska Hawaii and the Virgin islands and Delaware 1958, but restored in 1961., since 1960, Iowa new York Oregon West Virg inia and Vermont in the uj5. And Britain Lii 1965 have banned capital punishment. Some countries for instance Belgium Luxembourg and More recently can Ada retain the death penalty but use it Only occasion ally. On a subject As hotly debated and As widely examined As capital punishment there is no Controvert Ible answer to the latter part of this question. Vol. 4 encyclopaedia Britannica says it is Well established by statistical homicide rates Are the same arid follow the same trend Over a Long period of time regardless of the use or non ruse of capital punish q when was the Walker theatre built f a the Walker theatre Smith Street at notre Dame was built during 1906-07 and was opened feb. 18, 1907 by the Lieut. Governor sir Daniel Mcmillan. After a colourful of productions it closed in february 1936 and remained dark for several years. The same building renovated and rehabilitated is the Odeon motion picture theatre of today. Getting its free lifted Calgary buy ing now is under Way in the first stage a scheme to rip out and replace what City officials refer to with a shudder As the blighted area of downtown Calgary. They Hope that by 1975 or 1976. A planner s dream of mod Ern buildings Park and. Service areas wit replace tattered Homes and business buildings scruffy houses aft criminal Hau puts. The City planning depart sent has estimated the Urban re Newal scheme could spark a Boom of private and i Public the whole plan entails major surgery of .31 blocks on the Eastern Edge of the main downtown business t area. The first stage will cover i eight blocks or .38.3 acres at j la Cost of about i the eight Block area now is a sordid Jumble of Industrial and commercial buildings poor Homes Cut Price department i Aad second a n d stores Dennis the menace Lous Beeh crowded Rooming houses half hearted attempts at Beauty through Whitewash. It s a bad bad says planning director Al mar tin. It s not the real skid Road get into that but an area of poor people not necessarily poverty stricken just renewal plans set aside one Block for commercial use an other for housing the aged an other for a vocational school and others for school Board cultural recreational Church and residential use. Some 482 persons live in the eight clock area and will have to be moved Many permanently to other areas. Of these Only about 100 have said they will need assistance. We conducted interviews at Public explains or. Martin. There was no real opposition to the renewal plan. We re working out details of How we can give assistance to those thai need the Federal government has agreed to pay and lend the Ity another to help it with the municipal share of the Alberta government has approved a contribution of the City now is buying land and Hopes to regain about by be scaling areas for private development. As Well As private and Public building to be completed by 1970, planners want a Complete overhaul of streets improve ment of services at least 3.8 acres of Parks and covered pedestrian walkways. Then Block by Block renewal would cover the 31 blocks. About persons in the area Aad the broken Down Homes and business buildings Andy Capp give the City tax department a perennial headache. Tax Revenue greatly increased some officials say tripled by Urban renewal Rev Enue last year from the area amounted to Only social studies also were car ried out As planners remapped the first eight blocks arid the University of Calgary has tentative plans for a wide ranging study of social problems in the remaining area. Part of the information will be used to solve the problem of to do with the crumbling red Hight bootlegging and Gam bling neighbourhood of which or Martin says i guess we have to live with planners propose to move the residents a few blocks farther South they be been Drifting that Way for some time to an area which would be provided with hostels and offices for counselling and social services. The first Urban renewal plan is part of a Long Range program for the whole downtown area to be unveiled shortly designed to meet City requirements into the 1980s. Under the plan residential business govern Niento in dus t rial and hotel developments will be grouped in specific areas and there will he fast transit and freeway travel. A Quio missus of about my yer Sambo m6 ;