Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 14, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday july 14, 1966 pack new 1966 pack Empress pure Strawberry Jam is made from fresh plump Juicy red berries picked at their Peak of perfection and then by a process exclusive to Empress just the right amount of sugar is added to give you a Jam of the finest Quality full of whole berries. Enjoy some soon enjoy it often buy a tin better Stilt buy a Case you la be glad you did. Save at this Low Low Price. 48 tin made from 1966 fresh picked Fraser Valley and Stanich berries prices effect thursday ., Friday Ond saturday july 14th to 16th in at greater Winnipeg and Selkirk Safe to y stores. We Reserve the right to limit quantities. Safeway Canada Safeway limited civilian army helping rebuild South Vietnam by Robert Tuckman Saigon a a civilian army from four try ing to build South Viet Nam Aster than War can destroy it. In Jungles in cities and on beaches construction workers Are making Over the War scarred face of this country they Are working on some 700 separate projects in 45 localities up and Down South Viet Nam the projects Range from dog kennels for scout dogs to a new us embassy in Saigon. For the present the vast and varied construction is All for but when the civilians Fin ish they will leave South Viet Nam with an unsurpassed net work of airports harbours hospitals housing and other facilities quickly adaptable for peace ther construction is supervised by americans and carried out by americans filipinos kor eans and vietnamese. It operates under the unglamorous. Initialled name of a joint venture of four big . Construction companies working under supervision of the Navy. In 1902, the firms of Morrisii Knudsen of Boise Idaho and Raymond International of new York forming the rms part of the Combine began building for the vietnamese military arid . Advisers. The other companies in the c of b i be Are Brown and Hoot of Houston Texas and Jones of Char Lotte . By mid-1965, a construction Force of 390 americans and vietnamese labourers was at work. Now Only a year later rms s civilian army has grown to americans kor eans filipinos and vietnamese. There Are also about 150 a Stracans canadians germans arid other nationals who along with the kor eans and filipinos Are designated As country a rms s contracts for the once a modest have soared to along with the ten fold increase in . Military strength to 000 troops. Under present plan Ning rms s contracts May Well reach throughout South Viet Nam rms s Effort adds up to 75 per cent of All . Lons fiction work. The rest is done . Army engineers and the Navy s construction battalions expand projects rms is paid by the . Government on a Cost plus fixed or incentive fee basis ranging up to three per cent. A crash expansion of both work projects and work Force began last a i gust and is still under yay. Bertram l. Bert Perkins 143, Morrison Knudsen s Young j est director and the on the spot Boss says rms expects to pm p of vietnamese americans and third Couit try total of workers. Even now. Rms is the largest private employer in the country and probably in All of Southeast Asia. None of the american employees is under the Grade of Foreman operator. These men teach vietnamese labourers How to operate heavy equipment pay runs from to a month. Their compensation includes room and Board at work Camps. If there is no work Camp american employees receive an Al Lowance for quarters. They sign up. For 18 months and receive a Bonus of eight per cent if they Complete their contract. Transportation to and from Viet Nam. Is paid unless they quit before the end of their con tract. In that Case they pay their own transportation Home. They also get the Benefit of tax exemption on income up to 000 a year if they Are out of the United states 18 months. Local pay Low a vietnamese worker earns about 36 cents an hour but be cause of inflation in Viet blk is currently increasing the scale. For the most part vietnamese Are recruited near the project where they work and they live at Home with their families. Rms has had its share of War casualties. The worst incident took place april 27 in the suburbs of Saigon. A Viet Cong mine exploded at a Street cot Ner where some 50 rms employees were waiting for a truck to take them to work. The explosion killed 10 persons including seven koreans who worked for rms. Thirty others most of them rms workers were wounded. Rms s prize single project is the huge air base and Harbor being developed at Cam Hanh Bay on the South China sea. There on a Peninsula Nick named the big Sand Dune rms workers Are Busy on 30 separate projects including airstrips ammunition dumps fuel tank farms piers and extensive Harbor facilities. Gladstone rent a car open Hearth broiled steaks by Max Stew an and sons executors auction Sale instructed we Wilt Tell Attr 2 pc. Lovely modern bedroom ire., 5 be. Chrome Kitchen tte., 2 be. Bire port tit., Ute Model elec. Washing machine Lite Model elec. Ilove Odd dressers Beds chests of drawers wardrobe Bookcase step and Coffee tables Oclit Ioil Chain floor and table lamps space Saver Davenport 4 Burner Gat stove Maple racking chair Lovely carpers s television sett Gate leg table tools China Small wares clothing Etc. At Garter s auction rooms Friday july 15th at 2 Max Steiman auctioneer m. It. Stylman and h. H. Striman Valuator we j-m9t villages inundated Calcutta than 150 villages in India s North Bihar state Are under water after three Rivers in the Region burst their Banks reports reaching Here said. At least per sons have been affected Aad the flood Waters Are still rising threatening other areas the re ports said. Drinking water now is scarce in the flood hit areas. Notice of saturday april 30th, at approximately 1 30 a 1962 Buick Sedan bearing licence no. Owned and operated by Rene Louis Paquet. In an East Erly direction of Highway no. 1 approximately one half mile West of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba. Was involved in collision with a motor vehicle apparently owned and operated by James wheaten Macgregor Manitoba in the opposite direction or. Whalen s. Motor vehicle was subsequently involved m a collision with a . Train immediately after the Accident. Is alleged that-4n older Model dark coloured ton farm truck with an open Box the same direction As or. Pasquer s vehicle was involved in. The cause of the Accident. Anyone Able to give information concerning the Accident or the identification of the. Owner or Driver of the unknown motor vehicle is requested to communicate with Marvin pitch of Walsh Micah and company 7th floor Childs building 211 Portage ave nue Winnipeg Manitoba Tele phone we 2-0081. House for Sale must be moved instructed we will Tell 2 on 365 and 367 Jefferson avi., . M z bedroom House 20 x40time of saw 7 428 Wardlaw 1 8 room Howe 4 bedroom. Time of Sale b Thdbsdaynightjoly14th 365 and 367 Jefferson ave. West Kildonan at 7 428wordkwflve.at8p.il. Open for in fiction hem 12 now than., or 14 till time of Tab. Max St Imit auction Beds m. K. Ste May and h. B. Steiman evaluators we 2-33ti the United states has about 37 m i 11 i o n irrigated acres. Ninety three per cent of this is in the 17 Western states ;