Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 25, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Our person of Fra Ltd your poise Isiogu with expert i purity Torace us 3-7171 Winnipeg free press by Carrier 50c per week tuesday october 25, 1966 authorized As 2nd class Mau by the . Dept Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Trust savings accounts phone 947-021 1 for the Branch Naira it you. Of family Bureau shows the Way by Kina Harris mrs. B was terrified of fire. She has been crippled since a severe illness some years ago and As she is a Large and heavy woman it lakes a great Deal of Effort and time to move her even a Short distance. She lived most unsuitable in rooms on the third floor of an old Frame House which she was convinced would one Clay so up in flames. She brooded on her probable Fate and with nightmarish detail Dweller constantly on mental pictures of the desperate efforts of her family to Lake her to safety i he narrow stairways but forced at last to abandon her to i he flames. As her anxiety became More and More acute affecting her health and that of those around her. A Call for assistance was made to the family Bureau of greater Winnipeg. A social worker who called on mrs. B found Many distressing circumstances in the family situation. Shortly after becoming crippled mrs. B had been deserted by her husband who has since served Many prison terms. With four children to provide for. Mrs. B had drifted into a common Law Union which she admitted was a poor and unsatisfactory relationship. The financial help she received from this Union was unreliable and scanty but its better than nothing at actually the situation had prevented her from receiving Public financial assistance. The four children of the family wore Bright and intelligent but obviously suffering from their a doors of deprivation and the effects of their environment. A great Deal of work would be necessary to rehabilitate the family. The family Bureau is eminently sensible in its approach. It knows that when there Are acute practical problems to be overcome they must have priority. For this reason the Bureau keeps in close touch with other social and welfare agencies so that it can mobilize All the Community resources available for those needing help. The most pressing need for this family was More suitable accommodation soon they were helped to move to a ground floor apartment. This alone effected a great change in mrs. A who began to lose some of her suspicious attitude toward the social worker. The next step was to induce mrs. B to take More advantage of assistance available to her from the society for crippled children and adults and to use its medi Cal resources More effectively. For the next few years the Bureau gave a great Deal of counselling help to the family helping to establish the children through their school years and the Early Days of employment. It was necessary to arrange Brief psychiatric treatment for two of the boys during adolescence. All of the children have turned out Well three of them have proven to be extremely talented and Are contributing a great Deal to their Community. Mrs. B finally Felt secure enough to free herself of her common Law partner who had for so Long been a Drain on All the family members. She is now living independently on a disability pension to which she had been entitled for Many years. Without skilled professional help it is most unlikely that this family could have reached its present level of stability. It is far More Likely that the taxpayer would have paid out a great Deal of Money to pay for their Upkeep in mental and correctional institutions. How much More practical and humane to spend far less Money to help them keep out of these institutions. When you support your United Way your gift will help provide assistance to those who need help. Because of it a great Many will become responsible citizens making Fine contributions to their country and Community. Look real Well it in t. Just a mock disaster a Steinbach metro s tee total Council s Ball wet or dry Golf courses building plan hit by City Winnipeg City Council greater Winnipeg has the night opposed a. Resolution which Power to prevent construction of would give the Rivers and j buildings when the riverbanks streams Protection authority i Are endangered the right to refuse permission to Council agreed that metro s construct buildings that might prevent the development of Parks on the City s riverbanks. The Resolution being considered by the Protection authority urges the provincial gov zoning committee should retain the right to control Riverbank construction for aesthetic Rea sons. Council also agreed to ask the provincial government to a Ern meat to Amend its legislation Point mayor Stephen Juba to to give the authority the Power j the authority. Council was told to control development within Winnipeg does t have one 350 feet of riverbanks in areas elected representative on the where Parks or other Public Usel nine Man organization although facilities could be developed. J most other area municipalities the Protection a u t to r i t a correctly halloween will be held monday oct 31. ? a a total of Winni Peg citizens Are eligible to vote in wednesday s civic elections. The polls will be open from 10 . Until 9 . In the Advance poll a total of 508 persons cast ballots. A City election offi Cial said the total was slightly More than the total last year. Winnipeg voters this year will cast ballots for mayor Alty Aldermani and school trustee candidates. Last year Only 25 per cent of the City s eligible voters turned out at the polls. Officials expect the turnout to be better this year because of the mayor Alty contest. All liquor outlets in the province will be open to Morrow. The liquor outlets Are Only required to close for Federal and provincial elections and when a local option vote is being taken according to a liquor control commission official. Thompson will elect its first mayor wednesday and there will be contest for the mayoralty in flin flon and Grandview in Brandon Portage la Prairie and Dauphin there will be con tests for vacancies on City councils. Elsewhere there Are Only scattered elections. The most important bylaw up for decision covers the establishment of a regional Library in. The town of Stonewall and surrounding Rural municipalities. All g i e a t e r Winnipeg suburbs with the exception of St. Boniface report their polling times to be from 10 . T6 9 . Polls in St. Boniface will open at 9 . And close at 8 . Advance polls were generally reported to he fair with one voter turning oat in West Kildonan 30 in East Kildonan and 55 in trans Cona. Eligible voters Are hum Breed As proof lands East Kildonan a. East St. Paul fort g a r r y a nor a p p r of Charles Wood St. Boniface St., James vital it Kildonan service men hit Oil company monopolies accusing the Federal govern ment of the Canadian automotive retailers association monday came out strongly in favor of a free Public Choice of products in service stations. The association winding up its annual meeting at the Marlborough hotel passed a Resolution urging the Federal government to take immediate action on what it called Market Access agreements. These agreements according to Lloyd Kinneard association Secretary Are purchased from the Oil companies by manufacturers and wholesalers of Auto motive equipment such As tires batteries and car accessories. If a service station owner Sells a Brand he has t got on display he s in danger of being kicked out of business by the Oil company whose gasoline Brand he Sells or. Kinneard said in an interview. The manufacturer or whole Saler pays an overriding com Mission to the Oil company for every item sold through its service stations. Set guarantees the manufacturers that no other brands will be sold at the or. Kinneard said. Ten years inquiry was the Resolution passed by the association reads in part first of All the Public is entitled to a free Choice of products at any service station. That every be made by the association to inform the Public of the government s apparent indifference to its the Public s economic welfare one of the major reasons for the Resolution is the fact service stations could buy the products cheaper if they were allowed free Choice or. Kinneard said. Because of the Kickback the Oil companies get the products must be higher priced and the customer is the one who has to pay he said. In Britain or. Kinneard said a similar situation was remedied within two years. Two years ago an investigation was launched by the monopolies Board and the find Ings were just about the same As in our Case. Last july legislation was brought Down to prevent these Roblin Boulevard rezoning protested metro councillors have broken i mrs. Brazzell went before the Board to seek a reversal of a metro decision to change the their word by planning to rezone two men Appeal terms two imprisoned men have appealed to the Manitoba a peal court against the terms a hearing. The hearing was held a attended by All ago he said an made under the combines act and a report tabled in 1960 recommended legislation against the practice of Market Access agreements. Year the report was referred by the Federal government to the restrictive Trade practices commission for imposed on them earlier this year. Gerard Joseph Lalonde serv ing time in Stony Mountain Penitentiary is appealing two sentences. He was sentenced May 25 by magistrate c. Buckingham in Virden man., to a total of three years on charges of break and enter and break enter and theft. Sentences of 18 months on each charge were made concurrent. Lalonde was sentenced by magistrate w. Stordy in bran Don oct. 3. To a total of three years on two charges of break enter and theft arid one charge of attempting to escape custody. Also appealing sentence is William James Bergen serving one year in heading Ley jail for unlawful Possession of stolen goods. Bergen was sentenced by magistrate Isaac Rice oct. 18, 1965 in Winnipeg magistrate s court. Bergen was convicted Tor Possession of of anti freeze and other goods. 4 in Ottawa segments of the Industry ser vice station owners whole s a 1 c r s manufacturers and representatives of the Oil com or. Kinneard said the com Mission also made a report on its findings and recommended at that time the combines act be amended to put an end to the practices. The commission agreed with the first report it said that the practices illegal but against the Public interest and should be made illegal or. Kinneard said. And yet the government has t done any thing about at present he said the whole matter was before the economic Council of Canada for yet another report. I can t see what the Devil it is doing there. For the past 10 years this matter has been kicked from pillar to Post and we want to see some action or. Kinneard said. Part of Roblin Boulevard for a shopping Centre a municipal Board hearing was told monday. Edith Brazzell of 5025 Roblin Boulevard told the Board that at a meeting Between residents of the Charleswood Street and metro councillors and officials in 1962, residents were assured that no More land on the Street would be rezoned for Commer Cial use. Deadline halts Council Winnipeg City Council monday night failed to Complete its Agenda within the time limit imposed by the City s procedure bylaw and therefore scheduled a continuation of its meeting. At . Tuesday. When Council reached its self imposed deadline of . After More than four hours of debate a Hasty adjournment was called. Two motions were left Undis cussed one asks the Federal government to establish a Price review Board to curb Price increases on necessities. The second motion recommends that action be taken to assure that ambulances do not create a Public nuisance by sounding their sirens Between 9 . And 7 zoning designation of land lying Between the houses 5610 and 5426 Roblin Boulevard from agricultural to commercial. The real estate firm of Watson e. Swail plans to build a supermarket Bank hardware store and drugstore on the land. Mrs. Brazzell said that at meeting four years ago concerning another matter residents were told by Council lors and metro officials that Roblin Boulevard would be retained As a residential area in future with no More Commer Cial development. A year or two before that when she and her husband moved into their Home they were told by a metro official there was to be no More commercial development she claimed. But Gordon Swail a partner in the real estate firm told uie on tile metro development plan going Back to 1962 that particular piece of land was described As Commer or. Swail said employees of the real estate firm had heard from residents of Roblin Boule Vard that they were pleased they were to have a shopping Centre near by. Mrs. Brazzell who introduced written submissions to the Board from residents of the Street opposing the rezoning claimed building of the super Market would devalue her Home a Quarter of a mile from the planned development and others. The Board will announce its decision on mrs. Brazzell s application later ;