Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 27, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Leech leads in division 8 but Chase questions count by Kevin Wilson newspaper publisher lome Arthur Leech election candidate for metro division 8, was a confident Man Early thursday. Standing with a Lead of More than 600 votes Over his nearest rival at the end of the first unofficial election count Early thursday thirty nine year old or. Leech looks Likely to be division 8 s new councillor but the seat s present Iri cum Benti councillor r. Dar win Chase alleged after the count that the first election figures May be wrong. Metro returning officer a. E. Porter admitted it was possible a mistake could have been made As voting figures were phoned in from polling stations. The first count of votes for the first Choice of candidate Only would be checked again later thursday he said before second or third Choice votes were counted to declare a Clear Winner of the seat. The first polling figures show or. Leech an inde pendent candidate with votes Howard a Loewen the greater Winnipeg elec Tion committee candidate with coun. Chase running As an Independent with and Victor Kwal Heim nip. With a candidate needs one Howard Loewen k. Darwin Chase Lone Leech Ostrander seat close by Egon Frech candidates in metro s division 7 Are finding it a Tough Job to fill the shoes of retiring metro chairman l. E. Ostrander. None of the four candidates vying for the seat had enough votes on the first ballot count to win the seat and a Transfer of ballots was ordered. This will not be completed until some time thursday. John w. Mcgurran a former St. Boniface Alderman supported by the great Winnipeg election committee led the polling at the end of the first count with votes. Close behind came hotel owner j. E. Dangerfield running As an Independent with and Peter Mckall a former St. Boni face Alderman running As an in dependent with Maurice Hebert. An insurance broker ran last with 497 votes. To be elected on the first count one of the candidates would have had to poll the quota of votes. To find the Winner the return ing officers must Transfer the j. W. Mcgurran second choices on the ballots for the Low Man in this Case or. Hebert to the other candidates. However in this Case even if All of the second choices on or. Hebert s ballots went to or. Mcgurran could be declared because or. Mcgurran would still not pass the quota. They must then eliminate the remaining Low candidate and Transfer All of the second choices on his ballots to the remaining two. As Well the second choices on or. Hebert s ballots which went to the remaining Low candidate will be replaced by the third choices on those ballots. With Only two candidates remaining one of them must pass the quota if the votes do not result in a tie. Peter Mckall third in the first count will be eliminated after the counting of or. Hebert s second Choice ballots because even if the whole 497 second Choice votes went to him he could not pass or. Dangerfield who is already 595 votes ahead of him. The race then is Between or. Mcgurran and or. Dangerfield and although or. Mcgurran has a 550-vote Lead going into the count it could still be close As there s no Way of predicting who the. Voters preferred As a second Choice on the other ballots. Kindergarten vetoed by Arlene Billinkoff St. Vital voters wednesday turned Down a proposal to spend on a kindergarten. As they were doing so St. James residents were voting approval of a 10-classroom kindergarten to Cost residents of St. Vital Defeated the kindergarten bylaw which would have meant a two Mill tax increase by an Over whelming majority. Incomplete results wednesday night showed the bylaw Defeated to tax increases for kindergartens and recreational facilities in St. Vital were termed raids on our municipal Treasury by Alderman Florence Pierce a critic of the bylaws. In a letter to the free press oct. 22, Aid. Pierce wrote i believe both of these pro posed raids should be Defeated 1 she said efforts should be made to improve facilities in the High schools before embark ing on costly spending for kindergartens no matter How desirable these May in her letter Aid. Pierce also said the City should concentrate More on Public works before undertaking recreational a bylaw which would have added a extra Mill to the tax rate for recreational purposes was also Defeated. St. Vital school Board trustee Samuel Burland expressed disappointment at the failure of the kindergarten bylaw. In an inter View wednesday he said he favored the proposal. He said it costs about yearly to educate each student and residents did t pay that amount in school taxes. Education is a great he added. Or. Burland is wary about the future of kindergartens in St. Vital. He believes the bylaw might come up it s difficult to at present there Are no kindergartens _ in the City for 500 children of kindergarten age he said. The St. James bylaw was approved to these 6 won metro seats More than half of the total poll with second and third Choice votes in. His division to gain a metro seat. Smiled or. Leech Early thursday i think i will be getting into metro. Or Leech who was unaware of coun. Chase s allegations that the first figures May be wrong said he Felt confident of picking up a Large percentage of second Choice votes on ballot papers reason for his Success he Felt was due. In some part to a personality clash Dur ing campaigning Between coun. Chase and or. Lee Wen. Criticism of each other by the two had swung some votes to his Side he claimed. Or. Leech a St. Vital Resi Dent feels St. Vital voters gave him a lot of. First Choice backing. Figures from the first 45 polling stations showed or. Leech with 683 votes. Coun. Chase led with most of the later stations to report voting figures were in St. Vital. Coun. Chase said after hearing the figures that Deputy returning officers at Poling stations in fort Garry and St. Vital had told him he had collected a total of Voles in those two areas. He said he had heard in a radio report that he had collected votes in South Ern Winnipeg the area which with fort Garry and St. Vital makes up division eight. He did not disagree with the poll totals attributed to the other candidates. Brooklands St. James name 6 to Council wednesday s civic election s marked the first time in the history of Brooklands that the town s voters did not elect a mayor and Council. With amalgamation already approved with the City of St. James and ready to go into effect Jau. 1, Brooklands mayor Walter Bannister and Alderman. Jolt r. Brooks were elected As the area s representatives on St. James Council by acclamation. They will join St. James aldermen David Graham Dave Johnston j. Frank Johnston and Peter Moss who were also elected by acclamation in St. James. The 10-member Council with an extra two seats for the Brooklands representation will find itself not Only with new citizens but new horizons in the form of increased land for Industry and housing. Conditions Are becoming severely cramped within the present boundaries of St. James. The merger will be the first in years in the metro Politan area. Brooklands will retain her identity As a District of the City of St. James. The new Council will place five members up for election each year. With six acclaimed this year one yet to be will find him self facing the electorate again next fall. Meanwhile Brooklands is going ahead with its Public works program. Urban re Newal lower taxes and bet Ter services will ice the cake when amalgamation becomes official. Brooklands started talking about a merger two years ago but it was first sought officially Early this year. Once one of greater Winnipeg s most promising areas with a land Boom in 1911 boosting rapid expansion Brooklands suffered from in ability to obtain sewers and water. As part of the Rural municipality of Kosser the Community talked of annexation by the City of Winnipeg but it never materialized. Without proper sanitation facilities the Village dropped Back and became known As a dumping ground for poorer families. Village Council meetings won a reputation As the rowdies in greater Winnipeg. Eventually it hit the come Back Trail but too late to make it alone. The move has been hailed especially by the Provin Cial municipal affairs depart ment and by metro bedevilled by a multiplicity of municipalities in the greater Winnipeg area. The amalgamated area will have an old pro at the Helm. St. James mayor a. W. Hanks became mayor on his first try in 1961. At 72, he has been a civil Engineer and a Newspaperman. Juba foe will fight on mrs. Gloria Queen Hughes plans to continue taking an Active interest in civic affairs Des Pite her defeat As a mayoralty candidate in Winnipeg s civic election wednesday. The election is not the end of Rne it s just the begin mrs. Queen Hughes said in an interview after the final result of the vote was announced. The first woman to run for mayor in Winnipeg mrs. Queen Hughes polled votes. Her opponent mayor Stephen Juba was re elected with votes. Mrs. Queen Hughes said she will continue to be an Active supporter and defender of the residents of the Lork Selkirk Park Urban renewal area. She claimed during her Campaign expropriated residents in the area weren t All getting a fair Deal from the City. If. I feel it is necessary i will continue to appear before City Council and raise questions about its mrs. Queen Hughes has appeared before Council on several Occa Sions As a delegation of one to protest aldermen s decisions. Mrs. Queen Hughes said she was disappointed at the elec Tion results. I feel i had Good policies and a Good program and i came out in front of the Public i guess the Way to get elected it have a non Campaign and take a vow of silence until the last suburban referendums and bylaws Peter Taraska Jack Willis j. A. Coulter St. Boniface a school bylaw to provide funds for additional classrooms in Howden school in Windsor Park was passed with voters in favor and against. A bylaw to Provite two new fire Halls went Down to defeat with voters in favor and voters against. A 65 per cent majority was needed for approval. St. Vital both Money bylaws voted on were Defeated a two Mill kindergarten bylaw lost by a count of 824 to and a recreation bylaw authorizing a one Mill tax Levy was beaten. Against to for. North Kildonan a bylaw to provide up to one Mill for recreation passed with 656 for and 630 against. Charleswood voters turned Down a Money bylaw for an All purpose Arena by 885 votes to 524. Fort Garry voters approved a school bylaw for additions to general Byng Crane Agassiz drive and Oak Enwald schools 2.155 for and 923 against. East St. Paul a bylaw for an addition to Robert Andrews school was approved by a vote of 208 to 123. St. James Brooklands voters approved to a addition to Athlone school consisting of 16 class rooms and an auditorium. Also approved. A 10-classroom kindergarten to Cost by to . Troops in Viet Nam Saigon Reuters United states forces in South Viet Nam reached a strength of men last week an increase of compared with the Previ Ous week . Military head quarters announced the figure does not include the to sailors serv ing with the . 7th Fleet off Viet Nam. Meanwhile american Esti mates of Viet Cong and North vietnamese forces in the coun try dropped by during the period to peril lurks standards it would make the water unfit to drink. The doctor readily conceded the tests do not absolutely prove a link Between the polluted water and the illness. It would take much More Complex tests to even approach Clear proof. Even the simpler tests strongly suggest such a link however. If it is possible with Gastro enteritis Why not with typhoid both May derive from the same species of pathogenic bacteria. With the evidence before him or. Gloster concluded the water has killed a number of infants in recent years. Last month in support of a new sewage and water system for the town be gave his views to several politicians who re leased them to the press. Subsequently he was quoted As stating flatly that 10 children had died from drinking Howie Bay water. He is not quite that definite about it. He said at least 10 infants have died from Gastro enteritis at red Lake memorial Hospital since 1960 and a number of these had been shown to have drunk the polluted water. The Only possible conc us he said was that those children exposed to the water contracted from it the Gastro enteritis that led to their death. He agreed that Complex tests for More conclusive proof were not always taken. His judgement shared by at least one other based mainly on medical experience. On the other hand or. Gloster does not put a definite ceiling on the number of deaths. He said there Are indications there May have been others not registered at red Lake attributable to the polluted water. On some occasions dying infants Tad been sent to larger hospitals and then deaths might not have seen entered on local records in addition the deaths tribute to Gastro enteritis at the local Hospital did not include those where the disease was a secondary cause. Or. Gloster said he knew of cases where children weakened by Gastro enteritis had caught pneumonia and died. Death is attributed to pneumonia but both diseases their part. _ or. Gloster fears that publicity about the deaths May have obscured the general record of illness in red Lake. The child Ren who die of Gastro enteritis Are the exception not the Rule in said. Many contract the disease and become seriously ill jut live. Is True of the adult population said or. Gloster though not fatal postmen criticize Ottawa continued vent parliament from develop ing a strike breaking personally i do not think the government feels any Juba vote swamps challenger enteritis _ epidemic. There were 31 cases and three deaths. The outbreak was attributed to the drinking of water from Howie Bay by a number of Indian families. In 1958, there had been an outbreak of infectious hepatitis jaundice. It was also traced o the water. Recalled John. Goodwillie Deputy Reeve of the town and h because Drake drank some or. Gloster said in his experience a greater proportion of Lis group became ill than other he said hould boil water before drink Gastro enteritis since 960. In their cases it was possible hat unawareness of the ser Rusness of the Early vomiting and diarrhoea May have contributed to death. If a child was brought in severely dehydrated and near Leath it reduced the Chance of having it said the doctor. Netherlands to Purchase f-5 bomber announced it has de to buy the Northrop f-5 win engined supersonic fighter Jomber to replace the f-84 air raft now in service with the dutch air Force. The f-5 Al Eady has been selected for the Oyal Canadian air Force and dutch officials conferred with acadian authorities before caching their decision. Belgium will decide by next feb. 15 whether it also will buy he american plane. Returns from . Taipei Formosa a me. Chiaf Kai Shek returned Ore wednesday after a 14 Merith visit to the United states. Change in the first count results is anticipated. The turnout was about one third of the eligible voters in the City but better than the 25.75 per cent turnout in 1965. It was far below the 48.5 per cent turnout in 1962, when the last mayoralty contest was held. The outcome of the mayoralty race was obvious by the time the first ballots were counted shortly after 9 . Real election interest developed in the Aldermani contests in the three City wards. Ward 2 was the Only Ward where the three vacancies were filled on first count. Or. Fines a new democratic party candidate topped the polls in Ward 2 with votes. Aid. Ernest j. Enns with votes and Aid. Lillian Hallonquist with votes were also elected in Ward 2. The quota required to be elected was votes. The Defeated candidate in Ward 2, Aid Grant Mcleod polled 250 votes. In Ward 3, Only one Candi Date was elected on the first count Aid. Paul Para Shin with votes. With a quota of to be elected in Ward 3, it appears Likely that incumbents Aid. Joseph Cropo with votes and Aid. Isadore Wolch with votes will be re elected when the Transfer of second Choice votes is completed. Stan Ley Bedosky a new democratic party received votes on the first count and Don Currie a communist labor elec Tion committee candidate polled votes. In Ward 1, where one of the most hard fought Aldermani campaigns was waged incumbent Aid. Leonard h. Claydon topped the polls to be elected on the first count. He received votes. Aid. J. Guzon Harvey was also re elected in Ward 1 on the first count with votes. With a Ward 1 quota of required it appears Likely that incumbent Aid. Robert e. Moffat will also be re elected. On first count he had votes while the. Other candidate Edward f. Sherbrook received votes. City Hall observers placed a great Deal of significance on the for mayor in 1968. The Alderman was considering running for mayor this year but decided against it. The political makeup of City Council will not change when the elected aldermen Are sworn in Jan. 3. There will be 11 greater Winnipeg election committee members six nip members one Independent and one nip candidate also Harvey Hallonquist Para and Cropo were greater Winnipeg election committee backed candidates. Aid. Wolch is endorsed by the nip. Or. Sherbrook the unsuccessful candidate in Ward 1, was an nip candidate. In the mayoralty contest. May was he seriously challenged. In Ward 1, he received compared to votes for mrs. Queen Hughes. In Ward 2 the vote was to and in Ward 3, it was to at the polling division in David Livingstone school on Stella Avenue in the heart of the lord Selkirk Park redevelopment area where mrs. Queen Hughes most actively campaigned mayor Juba received 728 of 770 votes. The Strong Campaign waged by mrs. Queen Hughes in the area apparently did hot affect the . The percentage turnout was in line with the Overall average for the City. Election officials said they encountered no problems at the polls or in the counting. The first unofficial was completed at . Of count is scheduled to begin thursday morning with Transfer of ballots immediately following favors periodic review Toronto Mcdonald conservative member of parliament for Prince wednesday night called for a periodic review of the conserva Tive party leadership. Speaking o a suburban pc meeting the Prince Edward Island member said he favored a review but not at such formally regular intervals that it might become routine. He criticized conserva Tives who said the leadership question should not raised. Shame about its 17th-Century attitude towards the rights of its workers. What do they care for some 20.000 postal employees when they can get away with fleecing the general Public of millions of dollars with their first class mail rates to subsidize the Large publication companies who enjoy scandalously Low a strike can be averted if the government bargains in Good Faith today or. Decarie said. But the government was try ing to get a Date from us so they can be prepared to take strike breaking it might use anti Union tactics such As were employed in the railway strike. The letter carriers Union is currently polling its members for strike authorization if pay talks break Down. Results poll Are expected by nov. S and a strike could follow any time after that or. Decarie said. The Canadian Union of postal workers ready has strike but has said it plans no before nov. 15. Should talks break Down to Day it is expected both unions will set identical strike dates. Postal employees Are seeking increases averaging 39 per cent or about More an hour. How Ever they have agreed to accept half that amount As an in a term raise and negotiate the remainder next year. Key categories of postal clerks and carriers now Osbirn an hour and an hour respectively. 5 elected to metro Council continued the Only other sitting member who appears to be in trouble though official results arc not yet compiled is the representative from division 8 councillor r. Darwin Chase. Coun. Chase is running third behind lome a. Leech and How Ard j. Loewen. Aside from the races in Divi Sions 3 and 8, there will be one new face when the third metro Council in the area s history goes into operation next week. Because of the retirement of metro chairman l. E. Ostrander who has held the division 7 seat for the last six years at least one newcomer will be elected. At present former St. Boniface Alderman Jack Mcgurran is leading in the four Way race in division 7 but he is followed closely by James e. Danger Field and Peter Mckall. Maur ice a. Hebert is a Distant fourth. Except for the difficulties of coun. Chase the results of wednesday s election were being hailed by metro supporters As a vote of Confidence in the policies the corporation has Laid Down in the last two years. However some observers claimed that the size of the voter turn out Between 30 and 35 per cent of those eligible was too Small to give a Clear indication of Public opinion. The percentage of the vote cast is roughly equal to the 33 per cent of the electorate who voted in the last metro election in 1964. One councillor sat out the elec Tion. J. A. Coulter in division 2 once More did not have to face the electorate having retained his scat by acclamation when no one filed papers to oppose him. According to reports observers were generally surprised at the poor showing of coun. Chase and the Strong support that lome a. Leech received in St. Vital. It is believed that coun. Chase s failure to receive the in Dorsa Tion of the greater Winni Peg election committee was the prime reason for the Lack of sup port at the polls. But or. Leech also was rebuffed by the Gwen. Metro returning officer k. E. Porter indicated that the Check ing and recounting of ballots will take place thursday and Friday in room 254 of the legislative building. When unofficial counting ended Early thursday morning he said that no official results would pro Bably be known until thursday afternoon. Ballots will be transferred for division 10 and division 3 first and then division 7 and 8 will be handled. Inquest set in death of infant Saskatoon Date for reopening of an inquest into the death of a seven week old baby is nov. 2. The infant son of Earl and Benedictus Cuntz of Saskatoon was killed in a Freak Accident saturday when part of an a Ray machine fell on him at City Hospital. The child was being treated j As an outpatient for a Chest condition. I 2 ;