Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 27, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Break 7 by Gene Telpner press by Carrier soc per week 27, 1967 As. 2nd class mall by the . Dent., and for payment of postage in Cash. As a non smoker i often wonder what makes people take up smoking. There have been so Many studies made on the subject that it s hard for one to reach a conclusion. However a Survey just made of the smoking habits of freshmen students at the University of Illinois came up with has some interesting findings of students with a top a average Only 16.7 per cent smoked. Of those in the lowest Scholastic standing of e averages 59.x per cent were smokers. Sixty per cent of All the. Freshmen did t smoke and 43 per cent of those who wanted to the amount of allowance seemed to have a relationship to smoking. Where parents provided full Fin Ancial support the number of smokers was far above average. But Only 20 per cent of those who received financial support from scholarships were smokers. Eight of 10 freshmen believed students were adequately informed on dangers of smoking. And nine in 10 believed a smoker had a greater Chance of developing lung cancer. In Case you re interested the Price of Bacon in min Neapolis this month was 39 cents a Pound Chicken 25 cents a Pound spare ribs 39 cents a Pound and four Pound bags of skinless wieners Street where she lives Joyce Campbell of 6 Antoine Avenue a cheerful woman who phones when she has something on her mind recently moved into her present neighbourhood. Of this area of the City she writes i had just moved on the Street when i was invited to a Coffee party to meet the neighbors. A few weeks after that i was in the Hospital. When i arrived Home i found that two of my neighbors had polished and cleaned my House and had done the washing and ironing. Perhaps if All people tried passing out a Little kindness like this Friendly Street of mine the world would be a better place to this inspired mrs. Campbell to write a poem about her Street and i thought it Worth printing. It goes like this the lord must have Given his Blessing to this Friendly Street of mine where every nationality lives with hearts entwined. In sickness health and trouble they la lend a helping hand which helps to make our province the greatest in the land. If Only on Centennial year the whole world would understand what Joys and comforts they can have if All nations take the time to show a Little kindness like this Friendly Street of mine. Holiday memories although new year s eve has been Over for weeks now. There Are still new year s stones coming across the desk. Raymond Sinclair a free press staff member. From Australia had a gathering at his Home to cheer in j 1967. I said or. At the stroke of Midnight four australians a Dane two scots two englishmen and a dutchman out Sang most of the canadians in an emotional rendition of o Canada for your Centennial and a with a sense of humor sent a year s card to his friends with this message Happy new year. Your car has just depreciated and All your wife s clothes Are now last going Back to Christmas the Cleverest Christmas card of 1966 or any other year was sent out by the Roy j Kedron family of old Mill Road St. James. Although they j Are known for original cards last year they outdid them j selves. The picture showed the fathers of confederation but dubbed on to some of the pictures were the faces of the Kedron family Roy Gladys Linda and Susan. Over the years the Kedron cards have become collectors items. And a final Holiday note one Winnipeg woman says she plans to keep her Christmas tree decorated in the living room until july. 11 1111 i weather report 3 synopsis valid until saturday Midnight quiries the. Influence of a Ridge of High . Forecast with few Cloudy intervals today. Saturday sunny except for ure for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Max. Min. In. Vancouver or Gary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas fort Williar Kenora 41 21 a 14 11 -2 14 4 40 -7 -11 -6 -5 -6 -1 -16 -3 .47 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York. Max. Min. 36 16 34 22 15 25 22 44 30 81 67 16 57 28 71 50 2 part. .72 .1.36 12 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Jan. Last year Normal Max. Min. Mean 5.5 -16.5. -s.5 -1.2 -30.s -15.9 m highest on 1934 lowest on record -12.5 in 1w3 omits Good Points bus defects All remedied japanese firm a spokesman for the manufacturer of metro s 15 japanese made buses said thursday that every one of the bus defects mentioned in a metro report had been remedied at the manufacturer s expense. The report from d. I. Macdonald metro transit director had said the buses were breakdown prone and expensive to operate. The manufacturer s spokes Man Frank Fujio Tanaka of Vancouver vice president of. Mitsubishi Canada limited charged at a metro Council meeting that when metro bus Drivers complained the steering mechanism of japanese buses was stiff Mitsubishi offered to in stall Power steering at its own i expense but the offer was refused. The comparison in the Macdonald report of Mitsubishi buses diesel fuel consumption rate with that of general motors vehicles lacked nearly All of the factors which Are usually accepted As a valid j the Macdonald report gave no hint of the favourable j factors in the operation of Mitsubishi Fuso buses. Or. Tanaka s Brief to i Council said Mitsubishi had expected some minor difficulties with the buses and it is freely admitted that More difficulties arose than had been anti Cipa but every defect mentioned by or. Macdonald had been looked after at Mitsubishi expense. Council decided to Send the Brief to metro streets and i transit committee for study. Councillor Thomas b. Findlay said he agreed the report had been entirely critical. And Mitsubishi s offer to install Power steering in the buses without charge had t been reported. Coun. Charles r. Huband said he hoped the Macdonald report had t conveyed the impression Mitsubishi did anything but co operate fully to Correct any defects. If it indicated any thing else i m sure it want intended. The co operation was or. Tanaka s Brief said Mitsubishi had lived up to its promises with respect to ser vices parts and modifications and had gone even further than was required under the one year Normal warranty. The manufacturer had accepted service responsibility until the 15 buses were operating entirely to Satis faction. The company hoped replace ments and modifications had effected a permanent cure of the defects. That this expectation is not unreasonable May be indicated by the fact that Over the past three months there has been a marked decline in the number of service in his report or. Macdonald had said the vehicles bought from Mitsubishi heavy Indus tries in april 1965, needed repair an average of 55 times each in the first six months 30 general motors vehicles bought at the same time averaged 13 repairs each in the same period Twenty Inch steering. Wheels j had been replaced with 22-Inch j ones after a complaint the Mitsubishi steering wheels were i too Small or. Tanaka said. He said the increased fuel costs estimated by metro for the Mitsubishi buses is an important Factor in the Long Range estimate of economical results. The Macdonald report had said the japanese buses operated an average of 3.59 Miles on each gallon of diesel fuel compared with pm s 5.32 mile average. It is the v Contention of Mitsubishi engineers that this is not an even reasonably accurate assessment of the Mitsubishi engine said or. Tanaka. He said the metro comparison of Mitsubishi and pm buses had t been conditions of operation of the buses being compare had t same Vav t operated Over the., same i the same thine or for the duration local news student digs deep to pay govt. Debt Jerry Katz a University of Manitoba student Felt the Federal government was after a Pound of so lie sent one. He filed his income tax return enclosing a Cheque written on a piece of liver. The Cheque was duly cashed at the Bank. The Bank manager said although it was As Good As any paper a Nequi he was taking no Chance of it going bad. It will be stored in a refrigerator for one month and sent Back to or. Kalz with other cancelled cheques in his current account. Or. Kalz said his ire was roused when the tax department would not accept a cancelled Cheque As proof of his tuition payment a deductible item. Cost of a duplicate receipt was go two years ago or. Kalz believed the government wanted the shirt off his Back so he sent a Cheque to cover his tax payment written on his shirt. Babi Benson Box office Sal at Mac clenches the last ticket in her Teeth As she was swarmed by theatre goers for the final ticket to a funny thing happened on the Way to the forum. Four phones in the Box office have not stopped ringing and there have been Many customers turned away. Stop Light proves widow contributed to own death metro sets capita works at million transit depot sum said to be in budget Only for information by Michael Kostelnik a 59-year-old Rosser widow contributed to her own death in a car truck collision this month when Slie failed to Stop for a traffic Light a Coroner s jury ruled thursday night. Out comment i thursday. Street and Wellington Avenue f device indicated the Green Light the biggest Horn in the Sheet Ana Wellington i Tor the truck had five seconds capital works budget is it for a transit depot Al mrs. Wedge struck the Box a record High capital works budget was approved for this year by metro Council thursday night. The budget now goes to Manitoba s municipal if the Board gives its approval the budget then returns j to metro Council for formal passage in the form of a borrowing bylaw. The budget was passed with from councillors with such Force that it stopped he was driving a one ton j Brandon Avenue and Osborne Wim Huuki 11.o. The jury cleared truck Driver t a tract jut garage is recording the color of the lights i Bruce Wisener 25, 259 Mckay unlikely to be built in 1967. At the time of the mishap. J Avenue. Suite 1, North Kudo Mclroy Counci kept it in the Sidney o Brien of the City of j Nan of All blame. Only so that the Munici pal Board May see what metro s future plans Are was thrown from her car lever that froze me timing against a traffic control Box the lights after a collision at Arlington pie said an Georgc Gurtin n. Of 1023 Garfield Street said the truck hit the car on its left Side towards the rear. The car Portage widening approved of led thursday night. Winnipeg signals department he was driving a one on mrs Jessie Margaret wedge said the Impact tripped a Spring j ladder truck cast on Welington. From her car lever that froze the timing of mrs wedge was northbound on i Arlington. An inspection the Centennial Holiday studied education minister George Johnson said in the legislature thursday his department is considering a school Holiday in Manitoba to commemorate Canada s Centennial. He did not elaborate when the question was raised by Gordon e. Johnston a Portage la the minister said the matter is under Active around. She flew out of the car and hit the Light Box. Then the lights went or. Wisener said he moving through the metro Council agreed thurs Day to Widen Portage Avenue cast of its Junction with main f j i Street the budget does t include i a Uon will Widen he previously proposed item for 25 new buses. It earmarks s2 million to buy land for the planned suburban Beltway Aid just Over s2 million for sewage Plant improvements., an Extension of Cumberland j Street is calculated in the budget to Cost Sim million and was a Bridge to replace the Nairn go far by 10 to 12 feet. Metro executive director j. R. Mcinnes submitted a report to Council saying the Roadway have to be widened As fan acc Al development a rated out by James Congress scores von Thadden film and the Ned alarm Over the Rise of Germany s National democratic party and criticism of the Csc interview with party Leader Adolf von Thadden marked a special meeting of the Western Region of the Canadian jewish Congress thursday. The meeting at the Rosh Pina synagogue attracted a partisan crowd of 500. The Congress has objected to a proposed interview with von Thadden on the program Sun Day. An interview filmed in Germany was shown this week. Chairman David Levin f said the Congress objected to the handling of the interview. Three panellists disagreed the importance in the Rise of the Ned. Or. Alan Klass a past president of the Canadian Institute of International affairs said the nazi movement moved quietly and then suddenly the Avalanche was upon he beb eved a similar move ment could recur. He said three factors arc needed an obedient people a cause and a Leader. I foresee an epidemic in said or. Klass. I return to their birthplaces. The foresee it s going to sweep the younger generation he said country but i Don t know How i does t even know the old Many people Are susceptible to the disease. Intersection when he saw the wedge car. Less than a second later the collision i the mishap occurred at about . Mrs. Wedge was pronounced dead at Winnipeg general Hospital two hours 1 later. 1 or. Stuart Laughlin a Pathol Ogist said she died from multiple external and internal injuries. The woman had 12 a National broken ribs broken Bones in the called the j spin and Pelvis and a ruptured a i diaphragm. Neo nazi party utterly i land from the firm and transit depart for the widening. For streets mint needs next year. Sucj1 3 characteristic description of nazism owed its origins to the Peculiar situation in Germany of the 1930s and to the hypnotic Powers of Hitler he said. The same situation does t exist today. He said the Ned secured from seven to eight per cent of the popular vote in recent German elections an increase of two per cent Over gains made by Ultra right Wing parties now under the Banner. But the socialists and Christian democrats had also increased their popular vote. Germany is not Down and out today As in the 1930s, said or. Manor. And or. Von Thadden is hardly the stuff to Rouse a mob and Lead a mass party. I Don t think you could put him up against mayor he believed the Issue was one of Western foreign policy and not a jewish problem. Reply to or. Queen Hughes thesis on Germany s land Hun my. Manor said outside of a politicians and professional refugees no one wants to in the present Power the inquest was held at the Public safety building. Or. I. O. Fryer was presiding Coroner. Live director had emphasized when he presented departmental estimates to metro finance committee dec. 16. That the total does t represent the actual Cash which May be spent during 1967. He explained it is the Estima Ted completed Cost of All new projects which May be started in 1967 whether or not they Are completed during the year. The capital works will be financed by debentures sold by metro. Dale sentenced to four years cite editor of the Winnipeg Tribune agreed on the danger of the Ned and or. Von Thadden. He noted or. Vou Thadden said the germans needed More living room. This attitude is typical and Dan Structure w. Queen Hughes Asso Germany he did t see could acquire How its Hughes. S a id or. Queen must1 learn to live in a world living room he called or. Von Thadden a Sha m Eless exponent Hitler Ian chauvinism. The was beyond anti semitism he said. It was a relic at a unpopular note was of Cyl Lei the free press. He denied there was former territories. The audience reacted unfavourably to or. Manor s dim uni Tion of the German situation but enthusiastically applauded of the Csc interview. Or. Klass said Canadian Tele vision had t developed the kind of astute people to Deal with Public affairs. The trite silly stuff on television is clearly an indication of he saw to. Error in putting the German television but said the error was in not having the right people to interview him. Or. Von. Thadden is by sunday regulars Larry Zolf and John Hoyt. Leishman Dale George Wayne Leclerc and one other Man had left together later abandoned the car and took shelter in an unoccupied Rock and four charges which arose Wood House. They had later from the escape. Come across two Young people Dale had earlier elected trial in a car and drove with them to one of the sept. 1 heading Ley jail escapees Joseph William Dale 25, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment on a charge of breaking out of prison by judge and jury. He appeared in provincial magistrate s court Friday and re elected trial by magistrate Harold Gyles. Dale pleaded guilty to unlawful escape sept. 1 from heading Ley jail theft of a car rom near the jail grounds housebreaking and theft of food and clothing from a dwelling in Rock Bod unlawfully confining Cameron Ross Mckenzie of Balmoral Man. Unlawfully confining Heather Jackson of Stonewall Man. Theft of an aircraft from a hangar at Steinbach Man. Crown counsel Ray Flett told the court that Dale and William Kenneth Leishman initiated the escape when Leishman called a guard on a pretext that a Man was ill. Court was then told the guard was held at knife Point tied and locked up one of about seven guards to be treated this Way. Or. Flett said a group of prisoners including Dale broke into the jail administration office armed themselves with rifles and pistols and left i two cars. The Steinbach hangar. The men then had plane and had flown to a spot near Gary Indiana. Or. Flett said the group was arrested by the Gary police. A number of shots had been fired but there was no indication Dale had been involved in firing on the police. Although armed with a knife throughout he had harmed none of the guards although the shirt of one was slightly torn by Dale s knife or. Felt said. The Crown stayed proceedings on another charge of the theft of Cash during Dale s Brief period of Freedom. Magistrate Gyles said he Ould take into account the degree of involvement of Dale in assessing sentence. He said Dale had played a major part private school closing the St. Thomas More Paro Chial school in St. Boniface will close feb. 1 because of financial problems. The responsibility of providing educational facilities for 74 of the school s 76 pupils Falls on the Norwood school Board says a press statement from the school Board. Rather than overcrowd Public school facilities and interrupt pupils in mid term by Transfer ring them the Board has decided to continue operations at St. Thomas More and rent the school s three classrooms until june 30. The school s three teachers will be taken Over by the Norwood school division and the daily operation of classrooms and curriculum will be in accordance with requirements of the Public school act and the policy of the division. St. Thomas More now offers grades 1 to 6. Depending on enrolment in september the Board will de cide whether it will continue using the St. Thomas More facilities said mrs. J. L. Cummings Secretary treasurer of the Norwood school division. And had been involved in the escape from the very beginning. Arrears won t Stop rebates people in arrears on their 1966 school taxes after the end of March will still be Able to collect their rebates despite the outcome of a March 10 province wide referendum on single he sentenced Dale to four District school divisions prove years in prison on the charge of Cial treasurer Gurncy breaking prison and to three announced thursday Vears for each of the other i he gave the information in charges. The three Yean terms wer All made concurrent to on another and to Hie four year so that the net term he. Will serve is four years. Reply to a question from Miller Oaks Saul Dur ing committee discussion of education department estimates in the legislature ;