Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 1, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee break by Bill Trebilcox Al Al i of program note a Winnipeg Jerree i cab s f your business j by Carrier Sec per week wednesday november 1, 1967 Ottawa and fir payment of postage in Cash. Authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Jack Lowe 445 St. Mary s Road St. Vital tells me about a Canadian group of collectors numbering about 170 who collect All sorts of military mementos medals badges swords bayonets Etc. Known As the military col lectors club of Canada they lend these items to various j museums across the country. A few local collectors would like to form a Branch in Winnipeg and or. Lowe has asked any interested parties to get in touch with him evenings or weekends with a vew to meeting in the Winter. They will be interested in a number of first world War props being used during the run of the Manitoba theatre Centre s production of what a Lovely War which opens wednesday. No mail saturday the mail must go through but not necessarily on saturday. An Ottawa report that postmaster general Jean Pierre Cote favors cutting the residential mail delivery to a five Day week service sparked some interesting comments from housewives. Sorry homemakers aside from the possible Money saving by eliminating the saturday delivery most housewives said it made virtually no difference. They Don to get that much saturday unless it s the end of the month. And there s the one woman who said that if they Cui out saturday mail delivery it Means More of their Bills won t get paid. Seems if the Bills arrive during the week when her husband does t see the mail the Bills get filed in the garbage. When the Bills arrive on a saturday while her husband is of. Home they get paid but sometimes she has some embarrassing explanations the fighting Whalley a notre Dame football fan from Way Back has his own idea about Why the teams from South Bend Are called the fight my Irish. Or. Whailey Points out that in saturday s notre Dame Victory Over Michigan state All three Irish touch Downs were scored by a player by name of Zimmerman an All american Prospect. Concludes or. Whalley who s Happy about the Victory the reason Why the Irish have to fight is so that they can catch a place on the team our town i Don t know How Many. Canadians of italian descent live Here but they must be close to getting Over pizza de if there s such a word. Champs make it Community responsibility worries my bylaw Check asked new Pool Cost starts action the Gondola restaurant makes it and now Cal s on Hargrave Street has made the Complete switch to pizza and Spaghetti As part of the pizza place group. They la close monday and reopen nov. 11 fully converted to an italian atmosphere. Ever wonder about Art what is it Why is it if you attend the noon hour series thursday at the Winnipeg Art gallery you can eat your lunch and View a 30-minute color film by that title in which John Canaday attempts to explain Art and architecture. Eleanor Watkins supervisor of the Transcona senior citizens drop in Centre tells me that there s lots to do there from 1 . To 5 . Monday to Friday. Every senior citizen in Transcona is Welcome to use the Centre free. Sturgeon Creek in Assiniboia in t exactly the spot you d expect Hunters to lie in wait for ducks but a Young lad found five of the Birds lifeless there this past weekend. The Sitters were apparently shot with a .22 calibre Rifle near the railway Bridge near Saskatchewan Avenue. The bullets could easily claim More than ducks if they go astray they could carry right into the new Crestview residential development. Don Hoskins has joined the tourist information Branch of the provincial government. He makes the move from the Public relations department of trans air. Our City has a bylaw which bans horses from main Street from to water and on Portage Avenue from main and Colony Between 11 . And 6 . Overpass open without hitch the Nairn Avenue overpass i cles a Day. The four Lane across the cp1v mainline in Elmwood opened tuesday with out any problems a metro streets department official said wednesday. The. Structure will carry an estimated Lehi overpass is curved to avoid an excessive Grade for the Road Way. As part of the project Nairn Avenue was resurfaced from Sta Acona Street East to Highway 59. Winnipeg City coun cil will be asked to approve a recommendation from Parks and Protection committee that All Money bylaws be checked by Hie City s engineering department before the Public votes on them. Committee made the recommendation following r e r t s that an allocated won t be enough for the construction of a new swimming Pooi. In Ward 3. The Money bylaw was approved by Winnipeg rate payers in last week s civic election to replace Pritchard Pool which was demolished in 1963 because of its condition. I if committee s recommendation is approved by Council the engineering department will have to prepare preliminary estimates on every project undertaken by the City. Mayor Stephen Juba told committee there was reason to believe the new Pool could t be built for because of construction costs. We need a preliminary Esti mate so we know where we Are going and in the future All Money bylaws should be looked at by our engineering depart ment before they Are submitted to the Public for he said. It was Trink or i cat wild a difference tuesday night for to Csc Iii cd nations International children s emergency fund workers who made the rounds dressed to kill. They Are Jan Yamron left and Elaine Lefchick of Winnipeg who look a coffin and a tin to collect pennies for Unicof. 2 children Hurt halloween problems few in generally quiet night j3w.v than was originally planned it is about time to change that for two Winnipeg youngsters halloween did not bring any treats they ended up in Hospital with head injuries follow ing traffic accidents. Meanwhile the older set con groups in i most of Manitoba s Urban centres j but nothing resulted that police men could t handle. C. A. Director Barbour. The City s of recreation told committee that in the Case of the new swimming Pool it might be advisable to prepare a in Winnipeg Alfred sans re Gard. G. Of 262 Selkirk Avenue was in collision with a car when he ran across Selkirk Avenue Between Charles and King streets. Preliminary estimate from the was taken to Winni weather report synopsis valid until Midnight thursday cooler temperatures and partly Cloudy skies were forecast for Prairies today. Even colder air Over the Northern Prairies this morning will engulf All of the Prairies by late tonight. Under mainly Cloudy skies afternoon temperatures will be in the mid 30s in Southern regions and to 20s in Northern regions thursday t figures on map indicate today s expected High temperatures existing plans. The company that built the pan am Pool and several others in different parts of Canada had plans that were similar to the proposed Pool in Ward 3, he said. The company also assured me that the proposed Pool could be constructed for the specified amount of and they should know what they Are talking or. Barbour said. Alderman William committee chairman agreed. The City he said had a great reputation of never staying within its budget. J Peg children s Hospital with cuts to the head and face. His condition is fair. Police said Bohdan Czemerys 21. Of 309 Matheson Avenue was driving tile car. The Accident occurred at . Frederick Schneider 5, of 362 Nairn Avenue was walking South across Nairn Avenue in. A crosswalk at Allen Street when he was in collision with a car. The groups of unruly youths that police said Cyril Coughlan 51, of 380 Lanark Street was the Driver. The Accident occurred at . Police took the boy to child Ren s Hospital where he was examined but later allowed to i go Home. After a gathered were quickly broken up. Teen agers in Brandon in few hours he complained of a headache and was examined again by the family doctor who decided to take him to St. Boniface general Hospit Al. The boy was then found to have had a concussion. Rowdiness was kept to a minimum in Winnipeg. The most serious trouble reported to police was a broken window and free press meetings the Winnipeg philatelic society will Maet at 8 . Thursday in the clubroom of the free press building. Aged in some egg throwing but police there said it had been a quiet halloween. At Dauphin Swan River and Selkirk some barricades were thrown up on the Street but Here too police had no trouble dispersing would be troublemakers. Portage la Prairie reported the most trouble. The fire trucks were called out. Several times during the night to douse minor fires and the celebrating teen agers turned some fire hydrants open themselves to flood the streets. Police had to break through barricades on other streets and Mha May lose sight of principle Doyle a Manitoba Hospital commission member charged tuesday that the functions of the Mani Toba Hospital association Are in danger of becom ing distorted. Or. Patrick Doyle speaking at the annual meeting of Victoria general Hospital said the association made up of Hospital Board representatives was so Complex its members might be losing sight of a fundamental principle responsibility to the Community. Or. Doyle was concerned under new contracts nurses will get approximately it is a fact that they were paid poor salaries for a Long said or. Doyle. However they Are now getting More than nurses in some other provinces he said. I would ask that they conscientiously approach the problem of Sala about the High budgets asking Ries understanding not Only the for increases from 10 to 30 Justice of a fair salary but the per cent submitted by the Justice of what the province can hospitals to the commission. How can you intelligently higher nurses salaries would assess the Validity of your a affect the rest of the Hospital Hospital budget unless you re i Economy. We should relate late the expenditures planned at i increased numbers of staff with your Hospital to the total increased picture to the costs incurred or Dovle hoped the new for All Hospital services and i computerized Victoria Hospital beyond that to health services would create a breakthrough to fracture the present spiral it would seem impossible to assume that we will Ever have a Hospital system that meets our expectations for Effi i Cliency Economy and High Stan Dards unless we grasp every i Ris to f. Opportunity to plan develop and u Alt Ca jx1 i operate the various institutions t in and is or. Doyle noted the Large increases in health costs the oses jute Post provincial plan for health serv ices estimated at million Manitoba s Forest fire losses Over 15 years and Hospital in september were the second construction estimated at in Canada according to than s60 million. He said if1 Hospital operating costs keep under which we require Mere and More personnel to look after the same number of increasing at the present Rale they will reach million. Budget submissions to the commission this year exceed 1967 costs by More than million he said. Some of these increases could be pared he said. He said the Victoria Hospital budget asked for 30 per cent More 14, per cent of which was apartment of forestry and Rural development. A total of 176 separate fires damaged acres in Mani Toba in september the forestry department said wednesday in a report. British Columbia suffered most damage with 338 fires which damaged More than acres of Timber. On Tario s losses totalled acres As a result of 171 fires. Allowed for staff. Or. Doyle said a total of fires which while Winnipeg hospitals admit approximately the same number of patients As they did in 1963, staff has increased from to j the nursing association is damaged acres occurred across Canada in september. In september last year acres were damaged by 619 blazes. In August were requesting a minimum j damaged in Forest fires salary for qualified nurses across Canada. Received numerous of egg throwing. Complaints flin flon and Virden police reported one of the quietest hallowed ens i Purdin named head of Manitoba ads or. F j. A. Purdie of Brandon has been named president of he Manitoba Branch of the College of physicians and surgeons. Other officers include or. A. T. Gowron of Winnipeg vice president or. M. T. Mac Farland of Winnipeg registrar and or. C. E. Corrigan. Trea surer. Province blamed in by John Heath the provincial government is largely to blame for the planned four month shut Down of the Canada Cement co. Ltd. Plant in fort Whyte says a Union Leader directly involved in the plan organized by the company. Under t is plan the workers will receive their hourly wage Multi plied by 28 per week in addition to the the company operates this plan because it is the Type of closure. I business where some workers r. K. Thompson president of i Are Laid off every Winter. Local 274 of the United Cement Lime and Gypsum workers Union and an employee at the Plant said wednesday in in interview the government i should never have enticed in land Cement industries Ltd. To Sam Steele slate i build a Plant Here c. J. Hall has been elected president of the Gen. Sir Sam Steele memorial Branch of the Ropal Canadian legion at the recent annual meeting. To. E. Warner and b. Howie were elected vice presidents. J. Sutherland is Secretary. C. L. Springstein is Marshall and the chaplain elected is Rev i. D. Marnoch. Forecast mostly Cloudy overnight. Thursday mostly sunny and a Little cooler. Winds Light becoming Westerly at 15 . This afternoon North at 15 this evening and northwesterly at 15 to 20 thursday. Low and High for Gimli. 25 and 30 for Carman and Winnipeg 25 and 32. For the 24-hour period which ended at 7 . Wed niday Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora oct. 31. 1967 last year Normal Max. Min. Pre. .59 45 .2? 28 .27 Ottawa 46 28 .27 Toronto .46 28 .06 Montreal 50 52 26 or. Halifax 55 62 32 Chicago 51 37 31 to. Miami 81 .50 31 to. Los Angeles 86 52 46 to. Minneapolis 54 .51 36 ,01 new York 56 precipitation in inches Max. Min. Mean highest on record 50.4 34.2 42.3 64.0 in 1903 31.6 18.0 24.8 lowest on record 43.5 27.5 35.5 4.3 in 1884 Max. Min. Pre. 46 40 .03 so 47 .08 38 .02 .02 Folly Are name Bui not me there was no need for that other company entering the he said. Inland Cement became Stab b shed in Manitoba in july More than a half Century after Canada Cement . It is Winnipeg s Only other Cement manufacturer. We were geared to Supply the entire needs of the Winnipeg said or. Thompson. I do believe in Competition for the Benefit of the Economy of the Community but i Don t feel we workers do not have to declare this supplementary Money As Many worker will have to sell their Homes and seek cheaper housing. A. R. Russ Paulley provincial nip Leader said he thought it was a reflection on two Points. The decreased housing starts clue to higher interest rates on the part of the Federal govern ment and the Lack of initiative technical education program hailed education officials greeted with approval tuesday s announcement of a million vocational education program opening new Fields of learning in Manitoba. Although exact details Are not outlined in the four Page White paper on the new program officials of the province s two largest educational organizations Don t Forsee any major problems. Were sorely needed in Manitoba. To begin in 1969, the new vocational program Calls for construction of More vocational learning space development of Community colleges and division of tha province into three administrative areas each served by vocational High schools. The Federal manpower department still play a larger role in vocational education paying Kris Breckman m a n 11 o b a a but ule a liquor Provin. Teachers society director of Cal government share. Professional development welcomed the More equal opportunities for students throughout the province with proposed construction of Rural technical schools. Community colleges an App Roach not tried before in Manitoba will provide a level of Post secondary education b e sides University and technological courses now available. Ron Parkinson president of j the provincial education de. The Manitoba association of apartment is expected to work school trustees said in an interview that the benefits of the new vocational program noting that Inland will also be closing its operations this Winter he said the provincial government did not give that company s officials full details concerning the Cement Market in Manitoba and of the ability of Canada Cement to fill that need. The decline in their income j and direction in the provincial Cement i sector by the Roblin govern ment. He said that the department of Industry and Commerce has not fully informed new companies entering the province As to Manitoba s True economic situation. There s been no direction in Industry at All. It s been a dog will be so drastic he said unit cat dog with the school trustees association in setting up the actual program or. Parkinson said. Swan River gets funds overseer a provincial supervisor has been appointed to oversee the financial affairs of the town of Swan River. The action is the result of a Manitoba municipal Board in Quiry into alleged fiscal mis validate s210.s14 in technically illegal spending by the Swan River Council was introduced in the legislature. The Bill covered irregularities in spending dating Back to Jan. 1, 1959. The expenditures in liquor sales to March this year top million sales the move said the municipal i Board had recommended that a the Manitoba liquor sales in the j Gallons. Spirit the live ii car ended March 31 totalled i totalled Gallons com Hood of men with 25 years or 8.7 per cent More pared with Gallons in Ithan the s65.092.390 earned the 119g6. _ or. Thompson said that there previous year according to the spirits sales to March 1967. Under arc 127 men on the fiscal report of the trailed compared seniority list and that Manitoba liquor control in 196h, wine j o. F. Thorsteinson a charter and the town s management by the Swan River evolved in storm sewer town Council that was ordered j installations and s70.814 spent by the provincial sidewalks curbs gutters and last february following disclose sewer and water extensions lire of s210.000 the Council had according to mrs. Forbes the spent illegally on civic projects j municipal Board found the municipal affairs minister Council failed to follow Stab Thelma Forbes in announcing listed procedures in the expenditures particularly regarding proper authorization and Valida Tion of capital spending reorganization of carried out j projects. The supervision of a j mrs. Forbes emphasized that provincial appointee. J during the investigation there employ pcs ranking less than i Mission released wednesday. Sales totalled 238, com de accountant number nine who has 27 years on the firm s payroll will be Laid off this Winter. He said he is one of the men who has been Laid off and added that he ranks number 11 with 25 total consumption and per pared with s4.051.4g2 the pc auditor will supervise he capita consumption of liquor showed a substantial increase per capita consumption of spirits was 1.04 Gallons for the Vious year and Beer sales added j posed reorganization and will up to compared with i assist in the formulation and in 1966. Establishment of More adequate the liquor commission report administrative systems. Was no suggestion of fraud or dishonesty. And the municipal Board appeared to support her stand since it reported the town s affairs Are in a favor Able financial position in spite years employment. The average worker he said has 15 years employment with j was 14.48 the firm. J with 13.79 Gallons and the men will receive s36 a j consumption .59 Gallons week from the unemployment pared with m salons. Insurance fund plus additional year compared with .92 Gallons said Lien cd restaurants also or. Thorsteinson who the year before. J reported an increase in Revenue i remain supervisor until per capita Beer consumption Revenue from meals restructuring is Complete the Wilt Money from a private Register supplementary insurance Gallons compared j licensed restaurants totalled i also control the town Council s wine i c o m pared with spending in order to ensure that com Revenue to proper procedures Are followed. 11s66, while liquor Revenue added the situation which parallels a total of Gallons of Jup t or More a similar occurrence in Portage Beer was sold to the end of March 19g7, compared than the 1966 Revenue of la Prairie first came to Light last Winter when a Bill to of the failure procedures. To follow Legal details of the government action have been mailed to the town Council. Claude Hinchcliffe who was the town s mayor during the period when the irregularities occurred was Defeated at the last civic election in Swan River ;