Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 30, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Old engine to run again although Alderman Alan Wade was concerned that the old Winnipeg Hydro locomotive 3 might Winnipeg City Council monday night approved its use by the Vintage locomotive we dont know anything about this engine do you know something about it Wade asked for All we this old locomotive May explode at any time and we will be liable for any the Vintage locomotive society proposes to operate the train Between Winnipeg and Grosse Leonard Claydon assured Wade that the Canadian Pacific railway had taken All necessary Steps t o guarantee the safety of the the valves have been As a matter of the engine got a Complete overhaul by the very company you work for the Juba As Custer March of dimes pie in the Eye by John Robertson youve heard of Little big right that where general Custer made his last stand against sitting there going to reenact All that at the University of Manitoba at noon Only the weapons have been changed to prevent another senseless lacking the original the event has been changed to custards last with mayor Stephen sitting Bull Juba of Winnipeg scheduled to sit right there while some Fork tongued red River settler plants creamy custard pie smack to his Little big theres a catch As Well As a Splatt because the person who gets to hang the custard pie on mayor Jubas prominent proboscis will have to pay to get into the pitchers the occasion is a celebrity put on by the Alpha Epsilon i to raise Money for the March of and the top bidders will get a crack not Only at the but at a few local disc jockeys and at the fort Garry Campus it All takes place thursday in the students Union building on Campus and anyone with the Money and the inclination is invited to said fraternity member Jerry Shore in an were delighted that the mayor decided to face up to such a formidable not Many other mayors would do a Quick Call found the mayor of the people in his office eager and willing to do his a pie will be a said mayor but in this you get a lot of weird things thrown at would he Chicken out before the big moment arrives we make a policy never to go Back on our Well be he the auction will be handled by professional auctioneer Harold Steiman of Carters auction and anyone failing to win a bid on the horde of celebrities will have a Chance to bid on any non entities who offer to donate their faces to the it will be quite said Juba and the others just stick their Heads through this Hole and splat and if they we can even arrange for a second Winnipeg free press Job special by Carrier soc per week january 1968 for the to tapping sounds of country listen to grand Ole direct from every eve Ning at on pm radio liquor and change May be reflected Here a show of childrens Art opened this week on the main floor of the Donald Street South area of Eaton downtown it is sponsored by the Manitoba association for Art Edu cation and runs to shown Are some of the prints and ceramics in the Kathy and her Mother Are seen viewing some of the objects Dis City school estimates up Over million provincial Aid figure unknown Winnipeg school boards 1968 expenditure estimates jumped monday by to Well Over the Mark before they were whisked away to the Manitoba Public schools finance Board to find out How much will be paid in the which dont j allow for the million in1 governments Grant crease asked by teachers or scale the increase requested included in in by the Canadian Union of Public crease approved monday were Are about to buy school per More than last years actual formantes in 1968 from the Riding at the 1968 estimates leave about million to be raised by local taxpayers through a special Levy on top of municipal and provincial pro Manitoba theatre pay for school by the Royal Winnipeg v for burglar alarm equipment in Perty since the school Board figures it has reached the top of the provincial government Grant scale with an estimated any pay increases to i teachers or other employees i will come is an additional amount to be raised by the special Levy on i the added to the estimates monday came in bits and pieces ranging from about to it came in the Middle of a three hour debate on whether for alterations i school in Blaze damages three suites a fire in a Winnipeg apart ment Block damaged three suites monday fire department spokesmen Uuele ii uni be Ucucu Uii Wii Luiei i n trustees should debate the by Bolan whats Good enough Peter Ontario in liquor advertising May be Good enough for Paul but red tape in the follow the Leader game of liquor advertising May hold up the Manitoba switch until Ontario policy changes will soon allow pictures of alcohol containers and kegs to appear in Adver when Manitoba switched its position last year before the pan american games to allow liquor it used the Ontario code of ethics As a chairman of the Manitoba liquor control said in an we formed our policy on the Ontario we decided we would be no More blatant than they bans the Indus Ibn any Normal Container Sli liquor i Rodger said if representations were made to the commis1 the matter would be but if it in j the matter would have to be approved by the ads or moves Are afoot for the government to make it easier to accept the customers the present order form in Only 36 of 113 toboggans set Coni plete first Lap of race jailed by Neil Lois tit Minnesota i Laffi less on third of the original entries in the third the new rules include Timothy Noah of Roseau of support vehicles which does not allow the service Crews to was second across the finish line after the flying i father intends to finish the travel along with the race for the sport of if the Toboggan Breaks Down i t h Manitoba liquor stores is on its Way form on an elegant Bond paper with Quality printing and the Manitoba Buffalo on it will appear in about a the have same information to be Given by will the customer but the new layout will make things easier for the weather report synopsis valid until Midnight wednesday a narrow band of Cloud and a few Snow flurries associated with a Ripper fever disturbance was expected to move East across Central Manitoba this temperatures Over most of the Southern Prairies expected to be Zero to 5 above this another disturbance from the Pacific has moved in on the West coast and will move rapidly East across the Northern states Cloud and expected Over Southern Alberta this will spread across the Southern half of the Eastern Prairies this afternoon and sunny skies and somewhat colder air will return to the Eastern and Northwestern Prairies Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan will varying amounts of i figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures annual Paul inter National snowmobile race sur Vived Hie first Days run Monald 1s irreparable by the i ranking a 130mile Lap across Day and were at the starting Jit is automatically country front Here to Park line Here for the second Lap this j the new rules also stipulate a rapids where they will spend deadline for All toboggans to the night and continue of in machines Cross the finish me monday i 01 l seven nth Neelans runs Sotl the line a Nhav 12 months a found guilty of setting fire to the Dominion Box Pritchard 8 t0 one year the debate monday and wait until the estimates return from the provincial Board in about two weeks with an exact outline of provincial trustee Mary Kardash Drew heavy criticism from other trustees for suggesting that the Board consider More like 10 per cent As a salary raise for the cites the teachers have turned Down a per cent offer the Board made in reply to the teachers request for per cent increases in the boards instructional services last year instructional ser vices Cost the Board most of it teachers1 the estimated Cost under the 1967 salary agreement would be in up about million or seven per the latest teacher requests would add another trustee Olga Fuga said the Board was already almost million above the provincial suite 37 Balmoral occupied by Wallinger and two suites directly below the second floor suite where the fire broke out suffered water they were occupied by Flye and careless smoking was the Likely cause of the fire which could be seen several blocks the fire department the Block is owned by Smith red Cross target the 1968 Manitoba red Cross Campaign target has been set at provincial Campaign chair Man Gordon Riach said in a release tuesday has already been assured from United Way campaigns in greater Morden and the remainder of the province will be asked contribute in March to1 a Campaign aimed at collecting the remaining Only 36 survived the 176mile first i seven toboggans crossed the line p i within on half hour after dead were guests which eventually most from monday night the sentence was passed to Friday o n Anthony Daniel of 371 Manitoba Drivers in Winnipeg county froze i the tracks of the Randy kites of was first to finish the Lap with a time of five 10 minutes and 38 Wayne of was Sec Ond with five 12 and 43 and Lerry a Edblad of Roseau third with five 15 minutes and eight renewal plan okd Council approved Long Range Newa measures Are regarded Gerald Reese of last j Deen years managed 4o place seven minutes f of Winnipeg downtown area Inola modern and Lively business and residential Core Are reason the Overath objective of strengthen ing the Core of the City and restoring its vitality As a place in which to live and Able and City Council j the committee suggested that in a submission to i the report be accepted As a Council i suitable guide to future renewal behind despite a the advisory 20minute delay m a slush Hole Mittee on housing and i implemented As soon As possible red River near i renewal commented on the j and that the Central mortgage the redevelopment and housing corporation and the province be supplied with released last i of ule the report gives detailed inform the initial phase involves the mation on the proposed Urban acquisition of the Midland Man i report of top Canadian was Allan har rower of Winnipeg who came 12th with a time office 46 minutes and 20 other canadians completing the first Lap were Clarence Baker of 20th t and George Dyck of most Drivers complained forecast becoming Cloudy with occasional Snow flurries and blowing Snow near Clearing after mainly sunny becoming Cloudy in the winds South at 20 with becoming Light near Midnight and northeasterly at 20 temperatures at Gimli and Winnipeg rising to 10 above this evening then falling to near 5 below by Dawn and remaining steady near 5 below wednesday Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora 29 last year Normal 30 56 0 19 5 19 5 11 6 8 3 31 26 u 10 15 15 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York 32 20 34 21 19 321 61 43 35 27 is 75 56 35 11 38 34 temperature comparisons mean highest on record in 1931 lowest on record in 1899 of the conditions along the red they said there were j numerous slush holes hidden beneath the Snow the first few vehicles were borne on top of the the Lastow thirds of the Field ran into difficulties As crusted Snow was broken by toboggans at one Point five vehicles were stranded in the same i officials Here could not Isay How Many vehicles in All were duped by the potholes but j they do know that All Drivers j were retrieved from tile j nobody went through the i however Many toboggans were left according to race the route left the red j River at Morris and took to the ditches of Highway Here More vehicles broke some i As a result of the previous pounding suffered on the sur face of the this years race officials have j set a stringent code of rules and have ample manpower to enforce one official said renewal scheme for an area bounded by the Canadian Paci fic railway tracks on the notre Dame Avenue on the main Street on the East i and Arlington Street on the should be redeveloped it the Long Range re i Trees and of Honor at a sentencing was delayed banquet Here in j two weeks to allow judge Irving Keith to consider a psychiatric report on court was told the accused was seen to enter the factory premises 23 with a Brown paper bag and what appeared to be a shortly after he left the building court was flames began shooting from the Hryciuk was later picked out by Oulu Ste Grouette from a crowd of bystanders watching firemen fight the Hryciuk said when the Fine was discovered he was Home with he said was attracted to the Blaze by fire trucks sounding their the judge said he want prepared to believe the mans in Grouette i think we have an unusual he is perfectly Clear about what he saw and no amount of Cross examination will Ever change Grouette said when he went to the factory the follow ing Day to help Clear the charred debris he found a bottle containing a Small amount of action in area 2 that the of he of Way right Otway and the Widen ing of William Avenue to 120 William the report into a downtown Broadway with landscaped Boule students marching for millions again its As easy As planting one foot ahead of the other and the Inch Tineh re wards Are in the the game is Miles for millions but beneath the levity of students beating 35 Miles of City pavements is a last year the Campaign for under developed target this year for a May 11 March is twice As Many walkers and another said Pat executive Dir Ector of the sponsoring Manitoba association for world about 50 students met at the legislative building last weekend and decided the Date and 35mile returns Are earmarked for a Community develop ment project As yet undecided in the carib chosen because of the pan american a visit to the area is by businessmen and students to select the pro the trip will not be financed by the said some Money from last years pledges is yet to be to Speed up re turns this May hold a massive Post March at a x depart ment store parking also on the drawing Board Are advertising transport and radio com and Mobile bands to entertain mar North Liberal meet Winnipeg North Liberal association will meet at tonight in West Kildonan collegiate to elect six delegates to the april 4 National Liberal leadership convention in guest speaker at the meeting will be leadership candidate and former Portage la Prairie Lloyd major Winnipeg election changes urged there had not been one violation reported during the first Days i by Hubert Beyer three motions that would bring about sweeping changes in Winnipeg government were re i feared to the special civic elec toral procedure committee after a Marathon debate the three motions called for abolition of the Ward sys election of All aldermen for two year terms at the same the reduction of City coun cil to 12 aldermen and t he mayor from 18 aldermen and the Alderman Mark who made the first two told Council that Winnipeg was the Only major City in Western Canada using a Ward system for the election of its the continuance of the pre sent Ward he is no longer the City request the provincial government to Amend tie Winnipeg charter to pro j vide that All members of City j Council shall be elected from i the City at i speaking on his second motion to elect All aldermen at the same time for two year Danzker said that the present system was responsible for the poor turnout at the nine aldermen Are elected to Council every year for two year a mayoralty election is held once every two every two when there is no mayoral he the number of voters is extremely i he told Council that Vancouver had successfully tried the proposed i in Vancouver and certain other Canadian the councils Are elected once every two years and this system seems to function the motion to reduce Council to 12 members and the mayor was made by William Mcgarva and seconded by All other major cities in Western Canada have smaller councils than Mcgarva in sure that the affairs of the City of Winnipeg could be efficiently governed by a smaller Alan Wade he claimed that aldermen were attending a record number of meetings now and would be in no position to take on any added we have 18 aldermen to attend the affairs of people in Winnipeg the area municipalities have about 100 representatives to take care of the same number of Wade cited Montreal which has so Many aldermen that you cant shake a stick at the he would not even look at any such request before the boundaries com Mission submits its Joseph Zuken told Council that the motion was nothing but i political surgery and Patch j rather than reducing the j number of he the City May be faced with having to increase the if we reduced Council to twelve it would also mean that a clique of seven greater Winnipeg election committee members would control the welfare of the Stinson said the motion represented the True conserva Tive approach to civic govern ment which always argues for he admitted that it might be possible to reduce the Council to 15members which make that much of a by and i we Are Well advised if we wait until the boundaries commission reports on its speaking on Danzker motion to abolish the Ward Zuken told Council that he want afraid of losing his seat but he the Vancouver has already second thoughts about and i think that any such request would be rather futile at this Wade said that system used now was a Good although the new demo cratic party could Only gain from an abolition of the ;