Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 31, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee break by Bill Trebilcox Winnipeg free press s program note 8 nationally known news columnist Charles chief of Southam news appears on the John Harvard Irriger 50c per week january 1968 5 if Walter Weir is in dire need of a vote 12 years from know where he can get one for Debbie Wilson will be 2i by then and Premier Weir has made a Friend of her for the Niney Earold miss wrote the Premier a letter about the condition of her beloved Sturgeon Creek on her Home is adjacent to the Creek and from her bedroom she can see the accumulation of junk that being deposited in the Creek bed and along the Banks by people who see it not As a potential Beauty of but a potential Premier weirs received within a said in it Hagood of you to mention the matter of Sturgeon Creek and i will make the facts known to those who May be to prevent the damaging of the now that people people government Vintage locomotive shares in the Vintage locomotive society will go on Sale next week at each and anything higher that interested citizens May want to contribute to the operation of the old City Hydro 3 steam engine this colourful made up in the form of Stock certificates and them go Many privileges outlined on the while they state quite truthfully that they Are not of much monetary value they do give the shareholder the privileges of talking boasting and boost ing the prize railway antique that Winnipeg has in the last remaining operational steam locomotive of its Type in North now that Winnipeg City Council has approved the title to the Vintage locomotive society it will be operational this summer along with appropriate Alderman Leonard Claydon and the Small group of in men who kept the project alive deserve a vote of thanks from those of us who dont want to Trade All the memories of our Earlie transportation for the efficiency of a Monorail or roman numerals one City lawyer who so convinced that latin is a dead language that Hes even forgotten How to read roman numerals which adds up to quite a Handicap when you want to quote chapter and verse from a Law i the lawyer in question was appearing before judge Leon Benard in Boniface county court last As he presented his argument to the judge he attempted to quote a pertinent Section of a Law Book a couple of times finally exasperated he said to the i cant read these roman numerals and Bocik to a Youthful associate to finish the the Young who looked about finished the Job All the explosions in the Northern Manitoba Community Arent taking place in connection with Mineral theres been a real population explosion1 in the comparatively Short life the inc site and last thursday marked the arrival of the baby parents of baby Are and Carl the proud father is an underground employee with International our town parents interested in the problems of children with learning disabilities Are invited to a special meeting at the meeting will be held at 825 Sherbrook a girl who lives at Pinawa is missing a jacket following a reunion o2 campers from Belair which was held 27 at Young United the person we took the wrong one May straighten out the mix up by calling Mcgregor of the campers at 6 Roslyn rofl suite woman with a View to promoting Manitoba with tourists wants to know Why some enterprising Winnipeg Fine China outlet haunt suggested to British suppliers that they turn out something with Crocus she says the Manitoba Floral Emblem comes in four colors and could make an attractive Bone China British Columbia is already represented with a Royal Albert pattern in White six picked to go 3 said to be pro Hellyer weather report synopsis valid until Midnight Tittle change in the Prairie weather pattern from that of the two or three Days is Pacific disturbances moving rapidly East across the Northern states will continue to bring periods of cloudiness and Snow flurries to the Southern sections of the forecast districts today and considerable fluctuation in temperatures Over the Southern Prairies will continue As the colder air seesaws Back and Forth with the passage of each an extensive Ridge of High pressure will maintain Clear and very cold weather Over the Northern half of t figures on the map indicate expected High tempera Tures g Homo f new f by Barry came transport minister Paul Hejl yers bid for the National Liberal leadership was Given an added nudge tues Day night by Liberal party supporters in the Federal constituency of Winnipeg the push came when close to 700 party followers filled the auditorium in West Kildonan collegiate to select the slate of voting delegates who will represent the constituency at the april leadership convention in while commitments at this stage in the race Are most of those chosen can be expected to Back the transport ministers bid for prime minister pearsons of the six delegates voted three Are known to favor one is supporting external affairs minister Paul one is a Backer of Justice minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and one is the Winnipeg North meeting tuesday night was the first of what will be 14 similar gather Ings to choose delegates from each of the provinces Federal Winnipeg which has been a fortress of new demo cratic support in the has rarely witnessed the turnout of apparent liberals who showed up and it became clearly evident during the few of those who attended were drawn by the guest speaker Lloyd the first entry in the leadership had to shout the first portions of his 15 minute address Over a Din of shuffling feet and scraping the former Portage la Prairie mayor never completely Cap tured his audience As he appealed support of his bid for the and the results of the ballot ing for which saw 14 contenders vying for the six bore witness to the fact that Henderson is not prime ministerial material in the eyes of the party followers in Winni Peg he can be expected to Garner no votes from the delegates aside from the Young Liberal was a slate that had been presented to the meeting by a special nominating for a time it appeared As if the meeting was going to Buck the suggestions of the nominating committee which had re commended six four of whom Are members of the executive of the Winnipeg North constituency eight other in eluding some prominent Resi dents such As metro councillor Peter lawyer Harry former Liberal candidate Mel Fenson and chess master councillor babe Yanofsky of West were moved from the but when the results were tallied Only Kenneth managed to break into the slate As the Young Liberal Delegate in place of the committees Naomi per other delegates chosen were Robert f 1 o o m constituency president Norman constituency vice president Leonora constituency Vic president Ben hew a member of the executive Rov false ads increasing retail chief provincial attorney general accused of not prosecuting the general manager of the retail merchants association of Canada says false advertising and misrepresentation in Adver Tising Are increasing All across and must j be slowed Down or by Dave Banner Dick occupies a min desk and seat in a classroom at land Mark High behind him is Friend Karl 49 inches has added More than two inches in height since june through growth hormone now he says they opened the door to a new 1h hormones life9 by Kevin Boland staff Dick Hildebrand is More than a student at a mini desk in Row classroom landmark to the 189 citizens of this win blistered Village 22 Miles Southeast of Winni he represents a Page in medical he is 20 years spreads 65 pounds on a 49 Inch six months ago he was 2vi inches three pounds by his 23rd specialists at Mayo expect him to break five feet three he is said to be the Only person in Canada to have been injected with human growth injections that six months ago ended a 12year wait for the Hilde Brand teacher first noticed a growth impediment when the Young Hildebrand was about a Winnipeg physician confirmed the boys pituitary gland the gland that govern the growth rate in humans had the Only suggested the was the Mayo where experiments on the ailment were being con i made my first visit when i was about Hildebrand Ive lost count Mayo specialists knew the ailment could be cured with hormone but the another grocery Holdup target by Pieter Vanbennekom the but he thought i was i another Winnipeg grocery store became a Holdup target tuesday night As a masked gun Man fled with about from had dads 764 Mcdermot it was the eighth Holdup tempt on Small neighbourhood grocery stores in greater Winni Peg since not All of them have been the robbery took place shortly before 9 when the stores Fred and a woman employee were there were a dozen people in too he grabbed a Bunch of i ones i Haddad said the Man put i the Money into his pocket and j ran from the if i would have been 11 probably could have tripped j at him up coming around the Back of the but i didst think j of that at the Haddad he said he also doubted the authenticity of the gun the Man was i dont think it was its hard to i dont know too much about he would school the store about five minutes he must have been standing around the Comer waiting for them to Haddad said in an he said the Bandit waved a hand gun in their faces and told hand it Over in not Haddad said he started handing Over the Money from have been easy to scare away if id been sure it was a toy i but How can you be sure j Haddad said the Man was Well mannered and seemed to be scared he described the Bandit As about five five inches in Stockill built and Wear ing a Black Waist length a Hood Over his face and a Green Cap on his hurdle was extracting them successfully from last said the they made the breakthrough that will change his it was the key that unlocked the door of a lilliputian All i had to look Forward to was a Job in an office probably because someone would thought it was his Good the thrice weekly inject administered by a doctor in a nearby Are flown from the Rochester clinic to at first i believe it when they selected me for the there were about a dozen others asking for he was despite his because he was in better physical condition than the doctors said the collapse of the pituitary also helped retain Bone a significant the words of new Hope rippled from Blu Egrey eyes flashed As thoughts became words in near staccato he he was born i never had any real trouble compensating for my limited it just never affected i never let the worst Days he said there were few were first Days Back at you he that they would feel after a few Days it was there int anybody Here who thinks Dick Hildebrand that Little but his real ambition must be i wanted to be a football maybe six feet six inches weigh in at about this is landmark the Village that May earn its name with the occupant of seat Row classroom rolling said in Winnipeg tuesday that his organization has requested amendments to Section 306 of the criminal code of can Ada which deals with false advertising and noted that we have failed to see any manifestations of any prosecutions taking place by provincial attorneys general anywhere in under the present Section in a speech delivered at the 28th annual convention of Mani Toba and Lakehead farm equipment retail dealers association of rolling said his association has also requested an amendment to the combines regulations to allow the research and investigation Branch to regulate objectionable he criticized Section 34 of the combines investigation act he literally gives free licence i to predatory Price false and misrepresent Active bait and switch advertising and worst of loss he recommended the abolition of this rolling also urged an increase in the taxation of co operatives and credit unions to bring it More into line with the imposed on Normal Busi Ness n he said his association has t suggested to finance Mitchell Sharp that the 5 cent ceiling on Lon term granted under the Small Nesses Loans act be lifted that the maximum amount which May be loaned be to from re he assured his audience his association is continuing press for compensation the in the collection Tbs Manitoba percent sales earlier in his rolling accused moving in on the Side of the consumer Lishing the ministry of and corporate Independent retailers across he must be integrated and organized have a single voice which to meet possible Croach ment by a representing the big j the big corporate the big manufacturer who be the dominant forces in economic i say i unless we Are organized we the danger of what we known in strayed inadvertently or Wise by government no link 9 by Chris Ladd Royal Canadian mounted Winnipeg they Are satisfied there is no connection Between the disappearance of a Niney Earold Winnipeg girl and the discovery of a girls Skelton near bran we just cant draw any parallel Between the two Situa said an ramp spokes Man the remains of the body were sent to to and he was that it is now believed the girl died in the summer of 1967 and this would have the Mclean girl 104 at the time it just other leads have been in and the ramp spokesman said the situation regarding identification of the remains looks Kimberley Anne Mcdougall said tues i t she had seen the newspaper article but haunt thought any thing of it because ramp believed the body to be that of a v 3to5yearold but my granddaughter Small for her age it could be her one has to know for in w i n n i p e g Kimberley Donald her had been in touch with ramp in so wed know for Kimberley had asked her Mother if she could go for a swim soon after their arrival at i her Mother told her to wait until after supper but the left wandered away from a Cabin june at Camp Alloway in the big White Shell where she and her parents had been attend ing a boy scout association provincial staff cab and walked Mclean left the Cabin a moment later but could not find her she said at time she the remains of a Childs body were found by Deer Hunters in the Brandon some 20 feet from a country Road in dense Bush in John Kimberley j believed the girl ran into the Bush by one out a different and was in Hunters found the body of a aged 3 to in the Brj Hidon Hills about 10 Miles Southof ramp said there was no Annes read a re signs of violence on the port in the Sudbury Star which outlined the mystery surrounding the death of an unidentified girl near i called the Sudbury Star and j Matching asked them for More inform and the Only clues were the girls blonde hair and her it consisted of a Black Cotton Cowboy Type jacket plastic shoes vote valid Kildonan Toboggan or in 4th place judge says forecast Cloudy with sunny periods Clearing by becoming Cloudy with Snow flurries thursday winds becom ing cast by 20 thursday Low tonight for Gimli and Winnipeg High thursday 5 temperatures for the 24hour period which ended at 6 wednesday Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora 30 last year Normal 31 2 4 9 2 7 14 Angeles 15 16 York 37 37 38 35 40 77 60 36 42 10 19 11 31 32 60 51 32 37 temperature comparisons mean highest on record in 1964 lowest on record in 1899 judge Leon Benard of Boniface county court has Dis missed three complaints Alleg ing irregularities in the 15 i vote for a unitary school division system around Stein j the judges ruling Means both the 15 referendum which i passed by eight votes and the 26 election of school trustees Are i the from three i area were that a Blind j Man want Given Legal methods of that two Brothers who we rent listed on the polling list 1 were asked to disclose How they would vote and that at least one person under 21 the j judge said there want suffix Dent evidence to support any of i the by Neil Louttit Park Minnesota an East Kildonan Power Toboggan Deal tuesday moved into fourth place in the Paul International snowmobile race and remains the Only Canadian considered a serious contender in the 500mile Harrower is one of two Canadian entries remaining in the Field of 25 on the third Lap of the race from Here to the other is George Dyck of who moved into 19th spot from 30lh following tuesdays second Randy h i t c s of Winner of mondays first remains in first place in the Overall standings with a 15 min ulc Lead Over Vern Ricard of Dale also of Crook was first across the finish line tuesday and is third in the Overall Harrower completed the 130mile Lap in three five minutes and nine mov ing him to fourth place from 12th place where he had finished Dyck completed the run in three 25 minutes and seven in an interview tuesday night Harrower said the Lap from Crookston was fast and the former Manitoba motor Cycle who claims to i have Given up wheels in favor of said he believes he stands a Good Chance providing he does not encounter mechanical the machine is running Good so Harrower is driving a Polaris Toboggan and Dyck i has a i tuesdays run took its toll of the Field of 36 that started the second Lap from victims of the stretch included Gerald Reese of last years Winner and fourth place finisher Wayne i Burkel of second place finisher and Leroy Lindblad of third place finisher j Reese lost one ski about 70 Miles out of Park rapids and continued with one ski for another 35 when he encountered an obstacle which snapped the second there ended the race for the former several of the Drivers arrived at a fuel Stop before a fuel the scheduled race to truck was they did not Brainerd where they will spend wait but continued on to a the thursday the toboggans will be trucked 17 Miles to where they will take off on the last this Lap was originally scheduled to be a 125mile run into but a Lack of Snow has forced an and at this time it will be a 25 mile sprint across Lake Mille ending at race officials said tuesday that route could be completed if substantial Snow fell before thursday tuesday night at Park rapids it Felt More like than Snow and remained at 30 none of the Drivers held much Hope that the original route would be service station 20 Miles Down the and were forced to buy fuel at their own several others waited for the fuel truck As a have filed complaints about their j one unofficial source said some times May be altered As a i result of no official word is expected until Timothy the Fly ing father from was knocked out of the race monday j but is completing the course for his own he completed tuesdays 130mile leg i without j today the Toboggan its have a j 94mile Jaunt the shortest of ;