Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 6, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press in metropolitan Winnipeg program note Jack Shapira welcomes your comments Call him any evening Between 7 and 8, at 786-2441. By Carrier 50c per week tuesday february 6, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Winnipeg North Centre five of six Martin by Barky came supporters for external affairs. Minister Paul Martin put manoeuvred supporters for con Sumer affairs minister John Turner monday evening in a closely fought Battle to choose six delegates from the Federal constituency of Winnipeg North Centre to the Liberal party s april leadership convention. Although neither con tenders was present at the meeting attended by about 500 people in Daniel Mel Tyre collegiate the external affairs emerged a Clear Vic five of the six delegates chosen firmly committed to or. Martin s cause while Only one is a Backer a and Money missing about . He normally deposits he Day s Cash in the Bank Al he end of the Day police said. They said they Are question no a. Number of people. Internists meet Here this week a scientific meeting or specialists in internal Mede Cine will be held thursday Anc Friday in the fort Garry hotel sponsored by the american College of physicians the ses ions Are for specialists in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Speaker is or. John a. Layne consultant at the fort Henrj Aret Erans administration Hospi Tal in great Falls Montana. Or Layne is Regent for the Ameri can College of physicians. Mrs. Gladys Forth is shown with five of her children in the living room of her rented House at 161 Inkster Boulevard. She says that unless something is done about the run Down condition of the House she May have to give her children away. Mrs., Forth each month gets from the provincial welfare department and in children s allowances and a big chunk of the Money is spent on heat., Light and water because the House is ready for condemning she claims. Have to give eight children away by Hubert Beyer a Winnipeg woman who says. She s on welfare and lives in a "s95 .shack1 with eight children monday said she s so fed she May have to give her children away. Mrs. Gladys Forth told the Winnipeg civic Public health and welfare commit tee she lives in a run-down1 House at 161 Inkster Boulevard. leaked the floors were weak and All Jack s. Here vice president and manager of the mortgage department at investors Syndicate who has been re elected chair Man of the Manitoba Divi Sion of the Community planning association of Canada at the division s first meeting of 1968, the faucets were leaking. The wiring in the place was so bad i that a metro wiring inspector told the owner to get it fixed or the House would be condemned be cause it fire she said. Mrs. Forth told commit tee electricians had finally installed new wiring but something had gone and now she was without heat . Before i spent half the night checking the House because i was afraid a fire might break out now i can t even Cook a decent meal for the mrs. Forth said Alderman j. Gurzon Harvey represented the owner of the House and collected the rent every month every time i Call my Aid. Harvey to Tell him that it s impossible to live in the place he tells me that he has t got the Money to fix it up and then he hangs up on Slie said. Mrs. said in an interview that she received a month from the provincial welfare depart ment and in children s allowance. But my heat Light and water Bill Are so High that there s hardly anything left for she produced Bills which showed she paid for heat last month for electricity and about for water. I try to bring up my kids the Way. They should be brought up i Don t spend my. Welfare Money in Beer Premium payment blasted by Hart prof to speak Here Friday or. Peyton Lyon Politica science department chairman at Carleton University Ottawa will discuss Canada and the United nations Friday at Uhi . Or. Lyon a commentator on Canadian foreign affairs and author of a policy question Speaks at . At the College on the fort Garry Campus. His Radut to hear David Lewis sunday David Lewis member of parliament for York South and Deputy Leader of the new democratic party will address a meeting of Hista Drut Israel federation of labor at . Sunday in the Independent b Nai Abraham synagogue auditorium 235 Etc Skillen Avenue West Kildonan. Or. Lewis who specialized in labor Law As a member of the Legal firm of Jolliffe Lewis and Osier ill Toronto for Many years will speak of his experiences in Israel last year. East Kildonan City Council was rebuked monday for paying a Manitoba Hospital Premium for one Benefit period about six years ago by the Man for whom it was paid. Gerald Hart of East Kildonan told Council i Don t want the municipality to pay for my Bills. I d rather go to jail than pay or. Haft who has refused to pay his Manitoba Hospital premiums said he has never registered with the Hospital plan yet Council paid his Premium without his permission. He said he complained in a letter to Alderman Stanley the British wives association will meet at 8 . Wednesday in the clubroom of the free press building. Dowhan who said he had never received it Leslie Hutcheon the City s Secretary treasurer said in an interview the City Only paid or. Hart s Premium for a six month period in either 1960 or 1961. Earlier he told Council thai our Send request for payment until doomsday if he does t want to pay Aid. Norman p. Stapon Sale that if or. Hart who lives at 157 Oakview Avenue East Kil Donan Ever enters Hospital the City would be liable for his Bills but it could file Lien on his Perty for his refusal to pay the premiums. Parlours Why should i pay such outrageous amounts for heat Light and water just because the House is ready for condemning 1" a s k e. D mrs. Forth her husband deserted her More than three years ago she said and she has been alone with her nine children since ,0ne of them was married last year. What can-1 do i can t even give my children enough to eat right now i m so fed up the City May end up having to find Foster Homes for All of mrs. Perth s Case was referred to the City s health student drinking report the director of Manitoba s alcohol education service says contacts with More than students is leading to Anonymous information about in encased use of alcohol by students. William Potoroka executive director of the information said there has been an increase in student drinking in the past 10 years. But declined to release details until his study is Complete. He attributed the increase to More drinking in the Home wit parental consent and drinking outside the Home "usually1 with we Are gathering quite Ini data about Studen concerns in alcohol studies. In some cases information is als coming in anonymously Coince Ming the actual Drinkin practices of Manitoba teen he said the service was i touch w i t h students through an information program in schools. A More intensive program has reached Aneth e students. Vietnam War topic Rae Murphy editor of the c o m m u n i s t publication Canadian Tribune will speak at . Wednes Day to the student association to end the War in Vietnam at the University College of the University of Manitoba. Vandalism unreported deficient Sci tool police Liaison blamed in part by Michael Kostelnik a Cecil Rhodes school teacher Robert Lith own charged monday night that some teachers and other citizens withheld information from police about after hours vandalism in Winnipeg schools during the past year. Or. Lith own made the accusation in a Brief on school presented to a Winnipeg youth study group. The grief was one of three presented at the group s first Public learing held in the Winnipeg school Board office 1577 Wall Street. The study is sponsored by the a Winnipeg teachers association and the Winnipeg school Board t was launched after teachers and school trustees had expressed concern about armed an disrespect or authority and a Rise in the juvenile crime rate. Or. Lith own cited a Lack of Liaison Between school adminis rations and police As a Contri buting Factor to the withholding of information., citizens living near schools had often failed to Call police after seeing children breaking into schools. Vandalism had become an amusement in Many police had estimated the total Cost in goods stolen and Perty damaged in Winnipeg schools in 1967 was about but _ we estimate it much the Cost of vandalism at Cecil Rhodes alone since april had been authorities have taken some action but it has been too Little and has followed no consisted pattern. We feel a consistent program should some of the Brief s recommendations teachers should take a More Active role in stopping vandalism. Structural defects in school buildings such As broken locks and bad lighting in vulnerable areas should be corrected. Police should Check schools at least once a night at varying times. If these actions did t work other suggestions were staggering the hours of Jani tors so that one would be present from 4 . To mid night Locking away of valuables and installation of alarm sys tems. In the second Brief Isobe Grierson guidance counsellor a Earl Grey school asked the provincial government to get re of the Vaughan Street detention lome and replace it with a letter building. Miss Grierson said newspaper v reports had stressed that Lack., of space at the Home made it uncomfortable. But the real. Problem posed by the Lack of " space is that there is no room Tor proper recreation or rehabilitation she said. The staff can t do very much with the kids except keep them from pushing each other through the girls a quarters Are almost As bad As the there s nothing to do All Day but read comics and do r a bit of the evening s final report was i by h. Edward White represent ing the Manitoba association for children with learning Isabil Hies. The report said Many serious behavioural problems among adolescents Are based mainly in learning disabilities. And social maladjustment tended to occur in the children after they because learning disabilities to function successfully in the school program. Next youth study will be at . Feb. 12 in Gordon. Bell High 3 Broadway place. Fire safety lectures this month fire prevention lectures fort nursing Home be held this month in Dauphin Brandon Bois Seveiri and Winni Peg the Manitoba department i of health announced recently. Lectures will be held tuesday i in the Dauphin town Hall feb. 13 Toi Neelin school in Brandon i and feb. Boissevain. A final lecture will be conducted feb 27 in the Norquay building Winnipeg. The lectures include films in fire prevention and demonstrations of fire fighting equipment. They Are conducted by the fire commissioner s office. E. Kildonan bans t City registry use the East Kildonan. Police department will no longer be Able to use the Central of the Winnipeg police department As the result of a motion passed by East Kildonan City Council monday evening. Council passed the motion in reply to Winnipeg City Council s decision to charge outside 46 cents a per son annually for use of Winnipeg s Central . This would Cost East Kildonan. About a year. Earlier East Kildonan Council received a letter from police chief Chris Einfeld who said that he did t believe the City needed the service since the information can be obtained from another the which was passed unanimously termed the service charge however Council decided not to retaliate against the Winnipeg police department. Their police department feel free to Contact East Kildonan s police departments for any information which May require and same will be provided without charge i mayor Michael Ruta this is gimmick of mayor Juba s to get every Dollar he can for the City of. Alderman Stanley Dowhan. Moved that Council Winnipeg City Council that charge is unacceptable and that the East Kildonan police department will withhold information from the Winnipeg police department until factory arrangements Are this motion was Defeated 3 2 with aldermen Norman Sta Pon John Huyda and Clifford j. Garvie voting against Alder men Dowhan and Anthony Reid voted in Elm Park Bridge boutique plan quashed a _ mall on the red River which would include boutiques bouquets and bathrooms has been called by St. Vital City Council a Good idea but a bad practical move. Council unanimously lauded a plan by two University students to make the Elm Park Bridge a tourist attraction then tossed the plan Inlo the Ashcan by refusing to allow them to have the Bridge. The students will Hechter of 803 Oak Street and Robert Crump 55 Kingston Row St. Vital were shot Down by residents whose Homes Border the riverbanks on both Winnipeg and St. Vital sides of the red. The University of Manitoba students appeared before coun cil monday night with their plan provided by architectural students at the a request for either a is Sale or a three to five year lease on the Bridge. The blueprint called for a pedestrian Bridge which the Elm. Park Bridge now is carrying Small shops outdoor cafes colourful lights and in answer to criticism rest rooms. One petition two delegations and three letters later St. Vital Council voted to retain the Bridge in. The City s name neither sell nor rent it. The students plan called for a construction budget. The Bridge which would have been artificially flowered would have been open for business in the summer Only covered during rainstorms and closed for Busi Ness when the cold weather arrived. Objection in the petitions letters and by the delegation included a Lack of area parking the noise and traffic factors and bad language dangers. Brian Turnbull of 798 Jubilee Avenue told Council he opposed the plan because the language of those crossing the Bridges Jiw is bad enough i have complained to police a number of times and nothing is done. What would it be if adults whom you can t Chase off were using our gardens As the Jubilee Avenue residents association protested on behalf of More than 400 a petition came from ton Row and Kingston ratepayers. The promoters of the plan arrived at Council armed with plans and maps. Their efforts were highly praised by As was their the vote opposing the Bridge was Unanue Mous in the interest of the ;