Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 7, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Break by Bill Trebilcox j. S. Mitchell of fort Gary says he no intention of joining the Oriental wonder lands society despite the folder he has received in the mail with promises of unlimited Success in everything from love to lotteries from the exotic wording of the Oriental sales pitch the head Man would appear to be Maharaja Pratap i Maharaj world famous tantric astrologer and psalmist with 110 mantra a Poags he take no chances on financial matters despite the Powers of a magic purse purse of wealth which will solve your financial problems for All time Roll in riches As soon As it reaches your to make sure he continues to Roll in riches he asks Send him in . Funds. Best buy for your appears to be the super special powerful. If for All purposes. This is a special gift Boon to you and your dears and nears for solving All your problems in life. The this gift last for 100 years. It can be passed from one generation to i the sales pitch arrived at the Mitchell Home in one of those Holdover airmail message forms with Indian which was t cancelled. The mailing address for All those Rushing to donate is in est Africa. Or Mitchell said he has no idea Why he was chosen for the in Pilege of gaining All the mysterious Powers promised in return for hard earned Cash the better business Bureau has Rio information on the Man with the 110 mantra jape Post authorities indicate there s nothing illegal about the solicitation. Maybe the office would like a few of the magic pens writing Success to be used in examination Hall or for writing love letters in All matters where pen used.1 t r Steve Solilo Csc news cameraman did t injure himself by falling out of a plane at Churchill. He did fall off a plane at grand rapids however and sufferer two broken Rich. As Jit happened the Demon camera Hank was t even shooting film. Or. Solilo was on an assignment and had been filming Progress of the Mani Toba Hydro development. Bad weather had kept the ski equipped Beaver Turbo on the ground for two Days so they decided to return South. The night before Takeoff Date Jan 25, it had sleeved and or. Sohlo was helping the Pilot to remove the stiff Canvas from the plane climbing Down he put his foot on a wheel it moved and or Solilo hit the ground heavily enough to two he s due bail at work any Day none the worse and with the distinction of being possibly the Only Camerman to be injured falling off a plane when telling the a toy no one every mentions that the plane was t in the air1 the untimely death of a Fine Friend Leo Hunter is a deep was ideals of family Church and Community. Known in athletic circles As one tireless rods workers he f was instrumental in that club s winning the Canadia Junior football Crown at the first shrine in Calgary. Or. Hunter will be missed by those for a Torii worked As of crippled children 3. Could t slave had a better a Emmer of White Cane week than the poem to Louis braille from the Canadian authors review author of the poem and another dedicated to Helen Keller is Therese Goulet Courchaine f Orr Ferl of St Adolphe Man and now resident in Maison Ste. Croix St Boniface mrs. Courchaine the Mother of four children is a Blind amputee but continues to write with an insight unhampered by her Lack of vision f Lynn Lake doctor ordered mercy flight it has been pointed out that a Story appearing in 26 edition of the free press headlined appendix ruptured and no doctor and dateline Lynn Lake Man was not Correct in some details. The Story said two Vic Tims of appendicitis had to be flown out of Lynn Lake by chartered aircraft while the town s one doctor was in fact the or. S. S. Lazarus was on hand and ordered the appendicitis victims flown to Hospital because he could t handle the surgery alone. Neither had a ruptured appendix. The free press regrets and regrets any inconvenience or e m b a r Ras sment 11 May have caused weather report synopsis i valid until Midnight thur Day mild weather covers the Prairies and is the main feature of the Outlook for the next two or figures on map indicate expected High temperatures today min Vancouver u Calgary 25 Edmonton 19 Regina 10 Brandon 19 -5 Pas 6 0 to Winnipeg fort Willa m 11 -7 .25-10 Kenora in -7 .01 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York temperature comparisons Max. Min. Pre. 27 39 23 31 .16 74 72 36 42 13 22 10 27 25 50 53 12 33 .04 .15 .18 feb. 6 Normal Max. Min. Mean -11.3 -7.3 2.0 -4.3 -28.3 .-16.3 10.8 -7.8 1.5 highest on record 37.6 in. 1878 lowest on record -42.6 in g free press 0 program note mornings at and and evenings at and Job gives up to the minute reports on the 1968 Winter olym-1 5 pics in Grenoble France. 5 by Carrier soc per week wednesday february 7, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mail by the up o. Dept., Ottawa and t for payment of postage in Cash. Tagged Driver fined the first person arrested on a warrant under the new traffic tag system in Winnipeg was fined a total of in Winnipeg magistrate s court monday. John Rose 19, of 455 airlines Street pleaded guilty to a charge of., exceeding the Speed limit. He was issued the traffic tag Jan 21 and was summonsed to appear Jan. 30.-he failed to do so and a warrant for his arrest was issued. Magistrate i. V. Ubienski fined1 him exceeding the Speed court costs for failing comply with a traffic offence notice. Rose was Given the option of 10 Days in jail clerk of the Couit George Parkin said tuesday another Man was arrested monday on a warrant under the. New tagging system. The bail on these warrants is he said. Under the new traffic tag system in effect since january the Date by which the offender must appear m court or at the traffic office is stated previously a summons had to be served on the offender after the traffic tag had been issued. The tags issued Only for moving offences Are made out in Quadruplicate. One copy goes offender another goes to the police and two Are retained by the clerk of the court s off ice if the Driver is convicted one of the copies in the clerk of the court s office is sent to the registrar of motor vehicles office store held up 3rd time for the third time in two the same North Winni Peg grocery store was the target of Holdup artists tuesday night police said two Young men walked into Kramer s grocery 352 Manitoba Avenue around 7 30 the sported knives Banff told the proprietor behind the counter give us your the proprietor immediately ran to leading to an adjoining suite where he and his wife live banged on the door and yelled for his wife. This was apparently enough to scare the thugs off fled without taking anything. Are looking for two youths about .20 years old both about five feet five inches tall and both wearing dark clothing. In the two previous holdups Money was taken. Ballet step to Steppes Uncertain Royal Winnipeg Ballet Tours of Eastern european countries will remain undecided until the Ballet s general manager re turns from an extended trip to Moscow Budapest and Warsaw. The general manager j. Sergei Sawchyn. Cabled Ballet officials in Winnipeg from Budapest to announce tension of his trip. Ballet officials said they had lost Contact with or Sawchyn when he changed his itinerary and stayed longer than planned in Moscow. No definite word has been received whether the Royal Winnipeg Ballet has agreed to tour in any of the countries he has the Ballet officials said or a press statement. Arrangements cannot be completed until " Sawchyn returns to free press meetings meetings to be held thursday in the free press building Are at 2 . Clubroom Manitoba old age pensioners society at 8 . Clubroom fort Garry Kennel club Board room ladies auxiliary French reservists. Henderson school Manitoba liberals who planned to meet Friday at the Curtis hotel have meeting place to John Render school Brazier Street and Leighton Avenue. Liberals ;