Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 9, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee break by Bill Trebilcox Winnipeg free press j program note o two Home economists from Winnipeg Hydro will be on Job to give expert advice on household problems. Phone them Mon. Afternoons to 2 at 786-2441. By Carrier soc per week piday Efry diary 9 19fi8 authorized As 2nd class mad by the p o dept ski at of to Kurkt i ottawa1 and for payment of postage in Cash appearance by the piano team of Parks arid Burdett on cwt s around town show hosted by Jack tur Buir brought Back pleasant memories not Only for Mitch Parks and Percy Burdett but for Many who were their faithful listeners when they were one of the Csc radio networks Niamoi attractions. A Short talk with Percy the other night added some of the lighter moments of. The Parks Burdett Story. Take the time Mitch was on his honeymoon und Percy was to carry the network broadcast alone. Just before air was struck with a tick Irig in the Throat and coughing. He thought he d cure it with a couple of lozenges that should lasted the 15 minutes. To quote Percy the program consisted of 15 minutes of me coughing with soft piano music in the piano up in music doubling on trumpet on several shows a Talent he stall uses at Csc. Percy achieved the distinction of going into the investment Field without losing a Friend and even winning the gratitude of some of his former broadcasting associates Many of whom Are enjoying financial returns today because Peicy twisted their arms years ago to make them invest in savings plans but he still can t resist the urge to sit Down at the piano someone is missing a bet by not having Parks and Burdett perform one More time our town the musicians Jimmy King is looking for a record naturally the title is somebody up there digs me it s a Louis Jordan disk and the number Kingo would particularly like to get is saturday night fish try if you know where the Jordan just look up Jimmy King s orchestra. If the expression in t too Erent somebody up h there really digs the clergymen who attended a morn ing interfaith session a the Canadian mental health association building on Edmonton Street. The association paid All their parking tickets friends of Peter Pellaerts the 22-year-old Man who sustained Burns to 75 per cent of his body 10 weeks ago in a fire at nuclear enterprises say his recovery has been amazing. This week Marks the first time family and close friends have been allowed to visit him without donning surgical masks and aprons. The courageous Young dutch canarian faces Many More weeks in Grace Hospital and he s already had numerous skin graft operations. Maple Leaf Memorabilia a recent Story about tree surgery on the 160-year old Silver Maple that inspired Alexander Muir to write the Maple Leaf forever 101 years ago has prompted some inquiries As to its exact location. Among others Beatrice Blomfield 115 Pioneer Avenue would like the exact address of the Muir House now occupied by 60-year-old Margaret Francis and her 70-year-old sister Mamie Southard. The Best i can do is suggest correspondence be directed to them care of Alexander Muir House Toronto. Rest assured the Post office will make the delivery. Toronto May have its Maple Leaf forever tree but Killarney Man., has the Only Green fire engine in the country. Earl Mills Public relations Man for Manitoba Hydro passes along information about the town that prides itself on being a breath of the old Sod right in the heart of Manitoba. And naturally says or. Mills the fire engine has a name the Jolly Green giant and while i take off to play an Active role in heart month the Man responsible for naming the Saskatchewan roughriders the Jolly Green giants in print John Robertson joins Coffee break. During a stint with the Regina Leader Post As football expert and team Jester John began to refer to Toughie coach Bob Shaw As the. Jolly Green giant and the name caught on for the team. You la enjoy him. Police act to foil Holdup men business men get tips their use of guns opposed by Ron Campbell a spate of armed robberies in Central and North Winnipeg during the last two months has prompted the Winnipeg police department to take special measures. Police chief George blow declined to specify Whai the measures Are but said thurs Day they were decided on at two meetings of senior police offi cers wednesday. He advised businessmen to keep a minimum of Money in the till and to phone the emergency number 999 if they Are suspicious of anyone lurking around business premises. If a business is victimized by Ibbers chief blow gave this advice the Skyline of the Manitoba Centennial concert Hall Domi nates the East Side of main Street across from the civic Centre As the finishing touches Are applied to the building. It will be opened officially March 27 and a special concert will be held March 28. Juba asks Ottawa to make Churchill a free port a free port at Churchill Lias Een suggested by May or Hen Juba of Winnipeg if the Federal government established such a pit it would mean All Good s arriving at and having Churchill would be duty in a letter to prime minister Earson the mayor said a free Ort would not Only attract new weather report synopsis valid until Midnight cold air Over Manitoba pushed West across most of Saskatchewan so that Only Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan were in mild air. Most of Saskatchewan is Cloudy with above average temperatures. Manitoba is mainly Clear and cold a weather disturbance expected to move southward tonight May bring a few Snow flurries to Eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Mainly sunny weather ii expected saturday across the Prairies with the line botwen the mild air and the cold air mass at about the Middle of Saskatchewan. Figures on fhe map indicate expected High temperatures today forecast clouding Over this afternoon. A few Light Snow flurries today. Sunny with a few Cloudy periods saturday. Little change in temperature. Winds southerly at 20 . Low tonight Tor Gimli and Winnipeg Zero High saturday 10. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Friday Max. Win. Pre. Vancouver Calgary 49 Edmonton 39 Regina 32 Max. Man. Pre. 45 27 21 17. Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora. 7 -7 in -14 -2d 24 -1? 16 -25 to to .01 Olla a 14 Toronto 26 Montreal 15 Halifax 26 Chicago 34 59 los Angeles a 65 Minneapolis 31 new York. 34 to .57 .31 .06 temperature comparisons Maxman. Mean i feb. 8 18.0 -15.0 1.5 last. Year 10.9 -3.2 3.9 i Normal -7.4 2.0 highest on record -39.4 in 1961 lowest on record -44.5 in 1899 liberals pick Dow by Barry came Deloraine Man. De Dow a Veteran of 25 years n politics will carry the Iberal party s Standard into he March 4 by election in Turtle Mountain. Or. Dow who has twice before represented this Southern Manitoba Riding in the Provin Cial legislature was nominated 3v acclamation thursday even ing As the party s candidate. The former mayor of Boissevain was unopposed in his bid for the nomination at a gather ing of 100 party followers in the masonic Hall at Deloraine 200 Miles Southwest of Winnipeg. He will now seek to regain the seat he resigned last month when a court of Queen s Bench decision voided his june election because irregularities on the part of the constituency s returning officer. Or. Dow who stepped Down a mayor in Decem Ber after 22 years in the Post first brought Turtle Mountain into the Liberal fold in 1959 after 43 years of. Conservative representation. He lost the. Seat in 1962 but regained it in 1966. His nomination thursday was warmly welcomed by Manitoba Liberal Leader Gil Mol Gat and Gordon e. Johnston Liberal Field organizer and Portage la Prai Rie la. Or. Mol Gat told the gathering the forthcoming a y election would give Manitoban an Opportunity to voice what lie said was a widespread desire for a change of government. The by election won t change the government this time but it will give you a Chance to speak nut Tor. The things you want he said. The liberals look at the by election As the first real test of conservative Premier Walter Weir s stewardship. Or. Mol Gat repeated his Call for abolition of provincial estate taxes. He a halt to the government s plan to centralize Hospital facilities in key centres urged a new Deal for Urban education and the Supply of education and Job Opportunity data to Young people. The progressive conservatives will nominate their candidate to night at a Boissevain meeting. The social credit party is expected to nominate a contender and the new democrats Are considering a similar move. Jrade to the. Prairie i Don t anticipate an it also make possible refusal by the Federal exploitation of untapped and Forest letter said establishment the survival of our Ottawa of a free port Inder confederation must better than direct financial Send upon the development it. Would provide an All its the letter to develop resources t that everything a favored status based on sible should be done not recognition that hard Geo o redistribute wealth but and climate conditions exploit the natural resources to be the regions. I. The interview the mayor the letter said great a free port in the Are made in Industrial Northland would Cre commercial development in an economic Boom in of Ontario and Quebec but arts of the country would open up our North Manitoba lag Region. Private business. Mayor Juba said in build highways faster interview Churchill is a you would imagine. We Vinci Al government sex p 1 o r e our Mineral to but he had made the and there would be move on the proposal to. Job opportunities. The province out of r e g i o n s of Canada there May be be Hurt by such a port. The mayor said. The would create a wealth government might not be in which every part of the position to will Benefit. We can. Such action at this the National budget and but once the Ball gets give every Canadian a they can pick up where i Bonus would be unfair Competition the mayor said his letter such a port were open year the. Result of a but that s not the Case moment the climatic conditions i have been working on use of the port for three for More than a year now. At the most but these have discussed the possibility months would be enough such a plan with a lot of make All the difference two Hurt in traffic a. Woman was Raffic Accident injured in a in Winnipeg thursday evening and a Man suffered critical injuries in a Lead on collision in Western Manitoba. Winnipeg police said Minnie i Lercher 74, of 657 Waverley Street is listed in fair condition Mise Cordia general Hospit Al where she is being treated for cuts to the head which required 40 stitches. The woman was a passenger in the front seat of an Auto Waluch hit a Hydro pole on the West Side of Waverley Street be tween Grant and Fleet avenues the car was driven by Joan Silver 21, also of 657 Waverley police said the Accident occurred at 5 30 ramp said that at 5 pm a o Cai head on on Highway Miles West of Bittle Man sent several people to Hospital one of them was taken to Winnipeg gency treatment and is listed in. Serious condition in St. Boniface general Hospital no further details were Avail Able. Get As Good a description As possible of the robbers note the robbers escape route if a getaway car is used take Down the licence number and color of the car above All phone police immediately through the. 999 emergency number we might have a Cruiser car Only half a Block away chief blow said businessmen should use their own judgment in deciding or not to resist armed robbers t but he said he is against businessmen using hand guns to defend their property a sure encouraged by police departments and w6ult not License revolvers for this purpose. _ in the 11 holdups since dec. 2 robbers have used guns in Only two instances and knives in the other nine chief blow said he said a taxi company office and 10 Corner groceries have been victimized and a total o Cash and 12 packages o cigarettes have been stolen. Most of the robberies Wen committed a the Early evening the earliest being at and the latest p time around 8 . Was Espe Dally dangerous. He said the robbers usually i in there is Mon masks others did t. The Rob ers in six instances had been described As Indian or Metis. C no one has been injured in Liese holdups he said but we re trying to get these people before the courts before hey do injure he declined to say whether police have arrested anyone to connection with the robberies. The rash of robberies unusual for Winnipeg he said. He indicated robbers Inay think Wice about committing _ such crimes if the Law provides stiffer penalties. Than one wore boutique site sought by metro administrators have been instructed to try to find an alternate site for a boutique a group of University students to develop on the abandoned Elm Park Bridge As a tourist attraction. Council thursday agreed with councillor Charles r. Huband s suggestion that the possibility of finding an alternate location suitable for the student plans be investigated. St vital Council monday turned Down a request by the students to rent the abandoned Bridge to set up a Coffee shop Art store and other related establishments. Area residents petitioned against the which they feared would create a traffic problem. Coun. Huband said the students v proposal for the Bridge was. Should treating of t _ c3 like children Leech Metio councillor Lorne a at Corydon Leech charged thursday that the Manitoba Highway traffic and motor transport Board was treating motorists Dren in dealing like with Chil the question of right turns on red councillor said metro express concern to the Boston consultant to no water study metro c o in c i 1 decided thursday to hire a Boston Massachusetts consulting firm to study the algae problem in the greater Winnipeg area s water sup ply. Council approved spending s2.000 to cover the Cost of an initial exploratory trip to Winnipeg by or. Clair n. Sawyer director of research for the firm of. Metcalfe and Eddy in Boston. Alex. Penman director of metro s waterworks Divi Sion who recommended or. Sawyer be hired said the consultant is widely known for his work in investigation of algae growth in lakes. Tie consultant would come to Winnipeg to discuss some of the problems re Garding recurring taste and odor complaints with the area s water Supply from Shoal Lake Man., or. Pen Man said. Metro okays pact with t transit Union metro Council gave final approval thursday to a new two year contract with local 1505 amalgamated transit Union Al Cio Csc which provides for a 12 per rent pay increase retroactive to dec 31, 1967, and an additional per cent increase effective dec 29, 19s8 the new can tract was approved by Union members last week about 61 per cent of the 770 bus Drivers and 241 maintenance men Veo Tuosto accept metro s offer. The increased wages will Cost an additional s826.500 this year. The Drivers had asked for a 35 increase. Lights the should provincial government about the delay in implementing a system for right turns on red lights but Melro Rouneil took no action on his suggestion. Council did approve a Board decision to make further tests at Turee additional Winnipeg intersections. Signs stating before right turn on red will be installed at the intersections of Arlington Street and Sargent Avenue Donald Street and Avenue and Daly Street. Flashing red arrows indicating right now turns Are permitted Loc ated at the. Intersections of Corydon Avenue and Wilton Street Hargrave Street and Graffam Avenue and at Ellice Avenue and Arlington Street. _ the Board on the i series of experimental . Tons most practical the of finding a traffic control device ton i turns on red lights Are permit Ted coun Leech said the installs Lions were causing confusion but coun. Charles r7 Huband disagreed. He said care had taken to see that motorists Aren t confused. ignored ukrainians the three stay provincial Constitution Confer ence in Ottawa was attacked at a banquet thursday for failure to recognize that the preservation of the ukrainian language is exceptionally important for continued development of the ukrainian Church rite which the ukrainian catholics and ukrainian Oroth Dox churches both use the criticism was. Voiced by archbishop Maxime Hermaniuk first metropolitan of the ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada at the Lincoln motor Federal hotel at a dinner attended by More thaa 350 Lay and religious leaders. Archbishop Hermaniuk said we surprised to hear nothing in All _ conference about those canadians who Are not English of the banquet was sponsored by the ukrainian Catholic Council of Manitoba in Honor of Arch Bishop Hermaniuk and to Mark the feast of St. Maxim and the Lith anniversary of the establishment of the ukrainian in one Man show by Dan Larocq e for a Man who hitchhiked to Turkey to win a pint of Black and Tan. Putting to Gether a one Man show on Canada to tour England was nothing More than a snap for Les Scrivener. 24, a film producer television personality and s e r Salesman for his adopted Homeland 13 months of rolling from British City to British City beating the drum for Canada was an education Lark. Armed with furs provided by the Bay in Winnipeg leaflets from various government departments and travel assistance from air Canada greyhound and Canadian p. A c i f i c or. Scrivener appeared live be fore nearly britons with his sales pitch. The lorry he used to cart his information material cameras and equipment was emblazoned on both sides with the Centennial Emblem and pro Canada slogans. Except Side trip to Turkey most Lof his 13 months were spent in Bri Tain. The Turkey trip came when or. Scrivener made a pint Wager in a London pub that lie would go to Istanbul simply to try its turkish Delight. A former Csc Camerman free Lance photographer Lumberjack and sometime Cowboy or. Scrivener is never without his magic Eye. Throughout his tour he subsidized his lectures with Canada in Britain Les Scrivener free Lance wolk1 for news papers and television net works. He appeared on television with bume of the hundreds of feet of outdoor shot in British Columbia including one 20-minute movie shown at the Edin Burgh film festival taming the Rocky Mountain Trench. The film is the Story of a Lumberjack in Northern b c and to get the proper mood and Atmos phere or Scrivener spent two months working in lumber learning the Trade and filming his Story. _ now the tour is Over and he s heading Home to Vic Toria or. Scrivener is ing for to work perhaps a series on the outdoors for one of the major Canadian networks. Lie Hopes to do iome private filming including work i april on film about a Young Man. Who crosses the Rockies on horseback. Taming the Rocky Moun Tain Trench is scheduled for showing at three More International film festivals this _ year or. Scrivener said he was hoping to dub it in French to open the Way for French to and Csc French language network showing. Or. A convener and his wife Anne stopped off Here thursday to return the furs to the Bay. It s straight Back to Victoria and to the business of film making v or ;