Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 22, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee break by John Robertson the following comedy of errors occurred in the classified and Section of a Small daily just South of the Border. I re run it Here Courtesy of photographer Gerry Cairns who saw it in the Minnedosa Tribune on monday for Sale r. D. Jones has one sewing machine for Sale. Phone 958 after 7 . And ask for mrs. Kelly who lives with him cheap. On tuesday notice we regret having erred in r. D. Jones and yesterday. It should have read one sewing machine for Sale. Cheap. Phone 958 and ask for mrs. Kelly who lives with him after 7 . On wednesday notice r. D. Jones has informed us that he has received several annoying phone Calls because of the error we made in his classified and yesterday. His and stands corrected As follows for Sale r. D. Jones has one sewing machine for Sale. Cheap. Phone 958 after 7 . And ask for mrs. Kelly who loves with him. Finally on thursday notice i r. D. Jones have no sewing machine for Sale. I smashed it. Don t Call 958 As the Telephone has been taken out. I have not been carrying on with mrs. Kelly. Until yesterday she was my housekeeper but she quit. I am not anti american in fact i have often been accused of leaning too far the other Way. But i begin to have second thoughts about the land of the free and the Home of the Brave when i read stories such As the one appearing on Page 1 of yesterday s free press. . Infantrymen in Vietnam participating in a guerrilla cleanup Campaign called operation will to win Are being offered an incentive Bonus for every Viet Cong they kill. The prize is a three Day Holiday at a Seaside rest and recreation Centre for every Soldier who kills a Cong. No mention was made of taking prisoners. Now killing May be the name of the game in War but the Day you Start handing out prizes for the taking of a human life a Guy has to Start wondering if any Side in this conflict is the right Side. My dog was sleeping on the Back porch test evening using thursday s paper for a mattress. The paper was open at Page 18, and her nose was resting about half Way up the Page headlined Here Are the Liberal Leader ship hopefuls. Now Cindy my 12-year-old German Shepherd is not the smartest dog in the world. For one thing her lips move when she reads. I go Back in the House and ignore her for at least 15 minutes until i hear this scratch scratch scratch on the Back porch floor. I go out and see what s up and Here is Cindy dipping a front Paw in my daughter s paint Box and scribbling furiously across the face of the newspaper. I lean Over her shoulder and can just make out the following words i Cindy Robertson Heck she s one of the family would like to announce my candidacy for the Liberal leadership. I May dog but i be been to the poles More often the present candid ates. I m self employed like Ernest Zuendel i m older than Rod Woodcock and i m just As Well known nationally As Lionel Laframboise and James John Harris. I know i can get one vote from Judy Lamarsh s i groaned. They Don t allow dogs to run for the Liberal she curled her lip dipped her Paw in the paint again planted it on the pictures of a few late entries and scrawled across the Page they Don to you re just a publicity i snorted. You know darned Well you have less Chance than even Lloyd Hender she dipped her Paw in the paint again and pointed furiously to a quote by Henderson at the Bottom of the Page. It said even if i lose i m in with some pretty important people Trudeau Sharp Hellyer Martin Kierans Winters. But then she grinned and i knew it was All a gag. Osi Orme for River 453-3232 Portage Simcoe 774-2471 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 7i6-as91 weather report synopsis valid until Midnight saturday Milder air from the Pacific will continue to Advance across the Prairies. Temperatures today will Rise to the 60s in Southern Alberta and to forecast sunny today. A few Cloudy periods tonight. Sunny and Milder saturday. Light winds today becoming southerly at 15 to 20 . Saturday. Low tonight for Gimli and Winnipeg -10, High saturday 35. Temperatures far the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Friday Max. Min. Pre. Ottawa 39 32 .20 Toronto 37 30 .23 Montreal 41 31 .12 Halifax 46 25 to Chicago 37 27 .02 Miami 77 72 los Angeles 77 56 Minneapolis 27 18 to new York 56 40 .01 temperature comparisons Vancouver min. Pre. 57 44 56 35 56 31 Regina 31 14 .21 2 the Pas 22 -1 Winnipeg is -2 fort William Kenora 3 .09 ,.16 1 .03 March 21 last year Normal Max. Min. Mean 18.2 -1.1, 8.6 31.2 9.7 20.5 29.4 11.2 20.3 highest on record 63.3 in 1945 lowest on record -20.0 in 1885 Winnipeg free press program note listen to Job and find out How you could be the Lucky Winner of 1 ounce of by Carrier soc per week Friday March 22, 1968 Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Authorized As 2nd mail by the . Dept., u of w paper s editor suspended scuffle follows insulting of Dean copies burned about 350 University of Winnipeg collegiate students walked out of classes at noon thursday and burned 300 copies of the student newspaper containing an attack at the collegiate Dean. The year end satirical edition photo by Dave Bonner an angry student photographer joins the boisterous debate of University of Winnipeg collegiate Stu dents who were offended by a Story thursday in the uniter the student newspaper. Air base Battle a loser to Hellyer s race my transport minister Paul Hellyer s candidacy for the Federal Liberal leadership is hampering efforts of Manitoba members of parliament to get action on the Winnipeg air overhaul base Issue l. R. Bud Sherman said in Winni Peg thursday night. Or. Sherman conservative member of parliament for Winnipeg South said it s been impossible to get a definitive statement from or. Hellyer the problem. I Don t think Well get one until the Liberal leadership race is he said or. Hellyer has leadership convention Delegate support in both Montreal and Winnipeg. A t present or. Hellyer is trying to be All things to All because of his leadership candidacy or. Sherman said. Or. Sherman assured about 200 Winnipeg South constituents that the air base Issue has not been the fight will be maintained i Hope that the future of Winnipeg air service and transportation will be a triumphant or. Sherman stressed that the Campaign in parliament defending Winnipeg s interests in the air base Issue is a bipartisan one. All greater win regardless of party affiliation were waging the Battle. My also commented on wednesday s events in the com Mons. He blamed the new democratic party entirely for the inability of the House to adjourn and allow Liberal leadership candidates to Campaign. The nip gave notice wednesday that it would continue to demand that a Bill to reduce drug prices be passed before adjournment. Or. Sherman said the govern ment feels a number of Amend ments and alterations to the Bill Are necessary and these changes will take time. The adjourn and hold the Liberal convention. Then it would make the amendments and introduce the Bill into the House after re adjournment. The conservatives have maintained a virtual and com plete silence in the dispute Between the and the he said the conservatives like the liberals Are not satisfied with the shape of the drug Bill. He said the conservatives would like to see the liberals adjourn and hold their Conven Tion As soon As possible. The delaying tactics of the nip were the Only Barrier to adjournment. Or. Sherman spoke in the Pembina hotel at a Winnipeg South conservative association meeting. The meeting was held to allow or. Sherman to report his parliamentary activities. Indians Tell Witney medical Aid a right about 60 indians stormed the Manitoba legislature thursday demanding the return of medi Cal Aid to treaty . They came to Winnipeg by bus and car from pegu is and Fisher River Indian reserves. Carrying Large Home made signs they marched in quiet orderly fashion into the Legisla Ture. The signs were Blunt Why Send Money overseas we need it in Canada Premier Weir we need your support and we want our medical rights. The delegation accompanied by chiefs and band councillors was protesting conflicting state ments from Ottawa about reduced medical service for indians. The delegation was met by health minister c. H. Witney and welfare minister j. B. Car Roll. Later the meeting was at tended by Premier Walter Weir. Chief Charlie Sinclair of fish or River told Cabinet ministers we request the Federal govern ment to consider the penniless Indian. The government is creating discrimination instead of making Friendship among the another chief was More direct. We Are not at the stage where we can be pushed around. I Don t think there Are any communist around us yet but it is getting pretty chief a. E. T m p s o n charged the government is trying to deprive us of All rights in every Way possible. I am asking for the provincial government to assist in every Way or. Carroll told the delegation a Telegram had been sent to prime minister Pearson from Premier Weir demanding clarification on the Issue. Or. Witney said the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments had taken similar Steps and that several medical associations object to any cutback in medical service to the indians. We confirm that the prov Ince substantiates the stand you Are taking that the Federal government cannot Retreat from their position said Premier Weir. Or. Carroll said the Manitoba government advocated a nation Al conference on Indian prob lems and that a great Deal More than health services is a Young Indian girl passed out copies of a letter received by the chiefs and councillors. She said the letter was received the same Day the minister of Indian affairs denied the possibility of cutbacks to the House of commons. The letter from the director of the department of health and welfare begins the Federal government As you know has been forced to reduce Many of its programs and the resources available for health services to Indian people has been greatly if Money has to be saved it should not be saved by cutting our medical services they should not spend their Money by buying unnecessary things that perhaps could be done read the Brief. Five due in push for votes with the Days to the Liberal leadership april 6 finale draw ing closer five aspirants to prime minister Pearson s office will be in Winnipeg tonight and saturday in a last bid to consolidate Manitoba Delegate support. With Manitoba delegates gathered for a saturday Cau Cus session finance min ister Mitchell Sharp external affairs minister Paul registrar general John Turner Trade minister Robert h. Win ters and health minister Allan Maceachen will be holding receptions and press conferences tonight and tomorrow. Or. Turner s reception is scheduled for 7.. Today at the Viscount Gort motor hotel or. Martin will receive sup porters at 8 . In the Gateway Boom fort Garry hotel or. Maceachen will Host a breakfast beginning at 8 . Saturday if the Viscount Gort or. Winters will tender _ a reception at . In the chamber of Commerce build ing and i. Sharp s reception will be at . Saturday in the Viscount Gort. Of the newspaper the uniter thursday carried a fictitious Story about a student riot in which Dean lome Tomlinson was hanged but not by his neck. About 12 collegiate and University students threw punches and wrestled in the University quadrangle for Possession of the 300 copies of the paper later burned in an Oil drum by the collegiate students. No one was seriously Hurt in the scuffle but fire extinguishers and fire hoses were used. Water bombs were lobbed from the Graham hair men s residence in the aftermath the newly appointed newspaper editor Ron Robinson was suspended by the students Council. Dennis Owens a former of the newspaper who wrote the article Lias been prohibited from having anything to do with the paper now and in future years. At a students Council meeting thursday night a motion to recommend to the administration that or. Owens be expelled was narrowly Defeated. I of the offended Dean Tom the University list ration said it had full and i absolute Confidence in Bis oper i action without any equivocation and the 350 collegiate Stu dents who attend Grade 11 and 12 classes in the University scrapped their plans to picket classes until the newspaper apologized. The Story involving Dean Tomlinson collegiate student organizers said was the last Straw in a Long running feud Between collegiate and University students. We be been putting up with insults like this throughout the said Brent Smalley one of the collegiate student organizers. A collegiate teacher Phillip Bleeks finally Stu dents into returning to their classes after a cheering foot stomping meeting which lasted almost two hours. When they left they scuttled the plans to picket the University wearing cardboard sashes Reading uniter apologize. They dropped placards with messages such As end uniter lies. In his office below the boisterous meeting r. J. Rid cout Icil Grant the cans iia Council announced Friday it has awarded a Grant in support of the annual conference of the federation of Canadian music festivals Whitfo is conducted in Winnipeg. Free press meetings to be held monday in the free press building Are at Winnipeg press at 8 ., Board room Canadian daughters league clubroom Manitoba hound Dell assistant to the University president said he would not step into the dispute unless absolutely necessary i Don t intend to be said in an interview. This is a student affair and i think we should let them Settle it. It s traditional for the uni Ter and All University papers to produce this kind of last collegiate students hang was part of the the front Page headline on uniter Story. The Story said rioting collegiate students yesterday Hung their Dean thorny Tom Tom by the from the West Tower of Wesley Dean Tomlinson in an. Inter View thursday afternoon said we feel now that we re Well on the Way to reconciliation. He said administration had comments in described the the Story As completely unwarranted. The year end edition of the uniter was titled the Knighter. Carried in extra the University of Winni Peg s student newspaper the uniter in an extra edition Friday apologized to All those who May Cave been caused Embarrass ment but an edition of the newspaper published thurs Day but a statement seven uniter staff members land printed in the extra said the entire responsibility for the controversial Story should act have been placed tin the unifier Ron fired thursday at a meeting of the University s students Council. The seven have tendered their resignations from the paper pending an investigation of the incident by Canadian University press a co operative association of Canadian University news i papers. No. 1 zoning asked sixteen housewives represent ing Home owners on Centennial Beaver roof and Lanark streets asked metro s planning Public hearings committee thursday to rezone the fort Osborne bar Racks area from a heavy Industrial District to an re or single dwelling residential area. They want this action taken if the Federal government prop erty is sold committee referred the mat Ter Back to property sub committee for a report on the Over All plan for the area by r. P. Darke metro s Deputy director of planning. At the committee meeting Dan Krindle counsel for the citizens group said Crown assets disposal corporation is considering Selling the Barracks property. Metro is considering a posed bylaw amendment which would rezone 106 acres East and West of and North and South of. Taylor Avenue to r3, a multiple family dwelling Safea. Or. Krindle said his clients say an r3 zoning would be better than the present heavy Industrial zoning but they con Sider it unsatisfactory. In an interview after the meeting or ser Indle want it rezoned to re to conform with developments East of Kenaston in Tuxedo and also West of Kenaston re areas to be with metro s Over All plan of private Home dwellings in this pot gets 1o months members of an Indian delegation from the Fisher River and pegu is reserves shown on the Steps of the Manitoba legislative building after meeting with a government group thursday. They were protesting proposed cuts in Money allo. Rated for medical treatment of indians. Stephen v. C. Stewart a 19 year old Ottawa University Stu Dent was sentenced to 10 months in heading Ley provincial jail thursday when he pleaded guilty to Possession of Mari Juana for the purpose of l trafficking in it. I his lawyer Max Isaacs told the court Stewart did t intend to sell any of the marijuana but was Only acting As a Mes Senger for so me criminals in Fargo North Dakota. Stewart was arrested March 1 by fort Garry police. Five one Pound plastic bags of marijuana were found under the Back seat of the car in which he had hitched a ride from North Dakota. Two Holla . Students who Haft picked up Stewart in North Dakota had driven him to Winnipeg were Given two year suspended sentences by Magis trate Harold Gyles in provincial magistrate s court. The North Dakota youths Douglas Clark Bryant 18, and Michael Peter Mcdonald 19, also entered guilty pleas to possessing a narcotic for purposes of trafficking. All three had originally been charged with illegally importing a narcotic but these charges were stayed at the request of the Crown. The charge of illegally importing a narcotic carries a minimum penalty of seven years imprisonment. Prosecutor Samuel Breen told the court the North Dakota youths knew Stewart was carry ing marijuana but they had taken him through customs at Neche anyway. The two told police everything they knew he said but Stewart would t say anything. Stewart he said had put Cologne in the car to hide the smell of the marijuana. Magistrate Gyles in suspend ing sentences for Bryant and Mcdonald told them that Tak ing Stewart across the Border knowing he had marijuana with him was a very stupid thing to do but noted that both had excellent backgrounds and weren t the kind who would do it again. He said Stewart agreed to carry the drug because he needed the Money to get Back Home to Ottawa after being left stranded in los Angeles. Bail for the three had been set at each ;