Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba We All know that there Are some motorists who regard driving in traffic As All out warfare maybe you and i Are among them on occasion. The National foundation for Highway safety in new Haven says it s not Only All out warfare it s worse. This Brief item in the voice of Uncle Sam details the casualty toll very graphically. I lost my first son in Battle at Lexington in 1775. 1 lost my Millionth son in Korea in 1951. I lost my first son in a traffic Accident in new York in 1901 and my Millionth son in 1951. It took 175 years and All our wars to kill a million of my sons. The Auto did. The same thing in 50 years and will kill the second million in 18 sort of tells the Story does t it the red River exhibition s got a traffic prob Lem that a worrying All concerned. Because of space limitations the annual show has spread out to take in the pan am velodrome. The agricultural exhibits including the cattle barns show ring horse show and tree climber Danny Sailor Are All located in the velodrome. There s Only one drawback you have to Cross Empress Street to get from the Arena stadium site to the velodrome. And that s not All there s parking space for cars on the East Side of Empress As Well. This All Means that Over the course o the next week there la be about people crossing Back and Forth. The obvious solution close Empress Street to traffic for the sex in fact the exhibition people would be Happy to have just two lanes left open for the Benefit of southbound traffic from St. Matthews Avenue headed for the Polo Park shopping Centre. Metro claims it does t have the authority to make the necessary move somebody must have it. And the exhibition can police and control two lanes. If some impulsive child is buried in red tape then Well Likely find out at a Coroner s inquest that it could have been done. It s just Plain common sense to expedite crowd control and traffic dislocation would not be serious in fact it will be a. Lot More serious with thousands crossing Empress Street if it s left open on an unrestricted basis. Pity the poor ramp officer who has to do standby duty at something like the National boat show in Montreal. The ramp Marine division Combine along with the Canadian coast guard to staff a department of trans port exhibit. Sample question from a Small boy to a Marine mountie where s your mountie s answer mind ing the boat while i m this question was asked an average of 97 times daily there s no ramp musical ride at either the red River sex or the Manitoba exhibition which takes place at Brandon the week of july 1 to 6. However Brandon will have a Rodeo of champions for the first three Days featuring Cowboy Star Rex Allen. Rex will be minus his six shoo if. He Hung up his guns last week because the assassinations in the . Made him think now was time to give up wearing the symbols of murder or violence. Mrs. K. Atkinson tells me that Robertson memorial House can use any Jold Square dance anyone cares to donate. The records will be used As part of the recreation program at the Lake Winnipeg summer Camp where under privileged children get a summer Holiday. A trip to Lakeside fresh air Camp today is one of Ken Babb s first official duties in his new Job As Public relations officer with the society for crippled Chil Dren and adults. A number of handicapped adults Are enjoying an annual vacation there. Ken is finding his new Job an interesting one and a Busy one. No sooner does he return from Gimli than he s off to the Roblin District for the society. John Robertson tells me he s a month Early on the Date for the Hong Kong veterans hawaiian cruise. It takes place july 19 and not tonight. Readers who want copies of senator Edward Kennedy s Eulogy on Robert Kennedy should write the . Consulate 150 Wellington Street Ottawa ont rather than the local consulate. 453-3222 Portage Simcoe 774-2471 614 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 786-6891 automatic car Wash weather report synopsis valid until Midnight thursday a disturbance just South of Edmonton at Midnight was spreading Cloud and some Shower activity across Eastern Alberta this morning. This system will move cast during the Day bringing similar weather conditions to Saskatchewan and then to Manitoba tonight. Ahead of this system warm southerly winds Are bringing temperatures above Normal seasonal values and behind it there is a return to More seasonable temperatures. Figures on Tho map indicate expected High temperatures today forecast sunny this afternoon becoming Cloudy with widely scattered showers or thundershowers near Midnight. Mostly sunny thursday except for a few isolated afternoon Thunder showers. Very warm. Winds Light becoming South at 20 . And Gusty late this afternoon then Light Early thursday afternoon. Overnight Low for Winnipeg 55 and the High thursday 85. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Wednesday Max. Min. Prec Vancouver Calgary Edmonton 71 74 74 55 54 50 .51 Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora 74 58 70 62 38 37 42 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean june in 70.0 48.1 59.1 last year 84.8 59.1 72.0 Normal. 73.2 51.8 62.5 76 70 75 63 82 80 72 79 75 54 57 56 47 62 73 60 59 61 .17 .26 .11 .35 .55 highest on record 96.0 in 1888 lowest on record 36.0 in 1926 sewer hit . Growth hampered says Pekary the development of North Kildonan is seriously hampered and May be brought to a standstill unless metro installs a sanitary interceptor sewer in the Munici Pality mayor David Pekary warned tues Day i mayor Pekary and three municipal officials appeared before metro s waterworks and waste disposal committee. He also requested the installation of a water feeder main in 1968 to increase the water Supply to the municipality. However discussion centred upon the need for the sanitary interceptor sewer. The interceptor sewer which has been included in metro s capital estimates for 1970, would run from the Western end of Douglas Avenue in North Kildo Nan under the red River to the metro sewage disposal Plant in . It would link up with existing sewer lines in North. Kildonan reduce the sewer Load borne by North Kildonan s sewage lines and handle future sewage disposal requirements in the municipality. Mayor Pekary said it would Cost million for the Tunnel under the River to the sewage Plant and another to connect the sewer from the East Side of the River to Douglas Avenue a distance of feet. The mayor wants metro to Advance the installation Date of the first stage of the project linking Douglas Avenue to the East Side of the red River to 1969 from 1970 and to Complete installation under the River to the sewage Plant by 1970. The committee voted in favor of a motion to refer the matter to Alexander Penman director of the waterworks and waste disposal division for a report on whether it is feasible to change the installation Date. Mayor Pekary said North Kildonan has installed sewage lines during the past year. However he noted that the pumping station at the Western end of Hawthorne Avenue near Kildonan drive won t be Able to meet additional sewage disposal requirements when local improvement District 2 is completely developed. The Hawthorne pumping Sta Tion channels All. North Kildonan sewage to the. Old Kildonan sewage Plant. Mayor Pekary said it is essential for future development in North Kildonan that the interceptor sewer be installed. Otherwise he warned the municipality won t be Able to provide sewage facilities in the development areas of North Kildonan. Local improvement District 2, to which mayor Pekary was referring is already nearly half developed and contains single and Multi family dwellings. It is bounded by the red River Springfield Road Raleigh Street and a line parallel to Milvor Street but located 500 feet to the South. Local improvement District is a term which refers to municipal property designated for residential and commercial development there Are adequate sewage facilities in local improvement District 2, according to the mayor to handle future development. He emphasized there Are two planned develop ment areas which cannot be developed until metro constructs the interceptor sewer. At present both areas Are undeveloped and Lack sewage facilities. These areas Are the Gateway Industrial Park for which Industrial development is planned. It is bounded by Haleigh Street Mcleod Avenue Birds Hill Road and Springfield Road. Local improvement District 3, bounded by Raleigh Street the East Kildonan Boun Dary Birds Hill Road and Mcleod Avenue. Mayor Pekary said he is also concerned with development East of Birds Hill Road which he says will also be stalled until the interceptor sewer is completed. We can t promote More firms to develop on this area the Gateway Industrial Park until we can provide the Neces sary Garden party a Garden party is to be held by the East Kildonan. Horti cultural society at 8 . Thursday a t 951 Wood Vale Street East Kildonan. This is the Home of or. And mrs. Joseph r. Zorowski whose grounds won first prize in last year s Centennial Garden contest. Out Side red River school monday evening a cast of 60 half the school s enrolment performed in. The operetta dust in the sky before an audience of 300. Actors ranged from grades 3 to 6 and were directed by Lillian Zentner a teacher for Grade 5 and 6 in the school. Winnipeg free press by Carrier soc per week wednesday june 19, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Homes within reach builders hit for failure to sell by Pieter Vanbennekom the common belief just can t afford to buy their own Homes any More is a myth says Nigel Puttock of Toronto the chairman of the manufacturers Council of the National House builders association. Or. Puttock addressed a meeting of the Winnipeg House builders association tuesday night at the elks club 108 Osborne Street. He said the fact that this myth is so widespread Only Means Home builders Haven t done a very Good Job of Selling themselves and their product. Or. Puttock quoted statistics to show that the disposable income of the population had risen 43 per cent in the last 10 years. Yet land costs Are up Only 34 per cent and total Cost of building a Home 35 per cent. Ten years ago the Consumers had spent More than twice As much on Homes As they did on cars. Now they spend Only 1.3 times As much on Homes. The automobile Industry has done a better Selling since the Advent of television cars drugs boats and expensive vacations have been promoted successfully in commercials. The Home building Industry has done nothing or. Puttock said and even worse it has indulged in negative advertising. The interest rates go up we re the first to go crying to the government and the press and to say that people just can t afford to own a Home anymore. Have you Ever heard anyone in the automobile Industry say that people just can t afford cars anymore because the prices Are rising and the interest rate on financing is As High As 20 per cent of course or. Puttock urged the House builders to Start Selling a concept of living to people to get the Point across that whether you buy a Home with a mortgage or rent an apartment it s just a matter of so Many dollars a he said the National House builders association will Start an All out advertising Campaign under the motto the name of the game is living in August or september. This is a Mammoth thing. It s the biggest thing that Ever hit the shelter or. Puttock said a successful advertising Campaign to con Vince people who can afford to move up into new Homes is the Only Way to solve the presen housing crisis on the Long term for our this Globe was made by the Grade 7 class at tache school 744 is Gevin Street St. Boniface. Admiring it in the classroom Are from left Colette chartier Lorraine Ducharme Robert Baumier Ronald Allarie Jeanette Morin Raymond Olivier and Robert Praneuf. Two bits Days gone Barber wants to shave prices by Cliff Shnier Robert Webb a Barber from Ester hazy sask., is conducting a Vancouver to Winnipeg Cru Sade to lower haircut prices and streamline the operations of Barber shops. Recently the Cost of a haircut was increased from 51.75 to 52. We re going beyond the Means of the average family Man when our prices get that More efficient daily routines in the shop through the use of an appointment schedule would eliminate the need for such High prices he claims. And it seems that the major Ity of Barber shop customers would agree with or. Webb. In a questionnaire he has distributed to people during Bis travels 100 per cent of the men said they would like to be Able to phone their Barber and make an. Appointment. Seventy per cent of the customers said present Barbers prices eventually prompt them to Cut their family s hair themselves. Most Barber shops now oper ate on a limited appointment basis. In a five Page Brief or. Webb explains that this Gener ates displeasure among the walk in customers who find they must wait Long periods of time when with an appoint ment simply comes in and Steps up to the chair. Complete appointment sche Duling four haircuts to the hour would eliminate this prob Lem and offset the Down hours every Day when a Barber has Little to do but read the newspaper he said. The majority of Barber shop j patrons think prices have been raised enough to cover Slack time during the Day. If a businessman or a professional Man knew he would Only have to spend 15 minutes in the shop because he had an arranged a standing appointment business during the slow hours would fill up or. Webb believes j he calculated that if Barbers i were Busy All Day As they would be with a Complete appointment system a Good Barber could earn Over a month at present rates. Barbers could easily manage on half that salary he said. An appointment Board system would also ensure better Quality he said. Most customers prefer a certain Barber and Complete appointment scheduling could More easily assure certain customers of getting their favorite Barber. Or. Webb has designed an appointment Board Down to the last detail. Spaced at 15-minute intervals a customer could have his personal tag placed on the time Slot he wished. A standing appointment Section is to the left of the regular daily schedule. On the tag the customer could have. His haircut style preferences stamped in a uni Versal Barbers code to eliminate dissatisfaction with the performance of a Barber in another town when the Cus Tomer travels. Eighty five per cent of the returned questionnaires stated that the customer had occasion ally received a poor the code would Correct this situation to some degree or. Webb said. If lower prices scheduled appointments and a code were implemented said the Lone crusader the Public would gain Confidence in the Barbers and we would in turn Gam Back what customers we have lost and Liis had better be done soon says or. Webb. Fifty per cent of those answering the questionnaires said they have the equipment necessary to give haircuts on their own at Home. Get All the news from Home while on it s easy to take the free press along on your vacation. A few Days before you leave phone the circulation department at 943-9331 local 247 Tell us where you Are going and How Long you will be away. A courteous clerk will be Happy to take All the particulars and make sure you receive your free press wherever you go. Blast threat Remote water stays off until Bill paid Survey reveals the danger of explosion in houses where the water has been turned off is very very Accord ing to the acting Winnipeg fire chief Gordon d. Mclauchlin. He was commenting on a suggestion put Forward by Joseph Teres Transcona fire chief that it was unsafe to turn the water off in houses where Gas and electrical appliances were still running because it might cause explosions. As a result of the Transcona fire chief s opinion Transcona City Council decided monday to turn water off in cases of non payment of water Bills for 24 hours Only and then have it turned on again to avoid explosions. A Survey of some of the larger municipalities in greater Winnipeg tuesday showed that this practice is not in effect elsewhere and no other cities Are considering implementing it. Acting chief Mclauchlin said the City does t have any problem in this regard. He said it is a very very Remote possibility that a hot water tank might explode if it does t have a thermostat and if steam and pressure Are building up in the pipes. We be had it happen about 30 years ago that a hot water tank blew up through the roof but that was in a vacant House not a House where they had t paid the water most hot water tanks have thermostats and won t explode under any circumstances the acting chief said. A spokesman for the City of Winnipeg waterworks depart ment said it is City policy to turn the water off until the Bill is paid. The Only added Rule is that the health department checks into the hygienic aspects of someone living without water after three to five Days. The problem of explosion danger Lias never Arisen in St. Boniface where it is also policy to Cut off the water Supply until Bills Are paid. A spokesman for the St. James waterworks department said lie was aware of the explosion danger but no Home was Ever Cut off from water in St. James without plenty of notice and without the appliances being checked by a waterworks official. The water is never off for More than one Day anyway he i said. In Case of a really destitute person the welfare department usually pays the water Bill he noted. Fort Garry cuts off All water until Bills Are paid. I j Haven t heard of any re Percus said the municipal clerk. Nobody had Ever told fort Garry about a possible Ceplo i Sion danger. That s never been i a Factor he said. St. Vital in t worried about the explosion danger either. A spokesman for the St. Vital waterworks department said water is turned off until such time As the account is repaid. Jas a Rule it s paid the same Day j the spokesman said she did t see How there could be an explosion danger because All. Hot water tanks Are now Thermo statically controlled. It s never been a problem Here ;