Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Another View by John Robertson i received a very touching letter from a Man who was heartbroken i Don t think that s too Strong a word to because his son had let several father s Days go by without calling or writing him. I know he reads your he said. And if you could just mention it i Sai and stared at the letter a Long time wondering How Many thousands of sons it could be properly addressed to on this Day and in this Era when the younger generation too often confuses individuality and in dependence with rejection of the family unit As if love were a geographical thing whose roots must be left to die when one moves. I know that Many of us Are quite sincere when Ive say that just because we Don t write to our parents regularly or visit them does t mean that we re not eternally aware of All they have done for us. But the fact that our love for them is still in our heart in t enough because As they sit Home Alona clinging to ebbing memories of what their children used to they Don t know except by physical reminder How we Are How we feel and if indeed we still care. A child at maturity goes out and makes a new life for himself and so it should be. But what of the parents must they Settle for a legacy of memories of torn faded pictures the parents cannot go out and make a new life. If you succeed in the world they want to know about it arid share your Pride. If you fail they want to still fulfil their role and share your suffering with you. Go to just about any funeral and you la often find at least one prodigal son or daughter summoned Home in haste to mourn crushed with the remorse of waiting until now when it was too late to do the things and say the things they have been carrying in their hearts for years. Go to any cemetery on Mother s or father s Day and you May find these same people returning along with their families to Pray and sadly to punish themselves too by repeating if i Only had none of us Ever loses a Parent without some degree of remorse Over what we forgot to do and say simply because none of us was capable of being the perfect child. Conversely innumerable parents have erred grossly at least in their children s eyes. But does that justify the Heartbreak of ostracism that a few forgiving words could cure for thousands now it s not yet too late if just to say hello. Welfare thai dirty word in the minds of count less Winni Eggers and even one or two aldermen has cropped up again because of the eight per cent increase in monthly payments. And i m getting a Little fed up with the abuse heaped on these unfortunates and most of them Are to be pitied just because cases of welfare abuse keep popping into the news. You be heard the comments both official and unofficial Why Given pm More Beer it s cheaper not to work Why should i pay taxes to support a Bunch of deadbeats i can t conceive How Alderman William Mcgarva can justify trading against the first welfare increase since 1966 just because a recipients Are collecting unjustly. What does this have to do with the thousands who Are forced to live in shame As Well As poverty the shame of being badgered by neighbors As Charity cases and the frustration of daily counting every Penny. If some Are collecting unfairly then should t Aid. Mcgarva direct his criticism against his own City employees who Are obviously incapable of determining who is needy and who is not the welfare increase puts the monthly Dole for each family up to around 8250 a month. Could your family live it up of a month Aid. Mcgarva s stand is making him a hero with the lower income working Man. But i can t for the life of me see what a working Man making not much More than welfare Doles out is getting so excited about. Would he really prefer to quit a steady Job and suffer the shame of living on welfare just because the take Home pay is roughly the same i think the lower income working Man has More Pride in himself than that. And besides the percentage of taxes this group pays which ends up in welfare pockets probably does t amount to More than a few cents a week. One other Good reason Why welfare should t be abolished is because ther. The lower income Man would have nobody to look Down on. And human nature being what it is we just have to have someone to look Down on so we can build ourselves up in our own eyes. Osborne River 453-322 j Portage 1imcoe 774-2471 614 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 786-6891 automatic car Wash weather report i i honors 3 firemen three Winnipeg firemen have been rewarded for their dash through heat and smoke to save the Winnipeg fire departments three Boom snorkel truck april 12 when it was caught in. A Blaze at Empire Sash and door co. 7 Argyle. Street As far As the fire department was officially concerned the action of Lieut. Nick sul Avella and firemen Jim Christie and Charlie Greeley who saved the Pride of the department was just part of the Day s work. But word reached City officials. Mayor Steve Juba set a precedent wednesday when he awarded each a certificate of Merit for service beyond the Call of this was the first time that such a certificate had been awarded to any member of the fire department. It. Was t that the fire department did t warrant one before it was just said mayor Juba. The men were really surprised by this. It adds a lot to have something you do recognized and it helps to bring the Public closer to the after the presentation Lieut. Sul Avella described what had happened on the morning of the fire we were up in the Boom wind changed and turned the fire in our direction. The Lames were Only about 15 feet away. We came Down in a hurry. We tried to take some precautions against the fuel tank catching fire but we could t stay too Long. The feel of the heat was enough to drive you away. We were away from the snorkel for about five minutes. I made three attempts to get Back and succeeded the third time. The boys followed and we disconnected the hoses and then drove out. The tires were on fire and so was the Back Seal. All the paint had peeled off. I did t think of personal danger. I had something to do and did it hoping that every thing would go All right. A lot of firemen have been in similar positions. The boys got one or two blisters and we All had red backs because of the heat. The main result was my hat which was so disfigured that i had to get a new As a result of the fire the snorkel was out of action for 48 hours. Cost of repairs was by Carrier soc per week thursday june 20, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. 5 Mam sphere opening Day Friday . Band comp. James Arena. . Beer Garden outside opens East Arena. Noon Gates open. . Commercial exhibits open Arena bldg. . Beer Garden inside opens Arena bldg. . Royal american shows Midway drifters Arena bldg. . Vet scope surgery Arena bldg. . Indian powwow Indian Village . Danny Sailor velodrome . Vet scope surgery Avena bldg. . American state. . D bldg. . Danny . Steiner stage . Bid g . Miss Manitoba pageant free stage . Commercial exhibits bldg. . Attendance state. . Beer gardens and parking. Mrs Cost petition unnecessary prof says possible policy change May accomplish group s the citizens committee on medical costs in Manitoba May give up its petition Campaign which has collected More than names due to an apparent change in government policy according to committee chairman prof. Thomas Peterson of the University of Manitoba political science department. He said in a Telephone inter View wednesday that an announcement by Manitoba health minister c. H. Witney in Regina i tuesday May Lead to the accomplishment of the commit tee s purpose. It May very Well be that our Over All position will be changed if government changes ils position it sounds or. Witney had announced that the provincial government May open negotiations with Ottawa that May Lead to a voluntary medical care insurance plan for the province similar to the one recently approved for British Columbia. Prof. Peterson said his com Mittee does t advocate any particular plan but wants Only a better arrangement As soon As is reasonably possible. The purpose of the petition is to express to government the extent Public he said the committee would signs of the Are evident in the Tuxedo and Charleswood areas this week. Both areas Are part of the Federal Riding of Winnipeg South Centre in Tuxedo voters seem be undecided about which candidate to support. Some lawns sport both Liberal and conservative placards. At least one person decided this week to Whitewash a portable billboard supporting former Premier Duff Roblin. A nearby e. B. Osier placard escaped unscathed but one for new democratic party candidate Frances Thompson was tipped Over. Stricter penalties urged Winnipeg police chief George blow has urged More severe penalties be instituted Lor carry ing unregistered firearms in Canada. He said wednesday at a Winnipeg police commission meeting that he has a sent a. Letter to the chairman of the Law amendments committee of the Canadian police chiefs. Association of recommending the study of More severe penalties. Await developments from or. Witney s announcement in the chief blow was commenting a i a dismissal in Winnipeg Hope that results would make j court earlier the petition and the committee unnecessary. Meantime petitioning is continuing. The total number of signatures has jumped to from in the past seven Days but prof Peterson said it week of an unregistered fire arms charge against a North Dakota Man. We be got to look carefully to see if americans can come into this country with he said. Mayor Steve Juba com Mission chairman also said the May be closer to or because of the number of in completed forms. He said the committee has i commission should keep a close received Calls from people ask watch on the matter of a Regis ing Why they had t been Tel de firearms in its Juristic canvassed. Tion we Don t have an army he said. Greater Winnipeg has been divided for canvassing into 25 chief blow said the two automatic pistols seized from a North Dakota Man in a Down town Motel room Lead been army land not for Sale forecast mainly sunny becoming Cloudy with scattered Rhunda showers this evening and overnight. Sunny and cooler Friday. Winds South at today Westerly at 20 Friday. Low tonight for Gimli and Winnipeg 60, High Friday 75, temperatures for the 24 hour period which ended at 6 . Thursday min. Merein 66 47 75 38 Toronto min. 72 45 71 42 71 .17 .57 2.10-1.67 Edmonton Regina Brandon 69 43 .28 89 66 to 81 47 64 48 80 Winnipeg 73 57 fort 64 33 64 new York comparisons highest 91.8 lowest 78 62 72 62 on record in 1883 on record in june 19 Max. Min. Mean 73.2 37.3 last year Normal 68.2 52.2 602. 73.4 52.0 the Federal government is not currently planning to sell a portion of the fort Osborne military Complex surrounding ramp hold two in deat Jii two men Are being detained by Gillam ramp in connection with the death of Allan Magas 26, of. Selkirk. Ramp say they found or. Magas Early tuesday at the Kettle rapids construction site with serious head injuries. He was Given medical attention at Gillam and then flown to the Winnipeg general Hospital. He died Ivi hours later. Deputy provincial Coroner or. Athol a. Gordon of Winnipeg has ordered an inquest. The intersection of Taylor ave nue and Kenaston Boulevard. Metro s planning committee voted Friday in favor of a motion to recommend that metro Council App Rove rezoning of the property to r-3-multiple family dwelling District and to rezone another portion to mob Light Industrial. It was reported saturday that the Federal government was planning to sell the land but this was denied tuesday by Lieut. Gordon h i 1 c h i a information officer at the Canadian forces base. Winnipeg. R. P. Darke metro s Deputy planning director said in a Telephone interview tuesday that the committee voted in favor of recommending the rezoning to serve notice that the area will not be entirely Rele gated to Industrial use if and when the Federal government decides to dispose of it. Or. Darke said the four tracts of land involved in the rezoning Are All occupied by military buildings or installations. He said part of the property which the committee recommended be rezoned to Multi family dwelling District is located North of the Kenaston Taylor intersection on both sides of Kenaston and South of Taylor on tha East Side of Kenaston. He said the area South of Taylor and West of Kenaston Lias been proposed by the committee to be rezoned to Light Industrial District. J and w fire the fire at St. Boniface drive in restaurant wednesday was mistakenly identified As taking lace at the a and w drive in. The item should have ready j and w drive in 381 Archibald Street and not a and w. Each. The committee was formed areas with area captains in returned but were later seized by customs officials on a warrant. The restrictions contained in the criminal code of Canada and the Canada customs act on carrying firearms in tills country Are adequate but penalties could he More severe he said. After the announcement that subscribers of the Mani Toba medical service would face premiums increases averaging 23 per cent together with direct Billing by doctors under a new plan effective july 1. Friday ads to announce rates for natural Gas the greater Winnipeg Gas company will publicly announce Friday in both newspapers its proposed schedule of revised rates which in Many cases have been lowered. Residential natural Gas users will probably be affected by the rate reduction in the third rate step which applies to fuel consumed beyond cubic feet during the month. Rales for every cubic feel past the initial which Are charged at a higher Are to be set at 75 cents. Originally the Price was 80 cents for cubic feet. The next rate step does t come into effect until a volume Well beyond the Normal con sumption of. A household has been reached cubic so heavier Industrial users would Likely Benefit from j the three cent rate reduction at i this stage. Previously priced at 60 cents the new suggested rate for Slep 4 is 57 cents for a thousand cubic feet. A spokesman for the Public utilities Board said the notices in the newspapers will be returnable Date notices allow ing any interested citizens to signify in writing to the Board that they would be interested in making a representation regard ing the rate submissions of the Gas company. If an appreciable number of i persons wish to comment on the proposed rate changes the Board will hold a hearing in july or August. The greater Winnipeg. Gas company said it expects the new rates it has submitted to the Public utilities Board will become effective this Lall ;