Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada s leading rotogravure Magazine he real Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Robert Lorne Stanfield Are standing p Stewart Macleod talks about the Subtle but deep differ Sec aces which separate the two men and their philosophies. Of Are As Young or old As you hink Andy o Brien takes a look at the fast changing world of he elderly at least in the athletic Field. He finds that the Erm old has to be re evaluated Page 10 summer is for Romance Why the prettiest and most romantic dresses Are always or summer Wear. Page 14 women Are crazy about Money Tuart truer an a Long time contributor to weekend Magazine and the humor pages of United states Maga Zines such As the saturday evening Post takes a look at he fact that in Canada women now control 80, per cent the buying Power Page 18 a Vancouver s fool or in t he despite what you have heard Joachim Soikis is no fool. Be is the Man who has set himself up As the resident Ester of Vancouver City. The City does not want him but the Canada Council has Given him a Grant of to continue his foolery Page 28 plus Sec pages 15, 1o Winnipeg free press vol. 75 no. 229 Price Loc 15c saturday june 22, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises am. Sun rises 9 39 pin. Moon sets . Forecast Cloudy 75 and 55 flin flon Trout festival Page 3 planetarium As a teacher Page 5 tykes in search of teen help Page 7 Church news. Pages 12, 13 color comics to Arcidio diary and elsewhere in the paper Jumble winners Page 8 careers go b3 letters 27 classified 31 to 51 movies 31 comics. Riding profile 11 deaths 8 women 21 to 26 finance to 63 sports 54 to 57 liberals still favored hefty margin maintained in final Gallup poll report the final Gallup poll report shows that liberals maintain their considerable Lead in terms of popular vote. Party standings including the undecided segment follow liberals 42 per progressive conservatives 26 per cent. Nip 16 per cent. Others 5 per cent. Undecided 11 per cent. Excluding those who Are unable to give a political preference party standings Are 47 per cent. Conservatives 29 per cent. Nip 18 per cent. Others 6 per cent. The liberals who reached their High Point of 50 per cent after their party convention have settled at their current level of 47 per cent. Spread Between support of the two leading parties is now 18 percentage Points in favour of the liberals. In the 1965 election this Gap was seven percentage Points. Progressive conservative support has remained stable Over the past few months. The nip which experienced some dwindling of support since the last election has returned to its 1965 level. Support for other parties comes mainly from Quebec where credit stes Are running in almost All Ridings. The above figures show in terms of popular vote political standings of the various parties based on interviewing june 19 six Days before the election. Please see poll Page 8 Victory appears Likely for pm Campaign in stretch drive party leaders concentrate i on uncommitted voters by the Canadian press Canada s 25th Federal election Campaign enters its final 72 hours today with the party leaders driving hard to swing the uncommitted vote Douglas blasts Trudeau balloting. With the frenzied hoopla at its Peak prime minister Trudeau makes another swing through Ontario today while conserva Tive Leader Stanfield hits the Montreal area and nip Leader Douglas is in British Columbia. Will be the first tuesday vote since 1940, made necessary this time by provincial holidays monday in Quebec and Newfoundland. The Federal election Law provides that voting must be on a monday unless a holi Day Federal or provincial Falls on the appointed Date. Then it automatically moves to tues Day. There Are 967 candidates con testing 264 seats one scat less than in the previous parliament because of redistribution. Liber Al conservative and nip con tenders Are running in 263 rid Ings. The credit stes Are entered in 71 Ridings and social credit has 31 candidates in the Field. Others include 14 communists. About Are eligible to vote in the election. Polls will be open from 8 . To 7 . Local Standard time. Voting in the Advance poll last saturday and monday was generally reported to be heavy. In 1965, about 75 per cent of the electorate cast ballots. The record is 79.8 per cent in 1958 when conservative prime minis Ter John Diefenbaker won a rec Ord majority of 208 seats. Standings at dissolution of parliament april 23 were liberals 128, conservatives 94, nip 22, credit Sites 8, social credit 4, independents 3, vacant 6, total 265. Please see Campaign Page 8 Toronto up Leader Douglas wrapped up his East Ern campaigning Friday in four hard fought Toronto Ridings and tossed out a reference to prime minister Trudeau As a Barry or. Douglas used the term in the context of or. Trudeau s treatment of student requests for summer jobs and scholar ships. Or. Trudeau has outwardly appeared to be a he told at a rally in a Workin District in East Toronto. But behind the facade he has turned out to be a Barry Gold or. Douglas said the prime minister had rejected student pleas with the excuse that Edu cation is the responsibility of the provinces. But a Young person s univer sity career should not depend on his father s Bank account and an. Nip government would foot the the rally was the last Stup in a wearying Blitz of four Ridings b it the 63-year-old Leader still had enough kick to perform a modified a go go dance with a group of Folk singers. Please see Douglas Page 8 teenager weeps at Trudeau rally by Peter Regenstreif All signs Point to a Victory for prime minister Trudeau in tuesday s Federal elec Tion. The Only question is by How much. The voters Are so volatile and the Impact of the party leaders in some areas is so Uncertain that the number of seats each party is Likely to win. Falls within a wide Range. The liberals could have anywhere Between 128 and 145 of the 264 seats Avail Able. The conservatives Are in the 75-to-93 Range. New democratic should be somewhere Between 20 and 28. The Rolliement Des credit stes has a minimum of 8 Ridings in Quebec with a potential for perhaps 12. Social credit is Likely to win a seat or two if that in British Columbia. Please see Victory Page 6 by Stan Mcdowell Montreal staff when the gilded coach carrying Pierre Elliott Trudeau into his native City pulled off the Road into a service station the first Rumor to reach the press bus was out of but on Friday in Montreal the Only thing that could happen to any vehicle with or. Trudeau aboard was overheating. And within seconds the steam pour ing out of the engine Compart ment proved it. When the band in the Lead coach like his own a replica of Montreal s old uncovered brass streetcars started warming up the Cooling off period or. Trudeau jumped Down an ice Cream Cone in his hand shrugged off his Raincoat and danced an easy Loose hanging frug with one of the action Trudeau girls on cheer Leader duty with the band. That set the mood All the Way into the City for the Parade Down Rue Sainte Catherine to place Ville Marie and the talk that feel just like a Gypsy who s travelled All across the country and met Many people and suddenly has to sing for his Little Betty Petruska who will watch her intake of avoid wearing that Shade of purple hair ribbon with an Orange coat when she is a few More years than her present 13, sat three feet from or. Trudeau on a steer harrier set up by the police. Please see teenager Page 8 Stanfield wows Hamilton rally by Victor Mackie Hamilton staff conservative Leader Stanfield told a roaring foot stomping final election rally Here Friday night party offered canadians the Opportunity of electing one of the most effective most progressive and most responsible government this country has Ever he charged prime minister Trudeau with trying to get a free ride into office from the electorate with offering a pro Gram or policies. He warned against giving the liberals a Blank Cheque next tuesday telling canadians it would be a disastrous decision for the country. He pounded Home his Points with a verve and vigor that delighted the wildly enthusiastic audience urging him to sock it to it was a night of revelry for the tories in Hamilton. Anyone who was for or. Trudeau was Quick to beat a Retreat away from the Vicinity of the tory rally where trumpets and Drums added to the spirit. Shouting to make himself heard Over the screams and bedlam As the partisan and wildly exuberant crowd cheered or. Stanfield blasted the Liberal administration As being Hope Lessly candidate for candidate potential minister for potential minister the progressive conservative team is by far the most Able team contesting this please see Stanfield Page 4 strikes tie up ont. Workers off jobs by the Canadian press Ontario was hit with a labor storm Friday the first Day of summer As strikes crippled shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway retail Beer sales throughout most of the province and garbage collection in Tor onto. A Cross Canada Survey by the Canadian press shows that while Canada s most industrialized province has several major strikes the rest of the nation has Only sporadic labor Dis Putes. In Ontario workers were on strike or locked out. The total for All other provinces was the St. Lawrence Seaway closed when members of the Canadian brotherhood of railway transport and general workers Union walked off their jobs Friday morning. Please see strikes Page 6 Captain Gonny Barnitt with his freighter trapped in Toronto Harbor. Medicare plan backed if the Federal government accepts a voluntary medicare scheme based on need for British Columbia the Manitoba government is going to try to obtain the same rights for the people of this province. Our health minister c. H. Witney has already discussed a voluntary need plan with officials i n Premier Walter Weir said in a Telephone interview Friday. But the week before an election is not the Best time to finalize negotiations. It depends on what kind of scheme the Federal government is willing to sponsor and this depends largely on who forms the please see medicare Page 4 Alta. May enter medicare Lethbridge up pre Mier e. C. Manning of Alberta suggested Friday the province s medical care insurance pro ram May soon be accepted into the National medical care plan. Or. Manning was addressing an election rally on behalf of so Cial credit candidate Ernie Pat Terson who will contest the Lethbridge seat in the june 25 Federal election. He said Alberta s medical care insurance plan differed Only slightly from a British co Lumbia plan which will join the National scheme when it goes into effect july 1. . And Saskatchewan Are the Only provinces which have had their plans accepted into the Federal plan. Or. Manning said two Funda mental objections to the Alberta plan s entry into the National program have been Ottawa s insistence that provincial plans must be Universal in scope and be paid for completely out of the Public purse. He said the Federal govern ment now has interpreted its two restrictions to mean it will accept a subsidized Premium plan in which subscribers Are placed in various income re lated categories. Please see Alberta Page 4 Greet Cardinal on arrival services concert to Mark Slipyi s first visit Here Stock by Mike Harris Joseph Cardinal Slipyi of the ukrainian Cath Olic Church was greeted Friday at Winnipeg International Airport by a cheering crowd of Cardinal Slipyi who is touring i Canada for the first time was cheered from the moment he arrived in the terminal building. The Cardinal was escorted by Steve Juba archbishop Maxime Hermaniuk metropolitan of the ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada members of St. Josaphat knights Colum bus and members of the clergy. Members of the ukrainian Catholic women s league regional division headed by mrs. Vera Buchynsky ukrainian War veterans representatives from the ukrainian Branch 141, Royal Canadian legion boy scouts London and girl guides knights Rusila Toronto Columbus and other ukrainian Catholic religious and Lay organizations took part in the reception. Welcoming speeches were delivered by archbishop Hermaniuk mayor Juba and msgr. Wasyl Kushnir Chancellor of the Winnipeg diocese and presi Dent of the ukrainian Canadian committee. Three Little girls dressed in ukrainian costumes presented a bouquet of roses to the Cardinal. Archbishop Hermaniuk called the Cardinal a Symbol of heroism in defence of the Church and people. Cardinal Slipyi was imprisoned by the russians in 1945 and released in 1963. He now resides in Vatican City Rome. During his stay Cardinal Slipyi will stay at the residence of archbishop Hermaniuk. He was honoured Friday night at a private dinner in the Lincoln motor hotel. Saturday he was to celebrate High mass at St. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral. He was also please see Page 4 by Harold Morrison up Meyer Stock promoter charged with conspiracy in a huge Stock fraud today was granted bail and had his extradition hearing remanded to july i. Bow Street magistrate e. L. Bradley granted bail during a Long confused hearing marked by defence accusations that the Ontario Provo Cial police de i libera Tely embarked on an at-1 tempt to besmirch Rush s name before he appears in Toronto on the conspiracy charge involving some in Stock sales. The hearing initially billed As a Brief routine session had to be interrupted while prosecution counsel Michael Mansfield desperately sought to Telephone Ontario government officials in Toronto to clarify whether Rush had actually jumped bail and when he actually was to have appeared in Toronto on the Stock fraud charge. Rush 44, who spent the night in Bow Street jail cells was de scribed by his counsel John Cope As a Man who fully intend please see Stock Page 8 win a new bicycle free press red Cross water safety contest some Lucky boy and girl will win a Brand new bicycle again this sum Mer As the Winnipeg free press and the red Cross again hold their an Nual water safety contest. See Page 29 for Puzzle first clues and contest rules. Fair opens Gates record attend opening of Man sphere by Gordon Arnold canadians a go go is the Only Way to de scribe Man sphere 98. This 17th annual production of the red River exhibition opened its Gates Friday to a record people with a format designed to launch the exhibition into a year round program. Educational displays arc the keynote to this new format with vet scope the Canadian armed forces and Many commercial exhibits with the emphasis on a new Canada. The entertainment is All Canadian but with an inter National expertise. There s Danny Sailor the world Champion pole climber from North Surrey b.c., who scurries up a 100-foot-High pole in 20 seconds and Down in eight. In the Arena a Winnipeg based orchestra socks it to groups of All Ages with a versatile routine that ranges from modern Rock to old fashioned polkas. The s t e i n e r Brothers native win speggers who have worked the Hollywood scene for 12 years and have appeared on several Ameri can television shows including de Sullivan round out the Canadian performance with their fast moving variety act. See Man sphere Page 4 Bank rate to drop Ottawa do the Bank of Canada is believed to be preparing for a drop of As much As one percentage Point in. Its 7m per cent Bank rate by Early july. The Bank rate which influences the level of interest rates in Canada generally is the Central Banks fee for Loans to chartered Banks. Interest rates in Canada dropped sharply this week in response to an aggressively easier monetary policy on the part of the Bank of Canada. The Bank rate was raised one percentage Point last Jan uary As a measure to protect the then troubled Canadian Dol Lar in foreign Exchange markets. Canada s currency now has recovered to the Point where the Bank of Canada must buy . Dollars to prevent the please see Bank Page 6 ;