Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 22, 1968 the Herron Folk. Slian Herron when this appears i shall be in the North feeling pleasantly isolated from the Burden of the Day but Back Well in time to vote for the Man who backs the Man who at nomination conventions is always called the next prime minister of and having watched what to me has been the most interesting and exciting election since the British general election of 1945, i feel entitled to ignore it Here. But that is not easy for i Arn burdened with Domestic woes directly related to the election. I have a Friend for whom i have a tender affection and a High regard. Before she came to town recently with her troupe of performers it was my intention to attend her show and smile at her All through the performance and then write about it. The most trying thing a preacher has to endure in his pulpit is the handsome Young or Youngish woman who sits near the front during the Sermon and just smiles at him relentlessly. I know you will not test this statement in Church on sunday i was therefore curious about How Anne Francis would react if a gnarled old troglodyte did this at her commission on the status of women. But the election took me West and i was denied the Opportunity it had also been my intention to present a Brief entitled bed and Board in the old testament. And woe unto them that tamper with holy my wife and children decided to go West with me to make sure you Don t come Back before the com Mission leaves town. Your views on women will change your status you will no longer be the Best loved Man in this was a great sacrifice on their part for to my wife it meant a certain loss of Revenue of which she is fond. She had been appointed an enumerator and our departure interfered with her course at the Royal Academy of electoral enumeration. But her greed for Power is As relentless As a Good looking churchgoer s smile. When we got Back i Dis covered that not having been an enumerator she had become an assistant or Deputy or Suffragan returning officer at our local polling station. My grief at having missed Anne Francis and her commission on the status of women deepened immeasurably. Do you know any thing about the Powers of., a Suffragan returning officer in addition to which they get 324. I la be watching for you coming through that door on june my wife said to me. Ill have a Little scratch pad in one hand and a pen in the she said. Why would you be doing i asked. Ill be ready to Issue a she said. On a scratch on any scrap of paper. Detain it need Only say and be attested by my for for disturbing the peace or disorderly conduct or something. I la be a magistrate or having magisterial Powers All Day june 25.1 can have you How do you want me to i said. You Only have to i can swear in a Constable at the polling she said at for each hour of i could use the there was worse to come i m having a Coffee party 200 invitations go out. About 20 people and if 200 about 20 will come. There s something scientific about it. About 20 always women with Power Are always so smug. I under stand very Well Why women Don t like working for women. I prayed. I prayed by Day and awoke in attitudes of supplication in the dark hours. I said let there be 200." my plan was to go Home some time after the Assembly time had passed and stand about enjoying the chaos cackling behind Bushes while woman party workers dashed up and Down the Street looking for More China a Coffee urn that made More than 14 cups More Cream sugar More Date bread banana bread Angel cake and whatever else is right for these occasions. The prayers of the wicked Avail eth nothing. I had never preached on this theme. I now have mystical confirmation of its truth and herewith Prophesy. About 20 came. A Man without allies is a lonely Man. Never contest a woman s Power or her inevitable tightness without allies. If willing and collaborating allies Are not available Hope for allies who Are unaware. School got out and the party was in Progress the candidate in flood. A child entered the House looked curiously about and for a moment absorbed a Little about capital gains interest rates and Down payments on old and new houses. It was obviously fascinating stuff. But nature pressed. Closing bathroom doors when one is out of sight in t socially necessary and it in t every Day one hears a Good talk on the Carter report. Water music loud Clear decisive but tuneful. The woman in the hallway choked the candidate toting functionary on the stairs shuddered through his big Strong body and appeared to suffocate with Merri ment. The prayers of the wicked Avail eth. What did you think when you heard the water music i later asked the one Day magistrate. I heard she said. Come Back Anne Francis to Billyjames Duff i wish to present a Brief to your Royal commission on the status of women. Australia bans novel Canberra Reuters customs officials have banned Norman Mailer s last novel Why we Are in Vietnam from entering Australia after finding it indecent and it was Learned thursday. A customs department spokesman said the department agreed with a new York times review said it was impossible to fired three consecutive lines in the Book s 208 pages that could be quoted in a family newspaper. Also banned was a san fran Cisco hippie Magazine called i City lights 3, edited by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The customs department called the Magazine Blashe the bannings brought to 118 the number of books not allowed into Australia Normal my erasure Vancouver 62 Edmonton 60 Regina 63 Winnipeg 65 Toronto Montreal Halifax 68 temperature precipitation Vancouver Edmonton 30 Regina 26 Winnipeg 26 Toronto 29 Montreal Halifax above Normal temperatures Are expected across most of Canada from mid june to mid july according to the 30-Day Outlook of the United states weather Bureau. Below Normal temperatures Are the Prospect in British Columbia and North Ern Newfoundland. Precipitation is expected to be Normal in most areas. Above Normal rainfall is expected in British Columbia Southern parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan and in Newfoundland. Tavera 1 owners warned Ottawa new Bruns Wick bar and tavern owners face possible Federal prosecution if they open after polls close on election Dayt next tues Day. A. Jean new Bruns Wick Justice minister said wednesday the provincial government is considering allowing the bars and taverns there to open when the polls close at 8 . Adt 6 . But a Federal Justice depart ment official said today if authorities in his department de cide this is a violation of the Canada elections act they would take action against any owner who opens tuesday. Such an action he said would be based on the province s Lack on authority to override a Feder Al statute. Jean Mare Hamel chief elec Oral officer said today a Sec Tion of the act has been assumed to mean that taverns and 3ars must remain closed throughout a Federal election Day. The act says they have to close during the polling however there is no Legal interpretation of what constitutes a polling Day. The Justice department offi Cial said ithe Federal act would supersede any provincial statute on the same subject. Views conflict on tax scheme food preserver Chicago american rail in the shipping of perish Ables use about one half of the natural ice in the . Montreal up for the City of Montreal and province of Quebec thursday presented conflicting argument on mayor Jean Drapeau s voluntary tax scheme before que Bee Superior court. Yves p r a 11 e and Fred Kaufman contended on behalf o. The province that the monthly payoff constitutes an illegal scheme under the Crimi Nal code. Michel Cote and Antonio lamer representing the City said the drawings based on voluntary tax contribution receipts do not fall under any of the sub paragraphs of the lot Tery statutes provisions. Counsel for the province said the skill testing questions put to winners of the draws Are a fictitious test of skill since the answers to the questions Are printed on the reverse sides of the receipts. City lawyers contended How Ever that the questions Are selected by a jury from a list of 20 and the winners Are requited to answer without referring to the receipt. The City also maintained that fight for Nigeria Lagos a forty egyptian pilots and. Technicians arrived at Lagos Airport wednes Day to bolster Crews flying jets for the nigerian air Force against Biafra reliable sources said thursday. The nigerians have been flying soviet Mig-17 Jet fighters and Hyushin-28 medium Jet bombers against the secessionist former Eastern Nigeria. Since winners Are rewarded in Silver ingots the criminal code reference to any sum of Money or valuable Security does not apply. Counsel for the province said this Factor was in the nature of a subterfuge adopted by the City executive committee last May a month after the Council adopted the scheme. The hearing continues. La. Winnipeg . Arr. Edmonton 0850 . In red White and Blue fares Are the smart Way to save. Call your travel agent or in passenger sales office. A if Pierre Elliott Trudeau is your Choice for prime minister of Canada express your conviction by electing e. B. Osier in Winnipeg South Centre ;