Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday june 24, 1968 what s a Parade without a Clown and a prime minister Stanfield Tours Montreal area by Victor Mackie Montreal staff conservative Leader Stanfield made a whirlwind tour of 17 constituencies in and around Montreal saturday. The reaction among the crowds and political organi Zers indicated the tories May be Able to take two seats. The Montreal Island area remains a Liberal stronghold. The conservatives held Only one of the More than 20 Montreal area seats in the last parliament. All the other Ridings were represented by liberals. Ste. Marie was the tory constituency with Georges Val Ade holding his Garrison against All Liberal assaults. He should hold it again in tuesday s election according to French Canadian newsmen tra Velling with or. Stanfield. The Only other constituency in which they said a conservative might return is St. Michel in the heart of an italian Community. Louis Balena is the candidate there and the Only italian running in the area. Because the liberals did t nominate an italian there is reported to be considerable resentment among the italian population. Whether it will be Strong enough to Cost the seat remains to be seen. Or. Stanfield flew into Mon Treal to Lead what was billed As the Stanfield the weather was cold with dark Clouds that occasionally opened up to soak the route. But the showers stopped about 1 mid afternoon enabling or. Stan Field to switch from a Glass enclosed caravan to ride in an open convertible. Temperatures Chilly. The threatening skies and cold saturday weather undoubtedly caused Many Montre Alers to stay away from the conserva Tive rallies. Or. Stanfield was scheduled to make Short stops and deliver Short speeches in several key centres. Several were Cut even Shorter than planned because of sparse turn outs. However the Long cavalcade of automobiles and the press bus together with a travelling girls band and banners attracted a lot of attention As it crop Prospect Good Manitoba crop prospects re main Good but the Western part of the province will not be Able to stand a week of hot dry weather without showing some signs of deterioration according to the Manitoba Pool elevators weekly crop report. All areas need generous Rains followed by warm weather but so far there have been Only local thundershowers. Some Early wheat is 16 inches High Early Oats and Barley Are eight inches and flax five inches. Most special crops Are in satisfactory condition. Sugar beet thinning is now under Way and sunflowers and peas Are doing Well after a late Start. Insect activity is on the increase and there is consid Erable Weed growth which has meant that several Early crops were turned under and had to be reseeded. Toured Montreal s streets and suburbs. Particularly did it arouse attention when it moved Down St. Catherines around 8 in the evening As the saturday crowds were going to the late supper shows. Scantily Clad showgirls stood in windows to wave As the conservative caravan moved through the famous Street. Or. Stanfield waved Back. Marcel Faribault accompanied or. Stanfield in the open convertible. Or. Faribault in All but title is or. Stanfield s Quebec lieutenant. A party worker dashed off the press bus to plead with the leaders to Stop Midway up St. Catherines but the caravan kept moving. Union National organizers had worked hard in Many of the Ridings to whip up enthusiasm and turn out a Good crowd. The reaction was spotty. Some areas responded Well and cheered heartily others saw few people listening to or. Stanfield and or. Faribault. Well at least we visited Montreal. We could t go through the election Campaign without showing up in the major French Canadian a Stanfield aide said at the end of the Day. Stanfield has probably been seen by More people today than if he had hired a Hall and held a mass saturday morning or. Stan Field spent taping television programs. He flew to Montreal at . And the motorcade started its tour at . Nine hours later the Torna do that had developed perhaps into Only a brisk Breeze ended. Originally it had been planned that or. Stanfield would Light fireworks to signify the beginning of the St. Jean Baptiste weekend Holiday Sun Day and monday in Quebec. But the heavy Rains saturday morn ing had turned into a quagmire the Field where the Soiree was to take place. Or. Stanfield who originally was to Fly Back to Ottawa cancelled his plans and spent the night in Montreal. The biggest gatherings of the 17-Riding tour occurred at the Alexis Ninon Plaza a shopping Centre. There a Large crowd of saturday shoppers stopped to listen along with people who had turned out for the meeting while or. Stanfield spoke in French. He made a break through during the Montreal tour speaking twice in French without notes., third largest crowd was on hand during the Day at the constituency where or. Fari Bault is running. There or. Stanfield and or. Faribault addressed about 300 people in the late Chilly evening in Gamelin constituency. Indications Are or. Faribault won t win. Summing it up it did t appear that the in organizers had been Able to set any fires in Montreal he re turned to. Areas of greater conservative strength in the Ottawa Valley and the Eastern townships of Quebec. Monday he flew to London ont. And transferred to a helicopter that took him. To nearby Victoria Park for an informal reception which was to be attended by Ontario Premier John Robarts and local candidates. After his final sweep through Ontario monday or. Stanfield flies Home to Halifax from Trenton Canadian forces base. The conservative Leader will cast his ballot tuesday morning and relax at his Home during the Day. Lavish dogs americans spend about on their dogs annually. The prime minister meets the mighty mouse. Canada s favorite and Best swimmer Elaine Tan Ner was introduced to prime minister Trudeau Dur ing his one Day Stopover in Winnipeg sunday. She invited the prime minister to attend the Canadian swimming championships to be held Here later in August. The two chatted briefly or. Trudeau complimenting her on her swimming and Elaine mentioning the recent spate of pictures showing or. Trudeau diving. Locusts threaten Africa Rome plague of desert locusts darkening the sky on both coasts of the red sea is threatening to eat its Way through 40 countries from India to West Africa. The United nations food and agriculture organization from its Headquarters Here is direct ing a massive operation to com Bat the Locust which girl Breaks hip in car Accident a 17-year-old Winnipeg girl is in Hospital today after a two car collision Here sunday. She is Janice Lee of 576 Jackson Avenue. Fort Garry police said miss Lee was a passenger in one of the ears. She was taken to Hospital with a broken hip. They identified the Driver of he other car As Arthur e. Bridgewater 35, of 17 Ruttan Bay fort Garry who was driving North on Pembina High Way at the time of the Accident. The cars collided at Pembina and Crescent drive in fort Garry. The other Driver was identified by police As Susan Duncan 16, of 1325 Taylor Avenue. They said they had no further information on the Accident. Team Fles of a Nitro dates Back to biblical times. A new emergency Campaign has started in the deserts of saudi Arabia Yemen Ethiopia and the somali Republic the countries so far worst affected. A swarm extending Over 230. Square Miles has already been seen. The number of locusts in such a swarm can number and weigh about a swarm can number and weigh about 000 tons. A ton of tiny part of an average As much food in one Day As 250 persons. 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