Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Another View by John Robertson if it does t sound too vain we do get stacks and stacks of letters but fortunately for the ego most of them Are highly critical. For instance i had one from a woman who said that i was the most consistently illiterate columnist she had Ever read. Lady i take it from the fact that you used the word consistent that you do read them All. And for the record i could t care less whether you like my stuff or not. Firstly and that s an illiterate word right there you do read it. Secondly you Are obviously charged up enough about what i say to take pen in hand and Tell me about it. And thirdly you had the courage to sign your name to the letter. I say courage because most people Don t. Like the letter i got yesterday signed bored Reader. I usually make it a Point not to read unsigned letters but i sometimes have a helluva time resisting taking a peek at what the dickies who write unsigned letters have to say. This one says that if you new a Little More about things or people you seem to be impressed with you might make interesting lady and i just know you Are of the feminine sex that makes two of us who Don t know How to spell. And in reference to your last paragraph i d be glad to see you at the inn but you did t say what inn or what time. The first thing you see when you pick up this column if you read from top to Bottom like most people is the name John Robertson at the top. I m not ashamed to put it there even it if causes me no end of embarrassment on certain Days when i come up Boring or wrong. So Why should you be afraid to sign your name to a Page you ripped out of your kid s Loose Leaf Book i would t use your name anyway even if you asked me to. But being called Boring really hurts a Guy. Call me stupid illiterate crooked or whatever. But Boring is a Shiv below the Belt. I must admit that criticism Rolls off my Back like an Anvil dropped on me from the seventh floor but that s because i am basically very insecure in fact i Blush every time i Type the word but i seen to be always starting sentences with but it s you that i m basically interested in. I take great Delight in making Light of your problems and mine. If i were a member of metro Council i would simply raise my salary another a year retroactive Jan. 1. And maybe buy a yacht. Then i would say that it was about time we did something about those people on welfare who Are living it up on the French Riviera in the Dull months on a month. Or maybe i would become a politician so i would get shafted like Duff Roblin was in the Federal election. Then could say to the voters see How much cheaper the Cost of government will be in Canada now that i am out of the but maybe i would say a few More things such As if you want to know what is wrong with Manitoba go look in a Mirror. If you want to know Why taxes Are higher than Ever try living in a few other provinces. If you want to buy a House try doing it in Toronto or Montreal or even Eegina and suddenly Duff does t look like such a bad Guy at All. Yes i m Boblin if being Roblin Means saying that this Guy had the intestinal fortitude to make some moves that would take this province out of the 19th Century. I m even with him when he was wrong because i m convinced that whatever legislation he passed in this prov Ince he did so thinking that he was doing the right thing. Just put yourself in his place for a minute. Do you think he liked introducing the five per cent sales tax do you think he was t aware that it would not Only Cost him votes possibly his political future if Duff had been a lot of the things that people have accused him of being he would have taken the easy Way of sind let the province go quietly bankrupt. I Gripe like hell every time i buy something and have to Shell out extra change for sales tax but i m stil convinced that it is the fairest form of taxation that can enforced. There Are a lot of things wrong with our provincial government but it s of no credit to the members of the opposition that they have been feebly inept at convincing people that it s time for a change. Duff Roblin ruled Here As Premier for almost 10 years and never lost an election. Why did t we get Wise to him then look i dig Pierre Elliott Trudeau and i can t say that i m unhappy that the liberals got a working majority. But that does t mean that i buy the Way that they have been running the country in the past. Tell me this when they lost a vote in the House on a tax increase before the nominating convention and if they had to go to the people then on their record would t the outcome have been altered just slightly 453-3222 Portage 6 Simcoe 774-2471 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 786-6891 i Esso car clinic s9.95 weather report be Una Uncao Iii Fri a Omaha a Fiji a 10kk v5 forecast most Cloudy with scattered showers today and sunday. Continuing Cool sunday. Winds Westerly 20 ., becoming Light tonight. High today and Low tonight at Gimli and Winnipeg 70 and 50. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Saturday Max. Min pre. Vancouver 63 51 Calgary 65 39 .05 Edmonton 60 44 .24 Regina 65 42 .30 Brandon 74 43 .03 the Pas 60 54 .34 Winnipeg 54 .01 fort William 65 46 .24 54 .82 Max. Min pre. Ottawa 59 54 .20 Toronto 63 53 .02 Montreal 56 54 .12 Halifax 55 49 1.53 Chicago 76 72 Miami 86 72 1.70 los Angeles -71 55 .03 Minneapolis 68 so to. New York 64 60 .01 liberals would Aid merger Juba endorses metro s one City idea says people want action quickly workmen Are Busy on a enlargement of Portage Avenue Between Sharpe Boulevard and Sturgeon Road which will result in an additional Lane being added to the seven lanes. It is metro s largest Street improvement project for 1968 and involves decreasing the size of the Centre Boulevard to provide for the extra Lane. Winnipeg free press by hairier soc per week saturday june 29, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Last outpost Falls mayor Steve Juba of Winnipeg says a Liberal government in the province would remove the obstacles to total amalgamation for greater Winnipeg. He was commenting in an interview Friday on a metro Resolution endorsing in principle the integration of municipal services in greater Winnipeg under a Brand new single municipal government. The opposition parties introduced a Resolution during the last session but it was Defeated by the mayor Juba said. Whatever happens the ple certainly won t accept an other Royal commission. They Cool Days ahead Bye Bye 5-cent parking by Hubert Beyer remember the Days when you could get a Beer for a Nickel or Bacon and eggs for two bits that was a Long time ago and in the meantime there was t much left that you could get for a Nickel. One of the last outposts of five cent bargains used the parking fees in the City of Winnipeg and now that too will be a thing of the past. Starting this weekend Winnipeg motorists will have to pay a dime for one hour s parking supplying the City s Piggy Bank with an added Revenue of a year. The new Coin slots will accommodate dimes Only. One 10-cent Coin will pay for one hour s parking. Two hour meters will permit two hours of parking for two dimes. No More Nickels from now on. Winnipeg s City Engineer w. D. Hurst said Friday that All parking meters would be adjusted to the new rates by tuesday morn Haig. The change was approved by City Council last april to bring parking meter rates in line with fees charged by operators of private parking lots. A few meters at two Points will not be affected by the change. The former rates of one cent for a 12 minute period will continue at two locations the main Post office on Garry Street and at the liquor store on Portage Avenue near Vic Tor. Former meter rates in the City of St. Boniface will remain unchanged. Souvenir licence for Weir Premier Walter Weir first in line today to buy Manitoba s 1970 Centennial souvenir licence plate. The licence plate. Like its predecessor the Canada Sou Venir Centennial plate will provide funds for Many 1970 Centennial projects. The new plates will be sold for with one Dollar going to the club or organization making tie Sale. The 1967 Centennial plate May be traded in for the new Model at a saving of the new plate uses the same 100 format of the 1967 Centen Nial plate. Inside the first Zero is a hockey stick and puck promoting the world hockey tournament Zero carries and the the second spirit of 70 slogan. It describes Manitoba As an in province making reference to the fact that Manitoba was the first province to join the original four in confederation. Maitland b. Steinkopf chair Man of the Centennial Corpora Tion says that 150 clubs and organizations Are expected to sell the new plates and that to will be put on the Market. Sale of the plates is expected to raise for Manitoba Centennial projects. About Hall of this would go to the museum of Man and nature. In a ceremony outside the legislative building today or Steinkopf sold plates to Premier Weir and to Industry minister Sidney Spivak. Both men then bolted the plates to their cars. 9-Man Board sought Gwen group moves to Cut no. Of trustees eight Winnipeg school Board trustees sponsored by the greater Winnipeg election committee Are circulating petitions in the City s wards in a move to Cut the Board s size from 15 to nine members. Each petition will carry 200 signatures and the petitions will be used in presenting a motion to the Board calling for a bylaw to Cut the Board size and Call a completely new election of trustees in october. Olga Puga Gwen trustee and Board vice chairman said Fri Day the move Means the present 15 trustees would live to resign As of dec. 31 but that they would All be eligible to run in the october election. Board elections Are now made on the basis of nine trustees elected in the three wards in Odd years and six in even years. The new system would Call or election this fall of three trustees to serve one year and six to serve two years. After his three would be elected each Odd year and six each even year with All the trustees serving two year terms. Mrs. Fuga said that if the trustee reducing bylaw is introduced it will have to be read three times at three meetings unless the Board unanimously agrees to suspend the regular rules. The bylaw can be passed by a majority vote and would not require unanimous support. Mrs. Fuga said the Gwen trustees have launched the move to reduce the Board in order to permit greater efficiency of operation and help Cut Down the Cost per year of paying the trustees monthly honorariums. Each trustee receives a month with the chairman receiving an extra and the vice chairman an extra although the eight Gwen trustees hold voting control of the Board they face stiff opposition in their move from the six new democratic party trustees and one communist trustee. Nip trustee Una b. Decter termed the move pre election talk and nip trustee Isobel Sudol accused the Gwen trustees of doing some very funny it looks like this is one of their ways of trying to hang onto authority which May be slipping away from she the Gwen motion will be presented to the Board by William Norrie Gwen trustee and Board chairman As soon As the 600 petition signatures have been obtained. The Board plans to hold Only two regular meetings during the summer on july 16 and aug. 20 but special meetings can be called in Between. Both introduction of the motion and Reading of the bylaw can be conducted at any Board meet ing. Want action and they want it he assured metro of his co operation and support for its Endeavor to eliminate waste and inefficiency in greater Winni Peg s municipal governments and repeated his pledge that he would t seek election As head of an amalgamated City. Metro Council voted 7 to 1 thursday in favor of a motion presented by councillor j. A. Coulter endorsing in principle tie integration of municipal services in greater Winnipeg under a Brand new single municipal government said mayor Juba i m pleased that metro passed this Resolution nobody s in a better position than metro to assess the situation and to determine what s Best for the metro Council indicated it would like to see metro and its 13 municipal governments eliminated. Coun. Thomas b. Findlay voted against the Resolution. Mayor Juba said he had always found it difficult to understand coun. Findlay s reasoning. He recalled a statement made by coun. Findlay. Before metro was introduced at a time when coun. Findlay was mayor of. St. James. I said at that time that the taxpayers should have the right fair Cool weather was one of the big attractions at Manis phere 98. Thundershowers obligingly held off until after mid night on thursday. The Cool weather came with a High pressure air mass moving out of the North on monday. Sunny skies raised the tempera Ture from 42 up to a maximum of Only 63 degrees twelve degrees below Normal for june 24. The High pressure moved slowly eastward and tuesday s temperatures ranged from 42 degrees to 69. Warmer air followed on wednesday with a High of 77 degrees. It came ahead of a system moving into Saskatchewan. Temperatures re ached the week s High of 78 Oil thursday before the weather system sent Thunder showers rumbling Over Manitoba. The showers continued until 7 . Friday and measured .18 inches of rain. Gusty winds during the Day shifted from South to West arid reached peaks of.36 The Outlook for the next few Days indicates Cool Cloudy weather for the weekend with a change to sunny warm leather at mid week. Temperatures Are expected to average Well below Normal in the Cool flow from the North. July usually leads off with to decide whether metro or not. They want coun. Findlay however stated that the taxpayers weren t intelligent enough to make such a he said coun. Findlay was t returned As mayor the following election. Apparently there were More intelligent people than coun. Findlay mayor Juba lauded metro s attitude saying a one govern ment City would be More efficient and More economical. He said the provincial government should immediately Amend the metro act allowing metro to proceed along these lines. A very simple amendment is required to accomplish such a major step toward greater efficiency and Progress which would Benefit the taxpayers. I have been a Thorn in the province s Side and they can remove that Thorn very quickly by giving metro the Green Light for mayor Juba said. Averaging from to highs of 76 temperatures lows of 55 degrees. The hottest july 1 at 92 degrees was in 1886 the coolest occurred in 1939 when the minimum dipped to 35 degrees. Painting classes set for tuesday Assiniboine Park outdoor painting classes Start again tuesday four mornings a week in the picnic area West of the Pavilion. The classes directed by Fessor Gissur Eliasson of the University of Manitoba school of arabian horses fair feature Macgregor Man. Special the first National arabian Livorse show to be held in Manitoba will be staged during the second Day of the Macgregor exhibition next saturday with a Halter showing at 10 . And performance show starting at 3 . Expected for the show Are More than co arabian horses the United states and from Saskatchewan As Well As Mani Toba. The fair sponsored by tile North Norfolk agricultural society will feature on the opening Day Friday a 4-h Day program including a show and Sale of 4-h beef calves and also judging of women s work at the agricultural Hall. Besides the arabian horse appearances saturday s p r o Gram will include heavy horse classes beef cattle hog and Swine judging. The saturday evening program will feature a horse show with jumping and pole bending competitions. A fastball and Pony baseball Lour Diament will also be saturday features. Man killed Art Are open to children a 200-foot fall Down a mining Between 6 and 16 years of age. Shaft at Fox Lake killed a 27 they Are meant to awaken the year old Man thursday students to a new interest in i ramp report tire Accident the world of nature around occurred at the Sherritt Gordon a press release says. And killed a Man identified registration phone number is As Hans Joachim Koelmel. Or. 942-2483. Fees for children Are Koel Rhel is reported to have for adults classes run i fallen from the.800-foot level to until july 25. The level. The Happy holidays Start now Check this list before you leave on your vacation did i Stop the milk delivery did i turn off All the lights did i lock All the doors and windows did i phone the free press at 943-9331 and arrange for delivery to my vacation address before leaving on vacation there Are Many last minute details to Check. One thing not to forget is to have the free press sent to your vacation address. 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