Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee Bre no mayor Steve Juba is not taking away anyone s Job when he makes his once a week guest appear Ance on old Friend Dave Brodie s today show of cwt and the mayor does t have to join any performing Union As Long As he appears As a guest Only in his capacity As an elected official. If the mayor decides at any time in future however that he s an entertainer hell find he needs Union membership or work permits. Mayors with entertainment world leanings Are nothing new it All started Back in new York with the late mayor Jimmy Walker who wrote the song the sidewalks of new York. The late Fiorello Laguardia carried on the tradition when the Little Flower began to read the comics on radio As a temporary measure during a new York newspaper strike. Mayor Juba will find that role in Winnipeg already booked by Wash n Ash Bob Washington and Tom Ashmore on Krc each sunday morning. And How would you like to walk in to do an Early morning byline program on sky and be greeted by a wide awake John Robertson who s been up for at least an hour ahead of you and a Bill Grogan who s got the Edge by two. Hours if you re Between 21 and 85 single not divorced or separated but single there s no reason Why Friday should be the loneliest night of the week. In fact members of the fifth Day Tell me it. Can be a really swinging evening. The fifth Day is an offshoot of the Friday clubs so popular in Many american cities where Young working girls and men head for their nearest Friendly lounge for introductions. The fifth Day is the brainchild of club president Al Der sen Terry Spooner and Kay Levin and from an Impromptu beginning last new year s eve it s grown to a membership of about 800. The Friday night parties Are held in the sky View room at the Marlborough hotel but the hotel fort Garry has also been used and the International inn is on the future list. In addition to the Friday night flings the fifth Day has planned a 10-Day vacation in fort Lauderdale Florida and an october week end in Las vegas Nevada. Nex Friday s party theme is Ltd no there won t be any psychedelic drugs involved. In this Case the letters stand for love sip. And dance. It s really no secret that hey re hoping Allan Jones s and Irene Hervey s favorite son Jack will drop in to. The july 26 party when the current singing rage is in Winnipeg for a one night stand at the Centennial concert Hall the same night. To quote Jim Coghill Friday night is really poets night phooey on everybody tomorrow s saturday it used to be the wild West now it s the naughty North where the big card games take place. The boys at Thompson Man., Tell me there s really some big bettors involved in the card games in the Northern town. They even walk in with guns As a recent incident up there showed. A gunman fired a shot from a Rifle during one. Of the poker sessions. John Mason a foundation employee at Thompson tells me of an incident that s not so colourful but made an unusual birthday experience for electrician Ronald Weldon. He counted a 29 crib hand on his 31st birthday last week. Others recently admitted to the charmed holders of three fives and a Jack with a five Cut include mrs. Helen Johansson 348 Arbuthnot St., 25ryear-old Henry Szczesiak 37 burning Bush Bay. They really do come from far and wide to attend the flin flon Trout festival 61-year-old mrs Maria Kern came All the Way from Kelzach Germany to visit with daughter and son in Law or. And mrs. Herman Blok and her three grandchildren. They re flin flon Resi dents since migrating to Canada in 1959. No Thelma Cohen i won t forget the annual United Way Appeal this fall. Good Luck to you and your Elmwood District 12 zone leaders in this most important of All our charitable campaigns and if you re in the Vicinity of the Polo Park mall on thursday evening you la get a mini preview of the National ukrainian festival slated for Dauphin aug. 2 arid 3. The thursday night 8 . Performance features Folk dancing and music yes it s free. Phone toll hit on social economic basis when you. Move from greater Winnipeg to heading Ley you soon find out who your real friends Are mrs. Rosa mane Prefontaine a heading Ley housewife testified at a Public utilities Board hearing that opened tuesday in the Law courts building City people usually Don t return social Telephone Calls when they learn it costs Money to ring up the Village of 680 people she said to keep up social Contact you must do it yourself at your own mrs Prefontaine leads a group of heading Ley citizens asking the Public utilities Board to have the Manitoba Telephone system remove the the Village and greater Winni Peg. The group claims to represent the views of the majority of the Village s 169 Telephone sub scribers the Rural municipalities of St Francois Xavier and Cartier situated West of head Ingley comprise most of the rest of the Exchange rates now Are 15 cents for the first three minutes on station Calls and 30 cents for the same length of time on person to person Calls in both cases each additional minute costs five cents. As it stands City phone rates apply to within about a mile of the Eastern Edge of heading Ley but m the Village what the its terms foreign area service May Only be obtained for an installation fee of nearly and a Flat rate of a month chairman of the hearing is r. L. Mcdonald with lawyer James e Foran appearing for the heading Ley citizens and j. Kenneth Beatty presenting the Telephone corporation s Case against granting the Village City Telephone service or. Foran called 12 witnesses and two Telephone system wit Nesses were heard before the hearing was adjourned late tuesday afternoon. It will re sume at 10 july 25 in the Law courts building. Mrs Prefontaine said she was objecting to the toll charges for social and economic heading Ley residents Are Urban oriented and must make Long distance Calls about practically anything connected with the everyday running of the and she spoke of the frustration of making Long distance Calls about quite routine mat ters to switchboards and establishments with different departments the minutes Are ticking away and you know very Well this is five cents each additional minute could t your husband make City Calls from his office in the or. Beatty asked mrs Prefontaine. Every minute of a business Man s time is Worth she replied. Morning noon and night9" he countered. Morning noon and j f. Mills chairman and general manager of the Mani Toba Telephone system said it would be too expensive to give heading Ley City phone rates. Instead the its proposes to provide the heading Ley Exchange with a dial system at a Cost of to be operative this fall. The dial service should be a great improvement Over the present Crank Type phones but the Long distance charges be tween heading Ley and greater whim Peg would remain under current its planning he said. In a Brief to the utilities Board referred to though not at the hearing the Telephone company stated head Ingley receives the same kind of Telephone service As other communities similar to. Head Ingley throughout the prov Ince. It would set an uneconomical precedent to Grant City service to heading Ley an area that in t predicted As one where metro Winnipeg will expand for at least the Brief said. The request of heading Ley should not be treated-111 Isola ution but should be toe subject of a province wide study of. Exten ded area service by Manitoba study. Is contemplated by the by Stern As one of its future where s the real phone trying to set up a dental practice in Tuxedo while living in heading Ley is like pulling Teeth. This is because the head Ingley Telephone s y St e in hurts both the Pride and the pocketbook d r. C b. St waft a dentist told the Public utilities Board hear opened tuesday in Winnipeg i be had friends. Come to Hie House see the Crank phone on the Wall and. Say that s an interesting an Tique. Now where s the real complained d r. Stewart who work s in the City like an estimated 80-per cent of the Village s male population. But the worst rub is the present toll Between head Ingley and greater win. Nipes he said. For could spend up to or-.-. A year just to let my wife know i m coming Home to Osborne River 453-3223 Portage Simcoe 774.2471 St. James Street opposite Polo Park i 786-6891 Esso car clinic 9.95 weather report synopsis valid until Midnight thursday sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s or Low 80s will prevail Over the Western Prairies today and thursday. Damp Cool weather will persist in the North. Drier air has also spread into Western Manitoba accompanied by sunny skies and temperatures in the Low 80s. In Eastern Manitoba and Northwest Ontario widespread fog and Low Cloud prevailed this morning. These conditions were expected to Clear in Manitoba but will persist in Ontario most of today. A disturbance expected to move across the Northern United states will spread some thunderstorm activity into Southern Manitoba tonight and into Northwestern Ontario Early to Morrow. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today on a a b new York w Washington forecast sunny today. Clouding Over this evening. Scattered thundershowers overnight. Mostly sunny thursday with Little change in temperature. Winds Light except Gusty in thundershowers. Low tonight for Gimli and Winnipeg 60, High thursday 80. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Wednesday Vancouver Calgary 71 Edmonton 74 Regina 86 Brandon 81 the Pas. 75 Winnipeg 74 fort William 72 Kenora. 74 Max. Min. 68 53 48 43 47 6054 .-58 55 65 .20 1.56 .03 .19 Max. Min. P rec. 93 70 71 Ottawa Toronto 92 Montreal 90 71 Halifax. 90 64 Chicago. 92 79 Miami 87 74 los Angeles 71 63 Minneapolis .87 70 new York a. 95 77 school arks one solution for Board floating schools for. Winnipeg we d better build our future schools with trustee Walt or paschak quipped tuesday night at a school Board meeting after hearing reports of damage done to City schools by a rainstorm earlier in the Day. Par Don me sir your garage mrs. Edwin Corrigal of 9 Brazil Street waited for tuesday morning s Abate then calmly walked Over to a nearby construction site arid said i believe i have a building. The v h t one hour had picked up an aluminium garage at the Keewatin Street and Selkirk avenues site and. Thrown the 125 feet to. Mrs. Driveway. In a Telephone interview tuesday she said that the men at the site must have thought i was they had t even missed it she said. At about . I saw something flying toward the the something turned out to be the garage which landed upside Down on a car and truck parked in her driveway b o t h vehicles were damaged in the col and the. Garage it s a j perhaps it would if. Some were washed chimed in trustee William into Erie chairman of the Board presumably refer ring to about 10 schools in the division. Slated soon As provincial government funds Are Avail Able i the storm damage list included a collapsed gym Ceil ing at Isaac Newton 730 Aberdeen Avenue according to. Trustee Olga Fuga. More than a dozen broken windows at Pink Ham 765 Pacific Avenue. Several flooded school basements with water Depths in some instances As High As three feet. Fire alarms triggered at Weston 1410 Logan Avenue it was also Learned that the administration a Damp time of tuesday morning when Large drops pelted through the roof of the school Board offices building at 1577 Wall Street. I a the wild drip was still visible outside the Board room on the second floor of the building while the meeting was in Progress a Sodden Patch in the ceiling was crying into a potted Plant on the floor beneath it. Woman. Killed a Brandon woman died tues Day when collided with Cape. Freight train at an unmarked crossing 15 Miles North of her Home. Ramp identified the woman As Marjorie Holt 45. Coroner or. D. W. Guy has ordered an inquest. Winnipeg free press by Carrier 50c per week wednesday july 17, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mall by the .p.o. Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Airport sit in lame plane grounds tour by Michael Kostelnik one Hundred and sixty two dutch canadians staged an involuntary 15-hour sit in at Winnipeg International Airport tuesday when their gun gone but not stolen the machine gun reported missing from the third regi ment of the Royal Canadian horse artillery has not been stolen c. L. Fitz Patrick tuesday. He that. An Corporal had borrowed the nine millimetre Sterling machine gun without notifying the proper authorities before leaving on holidays. He is believed to be some where in Newfoundland. It is assumed the Corporal either took the weapon and his h Eedeh Block with him or else Eft it in a. Safe said major Fitzpatrick. There is no possibility of heft he said explaining that olice were notified As routine procedure when a weapon has one astray. And superintendent Al Biggs of the Winnipeg police said the police bulletin had reported the gun As not stolen. But the police have not yet Een notified of the gun s having Een inadvertently taken he said and still list it As missing. Aircraft was with mechanical chartered grounded troubles. The group most Are from Winnipeg waited from 5 o 8 . While mechanics tried to repair the Trah Globe a i r w a y s Turbojet plane which was to carry them on a one month excursion to the nether lands. V shortly after 8 ., the group was told the aircraft would not leave until some time wednesday morning. About. 100 members were lodged in a. Winnipeg hotel at trans Globe s expense while some Winni Eggers returned to their Homes. At wednes Day the plane s departure time still was not known by Airport officials. Service said the passengers will be phoned As soon departure time can or. Do Val had com ment on the irate Pas sengers and the possibility of demands for refunds. General aviation service is the Winnipeg agent for the London based trans Globe airways. Some did not receive the final announcement calmly. There were several de mands for refunds. J o h n president of the Windmill dutch club a Winnipeg organization which helped plan the tour said he was sure All of the Bers would Board the plane wednesday. The aircraft apparently rail into trouble a Lille flying from where trans Globe airline has offices and hangar facilities. The tourists were notified monday that the original 2 . Tuesday de parture time had been postponed until 6 . However when the group showed up at the Airport at about 5 ., they were told the time had been moved Back to 9 . The delays continued throughout the Day As the Hbl dayers sat and waited on the main floor of the term Inal. They had their breakfast and lunch paid for by trans Globe. At one Point tuesday afternoon trans Globe attempted to Fly a replace Niento plane in from but bad weather Lakehead forced it to replacement parts grounded a i r c to Winnipeg. Toronto late tuesday. Man killed Benjamin Schmidt 72, of Selkirk was killed tuesday following a mishap when he was in collision with a car operated by a member of the ramp detachment at Selkirk. The Accident occurred at . About two Miles South of Selkirk on Highway. 3, or. S. Reid Coroner has ordered an autopsy and inquest into the death. An ramp investigation is under Way. Rain Dampens Morris Stampede opening Fri 10 get Plant electronics firm will employ 60 a pics Plant specializing in the Rimai Mac Ture of. Telecoms Juni equipment will be established in Morden the Plant expected to Eta ploy 60 people when fully completed is a Poi act of Quality communication products Ltd. Of Edmonton. Announcement of for the new Industry was made tuesday by the firm s presi mud proved a drawback to opening Day performances b Gordon Arnold Man. This quiet Valley temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean highest on record july 1 74.2 58.2 66.2 96.0 in 1936 last year 76.8 53.1 65.d lowest on record Normal. 80.2. .68.8 42.5 in 1918 five Days Community of becomes a traffic snarled Metropolis of 000 shaded by of the big m Stampede. But did t succeed in keeping the rain away from tuesday s opening show the fifth annual Manitoba Stampede. This d i d n t Dampen the enthusiasm of Bruce Mac Kenzie general manager of the and despite a grand stand crowd people he was predicting would see the the week s end show. Before or. Mackenzie based his prediction on the basis of five years work with the big m. The year it opened it Drew people. The professional cowboys with the Rodeo took a bit different View of things where with the Arena a quagmire it took not Only skill but Luck to pick up a prize. The one Consolation was that the Landing was a bit softer when they got bucked off their wild Broncos. Instead of picking up broken Bones they Fust Tiad to pick the mud out of their Teeth. Among the particularly Tricky events were the calf roping and steer wrestling which demands split second timing on the part of horse and rider and even the slightest slip could Send the Cowboy out of the Arena empty handed. Two of the competitors travelled Halfway around the world to become Stampede cowboys. Even Rayner from new zealand and Al Harvey from England Are both learning the Art of bareback Bronco Riding is no easy Way i the majority of. The per. Formers however come from Western Canada and the mid Western United states. In All there Are five bareback Bronco Riding Saddle bronc Riding calf steer wrestling and the Brahma Bull Riding. In the evening when the track is dry enough there is harness racing with parimutuel betting. There s a purse up for grabs for the top Chuck Wagon racers throughout the week. Among those that Rodeo fans will recognize is Cliff Clag Jat the Veteran Wagon master from British Columbia. A new addition to the big a this year is billed As the suicide Ben Hur world championship Chariot race which f e r is roman style chariots racing four the rougher e d horses for weeks before the big m actually gets under Way Stetson hats Cowboy boots and a general old West atmosphere take Over then with opening Day provided there rain comes the Pancake breakfasts on the Street and Street dancing in the a night. Premier Walter Weir opening the the crowd the people of the red River Valley Are building. Something Worth while. This area is helping to Iraq Manitoba on the. Map.1 Dent Stanley a. Wilson of Industry and com Merce minister Sidney Spivak and mayor a. G. Morden of Morden. Although the actual ground breaking for the foot Plant on a site in Morden s Industrial Park will not take place until late september plans Are Al ready under Way for. A temporary operation. Interim quarters have been arranged in a building in the town and machinery for the manufacturing process will be moved in Over next two weeks. Newly designed machinery will be installed in the Perman ent building when it is completed Early next year. At the outset the firm will employ .12 said or. Wilson. He also stated that he expected the staff to rapidly expand to 60 Over the next year. The company will train local people for the electronic As Sembly work with the of Long Range sustained employ ment. Or. Wilson said his company has been working with the department of Industry and Commerce for nearly two years on the project. _ Manitoba was chosen he continued not Only for the local Market possibilities but also because of the province s proximity to both the Midwest United states and Eastern Ca Nadian markets. The Plant will be making Telephone loading coils capacitors and various other component parts for Tele phone and television equipment. Or. Wilson claimed manufacturing of this Type of product in Western Canada is pretty much of a death probed Crystal City Man. Up ramp today Are investigating the death of a. Middle aged Man on the Swan Lake Indian Reserve about 18 Miles North East of Here. The body of Peter Hobson was found about 6 . On the Reserve. Ramp say foul play is suspected. The of death and further details were not immediately available. Crystal City is about 90 Miles Southeast of Brandon ;