Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday july 23, 1968 Donald Duck Well test it on a mounted policeman s horse. If he chokes the . There it went Una Donald looks sick there s a Roll that would choke Iya horse 1 exaggerate Mickey mouse on Nook Smock i mean 1 Archie extinguisher what if there were a fire we d need yank your shirt on the be what we can t my see in shirt it a. Happened 1 i so of Nabuns i oust knew you d say ve9. Dagwood May i buy that pretty new car so Sazy about rip Kirby Iii. Try to be of assistance wi6s travels. In run eee we Arent is or disturber we absolute privacy Pear or. Kirby so Sweet of you to come to help me. I and Lois Are Vou sure Vou coff Mumm and now Here s the news Atu vent to hear Tiffany Jones Sirl out there Oaire who is buy ing soothes for her Trousseau you pressed so con Tiffany Mabelle Yoo Are better Tiffany i have some explaining to it is All rather compel Cater Vidu must Troto be reasonable and under stamp. What poes it Allt a Beetle Bailey every mobn1m0. Impress Tab is. General. A two minute now i m some of these sacred artefacts were inside the St. Bohi face Basilica when monday s fire broke out. Most of the items were believed to have been saved but tuesday St. Boniface archbishop Maurice Baui Louic did t know if the Large Mons trance in the Centre of the table had been dam aged. It was in the crypt in die basement of the Cathedral and the archbishop was waiting debris and water to be cleared before he could inspect it. The Tan Crozier and metropolitan Cross at the rear were in the vault during the fire but escaped damage the chalice on the left was in the vault and one of the Mitres on the right was in a Cabinet in the main building but these removed by priests be fore the Blaze increased one of the most valuable items the pectoral Cross just showing in the picture on the left was also removed from the vault. The second Mitre was in the archbishop s residence at the time. When the above items were shown at an exhibition of Church furnishings at the Home of l. R. Murray 485 Wellington Crescent in inc they were insured for archbishop Baudoux said toes Day that no amount of Money could replace their historical value. Bulldozer highlights Roundup by Doug Windsor Swan special bulldozing was an added feature at monday s Swan River Northwest Roundup opening. Before the annual three Day event got under Way a Bulldozer was brought. In to scrape the surface off the Rodeo track soggy from weekend Fains. Opening ceremonies with Premier Walter Weir officiating and the cowboys grand entry were delayed an flour until town Machin Ery and gravel trucks re paired the track surface. More than spectators packed the grandstands and the temporary bleachers for the opening show. Earlier one of the longest parades Ever to push along Swan River streets lined up spectators three and four deep. Swan River s Jubilee was the theme of the two mile Long cavalcade of floats horses bands steam engines antique cars and decorated bicycles. Pembina Point of mailing Pembina . Staff an ironic twist of history has resulted from the can Adu wide postal strike for this Small town just three Miles South of the Border. Until 1818 when the Boundary was drawn Pem Birta then called fort Daer was part of British territory included in the lord Selkirk land Grant. As a fur Trade Post it figured prominently in the history of the West including its Early business. Now on american soil Canadian businessmen in Winnipeg have again attached importance to the town it s a. Place to mail letters. It s keeping . Post office officials Busy. With Canadian mail serv ice paralysed by the strike a Large number of Winnipeg business firms carry their bound mail to Minne Sota and North Dakota Border towns to be posted there. A visit to Pembina Post office caught the staff Fin Ishing up the sorting out of 300 pounds of mail brought in from that morning almost All of it was addressed to Points in the . With a few airmail letters to Europe explained postmaster Nathan Myrick he said canadians Are even better than Ameri cans in remembering to in clude the five digit rip code in addressing . Letters. Engineer pay probe urged by committee Winnipeg s Public works com Mittee recommended monday that the City s utilities and personnel committee prepare a detailed report of the salaries of several senior employees in the engineering department. The c o my i 11 e e recommendation followed a report from City Engineer w. D. Hurst which states that the salaries of several senior executives in the City s engineering depart ment Are badly out of line with metro salaries. A further discrepancy existed Between Winnipeg Hydro employees and the engineering depart ment said. The salary of the Deputy City Engineer was considerably be Low that of the Deputy Hydro manager although they Are supposed to be in the same class. Municipal autonomy aim of 54 Indian reserves Indian officials will request the Federal government to Grant municipal autonomy to Manitoba s 54 Indi a h reserves containing people when they meet Early next year to discuss proposed amendments to the Indian act chief Dave Courchene pre s id in t of the Manitoba Indian brotherhood said in an interview monday afternoon. Or. Courchene chief of the fort Alexander Indian Reserve said the 51 band councils which Are elected every two years by the members of the Reserve Xii some cases there Are two reserves represented on one band Are merely or stamp organizations the real Power lies with the Indian affairs department he which occasionally enacts decisions without seeking the band Council s approval. One High ranking Indian official replied when asked How much Power the reserves should have As much Power As the mayor and Council in a Munici both he and chief Courchene emphasized that they do not want the Indian affairs Branch to merely to adopt an advisory capacity secondary to the band Council not As at present behaving As a paternalistic dictatorship. Also both men expressed the deepest admiration for Robert a Connelly regional director of the Lidian affairs Branch in Manitoba. They said or. Con Nelly who was slated for a position in Ottawa is remaining in Manitoba at the request of a Large number of Manitoba s indians. However the brotherhood is deeply concerted with past actions of the Indian affairs Branch not during or. Con Nelly s tenure when sections of Indian reserves were sold with out the consent of the Indian inhabitants. The brotherhood intends to launch several Law suits against the Federal government in order to some of this land or be compensated chief Cour Chene declared. One of the More interesting Battles Witt Centre upon an Island which once forced part of the fort Alexander Indian Reserve but was seized by the Federal government by an order in Council in 1931 and Given to the provincial government. The were not consulted in this matter according to chief Courchene. X he added that the Federal government then1 granted the land to the ment which is currently leasing it and receiving a rent from the Abi Tibi Manitoba paper com Pany at Pine Falls. Chief Courchene said lawyers in his organization will prepare a Case and. Seek adequate compensation from the Federal govern ment for the Island they said was seized contrary to tile Indian act. Chief Courchene also noted that the township of Pine Falls which once formed part of the fort Alexander Indian Reserve was sold without the consent of the indians during the 1920s he said there. Are Many such instances most of which were carried out by the. Indian affairs department acting with out any concern for the indians. He said the Branch can serve a useful purpose but Only if it accepts an advisory rather than a controlling role. During the weekend at a meeting of the seven Man executive of the Manitoba Indian brotherhood and several other Indian officials at the Balmoral motor hotel four Field consult ants were selected to open a Liaison Between the 51 band councils and the brotherhood with the aim being to formulate a policy which1 has the approval of the councils. Consultant will be chosen this weekend. When a policy has finally been agreed upon by the two groups the Manitoba Indian brother Hood will Contact the Federal government and arrange for a meeting to Deal with Amend ments to the Indian act. Referring to metro s recent decision to raise the salaries of three of its senior employees or. Hurst asked the committee to take the necessary action that Witt restore the or. Hurst told the committee that the salaries of the Deputy City Engineer and the acting Deputy Engineer had to be raised to bring them info line with their metro counterparts. The salary for the Deputy City Engineer ranges to metro s Deputy streets and transit director earns bet and the two positions according to or. Hurst Are comparable the salary for the acting Deputy City Engineer ranges from to metro s streets and traffic Engineer earns Between and 512. These two positions can also be compared or. Hurst said. It seems that the situation is unresolved and in order that a Concrete decision can be made i would recommend that the salaries of the Deputy City Engineer and the acting Deputy City Engineer be or. Hurst s report stated. All i can say is that i have reached the Point where i cant Advance any rational reasons for the difference in or. Hurst said. La action the provincial government was urged monday to begin an immediate investigation of damage wreaked upon Southern Manitoba by saturday s top the plea came from by Hanuschak la for Burrows and Secretary of the provincial new democratic party. I in a letter to Premier Walter Weir or. Hanuschak can upon you to investigate Otis and Relief to those having suffered injury to person and property. In fact i would urge that it become the established policy tiie government to be prepared and equipped to Deal m a Uke manner with other emergencies of an unusual nature and Bey Otid the scope of Normal predictability that May ;