Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba 18 Winnipeg free press Friday june 13, 1969 culture vultures throw Money away by de Simon Ottawa. Up budgetary critics to the contrary some canadians enjoy throwing their Money away on the arts. Proof can be found not Only in the packed auditoriums of the National arts Centre since it opened its doors May 31 but in a totally unforeseen Hap pening in the theatre lobby. The unexpected Money maker is Julien Hebert s two Storey Fountain an impressive Struc Ture of vertical Metal tubing and 46. Triangular Glass trays set at varying Levels to catch the Spray. Possibly stimulated by the adjacent theatre bar one of the opening night customers produced a Penny from his pocket and tried to lob it into one of the upper trays. The Clink of Copper against Glass was infectious. Employing styles ranging local jaws drop from the basketball free throw to the sidearm curve Mink Clad women and visiting parties Public school students joined in the game of pitch and toss the faint hearted trying the easy shot from the Balcony while oth ers sought immortality by ing for the Topmost tray from ground level. When the pennies ran out the More dedicated players kept the game going with Nickels and dimes. The management s initial reaction of Stark horror quickly faded As it became evident that or. Hebert s glassware was built to withstand the monetary assault. The Centre has not yet at tempted an estimate of the Fountain s take. In due course the coins will be removed and donated to a worthy project involving the. Arts. Meanwhile the Money continues to flow just As steadily. U less spectacularly across the Box office counters. No tickets Are available for the last three performances of the ecstasy of Rita Joe the Vancouver playhouse theatre production which closes Satur Day night nor for tonight s sin Gle appearance by chanteuse Monique Ceyrac or saturday s pop elec Ronique the Windup of the two week opening festival. The Charlottetown festival players who open an extender run of alternating performances police have been checking with local criminal elements and you should see their jaws of Anne of Green Gables and drop when they re told what i Johnny Belinda tuesday night was taken from Birks jewelry already have sold out three store det. Supt. W. Ernest matinee performances and Busi Winnipeg police Pope of the department said thursday. At a press conference in the Public safety building det. Supt. Pope said he thinks the weekend thieves who took about in Cash As Well As jewels and rings valued at to were probably an Eastern Canadian outfit. The theft was too highly organized to be a local Job the superintendent said. Police chief George blow of Winnipeg said a report that blackmailing of a store employee might have been involved in the theft at Henry Birks and sons Man ltd., is wrong. This report was not Given by a policeman and is erroneous. Reports like this put All the employees under a Cloud of the report not published in the free press was that an employee was being Black mailed about his private life and it was hinted that information about the store s Security might have been extorted. Ness is already brisk for subsequent attractions including week Long appearance by Harry Belafonte. Meany condemns Ilo Bias Geneva a american labor Leader George Meany said today the1 International labor organization shows Bias to wards communist countries. Meany president of the Al Cio told the Ilo s 50th anniversary conference its main Dis Cussion document reveals a lamentable Bias when it refers to unemployment in the United states but to manpower sur pluses in the industrialized countries of Eastern the same kind of Bias is shown when the report Points to building with growth and pm the failure to co ordinate House ploy ment in what Are described As Market countries but there is not one word on the notorious poor housing conditions for workers in communist coun Meany made his remark Dur ing the discussion of the report to the conference by Ilo director general David a. Morse of the . The delegates from More than 100 countries also heard . Labor Secretary George p. Schultz read a letter from president Nixon to Morse. Nixon offered United states support for the Ilo s world employment program. The Ilo program Aims at creating More jobs and Job training in the developing coun tries. Unions bar . Bands from to London a the British musicians Union thursday barred american pop music groups from appearing on Brit ish television charging the american musicians Union is keeping British posters off television. The action rekindled a dispute which kept american bands of of British concert Halls and Stu Dios for years after the second world War. The first american group affected by the ban is the o Hara express which was scheduled i to appear on the bbl tonight. Harry Francis assistant Secretary of the British Union said his organization had a Long standing agreement with its american counterpart that visit ing pop groups in the two coun tries could give two to shows. Last monday i received a letter from them saying they did t agree to two television performances by each of three British pop groups Over Francis said. I Don t know Why they have altered their policy but obvious in if they Are not going to agree to our musicians giving two to performances in the states i can t commit myself for Ameri can musicians performing on television Over car insurance plan promised Grant Cosby new democratic party candidate for fort Garry in the june 25 provincial election said that one of the first acts of an nip govern ment would be to introduce a scheme of car insurance that would lower rates by at least one third. Speaking at a meeting at his Campaign Headquarters or. Cosby said that to ensure reasonable rates the scheme would have to be Arnini stereo at Cost by the government. Communists rap Csc the provincial executive of the communist party of Canada Lias issued a statement protest ing the Canadian broadcasting corporation s decision to refuse the communist candidates free television and radio time. By setting its own narrow definition of what constitutes a political party the Csc is in fact acting As a censor and telling the people of Manitoba that it will decide what the people May or May not hear during the election a news release complained. The communist party pro tests this unwarranted discrimination against its candidates and Calls upon democratic Opin Ion in Manitoba to do a political panel discussion will be held in the lower Hall of Lions Manor at 2 . Monday. Panel members will be the candidates for is. Matthews constituency. The last Chance to take advantage of the Bay s bargain Bazaar Clos i 6 . Saturday june saturday is the last Day for great savings in the Bay s bargain Bazaar on the Mezzanine floor. Check savings on men s and women s fashions infants to teeters clothing footwear Staples sundries and More. Shop til 6 . Bargain Mezzanine floor. 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