Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 17, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Homes in All districts 12oo Pembina hwy., Winnipeg 19, Man. 24 hour service 452-2132______ Winnipeg free press reaver moving storage local Canada . Overseas shipping phone 786-6081 agents Allied Van lines by Carrier soc per week tuesday june 17, 1969 2nd class mail registration number 0286 another View by John Robertson i might As Well admit it right off the Bat John Robertson boy columnist noted for his audacious manner of shooting from the lip sporadically emphatically and sometimes erratically is groping for words today As he never groped before. And that is because i have to Tell you that As of june 30, i will be pulling up stakes from a newspaper that has become family to me and moving to Montreal. Being somewhat of a sentimental Slob i choke up pretty quickly when it comes to saying goodbyes so i la put that off until it s time to sit Down and come at you one last time from this pulpit which has kind of become a love seat i have shared with a lot of Fine people who read this paper. There undoubtedly will be those who will stand up and cheer at what they consider my Long overdue demise but i am going to miss your acid jabs too because there is nothing like a Shiv Between the third and fourth ribs to remind me that what i say is not Only not All that important and informative but that it s not All that fair and factual either. The next logical question is of course where Are you going John Robertson and Why i am going to the Montreal Star to write a daily sports column and moving into the shoes of a Good Friend named red Fisher who was recently elevated to sports editor and in a moment of Giddy insanity offered me his old Job. Those kids from St. George school who inter viewed me last week through this column had me pegged far More accurately than any of the local sages Ever imagined. As i spoke they selected within seconds that Here before them was the last of the frustrated athletes a Guy who had quit playing Little boys games Long ago but had never really left the dressing room and. Its acrid odor of sweat and liniment. And this 1 suppose is As Good a reason As any Why John Robertson is fleeing Back into the Mary Poppins world of sport where human tragedy is measured in sprained Ankles hip pointers and bruised egos. But sport is much More than that to me. It is life s most apropos Battlefield the fitting and proper place for wars Between nations the Ideal outlet for physical Agres Sion the place where a boy can become a Man in the heat of a Battle that is real enough and yet still enough of a game so that if he fails today he can lick his wounds and try again tomorrow. I can t rid myself of the feeling that in moving Back into the realm of sport where i spent 13 of my 14 years in this business i am somehow copping out on the real problems of life which i have encountered during the past year poverty mistreatment of our indians the shame of our pitifully inadequate housing the pleas of Little people with big problems who Call up and say i did t know who else to turn to but sooner or later., in this game of life you have to take an inventory of your personal assets and liabilities and decide where you want to go what you want to do and then choose the Best Road to get there. So i decided to leave the real problems to those infinitely More qualified to Deal with them. I decided that if i was to Ever write with any kind of believable authority it had to be on a subject i knew from the inside. And As a life Long frustrated athlete i think i have become an authority on How it feels to lose. So Why not write about it and if you Are going to write sport what better place to do it than in a City which has major league hockey baseball and football the wife and i flew East last weekend to Case Montreal and although we were highly impressed the thought of leaving so Many friends in Winnipeg gnawed at us through out the journey. But in this Dodge you can t always just stay where things Are comfortable. When i came Back to Tell the Boss of my decision he stuck out his hand wished me Luck and said that though he was sorry to see me go he could understand Why i had to. This is the third time i be left in the free press sense of the word. And As the parables say prodigal sons have a habit of returning. Any other employer would have just said Well keep in but the people Here went one step further. They have asked me to keep in touch by writing a weekly column in the free press Leisure Magazine which Means that another View will really Only be switch ing portholes. This makes me feel better but still phones a Milestone the Telephone in Canada transmitted its first conversation monday morn ing when communications minister Eric Kierans used his coloured Telephone to speak with Gunder Osberg president of the Telephone association of Canada. That conversation High lighted the opening Day of the association s 40th annual meeting in the hotel fort Garry. It ends thursday. Or. Osberg said the Tele phone Industry had reached a Milestone in Progress m Canadian he noted that telephones represents 43 Tele phones per 100 population. Our Telephone service is second to none in the world in efficiency and Low or. Kierans replied that the Federal government wished to work closely with the association in developing better communications for All canadians. Joking the minister said the opposition will soon be accusing him of being the Best postmaster general the Telephone companies Ever delegations doubtful on . Complex a spokesman for Lake Winnipeg navigation co. Ltd., said people showed up sunday at the government Dock in Selkirk for an open House at lord Selkirk ii. The line up began about . And lasted until ., when the company had to turn away a number of sightseers. For most of the Day about people waited in line to get a look at the new cruise blow no censor Zuken symphony deficit situation critical officers an accumulated deficit oct s41.085 has put the Winnipeg symphony orchestra in serious financial Straits it was revealed at the orchestra s annual meet ing monday night in the base ment of the Centennial concert Hall. Deficit for 1968 to 1909 is treasurer Donald 0. Wood in his report said orchestra simply cannot survive unless this condition is however he said in an interview afterwards he has no real fear As to the possible demise of the orchestra. I m fully confident that we can raise the he asserted. And that must be quickly As he expressed Hopes for in creased ticket sales visual and corporation invest member of Allied Van lines . Brandon 728-4414 63s-3z53 Winnipeg police chief George blow came under attack from Alderman Joseph Zuken at a meeting of Winnipeg City coun cil monday. The attack was sparked by chief blow s comments recently regarding bail. He was quoted j As saying that giving bail in certain cases was like giving a licence to he criticized magistrate i. V. Ubienski for giving a Man bail i on a breaking and entering charge. Aid. Zuken said that chief blow s Job was enforcement of Law and he should not function As a censor of the courts. Any complaints regarding bail is the responsibility of the Crown counsel or defence coun-1 Sel and should be dealt with through the he said. There was no discussion Fol lowing his remarks. In an interview later Aid. Zuken said that the whole question of bail was under review. At the moment it seems there is one Law for he Rich j Man and another for the poor. If you re Rich you can put up the Money and get out on bail. In effect you re sentenced be fore your trial takes place and it May take months before the Legal process is sorted he said. He said he had made his protest both As an Alderman and As a lawyer. Viking ship All in a Day s work weather report raceway noise forecas1 the s set is at 6 . Tuesday Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Resina Brandon the Pas Winnie a fort William Kenora Max. M m. Pre. 82 61 80 82 72 73 62 49 60 47 .15 39 40 42 37 43 .05 .08 .69 12 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Hai a pm Capo Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York Max. Min. Pre. 72 48 70 49 69 72 ii 90 6r 82 54 53 59 7b 63 s7 .17 .57 to .06 protested the roaring engines at Brook lands Speedway Corner of Sel Kirk Avenue and Oak Point Highway have driven residents to seek some Relief from the noise and monday night at a meet no of Winnipeg City coun cil they demanded that the races be stopped. Anthony Harris of 2037 Sel Kirk Avenue who spoke on behalf of the others said that he had complained 12 times to St. James Assiniboia police and had received no satisfaction. He said that the cars roared around the track every Day of the week practising in addition i to the races wednesday nights. To an interview later another resident mrs. Oscar s. Einar son. Of 34 Eckhardt Avenue said that the streets around her Home were not Safe after For children. Most the spectators drive like they re in the Speedway she said the noise of the cars was so loud that it was unpleasant to sit outside in her front Yard Over the weekends. The. Matter was referred to the City s health committee. By Gordon Arnold i be got enough problems keeping my own stuff Clear on this Lou Thorn ton general manager of Man sphere said pointing to a mass of papers on his desk. And things will get even More cluttered and the Pace will become More hectic until Man sphere 99, which begins june 20, ends june 28. Or. Thorton is in his second year As general manager and As exhibition week approaches it s just a Case of you sort of Don t Stop. Things Are starting to Peak now. You May not have the time you would like to spend. Fast decisions Are often required and you Hope they Are the right ones based on past expert or. Thornton taking a few minutes out of his 18 hour workday likened the running of Man sphere to a Battle plan. The running of Man sphere is a combined operation. Should one opera Tion fall Down it affects the whole organization. I am banking on them to look after their own or. Thornton said refer ring to the numerous Volun Teers responsible for each Section of the fair s opera Tion. A Secretary stepped into the office. Or. Thornton Ken s hollering for you outside the Ken s with one of the people working on bring the Viking ship in or. Thornton explained. When s the last time you saw a Vik ing ship in the Middle of Winnipeg i Don t have All the details on it yet but there s this fellow out on the West coast building a replica of an earlier Viking ship and he s sending it by rail to the East coast. He phoned and asked if he could Stop off at our exhibition and i said can you Ever. Come on in they will be building part of the boat Here that s just one of the details or. Thornton has to look after. When the interview ended or. Thornton was on the Telephone trying to track Down the West Side of the youth Pavilion which had gone astray somewhere be tween Toronto and Winni Peg. Ments. The symphony will also have to take the initiative in i finding new ways to raise Money he said. Or. Wood reported last year had witnessed a 58.3 per cent increase in ticket sales and a 3.4 per cent Rise in contributions irom the Community. The president of Winnipeg symphony orchestra ltd., w. R. Palmer said in his report the past year has been the successful season the orchestra has enjoyed despite the largest deficit in its the orchestra played to Over 100.000 people last year including special performances in flin flon and Thompson. Attendance at subscription concerts was up More than 60 per cent Over the previous year according to or. Palmer. He voiced support for the idea that the symphony orchestra must provide music acceptable to the Man in the Street. No longer can an orchestra afford to concentrate its Aims towards a Small Section of the music Loving said. He expressed Hope that the school boards of greater Winni Peg would lend greater financial support to the symphony school concerts sponsored by the women s committee of the orchestra with some assistance from the school boards. He announced next year s Canada Council Grant to the orchestra will exceed the past year s by bringing it up to this year s Grant to the orchestra by its women s com Mittee totalled Ernest j. Smith is the new president of the symphony s Board of management. Vice presidents include or. M. M. Pierce. Mrs. J. W. Sparling g. J. Forest Donald o. Wood or. Justice James e. Wilson. C. Gordon Dilts mrs. J. M. Gillies h. S. Brock Smith Harold t. Martin and David h. Shantz. East Kildonan City Council monday night heard the last formal presentation concerning a proposed recreation Centre before a Money bylaw goes before East Kildonan rate payers wednesday. Ratepayers Are being asked to either ratify or reject a plan for a 35-acre Park and sports Complex on the site of the City nuisance grounds on the North Side of Kimberley Avenue East of Gateway Road. The project would include an area for skating and hockey a theatrical production room and facilities for Tennis and other sports plus civic activities. Council has already approved in principle the recreational development. Mrs. H. J. House presented a Brief read by Alderman John Huyda. In which she said a statement by the Parks and sports coordinator that the Cost of the recreational Centre would result in an increase of Only per annul per taxpayer in the next 20 years is misleading to the voters. Mrs. House asked Council whether the construction Cost figure is an absolute or an approximation and if additional Cost s such As sports directors salaries heating lighting water and Telephone Bills were included in the she was told that Council must wait for approval from the ratepayers for the project and then tenders quoting absolute figures will be called. Another ratepayer Max l. Geller thought that the actual tenders might be higher than the figure proposed by Council but Aid. Norman p. Stapon said that the City s consulting engineers had just completed studies on three Simila r recreational centres and thought the figures would be Correct. Mrs. House said the site is not serviced by either of the East mrs. House also objected to taxpayers Money being spent on tags urging East Kildonan citizens to vote on the East Kildonan recreation referendum june 18." Aid. Stanley Dowhan said he is against the bylaw if it Means that the City s incinerator will no longer be used. It would be silly to destroy the present incinerator then find in five years the City needs one he said. In closing Aid. Dowhan said anyone who votes for that thing the in my Opin Ion is nuts Kildonan transit lines the Clos est being the Watt and Kimber Ley bus which leaves one half mile to walk. She thought that Only a few in the immediate area would truly Benefit from the Complex. River dragged for boy two traffic people were accidents in killed in Manitoba Landlady helps to reunite family monday and an eight year old boy is thought to have drowned in the Assiniboine River in Winnipeg. Missing is Roger cum eau 8, 796 Grosvenor Avenue. Police sad the boy was playing with friends making mud pies on a Concrete Structure on the River Bank at the rear of 277 Wellington Crescent when he a death trap plea St. Vital asks Quick action on Corner St. Vital City coun cil will ask the Provin Cial government to see that traffic lights or some other safety de vice Are instated immediately to reduce the v loss of life at the inter Section of Highway 59 and the perimeter Highway. A motion to this effect was passed at Council s meeting monday evening. Alderman Florence Pierce who introduced the motion called the intersection a death trap and suggested traffic lights be the terrible Cost of. Human lives at this intersection has to be police chief David Forbes Parker of St. Vital said in a Tele phone interview tuesday that seven people have been killed in traffic accidents at the intersection since 1965. One person was killed in 1965, five in 1966 and one this year. Monday evening a police department spokesman said the spokesman said traffic at the intersection now is con trolled by a Stop sign on Highway 59 but some further 135 teachers to visit North the Manitoba geography teachers association will Spon a Sor a chartered flight for 1351 teachers to visit Thompson. York factory. Churchill and Yellowknife. Leaving Winnipeg 1 Friday. I the Churchill chamber of i Commerce has arranged they i i will participate in the opening of the whaling season and visit Black Brant rocket Range the i auroral Observatory and the c i radar tracking station. J j at Yellowknife the teachers i will tour the Shore of the great slave Lake to Cameron Falls. I Louis Yabs Gra Amdale homesteader and a former Mem Ber of the Czar of Russia s army left a wife and six children behind and went to California to improve their lot. It was 1923. A few letters were exchanged. From 1927 there was no More j Contact. Three weeks ago 52-year-old Daniel Gabbs. A in Yard fore Man living at 404 Enniskillen Avenue. West Kildonan opened a Telegram from his brother William. It said their father Louis Yabs was ill in a Manteca California hotel. The children were being called to his bedside. Within 48 hours five of his children arrived at his bedside 1 from Winnipeg Vancouver and j Garden City. Michigan. The reunion after 45 years j was made possible by a Tele Gram from or. Yabs s apartment. Manager. While in Hospital for seven j Days the 85-year-old Man had mentioned to her that someone might still be at the Homestead. The manager sent a Telegram to either or. Yabs s wife Alvina or i William Yabs one of his foul control is needed. The inter Section is costing too Many persons their on the other hand. Aid. S. M. Mcmurray said that if Drivers can t see a sign which warns motorists there is an intersection 500 feet ahead or the Stop sign they would t see a Light Aid. Douglas e. Honeyman suggested the rash of accidents w i Cocci it w1ic11 1jc m. Patently slipped into the River. At the intersection resulted from he was last seen Bobbing in the poor Driver on the 60, Dale remembered a William Gabbs and forwarded the wire to him at Hilbrie. Man. William Gabbs immediately wired All the children. Alvina Yabs had died two years ago. Who returned from California last week said in an interview he had been about six years old when he last saw his father. But his father suffering from leukaemia recognized All the children he said. In addition to Daniel and William a son Arthur lives in Ste. Anne. Man., and a daughter Jean in Birch Bay Man. There Are now 32 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren water. The Accident occurred at about 8 Monday. Police attempted to recover the body monday night but abandoned the search at dark it resumed again tues traffic accidents cars on the perimeter Are driving at 60, sometimes 70, Miles an hour and it is hard for a Driver on Highway 59 to Tell if he has time to Cross Aid. Honeyman said. Sons. I the family name had been mentioned to her that someone i changed in the intervening years Bill someone in Gralam 75 unionists attend course about 75 Trade Union members of the Canadian Union of Public employees Csc from Manitoba and Saskatchewan Are at Clear Lake. Man., until june 20 to at tend a leadership training school. The sessions Are at Moos a Lodge. Subjects taught include taxes wages prices inflation and Public relations. Several members of the Canadian Union of postal workers Csc will attend the courses. Day morning. Killed in were Vernon Allan Ritchie 20, of Bagot Man. George Alphonse Forsman 51. Of Dauphin Man. Ramp at Portage la Prairie said or. Ritchie was killed when his 1964 car was in collision with an eastbound Canadian National railways train about 10 Miles West of Portage. Or. Ritchie the Only occupant in his car was southbound on the Edwin Road when the Accident took place. An observer who was at the scene shortly after the Accident said wreckage was strewn about 150 feet along the in l Way. Control dam raises level of red River owners of Small Craft on the red River North of Lockport Man., have been warned by the Federal department of Public works to take Steps to protect their boats from possible dam age by the rising Waters of the red River. The higher water level was caused when the St. Andrews control dam at Lockport was right of set in place at about 1 monday. I a in spokesman said the i Accident occurred at a level crossing with no obstructions. Or. Forsman was killed when i his eastbound motorcycle was in collision with a Semi trailer j truck 12 Miles Southeast of Dauphin. Police said or. Forsman was attempting to turn left Highway at the time Accident. Harry c. Tod. District director of the Federal Public works department said in a press state ment monday that the volume of water passing Lockport now is enough to permit the placing of the control dam. Or. Tod said this will enable an was the St. Andrews lock to be off the operated. He said it is expected of the that vessels using the rivet Between Winnipeg and Selkirk the Driver of the truck was will be Able to pass through the identified As Gilbert Herber locks by tuesday afternoon Kaul 33, of 1595 Magnus i last year navigation on the 1 red River opened april 25 ;