Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, June 20, 1969

Issue date: Friday, June 20, 1969
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Previous edition: Thursday, June 19, 1969

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday june 20, 1969 languages Bill rapped by Swyst Uii w. M. Bill Swystun progressive conservative candidate for Burrows said in a policy statement that the official languages Bill discriminates against canadians of origin other than French or English. Passage of the Bill now being presented in Ottawa would have repercussions at a provincial level particularly in Manitoba where there is a substantial number of minority groups of ukrainian German polish and jewish descent he said. Productive members of the Community would have their chances for civil service or government jobs impaired by their inability to speak French. Compulsory French is not Only unfair in spirit it would not stand the test of a review by the supreme court he added. He said the Bill is in direct contradiction to the Canadian election Roundup nip candidate has wide Lead in number of posters a Survey of election posters in the new Winnipeg constituency candidate leading his nearest opponent by a 5-1 margin in wednesday s provincial election. His opponents Are finance minister Gurney Evans of the of Crescent Wood shows by go progressive conservatives and Nick the new democratic party Liberal Frank Muldoon. Or. Evans Appeal to the electorate provincial has been treasurer. That As Manito Gonick maps Battle on High House costs Manitoba s progressive conservative government has been accused of doing nothing to prevent housing costs from rising and of not using Federal funds available to the province the Trudeau. Government and is an infringement on provincial matters. i uie mosaic recently advocated buying Low Cost housing and providing Low interest Loans to would be Home owners. By Gonick associate professor of economics at the univer sity of Manitoba and the nip candidate in Crescent Wood rid ing said the average Winnipeg Home built in 1965 would Cost More to buy this year an increase of nearly .30 per cent in four he cited reasons Large tracts of land around cig try s distinctive All rooms with to and radio Alt room with Bath or Shower free outdoor parking for registered guests special family plan a Jarry s shield dining lounge and excellent Coffee shop the meals revitalize agriculture nip candidate Steps must be taken to revitalize agriculture in Manitoba because of the desperate situation Farmers find them selves in said Leonard Evans new democratic party Candi Date for Brandon East. An nip government would assist in the expansion of j markets for Grain livestock and poultry and would co operate with the Federal government in expanding International m a sets he said. It would also urge the Canadian wheat Board to improve marketing and pricing procedures for feed grains to other regions of Canada. To ensure that the agricultural Industry will expand and Prosper or. Evans said that a provincial government must Institute sound land use adjust ment policies encourage farm ers to Transfer to crops which Are in greater demand have greater producer involvement in marketing programs and expand research programs. The City Are being amassed by i speculators who plan to hold them until they can be sold at a huge profit. The result is an artificial Scarcity of building developers then Are forced by the High Price of lots to put up luxury housing which will guar Antee them a return on their investment or. Gonick said. He also noted High interest rates a buyer must pay to finance a House. He said that although is the average annual family income in Canada less than five per cent of buyers of Nha financed houses have family incomes below or. Gonick suggested ways to reduce housing costs take advantage of Federal Loans which provide up to 90 per cent of capital costs. The Manitoba government should use Federal Loans to become the wholesaler of lots could then be leased to homeowners at a More reasonable rate. A capital gains tax on land bans have been relieved from the Burden of additional taxes for two consecutive he says. Or. Muldoon has attacked the progressive conservatives As an old tired government becom ing negligent of the he has said the Manitoba government is taking an inhuman View of the South Indian Lake situation and senselessly destroying a self sufficient Community by flooding the area. Or. Gonick who founded the Manitoba committee for con Sumer Protection has rapped the Weir government for not taking advantage of the Feder Al Grants and Loans available for housing construction for the elderly and Low and Middle income what is the significance of political posters Are they any indication of the Way people will vote wednesday no one can Tell at this Point. The to registered voters in cres cent Wood will have to make up their own minds. Crescent Wood is Between River Heights and fort Rouge constituencies. Uranium idea endorsed John Munro Munro endorses Bernes Federal health minister John Munro briefly visited Winnipeg thursday night to endorse the candidacy of a Friend who is contesting the forthcoming provincial general election. Or. Munro s Friend is Tom Bernes 23, president of the Canadian University Liberal federation Liberal candidate in Wellington constituency. In route from Ottawa to Edmonton the minister told a press conference at the Winni Peg International Airport that he had arranged to Stop Here to endorse or. Bernes whom he candidate charges literature larceny by Derik Hodgson the progressive conservative candidate in Welling ton constituency has charged his new democracy tis party opponent with literature larceny. William Mcgarva says the nip candidate Rev. Philip Petursson was caught red handed follow ing conservative workers in the Toronto Street area and taking Campaign literature out of mail boxes As fast As it was being put in. Or. Petursson says there was nothing wrong and that he had just taken two samples to see what he or. Mcgarva was hand ing or Mcgarva counter charges that his workers checked Back at least 10 houses to find nothing in the mail boxes. Somebody must have phoned said or. Petursson i had two pensioner bus fares will be passed Cowan if the Weir government is returned to Power in the june 25 election the Bill to enable old age pensioners to pay 10-cent bus fares will be James Cowan former la for Winni Peg Centre told a gathering in the Balmoral motor hotel tues Day. He also urged the people to vote progressive conservative described As a personal Friend. Or. Munro said he was pleased to note the involvement 7conomy growing. Of such a dynamic Young Liberal in the june 25 election. Or. Bernes a political science Phletus when he came up and he was quite angry and the conservative on the other hand says the Only reason he did t press Char Ges was because he did t want to be accused of running a smear Campaign. A suggestion for All candidates in the constituency Brand All pamphlets to prevent rustling. School s exclusion lambasted Kam j. Gajdosik new dem Oera tic party candidate in St. Boniface constituency says one of the local issues in the june 25 provincial election Campaign he s particularly concerned about is the exclusion of the St. Boniface diocesan High school from his Riding. The school now is in St. Vital constituency although it is within the Boun-1 Daries of the City of St. Boniface and St. Boniface Chil Dren Are its students. The school is at 282 Dubuc Street. I am prepared to Battle the exclusion of the school from the constituency and will strive to have the Boundary changed so that the school is once again with the province of St. Boni or. Gajdosik said in a press statement. He said that at present Many local residents Are unaware the parochial school has been trans Advance polls Advance polls for the june 25 provincial election will open from 1 to 10 . Today and saturday. The location of the polls is available from returning officers or officials at candidates Headquarters. North growth a two govt. Job Industry minister the provincial government is unable to tackle the develop ment of Northern Manitoba by itself says Industry minister Sidney Spivak. Without Federal Aid the Job will be impossible to accomplish and the necessary co operation won t be forthcoming unless Ottawa realizes that it is vital to our future growth and that it is vital to Canada s or. Spivak is a progressive conservative candidate in River Heights Riding in wednesday s provincial election. Teaching assistant at the University of Manitoba last year one of a kind Sale save 25% to 50% on new furniture instruct to by local ind Eastern furniture manufacturers we will Jill v hide a bed Davenport and chairs space Aven Dinette suite swivel Dinette suites dining room suites bedroom suites mattresses stereos and Many other items too numerous to mention. Styles French provincial italian contemporary the furniture warehouse a division of . 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Bilton speaker in the last legislature is elected in Swan River in the provincial election wednesday it will mean that the progressive conserva Tive party has had an unbroken hold on the area for the past 37 years according to news release from the party. It s an enviable record and i be been stressing the amiable relations Between the constituency and the province in my or. Bilton said. He is campaigning on his and the government s record which includes a Hospital Aid for a new senior citizens Home and a Home for Retar dates in the area. Big need seen for planning Community planning for human living is badly needed in an area such As fort Jans Heffelfinger Liberal candidate in fort Rouge told supporters wednesday. Recreational facilities Are lacking in Manitoba and this should not be the Case since Urban planning in t new in North America said mrs. Heffelfinger in a press statement. She said existing facilities should a used More and pressure must be put on government to build new facilities for the people of fort Rouge Duncan Edmonds Liberal candidate for Charleswood endorses the idea of the establishment of a nuclear enriched uranium fuel Plant in Northern Manitoba. In a press release tuesday or. Edmonds said he supports with qualifications statements made in Ottawa by Industry minister Sidney Spivak to the Senate committee on science. The establishment of such a plan would be As important a step in Manitoba s Economy As the discovery of Oil in Alberta or the finding of Potash in Saskatchewan and could pump up to in Revenue into this province by the end of the next decade. It could also have the effect of changing the whole character of Northern or. Edmonds said. Would debate Alderman d. A. Abe Yanof sky of West Kildonan progressive conservative candidate in seven Oaks says in a press statement he is willing to debate the Issue of total amalgamation of greater Winnipeg municipalities with mayor Saul Miller of West Kildonan Mem Ber of seven Oaks in the last legislature and nip candidate ill wednesday s provincial elec Tion. Attorney general Sterling r., feared out of their constituency. Lyon spoke about the advances. He said if the school is not already made such As the red j returned within its former pol River flood Way and several tical boundaries local citizens was special assistant to former Federal health and welfare min ister Allan Mceachen. Candidate has child welfare program mrs. Thelma Jean Call lib eral candidate for Transcona j tuesday released a four Point program regarding child welfare. They Are remove forever the Rule that Foster children who cannot be adopted must be moved from one Foster Home to another. 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