Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, July 16, 1969

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Homes in All districts real estate realty co. Ltd 1200 Pembina hwy., Winnipeg 19, Man. _______24 hour service 452-2132 Winnipeg free press Beaver moving storage local Canada . By Carrier 50c per week wednesday july 16, 1969 2nd class mail registration number 02s6 picking shipping phone 786-6081 agents Allied Van lines Coffee Bre key. S. A. W.4amsley, editor of the is journal the new publication devoted to news concerning the Manitoba training school Lor the mentally retarded at Portage la Prairie has spelled out details of a memorial fund established at the school. All gifts to the fund will be used to establish and maintain a memorial Library. It. Will be used to assist members of the staff taking the advanced course in mental retardation. Donors to the fund will have the names of those for whom contributions commemorate and their own names inscribed in a memorial Book encased in the Vestibule of the main building. Any size donation is Welcome. Another Welcome project at the Portage school this summer is the outdoor swimming Pool made possible by the metro Lions clubs of greater Winnipeg with their donation of from the Little Grey cup football game the Canadian juvenile football championship. Vic Pinchin chairman of the Lions committee presented the Cheque to or. G. 1-1. Lowther medical director of the school. In Summers residents of the school have been taken to the Beach two or three times during the season mainly through the efforts of the association for the mentally retarded. The Beach i rips will continue but now Lac residents at the school will also have their own Pool right on the grounds thanks to the Lions of Winnipeg Winnipeg taxi Drivers have always been noted for the service they give in contrast to cabbies in other Large Canadian cities particularly compared with those in american cities where the Only time a Driver will leave his car is to Chase someone who does t pay the meter. There May be a change in the offing if the conversation i Over heard on a taxi two Way Between a Driver owner and the firm s dispatcher saturday evening is any criterion. The dispatcher had obviously Given the Driver in question a trip a few minutes earlier. Driver to dispatcher did you Tell them to be out in front i be been sitting Here for ten dispatcher go in and get Driver i m not getting out of this car i m too dispatcher Well i did t Tell them to be downstairs i Dor t always know it s going to be you that s taking a Driver Tell everyone to be outside waiting it does t matter who takes the so maybe in future if you re not waiting on the Doorstep when the cab arrives you May find he s gone without you. And Hen Winnipeg taxi service will have gone the Way of ail other Large cities. Ouk town Jan rubes Star of the King and i is one visitor who vouches for the Courtesy of Winnipeg s finest. He jailed to signal while changing lanes in his Dat Sun and was pulled Over by a Cruiser car. The police officer took a look at him and said you re Jan rubes Aren t you Well you May be King at Rainbow stage but when driving please observe our and the Constable sent a chastened or. Rubes on his Way. Terry Hind Blue bomber business manager says fans who Are Happy with the pre season performance of the team have been calling to see if they can get the same seats for the schedule opener Here with Edmonton later this month. They can still buy season tickets which will guar Antee them the same seats for every game but they re too late for the 10 per cent discount. Season ticket sales this year Are about last year there were however this year s figure actually represents an in crease of about because the club expects a 10 per cent drop in ticket holders each season due to business transfers deaths Etc. It s the Best Way to be guaranteed a Good seat for the season a. P. Heuser Canadian Institute for the Blind tells me that they re looking for a gym set for a pre school Blind child. Anyone who May have such an item to donate May Contact or. Heuser at the crib. Self help urged for children but adults must face consequences Redmond by Ken Ingle miss Redmond suggested that children should be Given the changes in education Opportunity to make decisions to meet changing needs Are not for themselves within areas Enoish unless the thinking and they can handle Elizabeth f. I of teachers change Redmond of St. Boniface presi Dent of the Canadian teachers i federation said tuesday. Miss Redmond was speaking at the opening dinner of the federation s 48th annual meeting also. There Are still teachers who expect students to sit Down and be quiet do exactly As they Are told and conform to some accepted pattern. In the hotel fort Garry. About yet we cannot be sure that 150 delegates and guests attend j any of what we regard As the de i accepted patterns or styles of she said letting children make life will be right for children decisions for themselves is the Only Way they can gradually accept full responsibility for the consequences of their decks 69 Start seen on carpark bldg. Ions. However she warned that must accept the consequences of teaching youth self responsibility the fact that we must As Thev face Row through adolescence into Young adulthood they will work out their own life styles which will not be ours and which we May not care girl Dies in collision who will have to live in a future about which no one has any certainties except that it will be very different from the present. In a time of increasing Leisure should we still be stressing the value of work for its own Sake of course work is important but unemployment is very widespread today and i wonder if we do not increase the feelings of frustration and guilt sometimes by our looking on idleness As something sinful. It is of More importance surely to teach Young people to use creatively the Leisure time that will form such a Large part of their lives. We used to believe that the most important virtue to teach children was obedience but i wonder to what degree this is still True. Anyone who lives in this Complex society of ours must abide by certain rules and regulations but while we continue to teach and to insist upon obedience let us explain the reasons for our prohibitions and our commands and especially As children grow older let us be ready and willing to discuss the reasons with them. High school students resent bitterly Many of the restrictions imposed upon them by adults but like their elders they Are much More Likely to be cooperative if someone will sit Down to discuss with them the reasons for or against a certain course i been both cordial and useful of prime minister Trudeau and premiered Schreyer of Manitoba meet at the legislative building tuesday pm and Premier agree meeting cordial useful by Neil Louttit prime minister Trudeau and premiered Shreyer agreed tuesday that their half hour behind closed doors had but they refused to disclose development and development details of their discussions. However or. Schreyer said after the meeting that four or five topics were discussed wheat problems Federal provincial relations if Northern of the port of Churchill. We Are keeping it As unofficial As or. Trudeau said. We had a Chance to talk As two government Heads facing respective sets of Responsibili-1 Tresl downtown investor ready by bib l1soway construction of the first in a series of proposed downtown Winnipeg Public parking Struc Tures May be started this year to Mark the beginning of metro s s173 million redevelop ment scheme for the Core of the greater Winnipeg area. A private investor is ready to proceed i t h a Large scale development in the area be tween Wain and Edmonton streets North of Broadway if recommended plans for Public parking structures Are implemented according to a metro official. Metro and City of Winnipeg officials met for More than 2u hours behind closed doors tues Day to discuss the private investor s plans in relation to metro s redevelopment scheme. First Opportunity the officials decided that the Winnipeg parking authority under the jurisdiction of Winnipeg City Council should have the first Opportunity to assume responsibility for constructing the parking facilities recommended in metro s plan Accord ing to Alderman Slaw Bebchuk Winnipeg s Deputy mayor. Aid. Bebchuk said tuesday the parking authority will be asked to consider assuming responsibility for the proposed parking structures. It is hoped the authority would have a recommendation prepared for the next meeting of City Council july 28, the Alderman said. Metro chairman Jack Willis said discussions at the joint meeting of the metro and City officials revolved around who would have responsibility for constructing the parking Struc Monika Spletzer members of Allied Van lines . Winnipeg 774-2435 and storage 728-4414 the careful movers dal Phin 63s-32s3 weather report synopsis valid until Midnight thursday a mostly sunny Day is forecast or Alberta and the Southern regions of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba will to mostly Cloudy. Afternoon showers Are expected in most areas widely scattered in Southern Manitoba. Temperatures tilts afternoon will be in the 70s. With minimums tonight 15 to 50. Except for Cloud Over Northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Thursday will be sunny in most areas and showers less frequent. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today. Eight year old Monika Spletzer of 280 Edison ave nue North Kildonan was killed tuesday when she was in collision with a gravel truck at Mcleod Avenue and Roch Street in Easl Kildonan. The child apparently was Riding her bicycle and fell off in front of the truck police said. They identified the Driver of the truck As Howard Johnson 30, of 273 Dufferin Avenue. Suite 32. It is not yet known whether an inquest will be held. Police said miss Spletzer s death was the first fatal Accident in East Kildonan since january 1962. Trudeau popularity Flowers during tour of lower fort by Wally Dennison lower fort Garry behind schedule. And he looked like just another vacationer in a Short sleeved open necked shirt. Sau Saki c to f Sam Omaha of act forecast build weather base Moscow Reuters the i soviet Union has built a Perma nent weather research rocket launching station in Antarctica the news Agency Tass said wednesday. Trial launching of rockets that can take scientific equipment 60 Miles up already have been carried out and re search has started. Man. Staff if prime mini Ster Trudeau s popularity is flagging in Manitoba there was James Richardson Little evidence of it during his j Winnipeg South hour Long tour tuesday after the prime minister noon of this historic Stone fort 18 Miles North of Winnipeg. He passed out autographs freely a Little girl gave him a plastic Flower he initialled the girl and engaged in some pleasant chats with elderly women. The Only apparently harsh note was sounded by a Middle aged Man who stepped i front of the prime minister twice during the tour to ask questions. The Man. Who declined to Iden try himself asked or. Trudeau with him was Supply minister my for and his party were greeted by e. B. Osier Liberal my for Winni Peg South Centre . Maequeen superintendent of the Park and Barbara Johns tone a former superintendent. Or. Maequeen and miss Johnstone explained the historic mrs. Allan Anderson of Sel Kirk Shook hands with or. Trudeau and proudly claimed she Shook hands with sir Wilfrid Laurier when the former Liber Al prime minister visited Somerset Man., in 1809. Mrs. Anderson recalled sir Wilfrid noted at the time that the West was optimistic despite a crop failure. It s too much wheat that s our problem or. Tru Deau observed. Mrs. Edith Felt. 82, of . 3, Selkirk also Shook hands with ties. Or. To Mclean said he has invited or. Sci Breyer to meet with him in Ottawa in the fall. Or. Schreyer indicated that lie will see or. Trudeau in octo Ber after the session of the legislature. Or. Schreyer who was sworn in As Premier tuesday said that by october he will be More familiar with problems and programs. When both men were asked what the topics of discussions were during their meeting or in local Trudeau conceded that there redevelopment area. At the moment we Are concerned about one parking councillor Willis said. The downtown develop ment plan recommends the construction of six parking structures at a total Cost of million. Urgent problem an official said some urgency exists in resolving the problem Over authority because of the interest shown by the private Developer in locating in the was something to do with the prime minister grains but after f Uffe. 1 Cuci Are you Here to mend fences her four scrapbooks of t to Biroas inn i. Trudeau. It was All very the prime minister her bus impressive or. Trudeau said. Band s father had helped haul Rosemary Doyle of Ste. The stones to build lower fort Anne Man., was pleased to Garry she said hear that the prime minister had appreciated receiving from or see the what do you or. Trudeau asked. I think you re Here to see the said or. Trudeau. Otherwise it was a Holiday mood for the prime minister and the crowd of 300. He arrived at this National Park from Beausejour by Heli copter at 1 p.m., a half hour stories and photos depicting his career. The pair talked in French a n cd or. Trudeau thanked her Tor the gift. Barbara Mowatt 16, of . 3, Selkirk giggled excitedly when the prime minister initial led the length of her forearm with a pen. It was something different she explained when asked Why she had made such a request. When the prime minister settled in the co Pilot s seat for the helicopter ride to Winnipeg a Small boy asked Are you sitting there to drive sir or to sometimes the Pilot asks my but he does t take it when i Tell or. Trudeau joked. When a woman asked the prime minister what he thought of the nip election Victory in Manitoba or. Trudeau said it was provincial matter. Had departed or. Schreyer indicated that in a few Days he might be in a position to discuss some of tie topics at greater this gives strength to speculation that a policy statement concerning the farm problem is expected shortly from or. Trudeau. Or. Schreyer said that he told tie prime minister that there is no great difficulty in Manitoba with tie Federal official Ian both metro and the City of Winnipeg through its parking authority have the Power to construct Public parking facilities. The City s parking authority operates the civic Centre parking garage on Prin Cess Street and a surface parking lot at main Street and water Avenue but metro has never exercised its authority logo into the parking business. But at a special meeting july 4, metro Council decided to exercise its authority and Ord ered the corporation s administrators to take the necessary make a decision Oil farm policy very soon. Or. Schreyer indicated that he suggested that Ottawa under take a Price support similar to that used United states. We should move Al system in the least partly in that or. Schreyer said. I am very pleased with the m Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora 65 67 65 73 73 73 6s 80 52 43 41 40 54 51 55 53 59 min. 67 pre. Sunny today and thursday. Litho Rempe Matuie change. Winds North Westerly at 20 m.p.h., becoming Light this evening. Low tonight for Gimli Anci Winnipeg 50 High thursday 75. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Wednesday Max. Min. Pre. Ottawa to Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis Max. 92 92 87 65 .01 .11 .10 new York 90 73 91 e6 64 69 55 69 79 65 74 73 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean july 15 80.9 59.o 703 last year 73.0 36.5 6j s Normal 79.9 57.3 66 6 highest on record 94.q in 1930 lowest on record 39.2 in 1920 by cordon Arnold Morris. Man. Staff fourteen Hundred pounds of tightly coiled muscle and horse flesh exploded out of the Chute and the big m Stampede was under Way Here tuesday. Lieutenant governor Rich Ard s. Bowles of Manitoba and a number of other dignitaries had a few minutes earlier taken part in official ceremonies. But Rodeo is a now sport that begins Only Wilh the action. The counting was finished tuesday night 11.798 persons had paid to see the opening Day of the big m Stampede. Relaxing after events were finished for the Day the Stampede s genial Gen eral manager Bruce Mac Kynzie noted that this was the biggest opening Day receipts yet. Too soon it s still too soon to Tell just How much Money we be taken in but the men at the Gates Tell me the count will be up quite a bit from last or. Mac Kenzie said. Mainly sunny skies and a growing purse for competitors can probably account for at least part of the opening Day Success and or. Mackenzie is predicting attendance will reach this year if it does t rain. But that s a big if in this Type of business. Last year opening Day was All but rained out and attendance barely crawled Over the Mark. Stock contractor Harry void from Dewinton alia., has brought High calibre animals to this show every year since it opened six years ago and this year is no exception. Top animals top animals for Bare and Saddle bronc Riding Brahma Bull Riding calf roping and steer wrestling combined with some of the Best Rodeo cowboys in the business make the show Well Worth the Price of a ticket. Kenny 29-year old Rodeo Cowboy from Okanagan Falls b.c., is among the Talent the big m draws. For the last two years or. Mclean has won the All round Canadian Champion ship in Rodeo competitions and has won the most Money of any Cowboy in Canadian Rodeo so far in his career with although some of the cowboys in the opening Day took some rough spills with one falling underneath a bucking Bronco and another being dragged by his horse foot caught in the Stirrup they were All Able to walk away. All alone of the chutes and in preparation for a ride there is Friendly co operation among the cowboys. In the ring they re All alone. The safety pickup men Are there and can help prevent serious accidents. But it s the Cowboy s skill and his skill alone that determines his purse. Vet eran Rodeo announcer Bob Chambers i s n t kidding when he tells the audience in the grandstand to give an unsuccessful Cowboy a round of applause because that s All hell take Home Why has this quiet town of about 35 Miles South of Winnipeg on Highway 75 turned into the Home of Canada s second largest and the world s fastest growing Stampede total involvement talking to local people and observing the general atmosphere in the town seems to turn up the same answer total Community involvement. As recommended in the develop ment scheme released in june. First Call but Aid. Bebchuk said the City s parking authority would have first Call on the parking structures. The Alderman said not much difference in opinion As far As who should be responsible for the parking structures devel oped at the meeting Between the metro and City officials. Asked about the apparent conflict Between the decision reached Al tuesday s meeting and the decision by metro Council july 4, co in. Willis said i was t at the Council meet he was on vacation a decision reached the Liaison committee tuesday also appears to conflict with a Resolution passed by City Council monday asking metro to delay Public hearings on the proposed redevelopment scheme for six months to give City officials ample Opportunity to study the implications of the scheme. Faithfull released Sydney Australia Reuters British pop Star Marianne Faithfull was released from hos i Pital wednesday a week after. She was admitted unconscious after collapsing at a Sydney hotel. Miss fail full 22-year-old Friend of Singer Mick Jagger of the rolling stones was in a coma for the first four Days of j her Hospital stay ;