Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Homes in All districts 1200 Pembina Hwy Winnipeg 19, Man. 24 hour service 452-2132 Winnipeg free press by Carrier soc per week thursday uly 17, 1969 and local Canada . Shippin phone 786-6081 agents Allied Van lines Coffee Are by Bill treb11coe some 27 christmases have gone by since that Day in 1941 when Hong Kong fell to the japanese in the second world War and so Many men of the Winnipeg grenadiers began their years of desperation in prisoner of War Camps. Today when you talk with these same men those who survived the prison Camp years and meet with them socially they look and sound just like any Oiler citizen veterans. Last weekend i had the Honor of speaking to the National convention banquet of the Hong Kong veterans and ii s not my object to reopen old wounds. It is my object to remind those who read this that even veterans affairs minister Jean eudes Dube admitted when he spoke to the convention last week that the men who survived the japanese . Camps i he men of Hong Kong Are in a special category and believe me i hey Are. Arno Sitf the local men members of the Manitoba Branch of the Hong Kong veterans who were honoured with citations of Merit for their work Over the years were Art lousier. Fred ser Clova Frank Harding and Ike Friesen. Ike Friesen s ways and Means convention committee did a tremendous Job in keeping registration fees Down to a minimum with the help of Many local organizations and firms. My sympathies to Bob Lytle Manitoba Branch vice president who was stuck with the task of introducing me when Bert Derbidge former National president and now Manitoba Branch president lost his voice after a week of convention work that included some direct and Tough talk to or. Dube on Long overdue veterans benefits and in parti Cular Hong Hong veterans benefits. And thanks to Art Ballingall for keeping me. Clued in. No the scars Don t show in most cases and a High proportion of the original Hong Kong prisoners of War never survived the prison Camps. But the memories and Many impossible to assess physical effects will always be i Here. To s not he Hong Kong veterans who have forgotten what they endured for our country it s the rest of the cowboys begin to think about packing their gear and the last chorus of git along Little Dosie is due on saturday night at the Manitoba Stampede at Morris another big Manitoba event will be Well tinder Way. It s the eighth annual Manitoba Farmers festival at Minnedosa which actually begins on Friday and runs through to sunday. Ohp of the Farmers festival major entertainment events this weekend will be the Myrna Lorrie show which will go twice on saturday at 2 . And 8 . At the Minnedosa Arena. Myrna s no stranger to rodeos either because she s appeared at the Calgary Stampede and she also appeared on the Don Messer show with her first big recording hit. Are you mine they come they go Day. An itinerant morning radio Man who arrived in town a couple of weeks ago to do his thing on sky and who even went so far As to Settle in the fort Richmond area of fort Garry pulls Slakes for los Angeles this weekend. He takes Over i he morning Slot on a major station in smog town next Siop and the. Pleasant new Well informed voice that joined me in the byline this week belongs to Gerry Haslam former executive assistant to the it. Hon. John Diefenbaker. Gerry is a maritime by adoption who furthered his studies in political science and sociology at Mcgill univer sity in Montreal. Hell be hosting the morning edition of the byline effective monday morning while i move into the afternoon byline spot vacated by John Robertson. Traffic tips there s a car parked each Day on the University of Manitoba Campus near the education building identified As supervisor of Driver it s parked right under a no parking sign a million birthday plan recreation centres pools Parks i part of greater Winnipeg projects three transients in the sleeping quarters of the Myca youth Hostel Exchange travel tales. Myca Owca fill Gap transient youths get their Hostel or additional Aid from the pro a Grant covering s43 000 cite Vocial government. Officials have applied to the plans submitted to the cell. Board for permission Tennial corporation if approved i to else a Reserve fund to finance and carried out will provide for Lyle project. The following vital an Arena contain i Vii or r j an auditorium skating rink Uli Milb. Construction of and year round recreation Facil an enclosed Ward 3 swimming Pool on the old exhibition grounds in North Winnipeg. Cost is estimated at s758.000. With Ilies would be built. Cost is estimated at s400.000, toward which the City a would receive from the Centennial by Ron Al Stra transient Young people now i men have their youth Hostel even they included in sin inc old Hill jul me crr non r who Are some of the Young i plans on to school i tales cell a deadline according to the men using the Hostel wednes i for the Presenti i b work a g Viau corporation i ,u., _ remainder by he Rivino on a farm think y Riih Vancou i Acoss who school in May. To Toronto. He said he had the Cunti Al Branch of the called a in to Myca on Vaughan Street one Raling a Hostel on the third i floor of the Myca l while a similar operation being run by the Owca in its with his parents approval never taken drugs. Webb Street facilities. They told him to see Canada the two hostels have been in j when you Are he plans existence since sunday. The to spend the year seeing Myca ran accommodate 301 All of Canada 1 before return j youths each night while the ing to school. J Owca provides Beds for 20 j a port Arthur i girls. Youth who just took off after the Myca. Working in en-1 a writing his exams. He plans to operation with the committee return Home in september to representing youth problems enter Grade 11 Voclav. Allows each transient a hmm Vancouver a 7-Vear Maxi Tim of three Mats who it h Ging. The hostels far Iran months before Fina Siels nol. Itose spending summer months in Winnipeg. J the hostels open each night Al nine o clock and the lodgers must Check Oul within 12 hours. I As youths Check in Al. The Owca. They mus Complete a Brief questionnaire about such facts As age Home and Clestina Tion. Before lights wait. The youths Vum usually Soend the time drinking nine a dyes 1.1 and 14 Coffee playing chess or Check Miles or a Public hearing by metro Council ers. And just talking. A Bot Are scheduled to appear Friday. T facilities such As the to lounges and athletic gymnasiums Are off limits. Most of the youths arc Between 17 and 19 years old by John d1etz five indoor recreation centres four swimming pools three Parks and other projects Wilh a total value of nearly s3.ouo.000, have been proposed by governments in greater i Winnipeg for designation As Centennial projects by the Manitoba Centennial corporation. Under provincial legislation the corporation is authorized to give Grants to Aboul 300 cities municipalities and townships in 0 Manitoba. The Grants of one issued. The Pool is scheduled for i Dollar per resident in each completion by the end of the test Kildonan one of Community Are designed to i year. I three possible developments encourage local Public in i St i cads to by selected. Officials prove meals in connection with i an j Are considering a series of Tot the Centennial Celebration nex1 swimming Pool will be lots costing s75.000 to or year. On trucked m the Assiniboia recreation buildings on existing More than 200 applications Ria Al a Cost of Park lands at a Cost of had been received the i to Cit a receive to s100.000. The City qualified i Ivym for a s22.00u grand. The third alternative an enclosed swimming and would require a Public ref i , Ull Pucul Ellal available from the Cor corporation. A Public re Fern por Alion. A Money by lax passed Dum will be required before the in 19b7 allowed the Money to be City May borrow the Money and borrowed and debentures Issue debentures. Accountant and Grants program administrator. More than 40 remainder by borrowing from the municipal revolving fund Wendum. And from property taxes i i out Garkav officials have Boniface a swimming j design Alec Siree projects Yvere processed monday night i he said. Is school and greater Pool Al Marion Street and j Trees will along North America. He now is 24. Davs j n earn ill i Al class Spicl Dufresne Avenue will been municipal b o 1 c v a r d s and building.1 from Saskatoon a 15-year-old i enough Money to fare Lucom Pacle closed. A sub project will include j streets. A Book will be written 111 tin r. I i t ,.u___i -4 r 1 _ Rrt a i. Til Sci tap. Sll 1 i. I o 9 h f i a Tyrl a i i n i i .-------1__ i it i i 1 i n i i _ a to appear in Selkirk by Bob Way eight greater Winnipeg organizations voiced support wednesday for the general principles of metro s proposed million cd o w n t o w n Winnipeg development plan. Although reservations were expressed about certain specific details of the plan no outright opposition was recorded Al a i contests in painting sculpture outlining the history of for lion m the. Future. Some await Ami poster painting. Estimated Garry and the site of _ _ Jap referendum Cost of the Pool is s1b7.000, with Labarriere Monument c o m Mcmo ratin g the Indian uprising i of 1860-70. Will be developed if purchased from the Labar Ricc society. Cost is estimated no s22.000. Toward which the City 1 vill receive Aboul Transcona All Arena com i plex on the Transcona stadium grounds Al Wabasha Streel and i Kildare Avenue will be built. It. Is to include a museum drop in Centre for elderly people and recreation department admin Esli for in i minder can be financed with out referendum by a one Mill metro development plan gets support l c a n a d a downtown business town area the development of i department i association and Monarch life parking slur clues the creation ill Atic offices. Cost is esl Assurance co. Of a Prolic cd mated no s4goooo a Grant of the Industrial development Lalion system the development t is through flu Board of greater winning of Public Iii corporation. The re Board of greater submitted a ice scr in support of the plan. The councillors adjourned the hearing for two weeks to hive of Public recreation and a Parks system. Several years. East Kildonan Hie j on the downtown plan. When the three men All of Winnipeg appeared july s in the Vaughan Street detention Centre m a g i s i r a t e Arnold Ziemianski remanded them one week. Moving and storage the careful movers members of Allied Van lines 6 . Winnipeg 774-2435 Brandon 728-4414 Dauphin 63s-3253 weather report although some Are under 16 and accused a 28-year-old spent a night Dunn there. Synopsis valid until Midnight Friday a mostly Cleat night on the Prairies but a few showers persisted in Alberta. Sunny weather is expected today in All regions but scattered showers or thundershowers Are forecast for Alberta this after noon. Only widely scattered showers or Thunder showers will occur in Iskat Chowan thu afternoon and none at All in Manitoba. Friday will be mostly sunny on the Prairies with a decrease in Shower activity in Alberta. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today two Myca Slaff members including Ron Hardwick co ordinate of the Hostel spend the night Wilh the youths answering questions and provid ing counselling. Lights Are turned out at a.m., and breakfast Call is 7 a a. Before leaving the to tiles Are required to sweep out their sleeping quarters and clean the washroom. Although Many of the youths admit to having taken drugs they Don t bring drugs into the Hostel. As one transient said Are Larry Robert of 1564 Pacific Avenue Waller Leslie Swain 27, of 260 Furby Street and the plan Calls for the spend ing of 546 million in Public funds on such amenities As parking structures weather protected pedestrian concourses and Parks and plazas to attract million in private development. Appearing in support of the general concept of the plan were Winnipeg chamber of Commerce Community welfare Edward Arthur Swain 20, of 332 j planning Council s housing and Victor Street. Urban renewal committee the forcible seizure charge. Comes under the kidnapping Section of the criminal code and carries a a tence of five years. The plan should be carried Oul j private developers to the i 0. _ extent possible though the City of Winnipeg an Epport a the injection of Public funds Lac Unity to prepare a submission i May be necessary. David roles result of a june vote def Calin on the report. J Tein the chamber s plans to construct a recreation Winnipeg Alderman Lillian said. Centre officials Are Uncertain , chairman of the or. Kothstein said the Cham what will be done to use the s2s Civ s Urban renewal committee Ber s chief criticism o the plan 000 grand. Plans in Progress on asked the councillors to adjourn is that in seemed to have been j vision improvements to swim the hearing for six months. I developed in isolation from the City Council monday decided City s Urban renewal schemes to ask for the six month for the areas Easl of main adjournment on the advice of j Street and North of Noire Dame its administrative staff which Avenue. And wading pools possible construction of More wading pools or improving of existing Community centres. Officials Are said the Lime was required to ;