Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Saturday july 19, 1969 a. Rights group winning Battle against negro discrimination Howie Collins the Case to the commission. Sion in by Howie Collins Halifax outrage. But or. Schiff eels this is a healthy thing Al though it Means the commis Sion has to this n u i r a g e before proceeding with its Job. Need seen for Cross High Speed thrills part runway at Thompson of Chuck Wagon contests ourt Ray a. A by Robert Lowery Thompson Man. As Thompson s growth continues to exceed the predictions its most hopeful prophets concern is mounting among the Community s leaders Over the Inadequacy of the t o w n s Airport. A few weeks ago Greg and Dennis Lamb members of Northern Manitoba s no. 1 flying family warned that a Cross runway should be constructed quickly before someone gets Hurt trying to land one of the lighter planes in the severe crosswinds that often Cut across the single runway. Such statements from Veteran Bush pilots who have flown in and out of the Thompson Airport since it began in is commanding considerable alien. Lion. According to a transport department official in Ottawa the department already has plans to rectify the situation in two. Three or at the latest five years. Other Community representatives Back up the la i family s statement. Town manager. C. A. Nesbitt. Says we Are alarmed and deeply concerned with the slate of o u r Airport facilities. There Are Many planes and Many lives first strip or. Pcs bits association with the Airport goes Back to .1961 when the International Nickel company constructed the first strip. He took part in the negotiation with the Federal department of transport which led to the facilities being turned Over to the Crown in 19c3. These negotiations he says were not without their disappointments even though the department was presented with a Good functional Airstrip. What concerns or. Nesbitt however is the failure of the department planners to appreciate the greatly accelerated development of Thompson in the past few years. In the Early 60s the realists were Envis Gnu a Community of people. The optimists were putting the fire at but today the town has already reached the Mark and even the realists Are calling for 30.000 by 1971. This plus the fact that the town is rapidly becoming the transportation Hub of much of Northern Manitoba and the Arctic regions has completely altered the earlier concepts of the Airport and scheduling for its expansion. At present the Airport facilities consist of one runway which the department of transport has hard surfaced ii is 150 feet wide. The increased use being made want a i. M higher. The total cargo increase Les d he tra r re Rosc 203.b06 pounds to 445. To i m t 3g5 u8j a Cal Wollt try l a 33.996 pounds to 43.454 on 27.8 per cent. R m l t a Sam i a Lulilar were re e i or v c0rded Lac s y has and cargo. In up 172.034 pounds to the same six month period the pounds to 57.033. A jump of 66.2 per cent. Mail went up from 23.598 pounds to 30.40b pounds an increase of 28.8 per cent. Airport authorities estimate the total number of passengers passing through Thompson for the first half of this year at 23.477. Pounds to 37 per and the total cargo so Kim Kim is a healthy smiling girl of Indian ancestry. She is of medium build with dark Brown hair Brown eyes Anil of Lark complexion. If you Are interested in a Loptin Kim. Please Contact he children s Aid society of win Niue 114 Garry so real. Bridge news by Biman Pauls competitive interference bid Ding has a number of objectives although basically these come most quickly of mind attempt to buy the con tract for a possible make. Set lip or suggest a Saeri 1 f. Jockey Hie opponents into Tho wrong contract or gel too High. Direct a Lead. 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Mayfair club july 14 _ is a. Fraser a. Stone go.9 d. Marsch . Ivy a. Risner a. Rome 71 my airs. G. Walterson . Carriers 883 landings and take offs have been made from Thompson Airport so far this year an average of 26 a Day. J this is complicated by the fact that 474 take offs and landings have been made by water based aircraft on the Burntwood River just three Miles away where the daily average is 16. I Airport manage r Bounce Weir a former Craf and Bush Pilot says that Thompson has a volume of traffic that warrants j the construction of a control Tower. Or. Weir spent five i years As operations officer Arl the Craf base at Churchill and i was in command of the entire Airport. Relay under the present setup radio control of aircraft Landing and Laking off from the Thompson Airport is maintained through communication with Winnipeg supervisor Ami Lepisto and his two assistants relay message Back and Forth from the pilots to the planes but they arc inordinately Busy in their Peak periods. An instrument Landing system is being built As is a very High frequency directional this will help but it is far from the control the responsible men at the Airport think they need. In their earlier statements the stressed the urgent need of a Cross runway. The existing strips lies in the direction of the prevailing wind which is Norm in procedure. But the complicating Factor in Thompson is that the prevailing wind is usually Light and the Cross wind Strong. Winds frequently hit 30 or even 40 Miles an hour from the Northwest. The larger aircraft operated by trans air negotiate landings with a Good margin of safety. However for All but one of the aircraft of the Lamb Fleet and the other carriers using the Airport this does not hold True. Greg Lamb says that their islanders otters beavers and Cosnas at times have to land at an Angle across the 250 by 250 foot Button at the end of the runway. This involves manoeuvring a Sharp turn almost immediately after touch Down to avoid running off the runway. Dangerous or. Weir said these landings by lighter aircraft especially under Winter conditions Are dangerous. He claims that too Many of these landings Are precautionary landings. It ought to be the Odd exception and not As Normal As at he thinks that the conditions existing at the Thompson air port taxes not Only the Cross stress component rating of the planes but the ability of the pilots. Only the calibre of our l Dow 5s. New or. And pilots has saved Siel Ansson g.1.6 or. Whal the airmen the Carrier operators and the town s Public want most is a Cross runway. The plans have been ready for a Long or. Nesbitt says and a request was made by the department of trans port Well Over a year ago for the land they would like to Sec a thorough Job done which would mean the construction of a Del cd Hardtop runway. However the lambs and other pilots who Fly Annas Bridge Centre july would Settle for an interim id ivs mrs. L. Udow a. Gravel Cross strip. Lynn Lake Marqueri 64.1 mrs. C. Smithen which has nothing like the irs. E. Tetlock 5s.7. New mrs. Traffic of Thompson already h. Enc son mrs. K. Mcmillan has one they say. 60.4 mrs. M. S. Std another Factor is aircraft parking. At times the 300 by 450-foot area set aside for parking is loaded with up to 32 57.9. John s club july 10 Section a n. Etkin a. 60.8 mrs. E. planes including trans air s do l. Copp 58.1. New mrs. A. Lamo s Bristol Hudson Bay Csc Nick 63.3 h. Mcgwynn 59.3. N s a. . Or. And i Section a 59.2 e. Lichtman a. Rot incr 56.5. New mrs. M. . N. Etkin g3.s mrs. E. E. Spruston company s Dakotas and the Canso water bombers. The Wing spread of some of these planes is More than 100 feet. The consensus in Thompson is that a runway is badly needed. People want action before an Accident forces action to be taken. By Pokoon Morris. Man. Staff by the Lime they reach the first turn the horses pulling the big Chuck wagons in the evening races Here have been clocked at speeds Well Over 40 Miles an hour. The Lour horse teams for Chuc Wayon racing arc. A far cry from the old plow horse. They Are All sensitive animals highly trained to run fell out from the time the starter s signal goes. The most dangerous pan of race is when the teams come out of the figure eight around barrels set up in the infield. Wagons not infrequently upset if the Driver tries to take the Corner too sharply or they May collide coming in to the track. This normally hazardous part of the race has been made More so this year by increasing the competing teams to four. In previous years Only three teams had to Nike it on to the track at once. The show produced by Veteran Wagon master Cliff i algal. Formerly of British Columbia but since last year driving out of Houston Texas is last Nio Viny and one if the most crowd thrilling aspects of the Day Long big m Stampede. Besides putting on a Good Over All show. Or. Clagget proves himself to be a real showman when he takes Lac reins in it Pony Chuck Wagon and Pony Chariot races. With his years of experience he is respected by nearly All the other Wagon masters but not necessarily liked. In a r a c emr. Clagget knows All the tricks of the Trade and uses them to Lead the pack red Knight i i Toronto up a funeral service was held at Canadian forces base Downsview Friday i i for Lieut. Brian Alston a Mem i i Ber of Canada s red knights who was killed last sunday j when his plane crashed at i j Moose jaw. Sask. J burial was at Beech Wood i 1 cemetery in Northwest Toronto. Around the track or to come from behind on the final turn for a crowd thrilling win. Up until a few years ago he used to drive the big wagons himself but had give that up after a bail Accident. He does t talk much about that other than to say it happened. Thai s not unusual in this business. You Don t talk much about the bad Acci dents. But that does t mean you re not careful. It s just a dangerous business. One of the most recent additions to this dangerous business is Kelly slither is buried the full military service included an air Salute by a t-33 training aircraft and a Tutor Jet the same Type of plane in which Lieut. Alston died when it flipped and crashed As he brought it in for a Landing. Several of Lieut. Alston s fcl-1 Low officers from Moose jaw.at-1 tended the service. Land a 17-year-old Driver from grand Prairie. Alia. Veterans a r o u n the Stampede office noted that it is quite unusual to have such a Young Driver for the big wagons particularly a Young Driver who is so promising. One observer in the office put it this Way. If you arc a Young inexperienced Driver and you re not Good you May not live to be an old a or sheer Speed the event of an evening Al the big m has to be the suicide Ben Hur Chariot races where four horses abreast Are hitched to chariots and Drivers go hurling around the track with their Toga cos Tumes floating straight nut behind them. These p o w e r f u 1 trains have been clocked at a Miles an hour and consistently reach speeds close to that to make it around the mile Long circuit in just Over a minute. In All there Are 2r Raco run each evening Wii sonic speciality acts thrown in As Well. The Stampede ends Satur Day. Grand opening of a new 1969 height of fashion Model Home in fort Richmond fort Garry located at 107 Briar Cliff Bay see the newest and latest designs in Homes from Winnipeg s largest builder Quality construction co. Ltd. And see the Cavalier ;