Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 22, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Homes in All districts 1200 Ombina hwy., Winnipeg 19, Man. 34 hour sirvict__452-2132 Winnipeg free press Leaver by Carrier 50c per week tuesday july 22, 1969 Christopher Columbus suffered from Lack of Good commercial contacts following his discover of Amer Ica. Just think of the Fortune he could have made in this Day and age by endorsing various products conducted Tours and then possibly giving a series of lectures. And while their roles in the american armed forces and the space program will also prevent the astronauts from capitalizing on their parts in the Apollo 11 Moon Landing even if they wanted to there s nothing to prevent a flood of commercial Moon space items and promotions from appear ing on the Market. And these Are certainly not All bad Many of them will contribute to increased knowledge about the Moon and other planets particularly by the younger element. A Tea company is already including space cards in packages of its product. And one of the first and Likely to be one of the Best commercial gimmicks As a result of Moon struck advertisers reached me today. It s a Globe of the Moon with All the features Well marked plus identification of spots where unmanned space vehicles have landed previously. The package which came to me from Tommy Lee of the Royal Trust in Montreal also includes a Small Booklet the Story of the Moon by Robert Johnson director of the Kansas City museum of history and science. And just to prove they Are in the savings business the Royal Trust Moon Globe is also a Large scale Penny Bank for use As or. Lee says to begin saving for your own trip to the no thank you or. Lee if i do save it will be for my own trip somewhere Here on planet Earth maybe a White knuckle flight but nothing outside of our atmosphere. I Don t want to lose my membership in the Flat Earth society the Queen s plate is Worth More and it s a far older horse race but the events surrounding the traditional Toronto run for the guineas can t be any nicer or any better planned than the annual Manitoba Derby Day breakfast staged by the directors of the Assiniboia Downs turf club but As often happens while a guest at that annual function on saturday morning i spent most of my time talking hockey and the Winnipeg Arena with Winnipeg enterprises general manager Percy Downton. The Arena is just in the initial stages of a six week paint up and remodelling Campaign that will Cost roughly but it s one of the Side benefits of the world hockey tournament in March of next year. The Arena profits from the games will pay for the renovation. One major addition will be a Glass protective screen All around the boards. 2nd class mail registration number 028 10cal Canada . Vover Sias packing mom agents Allied Van lines i la phone . Mayor says just the opposite happened to me yesterday when i joined Larry May and Al Mellis of Eaton s sporting goods to talk with old number nine. Sounds like a used Golf club does t it and old number nine does play a line game of Golf but he s also the greatest hockey player to Ever skate into the Corner and come out with the puck for Gordie Howe s comments on hockey you la have to read Dallis Beck on the sports pages because All i took in was great red Wing s reports of his sons fishing prowess his Golf his Job As Cross Canada sports consultant to the big store and baseball. I know his reputation in the Corners but Gordie Howe has always struck me As the Type of athlete parents would most like their sons to spend some time with and they d be right. He plays it Tough but it s right Down the Middle word abound town is that a new entertainment spot for the youth who dig Good pop music will open Early this fall. It will also serve As a Centre for local groups. Base takeover sept. 1 e. L. Bunnell president of Northwest industries ltd., con firmed monday his company will take Over the air Canada overhaul base at Winnipeg sept. Northwest purchased the base from the airline and has been negotiating with air Canada and the machinists Union to arrive at agreements that would Aid air Canada employees and insure the smooth transition of the base from the Crown owned line to private Industry. Northwest is a subsidiary of Canadian aviation electronics ltd., of Montreal. At its Edmonton Plant it is involved in the repair and maintenance of aircraft the manufacture of components for jetliners and the manufacture of fibreglass pro ducts for resource industries such As agriculture. In an interview 10 Days ago or. Bunnell said it is planned to put the Winnipeg operation into aircraft Assembly and fibreglass production along with its pre sent function of maintenance and overhaul of air Canada Viscount air planes. The airline s discounts will be phased out by 1972 at the latest but Northwest expects to have established aircraft production with the first air plane off the Assembly line by 1971. I i emergency and out patient departments in Miseri i l2 of were announced by the Hospital today. One the latest additions to the Hospital Complex is shown above. The original Hospital building is shown below. Misericordia director leans toward Tower moving and storage the careful movers monitors of Allied Van lines . Winnipeg 774-2435 Brandon 728-4414 Dauphin 638-3253 weather report synopsis valid until wednesday a disturbance moving eastward across Northern Manitoba will pro Northern sections of Manitoba and sask atch Ewsii today. A weak system crossing Tho Dakotas will touch off . Manitoba. The remainder of the with raw Tunny skies and mid-70 degree temperatures. Figures in the map indicate expected High temperatures today forecast Cloudy with showers and Thunde showers dearly a Earth the variable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with sir Lew a might for chill and Winnipeg 55. High wed twos Tor the 14-hour period which ended at f Tim. Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Raglan Brandon the Pat Wmk to fort William Kendra Max. Man. Part. .71 55 .61 47 71 43 .74 51 76 55 56 61 a wednesday 75. Tempera , tuesday 75 74 .20 77 s .07 Ottawa Toronto Montreal h Halifax 68 Chicago 70 Miami 97 los Angeles 77 Minneapolis so new York n Max. My. Part. 71 56 is 67 58 67 w 66 60 to Max. Man. Mean july .7j.2 ss.1 45.5 last year 56.7 43.7 Normal ai.3 69.7 highest on record 96.3 in 1940 lowest on record 41.s in 1ws Misericordia Hospital is considering construction of a million to million Tower on its Public parking lot across Sherbrook Street from the pres ent Hospital As part of a major expansion program to begin in about three years. Major John j. H. Connors executive director of the Hospi Tal said at a press conference tuesday the Tower is one of three alternatives being Consi dered by the. Hospital in its attempts to bring its capacity up to about 700. All alternatives involve the demolition and replacement of the old Centre Section of the Hospital. Misericordia now has a rated capacity of 418 Beds and 53 bassinets. Major Connors said he does not expect plans to be ready for submission to the Manitoba Hospital commission until 1972. No approval for the program has been obtained from the commission yet he said. The second alternative for expansion is the addition of five floors to the Hospital s Cornish Wing before demolition of the Centre Section. The third alternative is demolition and re building of the Centre Section but major con nors said that plan involves drastic curtailment of the hos Pital s services for about three years. The executive director seem to favor the Tower proposal. He suggested that it could be linked to the present Hospital Complex by tunnels and Over the Street enclosed Bridges. Major Connors also announced that construction would Likely Start this Winter on a new emergency and out patient d e p a r t m e n t at the Southwest Corner of the present Hospital. As Well he said the Manitoba Hospital commission has approved enlargement of the Hospital s f o u r a e d intensive care unit to 16 Beds. Misericordia is the third larg est general Hospital in Mani Toba the report says. In providing care last year for the Hospital served meals almost the number served at one of Manitoba s largest convention hotels. In addition the Hospital provides training for nurses residents interns physiotherapists dietitians and Many others in the Field of Medicine. Misericordia s employed personnel amounts to people. Another 600 Are involved in different ways with the Hospi Tal s operation. In 1968, the objectives of the Hospital were re evaluated by a committee of members of Les sours de Misericord and laymen of other faiths. _ one of the most significant aspects of the recommendations which resulted from an investigation by consultants of the Hospital commission provide for a new act of incorporation and for a Board of directors of Sisters and laymen the report says. The Hospital thus became a corporation separate and apart from the founding corporation of Les sours de Misericord under the name of Misericordia general Hospital in May 22, 1968. But it is owned and operated by the Sisters. Members elected to the first Board of directors include Lay men representing different faiths. Job delayed now but poor weather conditions have caused a slowdown in some of the construction work on the million Pef Albina Highway Jubilee Avenue traffic interchange but metro streets officials said tuesday the lost time is expected to be made up. They think the Structure will be open on time by the end of october. The officials said Only one phase the repaying of Pembina Highway at the site is behind schedule but other phases of the project including actual construction of the Struc Ture is on schedule. During Constable s funeral policemen fill in for buddies policemen from Winnipeg Transcona and St. Vital tuesday afternoon patrolled St. Boniface while members of that City s police Force attended the funeral aldermen throw in the Towel who s been swiping towels from the aldermen s washroom that s what aldermen waited to know acc a meeting of Winnipeg s civic Public works committee monday. Committee will recommend to Council that a steel Towel Cabinet which dispenses a continuous Linen be fixed to the washroom Wall. The monthly rental would be n City Engineer w. D. Hurst said the washroom used to be supplied with Linen towels but Over a period of time so Many had disappeared that paper towels were used. This had prompted grumbling among Sone Al Dermen so he suggested the Towel Cabinet. You think the aldermen should be frisked on their Way out of the Alderman Lloyd Stinson joked. Maybe we should have some sort of Honor sys Aid. Joseph Zuken added. Of Constable Leonard shake Speare who was shot to death while on duty Friday night. The funeral service was to be held at . In Desjardins funeral Home with burial in Chapel Lawn. Cemetery. Pallbearers and escort were made up1 of men from the St. Boniface police department while the Honor guard included at least two men from each of the other greater Winnipeg police forces. St. Boniface police chief Francois a. Muller said the police forces of Winnipeg St. Vital and Transcona have volunteered to patrol St. Boniface so All men can attend the funeral. Const. Shakespeare was gunned Down As he investigated a robbery Friday night at the Loco Mart store Provencher Avenue and Des neurons Street. Four men Are in custody and have been charged with tip Tal murder. Meanwhile the brotherhood of St. Boniface policemen announced its intention to Esta Blish a Trust fund for the family of the slain officer. Constable Gary Evans of the St. Boniface police department said monday a special meeting has been called for thursday to authorize the fund and to designate Legal counsel to Han dle the details. Const. Evans said people have been calling his precinct since saturday with offers of financial help. He asked that donations be withheld until the fund is formally announced following thursday s meeting. I he said Money already sent to Boniface police station would be added to the fund after it has been set up. I be worked with Leonard Shakespeare and found him to be extremely conscientious and very aggressive. He always spoke highly of everyone else. He was very Active in the department and was Well liked by every member of the pills lost pills which could be lethal if taken in by children have been re ported lost in Winnipeg. Winnipeg police said Mon Day the Pink pills prescribed As and Aid in dieting were dropped Friday night near Westminster Avenue and Sherbrook Street makes threat to Council when East Kildonan City Council broke into a verbal uproar monday night Over one Alderman s suggestion that Council spends too much time on old mayor Michael Ruta threatened to phone the police. In one he said ill phone up the police and have anyone escorted out of Here is this a kindergarten or a he then told Council that at future meetings a police officer would be present. He also threatened to close future Council meetings to the press. It was Alderman John Huyda who made the old skeletons statement. Aid. Stanley do Whan challenged the statement and coun 1 cil was in an uproar. I mayor Ruta quickly restored order by his statement about calling the police. Aid. Richard Schick asked the mayor. Are you using a i m not making a threat i m just telling you what will the mayor replied. Aid. Anthony j. Reid termed the mayor s attitude to Council ridiculous and said the mayor thinks we arc a Bunch of kids we never get anything constructive into the the statement about the press came just after the regular business session and before Council went into a closed session. Mayor Ruta told the two reporters present he is dissatisfied with coverage the local newspapers have been giving Council. He said he will Call the editors of the Winnipeg free press and the Winnipeg Tribune to Tell them not to bother sending reporters to subsequent Council meetings. The reporters would t be allowed into the Council chamber. Mayor Ruta did not say he would take such action prior to the next Council meeting but hinted that if he disapproves of future news coverage be would not hesitate to proceed with such a measure. Mayor Ruta appeared upset and angered by a recent article in the free press reporting Council criticism. Of the Ross Mere country club concerning a garbage problem. Mayor Ruta said the free press had blown up the problem out of All he also told Council that one Day after the article appeared n the paper the area in question had been completely cleaned up and the problem no longer existed. At the july 7 Council meeting when the garbage problem had been attacked mayor Ruta to inform the cub of Council s discontent and said he would Tell them a representative from the Rossmere country club appeared at monday night s meet ing to express concern about Council s earlier criticism. Fireball going up soon construction is expected to begin within two weeks on a fireball for the City of East Kildonan. The fireball will be built despite the fact that in the autumn ratepayers Defeated a Money bylaw which would have provided for the construction of a new police and fire station. Under the municipal act a Council May proceed with a capital expenditure provided it is financed entirely from re serve funds and that it is completed within the current year. The new fireball will be at Kimberley Avenue and Golspie Street about a Block East of the present combined police and fire station on Watt Street North of Munroe Avenue. The Low bid tendered by w. W. Construction co. Ltd., of North Kildonan was officially approved monday at an East Kildonan Council meeting. A spokesman for the construction company said tuesday in a Telephone interview he expects to begin work in about a week or two weeks at the latest. The one Storey building de signed by the local architectural firm of Smith Carter Parkin is expected to be completed by year s end ;