Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 24, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Homes in All districts 1200 Pembina Hwy. Winnipeg 19. Man. 24 hour service Winnipeg free press Leaver thursday july 24, 1969 2nd class mail registration 02s6 Coffee by Bill Trebilcox Moon shots two Winnipeg Hydro maintenance men about to Check some underground wiring in the Lane behind Albert Street near Mcdermot Avenue one is ready to go Down the manhole All systems Are a of you re cleared for the first Roger Roger taking first step on ladder now How s everything is one Hydro Man descends into manhole while buddy on ground checks the immediate area to Maks sure he s not hit by a car pretending to be a space ship and this dialogue Between two St. James Assiniboia five year Olds overheard by some adult Moon watchers the boys Jimmy Reid and Wayne Nemy. Wayne i Don t think i want to go to the Moon it s too Jimmy i d like to go to the North Wayne i d like to go the wishing Jimmy i d like to go and see Wayne you can t see god because he s too Busy and he gets around As fast As the Jimmy then i la go and see Wayne you can t see him either because he s Jimmy then i think i la go moral of the two stories men Are really Little boys at heart when it comes to playing games. No one has yet discovered the Fountain of eternal youth but Jack Mcdowell s personal prescription must have some beneficial effect because it s kept him in Good physical condition Over the years. Or. Mcdowell is one of those rare individuals to whom the term gentleman really applies. Long a familiar figure around the Grain Exchange and for 14 years Well known in the Manitoba legislature As the la for Iberville he s a confirmed private Enterprise and he does t hesitate to Back up his beliefs with action. He opposed Duff Roblin s nomination in j Winnipeg South Centre in the Federal election last year i despite the fact they re both conservatives and to Back up his opposition he ran himself although he knew he had no chances of winning. One of or. Mcdowell s pet projects has always been the annual Assiniboine Valley old timers picnic at Lido Plage which took place last sunday the third sunday in july As it has for the last 30 years. And or. Mcdowell and his fellow picnic organizers must surely live right for it s Only rained once in their. 30-year history that was last year. I was talking with him at the Derby Day breakfast on saturday when he said to me you look a Little peaked i be got just the remedy for i thanked him and thought that was the end of it. Not so yesterday or Mcdowell turned up with a mysterious Brown paper bag. And i know he won t mind my revealing his favorite health food it s Honey from one of the Hutt Erite colonies out heading Ley Way and he swears by its effectiveness if taken regularly each morning a Good tablespoonful in a cup of hot water. If that s what keeps Jack Mcdowell so Youthful physically then i m sold. O Donovan has Given me a copy of the 1968 annual report of the City of Winnipeg recreation Branch which operates under the general supervision of Olli Johan son general superintendent of Parks and recreation and Charlie Barbour director of recreation. Among the Success Story of Leisure time activities in the City s 21 Community centres there Are some interesting figures. Out of the Young and old who utilized the Community centres last year the greatest number played minor hockey but close behind the Bingo players of them and then there s an All embracing group spectators who watched the events in 31 sports that take place in the Community program. Diane Dubois of the St. Boniface Hospital school of nursing tells me that the student nurses Are going to Wash cars tomorrow from 10 . To 10 . At the Norwood Esso station at the foot of Norwood Bridge. Diane says the nursing students Promise not to turn the cars on their sides to Wash them As they sometimes have to do with the patients. Proceeds go toward their graduation functions. Local Canada . Overseas pm Kim for phone 786-6011 agents Allied Van lines Brandon retailers infuriated boo store hour repeal for Sake of project Brandon Man. Special More than 60 local businessmen booed and walked out of a Brandon City Council meeting after Council repealed its night shop Ping it s print up time in Winnipeg r , St Canadian representing the Best work in this year s 22nd annual National print show which Are on display on the Mezzanine floor of the Ait u.0fil 1 photographers from across the country include entries from albeit Gilbert of Toronto for the last two years named photographer of the year in the National print Competition. On display until saturday the collection of prints is on a tour of 14 Canadian cities. Council repealed an old bylaw j which had allowed half Day shopping hours Only on wednes Days and had restricted m Ghl i shopping to fridays. Council s move followed a request by Fred Morton of Winnipeg Developer of a pro posed shopping Plaza in Brandon for the repeal on the grounds that the two proposed tenants for the shopping Centre a grocery Chain store and a general merchandising store won t establish business in Brandon under the old shopping regulations. Imported meat till oct. West Kildonan project meal imported from Australia and new zealand will continue to be processed and sold in Western Canada Al least until Henry Carroll counsel for the i of Tobor protesting merchants told i according to an official with a Council his clients business will Winnipeg Branch of a Large be affected if night shopping is allowed More than once a week. ,000 earmarked for Tot lots Wisl Kildonan s Centennial West Kildonan and Fred d. Project committee was Given an indication tuesday night of just How much financial support it can expect from City Council should it recommend the development of the City s 28 planned tot1 lots As a Centennial project s50.000. That was the amount West Kildonan City Council declared at its tuesday night meeting it is prepared to allocate for a suitable Centennial project. In separate interviews wed Hartry. The City s Secretary treasurer s a id the Council in t recommending any particular project but simply Indi Cating How much it is pre pared to spend for a suitable Centennial project. Council in t bound to accept the committee s suggestion. Mayor Miller said that about two weeks ago the Centennial projects committee make any in depth study of any Centennial project until it had be Day. Mayor Saul Miller of received a Clear indication from Accident Mars Roundup s end Swan River Man. The Jack Sheckter team from Council recommended that attendance reached the Edmonton won the big should the committee approve 000 Mark wednesday at the race and received the Crescent ithe Tot to s proposal that Swan River Northwest Roundup Creamery trophy. J tenders for the remaining work Council As to How much it was prepared to spend. The most Likely Centennial project would be the completion of 23 playgrounds planned for its Park area. This project has mayor said he found the City s monthly police report a Little he said that at one time you had to stretch it to fill one Page now it goes on for Page after Page the support of Alderman according to the police report Maurice l. Jeroff civic finance for june 45 arrests were made commit top chairman i _ to of committee chairman. A m Aid. Jeroff has said the Asti offenders. Mated Cost of the 28 playgrounds i is about and that the i provincial per capita which provides West Kildonan with along with the from the City s capital works budget would be Suffi event to landscape equip and Fence the lots. It will provide the funds needed to Complete the Tot lots while furnishing a worthwhile project for the Centennial com he has told Council. In deciding to give to Ward a suitable project Council recommended that 32 of which involved juvenile Canadian packing company companies first began importing before Council discussed the i Al be quantities of foreign bylaw. Mayor s. A. Magnacca asked that two members of Council Alderman a. D. Bur Neski and Aid. J. M. Mitchell who both own downtown stores neither participate in the debate nor vote on the bylaw because they have interests in the bylaw beyond that of a he said this was required under Section 362 of the Munici pal act. Grown meat in june when the Price for Home grown meat reached a High of 37h cents a Pound. This trend will be continued he said until at least october when the Price of Canadian meat is expected to stabilize. Currently the Price of live steers has dropped slightly to 33 cents a Pound. Before leaving his chair. Aid. Actor Dir g to statistics re Mitchell protested and said "1 j by. The Bureau will have to gel in touch with the amount of meat 1 imported into Canada from new my ads watching metric curves and agricultural exhibition As the annual event came to. A end. Despite intermittent showers throughout the three Day run in the Pony Chuck Wagon event Aaron Burnett drove the local Prairie Queen entry to the win and received the Labatt trophy. With i Dennis Macgillvray of Swan moving and storage the careful movers members Allied Van line . Winnipeg 774-2435 Brandon 728-1414 Dauphin 638-3253 officials were pleased i Awan attendance and the Competition River was awarded the Rawhide in both Rodeo and livestock Corral trophy for the fastest events. Time in any heat during the one Accident marred the final three Days show when a spill in the in Cowboy competitions act weather report synopsis vain until Midnight Friday Syi Iny Kiei and 80-decree temperature Art forecast Toi Moil Prairie Region today although i few showers 01 founder Shower arc expected to develop in lit this afternoon. A disturbance will spread Cool weather Alberta Laic tonight o Carl Friday morning. Showers and jewel temperatures will occur in Saskatchewan by Friday evening 31 the disturbance moves into that province late in the Day. Be called for this fail. Mayor Miller said later in an interview he hoped the matter would be final by september. In another at tuesday s Council meeting the two Hurt in 2-car collision for the animal at this three teams were in the i Ellice Avenue and valour Road second test race with 26-year-old injured were or and mrs Garry Dorchester Driver of the Michael Morlock 56 of 478 Ken Tanner learn from White Danny Gittons of de landside Street suite 29 i court. . Trailing in the was the top steer wrestler Morlock was reported in fair stretch. The two leading teams and took the Star and times condition thursday in Winnipeg were spread nut with the trophy with John roman of i _. Chuck Wagon races resulted in one horse being destroyed and a second being treated for a Gash on a front leg. The horse that was destroyed was known in the Chuck Wagon business and Ken i Tanner the owner was reported to have been offered is 500 eran Keith Hyland of Turner Valley Alta. Was judged the All round Cowboy for the three Days. He received the Currie furniture trophy. Jines of Lethbridge minish construction trophy the bareback event with Joe Malcolm won the were spread out with the experienced Driver moving into the Hole in the Centre of the track. However on the turn coming into the Home stretch the two leaders closed the Gap and the two front horses driven by Dorchester hit the extended jiul Mia in Winnipeg trophy with John Homan of j general Hospital. He has sever i Kaycee Wyoming the Winner of Al broken ribs. Brian Whitlow of Cremona Alta., came out on top in the Bull Riding and won the Mckay farm equipment trophy. Metal stove Container at the in the cow Riding Young Doug rear of one of the Lead wagons. Vold of de Winton Alta., took the both horses went Down in a raw de Corral trophy with pile with the Driver managing of fort Mcleod Wagon and Alta., the Amateur Saddle bronc to stay in the escaping injury. Tommy Dorchester driving forecast is s Vernoon and a few showers and thundershowers. A few Clouds overnight. Mainly sunny Friday Little. Temperature Chaj note. Winds Westerly 15 . Gustini to 25 the after noon Low for Gimli and , 55 h go Friday so Tern m an , h go Friday so t peratur., the hour period which ended Al . Ursu payt Vancouver Calgary Eamon Lon Regina Brandon the Pas fort William Kenora Max. Min. Pc. 75 5s 75 53 77 55 79 41 51 56 54 52 54 80 75 w 74 .17 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Minneapolis los Angeles new York Max. Min. Pre. 83 61 82 62 to 83 66 .14 54 72 77 75 87 100 .07 73 rum at Winnipeg temperature comparisons 45 42 .28 lethal drug still missing three vials of a highly poisonous drug stolen tues Day night still Haven t been recovered the Winnipeg police department said thursday morning. The department warned thai the drug Strych nine sulphate would be extremely dangerous in the hands of untrained people. It was stolen from the mount Carmel clinic. 120 Selkirk Avenue. The clinic s Safe was carted off but was found later at Partridge Avenue and Salter Street in West Kildonan. Also missing after the break in was Champion. All winners in the Rodeo events were presented with rifles along with the trophies and the Cash prizes. Injuries and head and leg cuts., she was not detained in Hospi i Tal. I Winnipeg police said the Acci Dent occurred at about . When a westbound car on Ellice driven by Jack Anthony Roscoe 40, of 331 Baguette Street St. James Assiniboia was in collision with a North bound car on valour driven by William Gary Searcy of 5641 Maryland Street. Or. And mrs. Morlock were passengers in the Searcy car police said. The Drivers were reported unhurt. No estimate of damage was available. A traffic Light Standard was knocked Down in the Accident. Portage la Prairie Man. Special the port age la Prairie District Gen eral Hospital has switched to the metric system and is thought to be the first in Rural Manitoba to do so. However some staff members would rather fight than switch w. W. Devine Hospital administrator re ported to the Board. He said under the metric system the curvy 36-24-36 measurements of some of the woman staff members has become 90-60-90 in cent meters. I have the feeling that they will tend to stick to the old system of measurement outside the Hospital until such time As the whole country goes metric As i feel it eventually or. Devine is pleased with conversion to the met Ric system because Over night he dropped from 185 pounds to 83 kilograms. Metric units Are used for measures temperatures and dosage forms. In addition the Hospital has converted to a 24-hour clock. Hospitals in greater Winnipeg plan a simultaneous conversion the system nov. 1. Or. Devine said the pro Gram introduced july 4, was planned during a nine month period by a metric Sterling committee under the chairmanship of Phillip Finkle staff pharmacist. Few difficulties have been e n c o u entered said or. Devine. Drowning record feared zealand has increased from i january figure of s37.000 Worth i to in May. And at least a portion of this increase results from increased sales in Western Canada. Canada packers is now using some new zealand and australian beef in their cooking room manufacturing it into baloney wieners and canned meat. As Well a Good Deal of Boneless Mutton is processed. A packers official said wednesday his company has gone ahead with processing imported meat because of the i demand for cheap meat. Although we have no Way of telling exactly How much meat we have brought in from outside Canada it does amount to a Good Deal. People Are finding that Boneless items from new 1 zealand Are a great Deal cheaper than Domestic although such companies As Eaton s and Safeway Are not Selling imported meat the i Dominion stores do sell imported Mutton. Canadian Lamb chops going for a Pound Unfrozen i is nearly More a Pound than the Frozen new zealand i Manitoba red Cross officials variety fear this year could set a record for drownings in the province. I already 36 Manitoban have drowned the largest number to this Date since the red Cross began keeping records 20 years i ago. I last year 32 Manitoban lost their lives in the water. The j record was set in 1967, when 69 i drownings were reported. I there were seven drownings in Manitoba two weekends ago the worst weekend drowning toll j i on record. J drowning inline murky Ocam King director of red the red River was avoided wed swimmer rescues youth what might have been provincial Okay sought for metro fare changes metro has asked the Manitoba Public utilities Board to approve t i i t i changes in metro transit s fare ladder Breaks schedule for Young people. K metre wants to. Raise to 16 i Ohhi Hurt years from 12 the upper age limit for Young people allowed a Winnipeg youth was reported to pay a 10-cent fare without a Sood condition in Winnipeg student fare permit effective j general Hospital after he fell 15 sept. 1. I it also wants to initiate a new i Type of student fare permit effective oct. 1. High school students Ages 17 and 18 would need the new permit to travel for 10 cents. The permit bearing a picture of its owner would Cost feet to the ground wednesday. Winnipeg police said that Eugene Romance 19, of 594 Machray Avenue was painting a House at 658 Atlantic Avenue when his ladder broke. Or. Romance fell to the ground and punctured the left Side of his forehead. 100 local Luna ties Aldrin Armstrong and Collins really started some thing now thousands want air Canada to Fly them to the Moon. The airline has accepted bookings from Moon struck earthlings subject to equipment being available at the time and with the fare and Date left open to future developments. Prairie residents Are get Ting into the act by wednesday the air Carrier had booking inquiries from 100 persons in Winnipeg 57 at Regina and 75 at Saska Toon. The astronauts splashed Down today in the Pacific and Are expected to give prospective Moon travellers a first hand account of what they can look for if they do make the trip. J Cross water safety services the importance of i beginning artificial respiration mesday when a swimmer rescued a youth in distress. Two teen agers about 17 or As soon As possible. He says 18, were swimming in the River there is no need to remove the j victim from the water before applying artificial respiration. I or. King also urges rescuers to be persistent because there i have been cases where water logged persons have revived near the docks at Pritchard Avenue at about ., when one started to flounder. Winnipeg police were alerted and about eight policemen on motorcycles and in cars arrived. After receiving eight hours of meanwhile George Brown 27, artificial respiration. I of 2072 Henderson Highway North Kildonan was working on his boat at the docks when he saw. The police begin to arrive. Craik vote by the time the second car had pro arrived he was at the Riverbank Ops 1 o and saw the youth s plight. Or. Brown Dove into water. And headed towards the pair. The youth was going under in a judicial recount in Riel constituency the Vole for former education mini Ster Donald w. Craik was reduced from to the vote for new democratic party candidate Jim Buchanan dropped from to in the St. Vital recount. Nip candidate Jim Wai Ding s total vote was reduced by one vote to the free press incorrectly reported that or. Craik s vote dropped from 3.102 to 3.096 and that or. Walding s final vote was was going when or. Brown reached him i about 150 to 200 Yards from Shore. Or. Brown said the youth relaxed and quit fighting and he let. Or. Brown grasp his hair and and pull him to safety. A Harbor patrol boat and a privately owned boat that had set out from the Pritchard docks arrived at the scene about the same time As or. Brown. Winnipeg police have nol yet released the names of the youths ;