Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 28, 1970, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fort Garry insurance 1200 Pembina hwy., Winnipeg 19. Man. 24 hour service 452-2132 Winnipeg free press 3eaver moving storage moving packing storing by Carrier Joc per week wednesday january 28. 1970 registration number Job phone 786-6081 agents Allied Van lines member Canadian warehousing association diversification minus signs too Hope of gaining markets Small federation head Canada s prospects for expanding markets on the world and Domestic scene Are not Bright the president of the Canadian federation of agriculture Charles Minro said Here tuesday. In his presidential report to the 34th annual meeting of the federation at the hotel fort Garry or. Munro of Embro ont., said there now is enough wheat on hand in Western can Ada to fill the country s Market requirement for the next three years. Or. Munro said the main reason Lor the standstill in Canadian agricultural Market development is that other nations Are either advancing on traditionally Canadian markets or Are just around the Corner. We must be prepared to compete with or. Munro echoed remarks made earlier by Manitoba farm Bureau president George Frank Lin when he said that distress problems which arise intone commodity can easily be transferred to another commodity and from one area of the country to another. We have become very efficient he said but Many of our numbers have pitifully Small incomes from the Sale of farm products and pressures for adjustment to fewer larger operations will and the problem is so vast that even if of the lowest income Farmers were taken out of production the result would still have a negligible effect on reducing total production he said. Touching briefly on the await d report of the Federal task Force on agriculture or. Munro said he Hopes the report will signal intensive attention by the Federal government to Over All National farm policy. And coupled with this will be the increasing development of National and regional systems of organized marketing he said. Canadian farm policy must b e comprehensive coherent and integrated or else we simply continue to evolve poli cies which on their application May conflict with each other and by which we May shift problems from one commodity to and from Region to he said. To help formulate a beneficial farm policy or. Munro said the Canadian federation of agriculture should initiate discussions with National commodity groups or associations. J if we the Cha Are going to have a National farm policy it is going to be formulated at our meetings and accomplished by All the inputs from our Mem Bers it will be the policy of the federation and this Means implicitly that it is the policy of everyone within the one of the highlights of this year s edition of ice Capanes will be the four member Beard family. The show opens thursday at the Winnipeg Arena and runs until feb. 3. City furrier raps Roseau racer fast Buck ranchers snatches Lead 11 happened in Canada is a daily free press feature about interesting events and people in our country some historical and some current. Saturday s feature carried the note that 1967 Centennial Silver dollars Are now Worth and Winnipeg Coin collectors would like to know just where that current Price is happening in Canada. Albert Stern who has been in the Coin business at 457 main Street for 40 years tells me he current Price dealers Are quoting is about although some eight months ago they ran As High As a proof set of the 1967 coins untouched since they came from the mint is Selling at or. Stern who was the last guest to Check out of the Royal Alexandra hotel when it closed a couple of years ago says there Are still lots of the Centennial Bills around however. Some 40 million of them were printed. They differ fro i the Ordinary Bill in that they carry the years 1867 1967 in the place where normally a serial number would appear. Coffee break which sends a Centennial Dollar to each person submitting an item that s used will soon revert to Silver dollars. Beginning sometime around the end of february when they become available Coffee break will Send Manitoba Centennial one Dollar coins the Crocus design to All contributors of usable items in place of the one Dollar Centennial Bills we re now awarding. You. May note that i said one Dollar coins and not Silver dollars the Canadian one Dollar Coin has been made out of Nickel since Early 1968. Bank of Canada people Tell me there should be no shortage of the Manitoba Centennial one Dollar Coin this year As they la be minted All year. If you want a Complete mint set of the 1970 coins they May be ordered from the Royal Canadian mint coins uncirculated . Box 470, Ottawa 2, ont. And if you want the Manitoba one Dollar Coin alone in a presentation Case i he charge is but you must order at least three. Easier still just Send that Coffee break item you be been intending 1ofor the past month or so. J. H. Kaka and mrs. Karr he s the president of the Winnipeg musicians association Are off for a visit to Canada s newest City Thunder Bay this weekend. Hell represent top officers of the american federation of musicians when a new charter will be presented to the Thunder Bay musicians local which now replaces the former fort William and port Arthur locals. That s just one of the Many readjustments in the newly combined City. Bus riders who have to Cross the former Boundary line Between the two cities have profited by a 15 cent Cut in fares As of yesterday morning. Thunder Bay bus fares Are now the same As Winnipeg s 25 cents Cash or five tickets for a Dollar. Previously the fare in each City was 20 cents Cash or six tickets for a Dollar but you had to pay two fares to Cross from one City into another. Wonder if Bass fiddle players have to pay two fares if the wartime pilots and observers get. The guests they want their Commonwealth air reunion in september should be one of the really big highlights of our Centennial. In addition to some Allied wartime flyers Jack Johnston chairman of the reunion committee says they be invited Douglas Bader the British Pilot who did t let the loss of both his legs in a crash Stop him from going Back to wartime duty As a Pilot with two artificial limbs. When he finally went Down Over enemy territory and went to a prisoner of War Camp his two artificial limbs were useless. The Story goes that the germans extended the Courtesy of a Safe drop of two More limbs by a British plane. And no one will be happier than Cactus Jack Wells when he learns they be Ilso invited Vcra Lynn the wartime songstress. Remember hoi Well meet again and Richard Burton who trained Here has also Burn invited. Or. Johns Lone adds with or without despite what you have read elsewhere Winnipeg mayor Steve Juba is not. Holidaying in far off Afghanistan. He s in Hawaii to furl clue Back in a couple of Wecks. A Winnipeg furrier and a raw fur dealer have divergent opinions about Why the Mink mar Ket has dropped. Jack Hurtig speaking for the Manitoba furriers Guild tues Day issued a statement blaming Many new marginal operators seeking the fast Buck and creating Over production in the world. He said these operators Are in Japan scandinavian countries and Europe As Well As North America. Or. Hurtig said the Only solution to production problems is the formation . World association which would control the Breeding for Quantity qual Ity and color. To save the Industry the marginal ranchers must go out of business. The Supply could be reduced and in a relatively Short time the financial returns will once again be As Good As in the last two or three he said. Bomb threat fizzles after receiving its third bomb explosion warning in just Over a month. Red River Community College embarked on a Volun tary evacuation scheme tues Day rather than a full evacuation of the school. The warning was telephoned to Winnipeg police tuesday morning and was passed by St. James Assiniboia police to the College about 9 . J. E. Mccannel director general of Manitoba Community colleges said in a Telephone interview wednesday the bomb warning was announced to All parts of the College and students told they could leave if wanted to. However he said Mink ranching is speculation and ranchers must i be prepared to take the risk of profit or loss. Mink has dropped in Price Many times during the past 25 years and ranchers i should have been forewarned 1 he said. I Roy Smith manager of r. S. I Robinson and sons said it was a i concentrated Effort of the parti of the scandinavian countries Norway Sweden Denmark to capture the world Market that i is wiping out not Only Manitoba j ranchers but those in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Or. Hurtig expressed regret j that Mink ranchers like Victor i Joubert St. Pierre and others who have been in the business for Many years had to leave ranching. The furriers Guild spokesman was mainly concerned with what he termed newspaper allegations that Mink is going out of fashion. This is like saying that wheat prices Are Low because bread has gone out of he did say or. Joubert was incorrect when he stated that prices on the world Market Are below a Pelt. Or. Hurtig said some female skins smaller than the male Are Only averaging to for some shades but most Coats Are made of males and Pelt prices Are running from to depending on Shade and Quality. He urged Mink producers to Gamble a Little longer and said the chances Are Mink prices will Rise during the next three months because Many raw fur buyers in a tight Money bind Are holding off hoping that prices will drop even lower or. Hurtig said manufacturers will have to buy Mink by april 1 if they want to stay in busier loss. Or. Smith was not so optimistic. He estimated that there is an overproduction of 30-m i 11 i o n Mink in the world with scandinavians producing about 9 Mil Lio or 10 million annually. I j can t see any break for Mani j Toba he said. J he said Mink production was about the no. 2 Export of scandinavian countries. Or. Smith indicated that his firm is already planning to look elsewhere for Mink pelts. Were they operations at the College would continue. At the time a number of students were writing examinations in the gymnasium. Air. Mccannel said the gymnasium had been it has been locked and guarded since the last bomb threat in mid january. Another bomb threat was received dec. J 22. On both previous occasions the College was evacuated and searches failed to turn up any bombs. Or. Mccannel said because of the previous bomb warnings which had turned out to be hoaxes the College has developed some the most important step had been the bomb proofing of the examination area. We had Felt confident it would be Safe. We want to be reasonably certain a life in t placed in had the bomb warning proved valid he did t know what the College s liability would have been if any one had been injured. That would take a he did t know if the same voluntary evacuation procedure will be carried out if another threat is received. We Don t feel we can ignore them bomb warnings but you be got to be such threats create an extremely i disruptive especially i openings with a Blanket with exams under Way. The youth was treated basement fire injures teen Ager an explosion and Flash fire in the basement of a townhouse at 170 Dogwood drive North Kildonan at . Tuesday resulted in a teen Ager suffer ing third degree Burns on his right hand and . North Kildonan fire officials said the youth Charles pcs scr 19, was pouring naphtha Gas from one Container to another in the basement of his residence j when a spark ignited the volatile fluid causing an Ceplo i Sion and fire. Damage to the basement was estimated at fire officials reported Little smoke damage was done to the upper j Levels of the townhouse because j mrs. Kessler had closed cellar door and plugged the the in or. Mccannel said he does t know How people evacuated the i school when they wore told about the bomb warning. I this is a very massive j Complex about 3.000 students and 350 staff and it s difficult to get an accurate Hospital then allowed to leave North Kildonan Deputy fire chief Tom James in releasing details of the fire cautioned the Public about using flammable liquids indoors. Such materials Walker Minnesota up Leroy linblad of Roseau minn., powered his Polaris Over the 156-mile distance from Crookston to Walker in a time of seven hours 49 minutes tuesday to take Over the Lead in the Winnipeg to St. Paul snowmobile race. In second place at the race s half Way Point was Vern Ricard of thief River Falls minn., on an Arctic cat. Dewey Paulson of Clearbrook minn., also driving an Arctic cat was third. Defending Champion Dale Cormican of Crookston drove his Arctic cat to fourth place tuesday lie was 36 minutes behind the Leader. Top Canadian after two Days of racing was Wayne Laramie of Portage la Prairie on an Arctic cat in 12th position. Another leading Canadian Driver Don Pickering of Winnipeg was taken to Hospital in Aida minn., about 15 Miles from Crookston after he was injured in a spill. Extent of his injuries want known at press time. Two top International Drivers. Finnish Champion Kelvin Pehkonan and swedish Champion Dave Van Oberg both driving ski Doos were still in the race tuesday. Pehkonan was in Lith place while Van Oberg was 27th the race continues in its second last leg wednes Day from Walker to Isle minn., a distance of about 100 Miles. Moving and storage the careful movers members of Allied Van lines to Canadian Assoc. Of movers Winnipeg 774-2435 Brandon 728-4414 Dauphin 638-3253 weather report synopsis valid until Midnight thursday although skies were Clearing Over Southern Alberta today Saskatchewan and Manitoba continue Cloudy. Light Snow was falling Over Southern Manitoba. Colder air moving South will Clear Manitoba and Saskatchewan this afternoon and evening. Readings will fall to near or below Zero under Cloudy skies tonight. Forecast mostly sunny today and thursday. Colder thursday. Winds North 20 m.p.h., decreasing to life he this cd coins. Low tonight ror Winnipeg 10 below High thursday five above. Min. Pc. Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas Winnipeg Thunder Bay Kenora 37 7 73 16 20 is m 23 21 .75 to .11 10 .11 id 0? Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York 17 36, 7? 3.1 3.1 26 9 11 3? 70 so 79 3? must t just Transfer troubles Farmers told accused by Paul Pihi Chyn the president of the Manitoba farm Bureau. George Franklin warned tuesday that banners should not get carried away by the present emphasis on the need to diversify their operations. In his report to the Canadian federation of agriculture on the state of agriculture in Manitoba i or. Franklin said that while i some changes in production i patterns Are needed there is also a need for some healthy concern that drastic diversification measures May result in a transferal of the surplus prob j Lem from Grain to some other commodity. I it is now More generally theft realized in Manitoba that the Low income situation of the Farmer can no longer be entirely rectified through More efficient methods of product he told the federation at its annual convention in the hotel fort Garry. Or. Franklin said that the trend towards larger production units has slowed Down and Only limited amounts of farm land i Are changing hands and at a considerably reduced Price compared to the Peak of two years ago. Attacking what he said was a delay in the release of the re port of the task Force on Agri culture by the Federal govern ment or. Franklin said Date there is no indication of what to expect from the report j it is vitally important that everything possible be done to ensure that the report when released is studied and Well understood by Canadian farmers1." he added that it is the responsibility of farm organizations to provide the leadership needed in proceeding to obtain a consensus on agricultural poli cies of the future. He also urged the federation to pay particular attention to problems arising from Mone tary and taxation problems Trade and Tariff policies inter National commodity agree ments social problems such As poverty and pollution Long Range land use and creation of More unified National farm organizations. Delegate voting changed constitutional revamping tuesday paved the Way for delegates to the 34th annual convention of the Canadian federation of agriculture to elect its officers from the convention floor and increase the grass roots Farmer representation. Moving immediately into the new election procedure the delegates nominated seven candidates for the office of presi Dent none of them from Manitoba. The seven nominees Are Paul Babey Alberta federation of agriculture e. A. Boden Saskatchewan federation of Agri culture w. N. Bostock British Columbia federation of agriculture Glen Cole Dairy Farmers of Canada Roland Pigeon and Lionel Sorel both the l Union Catholic que d c s cultivate Urs Quebec Farmers and Charles Munro Ontario federa Tion of agriculture and current Cha president. Presidential voting will take Gerald Wayne Hanna former principal of Tux do Shaftesbury High school in Tuxedo was remanded a week in provincial magistrate s court wednesday on a charge of stealing from the school and the student Council. Or. Hanna who resigned As principal shortly before Christmas is accused of steal ing the Money Between sept. 1. 1968, and dec. 5. 1969. He is free on Cash bail. No plea has been entered to the charge. Scott Wright is or. Hanna s lawyer. Baby ruled Winner Leah Mario Rodgers. Daughter of or. And mrs. Larry Rodgers of 980 Crest View Park drive St. James Assiniboia has been declared the first baby born in Winnipeg Manitoba in 1970. D. W. Mat Csori recorder of vital statistics for the tuesday that he has not received any information indicating that any children were born in Manitoba in 1970 before the time of miss Rodgers birth. That time has been officially recorded at 30 seconds after Midnight Jan. A d70. I Don t think there will be any question about it said or. Matheson. The three week old baby girl and her parents thus become the winners of a number of prizes in the new year s baby contest. Place wednesday during the j final session of the four Day convention in the hotel fort Garry. The amendment which would result in the enlargement of Dele i Gate representation in an at tempt to broaden the scope of the federation and increase the individual participation of the Farmers will bring the federa Tion More into the sphere of a i reel member organization. The amendment will go into effect at the next annual convention cited. A director proposal that would have added the office of past president to the federation Board of directors died on the convention floor when it failed to get a mover. Phone toll in North cutfeb.16 the Manitoba Telephone sys tem will reduce Long distance rates in Northern Manitoba effective feb. 16, it was announced wednesday by finance minister Saul Cherniack. Two revisions in the rate Structure will be made or. Cherniack said. The first will introduce lower Long distance rates for Calls Between Northern Manitoba and Points outside the province. The second revision will reduce radiotelephone charges in Northern Manitoba. Special rates which now apply to Calls going out of the province from Northern Mani Toba centres will be eliminated in the change. Resulting rate reductions will vary from 15 cents to is .85. Or. Cherniack said the Cost of a three minute Call Over radio Telephone facilities would drop Froni the present to 50 cents. The radiotelephone reductions will apply for two years while inc Manitoba Tele phone system studies their suit ability. The delegates do j water main break halts Home Supply Max. Min. Pc. In n .01 a trn .01 Winnipeg temperature comparisons arc among lie Scadin fires in the causes of j Jan 77 Lelm year nor Midi . My mean a 17.1 17.2 -3.0 7.1 .-9s -0.5 highest on 39.2 in 1931 lowest on record in 1893 a water main break on i Bannatyne Avenue near Flint the Quebec delegation had Street at . Tuesday left made a Strong bid against go houses without water position of past president at the several hours Early tuesday. Convention s o p c n i n g session j officials of the Winnipeg monday. Engineering department said the anticipated increase inline break was t serious. They Delegate strength allowed by j notified in the area the constitutional Amend mints affected at . That water came Only after Strong criticism would be shut off then reduced from several quarters. Most of water pressure to make repairs those objecting feared that if to the line. I the federation moved in that1 there was no flooding of the direction control would fall into streets. Officials said they sex hands of individuals and away peeled the would he from the present farm organize-1 turned on again by Early lion members. Afternoon ;