Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 11, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday december to 1971 soviet georgians do their Best to live up to legend by Robert g. Kaiser Tbilisi soviet Georgia Spe Cial tons by reputation the soviet georgian cuts a wid Swath drinking wine by the gallon spending rubles in multiples of ten dressing to kill for the soviet Union it s an extravagant reputation but 1 visit Here suggests that it is Al deserved. When two people order win with dinner in Tbilisi the waiter asks How the answer for a couple of Goot georgians May be five or six bottles. During the course of the evening those same two people May Send half a dozen More bottles to neighbouring tables just to be Friendly. Insolvent students have been known to sit Down in a restau rant Pool their savings to buy one three Ruble bottle of wine and Send it to a prosperous looking table As a gift. They soon receive three or four bottles in return and can have a party. The georgians appreciation for life is palpable in the air of Tbilisi. Tell a taxi Driver Here than georgians seem to live better than the russians in Moscow and hell Grin broadly and say of those russians in Moscow often say the same there s a hint of the texan s bravado in a georgian s Pride especially when he talks about Georgia a wealth. The Deputy prime minister of the local gov e r n m e n to a handsome lady named Victoria Siradze fairly beams while discussing the pea Sants of Western Georgia who own their own houses and their own he can pay the director of the local movie studio Akaki did Ziguris rises up out of his chair to emphasize How much he can pay the author or director of a successful movie As much As rubles or and enormous sum in this country the Pride and wealth contrib Ute to a georgian style which is striking in the u.s.s.r., where style has Long been subservient to Utility georgian men and women look Natty compared to Moscow crowds. The men grow sideburns and Wear Well Cut suits made by state owned Tai Lor shops on Lecel Idze Street. Many of the girls have found wet look Midi length rain Coats heaven knows where. Georgia has been controlled by Russia since the beginning of the list Century but it would 1 be impossible to confuse rus sians with georgians. This is an almost Mediterranean land and More relaxed than she gave him a Frisbee. The great cities of the russian danger of losing its identity. The history of Georgia is Long series of georgian defeat Tbilisi 1500 years old is said t have been destroyed forty Dif Ferent times. Byzantium per s i a arabs Khazar seljuk turks and mongolians con As a tourist and decided i wanted to a better question it was suggested was whether the soviet government would allow him to visit America or any other non communist country. Yes that s the prob he acknowledged. He queued Georgia Many of them needed no special permission More than once. Through All of that the geor Gians retained a unique Ian Guage written in a bizarre curly script and a Rich culture the language resisted outside influence so effectively that the poetry of Shota Rusta Veli National father figure we wrote in the twelfth Century can be read and understood in the original by today s schoo children. The georgians maj never have won a War but the have outlived most of their conquerors. The Region did not willingly adhere to bolshevism after the 1917 revolution. It was subjected after a red army invasion in 1921. There have been occasional outbursts of local nationalism directed against mos cow in the years since but a visitor sees no evidence now o any significant tensions. Huge factory the russian czars exploited Georgia like a Colony but the communists developed it. Geor Gia is now heavily industrialized. According to a local enthusiast one huge factory in Tbilisi produces More electric locomotives in a year than All of France. There is enough Industry to give Tbilisi a visible Case of air pollution though the i tourist guide insists it is just Brown Mist. Tbilisi is a Hilly Hodge podge of Eastern russian and european architecture the sum of which is a real City which rises up on both sides of the Kura River. Most if its streets Are lined with and Many Are protected by a canopy of overhanging branches. The handsomest Street in town is Rusta Veli Avenue a promenade for the local citizenry especially the Young. It is easy to meet University Stu dents under the Avenue s tall old Trees who would like to practice their few words of in Lish or buy your Western clothes. Some of them already Lave Bell Bottom trousers and tightly fitting jackets. They claim to smoke marijuana and hashish. I know where i want to one Young student of dentistry said with conviction. Japan trance the scandinavian coun tries and he met a girl from Philadelphia on the Eadi at Sochi last summer. What would he Plain and in no apparent asked if i came to America the liquor control commission liquor store hours Christmas and new years period 71 All Manitoba liquor Storis win cent of on december 25th, 26th, ind 27th. 1971, on january 1st, 1972. Who Croft it , on Friday december 24th, and on Friday december 3 1st. 1971. Who during Normal hours on tuesday wednesday and thurs Day december Multi 29lh, 30th, 1971. Greater Winnipeg on monday tuesday wednesday and thursday december 20th. 21st, 22nd, 23rd. I 1 a it. To 9 . Ii . To 9 . 11 . To 10 . 11 . To 9 . 11 . To 10 jut. Self service St. Re. No. I Hwy. 11a.m. To 10 pin. 11 . To 10 . 1 1 . To 9 . East Kildonan Northdale shopping Centre fort carry 1310 Pembina Highway St. Self service Dominion shopping Centre St. 25-49 Portage Avenue St. 3239 Portage avens. St. Vital to Arcona self service Regent shopping West Kildonan 1662 main Street Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Mcmillan Avenue self service 1020 main Street self service Northgate shopping Centre 345 Donald Street 755 Portage Avenue 11 an. To 9 . 11 an. To 10 . 11 . To 10 . 11 am. To 12 mid. 11 . To 12 mid. However to appreciate the music of Janis Joplin and the led Zeppelin both we re among his favourites. Though Georgia s Economy and society have been largely transformed in the past 50 years Many aspects of its life Haven t changed. Flat and tasty georgian bread is made just As changed Little Over centuries _ Conn it has been for thousands o in had up ii years by swatting wet discs houses but Many Lulu of dough on the inside of a Blaz ing Brick oven that is shaped and which did no like a Volcano. Rural life has been reorganized into collective and state Auri is two hours North of Tubili farms but it too must have is but it is out of another Era London s famous Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square is always a focal Point for Carol singers. The giant tree is an annual gift from the people of Oslo in sino soviet quarrel worries White House self service Polo Park shopping ii . To 10 . Ii . To 10 . Bay store hours by Stanley Karnow Washington special tons the War Between India and Pakistan is currently prompting the russians and chinese to intensify the Polemi Cal dispute they have been car Ying on for years. Now however there appears o be a measure of concern in the White House that an Escala Tion of the sino soviet quarrel May complicate president Nix on s plans to visit peking and Moscow next year. At the Core of the present flare up Between the two communist neighbors which is igniting rhetorical fireworks at he United nations Are their diametrically opposite positions n the conflict raging in South Sia. The russians support the indians not Only supplying then Vith weapons but through a Friendship treaty signed last i gust. The chinese Back pakis an. Both politically and with rms. Although the United states As officially remained scr Upu july Neutral in the dispute be Wen Moscow and peking the j i x o n administration s pro Pakistan policies have Effic ively turned it into an ally of Hina in this situation. A key question at the moment therefore is whether the resident s efforts to improve . Relations with the russians ill be jeopardized by his tacit Alliance with the chinese. An equally important ques Tion meanwhile is whether or. Nixon s forthcoming trip to China might be endangered if self services Grant Park Plaia self service the Bay Portage Manitoba Otho than greater Winnipeg on monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and thursday december 2ist. 22nd. And 23rd. 20th, self Servia 11 an. To 10 . Self service 11 . To 9 pm. Self service 11 turn. To 9 . 11 to 9 rom. 11 to 9 , ii Rafii. To 9 . 1t . To 9 ii to 7 municipal holidays Ouuor stores and most i quor vendors win remain open on any Normal municipal Holiday that occurs in period dec Errier to 31st. Brandon Dauphin flin flon Portage la Prairie Selkirk Thompson Texi jewish University informal Montreal up Mon Treal s newest University has no charter no exams no degrees and no building. The new Institute called the jewish free University was conceived As an informal alter native to jewish studies pro Grams at Mcgill and sir George Williams universities. Professors from those two campuses have agreed to work without salaries As an academic nucleus of a Volunteer teaching staff that includes several rabbis and a graduate in social work. The project is sponsored by Hillel foundations at both sir George and Mcgill which raised the initial budget of about it uses their build Ings for classes. The idea was originated by Morty Weinfeld. A 22-Vear-old chances of survival Are begin organization Ning to look increasingly re the jewish s udies pro Grams at Mcgill and Bir while they doubt that China ;