Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 17, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Assiniboine Park councillors Bow to pressure Winnipeg free press Canada Usa local Xvi seas moving Ess 786-6081 by Frances Bidewell pressured by a Small group of impatient residents the Assiniboine Park Community com Mittee thursday set Jan. 10 As the Date for its Community con Ference. Councillor Al Coopman chair Man of the Community commit tee told the 55 people at the meeting that he and the other two elected councillors of the committee had been planning to Call a conference for the elec Tion of a residents advisory group soon after Jan. 1. However accused of Dilly dallying and pressed for action the three councillors pro posed the Jan. 10 Date and the audience accepted it. The Assiniboine Park com m u n i t y committee area in eludes Tuxedo Charleswood and Queenston Ward part of the present City of Winnipeg. The three elected councillors Are coun. Coopman coun. Roy p a r k h i 11 and coun. Warren Steen. A mood of impatience dominated the meeting the first advertised meeting called by the committee As members of the audience called for immediate election of a residents advisory group. Tom Plunkett a Montreal consultant currently on loan to the new Central City govern ment from the provincial government was interrupted by a member of the audience As he attempted to explain aspects of the new form of municipal government. Or. Plunkett was told that the audience did t want to hear about details it wanted Only a general explanation and to Gejo on with the meeting quickly. Or. Plunkett and Clem Blakes Lee director of the Provin Cial government s task Force on Community committees were both invited by coun. Coopman to speak at the meeting at Tux Edo Park school billed As an informational meeting. At one Point or. Blakeslee took exception to a question from the audience a b o u t his qualifications for his Job. My Job does t include com ing out to a meeting to be insulted i won t stand for or. Blakeslee responded. He said it was the third time during the evening that he and or. Plunkett had been insulted referring to previous interruptions. Concern about the poor turn out at the meeting prompted several suggestions from the audience about publicity campaigns but no action was taken. Some concern was also voiced about the probability of a municipal tax increase in Tuxedo after Central City government takes effect Jan. 1. Wants raises can t increase the Winnipeg school Board just can t afford to give its teachers a requested 11 per salary increase next year trus tee Olga Fuga Board chairman said wednesday night. Were the teachers request acceded to it would Cost win taxpayers an additional on the 1972 education tax trustee Fuga said an in crease of 4% Mills in we tax rate. Wien negotiations Between the teachers association and the school Board began on nov. 29, the teachers demanded an 11 per cent increase saying that their past increases have not equalled those received by teachers elsewhere in the country. J trustee Fuga said the Board had not yet made an offer to the association but added she expected the two to meet within the next week. She said that it would be Al most impossible to reach a settlement before the expiration of the present Board s term on dec. 31 because negotiations had begun so late. Mayor d. A. Abe Yanofsky of West Kildonan a member of Winnipeg s new Central City Council has urged fort Garry municipal Council to cancel the pay increase it recently granted its police Force. In a letter thursday to mayor Dick Wanking and fort Garry Council mayor Yanofsky said he was shocked to hear the municipality had granted its police pay parity with the Winnipeg Force. He reminded the fort Garry officials that provincial Urban affairs minister Sidney Green has asked municipalities to for Ward requests from employees or so increases to the Central City Council. Mayor Yanofsky also said the Central City finance committee of which mayor Wanking is chairman has asked the City s personnel task Force to begin negotiations for 1972 contracts with All municipal bargaining units. Mayor Yanofsky s letter said the fort Garry Council had the courage to go to arbitration with the police Force earlier in the year Over wage demands and i Trust that you will have the same courage to rescind your motion at your next coun cil meeting and let the new uni City Council worry about the problem of parity of mayor Wanking was not available for comment Friday Lipior Fusig. Lor free estimate or brochure Friday december 17, 1971 2nd class mail registration number 0286 Auko Van iini4 pretty portable Park is premiered 5s metro s first portable Park the brainchild of planning director Earl a. Levin was opened thursday by metro chairman Jack Willis and d. B. R. Murphy of Blackwood beverages Ltd. Located at the Southwest Corner of Graham Avenue and Carlton Street the Park Fea Tures a Small skating rink which in summer will become a sidewalk cafe. The Park is a joint venture by metro and Blackwood Bever aged and is designed to fill an otherwise vacant lot until it can be developed or used commercially by the owner. Blackwood is paying the rent on the property and metro sup plied the roughly Worth of Park furnishings. The adjacent Aberdeen hotel allowed the Wall of its restaurant to be painted by Blackwood. Or. Levin conceived the idea of adorning private vacant lots with portable Park components last August. Council approved the agreement with Blackwood in october permitting the expenditure of on components. The total estimate put the Cost at but fewer components have been used at the Carlton Street Park so far. Coun. Willis said the Park was created in response to peo ple s environmental needs. Or. Murphy said his company is pleased to co operate with metro on the project. I just Iove thai Little said coun. June Westbury of the new Central City Council. Beef Levy skating awl nation Derek Thorlakson and John Moore four year old skaters tront Community chairman Jack Willis. Final Pat on Back for metro men in by Douglas Mackay metro Council held its last regular meeting thursday and the 10 councillors seized the Opportunity to each eulogize the doomed government threaten at times to plunge them selves into an orgy of self Praise. Although metro does t of isei ally disappear until . Jan. 1, and although a special Council meeting must be held next wednesday to Clear up some unfinished business this was the Council s final Reg ular meeting and clearly the appointed time for eulogies. Several wives and families were on hand for the occasion As was Stephen Sweeney the faithful citizen observer who in new year letters will need 8-cent stamp weather report morning bulletin faint indicate spec act High Tempe Raturi today has t missed a Council meeting since. Metro was created in 1960. He was rewarded with a set of cuff links bearing the metro Crest and was generously applauded when he delivered a Short speech on metro s accomplishments. Chairman Jack Willis presented the other nine councillors with a plaque and Cut links then vice chairman Ber Nie wife made the Tion to coun. Willis. Council had zipped through its Agenda in a brisk 40 min utes apparently anxious to get on with the ceremony. Coun. Willis led off. Metro he said was one of the most effective governments Winnipeg has Ever seen. We were part of the new change in Environ mental he said re counting metro s accomplish m e n t s in pollution control Bridge construction and Park development. He complimented the other councillors on their spirit of teamwork and co operation and had a special thank you for the administrators. Very few of you will Ever be recognized for the work that you have he told them. Coun. Willis then called on the other councillors going Anticlockwise around the table. Coun. Doug stanes said the tangible monuments to metro its roads Bridges and Parks would continue Long after the Council had passed away. He thanked the councillors for two enjoyable rewarding he having served Only that Long. Councillor lome Leech said since 1966, i think i be acquired an education you can t sounding a sour note coun. William Button criticized the out and out maliciousness on the part of other elected officials in contributing to me Tro s hardships. He also Lead words for the editorial pages of Winnipeg s two daily news papers which he said had failed to provide intelligent criticism of the City s political scene. In closing the unsuccessful mayoralty candidate said his time on Council had been one of the come Jan. 1, you won t be Able to mail any first class mail in Canada for less than eight cents. This will be the going rate for All postcards and letters weighing up to one ounce. Air mail to the United states will remain at 10 cents. The new letter rates will be 14 cents for letters from one to two ounces 20 cents Between two and four ounces 32 cents Between four and eight ounces 44 cents Between eight and 12 ounces and 54 cents Between 12 ounces and one Pound. Surface letter rates for mail to the United states will be identical up to eight ounces where the rate will become 54 cents Between eight ounces and one Pound. The weight limit on Par cels will be increased to 35 pounds from 25 pounds. After Jan. 1, it a Fol Cost to mail a parcel weighing from 25 to 30 pounds and from 30 to 35 pounds to destinations in forecast Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The rates will be and for destinations in Ontario Alberta British Columbia Zafiu the Yukon and for parcels to Quebec and and for parcels to the maritime provinces. The rates will be 50 cents an additional Pound for the Northwest territories and 25 cents an additional Pound for the United states. A new eight cent stamp shoving the parliamentary Library As a recognition of International Book year 1972, will go on Sale dec. 30. City May allow Selkirk chickens students at St. John s boys school in Selkirk Man., will probably to Able to sell Chic kens from door to door again in Winnipeg starting monday. Civic health and welfare com Mittee agreed thursday on fur ther amendments to a City health bylaw which would make the Sale of poultry on a door to door basis Legal provid ing it is Federal government inspected and the City medical health officer or. Roper g. Cadham has signed an affidavit stating the product is fit for human consumption. T 24-Fcow period remanded on film charges metropolitan theatre of win j Nipes and famous players Ltd. J were remanded for a further week in Winnipeg magistrate s i Coort Friday on charges Laid in i connection with motion Pic Tare the stewardesses. I the two firms retire serried i by lawyer Dennis Ringstrom i were remanded last Friday in their initial Coort i metro obtain theatre is fac Feig to charges of possess tag Asi obscene Sim sad charges of expose so As cafe scene to is fisc View. Fatsos Pax is Psi has bees charged of Scese 3k a acre 3ws 4 world almanac now available the 1972 world almanac and Book of facts the world s oldest and most quoted single column refer ence is co published again this year by the Winnipeg free press. The new edition biggest in its 104 year history is now on Sale. The almanac contains 976 pages 24 More pages than in 1971, but still costs at the free press classified counter Newsstands bookstores and drugstores. The free press joins 81 other metropolitan daily newspapers in the United states and Canada in this publishing venture. There Are a total of 70 . And 12 Canadian newspapers in this unique program. Pub Lisher of the reference work is newspaper Enterprise association of new York and Cleveland world s oldest and largest newspaper news feature organization. The world almanac was founded by the old new York world in 1868 and always has been closely associated with newspapers. It was not until Nea acquired ownership of the publication in 1966, however that any newspaper outside of new York City was permitted to co publish the Book. The is72 edition of the world More than a facts on Hurt reds of subjects from actors and actresses to zip codes. It contains 16 pages of maps and i the world in fail color. It is Arnt Ned with instr Cal astronomical Geo Fecit weights treasures important Doc , sports rec was. Disasters events free . Toe s72 we tvs can b to. For Man Verdere sew 50 cases to Cooer postage free press Cartew a Sweet most intellectually stimulating experiences i be Ever coun. J. A. Art Coulter said he regrets that metro was t Able to Complete More land As Sembly for Public use. In future developments recreation facilities and Public schools should be incorporated he said. Coun. Ken Talanchuk the youngest member of Council thanked his colleagues for the experience which would be valuable on the new Central City Council. Coun. John w. Mcgurran thanked his wife marvelling that they had raised eight Chil Dren during his 21 years in local politics. Coun. Mcgurran was an unsuccessful candidate for the Central City Council. He said he would t be seeking political office again. Coun. Wolfe said we did what we could with the authority they gave us to work metro he said has left greater Winnipeg a better place. He praised a number of past chair men particularly . Bonny chair metro drops bus metro Council was forced thursday to drop one bus from its planned Purchase of 25 51 passenger buses because flyer industries limited has in creased its prices by about three per cent. Council voted to buy the 24 buses for a total of including provincial sales tax. The province had agreed to put up half the estimated million Cost of 25 buses and is now expected to contribute half the increase of flyer industries formerly Western flyer coach Ltd., is 74 per cent owned by the province through the Manitoba develop ment corporation. Metro decided to buy from flyer industries without calling tenders. On the last bus Purchase flyer Indus cries did not bid and the con tract went to general motors of Canada. The buses Are required for metro transit s Fleet. Metro will pay a unit Price of including Federal and provincial sales taxes. A report to Council from the transportation department explained that this Price represents an increase of about three per cent Over the amount quoted metro last february. Flyer industries has indicated that since then material costs have increased by four per cent Price quoted for this con ant labor by six per cent so tract appears fair and reason said the department re port. A special meeting of Winnipeg City Council has been called for next monday to ratify these amendments and it is expected they will receive unanimous approval. The chickens sold by the school Are government inspected and or. Cadham said in an interview that he has already certified they Are fit to eat. The school along with individual Farmers has been Sel Ling poultry from door to door in the City for Many years. However recently it was found that some chickens not those sold by the school were diseased. Or. Cadham then announced that the Sale of poultry in this manner was in violation of a Long standing City bylaw. At a meeting of health and welfare committee two weeks ago an amendment to the bylaw calling for All poultry to be government inspected before Sale was approved. But at last monday s City Council meeting it was referred Back to commit tee because some aldermen did not think the amendment provided enough Protection for the Public. Or. Cadham in co operation with the City s Legal staff went to work on the problem and came up with the new Amend-1 Merit. J if accepted it with mean the j school will be Able to catch up j on at least part of the pre Christmas Market which represents a Large portion of its an Quai sales. Buffalo coat Sale saturday another 90 of the Coats worn Over the last few generations f of memo Erb 01 lice department will go under the auctioneer s Gavel saturday morning. The second lot of Buffalo Coats will be auctioned at Gray s auction Mart 91 Albert Street. A lot of 50 Coats was auctioned in january 1971, after the police department decided to dispose of the Coats worn by the department members. The saturday auction will involve the Sale of single Coats not Block lots As a result of a decision by the Winnipeg police department. A minimum bid of plus sales tax. Will be required for the Sale of each coat. Castle the first metro Man. Coun. Andrew Robertson told a scottish joke about eulogies then delivered 3 Short on Seif. Coun. John p. Sulymko contrasted the size of metro coun cil with that of the 50-member Central City Council. Good things come in Small pack Only four metro Council alumni have seats on the new coun c i 1 councillors Talanchuk thedral in Winnipeg. Leech stanes and Wolfe. Bishop Andrew of new York councillors Button and Willis head of the ukrainian orthodox were Defeated by mayor Steve Church of America who comes 40 years for Cathedral the congregation of the St. Ivan Suchovsky ukrainian orthodox Cathedral will celebrate on sunday the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Ca Juba in bids for the mayoralty. Councillors Coulter Mcgurran Robertson and Sulymko lost their bids for Council seats. A Short paper fight traditional at the closing of a Mani Toba legislature session Fol Lowed the adjournment of the Council meeting. Under the ecumenical patriarchate will be special guest at the Celebration. The Bishop will serve a pontifical divine Liturgy assisted by Rev. George a Hod sky at the 10 . Service. An anniversary dinner will be held after the service in the Parish Hall 939 main Street seek election to school Board 7xnx candidates Are seeking a seat on the Assisi Boire South school Board in Ward 2 in an election they Sre Murde of 2s1 5srst Road. Charl Eswood. Una to 1 is c r first ref have a Safe Christmas a Christmas tree is pretty. It can also be danger Ous As a fire Hazard. The fire prevention Bureau of the Winnipeg fire department urges people at this time of year to make sure that their Christmas tree is Safe. It s easy enough to do. Mike Swiss chief fire prevention officer for the department urges people to make sure that the strings of lights they use on the tree Are in Good working order. He also warns against overloading a circuit. When you get your Christmas tree make sure it is freshly Cut and when putting it up in your Home make sure it gets enough water. Also says or. 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