Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Board declines control of French school the Winnipeg school Board tuesday night unanimously decided to decline a government offer that it take control of sacred heart school 597 my Dermot Avenue. The proposal was made by provincial department of education which suggested that t h e division take Over the school to provide francophone residing in the City with an Opportunity to have their children taught in French. The school is operated by the Homan Catholic Parish but a takeover by the Winnipeg Board has been discussed for several years. The provincial offer of assistance for the proposed takeover was made in August 1971. The problem As far As the Winnipeg Board was concerned was that a takeover of the school would require a Cash outlay of this year and probably More the next year. The outlay would be required to cover operating costs above the regular Provin Cial foundation program school Grants which the government has declined to pay trustee Vic Pruden swayed with his argument that it should t accept the pro v i n c i a 1 government proposal just because the school is available. We must take a look at All the implications of the and lie suggested if the takeover of the school was accepted then one of the implications would be that we would be getting into the question of ethnic schools in our. trustee Bob Cochrane was concerned about the possible withdrawal of Federal Grants totalling to the French language school. We have no Assurance if we Start the program that the fed eral Grant will be continued this lie said. Because it might get More sex i m going to oppose during 1971, the school bad a total enrolment of 197 pupils although the school s capacity is 350. The remainder would have been drawn from the City system had been approved. In other business the Board first Reading to a bylaw authorizing the Issue of a debenture for construction at Wellington and Prince Charles elementary schools. Aug Wedrite die on the floor for want of a Seconder a. Motion made by Board chairman Les Slingsby to limit the number of conventions a trustee May attend to one a year. Foucher surrenders to police Rene Foucher 38, the convicted murderer missing from Stony Mountain Penitentiary since saturday turned himself in to police tuesday in Edmon de m o n t on police said Foucher appeared at the station at . Winnipeg time. Foucher will be held at Edmon ton until escort arrangements Are made with the ramp the police said. Still free is Fernand couture 24, who was described As being five feet nine inches tall and weighing 156, pounds. He has Blue eyes and medium Brown hair. Tax Relief for elderly proposed Winnipeg civic finance com Mittee tuesday recommended setting aside mul of the City s general tax Levy for prop erty tax Relief for elderly Citi Zens. The committee endorsed a motion which had been referred to it from City Council and which will go to executive policy committee and Back to coun cil. The recommendation is that tax Relief to citizens who meet certain criteria be regard less of the amount the citizen receives from the provincial government school tax rebate. Similar suggestions have often been made by City councillors. St. Vital had a tax rebate system in operation in 1971. To qualify for the Aid a Citi zen would have to be 65, a Homeowner for at least ten years and receiving an old age pension by dec. 31 of the year preceding the one in which the rebate is made. Councillor Florence Pierce Independent citizens election committee St. Vital estimated the plan would Cost no More than a year to operate. No starting Date for the pro Gram was specified in the com m i 11 e e recommendation but unless Council specifies other Wise it would take effect this year. Winnipeg free press 786-6081 wednesday May 3, 1972 2nd mail registration number 0286 Hospital cases patients and Revenue in creased for the Misericordia Hospital during 1971, the Hospi Tal s annual report shows along with a drastic decrease in the deficit on operations of the hos Pital. The report released at the Hospital s annual general meet ing tuesday night showed an increase to patients in 1971, compared to in 1970. In patient care accounted for of these a slight de crease from the treated the year before. The total number of out patients however increased to from Revenue for the year was of which 91 per cent came from provincial Hospital plan payments for patient ser vices. Expenses for the year to talled of which 72.per cent was spent on salaries. John j. H. Connors executive director of the Hospital said the deficit will be met by retroactive adjustments by the Manitoba health services com Mission upon whose authority c e r t a i n expenditures which contributed to the deficit were or. Connors said he regretted the increased Cost of running he Hospital but the fact of the matter is that. Hospitals Are pretty much imprisoned in the i. The salary Cost May creep up i but it is not some thing unique to the Hospital in spite of what was written about hospitals and costs Misericordia Hospital Las Wckre to keep costs Down also hospitals in Winnipeg have been involved in Many acts of co operation such As group purchasing the executive director said. Complaints of Competition Between the Hospi tals were not True in Winnipeg As far As i deaf group meets May 13 the association for deaf and hearing impaired children of Manitoba will conduct a one Day workshop on educational needs of the hearing impaired child from . To 5 . May 13 in Christ Church anglican Parish Hall Corydon ave nue and Lanark Street. Anyone interested in the prob lems of child deafness is invited to attend. Further information May be obtained from Don Whitmore 80 King s drive fort Garry or by phoning 269 1724. Weather report morning bulletin for the Prairie provinces the weak disturbance which brought Light showers to Mai them Manitoba bit Bilhl Hai moved Mil it the Prairies ind generally skies will spread to Moit regions. Temperatures this afternoon will from the upper 50s Over Mitten regions to in Albota. However the daytime heating will cause Cloud and an occasional Shower late in the Day Over the Alberta Foothills and parts of Saskatchewan. Most regions mar expect sunny skits thursday. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today Fol f j Edmonton a to a l h High l Low cold front worm front forecas1 for Winnipeg Bissett the Interlake and red River regions Clearing Thil afternoon. North wind at 1 5 to 20 Milet per hour. Mainly Clear tonight and thursday. Low tonight 30 to 35 High thursday 55 to 60. Following Are High temperatures recorded yesterday Low temperature for the 12-hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Today Max. Min. Pre. Madrid Moscow 70 Stockholm 72 Tokyo min. Max. Prec. 56 38 46 48 66 Vancouver. 58 44 Calgary 58 35 Edmonton 64 34 Regina 56 27 Brandon 64 30 .02 the Pas 51 30 to Winnipeg Thunder Bay 48 26 .02 Kenora 65 38 Ottawa 50 40 .22 Toronto. 67 47 .22 Montreal 48 40 .24 Halifax 40 34 .29 Chicago 61 48 to Miami 81 74 .10 los Angeles 78 Minneapolis 50 34 new York 75 60 Phoenix 92 ,59 Rome. 71 Paris 74 56 London 69 52 Berlin 77 52 Amsterdam 68 46 Brussels. 75 to Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean highest on record May 2 69 36 53 84 in 1952 last year 56 28 42 lowest on record Normal 57 34 46 11 in 1w7 Grant urged Winnipeg civic finance com Mittee has recommended Dou bling the City s guaranteed Grant to the Industrial develop ment Board of greater Winnipeg after a meeting Between City councillors and other Board representatives. The committee approved a motion tuesday calling for a Grant to the group. In late March the committee had recommended a Guaran teed Grant with the City to match other Money raised by the Board to a maximum of the change was made after City councillors sitting in the Board s4 governing body conferred with other Board representatives about the Board s anticipated activities and the proposed Grant. The committee received a report from the civic representatives on the Board. Civic Grants subcommittee originally recommended the figure because its members were not satisfied that the Board is attracting Industrial development to the City of the functions it claims to be carrying out. The committee recommendation will go to executive policy committee and Council which has not yet approved any Grant figure for the Board. Girl injured in Accident a four year old Winnipeg girl was reported in Good condition in Winnipeg children s Hospital with a broken leg following a car pedestrian Accident tues Day afternoon. Winnipeg inner City police said the girl Ida Thompson of 39 Andrews Street was running across Dufferin Avenue at an Drews Street when she was in collision with a car driven by Eva Eisenstein 21, of 74 Vanier drive West Kildonan. New manpower Centre will open monday the official opening of the Canada manpower Centre for students 460 main Street will take place at 2 . Monday at the Centre. Gerald Cobbs parliamentary Secretary to communications minister Jean Pierre Cote min ister responsible for the Post of fice will conduct the ceremony and Stanley Knowles nip member of parliament for Winnipeg North Centre is expected to attend. Open wide and say a actress Peggy Cosgrave appearing in the com Edy of errors at the Manitoba theatre Centre lends a helping hand As she demonstrates some of the methods she uses to warm up before going onstage miss Cosgrave visited Garden City Friday under the theatre Centre s schools program. The aspiring actresses Are left to Florence Shane Wendy Erhart and Bev Carson. Agony and ecstasy the life of a actress by Janice keys free press staff writer it s not Only hard work but the separations Are really unbearable some times that s the hardest a life in the theatre is not As glamorous As it sometimes sounds says Peggy Cosgrave who is currently playing the part of Luce in the comedy of errors at the Manitoba theatre Centre. Too much of one s time is spent away from Home and friends to not feel lonely miss Cosgrave said in an interview wednesday at the theatre Centre. But the excitement is there too. And when she talks about opening nights backstage preparation and All the things that Are hidden from the audience waiting for the curtain to go up the excitement comes into her voice every actor has his own Way of preparing for a play she explained. Some Are very quiet and some can t keep quiet. A babble of bantering silly jokes singing flows Between the dressing rooms she said. Miss Cosgrave said she has a routine that she goes through to ready herself. She demonstrated some of her techniques during a session with a group of Grade 11 and 12 students tuesday at Garden City collegiate. Her visit was part of the schools program established by the theatre Centre. Actors designers directors and other staff members visit schools to Chat informally with students about work in the theatre. Breathing exercises and face Massage Are included in her warm up and with the help of three girls from the student audience she demonstrated How these were done. A quiet 25 minutes sitting backstage is the final thing she docs before stepping onstage miss Cosgrave said wednesday. That s the time she spends in putting everything that happened during the Day behind her and focusing on what s Hap pening at the moment. And you just give up trying to judge whether the play will go Over Well or whether it will Flop she added. She has a natural flair for comedy and feels most Comfort Able in those roles she said. I enjoy doing the comic roles the most because i feel More comfortable in but most of the critical acclaim she has received has come from parts she has played in drama. Her role As Kathleen in Long Day s journey into night with Helen Hayes in the main role As Mary Tyrone is one thing miss Cosgrave often talks about. She obviously derived great satisfaction from this dramatic role. There Are several character roles that she could handle successfully said miss Cosgrave. Of acting has to do with some roles Are just not High for a particular person she said. That would be the on reason she would Ever turn Down a Job. Any actor does Best in a Par for which he feels an Affinity. But no matter what the Par is i never go onstage without giving every ounce of Energy because those two or thre hours Are what people re member about you. Councillor salary review Board recommended Winnipeg civic finance com Littee tuesday recommended lie appointment of a special re View Board to examine and recommend indemnities for Council the committee also recommended rescinding a motion passed Jan. 19 by nity Council Thich called for a review of councillors pay about july. The committee passed the re i e w motion introduced by councillor w. H. Bill Sasaki Independent citizens election committee West near the end of a four hour meeting. The recommendation Oes to executive policy com Mittee and City Council. Committee members were not Clear whether the review group should be a civic subcommittee or a special Board with civic and Public participation. The motion was a general one and specified neither committee personnel nor suggested salary changes. All councillors at present receive annually. Mayor Steve Juba receives annually his salary was not mentioned in the motion. The motion which the com Mittee recommended rescinding authorized finance committee to re establish an Independent re new Board in six months from an. 19. The report of a previous Board Given to Council Jan. 4, recommended no change in indemnities but called for a Jonus to the three standing committee chairmen for the work they did late in 1971. The Central City setup came into sex Stence officially Only As of Jan. 1, 1972. There was Little discussion of the motion at the committee meeting. Coun. Sasaki said the Cost of the Type of study recommended in the january Council motion might increase. None of the committee members seemed surprised when the motion was introduced. Reports earlier this week indicated ice and new democratic party councillors had held informal discussions about councillors pay but the reports did not agree on the amounts discussed. The City of Winnipeg act gives Council the right to appoint an Independent indemnity review Board from time to As Well As the right to vary indemnities or to provide additional pay for councillors serving on subcommittees and committees. May face tests before seeing my the use of individual questionnaires and testing before the patient visits his doctor is being considered by Manitoba doctors. Or. J. B. W. Maxwell president of the College of family physicians of Canada Manitoba Branch said in an interview tuesday. A four month study conducted by the Mayo clinic in Rochester Minnesota indicates this approach to Medicine is cheaper than the traditional one in which the patient provides information to his doctor Only through personal Contact according to or. G. W. Morrow chairman of internal Medicine at the clinic. Or. Maxwell said that though Many Manitoba doctors Are Stu dying the implications and methodology in the new approach to Medicine there Are still Many doctors in Manitoba who cling to the traditional idea of personal Contact and Exchange of information. Or. Morrow said that a four month Experiment at the clinic from july to october in 1970 suggests that the use of patients having certain tests and providing certain information pigeons being in health drive Juba by Doug Mackay free press Urban reporter although he refuses to be an apologist for the City of Winnipeg s Pigeon killer mayor Steve Juba has told a class of Grade 6 students at Lakewood school that living in an Urban Centre one has to agree to Compromise and respect the rights of replying to a letter written to him by 30 students at the St. James Assiniboia school mayor Juba indicated he has nothing personal against pigeons but accepts the facts that some people find them a nuisance and medical authorities consider them potentially dangerous. The students wrote to com Plain about the City s practice of hiring a Sharpshooter to keep the Pigeon population in Down town Winnipeg under control. The Pigeon controller roams downtown rooftops in the Early hours of the Day picking off pigeons. The City health depart ment acknowledges the prac Tice but has staunchly declined to explain it at any length. When the matter was brought up by freshmen City councillors at a budget review session ear Lier this year health officials explained the purpose of the Sharpshooter and asked the press not to report it. None the less one report appeared prompting the reaction from Lakewood school. A copy of their letter to mayor Juba was sent to the editor of the free press. Why Are you scared to Tell the people of Winnipeg the Ter Rible things that have been Hap pening to our they asked. The students suggested that someone be hired to catch pigeons and let them go in the country. How about paying someone to clean our statues and buildings and not kill our mayor Juba replied that he has operated a Bird feeding Sta Tion about. 50 Miles North of Winnipeg for Many years. About pounds of seeds Are consumed annually he said and special help is hired to Man the seven feeders during the Winter. The above is a Brief description of my pet Hobby and should illustrate my personal attitude toward our feathered he said Council has been in formed by medical authorities that pigeons May be carriers of a disease known As Psittacosis which can be transmitted to humans particularly if the pigeons Are roosting on bedroom window Sills. The mayor said he has been assured there is no intention to eradicate the Pigeon population in Winnipeg. Although you May not draw any satisfaction from this let Ter please try to understand that living in an Urban Centre one has to agree to Compromise and respect the rights of through questionnaires before actually seeing their doctor re sults in equal treatment and care for the patient. This new approach As illustrated by the Experiment also Means an increase in net profit for the. Doctors or. Morrow said. However this profit should be passed on to the patient in lower costs he said. Or. Morrow was a guest speaker at the three Day annual meeting of the Manitoba Cha Pter which ends thursday. About 100 delegates were expected from Manitoba Ontario and Quebec. He said the new system which uses a computer to Cor relate the information from the questionnaires and tests has Merit in its effectiveness and its economies. At the clinic patients using the new system required Only 2.2 visits with their own physician while patients using the traditional approach of personal Contact made 2.7 visits or. Morrow said. The new approach therefore allowed the clinic doctors to work with 10 to 15 per cent More patients. Although the Cost per patient did t decrease under the new system the fact that More patients were being examined should produce a reduction in costs to the patient he said. Or. Morrow said the clinic s system is still being used Only on an experimental basis and has not received acceptance by All the physicians. He added that much More re search in a More Complete study must be done on this new approach to the patient doctor relationship. Cattle ready to move the provincial government and the local government District authority of the sask am Lake area of West Central Mani Toba near the Pas Are preparing to move about cattle and protect residences from flooding expected there this month. The Carrot River already causing serious flooding in Cen trial Saskatchewan is expected to flood farms and Homes in the sask am Region with the flood Peak expected in mid May. Senior staff members from the water resources Branch of the environmental management department will be in the area As Well As emergency measures officers. Vending machine ban reaffirmed St. James Assiniboia will re main the Only Community in Manitoba which prohibits installation of prophylactic vend ing machines in the men s washrooms of its hotels. The area s Community com Mittee tuesday followed the Lead of previous St. James Assiniboia councils in flatly Refus ing to Grant a licence permit Ting installation of the machines. A. L. Anderson general Man Ager of Fawn products co. Ltd., appeared before the Community committee in support of his company s application for permission to install machines dispensing the birth control de vices in hotel washrooms. He said he could t under stand the attitude of St. James Assiniboia councillors in their stand against the vending machines. Councillors replied that the Community has sufficient drug stores to Supply the demand for birth control devices. Councillor George Minakor Independent citizens election committee said he had never heard any complaints from hotel owners about the policy. In previous years former City councils had a ways turned Down requests for permission to install the vending machines in hotels or High schools. However Council did go so far As to Amend its licensing bylaw to permit installation of the machines in drugstores. Coun. William Hallonquist ice was the Only councillor to vote against the motion that the licence not be granted to or. Anderson s company. Coun. Pearl m c g o n i g a 1 ice said the Community com Mittee s decision does not re quire ratification by any other civic body. However she said the company docs have the right to Appeal the decision to civic environment committee. In other business during tuesday s meeting coun. Hal Lonquist urged a police crack Down on under age use of pin Ball machines in local amuse ment Parlours. You can find four and five year Olds losing their Money to these mechanical he said. Police chief Kenneth n. 3vlc Caskill replied police investigations generally find that children playing the machines can produce the Manda tory notes of permission from their parents if they Are under 16 years of age. However the police chief is to look into the situation ;