Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Views pro con local clinic Are presented by Duncan Mcmonagle free press Urban reporter representatives of mount Carmel clinic were thoroughly quizzed on the Aims and activities of the organization when they appeared before civic Grants subcommittee wednes Day asking for after about 75 minutes of questions from subcommittee members and presentation of two briefs opposing the application the subcommittee asked clinic officials to answer Inqui Ries raised in the briefs. The group postponed consideration of the request until its first meeting in june. The clinic at 120 Selkirk Avenue dispenses health services at Low Cost or free of charge. Anne g. Ross executive director of the clinic several members of the Board of directors and citizens working with the organization answered questions. About 35 people support no the clinic attended the meeting making it a standing room Only affair. Mrs. Ross said the clinic is borrowing to keep councillor Bill Mcgarva in dependent citizens election committee Midland suggested other health service groups and the provincial government medicare system could take care of the needs served by the clinic. Mrs. Ross said the clinic exists to provide total care under one roof which costs coun. Mcgarva also said the clinic has got away from its original purpose of providing health care to the Winnipeg free press Beaver Canada Usa local Ovilias moving 786-Ouo i brochure thursday May 11, 1972 my class mail registration number 0286 in boys deaths guilty on one charge the Driver of a car which killed two eight year old fort Garry boys was found not guilty of criminal negligence by an. Assize court jury wednesday in Manitoba court of Queen s parents question shifts the trans Coria Springfield school Board will be faced with a petition from concerned Resi dents at its thursday evening meeting As a result of a Deci Sion to shift principals around in the system s schools. Principals and vice principals have been shifted in 10 of the system s 17 schools and the be t i t i o n being circulated asks Why. It asks if the transfers have unanimous school Board sup port if they were discussed with the staff involved and if the transfers were adequately discussed among Board members. Copies were sent to the Transcona news Winnipeg s two daily newspapers the minister of education the teacher and trustee associations and All school Board members. Mary Andree chairman of the Transcona Springfield Board said the Board had Dis cussed the transfers Over a two year period. Principals have not moved much from school to school within the system she said so they Are not accustomed to the moves and have built up a Community reaction to it. The decision had been reached unanimously by the Board. The Board had looked at the total picture and decided the moves would improve Edu cation. They would Benefit new programs and encourage new methods by jogging people out of their ruts she said. Much of the concern in the Community is based on totally unfounded rumours such As that principals were fired mrs. An Dree said. Low Cost needy. Several clinic clients told the subcommittee that people Are treated As individuals at the clinic not As numbers As they alleged is the Case at some government operated service agencies. Or. C. C. Merry a pathologist at Winnipeg general Hospital presented a five Page Brief to the subcommittee. He said there is considerable opposition to piecemeal expansion of the clinic and added that citizens see clinic growth As detrimental to attempts to obtain More satisfactory health care he asked the subcommittee to investigate the standards and delivery of health care services and the increasing patient Load of the clinic. A letter from Ada Nash Dudar suggested a Hospital in North Winnipeg might alleviate present health care problems. Her letter also made one of the few comments wednesday on the birth control and Abor Tion information the clinic. She said abortion and venereal disease which she called self inflicted will eventually cause bankruptcy in our Community and said family planning is done without intervention by Normal married it was the questions in these two briefs which the subcommittee asked the clinic to answer. Winnifred Wassell 738 Sherburn Street did not speak to the subcommittee but showed reporters a document she said was the minutes of a recent meeting of the clinic s Board of directors at which she said a recommendation was made that the organization s by Laws be changed. That meant the clinic had been getting exemptions from the Federal government income tax illegally because of the requirements that the bylaws of the organization describe its current activities she said. A complaint has been made to the Federal government about the practice she said. Bench. The 10 men and two women on the jury returned a verdict of guilty on a charge of danger Ous driving after deliberating just Over one hour. Or. Justice r. J. Matas remanded Dale Wesley weeks 20, of Winnipeg to May 25 for sentencing pending preparation of a pre sentence report. Lydon John Miller of 1313 Edderton Avenue and Stephen Andrew Hall of 1221 Winder Mere Avenue were killed dec 29 when a car driven by weeks ran a red Light at the intersection of Pembina Highway and Windermere Avenue. In his final address to the jury defence counsel Roland p e n n e r articulated the Dif Ference Between negligence and criminal negligence in the criminal code of Canada. He said a person might be found guilty of criminal negligence if he had a Wanton disregard for the lives of other peo ple in committing an offence. He said weeks May have been foolish and careless in at tempting to run the Light and therefore negligent but his in mention was not criminal. In a statement to police weeks said he saw the Amber Light when he was about four car lengths from the intersection and he tried to Clear the intersection. Evidence during the three Day trial was that the two boys had just stepped off the curb into the pedestrian crosswalk when they were struck and killed. Downtown group to study shuttle buses on Portage car Wash saturday the Winnipeg Psi Centre will hold a car Wash from 9 . To 6 . Saturday at the Garden City shopping Centre. Weather report morning bulletin Foi the Prairie pro Vinci scattered i Hewer occurred wednesday in Southern Alberta and Light rain Wai reported in Southern Saskatchewan during the night. This area of rain will spread gradually eastward into Southern Manitoba later today and tonight. Northern sections of the Prairies remain almost Clear and temperatures in these regions will be a Little above seasonal values today. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures boy s body found the body of one of two Winnipeg boys missing since april 6 was found wednesday night. Winnipeg inner City police said the body of Dennis Shaver 5, of 45 Evanson Street was found floating in the red River at St. Johns Park. The body was identified by the boy s father police said. Still missing is Gerold Reu ther 6, of 19 Evanson Street. At the time of the boys Dis appearance an extensive search had been made of the area surrounding their Home and part of the Assiniboine River at the end of Evanson Street. Rosanne Centre dangles a toy spider in front of Clown Dudley Anderson As she and a number of other children in the shrines Hospital for crippled children were entertained wednesday afternoon by the shrine circus. Looking on Are Cheryl with the baby elephant a and Al Ross. The circus ends its engage ment Here saturday. Trimester system tryout set for . Collegiate the downtown Winnipeg association plans to investigate the possibility of having shuttle buses operate on Portage ave nue at a nominal fare to facile ate the movement of shoppers in the downtown area. This was one Point raised in the annual report of the association s outgoing president d. P. Leaney wednesday. As of wednesday the association changed its name from the downtown business association of Winnipeg to the downtown Winnipeg association. Later the association s new president c. P. Breslauer said of the proposed shuttle service that the idea is to have two or three Small buses running on Portage from about the Bay to i main Street charging Only a nominal fee. He said shoppers wanting to move within this area should t have to pay full fare. In his opinion a shuttle service at no Minal fare would attract More people to the downtown area As Well As make things easier for those now shopping Down town. Also the association is to present a Brief to Winnipeg City Council strongly criticizing pro p o s a 1 s to increase parking meter rates on downtown treets to 20 cents for every half hour and to eliminate full crease property taxes on land while it is being used As a Park. The report said association dues and membership must be increased because of financial losses of the downtown parking corporation Ltd., an association affiliate regarding parking at the site on which the Grain commissioners building now is located. W. M. Whyte was elected first vice president of the Down town Winnipeg association and j. K. Behan second vice president. Would mention the effect of an increased parking rate in driving customers away from Down own retail stores. The present rate is five cents for half an hour by Katie Fitzrandolph free press education reporter the seven Oaks school Divi Sion is joining the Transcona Springfield division in experimenting with a trimester sys tem in its High schools. West Kildonan collegiate will Start on the three term school year in september following the Lead set last fall by two of the collegiate in the trans Cona Springfield division. Alvin Wieler assistant superintendent of seven Oaks schools explained that the change will result in most Stu dents taking two subjects each trimester with two hour periods in each subject. The Day will be divided into three two hour periods with a h a 1 f h o u r break Between classes. Physical education and guidance classes will be fitted into the spare periods and some students who Are capable of it will be Able to Speed up their High school careers by taking three subjects each trimester. There Wie be a 13-week sum Mer break it should bring about a change in teaching techniques. M r. Wieler said. Emphasis will be on a Laboratory and research approach with tutorials in math subjects and a More intensive and experimental teaching technique in the courses generally. With trimesters running about 13 weeks each instead of a 10 month school year students will be Able to see the end More clearly which should Benefit students who can relate More readily to Short term goals he said. Each teacher would have two daily classes each trimester so he should be Able to get More involved with the 60 to 70 Stu dents he would have for that period giving both teachers and students More time for free study informal seminars and individual attention than was possible under the traditional school year. Max. Min. Pre. Madrid 77 50 Moscow 39 28 Stockholm 54 37 Tokyo 72 55 forecast for Winnipeg Bissett the Interlake and red River regions in creasing cloudiness today. High today 65 to 70. Mostly Cloudy tonight and Friday. Low tonight in the mid-40s. Following arc High tempera Ture recorded yesterday Low temperatures Foi the 12-hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for. The 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Today Max. Min. Pre Vancouver 62 n to Calgary so 29 Edmonton m 34 Regina. 61 46 .09 Brandon 69 m to the Pas 68 43 Thompson 63 39 Winnipeg 73 45 Thunder Bay 75 36 Kenora 42 m Orawa 60 41 Toronto 56 36 Montreal 60 38 Halifax 32 28 .47 Chicago 65 -17 Miami 8-1 73 .15 los Angeles 77 59 Minneapolis 68 49 new York 62 46 Rome 70 52 Paris 58 48 London 63 45 Berlin 50 45 Brussels 59 4t Winnipeg temperature comparisons marijuana sentencing stayed International Falls mum. Special a 22-year-old Winnipeg woman who pleaded guilty to Possession of a Small amount of marijuana has been give a 90-Day stay of sentence by a District court of the state of Minnesota. Sharon Wickman appeared before the court monday. Eugene Williamson attorney for Koo Chiching county said the court s decision Means that if miss Wickman does not get into any More trouble in the next 90 Days there will be no sentence. If she does he explained she could be brought Back to the court and Given up to a year in jail and a Fine. Miss Wickman and another Winnipeg woman were arrested Early in april by . Customs officers when a search of the car were driving revealed a foreign substance in a Cosme tic bag. It was later identified As marijuana. The women were charged with Possession of marijuana a controlled sub stance under . Law. Or. Williamson said the charge under the . Law was a Gross Misdemeanour and that the amount of marijuana 60 big Brothers join group More than 60 new big brother volunteers have been enlisted so far in the second annual big brother Days recruitment Campaign according to Rev. Charles f. Greene exec ecu Tive director of the big brother association of greater Winnipeg. By the end of the first week men had been applying at the rate of 12 a Day or. Greene said in a statement. The Campaign began May 1 and runs until monday. About 140 boys Are matched with men who have been care fully screened and selected for their role he said. The response is even greater than we had hoped he said. At this rate we should be Able to help a much larger number of boys than we have in the the program seeks men not Money in its recruitment drive he stressed. Because each boy served on an individual is orientation training for their work and assigned Only after careful deliberation. It s a time consuming process just getting a Volunteer into a working relationship with a boy. But the results Are Wel Worth it in changed lives and lasting the association operates on a budget of or. Greene said. Money spent on the boys comes out of the volunteers pockets. We can Field More than 100 Volunteer big Brothers for every staff professional we pay and that s the most economic use of the welfare Dollar we see around us or. Greene said. Max. Min. Mean May 10 73 last year 53 32 a Normal 36 -19 highest on record 87 in lowest on record 18 in 1890 one and half was under ounces. He said the other Winnipeg woman charged did not appear for the court appearance and her Case was set Over to june 5. Both women had been free on bail since their arrest in Early april. Basis Many men Are needed. Or. Greene however cautioned the More than 150 Moth ers awaiting big Brothers for their sons to be patient. These volunteers must be checked out carefully Given vandalism suspected Winnipeg inner City fire department is investigating the possibility of vandalism in connection with a wednesday night fire that damaged Mayers Pac k a g i n g Ltd., 289 Chambers Street. Some boys were reported seen near the building at the time of the fire. A department official said the building s roof and ceiling were damaged As Well As a loading Dock. There was no estimate of the value of the dam age he said. The alarm was turned in at . And the fire was brought under control in about Only Home economics and Industrial arts will not be include in the trimester plan at West it Ladonan collegiate he said. The problem with those courses is that students from other schools use the same lab a cities and putting them on a trimester system would cause confusion in other schools. The Experiment has been approved by the school Board on a one year trial basis and the system s other collegiate Garden City will remain on the regular 10-month year. Students from the West Kil Donan area who would prefer the traditional school year will have the option of attending Garden City and some Garden City area students will go to West Kildonan. Priority at West Kildonan collegiate will go to students from within the school s bound Aries students who have a Par tial Grade 12 standing and who could therefore Complete High school in less than a full year under the trimester plan and students who have Short term goals. Enrolment at West Kil Donan collegiate will be limited to 750, or. Wieler said. R. F. B. Cramer superintendent of the Transcona Spring Field division which was the first greater Winnipeg division to try trimesters said students Are overwhelmingly in favor o them. Ninety three per Cem favor it to the traditional school year and Only 13 per cent fee the two hour class period is too Long he said. The trimester plan has exceeded All expectations for it the failure rate has dropped dramatically to about five to eight per cent from As High As 38 per cent under the traditional system he said. Students receive a More in tense treatment of their subjects and there is More Opportunity for teachers to vary their teaching methods and to work with individuals he said. Teachers have two classes in Stead of six. So they know their students better. The truancy rate has dropped and there has been a Sharp decrease in vandalism or. Cramer said. Trans Cona collegiate Institute and Murdoch Mackay collegiate Are on trimesters and Springfield collegiate Institute i s scheduled for trimesters this september or. Cramer said. Students who have spare periods Are not required to be at the school he said but use of the gymnasium during Breaks Between periods has in creased. Our parking. The report said the Brief because of Lack of funds the association was t Able to give financial support last year to it together 71, a downtown Street festival the report said. But for 1972, some action by merchants in the get together area is being considered to Jive prior support and Assis Ance or specific promotional displays and specialized Ameni ies prior to the actual fes Ival and plans Call for support and promotion through City Council and the provincial government of development o. Downtown Winter activities in memorial Park. The association also has be up a committee to review Anc study making temporary use o vacant properties As portable Parks and to consider the need for special legislation to de May disband Force the inner City police com Mission May disband the Tux Edo police Force june 1 and Lave the area policed by the inner City Force councillor Robert Steen revealed wednes Day. The five men on the Tuxedo Force three constables and two sergeants would All be offered employment As first class con stables with the inner City Force. All would get an increase in pay to a month the cur rent pay rate for first class constables. A Tuxedo sergeant presently earns less than an inner City Constable. Coun. Steen chairman of the inner City subcommittee on Protection of persons and property told the inner City joint Community committee that the police commission has the matter under consideration. Chief r. W. Alcock of Tuxedo is to consult with the men on the Tuxedo Force to see if they want to work for the inner City Force. The proposal was made by chief Norman Stewart of the inner City police at a closed meeting of the commission earlier wednesday said coun. Steen. The commission Laid the mat Ter Over to next week s meeting to await the report from chief Alcock. Earlier plans were to assimilate the Tuxedo Force in october. Would infringe on privacy Paulley Arnason joins commission Einar Arnason 61, of Winnipeg was appointed to the inner City police commission wednesday by the inner City joint Community committee. He replaces former commis Sion member Max Mulder who resigned upon his appointment to the provincial police commis Sion. Or. Arnason is owner and manager of Pla lab products Ltd. Of Winnipeg a plastics and sign company. He is president of mount Carmel clinic and a member of the children s Aid society Board. He is past president of the in Dian and Metis Friendship they will be held in the auditorium of the Norquay building Chi hearing resumes june 12 the commission of inquiry into the Churchill Forest Indus tries Complex is scheduled to resume its Winnipeg hearings june .12. Centre and was an unsuccessful candidate in the oct. G Munici pal elections. Or. Arnason was nominated by councillor Robert Steen. Other members of the inner City police commission arc 401 York Avenue. In the meantime officials indicate the commission will be reviewing evidence already taken. It s expected to take Steps through the courts to take 20 minutes the official said. I Sutherland. Coun. Joseph Cropo chairman i evidence from witnesses in the coun. Bill Norric and Bruce t. I United states and Europe later in the year. That they May happen to be married. The order was introduced by Steve Patrick l what is wrong with a wife supplementing her husband s asked or. Paulley. The fact they both work for the Crown should make Little or. Patrick said it was unfair for a husband and wife to both be employed by the government earning High salaries when there Are Many educated people walking about looking for jobs. Or. Patrick charged that by refusing to divulge the information requested the government would be refuting its claim to be an open administration. Liberal House Leader Gordon e. Johnston said the Public has a right to know who is working for the government because they Are being paid with tax payers Money. If the minister of labor feels it is Okay for a Man to make a year and his wife to make a year while both Are working for the government and others Are walking around jobless then that is his opinion and he is entitled to Warner Jorgenson pc Morris claimed or. Paulley was diverting the Issue i m not sure if he was talk ing about Equality of the sexes or sex Between said or. Jorgenson. Wally Mckenzie pc Rob Lin referred to the request As a simple order a simple Little he said or. Paulley had erected a smoke screen Over the Issue. Attorney general Al Hackling said perhaps the Manitoba human rights commission should look into or. Patrick s reasoning behind introducing the order. This implied attack against women is not he said. Just because a woman Hap pens to be married to a Man works for the government the Manitoba naturalists so j should t mean she can t work piety is inviting All canoeists to for the government an order for return calling for disclosure of the names and salaries of husband wife teams working for the provincial government is an infringement on democracy and individual Pri Vacy labor minister a. R. Russ Paulley said wednesday in the Manitoba legislature. Speaking during debate on the order for return an official written request for information or. Paulley said the government has no Choice but to reject it because there is a responsibility to provide jobs for Able and qualified people without questioning the fact 2 months for bad i cheques a 28-year-old Winnipeg Man was sentenced to two months in jail wednesday for passing bad cheques to buy Winter clothing for his children. Louis mraovic of 169 Mcken Zie Street pleaded guilty in provincial magistrate s court and was sentenced by Magis trate Lawrie Mitchell. Mraovic was on a suspended sentence for a similar offence. Crown counsel John Guy told court that mraovic s divorced wife called him March 4 and told him their two children were in desperate need of warm clothes. Mraovic in company with his wife and her brother went to the Kmart department store at 1411 Mcphillips Avenue and wrote in cheques for the clothing. Silvery Lake trip join a trip to Silvery Lake this weekend. For further information Call trip Leader Bob Ham Lin at 489-9751. Or. Mackling indicated lie will continue speaking when the order tonics up foe do Bitic again ;