Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 19, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press by Alexander foot now French Manitoba is easy to make its contribution to the Home grown popular singing Field. Suzanne Jeanson Auburn haired and Hazel eyed appears May 26 to 28 in the Centre culture de Saint Boniface in Suzanne Jeanson in recital. Born in Lorette 22 years ago Suzanne has toured the province Northern u.s., Quebec and Ontario and has appeared in French and English television. This year she will have her own series on cd wet Suzanne it Moi. This is the first time the Centre culture has sponsored such a project proof of their Faith in the Young lady. At least a third of her songs incidentally have been written and composed by Manitoba artists which is a re freshing break from the flow of american and european songs on today s markets. Whew As if there in t enough dissension in the world now they re having a clothing controversy at the University of Manitoba june 1 and 2. It will in clude our men s fashion editor George Walkey Manitoba fashion Institute president Ivan Berkowitz and Manitoba theatre Centre wardrobe manager Doreen Brown As Well As outsiders. The conference will pursue Many controversial viewpoints and Sociol psychological clothing this column has no problems it swears by fruit of the loom Rozalynd Danilchuk promises a Good Home for old toys and so on As she prepares to open the museum of yesteryear childhood 674 River Wood Avenue on june 1. Admission proceeds go to the society for crippled children and adults of Manitoba says the curator Don t forget to respond to the flow ers of Hope Marigold seeds packaged by retarded Chil Dren and distributed throughout the City As part of the National week for the mentally retarded. St. Paul s High school is trying something unique. More than 30 drama society alumni some going Back 12 years have responded to tryouts and the results Friday May 19, 1972 2nd clan mail rec titration number 0284 defining supervise key civic matter by Duncan Mcmonagle free press Urban reporter the Manitoba legislature will be asked at its present session to approve amendments to the City of Winnipeg act which if approved by both civic authorities and the Las would centralize several civic functions and give More Power to administrators. Winnipeg civic legislation subcommittee officially received a list of the proposed amendments at a meeting thursday. Some of the suggested charges originated with the provincial government and some come from recommendations first made in the sub committee. The proposed amendments Are to be distributed to councillors at a special Council meeting scheduled for Friday to discuss the City s 1972 operating budget. One of the amendments is a change in the budget preparation procedure to have initial capital and operating estimates prepared by the Central Bud get Bureau. The 1972 estimates were set up by administrators in the former local government areas last fall. A clarification of the word supervise would remove from the City s 13 Community committees the right to take any action in the delivery of local services. To supervise would mean to watch observe and make qualitative in an unofficial opinion Given earlier provincial government consultants said to supervise Means to Monitor. The Amend ment would make Clear the fact that Community committees have no acting Power. The subcommittee decided to recommend the amended Defini Tion of supervision not apply to civic boards and commissions As it would if it were approved As set out in the suggested changes. Such bodies As police com missions and Parks and Library boards would be prevented from taking positive action if the amendments were approved. Even if the change were to apply Only to Community committees the effect would still be to concentrate Power at the Central Council level. Another suggested revision that disturbed subcommittee members involved the chief commissioner. The provincial government has proposed Mak ing the City s top administrator responsible for the operations of the budget Bureau Legal and City clerk s offices and information system notwithstanding any other provision in this the subcommittee has asked clarification of the intent of the suggested change. Some councillors said it might mean the chief commissioner would be in dependent of supervision by elected officials in operating the department. The position of acting Deputy mayor would be dropped and Council would elect a presiding officer for its meetings if both the mayor and Deputy mayor were absent. The Deputy mayor would be come a member of executive policy committee raising the membership of that group 10 from nine. The three standing commit tees would have nine or 11 members instead of five or seven As permitted at present. All three standing committees now have seven members. Amendments would give the City greater Power to negotiate development agreements by re Quiring prospective builders to agree to make various changes in their plans before zoning changes would be granted. The provincial government approved a suggestion by the subcommittee that credit unions qualify to act As the City s banker. That change is one of the suggested amendments. Among revisions suggested by the subcommittee which the provincial government turned Down Are getting rid of the authority of the Manitoba Munici pal Board to Rule on civic Bor rowing Over and restrictions on secret meetings. Other suggested changes would have Parks costs met from the City s general funds instead of from the budget pro vision of the Community where they Are located and would re quire a two thirds majority vote in Council before Park property could be disposed of. Will be seen May 26 and 27 at . In the school s auditorium 2200 Grant Avenue. A cast of nine will appear in a three act comedy see How they run. Philip King s Zany play concerns a russian spy a Drunken spinster an anglican Bishop and some would be clergy speaking of Zany Monty Python s and now for something completely different is precisely that at the Park theatre on Osborne Street As proved by a peek at a special screening wednesday afternoon. Two plays by local playwrights Are included in four on the boards studio 22 s season ending production of four one actors in their Sharpe Boulevard theatre tuesday to next saturday at . Winnipeg Gers Dave Roberts with the premiere of numbers and Isabella Mackay with Jamie will see their plays along with present Day courtship by Roland Bottomley and a trap is a Small place by Marjean Perry. In addition Rookie directors Sally Freudenberg and Roger Fowlston will make their debuts with courtship and Jamie. Hugh Quigley will handle numbers and Jack Mclymont a trap and actors showcase ends its season wednes Day to next saturday in the planetarium auditorium with . Presentations of lovers by Brian Friel. Star ring in the delicate sensitive comedy will be Audrey Robertson Hugh Swan Del Rory Kyle Vinie Glass Betty Model Brian Richardson Martin Maurer and Maureen Taggart. 21-Cun Salute set for Victoria Day the traditional 21-gun Victo Ria Day Salute will be fired by a Kenora based artillery Bat Tery at the Northwest approach to the Manitoba legislative building grounds at noon Mon Day. The 116 Field Battery Ria militia of Kenora under the command of Captain Frank Armstrong will fire the Salute then Tow the guns Back to Ken Ora for cleaning. The unit is part of the Winnipeg militia District. Weather report theatre takeover considered a Complete takeover of of Nithe atre Ltd. By the Manitoba development corporation is under Active consideration ant Industry minister Leonard Evans told the Legisla Ture thursday. He was responding to a ques Tion by de Mcgill pc bran Don who asked whether since the corporation already has 67 per cent of the com Pany s assets it will be taking Over completely. Or. Evans said that because the matter is under negotiation he could t comment further on it. He told or. Mcgill that negotiations were being carried on Between the development corporation and those who have equity in that Omni theatre Ltd. Under the chairmanship of former win n i p e g planetarium director Dennis Gallagher produced a planetarium Type film which finally opened in Denver Colora do. Morning bulletin of the Prairie in own and thunders Owen were common Ever Southern Manitoba Southeastern Saskatchewan during the night and there Wen few in Thi Alberta Foothills. A drying trend b expected in ill them Quirit Prev Lam today. Temperatures in Southern Manitoba will return to near atonal value. Figures on the map indicate expected High today forecast for Winnipeg Bluett the Interlake and red River regions mainly Cloudy today and saturday with a few Tunny Northeast wind at 20 Miles per hour and becoming North at is . This evening. Low tonight near 40 High saturday in to 5. Following Are High temperatures recorded yesterday Low temperatures for the 12-hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Today woman jailed for obscenity the owner of Rosa s Stag supplies 1325 Portage Avenue was sentenced to four months in jail thursday by judge j. W. M. Thompson in county court judge s criminal court on a charge of Possession of obscene literature for Sale and Sale of an obscene film. Rosa Doreen Louisa Gardner 41, of 719 Selkirk Avenue pleaded guilty to both charges. Court was told that mrs. Gardner was charged after Winnipeg s inner City police raided her store dec. 3 and seized in printed matter. Mrs. Gardner was also charged with Selling an obscene film titled painted Pussy cats. Court was told that the woman had two previous convictions for similar offences. Seventy one Yean of memories were recalled thursday at Hie closing of Somerset school. Left to right Are mrs. R. R. J. Brown wife of the first principal of the school j. W. Chafe retired principal and mrs. Jean Mackay who taught or. Chafe when he was in Grade 3 at the school. The Docu ment that holds their attention is an attendance Register from 1908. Somerset school to close after serving City 71 years Somerset school is closing its doors As an elementary school at the end of june after echoing to footsteps of Young Winni Eggers for 71 years. The school was built in 1901, but it s not dead yet. Thursday afternoon and evening not an Echo could be heard As former teach Woods caution urged As fire Hazard soars campers visitors to Provin Cial Parks and tourists in South Ern Manitoba have been asked to exercise special precautions to prevent Forest fires in the face of an extremely High fire Hazard. No travel restrictions have Brussels 59 Madrid 64 43 Moscow 50 37 Stockholm 52 43 Tokyo 72 59 nov come m the Block that Max. Min. Pre Vancouver 58 4k Calgary 53 29 Edmonton 49 33 .46 Regina 78 49 to Brandon 90 54 .88 the Pas 57 38 Thompson 47 39 to Winnipeg 59 Thunder Bay 62 43 Kenora 87 62 Ottawa 75 50 Toronto 72 .17 Montreal 75 50 .05 Halifax 59 .05 Chicago 86 56 Miami 83 69 1.74 los angles 67 54 Minneapolis 88 60 new York 77 Phoenix 96 62 Rome m 57 Paris 59 45 London 61 45 Berlin 59 so Amsterdam 54 4 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Pre. Max. Min. Mean May in 92 m 7b last Ynar 53 33 43 Normal 65 41 54 highest on record 92 in 1972 lowest on record 22 in 1929 Man Dies two Hurt in Accident one Man is dead and two Are in Hospital following a single car Accident Early Friday morning in St. James Assiniboia. An automobile eastbound on Oak Point Road went out of control after failing to negotiate a turn on King Edward Street shortly after 4 ., police said. It rolled then came to rest on its Side against a Telephone pole. One passenger died after being pinned underneath the vehicle. His identity and that of the others Are being withheld. One of the injured men was taken to Grace Hospital with i he other taken to Winnipeg general Hospital. Been imposed yet but forestry officials Are afraid that if a fire were to Start they would have a difficult time bringing it under control with the present High winds and High tempera Tures. Forest fire costs last year amounted to a total of si.5 Mil lion in Manitoba including the costs of the fire prevention pro Gram. Campers and picnickers Are urged not to build any fires except in fireplaces or picnic stoves and to make sure that their fires Are out before Leav ing. Forestry officials also ask that smokers make sure their cigarettes cigars and pipe ashes Are completely out before discarding them. They Are urging people to break matches be fore throwing them away and to refrain from throwing cigarette or Cigar Butts from Auto mobiles. Any fires that do get started should be reported As soon As possible to the nearest Parks Branch or ramp office. At present Only two fires arc burning in Southern Manitoba one in the Eastern Region of the province and one in the White Shell area. Both arc Small and arc under control. Last year 491 fires destroyed a total of acres of Timber. Ers students and friends of the school crammed its Nar Row entry Way to explore Somerset for a last time. The current staff and Stu dents have been working off and on since january to prepare the decorations and displays which brightened old hallways and classrooms and the squeak of the floors could t be heard above the chatter throughout the three Storey building on Sherbrook Street just North of notre Dame. About 300 figures representing countries from All around the Globe lined the Walls leading up and Down the stairways members of the earliest classes at the school searched for their names on the first class registers and frequently found not Only their names but also classmates who were also searching the lists Young people in Granny gowns served Tea and Coffee to visitors. Parents of students must have spent considerable time in their kitchens pre paring Mounds of fancy breads and a variety of Small cookies cakes and bars to tempt the visitors appetites. Old photographs old text books and lists of All the teachers and principals who served in the school were added attractions for the throngs of people moving through the school during its Day Long closing Cele bration. Next year Somerset school May find a new use for adult education As a science Centre or some other purpose yet to be do t e r m i n e d by the school Board. Gyulay sentenced to extra 3 years Steinbach Man. Special Gustave Gyulay 19, who was arrested in Steinbach two Days after he walked away from the Selkirk Hospital for mental Dis eases on april 9, had three years added to the time he is serving in. Stony Mountain Penitentiary when he appeared in magistrate s court Steinbach thursday. Gyulay pleaded guilty to six charges escaping from Penitentiary theft under s50 breaking entering and theft pointing a firearm Possession of offensive weapons and armed robbery. The Crown entered a stay of proceedings on four other charges after his arrest on april 11. In a statement following his arrest Gyulay told police of his movements in Steinbach during the afternoon and evening of april 11. He admitted forcing a hard Ware store clerk at gun Point to get ammunition for two guns he took from the rack in the store. After he got the rifles he said he walked around town and made a unsuccessful attempt at gunpoint to get a ride Back to Winnipeg. He stole a radio from a truck to see if the police knew where he was and late in the evening he entered a store on main Street where he was apprehended by police. Crown counsel David Ramper sad asked the court to impose sentences in line with the Gravity of offences committed by Gyulay. In this Case Gyulay had subverted society s attempt to rehabilitate him by walking away from the institution that was trying to help him he said. The interests of Protection of society should in this Case weigh More heavily than those of or. Or. Ramper sad said. Defence counsel t. C. Hill House said society had been protected from Gyulay since he was 15 years old when he was Given an eight year sentence a Stony Mountain. He said he appreciated that society must be protected but in asking for Protection it has a duty to try to rehabilitate the offender he said. Gyulay had t planned to leave the institution or. Hill Louse said and the irrationality of his returning to Steinbach indicated his need for psychiatric help. Gyulay is serving an eight year sentence for an at empt to shoot former Stein Bach police chief Ben sober no in passing sentence Magis rate Mike Baryluk said he could not be Blind to the fact that Gyulay is dangerous to himself and to the Community. Gyulay was Given a two year sentence for escaping to be served concurrently with his present sentence. A three year sentence was imposed for Rob Bery to be served concurrently to the escape charge but consecutively to the sentence he is serving. Six years and one month to be served concurrently to the other sentences were imposed for pointing a firearm breaking 1 and entering and theft under Gyulay will be serving a total of 10 years and three months with the three year sentence being added to the seven years and three months he had yet to serve on his original sentence. Bicycle path test proposed a special bicycle path along Grant Avenue was proposed to civic works committee thurs Day by. Councillor Morris Kauf Man Independent citizens election committee fort the committee referred the s u g g e s t i o n to the planning director and the transportation director for a report. Coun. Kaufman said the in creased number of bicycles in Winnipeg this year is creating a Hazard on the streets for both cyclists and car Drivers. He indicated a bicycle path along Grant Avenue could be a test of whether such paths would be useful on other City streets. Week of weather contradictions Heads into an unsettled weekend by j. H. Judson an Arctic cold front moved southward to near Gimli this week and Drew a Fine line Between Winter and summer weather. Snow and the coldest weather in Canada hit Manitoba North of the line but Southern districts had a record heat wave. Stone Wall s temperature Rose to 03 the Canadian hot spot on tuesday. H o t and cold weather came with a High pressure area bringing cold snowy weather out of the North while a Low pressure sys tem circulated hot air into Southern Manitoba. The warm flow stayed Over win n i p c g and temperatures Rose to 77 sunday. It was 13 degrees above Normal with warmer air moving toward the City. Southerly breezes raised temperatures monday from 55 to an afternoon High of s5. Warming continued tuesday and the maximum reached 92 degrees. It was the warmest May 16 on record and the fifth time in the past 20 years that a May temperature has touched Over 90. T h e cold front stayed across Lake Winnipeg wednesday and while Thompson cooled to 27 de Grees Winnipeg tempera lures ranged from 56 to 78. Overnight Cooling lowered the thursday morning temperature to Only 64 to make it the warmest May 18 minimum on record. The pre Vious record High minimum was 59 in 1941. Afternoon winds picked up to southerly gusts of 32 . And the temperature again Rose to 88 degrees. The record High tempera Ture was also broken thurs Day. It was 92. The old re Cord had been 91 in 1932. Outlook for the Long week end is for unsettled weather with periods of rain. Temperatures Are expected to drop Back to Normal Levels. Normally temperatures near May 24 average from overnight lows of to afternoon highs of g9 de Grees. The warmest was in 1951 with a maximum of the coolest was Back in 1897 with a Low of 24 de Grees. Heavy damage in fire heavy damage resulted from a fire thursday afternoon at a Rooming House at 156 Garry Street where 25 persons lived. The fire is thought to have started on the first floor in an exterior Wall on the Northwest Corner of the four Storey House and then spread by balconies and Walls to the second and third floors before reaching the attic and roof areas. No injuries were reported among the residents. Most were away when the fire broke out. The alarm was the fourth to be received from that address in recent the preceding alarms were of a minor nature a fire department spokes Man said. The fire which was reported shortly after 4 . Was brought under control with 90 minutes. Scottish dances at u of m the Royal scottish country dance society Winnipeg Branch will hold a weekend dancing program Friday to monday in tache Hall at the University of Manitoba. On saturday sunday and Wooclay dancing classes will be i e i d from Basic instruction o advanced and demonstration techniques. Courses for women s step dancing and men s Highland dancing. The weekend program will run Friday 8 . To 1j . Saturday and sunday to noon and . To ;