Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 1, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Selling your Home consult a professional y my limit Sily Iti rely of a realtor Winnipeg free press in trains. Big warm Friendly. Tuesday May i 1973 2nd class mall registration number 0284 civic committee urges opposition to freeway plans Winnipeg City Council is to be asked to go on record As opposing construction of a High Speed limited Access freeway system within the City. Civic environment committee monday endorsed a recommendation from its chairman councillor d. A. Abe Yanofsky Independent citizens election committee West Kildonnan that Council be asked to take an official stand against the concept of freeways As proposed in denies legions o pressured there Are More liquor inspectors prowling licensed premises in Manitoba but increased in Section of Royal Canadian Legin Halls in t connected with the legion s opposition to the Public washroom in memorial Park attorney general Al Wackling said monday. Arthur t. Moug pc Char in Wood asked or. Mackling in the legislature if there is any connection Between the stopped up inspections and the legion s stand on the Park washroom. Or. Mackling replied that the question was Anu the answer was no. He explained that the number of inspectors was increased to 25 from 15 because of the Mani Toba liquor control commis Sion s concern for strict adherence to the Laws and a mature approach to alcohol consumption. There had been complaints about minors and intoxicated people being service in some establishments he said. He Winnipeg area transportation study. A majority of councillors had in officially expressed oppose Ion to a freeway system at a planning seminar held recently at the John Blumberg Golf course. The committee also agreed to ask Council to seek removal of rail Yards from the inner City Iron to outer areas to free land or open space and housing Sites. Removal of the Yards could be a first step in rail rationalization and could be accomplished without relocation of the main lines committee members agreed. If Council conies out in opposition to freeways the com Mittee will ask the City s plan Ling department to update and revise the transportation study o include a list of recommended Bridge Crossings and four or six Lane arterial roads needed in the City during the next 25 years. Acquisition of land for transportation routes should be based upon arterial roads in Stead of freeways and proposals for Cloverleaf interchanges should be disregarded except where required by heavy tray Fie said coun. Yanofsky s re port adopted by committee. Child care meeting the child care subcommittee of the Manitoba action commit tee on the status of women will meet May 30, not wednesday As previously announced. The meeting will be held at 8 . At Knox United Church 400 Edmonton Street. Garage Sale set River Heights chapter of b Nai b Rith women will hold a garage Sale of nearly new clothing and household goods from 10 . To 3 . Wednes Day at 539 Ash Street. Transmission special bind adjustment inspection All work guaranteed 957 Portage ave. 786-2437 930 Nairn ave. 667-1595 1311 Mcphilips 586-8049 weather report morning bulletin for the Prairie provinces an area of High pressure which is almost stationary Over Western Canada will ensure a continuation of sunny and dry weather Over the Prairies today and wednesday. Overnight lows will be close to 30 in most regions tonight. Afternoon readings will Range from about 50 in Southern Mani Toba to near 60 throughout most of Alberta. Figures on the sap indicate expected High temperatures today temperatures following Are High temperatures recorded yester Day Low temperatures for the 12-hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at c . Today forecast for Winnipeg bisect a in Lelake and red diver re Gions sunny today and wednesday Northeast wind at 15 to 20 . Low to in i g h to 25 to 30 High wednesday near 50. Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon Thompson the Pas Winnipeg Thunder May Kohora Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York Phoenix Roma Paris London Berlin Amsterdam Brussels Madrid Moscow Mexico ally Max. Man. Pre. .60 m .39 n 34 k i 22 is 35 32 it seeds plumber talks cease strike vote looming by Dudley Magnus free press labor reporter a strike vote May soon to taken by members of local 254, plumbers and steam litters Union h. J. House tile Union s Busi Ness manager said in an inter View monday. Or. House said negotiations lad broken Down and unless they were reopened he saw no alternative but to hold the so arct ballot strike vote. George r. Aikins labor relations director of the Winnipeg builders Exchange said Mon Day there had been no meeting for weeks with the plumb ers and that no meeting has rec scheduled. Under the labor code the Union May strike after a wage site so there could be a plumb ers strike in Progress while All other Union members continued to work with Only the plumbing work remaining undone. A department of labor conciliation officer who Lias been As sisting in negotiations recently terminated meetings because of a failure to reach a solution. T Here arc also about 35 members of a refrigeration Sec Tion of local 254 who Are due shortly to Start negotiations with the Exchange but these employees of Exchange contractors have no dealings with the association. Or. House said he had no information on How this group was progressing. Contract has expired and agreement Between local and tors High fire risk warning Given tourism minister Larry pcs i from the swimming area so Oil Jardins warned Manitoban of Slicks should be less of a pro the mechanical Condrac association of Manitoba whose member firms Are members of the Exchange ended april 30. Or. House said the two year contract up for renewal negotiations has been hogged Down because the contractors instead of negotiating with them As an association arc now using Exchange negotiator the or. Aikins who or. House said is trying to make local 254 go along with an agreement be tween the Exchange and other a Back Hoe helps these workmen on the final phase of the redevelop ment of tache Avenue St. Boni face in this View looking South from cathedrals Avenue. Once the new storm sewer is in Between Cath Zdrale Avenue and Despins Street this Section will be repaved. The first phase of the project was completed last fall when the River Bank immediately West of tache was stabilized to prevent it from crumbling and undermining the ave nue. Then tache was repaved from Provencher Avenue to cathedrals. Unions. The Exchange has a Multi Trade contract with a number of crafts unions and this con act which also expires april 30 is being negotiated for Renc Val. Or. Aikins said that the mul i Trade agreement negotiations Are progressing very Favora he said the idea of apply i ing the Multi Trade terms to the lumbers future contract was so As to standardize contracts serious navigation and fire Haz Ards to by expected this sum Mer because of the Lack of Winter Snow and the dry Spring. Power boats should use extreme caution outside known navigable channels As Lake Levels will be particularly Low lie said and Forcel fire hazards will by extremely High. Campers and cottage owners should use extra care to guard against fires. During discussion of his estimates monday evening in the legislature the tourism min ister said Low Walcer Levels will also result ill excessive Weed and algae growth and a certain Mackling sept. To View hoax land Deal letters 70 77 63 bar 70 77 71 5? j3 m 57 74 is .10 1.60 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Man. Mean apr Luo so 28 39 last year 70 x3 57 Normal 57 u highest on record 83 in 1957 lowest on record 15 in it inner City detectives have prepared a report on an organization Bent on destroying inc reputations of Winnipeg City councillors councillor Beruice Wolfe Independent citizens election com Millie trans Cona said monday. Coun. Wolfe said he was Tak ing the report to Pic Manitoba Alloney general s office tues Day morning and would discuss what action to Lake against uie organization. The councillor made his re Marks in an interview after the second of two hoax letters turned up at a monday night meeting of the lord Selkirk Community Commilles called to discuss inc proposed Sher Brook Mcgregor overpass. The letter which forecasts undesirable development and High posts has Conn. Wolfe s name typed at the Bottom. Last week residents of a Verlcy Street received letters from an organization calling it self Western Ontario land founding enterprises stating i that the Street is to by widened and turned into a major thoroughfare. The first letters of each word in Western Ontario land found ing enterprises spell Wolfe. Also listed on the letter to lord Selkirk residents believed circulated by hand Over the weekend were the. Names and Telephone numbers of councillors Olga Fuga lord Ken Talanchuk 1ckc lord nor Man a. Norm Hudson ice lord and Joe Zuken labor election com Millie communist lord sol coun. Wolfe said the police have All the details about the organization which he said in tends logo Afler other councillors in the same fashion. Coun. Wolfe said he would t n c the organization but coun. Fuga said in an interview it is a group funded by the fed eral government. The was Crecy Streel left or and the lord suck Kirk document appear to be the work of the same group coun. Wolfe said. H is malicious libel and slander but i think they have overplayed their coun. Wolfe who was t Al the lord Selkirk Community committee meeting said he believes Legal action could by taken against the organization. This Community is beginning to experience the work of an organization of Urban radicalism icy have never seen before h is Parl of a Radical movement of extremists. They have said something is going to take place Hal is nol going to take place. It is Parl of a the councillor said lawyers Lave told him that the group Mist be advised by top Legal m kinds or they would not skirt on the fringe of the the organization has Niani plated and abused innocent Cople in the Community in order to attack a Joun. Wolfe added. Apparently these people Are trying to create the impression i am a terrible person but in a Way it is flattering to be chosen As their initial at the Community committee meeting the four councillors with their names on the letter described it As a panic Docu ment and denied having any thing to do with it. They deliberately set out. To get the people of the area amount of stagnation. Copper sulphate is effective controlling algae but the j Lem. Development at Hecla is land is proceeding along the lines of the original proposal he said with the first phase concentrating on Core area ser vices sewage treatment Camp ing areas and Beacie and picnic facilities. The Golf course which will be one of the finest in Western Canada will be ready next year. Motor boats May be restricted to a partic u liar zone of the Camp so As not to interfere with wilderness campers. He indicated he would like to Sec a heritage Manitoba foundation established in close con Junction with heritage Canada of the Federal government to protect areas and artefacts. It would encourage to bequeath historic Sites government would hesitate to peo use it in Large quantities As its Lucy to the province earn potential effects arc not suf. My a tax Concession and would Fiji cantly Well known and it allow in vat alld Public re could Lead to another Mercury sources to co operate in Ore situation or. Desjar and restoring parts of i Manitoba s past. Poisoning dins said. Answering questions fro m other members he said the Dock at West Hawk Lake had coun. Fuga said. They have accomplished coun. Zuken said the people putting out the letter should have the decency to identify themselves. Let s hot have this yellow journalism floating around and panicking at the meeting Nick Diakiw Engin Beer with the civic streets and traffic department outlined the proposed Sherbrook Mcgregor overpass crossing the up rail Yards. The Community committee decided to meet late in May to discuss questions that came up at the meeting primarily involving traffic flows. Some members of the Audi ence of about 150 said that in Stead of going ahead with the and have All Union agreements bcc11 relocated to move it away with basically the same terms except wages which will vary according to the different or. House said the old agree ment with the association Nugo separately from the Exchange was better than the Multi Trade contract which was signed two years ago after a strike by the several unions involved. For example or. House said All construction projects that Are not major construction projects in the regions outside the Winnipeg area May employ local tradesmen at local pay rates. The local 254 contract guaranteed Winnipeg area rates for All plumbers of the Union no matter How Small the project was in or out of the Winnipeg area. He said the Multi Trade agree mint pays time and a half for overtime whereas the association agreement is double time and that where the association agreement gives the eight hour be the Multi Trade contract permits s ii in c t i m c s nine hours at straight pay rates. The present hourly wage rate Day As the maximum to worked before overtime scheme the Arlington Bridge i plumbers is but or. Should be reconstructed. House said wages have not the City of Winnipeg has been asked to make a proposed Bridge connection Between St. Vital and fort Garry a top priority item in order to pave the Way for construction of a top priority asked for Bridge on red been discussed. He other matters were said the the prob ices of Contention and that pay has not raised any difficulties Cyl. A strike vote in favor of walkout would grind to a halt i or. Desjardins said a Road up the East Shore of Lake Winnipeg had great potential but was too costly to by a top prior Ity at present. A committee is looking into a second National Park for the province but it should t by rushed in of he said. It must be in the right spot preferably one which will not result in giving away valuable natural re sources to the Federal govern ment and at tic same time Viding jobs ill the North to native people. Develop m c n t of the old. S a n a t o r i u m at Ninette has Winnipeg s civic finance com to by to costly to War souvenir licence plates Milce has agreed to make available for the Pur Chase of souvenir licence places commemorating the cily s 1974 Centennial. Committee made the Money j available in Pic form of a grand .0 the cily s Subco Millie on Centennial celebrations at its meeting monday. Although in will by an in Tercel free loan committee awarded inc Money in the form of a Grant in order to bypass the need for approval by civic executive policy com Mittee and City Council. Speaking for the subcommittee councillor Slaw Bebchuk Independent St. Johns said places will by purchased from Daly display limited at a Cost of each and icy will by sold for each with profits j Ontario. Rani the. Expend lures he said. To indicated his department was putting increased emphasis on planning so thai Progress docs l steamroll through of gel Progress s Sake with the be Opeti Manitoba suffering in the ii lure because of it. I air exercise planned Here defence aircraft of the North american air defence com Mand and strategic air com Mand will take part in a 24 hour training exercise May 8 to 10 Over Southwest can Canada and northeastern United states including parts of Manitoba and being shared by the City and various non profit organizations shopping Centre construction by striking plumbers. A spikes the former metro corporation. Man for the Winnipeg building he said the shopping Centre trades Union monday said that expected in stimulate fell certain the plumbers Centre in St already received clearance from the provincial government Many projects in the Airow motorists to display area if the contractors were Piatos on the front of their use non Union help to during 1974. Area. Committee Laid major shopping vital. A r. Purchase Western stores vice president for tic t. Eaton company appeared be fore civic environment Tec monday to ask for a commitment to construction of the Bridge. Or. Purchase Lold committee thai Ealons Simpsons Sears lid. And the Hudson s Bay company maintain their desire logo ahead with plans for a million shopping Centre on St. Development of South Winnipeg but would not be detrimental to development of the downtown Over the re quest for a commitment asking for an administrative report on would not picket projects where they were on strike unless their work was being done by non Union help. He said there would be no question of going to work through plumbers picket lines the aircraft simulating at. Tack will be tracked by air Ducj which will be invited to sell the pc acc and by act by Piatos. He said the subcommittee has the design of the Piatos has not yet been officially announced but it is expected they will be White with Black letter ing similar to the current pro v i n c i a 1 automobile licence plates. They will feature the City s Centennial Symbol in both fighter interceptors. Some of the fighter interceptors May achieve supersonic Speed and sonic booms May by heard. The exercise flights will take place during late evening and Early morning. Lower Corners the City St in the top Centre portion. Mckeag to speak the salvation army Harbor Light Centre will hold its Annu Al meeting at . May 17 in the salvation army 400 co Lony Street. Lieutenant governor w. John should they be placed at any Winnipeg Centennial. In the Centre will be the words j Mckeag will speak at the meet my. City intends to build the Bridge connection giving Access to the area from fort Garry. The companies involved want to open the proposed shopping Centre in conjunction Willi the completion o f the proposed Bridge he said. Both projects would take about two years to i construct. City Council has approved funds for design of the Bridge which is proposed in the Winnipeg area transportation study As part of a suburban Beltway but has set no priority on Actu Al construction. It would Span the red River at the site of the Manitoba Hydro transmission lines. Property for the shopping Centre was acquired about eight years ago or. Purchase said and the site was re zoned for champs plans licensed restaurant champs food systems Ltd. Of Winnipeg plans to open a licensed restaurant to be called the Butcher Block at 153 Don Ald. Street if the liquor control commission of Manitoba Grants the company a liquor licence. The champs bid for a liquor licence was one of several heard by the liquor commis Sion s licensing Board at a pub Lic meeting monday. No Deci Sions were made on any of the applications. Oscar pm Bart of champs said outside the hearing the restaurant could be open in about six weeks if the liquor cd acc is granted. The Board was told plans Call for a cocktail lounge and licensed restaurant. The decor theme will be medieval English. Or. Grub cart told Tiv Hoard the new premises is to be a restaurant first and said liquor is supplementary to this. He said if the new location was to by just Lor the liquor bust less we would t remain in champs operates about 10 Fried Chicken outlets in win Lieg. The Board also heard an application by a couple currently managing the York hotel so main Street in connection with their planned Purchase of the hotel. Another Winnipeg liquor licence application was sought by Kirkfield holdings Ltd. Regard ing the Kirkfield hotel 3315 Portage Avenue St. James Assiniboia concerning a beverage room As part of a new develop ment plan for the hotel. A m o n g other applications heard were from Jay motor inns Ltd. Regarding a proposed Roblin motor inn in Goblin Man., the p i a n n c d Purchase of Souris motor inn in Souris and the planned Purchase of the Virden motor inn in Virden Man. From Kasper and Jeanne Szmigelsky regarding planned jury has of the Selkirk hotel in in Kirk Man. 0 from Gaynor George Vivi an regarding a proposed 12 room Vivian motor inn which would by located near glad Stone Man. This application was opposed by officials of the Gladstone hotel and the glad Stone chamber of Commerce. Officials of the Gladstone hotel argued a new hotel would Hurt us but or. Vivian argued Bethought there was a place for a new hotel and that by being beside a Highway the hotel would attract business which otherwise might simply drive by Gladstone. From per cinc hold Ltd. Regarding a proposed Falcon motor hotel which would he built at Falcon Lackl from Peter and Hose Kudelski regarding a proposed North winds Motel which would be built at highways 6 and 68 Icar Eriksdale Man. Fro in Smith Thompson Ltd. Regarding the proposed Purchase of the Barclay House hotel at la Riviere Man. J i from Clef d or holdings Ltd. Regarding planned Pur Chase of the commercial hotel in St. Claude Man. I from the Carman motor hotel Carman Man., regarding increased beverage area. From developers of a pro posed King George hotel that would be built at Birch River Man. From William Fletcher re Garding the planned Purchase of the Birllo hotel Birtle Man. From Clifford Myers holds lid. Regarding Pic planned Purchase of the Morris hotel Morris Man. And from the beef and barrel lid. In Brandon ing conversion of an existing Licer and wine premises to a licensed restaurant ;