Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Selling your Home consult a professional Rily on a realtor Winnipeg free press travel a Vij and relax residents win Case to alter truck routes by Mike o Shau Guinessy free press Urban reporter support from an unexpected source and the pressure of an 80-Niembnr delegation Mearil Success monday for a group of fort Rouge residents in their Campaign to have three streets removed from a list of pro posed truck routes. The residents appeared be fore civic works and operations committee to protest the inclusion of portions of Wellington Crescent and River and Strad Brook avenues among streets recommended As truck routes. The delegation jammed City Hall s West committee room to overflowing to present its Case to committee expecting to i e a r opposition from Jack Veitch who appeared on be half of the Manitoba trucking association. However or. Veitch told committee that his association agreed with the residents ask ing Only that the Section of River Between Donald and main streets remain open to truck traffic. As a result Commilla passed a motion removing from tie list of proposed Trucl routes sections of Wal Mingtoi Between Academy Road am River and i incr and Elrad Brook Between Wellington and Donald. Speaking for the group which supported its cause will a petition bearing 750 names lawyer r. M. Akman Coin planned to committee that Orcsi dents were not notified of the proposed truck routes and Salt they should have been consulted in the selection of the japanese group gives play the Young ambassadors a drama troupe of 10 Young peo ple from Japan will give a presentation at 3 . Sunday at Mcdermot Baptist Church 821 Mcdermot Avenue. S the featured item on the program will to a play the chosen ones the Story of a japanese woman who became a Christian despite her Hus band s objections. The presentation will also in clude music and samples of japanese ceremonies. The Young ambassadors arc on a North american Lour which will take them to More than 35 cities. Routes. He said the designation of truck routes has As much of f e c t on a Community As changes in zoning and Askco that such changes be Given the same publicity by the City As pro posed zoning changes. Speaking for the trucking association or. Veitch said lie lad no objection to the Resi Lents request but asked that the committee Institute changes to allow eastbound traffic on Portage Avenue to turn left on to St. James Street. He said the changes arc needed to make St. James a non residential Street a successful truck route. Under questioning from committee he said truckers find it difficult to use Empress Street As an alternative to St. James be cause of the Sharp curve. He also stressed the truckers need for use of Jubi Lee Avenue As a truck route until an alternative such As the proposed Grant Avenue Extension is built. Jubilee Resi dents recently appeared before the committee asking that the truck route designation be lifted from their Street. Committee will study the recommendations at a future meeting before making its acc to City Council. 2nd class mall registration number 0286 of enclosed pedestrian walkways proposed along main pedestrian routes to determine their interest in and support for a Walkway sys tem says the report of the task Force which was headed by g. W. Simonson of the City s planning department. The report was received As this aluminium garage did t fare Well in the 67 mile an hour winds which accompanied the Hail and rain storm that struck the Winnipeg area during the weekend. The garage owned by Scott Maclean of lot 9 and 10 d o d d Street heading Ley Man., hurled 30 feet by the winds. 1 automatic transmissions 957 Portage 786-2437 him Nate transmission worries to with pos-a-cooler0 automatic transmission cooler Quick simple economical 930 Nairn 667-1595 1311 Mcphilips 586-8049 430 Pembina 453-4124 weather report morning bulletin crowd Island Park to give fair a boost Itali la Bagley rec 1 i ass staff writer Portage la Prairie m an. Manitoba s oldest summer fair got off to a run Ning Start Here monday blessed with Ideal weather conditions and a steady flow of patrons. It was the opening Day of the 101st annual Portage fair and close to customers entered the grounds at Island Park to give the three Day event a Good Start. Running was a highlight of the opening Day with a six race harness meet As the feature at traction in the evening. The racing was to continue tucs named last year to Mark its cloth birthday has the Honor of being the province s oldest fair in number of years but it can t Lay claim to being the oldest continuous fair because the string was broken during the first world War thei picked up again. Officials Here monday could t determine just when the first Portage fair was held but icy know this year s Edi Tion is the 101st and they arc pleased that the tradition has been upheld Over inc years. The 1873 Portal cd actually got away to a head Start Sun Day evening when the the Prairie provinces a weak disturbance gave Day As a system some showers to regions near Hie Saskatchewan Manitoba Border during the night but the system has weakened and a High pres sure area now Over the Eastern Prairies is expected to give relatively sunny skies to Southern Manitoba. Skies Are expected to Cloud Over in Alec la during the , Iii to univ a Uiltje Day and wednesday nights. Ing Portage Industrial exhibit fair was association presented the moves from the West. This system is expected to reach Mani l o b a tomorrow evening. For the most part temperatures will be a Little above seasonal average Over the Eastern Prairies ahead of Hie system but turn cooler after the system moves eastward. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today environment work seen As Challenge temperatures following arc High temperatures recorded yester Day Low temperatures for the 12-hour period which ended at . Today and precipitation for the 2-1 hour period which ended at g . Today Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon Thompson Trio Pas Winnipeg Thunder Bay Khnom Ottawa Toronto Mont cml Halifax Chicago Minn Polis Rome Paris London Berlin Amsterdam Brussels Madrid Moscow Stork Tolm Tokyo forecast i1 o r Winnipeg Bissell in crake and lied Kivor regions frequent Cloudy i e r i o d s today. Isolated overnight. Sunny wednesday becom ing Cloudy in the afternoon. Chance of evening Thunder showers a South wind at 15 to 20 . Low tonight m to High wednesday 80 to 85. Liy Manfred Jugelt free press medical reporter there s a new Challenge for Public health inspectors it s called environment. And while there have been hundreds of years of research in such areas As agriculture and other Fields involving the benefits Man reaps from nature there is next to no past investigation governments and other Public bodies can refer to when it comes to the Protection of the environment. But this Type of research must come and soon says Manitoba s Deputy director of the environmental Protection Branch in the department of mines resources and Environ mental management. Grant Mcleod was address the annual National ski conference of Hie Canadian in Sli Lule of Public health inspectors at the Northstar inn Mon Day. About 100 inspectors from across the country arc Allend ing the three Day convention which ends wednesday. Part of the thrust to learn More Abonal environment pro Lection and management or. Mcleod said must be improved methods of program planning and development a function which has been i ice emphasized in the past. Environment work is the Deputy director said. He called Tho lugos the Era of technology and said the environment Protection thrust developed in inc last decade will have significant effects during the 1970s and beyond. Activities to mines and natural resources from the health department last year was a significant step in government moves to bring about an environmental pre Lection Agency in Manitoba or. Mcleod said. The action reflects a very Clear Public demand he indicated. It is no longer sufficient to Avail a Hazard or permit environmental damage before Tak ing said or. Mcleod. The Public has made it abundantly Clear thai in is not prepared to accept this kind of approach to Protection at All and we must act who filled the preview of the trans Canada hell Drivers show at Hie fair grounds. The Midway was also opened sunday evening to give ices limited grandstand a fair. Monday was Canada fitness Day Wilh Al croon emphasis on fitness tests operated by the Federal he ally department. The fitness testing unit Lias been appearing at summer fairs across inc country. The first Day also featured some 4-ii club acl Vilies and judging of cattle and horses but the big lil Day was set for tuesday with the annual i ii regional rally As the major attraction. Wednesday s final program is labelled citizens Day. The 1sjy3 fair was officially opened monday night after the harness race program Wilh miss Dominion of Canada doing inc honors. The Beauly Piccon also Visil de monday on the grounds and was to be special guest at a breakfast reception tuesday by Frances bid Well free press Urban a policy that would provide for a series of enclosed Pedes t r i a n walkways eventually stretching from the Winnipeg Art gallery to the Centennial concert Hall and from the Winnipeg civic Centre to the University of Winnipeg has been proposed by a civic task Force. In a report presented Mon Day to civic environment com Mittee the task Force recommends that the City consider adoption of a plan for a continuous separated climate con rolled Walkway system in downtown Winnipeg. T h c City should consider holding preliminary discussions with owners and developers information b y environment committee. Civic environment commissioner David g. Hen Derson told committee that the City s Hoard of commissioners would be making a further re port to the committee on the concept. The task Force report Stales that it is essential for the sur Vival of Tho downtown area which is largely Pele syrian Orion cd that the area he made More attractive to pedestrians. The highest pedestrian flow downtown occurs on the South Side of Portage Avenue be iwo ii main so acct and memo rial Boulevard says the re port. It recommends that development of walkways Between Eaton s and the Bay be the first phase of a Long term pro Gram and that walkways be developed Between Eaton s and Lombard place at the Corner of Portage and main As the second phase. The report suggests that an Iii l an rep elevated Walkway might be to com catch above the Lane immediately South of Portage at 1g feet above Street level. 11 also recommends that walkways on the main route Down Portage be elevated sex c e p t where crossing wide streets and that other walk ways be underground wherever practical to keep overhead clutter to a minimum. A series of pedestrian con courses was proposed in Tho downtown development plan which was adopted by the former metro in 19g9. The concept was presented to environment committee monday for consideration in connection with requests for approval of encroachments in pedestrian Over an underground Tunnel connecting the Winnipeg convention Centre with Lake View Square across Carllon Street. A decision on the encroachments was Laid Over by committee pending receipt of reports from the environment two passes and a missioner. Reduction of 13 Community j committees recommended Winnipeg s civic environment committee recommended Mon Day that the City s 13 comm Lity committees be reduced to six to coincide Wilh the six districts established for Congi leering purposes. However the committee massed the motion without Dis Cussion and committee chair Man councillor d. A. Abe Yanofsky Independent Cili election committee West Kildonan said after the n e c t i n g that he doubted whether councillors had Ria what they were voting or. Me said the Mailer would be clarified thursday when the comes before civic executive policy co Nimit Jim Smith Ulm Cpin cd. Coun. Dent East Kildonan moved that the number of Community committees be reduced to six after a discussion of account ing procedures for the operating budget. Coun. Dick Wanking ice fort carry had appeared before committee to ask that it endorse a procedure of calculating next year s operating estimates for engineering poses by districts Rath i by Community committees. Apparently some councillors were under the impression Llinat coun. Smith s motion referred Only to inc budget procedures rather than to a full scale Community committee " in. Last May City Council Dor cd a recommendation thai the consulting firm of Urwick Tirrie and partners Ltd. Proceed with detailed plans for reorganization of the City s Public works department. The reorganization is to Lake the form of dividing the City into six separate operating Dis for engineering purposes. The districts Cut across Community committee boundaries and it would be impractical to attempt to compile works estimates for each Community committee separately coun. Wanking maintained. Mercier supported for committee Post the Independent citizens operations committee to re i Mcclon committee caucus of place coun. George Minakor Winnipeg City Council has acc who has been elected to the o in in e n d e d that councillor provincial legislature c c r r y Genu in merc1ek this year s fair also Marks the 101st Lime inc Portage same grounds at Island Park a Well treed area that provides Transfer of health inspector Lanty Sll Acle for mail Cus r Nal idol Don Quixote and Vari la actions on strike up the band. Ways 59 66 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mea july 54 to last year 77 n a Normal n is a he elicit on record 9.1 in 19.16 lowest on record 38 in 1966 motorcycle Driver injured a red Lake out., Man was taken to Hospital after a motor Cycle car collision monday on main Street. Inner City police said Lloyd j Victor Lund Stroni 19, was re i j ported in Good condition in general Centre formerly Winnipeg general Hospital with a broken left leg and cuts to both lie was Riding his Inlo Cycle North on main Street Between charged in Mother s death Craig Preston Porter 19, of Pacific Avenue has been charged with capital murder in connection with the Dalh of b i s Mother Mary Frances Porter 45. Mrs. Porter was found about . Monday in her Home in the Weston area of Winnipeg. M r Porter was arrested Lacr monday. He was to a p e a r in provincial judge s court tuesday. Hoy drowns in River a i year old boy drowned in the Assiniboine Kivor about . Sunday about one mile West of Sicad Ingich jail. I1cmi said the body of Gor Don Kirton whose address was .n.i, in Fuji munix1, import and Pacific avenues at not immediately available a is . When lie was in Colli recovered from the Sion Wilh a northbound car . Monday driven by Peter Durdon 53, of 15. 1 Tail Avenue Donan police said. West Kil River at he was s i m m i n g Wilh four Oiler youths in inc River when the incident occurred. Lomers. Ballet i Park the Royal Winnipeg Ballet mended monday. Secondary rail line relocation urged o the cily ought to scrap proposals for relocation of railway main lines and concentrate in Stead on relocation of second Ary lines and marshalling Yards Winnipeg s civic Jam w h o brought Mailer before committee said there was Little Chance of bringing about relocation of inc main lines so the City s for relocation coun. Minakor ice St. Janics Assiniboia was elected for the progressive conserva Tives in the june 2s provincial election in St. Lames constituency defeating attorney general Al Mackling. He has been chairman of works and operations committee for 21 months. Coun. Mercier fort carry was named to works Commilles when the Central City government look office Jan. 1, Lay but was moved to executive policy committee last october. As the ice has 37 seals on the 51-member Council it is expected coun. Mercier will have Little trouble being named com Millee chairman. His appointment to com Mil Lee will be voted on at City Council s next meeting july 18. However selection of a chair Man is up to the committee which May confirm the appointment at its next meeting july 23. The ice has not Cyl announced ils Choice As a re placement for coun. Merrier on executive policy Commilles or ils Choice for a new Deputy j mayor to replace coun. J. Paul i Marion ice St. Or will present ils second annual dancing in the Park series at . July 24 to 29 outdoor stage in Assiniboine Park As part of festival Mani Toba. The performances will be free to the Public. Works on the program will be pastiche la Corsair Etc the recommendation was approved by committee with lit be debate. City Council is to consider adoption of a policy advocating Ion o Oer r a i i w a y facilities from he rail relocation at its meeting next week. Several alternatives for Relo cation the mainlines and Yards of the Canadian National Hail downtown Core. The Liberal parly Over tourism minister Larry Desjardins St. Boniface. An ice spokes Man said no decision on a re placement for coun. Marion would he made until his Clec. Lion is confirmed. Fogging for Skeeters okayed by committee Lions Commilles has make in worthwhile he said. Proceed Taft meticulous councillor to pay 16-cent Bill Winnipeg councillor War Ren Stycn Independent citizens election committee Assiniboine Park is a meticulous Man when it comes to financial detail. And As a member of civic finance committee that is As it should be. Coun. Slenn s in other coun. Hob ii Olcen Cuc Midland ran unsuccessfully As a progressive conservative in Wolseley constituency i n Manitoba s june 28 general election. To help his brother out Conn. Warren Olcen invited a number of people to a Campaign function. The invitations were sent on his personal councillor s stationery provided by the City. Hut just to Kerp the record straight the councillor has informed the cily clerk that be will Reim Burse the cily for the Cost of the envelopes and paper used. K a c h Sheet of paper costs half a cent. The Enve Lopes arc inc same Price. Crim. Warren Slenn paid the postage himself. So now he is awaiting a Bill for cents to cover the 16 invitations he sent out. Committee reversed ils Ducci Sion made monday to abstain from residential fogging. Committee that the fogging commenced after or. Kyle said the present heavy Mosconi to population was the result of continue d Strong Westerly winds which have blown inc in so cos into inc cily from across the motion to proceed with the fogging was passed by a Vole of ,1-3, Wilh committee monday committee coun. George minium c d Down a recon non la pc James As Dalion from civic environment Sini Boia easting a lie breaking Vole in favor. Coun. Don Perry ind Epen Eldon Hoss James Assiniboia and c. W. Charlie Baker ice Wesl Kildonan voted in favor of the motion. Conn. Tall Morris Kaufman 1 c e f o r t. Kongo and Geoff. Dixon Midland were opposed. Conn. Tall. Termed the move morally wrong and an impropriety because Commilles had voted against the move by a margin of earlier lint had changed ils decision because three of the councillors who had voted against fogging Moll d a y were absent tuesday the Mailer was raised again to e so a y by councillor Dill Norrie Independent citizens Klc Clion committee mid land who appeared before Commilles As a delegation up. Posed to i to earlier decision. He said the situation is so bad Bat Many residents can no longer enjoy gardening or outdoor barbecues. Kvin if the program were to have Only limited effect the psychological ;