Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Monday october 8, 197 pullout angers Seattle Spokane Wash. Up it s up to British Columbia to save face for Canada at expo 74, this City s world fair dedicated to a Beautiful Environ ment. Like expo 67 in Montreal the world fair Here is being built on islands but in Spokane the islands were Al ready in place in the Middle of. The Spokane River. Some of the Montreal islands were made of fill. Canada s pull out of the fair made in july shocked and angered officials Here but most temper their anger with happiness that British Columbia is participating the Only Canadian province to do so. Along with Many other people Here i find it inconceivable that our neighbor to the North would withdraw after making an extensive a a i d acting mayor Del Jones but we re thrilled that the . Government is going to pick up where Ottawa left and expo 74 general Ager Mel alter said he feels a. Deep sense of loss that Canada in t going to participate arid i Don t know if i dare Hope for a change of but we re delighted to hear that . Is going to come one Seattle newspaper the spokesman review de the decision and said can Ada has tarnished its image by reneging on its pledge to what exactly is expo 74, a world fair that has been building with Little publicity to Start with it s the Only exposition approved for the United states for the 1970s by the 36-nation Bureau of inter National expositions in Paris. It s also one of the first events in the celebrations marking the . Bicentennial in 1976. The fair to run from May 4-nov. 3 next year will be held on a 100-acre site on islands just Yards from the Grimy downtown Core of this northeastern Washington City. Fair officials admit the f air won t compare with Canada a and say it should More properly be compared to the Seattle fair of 1962. But even that comparison is not exact because the largest Pavilion at Seattle was Only Square feet while the russian Pavilion the largest Here will be Square feet. We think it will be a jewel Box of a world is the Way or. Alter put it. Already preparation for the fair has transformed the City. Before work started the is lands were a tangle of neglected warehouses Railroad Yards and Industrial junk. When the fair is Over the entire site will be turned Over to the City for use As a Park. On top of that the City will also gain a a legacy of the Washington state Pavilion. Planning for the exposition began in Spring 1970, and the Canadian government was the first foreign government to announce its participation in May 1972. The Canadian plan was a Pavilion costing about million and the country being so Swift off the Mirk had first Choice of Sites. I Canadian officials soon began arriving Here and there was talk of How Canada would set up an ecologically conscious Pavilion. There were even rumours of a natural foods restaurant connected to the exhibit. It s almost laughable to say said or. Jones. You Are a great country with tremendous resources and the Money for your exhibit was just a drop in the the americans Are particularly puzzled by Canada s tight Money policy because the economic fallout from the fair is expected to Benefit the Western provinces. Jack Geraghty in charge of the fair s marketing operations said expo 74 visitors Are projected at 4.8 million Many them making the fair just one Stop on a Pacific Northwest vacation that would naturally include Canada. Many countries have Al ready announced plans to cd h i b i to the soviet Union Japan Taiwan and South Korea among them. Eyes waterway Washington a pan Ama is thinking of having a sea level waterway to vie with the Panama canal hut the Gigantic project would Cost the country billion which is More than double Panama s annual Gross National product. 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