Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 17, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Man puts almost his whole salary into govt. Bonds a Manitoba Man May have set a Canadian record by applying virtually his entire salary toward the Pur Chase of 1974 Canada savings Bonds under the payroll plan William s. Dunlop a Bon d or g a n i z a o n director said wednesday at a press Confer ence in Winnipeg. Payroll plan sales of this year s Bond series have reached record Levels in Mani Toba and the Prairie provinces said or. Dunlop Prairie director for the payroll savings Divi Sion of Canada savings Bonds. But what about the Man who will be putting nearly his whole salary into Canada Sav Ings Bonds wife has a said Hugh Mackey a Bond organizer who did not wish to disclose the Man s name or residence. However a person would need. To earn about a year before deductions to Clear which in the Case of the Manitoba Man was virtually All applied to Purchase Canada savings Bonds. Or. Dunlop said in All of sentence overruled Man jailed the Manitoba court of a peal overruled a Manitoba court of Queen s Bench judg ment and sentenced a heroin trafficker to one year in jail wednesday. Chief Justice Samuel freed or. Justice r. D. Guy and or. Justice r. A mates of the Appeal court overturned a sentence by or. Justice Louis Denise in court Bench. Or. Justice Denise had sentenced Jamieson 20, to a two year suspended sentence on the grounds that Jamieson had no convictions. Jamieson sold nine capsules of heroin to an ramp under cover officer aug. 18, 1972, court was told. Manitoba the total Dollar value of applications to buy the Sav Ings Bonds has increased 41.2 per cent Over last year com pared with a 35.8 per cent in crease in the Prairie provinces and a 25.2 per cent increase across Canada. To Date the average application in Manitoba is a increase Over 1973. The total number of applications is 24.4 per cent ahead of 1973 in the province compared with 12.3 per cent nationally said or. Dunlop who did i have comparable figures for other provinces. Figures this year Are unprecedented in. The history of the he said Al though he did t expect the present Pace to continue through the balance of the 197 payroll Bond drive which ends nov. 15. Or. Dunlop said that Pur. Chases of Canada savings Bonds in the Prairie provinces will probably amount to million out of total Canadian sales of million in Payrol savings. Total Canadian payroll sales by the end of the Campaign will therefore probably be per cent More than in 1973, h said. I or. Dunlop was asked How he could account for this in crease in savings when the country is experiencing double digit inflation. A lot of people have a lot o different reasons for he replied one of the major attractions of the 1974 series is the guaranteed rate of 954 por Ceni interest. Rather full higher wages and More employees participating in p Payrol plans were other reasons Given for the Success of this year s Campaign. Although 1973 Canada Sav Ings Bonds and previous Issue will yield about i held to the 1974 series has the. Advantage of a higher immediate guarantee interest rate. The average guaranteed Rale of 1973 Bond was 7% to to per cent. Automatic transmissions transmission troubles awk diagnostic Check Portage 786-2437 to Nairn 667-1595 1311 it Philips 586-8049 460 Pembina 453-4124 weather report morning bulletin for the Prairie provinces the skies Over the Prairie provinces were Gene a a 11 y Cloudy overnight with temperatures ranging from the mid-40s in Alberta to the mid teens in Northern Manitoba. The Arctic Over Northern Saskatchewan is expected to push slowly southward in the next. 24 hours but mild fall weather will persist e r the southwestern Prairies. The current weather pattern is not fore cast to change for the next two Days. Figures i map indicate expected High temperatures today temperatures following Are High temperatures recorded yester Day Low temperatures for the 12 hour period which fended at 6 . Today and Precipio Tion for the 24-hour period Avrich ended at 6 . Today Max. Min. Pre. Vancouver 45 m Calgary 65 32 Edmonton. Regina 47 41 Brandon 69 3j Thompson u 1 .38 the Pas 44 29 .01 Winnipeg u a to Thunder Bay -17 28 .17 Kenora i4 27 .05 Ottawa 51 35 .09 Toronto 54 36 .03 48 30 Halifax 53 39 1.34 Chicago. O3 ,52 Miami 83 75 los Angeles 99 49 Minneapolis 62 46 new York 53 44 1.03 Boston h 41 2.00 Phoenix 93 m Athens n 50 rom 61 46 Paris London 52 48 Berlin in Amsterdam 52 34 Brussels 50 36 Madrid. 43 i Moscow 55 h Stockholm 59 34 Tokyo 48 59 Hong Kong 88 77 precipitation to Tel or Aroll 1 to oct. A 16.67 Normal . Forecast f or Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red Kiver regions today and Friday with a few showers or Snow flurries overnight. Low tonight 25 to 38 High Friday 40 to 45. Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Man. Moan ocl-14 44 31 last year 47 57 Normal 53 33 highest on record by in Loami on record 14 in 1952 thursday october 17, 1974 2nd class mall registration number of of e for meetings lieutenant governor w. John Mckeag of Manitoba left adjusts the Robe of Richard s. Bowles right before he was installed wednes Day night As Chancellor of the University of Manitoba. Or. Ernest president of the University Centre watches. Or. Bowles is a former lieutenant governor of Manitoba. Urges More govt. Support in his first speech As Chan the University of former lieutenant Ellor of Manitoba Overne a. Richard s. Bowies of Manitoba called wednesday for Reater government support of universities. Although the University of 80 per cent f its operating costs the expense of pro dding its services greater ban its revenues in Bowles old the University s fall can location. If it is to continue to serve ts1 students and society As is to be expected of a great ins Titu Ion of learning increased in ome is essential to defray in leased expenses. The alternative is to strict he said. Or. Bowles noted that at one Ime universities were not de in Dent on the largesse of the state to continue their operations however As society devel the View that higher Edu cation should be available to eve Ryone became widely held throughout universities were expected to open their doors widely and make available their resources to All who could qualify. Governments in turn began to Inake in recognition of the universities needs to shoulder and discharge these More obligations. And enable them to disseminate knowledge and to continue the search for new or. Bowles said he Hopes and expects the total financial support of the University by the province will be enough to provide for the fair and reasonable needs of All the prov Ince s universities. He said he was confident of this forthcoming government support since there really is no conflict in University mat tors Between the Aims of our government and the Aims of Pur however or. Bowles admit Ted that there May be differences of approach As to the urgency of our respective pro c c t s and How quickly we should re Alize our commenting on his install Chancellor of the uni Bowles said i fear Matching the High Stan Dard i inherit from prior Chan May exceed my Powers of this fear though not p r e v in t me from eagerly grasping the nettle of i referring to his two predecessors As Chancellor of the Samuel Freedman of the Mani Toba court of Appeal and Peter Curry president of the Power corporation of Canada i Bowles commented on retirement As Chancellor it a pears one May expect to sue need either to the chief jus tic ship of Manitoba or to the presidency of the Power co portion the Prospect of either Bein so exceedingly agreeable surrender myself to the Sac fice involved As Chancellor o the University. At the convocation be rent by or bowies de Gros on 284 the University s faculty of gradual studies and faculty of science. A second session of Convoc tin be held thursday night when 770 people will receive. Degrees diplomas an certificates. An honorary de Gree will be presented to Ala b. Beaven of Winnipeg for i work in Forest conservation i the Prairies provinces. Trustee candidates affiliation questions blocked at town Hall q a1 town Hall meeting to to r o d u c e school Board can dates in Ward .1 of the Iwin Peg school division ended on sour note wednesday when s chairman disallowed ques on concerning political affix Fatiori. A 1 1 h Oji g i the seven can i dates appeared willing to an wer chairman Brian Slem m i n g said such questions Hodd be asked privately after he meeting. About 126 people attended he two hour meeting held in he River Heights school and upon sowed by the Winnipeg teachers association. The seven candidates seek no election in Ward 1 Are trustee Michael Baragar in dependent citizens election Hazel Elmore Frank Hoffman trustee Leon Ledo Hows u Don Reed new Den socratic party trustee Margaret Trout e c and Keith Wilson the e questions concerning Ach candidate s p o 1 i t i c a Stripe were prompted by earlier comments from trustee be Dyhowski. Who said partisan Dell tics had marred the schoo Ward s effectiveness. The trustee who was Clette As an Independent in. A Bielec lion last year but is endorsed by the ice said i still considers himself an in dependent i however a lady in the Audi ence accused the ice of Actu ally being conservative party and said so had been during the by election. She wanted to know just where each candidate stood in relation to Politica parties. Trustee Trott also an ice candidate said she had Neve belonged to a political party and did t consider her in apr station political. It was at this Point the Cha u a n _ disallowed any mor questions about politics a though several people in the audience shouted they want some answers Froni Oach Cai live tried to hide the he Aid. Aside from this one disrupt. Iori the meeting sparked Little debate among the candidates Ivhon for the most part seemed o agree on o see happen in the Winnipeg school division. Or. Wilson assistant Dean of Ducato n at the University of Manitoba said he would like to be a revision in the school i Ision s boundaries creating More wards so that a trustee could reflect More easily needs of the electorate. As too d now he said each Ward trustees although Here were. Voters in Ward 1, in Ward 2 and in Ward 3. Or. Wilson said he wanted to will have n chalice t speak to tha candidates informally after the meeting. Non of the endorsed candidate see More parents involved in school activities better discipline in the classrooms and an. Internship for teacher trainees. Mrs. Elri Ione said she would work for better communication Between the Community and the schools. Mrs. Elmore who is on the executive of the Manitoba Parent teacher federa Tion said the school Board must set priorities and a Good teaching staff should head Tho list not material things. Or. Hoffman said the Day of do As you like in schools is past and discipline must be maintained in the schools. He advocated a class size of be tween 25 to 30 because below 25 would be spoon Ledochowski said Aca City to buy Loblaw site for lord Roberts acquisition of Loblaw Groce Teria co. Ltd. Property at Kyle More Avenue and Osborne Street in co operation with the Manitoba housing and renewal corporation was approved wednesday night by City coun cil. In addition to the 6.6-Acrc Loblaw site Council also a. Jio Rizco initiation of negotiations with the Canadian National railways for acquisition of lands adjacent to lord Rob erts Community club at. The end of Kyle More. A crowd of about 40 Resi dents of the lord Roberts Community club area applauded As Council approved the to ions which were in the form of recommendations from civic environment committee. The residents had Long been advocating City acquisition of the properties to fulfil what they saw As the need for additional recreation space in the Community. Council both mat ters to civic finance committee or negotiation acquisition to be effected by Means of Pur Chase or Case Manitoba housing mid Rinc Wal corporation hns an option on the Loblaw lot and has made an offer to the Corpany with he intent to offer the property .0 the City for recreation Pur uses. Local residents have suggested that the vacant Loblaw store become a rink and meet no rooms with a swimming Pool eventually to be added and the parking lot used for Ennis Badminton and horse shoes while the in property could be used As a soccer Field. Demic standards b maintained in the school by Tern and costs Kep Down. He suggested Yoter s hoi fld elect Independent rus yes who did t thave a preconceived ideas before discussion a policy motion. He was Refe ring to nip Board member who of ten. Caucuses before to ing on an Issue trustee Barager said he a in favor of using Para Profe signals in the school to i crease the ratio of adults children in schools. He said teachers could Neve be replaced by Para Profe signals but they could be r lived of some of the More t Dious chores. Trustee Trott plugged he radio show on Job pm lid and her television show Chait Nel 9, saying this was h contribution to education. So said the news Media usual Only carried stories of a Cris situation in education h programs dealt with what be pie say about education Ai what is going Orrin the school trustee Reed who is currently chairman of the Scho Board said he would can Tim to work for the decentralize Tion of. The school system which local schools had to say in budgeting and in i ramming he was also favor of Community use schools More emphasis physical education and artist pursuits As Well As a reduce ii in size particularly the elementary level. An. Attempt by councillor Cherniack to Force Community committees to hold in Hall meetings for City 0 u n c i 1 candidates in next Eek s civic election was the arted by the City s procedure Law wednesday night. Coun. Cherniack new dam c r a t i c to in t seeking. Re election red to introduce a motion be Are City Council tha t would ave required each Community Ommittee to. Organize All can 1 d a t e meetings before the dec tips. However coun. Bob Taft in dependent citizens election Ommittee fort Rouge who Iso in t seeking re election ailed notice on the motion. Under the Council s proce ure bylaw any motion that is introduced can be automatic Al y delayed for two weeks if any Leinberg of Council cab s notice. is designed to give Qun Pillors an. Opportunity to tidy the implications of the motion before it is debated however the move is usually Eser Yed for complicated or Ion timely motions. When notice is called the notion is automatically Pul Side until the next Council meeting. There can be no de Date and any councillor May Call notice simply by uttering Fae word from his. Seat. H does t have to stand and b in calling for Taft effectively blocked an further action on coun. Cher Nick s motion. And time it can be presented to Council and Debat the election which is hex wednesday will have passed the next regular Council meet ing in t until nov. 5, when the new City Council members Wije sworn in. There will be no Point to Oun. Cherniack s motion and since he will no longer be member of Council on Haj ate the motion won t even be Alid. Action which was cared out swiftly in ban 10 seconds aroused ire of coun. Joseph Zukin labor election committee who commented that this Council Dies with a whimper and a ludicrous the Issue of Community come j i 11 s holding town. Hau meetings is particularly signify ant because Brian coffin the candidate in Sargent Ark Ward in Midland commit Ity has threatened court. Act. Ion to postpone wednesday Lection because the commune y committees have failed to such meetings. Or. A and ormer employee of up Ictor s department a 1 a that the City of Winnipeg a it requires Community yes to organize meetings of All candidates prior to a civic election. Juvenile held for break ins a 12-year-old juvenile a been apprehended by police i connection with a series o break ins and thefts in Down town Winnipeg oct 7. A police spokesman Sai wednesday7 two service Sta a storage shed and restaurant were broken int oct 7 about Worth of gun and cigarettes were take from the restaurant. Two Tricy cles. Taken from the storage shed were recovered. A juvenile is also believe responsible for breaking into car parked at the mall Hole and two newspaper vending machines located at Donal Street and Graham Avenue the spokesman said. The juvenile is believed r Spons Ible for stealing tools valued at from two Donlow Winnipeg construction site and setting fire to a parti constructed House at 250 i Lony Street the same Day. The same juvenile is though to have broken into a lunch truck packed on William Avi nue. Lie is also suspected i smashing 20 panes of Glass i a building on Princess Street. The juvenile being held i police was apprehended in co Section with the robbery of newspaper delivery Hoy Abri . Saturday by s youths said. Five other youths have Bee apprehended by police in connection with the incident. Girl 2, Divras in Lily Pond a two year old St. James Assiniboia girl who was reporte missing wednesday after do was found drowned in a i Pond later in the Day. Dead is Karen Marie got Fried of 64 Wordsworth Way. The girl was reported mis ing about 2 . We Unesda s t. James Assiniboia polic said. She was found four hour later in 23 inches of water in Lily Pond at the rear of 23 Ca Lyle Bay about one Block from her Home. Building plans 1 delayed the heavy influx of new of Lee buildings planned or under construction in downtown Winnipeg has prompted one Deyell oper to delay plans for a new office Tow Eiraj Carllon " Street and Grahan Avenue. Instead the site will continue o be a temporary City Council Learned the owners of the land at lie Southwest Corner of the. In. Ersee Tion c o n a holdings have agreed to continue renting the. Land to the City for an period the rental fee is equal to the prop erty tax levied by the City on the and. The prime tenants of the building that was to have gone on the site Farmers and Mer chants have informed scone that 6f-of fice buildings in the Core area has. Resulted in the. Abandon ment of plans for the project. The information was contained in from the civic environment committee. Council also approved plans for a temporary Park at 276 k e n s i n it o n Street in St. James Assiniboia. The City will pay the Park but the land will remain with Aronovitch and Leipsic Ltd. Council also agreed to Pur Chase 41 acres of proper Typo rated Between Markham Road and Waverley Street South of Bison drive in fort Garry from the University of Mani Toba the Price is yet to be negotiated. The land will eventually be used for school and recreation facilities in connection with the new Waverley Heights housing development. Gunman robs Domo Gas Par inner City police were searching for an armed Man who robbed the Domo Gas bar at St. Mary Avenue and Good Street at . Wednesday escaping Small amount of Money. A police spokesman said the Man drove up to the gasoline pumps and asked for some gasoline. He then pulled a gun and or dered the woman attendant to give him some Money. She did and he fled in his car. No description of the Man was available. Concert cancelled a concert by. The ramp band scheduled for . Sunday in the Centennial con Cert Hall has been cancelled. Reasons for cancelling the con Cert weren t Given. Loan to jets finally set to take off a the Loose ends have been tied and will1 get the Winnipeg jets their anticipated loan from the City perhaps Early As thursday. City Council gave final approval wednesday to the loan agreement which gives the Community owned professional hockey club the Money promised by the City several months ago. The final agreement was held ii Insl week when civic executive policy committee members expressed concern about the Lack of civic representation on Iho club s executive Board t h e r Ewas also concern about provisions to prevent the club from being sold to private interests within the City and unclear loan repayment proce dures. City Legal officials met with representatives earlier this week and a revised agree ment wins presented to a Sitf Cial meeting of tee before wednesday night s Council meeting. The agreement was endorsed and sent on to Council where inn approval was Given under the agreement two civic representatives Likely a member of the finance department administration and a councillor will sit on the club s executive. The agreement prohibits the Sale of the club to any private interests within the City. Civic officials insisted on this provi Sion because the basis for the City loan was that the club would be Community owned. Under the terms of the agreement no Money will have to Bei repaid Una Al the club s h p w s an operating profit. However if the club is sold to another City Winnipeg will get the entire plus inter est out of the sole interest on the loan is to be assessed at the current rate charged the City by its Bank ers. Councillor Michael Donnelly Independent citizens election committee v St. Boniface said in an interview that if mayor Steve Juba signs the agreement making it official Thuro is no reason Why the Money could t head Vance to club officials immediately. He said the loan is seen by City Council is one Way of ensuring that Tho world hockey association can Chiao remains in Winnipeg ;