Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, December 18, 1978

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday december 18, 1978 City anytime 269-8463 Robert Jankiewicz q. Can you Tell me the address of a company called Grace Kay values a. Write to Grace Kay values 220 Bartley drive Toronto Ontario m4a 1g2. Q. How much do children get paid for delivering flyers a. More and More department store work these Days is being contracted out to distribution compan ies and newspapers. One department store spokes Man says they Don t have As Many trucks or routes As they used to. A couple of distribution companies contacted work the same Way the heavier the unit the More a youngster gets for delivering it. Also says one company spokeswoman the area of Deli very has some bearing on the pay. She says they pay their delivery boys anywhere from two cents a flyer to seven or eight cents for a heavier catalogue. A spokesman for another company says their rates Range from a minimum of one cent per House to six or seven cents per House delivered to. He says they have about delivery boys. Q. What Ever happened to Blue bomber great Fritz Hanson a. Free press sports editor Hal Sigurdson says the last time he heard of Fritz Hanson the former Blue bomber was quite successful in the insurance Busi in Calgary. At one time he handled the Canad an football league s insurance. Hal says Fritz May have retired by now. His daughter was an aspiring Eque Trienne. Q. My wife has a first edition of life Maga Zine. Local Book collectors cannot Tell me what it s Worth. Can you find out a. The answer from the horse s Mouth is still incomplete. A press relations spokesman for time inc., which publishes life Magazine says the organization often gets this question. He himself has a first edition and he s not a collector. This leads him to surmise that there Are quite a few first editions floating around thereby holding Down the Price collectors Are willing to pay. He says one new York expert on rare books and first editions said that the value of the first edition of life was not All that great and that he would t pay for it. The time spokesman agrees but says he has heard or seen other reports that Peg the Price at Between and if the Magazine is in Good condition. The time spokesman adds that the value of a first edition is not Static and it depends on where you Are and what the Market will Bear. For example a Canadian collector he says will probably not pay As much for a first edition of life As will an american collector. And collectors concentrate More on comic books than on magazines with prices going up to maybe your next step should be taken at the Public Library where you can get addresses of Book collectors in Toronto or new York for that mat q. What is the Best Way to treat a common cold a. With hostility and contempt. You know what they say lots of rest and drink plenty of liquids. Q. During his years in the world hockey association How Many times was Rejean Houle in the top 10 scorers a. A Winnipeg jets statistician provides these wha figures. In Rejean Houle s first season in the league 1973-1974, he played 69 games scored 27 goals and had 35 assists for a total of 62 Points. He also had 17 penalty minutes and did t make the top ten scoring list. In 1974-1975, Houle played 64 games had 40 goals and 52 assists for 92 Points and 37 penalty minutes. Again he was t in the top 10. He made the number eight position in the top ten right behind Anders Hedberg in 1975-1976, with 51 goals and 52 assists for 103 Points in 81 games. He had 61 penalty minutes that year. Q. Where in China is the great Wall located who built it Why when a. The great Wall of China the world s longest fortified Wall is More than Miles Long it would reach almost from Montreal to it stretches from Shan Hai Kuan on China s East coast to Kansu province in North Central China. It is called the Wall of ten thousand i by the chinese. A i is one third of a mile. The Wall is 25 feet High with towers 35 to 40 feet High placed every 200 to 300 Yards apart. Made of Earth Brick and Stone it is 25 feet wide at the base and 15 feet wide at the top. The Wall took hundreds of years to build with work done entirely by hand the first Chin emperor 221-206 by is credited with joining Shorter Walls to form the great Wall. More work was carried out Between 202 by and 220 and. The Sui dynasty 589-618 expanded the Wall As did the Ming dynasty the great Wall was neglected until the communists rebuilt some parts of it in this Century. The great Wail was built to keep out invading tartars and nomads. Further to going to Hawaii. If you plan on phoning the . Consulate in Winnipeg the number you should Call is 47.3-3344, not 475-3346 As previously reported. Mur i inn la i i i Iii a. V i i i Call the free press a by a i me a thousand words 1300 Portage 309 Portage deaths forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River regions mostly Cloudy today. Clouding Over tonight. Cloudy with Light Snow tonight brisk East wind. Low tonight near a High tuesday near c. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny and mild wednesday and thursday. Cloudy and turning colder Friday. Northern Manitoba sunny and mild wednesday and thursday. Cloudy and colder saturday. Northwestern Ontario mostly sunny. Cold wednes Day. Mild thursday and Friday. Temperatures following Are the minimum temperatures for the 12-hour period that ended at 6 . Monday and the maximum temperatures for sunday. Max. Min. Max. Min. Victoria 80 Vancouver Cala Arv Edmonton Reolena Winnipeg Thompson Kenora Brandon Dauphin Thunder Bay Toronto Ottawa Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami Minneapolis new York Phoenix los Angeles Boston 7 11 10 1 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean -8.3 -1.4 -14.4 13 dec. 16 -4.2 -12.4 last year 1.2 -4.0 Normal -10.0 -18.3 highest on record 5.6 in 1877 lowest on record -38.3 in 1876 Max. Min. Mean dec. 17 -10.8 -18.0 -14.4 last year 1.2 -0.1 Normal -14.4 Amsterdam -9.4 -18.9 highest on record 7.2 in 1890 lowest on record -39.4 in 1872 precipitation Tola i for nov. 1 to dec. 18 44.1 Centi metres Normal 40.4 centimetres. Asselin Alfred 76, of 293 Eugenie Street St. Boniface husband of Cecile Asselin. Berthelette Florence 48, of Power View Man., wife of Lawrence Berthelette. Carnegie Robert Michael 25, of 601 Ian place East Kildonan son of or. And mrs. Peter Onesky. Cholod Peter 31, of 426 Tinniswood Street son of Gregory and Olga Cholod. Dubecki John j., 91, of Elma Man., widower of Katherine Dubecki. Dyer m. E. Of Vancouver b.c., wife of Gilbert Dyer. Funnell Norman Carl of Seattle Wash. Hatch Harold e., 72, of Surrey b.c., husband of Ada Hatch. Kamienski Sophie 88, of 225 Bredin drive East Kildonan widow of Czeslaw Kamienski. Mastrukoff Nicholas 95, of Benito Man., wid Ower of Anna Kastrup Koff. Kennedy Philip 87, of 415 St. Jean Baptiste Street suite 503, St. Boniface. Krzeninski Bronislaw of 160 Salter Street wid Ower of Iva Krzeninski. Labovich Marilyn 33, of 3063 Portage Avenue , wife of Toby Labovich. Macdonald Marion of 598 Walker Avenue widow of Findlay Macdonald. Marchand Arthur Emile 64, of 529 country club Boulevard suite 207, , husband of Mary mar Chand. Mcmeekin Hilda 72, of Winnipeg widow of owner Mother tied in one of three holdups James Mcmeekin. Mitchell Annie Bea Trice 97, of Beacon Hill Lodge widow of George Mitchell. Moffat Annie 90, of a Borg Man. Morrison Elsie Violet 75. Of Toronto. Newell Renee Eleanor 42, of Dartmouth n.s., wife of Norman f. Newell. Ogilvie Fredrick Fen ton 59, of 309 Hazeldell Avenue East Kildonan husband of Ann Ogilvie. Prior Herbert 77, of 24 Carlton Street suite 506. Robertson William 67, of 488 Mcnaughton Avenue husband of Ella Robert son. Rolfe Oliver 84, of Brandon Man., widower of Ellen Oliver. Rusk Raymon 79, husband of Daisy Rusk. Sanek Joseph 62, of 293 Larsen Avenue East Kil Donan husband of Lena Sanek. Schendel Olive 67, of Brandon Man., widow of Arnold Schendel. Shott John 67, of 482 Sel Kirk Avenue husband of Lena Shott. Thomson Sarah Ellen 85, of Gladstone Man., widow of Robert Glass. Tindall Ted Andrew 24, of Winnipeg son of Bill and Moira Tindall. Vidal Gudrun Sigridur 86, widow of Sigvalda s. Vidal. Vie Faure Marie Louise 78, of la Bro Querie Man., widow of Marius vie Faure. Wood George 76, of 433 Kingston Crescent , widower of Alexandra Wood. For further information please see classified death notices 7 three die in weekend accidents the ramp said sunday that Kenneth Wilfred Robins 71, and his wife Eva Rose 56, of the Brandon area were killed shortly after 1 . Sunday when an eastbound up train collided with their vehicle. The Robins vehicle was dragged East for More than feet police said. Kenneth Robins was said to have been the Driver when the collision occurred on municipal Road. Police said no one on the train was injured. Ted Tindall 24, of Winnipeg was killed saturday in a two vehicle collision near Plunkett sask., about 45 Miles Southeast of Saskatoon. Save on Fisher Price toys Lego Mecca no the t teachers store 384 Portafe at Edmonton Street below the Willson store Winnipeg Man. R3c oc7 204 943-6279 the owner of pay fair foods 185 Stada Cona Street was tied up to with his 55-year-old Mother in one of three armed holdups in Winnipeg sunday night. Police said the proprietor and his Mother had just closed the store for the Day when two men apparently with handguns confronted them outside and ordered them into the premises. The owner was forced to open a Safe and both victims were told not to move. The two men then tied up the owner and his Mother with rope ripped a Telephone off the Wall and escaped with a substantial amount of police said. Less than an hour before the pay fair incident two service stations were held up in what police believe to be related crimes. We Send Flowers worldwide fruit baskets poinsettias and up Call All major credit cards accepted order by elegant Floral arrangements exquisitely designed in Many prices 10 fit the occasion. Fresh Cut roses Long Stem fit 001. Sweetheart Peidon. 257-4487 the Maples 666 Sheppard St. The perfect gift from Thi camera dept. Independent jewellers Ltd. The Kodak 760h projector automatic focusing. 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