Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 11, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june 1979 3 sterilizing All retarded called terrible mistake5 by Pamela Fayerman it is a terrible mistake to sterilize mildly retarded children who could ably raise their own children Given the says Glenn director of the Manitoba school for the mentally Lowther said such sterilizations Are done by Overly anxious parents and although they Are War ranted in some he said it is not reasonable to sterilize retarded children without absolute he said sterilization is warranted when there is an indication a retarded person might have multiple pregnancies or would be unable to Ever care for a Lowther said he plans to ask the College of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba to set out cautionary guide sundays big run planners coasting by Dave Haynes we could run it if we had Charlie race director for the Manitoba Marathon next says All the preparations have been made and the final week should be just a coast for his staff of until race that at 8 there will be at least people lined up on Empress ready to run All or part of the 385yard race it will be the largest mass participation athletic event in Manitoba so instead of starting and building to the Marathon committee is jumping right in with a huge All in the cause of the mentally every runner in the no matter How far he or she plans to will be running for pledge to be used to build residences for the mentally retarded of the the Marathon committee and the Canadian association for the mentally retarded car have gone to great lengths to emphasize that 100 cents of every Dollar earned through pledging will be handed Over to the building pledges really rolling in and the pledges have really been rolling says the car have been getting Over 500 pieces of mail most of them filled pledge at Marathon Headquarters Treyve gone through a second printing of pledge forms and Are now using Cano Eathon forms for the committee has Given up the idea of a cutoff Date for anyone who still Hast entered can go Down to the office on Garry fill out the necessary forms and pick up a the Only drawback is that late entries will not be entered officially in the computer for listed sundays Marathon will be a two pronged on one hand there will be groups of world class runners in the female and masters and then there Are the thousands of other some shooting for a couple others trying for the whole for Many the race will be a group with team trophies going to everything from corporate entries to a largest clan companies like consolidated Bathurst have really taken the event paying for the entry fees and the running gear of 33 and the Manitoba Tele phone system has encouraged about 200 of their staff to give the run a helping the runners at the and All through the course at the Aid Sta will be hundreds of faille says the event could use another he says anyone interested in helping should give his office a Call As soon As arson charges follow two fires a 27yearold Man was to appear in court this morning to face arson charges following two fires Friday and saturday on Lenore Street which caused an estimated on firefighters were called to a fire which caused damage to an unoccupied Home at 85 on firefighters extinguished a Blaze which caused to an apart ment Block at 81 police have not identified the Man charged in connection with the two Winnipeg firefighters were hospitalized yesterday for smoke inhalation following a House fire at 51 Monaco cause of the which caused an estimated is under a fire that broke out at about 4 today caused an estimated to juniors restaurant at 558 Portage cause of the which damaged the Kitchen area and contents of the is being investigated by the provincial fire commissioners lines against the College now has no except that doctors must conduct the operations Only when they Are satisfied it is in the Best interest of the George medical adviser to the Community services division of the provincial health agrees it is wrong to sterilize some retarded socially presentable Dagleish said a number of parents prefer to have their daughters sterilized when they Are socially present Able and Lack control of their sexual but Dagleish said he does not feel there Are an excessive number of sterilizations being done in Dagleish said he tends to be opposed to sterilization operations because they mutilate the the operations should Only be used As a last he while suggesting sex education and birth control counselling As a first this approach is one taken by the National Institute on mental retard at a recent symposium on the Issue of the Institute also concluded that when sterilization is Neces it should Only be conducted with the consent of the mentally retarded if the individual is incapable of understanding the the Doc Tor must rely on the desire of the parents or Legal Orville organizer of the said even though a retarded 14yearold May not understand the implications of pregnancy and Steril it is possible the child would at a later age through Good program Endicott said this is often overlooked by it is he that provincial governments Are wary to take a stance on the but there is now a halt on sterilizations of Chil Dren under 16 in the Ontario government ordered the halt following the release of a report by Donald a professor in psychiatry at the University of Western Zarfas said the sterilization Issue is of International importance and one which is concerned primarily with As a Mother of a mentally retarded Kathlene Hargeaves said she is opposed to i know parents Are their children but i feel that if i Paul free press would never consider it for my nor Mal Why should i for my Handi capped daughter there not animals people forget mentally retarded individuals Are people and they can be come Many have proven they can be capable of thinking for there not Roberta Mitchell echoes this As president of Parent to a group which Aims at giving emotional support to parents of retarded she said she feels the retarded should decide for themselves if they health minister Bud Sher Man said the Issue of sterilization Hast surfaced in As he said he Doest believe the operations Are being done though he is not sure How Many retarded individuals have been sterilized in the headstones knocked Over at cemetery by Laurie Streich Lucien Berube managed a weak smile As he surveyed the broken head stones and empty Beer bottles littering Boniface Cathedral it could have been he said but its bad you get the feeling cemeteries Are an easy he this says a lot for Flat when Berube arrived saturday morning at the which he manages for the Boniface Cathe he was greeted by a Muddy shoe print on an overturned which marked an area where vandals entered late before they the vandals caused an Unest mated amount of damage by knocking Over 14 headstones in one of the older sections of the cemetery at Archibald and Elizabeth Berube said the vandals have picked a worse time for their this Doest help its been so wet we Haven been Able to get our work said this Doest and next he pointed is fathers Day one of the two busiest Days of the most of the headstones in the Ceme Tery Date Back to the 1920s and Berube said some Are too old to be re is nothing new at the last Van dals broke into the garage at the Ceme Tery and stole a new tractor valued at with an assortment of the intruders then drove the tractor through a Fence and onto the greens of the Windsor Golf course of two surrounding the Berube said the 12horsepower trac Lucien manager of Boniface Cathedral examines vandalized Premium leaded gasoline rare Here Tor received almost irreparable dam the cab windows Are the wheels Are the starting mechanism is Herb who operates a canteen located Between the Windsor and Boniface Golf said the tractor was driven through the Golf course Friday he said it was parked outside of the garage in the cemetery that taken again on saturday and found monday on the 17th its just Lucky it want he the tractor could have torn up the it woul Dve Cost thousands of dollars to repair tire break in Fence Letvak said the vandals tried to Knock Over his he pointed to tire tracks and the break in the i was going to come Back last saturday he maybe i could have seen police Are investigating the Inci but it is not known whether they Are no arrests have been while Letvak believes police supervision of the area is the Berube said it is hard to supervise such a Large the cemetery covers 18 acres of last year vandalism in the cemetery and in Church buildings on a lot in the North Corner was continual every he we lost last were scratching our Heads on How to make a House on the Northeast Corner suffered extensive but Berube said even if it was in Good who could we get to stay out Here its so dark at night and your mind plays tricks on wed have to get some pretty Brave by Andy Blicq Premium leaded gasoline has virtually disappeared from Winnipeg ser vice forcing motorists whose vehicles require it to mix their own High octane spokesmen for major Oil companies and car dealers recommend a variety of gasoline mixtures for the Small mar Ket of older sport and luxury vehicles using Premium Urbain corporate manager in Manitoba and Saskatchewan for in Paul Winnipeg free press Perial said unleaded Premium Gas Oline will satisfy 98 per cent of the needs of but for those who require leaded Premium one fill of regular leaded for every 10 fills of Premium unleaded will give you enough said a spokes Man for Gulf Canada a half tank of leaded regular Gaso line with every fifth fill of unleaded Premium should give you the valve lubrication you said Bill bar sales supervisor for Shell Canada limited in Bruce parts manager for cars said owners should simply switch Over to number one Premium it Doest Hurt the car at they May have to end up doing a tuneup but there is nothing major he Mercedes Benz owners May use unleaded Premium gasoline mixed with some leaded said Gary service manager for Lone Star Mercedes Benz cars built Between 1966 and 1972 require leaded Premium gasoline for he the Success of mixing gasoline will not be known until hot weather arrives and increased internal heat will deter mine whether engine parts Are getting enough Lead he leaded Gas was a lubricant for the valves a Cooling he a spokesman for motor sales 1961 said it is recommending owners mix half a tank of leaded regular gasoline to half a tank of Premium spokesmen for the major Oil compan ies said production of leaded Premium was stopped As demand we might have maybe one dealer in the City still Selling Premium leaded Barron he said Shell stopped producing Premium leaded gasoline about a month environmental legislation forces us to take the Lead Chaput one of the reasons Why the change was made was the Market for leaded Premium was dropping very drastic Al most new vehicles Are required to have catalytic converters which can be damaged if leaded gasoline is Barron said there is still a consider Able demand for leaded regular Gaso line and there is no immediate plan to discontinue production of plateful of Buffalo possible future fare and where Are you Soldier Deputy commander of Winnipeg air command chats with a Royal Winnipeg rifles Cadet during inspection saturday in Assiniboine the inspection was part of a demonstration marking the Centennial of the army Cadet by Todd Sherman in the course of Mankind has seen a Host of great burgers the big the teen the whop per lets not forget the cherished Sloppy and if Bill Lenton has his the Buffalo Burger May soon join those elite Lenton is trying to replace beef on the dinner plates of canadians with Buffalo and he just May Suc Many people who have tasted Buffalo like it better than and Lenton maintains it is More nutria Buffalo meat Cooks faster than has a mild and is lean and he it is 25 per cent higher in protein and has less cholesterol than said also there Are no food additives in Buffalo meat has no steroids in making it edible for those who Are allergic to the Chemi cals used to fatten Lenton sup plies several doctors with Buffalo meat for their Bison Are the perfect Prairie Ani said they prefer grass to grains and Hay and they need no special shelter in the a member of the american National Buffalo has about 55 Bison on his farm near he first got interested in Bison 12 years ago at a horse Sale in a Buffalo cow carrying a calf Sells for around Lenton Sells the meat at a his customers include the Winnipeg inn and the Carleton and he has some buyers in although Buffalo meat is not Mak ing him Rich dont know what the word Means Lenton confessed he Hast put much Effort into Adver Tising the culinary benefits of Manito Bas beloved we should be Able to walk into the store and buy an Elk Bear or we have the Why we make use of them v he As it in addition to Selling the buffaloes Lenton supplies customers with ashtrays made out of hooves and Coffee tables made out of before i Lenton theres going to be a Bunch of Bison in Manito in to make it a popular alternative to ;