Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 12, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june 1979 Zuken gives voters a ride Joe candidate for yesterday gave a twist to the time honoured tradition of Riding the buses to meet the electorate he supplied the Zuken rented the bus from Winnipeg transit and visited senior citizen Homes before plying a regular dash route and giving passengers a free the five hour Road show Cost plus whatever the City lost in 10cent dash response at the senior citizens Homes was the Veteran City councillor reaction by passengers boarding the bus along the Blue dash route was largely mostly because the candidate and his aides avoided the the route runs from the Centennial concert Down main Street to Graham West to Vaughan Street and memorial Boule Down to Over to main and Back up about 20 passengers boarded the bus during 2 circuits Between and 2 the bus was never More than on Quarter full during one stretch Between Broadway and Donald Street and the Centennial was rider less with the exception of the Candi an aide and a fare Box covered the Low turnout was due partly to the sunny weather which made walking a pleasurable Pursuit and partly to the fact that the bus was competing with four other transit vehicles which routinely cover the virtually All paying customers were surprised their Cash was no Good on the Campaign bus which was festooned with Zuken the vehicle was not one of those displaying a Bill Norrie placard on its that would be Zuken some passengers did double takes when they were about to Deposit their dimes and found the Box covered with a Zuken Campaign others absently flashed their Tran sit unaware the reflex like Ges Ture was the rides its on Joe aides passing out most passengers responded with polite smiles and thank yous while others simply sat Zuken spent most of the time chatting with a passenger who was asked to pose for a newspaper an acquaintance who talked about Saska and a the who admitted a preference to walking during warm weath said he rented the bus to get a Good look at How the system operates and to show that dash Type service could be used to shuttle senior citizens Between their apartments and 60c bus fare at an earlier news the candidate called for a reduction in the Price of monthly bus passes from and a Cut in adult Cash fares from 40 to 25 he also continued his attacks on the Council dominating Independent Citi Zens election committee and Deputy mayor Bill a caucus member and mayoral Zuken said bus fares May increase to 50 or 60 cents with further service cutbacks if Norrie and the ice Are allowed to continue in their present Flam armm we receptionist Lynn Falk with an armful of applications asking for a spot at summer in camping fund More than has been sent to the free press Sunshine which Means at least 60 kids will have a summer Camp and the fund is Only two weeks some of the Camp spots have already been filled and the Sunshine fund Tele phone was Busy yesterday with re quests for receptionist Lynn Falk said yester Day Ive been on the phone All morn among the Many applications were several asking for More than one weve had cases where there Are requests for spots for three children from one it takes a lot of Money for Falk the free press and the Manitoba Winnipeg free press Sunshine fund camping association Are cooperating in the the association has set up a three member screening com Mittee to ensure applicants pay As much toward the Cost As possible and keeping the names of those who receive a subsidy kids will be sent to the 44 non profit operated by which comprise the donations should be addressed to the free press Sunshine 300 Carlton r3c 3c1 or left at the better housing for Core pledged mayoral candidate Bill Norrie has promised to work for the construction of better Cor Earea the City Winnipeg owns land in the inner City area which it should make available for senior citizens housing where it is the cites current Deputy said in a news release issued he added government should encourage redevelopment in certain Winnipeg should Experiment in a Small Way with vehicles such As the nonprofit housing the re lease City Council last december scuttled its nascent municipal housing Corpora Tion one month after it agreed to con tribute towards a Pilot project to renovate six the prov Ince would have paid the Norrie was a proponent of the hous ing Ottawa hints at cancelling rail Yard study a Federal study on relocating Winni pegs up rail started just a month May be halted by the new Federal conservative transport minister Donald Mazan Kowski said in Winnipeg to talk to Canadian wheat Board Mazankowski said there May be a possibility the study will be halted in i cant say yet if Well continue i Haven Given it any i must first consult with my said Mazankowski in response to i understand the former study was quite said the new appointed test former transport minister Otto Lang allocated for a six month study on the feasibility of moving the three consulting including a Winnipeg were appointed to the study team on May the Federal study funds were awarded after a Long Battle Between City Hall and local residents Over the proposed construction of the Sher Broo Mcgregor residents have argued that the Bridge would destroy their Community and Council lors have maintained that an immedi ate link is required Between the cites North end and its although the Federal government May want to pull out of the relocation study begun by its a reduces there May be funds available for the overpass or for while Mazankowski commit Ottawa to any financing he did say rail relocation and rail crossing projects were considered the responsibility of the Federal the Urban transportation policy advocated by the conservative party Dur ing the election Campaign called for direct Federal backing of such said i thought we made it quite Clear during the Federal election Campaign that that was our said the the former Federal government promised the City million in Federal Urban transportation assistance pro Gram funds for the controversial Over pass but reneged on its commitment when it announced the study Mosquito fogging extended Mosquito counts in Winnipeg have continued to Rise although fogging in City Golf courses and Parks began last City entomologist Roy Ellis said Crews extended fogging operations citywide sunday beginning with East Kildonan and moving they were in Boniface and vital last two circuits of the City will be need but theres still no guarantee Winnipeg will be free of the next heavy rain we get will Hatch another said the Bug the wet Spring meant fogging was needed earlier than and that increased costs about 25 per said the civic recreation and social services committee today were to con Sider requests for additional free press classified receipts will be issued and names of donors published parents wanting to Register their children for Camp spots can either write the Manitoba camping Assoc a 1483 Pembina r3t 2c9 or Call them on their special Sunshine fund Telephone line at 453 donations 3111001 Sinclair anon 23 Oak Dean 270 Simcoe Smyrski 63 Park Terrace 4761 804 Gros Venor 227 White Gates Moncrieff 1030 Wellington 167 Elm 33 Cherokee 2060 Snuggs 1042510 Portage 501 Montague 49 Riverside 390 Simcoe 88 Canora 11 Westdale total to horse trainers books being audited by Brian gory Revenue Canada is auditing the books of trainers at Assiniboia Downs race a Federal government spokesman said it is a Normal audit and has nothing to do with recent complaints by some Canadian trainers that Ameri cans Are depriving them of tax officials appeared at the race track last Friday and called train ers into an office to discuss the a local horse owner who employs one of the americans said some train ers Are now talking about moving their horses to tracks where they will not be bothered by complaints from local trainers or Canadian tax author there Are 23 trainers or train Erow ners at the but seven do most of the american horses or Canadia owned horses trained by americans account for 20 per cent of the horse Revenue Canada spokesman Gary Picton said the tax audit is nothing out of the its one of Many audits they Skowron raps nip for not backing him he said it was planned last fall when auditors began looking at the books of Canadian Picton said trainers had left for the season so authorities waited until this Spring to look at their its would have done regardless of the complaints by local trainers about americans taking their he citizens pay taxes at the same rate As Delfem played americans such As entertain professional horse train May have 15 per cent subtracted from their Gross pay imme that amount will be credited to the tax return they file in canadians must pay 30 per cent off the top when they perform similar functions in the some Canadian trainers have been complaining that americans take away business which is rightfully but Many local horsemen shrug off the complaints and warn that racing would die out or be drastically reduced if americans pulled pave Winnipeg free press candidate Alf Skowron criticized the new democratic party yesterday for failing to endorse a candidate in the cites mayoral Skowron said yesterday the nip refused to Back him because it didst want to reprimand about 300 party members who Are working for Joe party president Bob Mayer said the provincial which met last refused to endorse Skowron because two other nip party also running for would have had to have been repro former City councillor Harry la Zarenko and former Manitoba liquor control commission chairman and longtime new Democrat Frank Syms Are also contesting the mayors although neither has sought party Lazarenko is running As an Independent and who contested the fed eral seat of James for the nip in the recent is also running As an since the party Council met after the withdrawal Skowrons nip Fel Low contenders remove their names from the said and it didst seem fair to Force them to give up their said the party the Dps Constitution requires All members who contest an official yen Dorset candidate to give up their Skowron said yesterday he should have been endorsed because the other two nip contenders we rent even interested in running under the party what the party is really worried about is having to reprimand As Many As 300 leftist members who Are support ing that communist said Skowron said the party evidently found itself in an embarrassing Posi Tion and decided it would rather Sacri fice one City councillor than All the party the party membership list has even been supplied to communist party member Joe who is running under the citizens for Joe Zuken ban he if not legally this is certainly morally said As a moderate i am appealing to All party members for their said the Skowron said the end oration by the party was particularly important to him because he believes party politics Are essential at the municipal the councillor said he didst know if the provincial councils action indicated the nip was trying to get out of municipal rearranging the landscape a piece of Winnipeg railway history fell to the wreckers Ball As a storage building at the Canadian National railways fort Rouge South of the Osborne Street was the which dates Back to the Early was first used by the Canadian Northern line and then it was gradually phased out after the in Yards moved to fears that it might catch fire or collapse led in to demolish ;