Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 10, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Commonwealth reunion biggest event of i by Nelle Oosterom close to second world wat air men and their wives win be touching Down in Winnipeg next week to attend the Commonwealth wartime aircrew the 18 to is the largest of its kind in the world and features a air gala con Cert and several says publicity chairman Murray the Only event comparable to this is the annual bomber command reunion in London England and their capacity is limited to Peden prom 16 countries among those who will be descending on the Winnipeg convention Centre Are about 200 50 australians and 50 new with the rest coming from the South Canada and 10 other Northern pm co discussed Thompson eighty delegates from seven provinces and two Terri tories Are attending the today North Ern affairs ministers conference which began Here Doug Manitoba minister of Northern said the delegates will be discussing the transition of people from traditional lifestyles in Remote communities to a wage we will examine training social economic agreements with Industry and the mobility of he the Manitoba government has signed agreements with several mining companies in the North under which workers and their families from isolated communities Are integrated into larger Northern towns and the sessions will also review the shortages and financing of houses in the North under private and government at the conference Are representatives of the Yukon and Northwest Terri British new on Tario and the meetings Are being held in aim on purpose of the Runion is Fuff Jug 10 gel Swap Clunes Ana i old Sard there Witt the very Little talk of polities of the present state of the armed its of Pew veterans will Don their old uni As Peden pots it t fir Able to get to mine by Ai still this years years in the Plai mimed in ski the 40th in Honor of mayor Norrie Haa agreed a Maffle marys Avenue to Battle of it retain Boulevard for the duration of the Peden this is the third reunion the Winnipeg wartime pilots and observers ton has sponsored since when they launched the tradition to celebrate Manitoba living legend included among the special guests is sir Douglas who is nothing less than a living Bader was a legless British flight commander who led the Royal air forces Only Canadian he lost his legs in a crash in but adjusted so Well to artificial limbs that he not Only walked but was Able to play Golf with a Handicap of when War broke out he begged the Raf to let him the Canadian 242 Squadron was sceptical of its new commander at but he led through 67 confirmed Bader was shot Down Over France in 1941 and spent three years in a German prisoner of War Camp where he made three escape the germans finally took his legs another guest of note will be Allan who astonished his colleagues and staff last March when he announced his sudden resignation As commander of the Cana Dian armed forces air command based in joined the Craf in 1951 and flew for numerous United nations peacekeeping missions during his his Kenneth will also be a guest at the also on the vip list will be air Marshall David Canad Anborn Vic chief of the Royal air he made headlines a few years ago when he accepted a Knighthood in Defiance of the exploits of Mosquito fighter pilots will Likely be included in the stories Commonwealth airmen will Swap Toi a Canadian government policy against canadians taking such joined the Raf As a fighter Pilot in 1943 and has remained there Ever but retains his Cana Dian William another Spe Cial was one of the last wartime pilots to he left the service in 1978 after 37 years in the during that time he won the distinguished flying Cross for daring flights from Malta and Italy Over enemy Adolf a member of the German fighter pilots will be the Only representative present from the Axis reunion participants will be bused to an air show 20 at the Canadian forces base in Portage la the highlight of the reunion will take place the next Day with a memorial wreaths will be Laid at the the Winnipeg symphony orchestra will perform in a concert which will also feature Stanley Sarah huge and the philharmonic memories of Beady Days during the second world War when a group of trained in Canada arrived in England will be relived at the Commonwealth wartime aircrew forecast fails to Cool f Hospital pickets spirits ift Thompson spirits remained High As pickets at the Thompson general Hospital donned parkas in the face of a Strong Northwest wind and a forecast of Zero temperatures last nurses aide Mamie Hendren Well stay out Here until the Snow is up to our shoulders if we have Well just keep walking and Well never give one picket said 10 members of the striking Manitoba food and commercial workers local have crossed the picket line and returned to there were 110 weather members of the bargaining unit when the strike began More than eight weeks George an orderly who was also assigned duties in the said he thought things were about to break Loose in the stalemated he said Maurice assistant Deputy minister of is now mediating the Hes been in a lot of negotiations where the kind of issues we Are concerned with have been Tetarenko said a new negotiator for the Hospital has also had a lot of experience in such the new negotiator is Garry Remillard of the Manitoba Hospital Tetarenko said a settlement hangs on resolving a Job description clause dispute and a disagreement on the triggering Point for the costo living adjustment cola clause provided under the the 100bed Hospital is servicing about 25 patients with the assistance of City Calendar Csc will hold an open House from 10 to 4 saturday at the main 541 Portage viewers and listeners will have an Opportunity to see what happens behind the lights and Lionel Hampton will join the Winnipeg symphony orches tra under the direction of Boston pops conductor Stanley Black in concert at 8 on sunday in the Centennial concert the child amputee supporters society of 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