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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1974
Page
1
The Herald will shut for the week of August 5 through 10 for staff vacations. One staffer will handle news and ads, with the office open 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM daily August 6 to 9. Advertising deadlines for the August 15 issue remain 1:30 PM Monday for display and 3:00 PM for classified ads.
The ninth annual The Pas Rodeo promises thrills and spills with bucking horses chuckwagon races and buffalo riding as part of a weekend event featuring rodeo action and local festivities.
Parade director John Bodnar announced final plans for the event to start at KCC at 10 a.m. Monday with a route through Seventh Street Gordon Avenue Fischer Avenue Third Street Cook Avenue and Exhibition Grounds. Prizes will be awarded in multiple float classes plus best decorated bike rider and costumes.
Police say Percy Mayham was found badly beaten across railway tracks near Split Lake as a train approached. Kenneth Campbell is charged with attempted murder and Douglas Campbell with assault causing bodily harm after two brothers were remanded in court following the July 25 incident.
Dr. Merv Eastman resigns as Keewatin Community College principal after two years, with resignation effective end of August. Alfred Macdonald appointed acting principal, previously Supervisor of Health Sciences and Related Subjects. The Pas merchants contest a shopping centre project, urging fair competition and concern for taxpayers and Native communities in The Pas.
The non profit Community Services Centre invites people of all ages to drop by as it offers a relaxed sit down meeting place under a federal grant. It targets two age groups the young and old with recreational activities lacking in the area.
The old Sacred Heart School on First Avenue was demolished to clear way for a new Pastoral Centre. The centre will house three or four live-in religious instruction specialists to train teachers and store teaching materials. Construction to start soon once architects approve. The project uses eight local students via STEP-OFY grants totaling about 4000 dollars with pay of 90 dollars weekly for university students and 75 dollars for high school students. The grant expires in one month and the centre will run seven days weekly from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays are senior citizens days.
The Pas Reserve will pay a flat 3500 annual retainer for fire coverage plus 250 per truck per hour when responding to fires. Agreement pending ratification by both Councils within two weeks. Garth Crockett states coverage applies only to registered Indians on Band land, excluding Rahl's Island and southern town business districts. The deal excludes construction stages of the Regional Shopping Complex.
Thousands of Manitobans donated to the 1974 Red Cross appeal announced by Terry Hind, Branch Liaison Officer. Final tallies will take two to three more months to determine.
Final results show Cecil Smith of the Progressive Conservative elected with 11,298 votes, defeating Allard Liberal 8,499 Reagan NDP 7,157 and Heinrichs Socred 582. Turnout 27,536 ballots from an estimated 45,000 voters. The Pas total donation $893.43 from an estimated population of 8577.
The Department of Labour raised the minimum wage for construction labourers to 4.85 per hour the rate matching Winnipeg Brandon areas and north of the 54th parallel took effect June 1. An Employment Standards inspector said the rate likely covers high school student workers and non heavy construction jobs but excludes union contracts. Contractors face the biggest impact as Earl Nelson notes.
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