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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1969
Page
1
Officials from Peter Lei tech Construction report the first concrete pour for the new bridge. A six inch base was poured in the cofferdam while the first pier footing was poured, with five piers to be completed by spring breakup and the project on schedule for an November 1 completion.
Manitoba Chief Probation Officer L W Dewalt defends probation services in The Pas amid editorials on four youths linked to major vandalism at Sacred Heart School. He cites the Juvenile Delinquents Act and Manitoba Corrections Act, outlining police and court steps and options for detaining or returning youths to guardians.
Jack Kennedy is reelected chairman of the Kelsey School Division board at the first meeting of the year. Cal Gibson becomes vice-chairman, with Tom Stephens as building chairman. Peter Berezowecki joins the committee with a new member to be named. Frank Parker chairs the finance committee assisted by Berezowecki and Parker also leads transportation with Parker assisting. Gibson heads personnel with Stephens and the new member. CONTINUED ON PAGE 1.
Emile Nabess a 19 year old construction worker from The Pas Reserve slipped while in a coffer dam pit during bridge work. He dropped 17 feet to a steel beam then nine more to the pit bottom and remains in hospital under observation. A second worker also fell that week but only sprained an ankle.
School trustees in The Pas consider a new building program aimed to be ready by September 1970. Officials prepare figures to back a letter of intent to the provincial government. The plan calls for additions to Margaret Barbour Collegiate and upgrades at Opasquia.
Several films produced by the National Film Board will be shown tonight and tomorrow in The Pas. The event, arranged by Community Development Services, is part of a Challenge for Change program using film as a catalyst for social change.
A 20 year old youth James R Thomas Mang er was found dead in a jail cell in The Pas Friday night. He was detained on an intoxication charge and found hanging from the lattice work in the top of the cell using his pants. The coroner opened an inquest, which was adjourned until court facilities are available.
Councillor Stu Carey outlines a proposed Sewage Lagoon subdivision. up to 1,100 lots planned to house about 7,200 people in 1,800 dwellings. The Environmental Planning Committee aims to have the first serviced unit ready by September, with consideration for The Pas Annex subdivision at Bell Avenue and Indian Land.
The 1969 Festival Booklet will be on sale house to house in The Pas on Saturday February 1. The sale will be carried out by the Cubs and Boy Scout Council of The Pas to raise profits for Cub and Scout work in the town.
The Pas Town Council has received a letter from Donald Orchard Jr. a lawyer representing a company seeking to develop housing in The Pas. The firm plans to build 50 to 60 homes and is active in Thompson where Orchard has moved his practice after purchasing Neil G. MacPhee’s law office.
The Pas Metis Association may gain government housing aid after years of requests. Manitoba and the federal government struck a Remote Areas Housing Program agreement to build 40 to 50 houses next year across four or five The Pas area communities, with The Pas residents hopeful the spring construction will include their settlements.
The Pas hosts three contestants Miss Karen Johnson Miss Claire Ross and Miss Sharon Alpaire representing The Pas groups. Flin Flon adds Susan Webber and Judy Reagan while Thompson presents Eileen Fitener. Cranberry Portage and Snow Lake names were confirmed.
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