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The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 3

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The Ottawa Journal i -v aaaa- if a-T i Js 1 One of these beautl- ful girls will be crowned RA Queen tonight at the RA Centre, River-, side Drive. See If you can pick the winner. From the left, front row, they are: Cathy Nolan, 22, Manpower Community Groups Move Toward Union By CARROLL HOLLAND Uuzens: concern about pot rczooing change in Sandy Hill and a consultants' report on 'repiacaig Pretoria Bridge could lead to -formation of a central community association hum il, Eiratiit ambers af foar Actfaa Sasxfy Mil. Glebe nlfj Asaodatioa, Ottawa j'Can of Worms1 Ppened at Kanata By MIKE GILLESPIE Labor Barest the National Capital area has throw a curve tnlo Carietoa County Board, of Edacatioa speerfttatiom lor Kanau for th next school year. Aa anticipated iour-nwntk da- lay la lbs completion of a mal ar new public school camples Bt the community has forced the county board to abandon 0ie proposed introduction of aa "bitermcdiata school complex for another year and produced what one school board official termed Thursday aight "a real aa of worms." areaalnc la Its new naiapt a new schaal at start af new schial "Tba way I ses it," one Irats mother fold a meeting of the South, March Educational Association Kanata Thursday Bifht, "my kids win be shipped round to four different scbooh In four years.

And she was not a tone la her feelings. About 2M other Kanata parents, soma brtt (Hring aa occannnal hoot while others voiced atore open opmions, sat la on a meeting with a panel from the Carietoa Board of ynar, na isnisllm board wH ntliual as erWve a are hanarva tranapartatian sarvsra a aw.nrla anil af yean area) snaanvts la ahxiaalln atbisls hi rannta, Climbing Highest Peak Young Ottawa Mountaineer Fights Double Amputation By JAMES BELLSHAW A former Ottawa scbootxiy one df Canada's youngest snountain guides is now facing what must be the most treacherous summit of his career. Doctors at Calgary's Holy Ones Hospital last week a inputs ted both feet of 22-year-old John Gow in two separate operations. Bwt this ex-Ash bury sta-Vrnt has ae Intentions of giving up the mountains or ski slopes he baa come to knew Already be Is totkmg of rehabilitating himself and win soon be fitted with a pair ft special orthopedic shoes to kelp him fulfill Ms and 'Immigration; Susan Kritsch, 19, National Revenue; Donna Rabey, 21, RCMP; Wendy -fritchard, 18, Transports Fenella Florida, 23.X National Research Council; Colette Leonard, 24, Fish Eart Cnm-aalty aad Dowa Lake Property Owaer'i AaceciaUoa said Tkanday tkey favor a eo- A leaning change passed by city council Tuesday which paves the way for construction of a S3.000.000, lVstorey apartment lower on Laurier Avenue, Parents launched mora than at pre-arranged queries cover ing topics from school boun dary lines to lunch rooms at the panel headed by Carietoa board chatrmaa D. Arthur.

Board officials told parents Enfcne Johnson Public School win ba established aa an inter mediate school to serve the Kan- ala region, but because of a four-month delay la completion of the Roland Micbener Public School, a kindergarten through Grade cai i kulum will ba con ducted for another year at all three public schools. Tba South March asaodatioa supported the county board's mow to delay Intermediate schooling at the Kanata school They suggested the three pub lic achonls should remsia with a regular elementary carrkw- km and when a fourth public school is reouirtd it should be the Intermediate one. Mr. Arthur defended his board's decision to go ahead with (ha propowd SS.Saa.BBI Kanata High School during the almost thus hour debate at Le acock Public School Armed of TOTmg- the srbeel, Mr. Arthur sued she avaaasmmj fa IsVmasV kkta and nut the guld panted tl ba nut at be.

John survived the April 10 light plane crash in a mountain range northwest of Golden, BC which his pilot friend, Bernard Rojrle. waa killed. The two men, both residents of the Banff area, had been searching for new slopes on which to operate a ski school. Covering the deed pilot's face with an old piece of doth. John set off for the town of Golden some 10 miles distant He was found five days later bleeding and frostbitten on an isolated logging mad in the Dogtooth Mountains.

In his desperste bid for survival, John had lived on leaves, quenched his thirst on melting snow and even attempted to construct snow shoes with twigs and boot laces. The Big Contest Is On Tonight: Can You eries and Forestry; Joy Wood, 19, Labor; Kath-erine Patrols, 22, Public Service Commission; Louise Villeneuve, 24, National Parole Rollande-Guay, 20, Canadian Radio Television Commission. one of the issues which has brought the various associations together, said Donald Lockhart, president of the Dew's Lake Property Owners Association. Associations claim such spot zoning fosters land speculation. favors one developer, puts an added strain on, traffic and hastens the exit of embassies.

The proposed rezoning for the site between Laurier House and the Belgian Embassy on Laurier Avenue East stiU must be approved by the regional pUnrtmg board and the OMB. The other issue is a consult ants report recommending Pre toria Bridge be replaced by two spans, connected by a nttwoia of expressways. Although one informal meet ing has already bean held, the central council suggestion is still in an embryonic 'stage. But George Wilkes, Drestdrnt or aciiou danoy ruu, vmpna- sired be hopes formal action win be taken within the nex month or two, St toped eventnaOy al tri mm unity asaorlatlnna hi the towstOuna aa wesl as Ottawa win be kevotved. Whether the council will be an Information clearing housing, a co-ordinating body for aperi- Ik projects or a fort secretarial ofAce still remains to be worked out Mr.

Wilkes noted. Community members involve ment with present urgent prob lems such as the rrznrimg change seera to be delaying immediate action on creating the council. Action la Sandy Hill has a umiitoi tlilu of about 175-200 pei amis. Glebe Conanuruty As sociation, 500; Dow's Lake Property Owners A-ssnciation. 1 10, and the recently-formed Ottawa East Community Association expects to attract about 300 to 500 persons.

Mrs. Alice Majtland, a spokesman for the Neigirjorhriod Improvement Committee, said the idea of a council has been diaruiwd favorably by the NIC but no formal vote of approval has yet been taken. The Centre Town Commu nity Association also reportedly is in favor of the proposal. After two days in the Golden General Hospital. John was transferred to Calgary hospital but the frostbite on his feet was so severe doctors were forced to amputate.

Reports of the light plane missing the rugged BC mountains sparked an extensive five-day air search involving five Canadian Forres planes and 20 civilian aircraft. John's uncle, a member of armed forces, also Joined in the search for the missing aircraft As the search got under way tracks made by the injured mountaineer were spotted and photographed by searching aircraft Picture analysis, however, suggested the tracks were those of an animal and tb search went on. From the left, centre row: Mrs. Claudette Le-Blanc, 20, (Ottawa District) Post Office; Mar-lene Anderson, 21, Dominion Bureau of Statistics; Marie France Brassard, 18, Central Mortgage and Housing Province Tightens Purse Carleton Clamps Lid on Growth By STAN JOSEY Its ambitious expansion plans strangled by recent provincial government belt tightening, Catieton University Thursday set restricted construction pri orities for the next fire years. Ottawa's newest and still to (ontrJe prWrmmary piasts for It new buildings had hoped to bauld by 175 Professor G.

R. Love, Chair man of Carieton'f building; ad visory committee told the university senate Thursday only one or two of these at the most have chance a the Ontario government sticks to an Intern capita! fmancsng fusi a an nounced recently. la tight of this CarV-toa had to choose tare top priorities and wil seek mat approval for 2sstarey, tower for Use arts I farurty 0 ie and law i) and a SXaw, Slum Owner Grants Urged by Hellyer It was fost plain Paul Hellyer. MP expressing his views Thursday at a meeting of the Glebe Community Association. But as the former minister responsible for housing as well as the msa behind the recent task fore on housing his opinions carried much weight.

Mr. Hellyer, speaking as member of a panel discussing urbea problems, told aa audi ence of about 254 persons there re "two glaring omissions' in the present solutions to the housing problem. The fsarxaaT aaaaisaer called tassssewaBatfaslan af sro-rasa which a nil give grants He also called for a 'munici pal land banking program. NTXESSAKT TOOLS According to Mr. Hellyer John's brother, Harry, a probation officer here the capital, told The Journal: "AD small aircraft should be fitted with an automatic distress transmitter which starts signalling immediately the plane is in Harry Gow said his brother had all the determmatioa and courage of mosmt aineee.

My wife wanted to visit him at the Calgary Harry said, but John advised her to wait until he could show her some of the "peaks of the Rockies." Recovering in the Calgary hospital and his spirits" still high. John can say when he gets his new these shoes were made for climbing and mean tt literally. Corporation; Joanne Bowles, 19, Supply and Services; Judi Remus, 20, National Capital Commission; Carol Mc-Callum, 20, Agriculture; Cindy Forza, 21, Indian Affairs and Northern Development; building for the university's new school of architecture. Faces drooped around the conference table as the senate members, many representing departments badly In need of more facilities, shelved much of the expansiod program for the time being at least. The restrictions come with a new government grant formula which wfll result in an average of 130 square fret of university space per university student throughout the province by 1973.

Carleton at present has 142 square feet of. usable teaching space per student but had been aiming far figure of 167 square 'fret by 1573. The 1975 space figures will vary from university to uni versity according to the ypes of students and studies being carried. Carleton heavy arts faculty enrolment means will only be these would be the "two tools' which are necessary to creatr a better society. The proposed grant program.

which he calls the "boldest and most useful. would according Mr. Heflrer mean a gradual eitmiaation of slums. On the question of a land banking program be suggested cities could embark oa land purchases in sections of therr cities such as old industrial areas. These areas could then he set aside for future ase.

Mr. Hellyer criticised the practice of wholesale demolition to make way for urban renewal projects. "Bringing in hulldnrers is certainly not the best solution," be remarked. "Besides being believahty expensive It is the most Inhumane it destroys whole communities. IFM FOUND The Glebe Community Asso ciation found a friend In Mr.

Hellyer. fm fsWIRafT gMwHsHtatef tttaf of the need to pra- character af cem- manltles ba was against "raw- strips" sarh as the Gteba He told a cheering audience although he wouldn't be voting on the matter "you will have my full endorsement "as being against the proposal. A traffic engineering consul tant's report has favored a free way to rut through the heart of the Glebe along Carling and First Avenues. "Community, identification is important, said Mr. Hellyer.

In all planning, replanning. development and redevelopment the proposals must allow people Id come together. Also attacked by Mr. Hellyer was the practice of spot inning. He said developers buy four or five houses, go to city council snd get their property reroned.

Two or three get all the benefits and, if there are facilities needed, the population al large has to pay." Friday, May Pick the Winner? Nancy McKelvie, 21, Industry, Trade and Commerce; Mrs. Carol Joly, 31, Senate; Christine McGIade, 21, Finance (Treasury); Debbie Scharf, 18, National Health and Welfare. From the left, bar allowed about 120.2 square feet per while some universities wni be held down to a minimum of 97 square feet and others allowed a maximum of 157. If the government sticks to this interim formula Carleton will be crowded to I97S when enrolment is expected to reach 9.750 full-time and 6,475 part- time stuorrUx. On the basis of a preliminary The Ottawa Journal V.

Chart rand, 22, Canadian International Development Agency; Mrs. Dawn Wigmore, 22, Atomic Energy; Mrs. Gayle Bissett, 27, Solicitor-General Missing is Rachel Drouin, Miss Penitentiaries. of courses and will reduce the freedom previously extended to departments in setting times and durations of classes." Professor Love said. However, be encouraged the senate not to give np the ship yet "This new situation would seem to cat for a continuing effort to convince the government that these new bounds should not become unreascstumry confining." Longest Painting in World Gets First Brush Strokes It may not be the biggest hole, but It's going to have the is rarest painting hi the world around M.

This will "happen" to the plywood fence which surrounds the 65-foot-deep site of phase two of the Cainpeau Corporation complex on Queen Street. The a lag Is a 24-howr fund of the Eaatara Oataraa Children's Iloapttal bowaa w0 raaaa tltVawe. The artathon begins at a June 20 and will fovofve about 330 Ontario artists. "We have about 100 sow and will take any artist who Is interested." said A. F.

Archer, an Ottawa advertiser who help ed come up with the ids. "And well take them from as far away as Vancouver." he added. Grandma Wins $75 Prize Mrs. F. K.

Tfoddridge of Papineauville, Quebec, will be able to visit her grandchildren Hi Toronto this summer with the 75 she won In last week's Scram-Lets contest. The first pnre inner has been entering The Journal contest since It be gan. Winners of the S3 consolation prizes In last week contest Mrs. Grace Smbo, Mountain; Miriam OToole, 1S3 Nepean Street; Mrs. W.

Dolan, Ftti roy Harbor; P. Miller. 1st Roy. 2S7 Iris Street. Correct ansneis to last week's contest svei et Monday.

May 11: belief. bonify, vi'WHtta, knotty ON THE BLINK Tuesday, May 11: bisect quark, focal, actual TO LICK. Wednesday. May 14: lackey. baked, coach.

Jockey BLACKJACK. Thursday, May IS: amount. unity, tulip, armory ALI MONY. Friday, May It: comer, al bum, viper, eldest AIRPORTS. Saturday, May 17: tnwseunv groom, wheel, weekly HOKUM.

23, 1969 row: Yola-Marie Small, 29, Post Office (Money Order Division); Madeline Ooulet, 24, Customs and Excise; Gail Wiens, 20, Public Archives and National Library; Norma MacCuaig, 21, Consumer and Corporate Affairs; Mrs. Nicole study by the building committee thjs win mean: rjat use of cUasiooums and iwonxs will have to neauty datable. Sea atiliutioa wW have to Sxrnasa by to 71 per laboratory stations to sanest double. "These requirements cannot help but affect the timetabling To get the prwff-ct bff to an artistic start, four Ottawa artists put paint to board Thursday afternoon. la keeping with children's theme, painters Henri Masson and Robert Hyndmao splashed aesthetic children oa the fence while cartoonists Dow of The Journal and Run ns Kaufmanis of the Citizen, sketched carica- Mr.

Hy adman said he thought the artathon idea was a "great one" and should work. Masaon agreed and said he would willingly sponsor a young artist- However, Noel Kerr, organizer of the event said he would try to talk both painters into participating themselves. Ml IT- -J a il- l-rer" Part Iclpax nag artists be sponsored at an rale for as long as they caw- timer to paint It wswks the Sanaa way as the "hi ilea for Millions" raaapaign Each artist gets an area, four feet by tax feet and may bring his own paints along. The paintings will remain oa display fo the public for a year after the happening. Mr.

Kerr stressed artists would not be paid and the money collected from sponsors wfll be used to help the children's hospital building fund to push toward its 54,000,000 goal. Anyone wishing to help hi any way is asked to phone 733-4222. -fe I 1 1 I )t i ill i iiiuiiwvni-r TTT 1 i i sfnF-a A dow shows now The Journal's artist, Dow, works on his caricature Thursday as several artists officiany launched the longest painting In the world on the fence around Campeau Corpora ion's giant Place de Ville, Stage Two, excavation at Queen and Lyon Streets. J- jg I 1 1.

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