Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

The Montreal Star from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 2

Publication:
The Montreal Stari
Location:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Issue Date:
Page:
2
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

THE MONTREAL STAR THURSDAY APRIL 15 IMS The Weather Bid for Unity Vatican Publishes Prayer Changes EASTER MARCH VIGFRmAY APWL UTHlL BAY AT PHILLIPS SQUARI MARCH FOR PEACE SATURDAY APRIL UFJMTAIAK March to thaw your will tor peace COMITE POUR LA PAIX DANS LE MONDE ((Commftteo Far Waite PaoaaJ 'il- 1 creasing cloudiness this morning with rain developing during this afternoon high near 60 Rain and windy tonight into morning followed by slow clearing by afternoon Low tonight 45-50 High today in the low 50s Little change for Saturday Mnaill OlMtrvatnry Walter ltnnoH Timparxlur at II aa Inlay SI Mnxiwim Inymlun yiiUrdxy ST: Inianim maximum mum Sal Imi yaar at minimum SS maa lamp rat ura yaatarday 44 naan lama 4a la laat yaar SS: karomatar aa at aaa laaal at aai Inlay MM at II am-lodgy HM- lawait yaatanlay MM at I am humMliy at am today at II ajn today SS Sun rtaaa tomorrow it xm lata tomorrow ot S4S pm Okoorvod lampcraturoo glxlng night low ond high yoourdgy: dlMCIlMd Prut VATICAN CITY April 15-The Vatican prraa office yesterday published revisions in Good Friday prayers shoving changes to promote Christian unity as well as Roman Catholtc-Jewish relations The changes first came to light last month when booklets containing the newly-revised rayers went on sale in Rome nk stores The Vatican press office oror- Mtx Nile Public 'Weather 11:30 am forecasts: Synapsis: A broad band of showery weather lay over Ihe Guest Lakes today in association with a low pressure area centred southwest of Chicago This system is forecast to move east-BOUlheast as another disturbance east of James Bay continues eastward Thin will spread showers into noulliem Quebec with occasional rain or wet snow over northern regions This system should have passed east of the St Law-race Valley by tomorrow niflit so that the weekend outlook is for sunny weather with near or slightly below normal temperatures Regional forecasts for today and Ottawa Laarea-tlaa sad Eastern Townships retina: Cloudy today and tomorrow with rsinshowers beginning this evening and ending by morning' Cooler tomorrow Winds light becoming north 20 tomorrow Low tonight and -high tomorrow at Montreal Ottawa and Sherbrooke 40 and 48 Sta Agatbe 25 and 40 -Summary for tomorrow: Showers ending In the morning cooler New York City region: In- Ottowa QiMhoe Pnd-ctoa Chart1 Iowa Halifax St Jnha'l Chicago I Max SI SI It 41 II as so ss 41 41 SS 44 4S SX 44 SO SS TS SI 45 ST Loadoa Parti nawaoa' Snag Vanaauvar Mmontoa Y'knlfo Raglaa Wtndaor Toronto Naw Toth Waahtagtaa Atlaatay Miami -L Aagalaa WILSON (Concluded from Page One) pound sterling He said that if the Labor government had planned to devalue the pound it would have done so immediately after winning the election last October He said Britain hopes to eliminate its balance of payments deficit by next year The central thread of Labor policy said the Prime Minister "is our plan to mobilise the talents of our scientists and technicians redeployed from missiles snd warheads on research and development contracts civil research and development to produce the new instruments and tools of economic advance both for Britain and for the war on poverty in underdeveloped areas of the Commonwealth and As a result of this he said Britain will be able a few years to transform her society and to "put forward our full and so far unrealized strength dependent on no one but ready to play our full role in the interdependent community of free Wilson pointed out that Britain ia in a world of ruthless professionals" and he said have 'got to have professionals at the "But above he stressed "we need attitudes to ensure that in every part of industry and on every side we get a fair day's work for a fair day's pay that a new emphasis is given to earning money and not to making it Thief Takes $2000 From Bank Teller A gunman took $2300 from the Provincial Bank of Canada 2101 Jean Talon street east yesterday The man walked into the bank at 12:05 pm and told the cashier to keep quiet and hand over the till's contents Ha then fled on foot with the loot T0HI6HTIn FEAST ON LOBSTER THE LOWEST INTEREST RATE! 08 IF YOU MEFH SSSST NWS SIS IT MO )N BUDGET (Concluded frem Page One) the income from ihe real estate levy is dropping every year 3061 per cent for this year down from 3308 for the current 12-month period Anticipated revenuea from the business tax also show an increase $23302070 from $22-326989 and the water tax $38 949950 compared to $37421185 for the present fiscal year A substantial rise in the amusement tax $2114551 from $900582 is another faetor which has enabled the civic administration to balance its budget without seeking higher taxes Other revenues are on the rise but in accordance with the normal increase in population Thanks to the federal law on subsidies to municipalities in lieu of taxes the city can count during the coming year on a payment of $481760 from the NHB a 60 per efent increase over the current subvention of $270000 The civic administration has earmarked only $3400143 compared to $9106625 1s revenue from the sale of city-owned properties because it has been able to present balanced budget without being compelled to auction as much land and buildings as this year Another item in the table of budgetary estimates indicates that the sum of $7780000 wu appropriated from accumulated surplus An unexpected incoming atnount of money is the $300-000 recently announced by the City of Westmount its voluntary contribution to the payment of subway construction debt service charges Other dompenntions from the sales tax are the sums of $304-305 for the Greater Montreal Council of Arts and $750000 for -La Rdgie de la Place des Arts A grant of $216566 is also expected from the Federal Government to pay part of Montreal's disbursements for civil protection purposes As to expenditures the civic administration makes mention of the increase in debt service charges for $454d323 up to $43468123 from $39921800 for the present year The civic administration takes pride in the fact that although a huge program of publie works hu been undertaken debt service costs have been reduced even including the sum of $8-38132324 for the financing of the subway construction costs Special emphasis is placed on the police department where budgetary expenditures have risen to $24769381 from $22-756376 in order to hire 300 additions! constables during the coming year The city wants to wage more efficient war on crime by raising its staff to about 3500 men the civic administration pointed out FIRST NEGRO FAGE WASHINGTON April 15 (AP) Frank Mitchell 15 high school boy from Spring-field 111 has been appointed as the first Negro page in the US House of Representatives TsMarPSINS IIS STUK mw tnma Mm man sat imi Mtcsutaser Buy build refinance your property With a rapid First Mortgage Loin Montreal and uburba No commission Client or not Sea our Branch Manager THE MONTREAL CITY AND DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK ON4 ivtav IVINtM FROM 1 TO listed the revisions in preparation for Good Friday services The major changes applied to four of the nine prayers said at the services The major changes: one "For the Holy Church" has been changed to delete a phrase asking for "subjecting" of earthly governing powers to the church The Vatican press office said this phrape was outdated and could cause misunderstanding concerning the temporal role -of the Church in the modern world seven previously "For the unity of the has been changed to one the unity of Christians" Previously it began: "Let us also pray for the heretics and Now it says: "Let us pray for all the brothers who believe in Besides deleting the words "heretics" and "schismatics" it deletes both plea to God to them (non-Roman Catholic Christians) from all their errors' and a statement that their souls have been "deceived by the fraud of the Instead it asks help that non-Roman Catholic Christians "following the truth" might find Christian unity eight concerning the Jews has 'been chsnged from a prayer the conversion of the 'to simply "prayer for the Prayer nine previously said "for the conversion of the has been changed to a prayer those who still do not believe in It deletes words describing these persons as "sinners' and "pagans" The old prayer asked that God remove from their hearts" The new one asks that they find "tiie light of EASTER (Cancladed from Page One) that tourist police organised patrols to control the crowds Apart from Jerusalem Beth lehem and Hebron also bustled with activity as tourists visitdd the Church of the Nativity and the Ibrahiml Mosque Meanwhile Pope Paul VI prepared to open Holy Week ceremonies today by washing the feet of blind deaf and dumb and crippled youths in St John Lateran Basilica hia cathedral si Bishop of Rome Dr Earle Lomon Gets Fellowship Sr Earle Lomon who gained BSc at McGill and his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hag been awarded Guggenheim fellowship in the United States- Also many (lot aalactioni from our comploto Makes Son Get Out Drives Car in River WALKERTON Ont April 15 (CP) A 12-year-old boy witched yesterday as his father's car left the road and sank in 20 feet of water Police said they will continue' searching today for the body of Francis Gies of Walker ton who made his son Johnny leave the car before driving it into the Saugeen River 30 miles south of Owen Sound a RESTAURANT Dacario at Joan Tnton RagarvaMana 7U-7771 SUPERB BANQUET FACILITIES HOLIDAY (Concluded from Page One) close again until Tuesday morning Good Friday will be observed as a statutory holiday by the post office There will be no letter earner delivery tomorrow and all postal stations snd subpost offices will be dosed all day The public lobbies of both the General and Place d'Armes offices however will be open from 8 am to noon for the convenience of boxholders Mail will be received and dispatched as usual and special delivery service will operate as usual Letter box collections will be made on Sunday Easter Monday will be observed as a normal business day with all services provided Montreal's publie markets will be open on both Good Friday and Easter Monday as well as Saturday but the public weigh acales will be closed on the two holidays The dty's Botanical Garden tpli be open as usual over the four-day holiday while' indoor swimming pools and recreation centres will bo open Saturday and Easter Sun day but will be closed Good Friday and Easter Monday There will be regular pickup of garbage over the holiday period Montreal's publie librsries will be open Saturday as usual and on Easter Monday from 2 to 8 pm but will be closed both tomorrow and Sunday Westmount'a publie library will be closed on both Good Friday and Easter Monday but will be open Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm The Fraaer-Hickson Library on Kensington avenue will be closed tomorrow and Easter Monday but will be open Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm The Atwater Library closes tonight and reopen until Tuesday The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts its offices and library will be closed both holidays The museum however will be open as usual Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday from 2 to 5 pm FLOODS Lee Df Mott (root Star's oso retail aad martkandiaimg sarvitas Mr Im the flamming and timing at yaar ndvartlalng Call 142-221 1 (local 291) lor tat detail UAKEIPmCIDIfanul UNLIMITED FREE GOLFS 52 DAV rn 3 NIGHTS DU INCLUDES 3 MEALS DAILY WONDERFUL IDEA FOR EASTERPASSOVER 2 Bring the family for a never- 6 to-be-forgotten Lake Placid 2 Holiday at low family rata 6 9 Space limited Reserve now 2 vvurMNWtVUIVUIW fTn THIS FREE! SUPERVISED CHII- MEN'S ACTIVITIES -INDOOR HEATED CLU8 NIGHTLY EHTER SOCIAL PROGRAM SOCIAL PROGRAM i MW M4 1 I mlgsMtv Hsaomcsllscttas Area Cede i UllaMha) late HscM: 513-523-2565 FIR INNEMATE RBBVATNRI IR HNTKAl UU ML VR5B 175-27(1 DT 1115 OPER ALL DAY FRIDAY TILL 9 PM EASTER fn) American Beauty Cut ROSES Cash flr Carry $100 Special 1 DOS Arranged in Bowl if Desired Immediate Service No Waiting The son of Mrs Lomon 3555 CAte des Neiges road Dr Lomon is associate professor of physics at the Massachusetts Inatitue of Technology He will spend next year working in high energy physics in Geneva Switzerland He had previously held research fellowships in the Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and the Rehovoth Institute in Israel i INCOME TAX RETURNS Completed LiCAUZATION OS OOCUMINTS HELEN TRAVEL SERVICE 1467 Mansfield St (Concluded from Page One) when it rammed a series of ice breakers in front of the Sartell dam But as the ice moved downstream beyond the dam it began to pile up into another tower Threat to Wnnipeg Meantime rising waters of the Red river are posing a threat of floods in southern Manitoba and metropolitan Winnipeg Hon George Hutton Minister of Agriculture told the legislature yesterday that the Red river was expected to overflow its banks by five feet at Emerson and Morris in southern Manitoba The peak at Emerson will be reached April 21 and at Morris April 23 he said Mr Hutton said that in Winnipeg the Red river was expected to peak at 24 feet above datum Just 214 feet below the top of protective dikes on April 24 In the disastrous floods of 1950 the Red reached SOJ feet The premier said a "command I lost" Is being set up at the egislature building to operate around the clock Orders have gone out for material to build up the dike 3 DAYS ONLY LIMITED QUANTITY FIN Oof ivory City WMe and Snhurba Opaa Good Friday Sat A Sue Dtlivary Celebrate with all the family! Treat them to' EASTER SUNDAY DINNER I at LE PAVILLON or LE CAVELIER The food is delicious the setting luxurious and the service superb FREE PARKING for Dinara Up to 3 hours SWiJSrz 279-8596 it St Joaoph Smu "FAMOUS MAKE" 10 Cu Ft Refrigerator NO DOWN PAYMENT wymm mm ti? Want to buy or sell a house? Elm Pork located on a loop the Red in suburban St Vi ital and one of the hardest-hit flood areas in 1950 Gets 12 Years In Manslaughter NORTH BAY Ont April 15 Maurice Devost 16 was sentenced to 12 imprisonment yesterday for manslaughter in the stabbing death Nov 29 of Marie Lavergne 69 in nearby Cache Bay Whether or not he serves the full period of imprisonment will depend on the progress he makes Mr Justice King said The morning after he stabbed Mrs Lavergne Devost "thought something bad had happened to him but hoped it wu all a bad Sudbury psychiatrist William Surphlis said before Devost was sentenced turn light cook! UP TO 36 MONTHS TO PAY Essitr foster cooking wbertrtr fot go with world famous PRIMUS eamgiag stores Cook at tba camp site as easily and conveniently as in the kitchen Primus portable stoves Md Into comport carrying cases highly efficient bum with dean smokeless flame No fumes from gasoiint or karaceno With-Primus ifs all odourless Primus is safer too and so easy to use No pumping no prim'mfc no filling no spilling Jut turn light cook I be serving fresh cold maple asp In the Beaver Oubl faster Sunday is Family Sunday at the Queen Elisabeth and Piece Villa Marie Restaurants Reservations: UN1-J811 kJ FOR THE BEST VALUES CHECK If you're In the market for a naw or want to sell the home you now investigate the complete experienced real estate services being of fared by National Trust You save younalf all the time effort and worry when you Isava it to National Trust Look into National today ST JAMES ST WEST ROCKLAND SHOPPING CENTRE 1011 ST CATHERINE STREET WEST turn light bright I Get low-cost dependable lighting at camp or cottegs with PRIMUS Lamp Attachments Ideal tor the verandah boat house or wherever electricity la not supplied Lights in stantly no smoke or soot Easily buried tit Sam at yaar PRIMUS Srahrladayl OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS 1671 ST CATHERINE ntt FAMING AT CIVIC PARKING LOT ON ST MATTHEW ST PN-f-as ra TO -i Ca.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the The Montreal Star
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About The Montreal Star Archive

Pages Available:
1,139,860
Years Available:
1869-1979