Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 2, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba No decision on Rand cats see Page 3 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 79 no. 56 Price 10 cents Somas 15 cents thursday december 2, 1971 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Forecast mainly sunny 15 and 35 boiling on Broadway Cabinet changes prompt revolt talk by Alice Krueger the appointment of Larry Desjardins to the Mani Toba Cabinet has touched off rumblings of a possible revolt within the government caucus with one nip Bac Bencher threatening to resign just minutes after the appointment was made Public wednesday. Bud member of the legislature for Winnipeg Centre told newsmen he was reassessing his position in View of the appointment of or. Desjar dins to the Cabinet and gave Strong indications that he May soon resign. Someone in politics has to learn to reassess his position As things said or. Boyce. There have been several changes made and right now i m in a position of he refused to make any further comment on his future except to say that he would meet with Eric Kierans a former member of the Federal Liberal cab inet within the next few Days for discussions. He added that he would also consult with several other political figures whom i some of whom he said were members of the nip and others who Are the appointment of or. Desjardins As minister of tourism recreation and cultural affairs brought immediate objection from several members of the nip caucus the most outspoken of whom was former High ways minister Joe Borowski. Describing the appointment As a Clear Case of cheap shameless political or. Borowski said he would continue to support the government to fight for other More important issues. It is a sad Day for Manitoba when the loyalty please see changes Page 34 proposal to hike Gold Price surprises trading partners Rome special tons the United states wednesday surprised its trading partners by offering As much As a 10 per cent increase in the Price of Gold. As a result finance ministers from the 10 Rich nations took a giant step toward settling their global differ Chi ruled bankrupt by court new trustee expected to Call meeting of All creditors by Bill Pethick the giant pulp and paper Complex of Churchill Forest industries Manitoba Ltd. Which received million in provincial government Aid was put Staj pings unchanged sask. Result split Regina balance of Power in Saskatchewan was unchanged wednesday nigh after two by elections which Cli maxed a month of frantic campaigning candidate. The party now is Back to the 45 seats it picked up in the june 23 Provin Cial general election and the liberals Are Back to 15. Each had lost a seat because of a member s death. The Ridings both in agricultural Southern Saskatchewan were Morse and Souris Estevan. The1 first was held by former Premier Ross Thatcher until his death july 23, the other by nip la Kuss Brown until his death oct. 17. Morse was won by Jack w i e b a a 35-year-old Farmer from Herbert who once was Campaign manager for or. Thatcher. He Defeated the former Premier s son Colin for the Liberal nomination. The Complete count from 50 polls gave or. Wiebe votes compared with for Jim Murdoch 39, the nip candidate and 682 for de Tasser Den of Saskatoon the 52-year old Leader of the Saskatchewan progressive conservative party. Or. Wiebe s total represented 47 per cent of the popular vote. About 77 per cent of the More than eligible voters cast ballots compared with 83.9 per cent in the june election and 83.5 per cent in the 1957 general election. Please see sask. Page 32 fences. The . Suggestion amounted to Treasury Secretary John b. Connally throwing the Long bomb. If he could not score a touchdown in the form of agree ment it appeared wednesday night that he iad at least moved the Ball within sight of the goal posts. The finance ministers were unable to agree among them selves on precisely How much their own currency rates should change. So the meeting of the 10 Rich non communist coun tries ended wednesday night without either a communique or a Deal. They decided to meet again in Washington on dec. 17 and 18 with the outlines of a bargain now beginning to emerge. I see . Offers Page 28 Cut off Rule invoked ending tax debate Levy May go this Winnipeg Motorist was ont of 40 Drivers wearing j smile and a Searber when a pretty girl handed him a Dollar while his car was stopped in traffic at Portage and main wednesday. Members of the Manitoba Branch of the candian Council of Young Drivers were monitoring Drivers across Canada yesterday afternoon hand ing out to every Driver wearing a Seatbelt. Only about 1 in 15 Winnipeg motorists qualified wednesday. See Story on Page 4. Hospital infection control now ont. Fire toll May be 12 Hammond ont up burning rubble continued to Block police and firefighter at tempts today to locate 12 members of a family missing in a fire levered farmhouse near Here. Two Young boys aged 9 and 12, walked to another farm House after the fire broke out about 2 . Est and were taken to an Ottawa Hospital by neighbors. They were treated for Bur Iii. Say the family s is Hebert and that they noved Reyes try to the fans Boose sear Feis visage 25 Sifes East of Ottawa Frosa Gaj Jesa near Ottawa. Cd we Rofes Lafter of Searby Creace Creef Ost jays a so other sad a false Are r e a i a s Fern pc tease is a Terrell sen it Tiette Strams gig a by Barry Mullen Canadian and american health institutions have sufficient knowledge to prevent Cross infections from killing patients in hospitals but won t put the technology to use a United states consultant bacteriologist told an infection control seminar wednesday at the fourth annual Manitoba health conference. The scientist mrs. Bertha Yanis Litsky of Amherst Massachusetts suggested that each province and state set up infection for Maun centres for hospitals to use in an attempt to reduce the about 100.000 deaths a year in the . That result directly from Cross inc few tons in hospitals. In Canada said mrs. Litsky about persons die from infections they pick up in Hospi tals. She explained that Cross Are simply bacteria that thrive on Toic tean areas. Mrs. Litsky who is now doing research on a mouthwash for the prevention of the common cold said Cross infection in health institutions is a serious world wide problem but this is a tiling that should t happen in our about one seventh of the . Population or about would Bare my guilt Sre today expects by David Lee toe president of the Manitoba medical association said wednesday that doctors who Are found Gusty of defrauding medicare should be penalized and identified publicly. Or. L. J. Stephen of Dauphin made the comment during a panel discussion staged at the opening general session of the three Day Manitoba health con Ference at 3be Centennial con Cert Han. Or. Said 90 per of All cases involving Over Csc Argiso the medicare service by doctors is Ere done with oust Isie Sib people enter Hospital each year. Of the people who die in hospitals about 16 per cent die from Post operative infections said mrs. Litsky. The average infection rate in North american hospitals is about 17 per cent said. When we can Send people to the Moon How can we lose peo ple to infections on the operating Cross infection she explained to about 100 persons attending the seminar at the Centennial concert Hall is difficult not impossible to control i she suggested that plans should be worked out in Hospi tals for the systematic locate and destroy approach to bacteria that cause infections. Hospitals should have an evaluation program standards a monitoring program and should try to develop new concepts of destroying bacteria be fore infections get started. I feel you d never control Cross infection if you allow the present programs in ase to exist much she urged Hospital personnel to use a centralized system in Stead of the present Dicentra feed approach to the problem. Every Hospital needs one Rome up the United states surcharge on imports might be eliminated before Christmas if a major realign ment of currencies can be achieved before then says Nance minister e. J. Benson of Canada. Benson made the comments at a news conference wednes Day following conclusion of a two Day meeting of the group of ten leading non communist countries. The meeting ended without any settlement of current inter National monetary and Trade problems caused by the . Decision aug. 15 to impose a 10 per cent surcharge on dutiable imports and suspend the Dol Lar s Gold convertibility. But some Progress towards a Solu Tion appears to have been made. Benson said if agreement on currency realignment can be achieved at a further meeting in Washington dec. 17 and 18, the surcharge might be lifted Ottawa up the government took advantage of a divided opposition wednesday to announce it is de Bate on its tax change Bill be fore the commons since Early september. The tool it used was House Rule 75-c, a debate limiting de vice unused since it became a Rule in 1969. The commons which has been sitting As a committee for 27 Days to examine the Bill Sec Tion by Section now has Only four More Days to do so. The Bill then will move to its final commons final Reading. The Senate then would be asked to approve the Bill in time the Jan 1 govern ment deadline for implementation. Although the Bill is expected to Complete its protracted Pas Sage through parliament before Christmas there was a warning wednesday from senator Jac ques Flynn Senate opposition Leader that the Senate Shoul not have to rubber stamp the legislation. The Liberal led Senate Bank ing committee already a studied the Bill and issued two latest tuesday calling for extensive Amend ments. Please see govt. Page 32 school Aid open pcs by Alice Krueger cutbacks 6a trial by Bill Pethick immediately. But he stressed that it is extremely difficult to reach such a Ultima for decisions by National a forum such As the group of ten. He also told reporters the Ca Nadian Dollar floating freely in terms of . Currency since mid-1870, will not be returned please see Levy Page 32 progressive conservative members of the Manitoba legis lature have failed to reach a position on the question of Aid to private schools after Ca Cusing on the Issue for three Days this week. Instead the 21-member tory caucus has reserved a decision on the Issue until a specific proposal on Aid to separate schools is brought before the next ses Sion of the legislature in the form of a Bill. Premiered Schreyer has stated that the Bill would be put to free vote. Aid to private schools Means different things to different in progressive conservative Leader Sidney Spivak please see no Page 15 reduction in the seating capacities of 17 main Street area hotel lounges was intended to be for a 30-Day trial period to reduce liquor abuses in that area the chair Man of the Manitoba liquor control commission explained wednesday. J. Frank Syms. In an inter View said last thursday s announcement by the commission of cutbacks of 10 to 20 per cent in the hotel seating capacities was t intended to reduce those hotels seating capacities for All he said there is still room for negotiation Between the com Mission and the hotel owners but the intention of the cutback was to try to improve the situation along the North end area i known As the strip. Please see x. Main Page 34 into bankruptcy thursday by or. Justice Israel Nitikman of the Manitoba court of Queen s Bench. In a 34-Page written decision or. Justice Nitikman ordered that Sydney John Down a chartered accountant be appointed trustee for the three firms which had petitioned to put the Complex into bankruptcy. The three firms were Don Iii Ion catering co. Ltd. Pile foundation Ltd. And metropolitan investigation and Security Ltd. The firms successfully argued that Chi had committed acts of bankruptcy by not being Able to meet current financial obligations. John Lamont the lawyer for Dominion catering and pile foundation said the court order of bankruptcy now allows the firms a degree of control Over the he said he was referring to the unsecured creditors against the Pas com plex. Or. Lamount said that the newly appointed trustee in bankruptcy would Convene a meeting of All creditors of Chi and that it would be possible for the creditors to appoint inspectors to assist the trustee in unravelling Legal questions and assessing the assets of Chi. Please see Chi Page 5 turnkey role quizzed nose Iii revamp viewed by Vern Fowlie Lloyd hate president of h u r c h i 11 Forest industries Manitoba Ltd., was subjected to intense questioning wednes Day about Why the Swiss turn key contractor for the pulp and paper Mills and the paper machine manufacturing Plant was not urged to do work which it was said seemed to be the contractor s responsibility and which was in effect being done by others at the forestry site. The questioning before the commission of inquiry into the family of seven girls share Winter coat person who know please see infection Page 28 treks to emergency prob please see we us Page 2s Toge is looking for Beds toss wast and Fra s5s. Tie is is Tret May and Dawn have Only one she does t quite understand delegates to the Manitoba Winter coat Between them. 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