Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 2, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday March 2, 1972 Mil prods has loan report continued Gordon Grosh Secretary o Mil prods said in an interview wednesday that the company received the loan from the development corporation when ii was formed in june 1971. Or. Grosh who is also pres ident of Fairway milling grahvltd., would not comment on the relationship Between Mil prods and Fairway. He said that sometimes it is a condition of the loan that the recipient does not disclose de ails about the company or the nature of the loan. He said Mil prods also has a Oan from the Industrial development Bank and a Federal department of regional economic expansion Grant. He said Mil prods bought the fee Mill at 314 Archibald Street when the company was formed. The old name of the fee Mill is Sou Bay milling and Grain co Ltd. Or. Grosh said Mil prods is primarily an Export company for specialized Grain products. He said the damage to the fee Mill is not As bad As he Hac originally thought but could give no estimate of the Cost. He added that it was fully insured for fire damage. Men were Busy wednesday afternoon trying to get the Power going in the Mill. Or. Grosh said he has Al ready made arrangements with other companies to fill some of us Export orders so that he will not lose the contracts. He Hopes o be Back in operation As soon As repairs can be made he Aid. Or. Grosh made his comments rior to outbreak of a second ire at the fee Mill wednesday ight second elevator Blaze smouldering in the Grain in the four fire fighting units were on the scene at 9 . And from the looks of the stubborn Blaze they will continue to pump water on Mil prods Eleva Tor for some time thursday. The milling Complex looks More like an ice Palace than an Industrial building and fronting Archibald Street is encrusted with ice up to eight inches thick in places. Rivers of water have Frozen n some places a foot thick in the gutters. About 12 firemen Are Man Ning the hoses spraying water into the elevator. The fire has disrupted Busi Ness for a few blocks along Archibald Street and Messier ave me has been closed off. Tuesday s fire damaged More than half of the milling building and its contents. The explosion which accompanied the Blaze Lew Concrete blocks Loose in the boiler Plant adjoining the feed Mill. Dust gathered from wheat screenings contributed to the spread of the fire in the milling Section and Sparks touched off fire in the upper portions of the elevator Structure which is now stubbornly burning. Although most of the ice and continued school for deaf holding open House the Manitoba school for the deaf 500 Shaftesbury Boule Vard will hold an open House from 2 . To 5 . March 9. A press release from the school said visitors will have an Opportunity to see regular classes in session and displays of student projects with the final attraction a basketball game Between the school team and the Ste. Anne Colts at . In the gymnasium. Debris were cleared up from tuesday s fire a fresh coating of ice quickly built up wednes Day night. These contributed to the three injuries. Deputy chief Henderson is re ported to have fallen heavily. He May have injured his hip and lower Back. He was taken to Hospital but no further word on his condition has been re leased. Another fireman is also re ported to have fallen heavily on the ice and the third suffered Frost bite when ice formed on his firefighters suit. The fire has been under control since it was first noted and is confined to the remaining portion of the elevator. For super new used office equipment shop the yellow warehouse 764 main St. 589-2745 open . 9 . 4 . Sol. Two fir the yellow building scratch Sale of Exel 14 it. Fiberglas boats 20 he. Mercury Complete w Power town Manitoba s largest display 3341 por Jace Avi put. 88858630 Yurri Nishimura 19, of Osaka Japan will give an Organ concert at 2 . Sunday in St. Mary s conceit Hall 550 Wellington Crescent miss Nishimura won first prize in the senior class of the International Lecrone festival in Japan in no vember 1970. Injured woman awarded a Young woman from Erick son Man., has been awarded about in damages by Manitoba Queen s Bench As compensation for injuries she received a a car Accident in 1968 near Minnedosa Man. Belfast youths Belfast a the bodies of two teen age boys were abandoned outside a Belfast Hospital today apparently Vic Tims of a British army Sharp shooter defending a police patrol. The youths were killed in the Wake of a surge of terrorist Vio Lence which in 35 hours claimed the lives of two Volun Teer militiamen and set off one of the biggest bombs Ever to Rock Northern Ireland. The blast wounded 43 persons. Amid the blood letting there were signs of a slowly swelling protestant backlash against roman Catholic oriented guerrillas who seek to Force Ulster under the Rule of the neighbor ing Irish Republic. The turmoil has claimed 255 Security authorities said the bodies of the youths about 14 and 16 were in a stolen red pan Elled truck left outside the Royal Victoria Hospital. A few minutes earlier a patrol of six policemen escorted by a Soldier challenged a red panelled truck in a nearby Street. It drove off and four shots were fired at the police army Headquarters said. The Soldier fired about six shots at the careening truck be fore it disappeared into the night said a spokesman. A powerful explosion ripped through a Street in London Derry Northern Ireland s Sec Ond City wednesday. Army experts said the 150 pounds of be Lignite planted in a stolen taxi cab made up one of the biggest bombs to hit Northern Ireland since trouble began in the fall of 1969. It wrecked 26 shops and dam aged another 20. Flying Glass and debris wounded people 100 Yards away but Only one seriously. Wednesday morning masked men marched pet. Tommy Fletcher 43. Of the Ulster de Fence regiment from his Home near Garrison county Fer Managh and fired 20 machine gun rounds at him. Three bul lets smashed into his head. It was the latest in u series of attacks this week by masked or hooded assassins. A part time Soldier was killed tuesday in the hallway of his borne and a number of have been wounded. Or. Justice j. R. Solomon made the award wednesday to Donna Dolores truth 21, of Erickson who lost the use of her legs As a the injuries. Miss who was voted the outstanding female athlete at the 19g9 Canadian wheel chair was represented by the firm of Pollock con Ner in the action taken against the. Estate of Donald Friston Finnson. Or. Finnson had been the Driver of the car in which miss truth was a passenger. Another youth Donald Einar son was also a passenger. In his judgment or. Justice Solomon said there was ample evidence the two Young men had taken advantage of a Day off from their construction jobs due to rain and had drunk As much liquor As they could prior to the Accident. The judge said no amount of Money could really compensate for the damage done to miss Wrath s life. However he d Given the mat Ter careful consideration and had decided to award her but he Felt miss truth had contributed to her own situation by going with the Young men when she knew they had been drinking. The judge said he thought she had been 20 per cent responsible so the was Cut by 20 per cent to about the Accident had occurred aug. 32, 1968, on Highway 4 Northwest of Minnedosa. The car had skidded 200 feet on dry Asphalt shorn off a 10-Inch thick Hydro pole and landed 690 feet away in the ditch. The Driver or. Finnson died at the scene. Miss truth was paralysed from the Waist Down and or. Einarson sustained minor raises. An observer estimated the Speed of the car to. Be about 85 Miles an hour the judgment said. J. D. Raichura a lawyer re presenting the Manitoba government s unsatisfied judgment fund said there Are still some Legal matters involving the Driver s insurance company to be cleared up. He said the insurance com Pany has indicated it May initiate Legal action in an attempt to free itself of liability in the Case on the ground the insured Driver had been in breach of his policy. Or. Raichura said if this happened the award would be Only the maximum the fund allows. Adf chief hits bigots Vancouver up David i National Leader of the new democratic party said j wednesday progressive Conser j vat Iva skips who attacked the government s Bingo Alisa policy in the commons monday arc j i bigots. J interview. Or. The provisional Wing of the j a _ outlawed Irish Republican said he Doss Arnsy claimed responsibility for of All the government has the militiamen s deaths. 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