Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 5, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Orff puss of today. May 5, 1972 senator Gil Mol Gat of Manitoba and mrs. Mol Gat standing at Chat with some of the elderly people who attended a dinner thursday night sponsored by the fraternal order of eagles. Aerie 23 of the eagles has a regular thursday night dinner program for elderly people. Standing with senator and mrs. Mol Gat Are Emma Brault Secretary treasurer and Tom Blaine chairman of the dinner committee. Seated Are left to mrs. Marie Desautels cordon Berwick and mrs. Blanch Nollett. Versatile transit gets my strike attention by Paul Jackson free press staff correspondent Ottawa Alberta my Don Mazankowski says he suspects the taxation policies of the fed eral government and policies of the Manitoba government Are causing versatile manufacturing Ltd. Of Winnipeg to expand operations in the United states rather than in Canada. Or. Mazankowski Vegreville asked Trade minister Jean Luc Pepin in the House of commons whether the govern ment had investigated the Rea sons for versatile s decision to expand in the . The Alberta my suggested that the . Government s disc Domestic International sales might have been the Straw that broke the Camel s Back in deciding versatile management to expand operations in North Dakota. Or. Pepin said his depart ment officials had met with versatile management officials. They had told him that disc was not a Factor in the decision. The minister said he also understands that versatile management has met with Premier about the move. He made no mention of Feder Al or provincial government policies driving versatile out. Outside the commons or. Mazankowski said he intends to raise More questions in a Day or so. The Alberta my said versa tile which employs hundreds of people in Winnipeg and makes farm equipment is the Type of company this country needs. It started off some years ago As a two Man operation. We just can t afford to kill the incentive of companies such As or. Mazankowski said he in tends having discussions with Roy Robinson who he said is the president of versatile to see what can be done to per Suade the company Ato expand in Canada rather than in the . I understand that the new Plant in the United states will employ about one Hundred per sons. There Are canadians and persons in Winnipeg who could use those jobs. It s my under standing that Federal and pro v i n c i a 1 government policies added to by the disc incentive have caused those jobs to be denied he said. Authorized continued Lor making change with them. Ninety five per cent of the membership turned out for the All Day voting by secret ballot at the City s car depots or. Fick said. About 750 of the members of the Union drive buses with the remainder servicing the transit system. Roy w. Church transit operations manager said Friday in an interview the exact fare request has been built up by the Union since negotiations had ceased. Before negotiations ended the Only major Issue was front Vestibule or. Church said the transit management has agreed that in some instances the Driver May make a he was referring to any future contract provision on Over crowding. When it would take a Long time along the route before Pas sengers thinned out in the ves Tibule the Driver would be Able to say while the loading was taking place that enough Pas sengers were aboard. For Short distances he said when passengers thin out due to others at the rear leaving the bus the situation would be Dif f e r e n t because passengers especially during bad weather needed to be allowed to Board. Or. Church said this was a service to the Public. The proposed two year con tract includes a management offer of a 25-cent hourly in crease retroactive to Jan. 2, 1972, with two additional raises of four and six per cent to be granted during the contract period. This would bring the hourly wage of the Drivers with full seniority to by december 1973, or. Church said. Garbage Rescue promised Toronto up striking garbage workers have promised to move rotting garbage away from St. Raymond s roman Catholic school. Robert Willis an executive of the Canadian Union of Public employees told a Public meet ing held at the school thursday night that members of cupe local 43 will move the garbage a Safe distance from the school but we re Only going to move it cupe made the offer after some parents withdrew their children from the school be cause of the stench from rotting garbage. Rats also have been attracted by the refuse and some residents in the area were reported to be carrying base Ball bats to Deal with the rodents. Violations of truce charged new Delhi a India and Pakistan accused each other today of the most serious ceasefire violations in Kashmir since last december s War five Days after agreeing to a sum Mit meeting to discuss peace. The Indian defence ministry claimed a battalion of pakis Tanis supported by artillery at tacked a position Refeld by India and that a second attack was reported in the afternoon with fighting going on into the night. In Rawalpindi Pakistan said i at least two battalions of Indian troops crossed the ceasefire line that has existed Only since last . 17 and that fighting was going on with casualties on both sides. Both sides have accused the other of frequent violations in Kashmir the contested Moun British cats London about Al per cent of the 5 million dogs in England and 89 per cent of the n million English cats eat com Mercial pet food one company has per cent of this food Market. Cloudburst kills 25 mkx1co City a the death loll from a cloudburst and flood in the soul Hern part of the City Rose to 25 persons thursday a police spokesman said .12 of Hie 25 found dead were Chil Dren. More than 100 persons were injured in the storm that hit wednesday evening. Sewage May Benefit Lake Burlington ont. Up an Experiment using com Mon Garden fertilizer has achieved a yearly growth in crease of 30 per cent in sock Eye Salmon the third Cana Dian oceanographic symposium was told tuesday. And this work does suggest the possibility of developing techniques and using sewage to Benefit lakes which Are Nat ural Low in said Carey Mcallister. Or. Mcallister is head of the environmental research group at the Federal govern ment s Pacific biological Sta Tion in Nanaimo ., which is conducting the Experiment into the centuries old practice of applying fertilizers to water to help boost fish growth. He said in an interview his group s Experiment with com Mercial fertilizers appears to have worked in great Central Lake 70 Miles West of Nanaimo although there May be Side effects such As an in bus crash kills five Marlowe Heights my. A five persons were killed and 37 injured thursday when a greyhound bus Over turned on a rain slicked Road near this suburban Washington . Community authorities said. Police said the commuter bus from Washington to Points in Southern Maryland swerved to avoid striking an Auto pulling on to the four Lane Road. To avoid striking a pickup truck in another Lane the bus swerved again and skidded on the pave ment wet from afternoon show ers. Creased number of parasites. But he said it was i Possi ble to say at this stage whether it could be applied to areas of the great lakes some of which Are already Rich in nutrients. He said it had been proven that fertilizers could be added to lakes to stimulate fish with out damaging the water qual Ity for drinking or recreational purposes. He said the ancient chinese used to dump sewage into fish Ponds and now some califor Nia municipalities Are using treated effluent to fertilize natural Waters. In the Experiment or. Mcallister said five tons of fertilizer is dumped into the 20-mile-Long Lake each week. The fertilizer increases the growth of microscopic floating plants which Are eaten by Small shrimp like creatures which in turn Are the main food of Young Salmon. As the Salmon seek deeper water during the warmer weather dissolved nutrients Are injected into the Lake Bot Tom. This method the research group concluded May be particularly suitable for sewage disposal enhancing production without direct effects on the aesthetic qualities of the surface water used by the Public. Ship Captain charged in Brownings Khania Crete a a fishing boat that capsized thursday sending 21 High school girls to their deaths did not have a permit to carry Pas sengers authorities said today. The Captain has been arrested and Premier George papa Dopoulos has ordered an investigation. A witness said the girls on an Outing were drowned when they became entangled in the overturned boat s fishing nets. Legal Aid correction Montreal up an a peal court judge says a convicted car thief who seems Happy Only when holding a steering wheel was helped by a Proba Tion officer to buy a used car for its therapeutic in a majority judgment turn ing Down a Crown plea for a three year sentence for an unidentified St. Jerome resident or. Justice Jean Turgeon said the Man had a habit of stealing cars just to go for the ride. The Canadian press erroneously reported thursday that or. Justice Turgeon him self had helped the Man Pur Chase the car. The judge said that a Proba Tion officer helped the car maniac buy a car which is of great therapeutic value in help ing him to avoid returning to his old a one Day sentence for car theft was upheld. The Man who has already served the sen tence now is on probation and receiving psychiatric treatment. Taino us stale Over which India and Pakistan have fought three wars since 3047. New bus Plant for Winnipeg new bodies which Are Basi Trie trolleys from saw frauds Sel units in operation Ami is negotiating for Adco usual buses. Flyer buses Are also running in Montreal Ottawa Toronto Cal Cally flyer transit bus bodies modified to suit . Conditions will be built etch Day starting Jin. Flyer industries is 74 per cent owned by the Manitoba development a corporation which has invested a total of Mil lion in the Winnipeg and Morris plants. It was t disclosed How much additional Money the develop ment corporation will Advance toward construction of the new Winnipeg Plant. The am general flyer Proto Type differs from transit buses sold in Winnipeg in that it has a n Energy absorbing water filled front bumper the Gener Al motors engine and transmission additional windows so that standees May see out and air conditioning. The prototype now goes to transp 72, at Dulles Airport Washington a world transportation exposition sponsored by the . Department of transportation. After that the bus will go on tour to Detroit and other cities and then to a. M. General for further testing and evaluation while flyer builds two More prototypes. Or. Ault said two additional products now Are undergoing a feasibility study. The company is building 40 trolley buses for the Street rail Way in Hamilton ont., and is manufacturing a prototype for the san Francisco municipal railway. Company officials expect an order of up to 210 elec women sob at Pinhead continued Interior department stood by As Rescue workers from Canada and neighbouring mines pre pared to enter the mine at a mile deep level. The Rescue workers were equipped with Telephone lines and buzzers to Flash any news to the surface. Relatives and weeping women clustered around the Pinhead of the mine largest and richest Silver mine in the United Stetes. The disaster at the mine which produces 20 per cent of All . Silver is the worst Metal mine tragedy in Pacific Northwest history. The big unanswered question was whether the Gas generated by the still unexplained fire affected men As deep As the miss ing 50 were believed to be. Vic Tims of the tragedy caught the full Impact on higher Levels somewhere Between and feet. Carl Burke spokesman for the mining company said ambulances and Respirator equip ment were being combined to Aid with any evacuation. I Don t wish to imply by this that we know any men Are Burke told reporters. It still could be a total discs the descent by the Rescue team in an elevator Cage was scheduled to begin late thurs Day night but unexpected leaks in a Bulkhead letting in smoke and bad air forced a delay of several hours. Marvin Chase manager of the mine said the Only Indica Tion they had had that men might be alive was a slight fluctuation in the usage of air through the compressor system which could mean men were trying to signal by turning air valves on and off. But it could be caused by other he said. Co. The City of Winnipeg has More than 200 of the flyer die Gary Edmonton a cd Saskatoon Aud the company re peat orders from these Canad an cities. Nancy Austin and her husband David London will present a comedy song package to patrons of the stage door at the Winnipeg inn monday to May 27. Manitoba doctors get Grants Ottawa Grants of a year have been made to doctors and scientists in medical research the medical research Council announced today. The awards go to persons of special academic distinction who wish to equip themselves for Independent work in clinical investigation or interdisciplinary the Council said. The recipients include Marla Loise Schreeder 29, Winnipeg a physician in the University of Manitoba medical and paediatrics department for two years of study in transplantation immunology at the University of Washington. William a. Tweed 32, Killar Ney Man., a physician for two years of study on cerebral blood flow and metabolism at Bisp Ehberg Hospital Copenhagen. J pop guitarist j Dies on stage Swansea Wales Reuter pop guitarist Leslie Harvey col and died on stage Here thursday apparently elec Tro Cutwri by his microphone. Harvey 25-year-old Lead guitarist with the popular Stone. The crows group was about to Start a 90-minute concert in front of More than fans at Swansea University. Discount department stores ;