Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 9, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Chi hearings in Winnipeg t Uff 1m june by vein Forue frees staff writer the commission of inquiry into the Churchill Forest tries Complex wont be holding further bearings in Winnipeg until mid june. However the commission is expected to be Busy in the interim reviewing evidence Al ready Given and taking Steps through the courts possibly to obtain testimony of some wit Nesses i the United states and Europe later in the year. Commission counsel d Arcy Mccaffrey said tuesday the in Quiry expects to resume hear Ings i Winnipeg about june 19. Or. Mccaffrey said it in t known yet who will be the first witness to testify in june but provincial government officials and others Likely will be exam ined before the inquiry starts to travel.-. He said people to appear in clude premiered Schreyer Industry minister Leonard Evans finance minister Saul Cher Nick the receiver of the for Estry Complex the Pas Man., l. J. Hallgrimson and w. D. Stothert of Stothert engineering Ltd. Of Vancouver general manager of the com plex under the receive r. Or. Mccaffrey said that once an amendment to the Queen s Bench act is passed it now is b e f o r e the the commission will be applying to the courts regarding taking Evi Dence outside its present Juris diction. He said that for example if court orders Are obtained in Winnipeg they then go to the external affairs department in Ottawa and . State department and from there to the courts concerned. Or. Mccaffrey said the Sibili ties of co operation Are sex he said any court orders granted the commission by Manitoba court of Queen s Bench would carry great weight with officials in foreign jurisdictions. He said the places where the commission might seek to take evidence include san Francisco to hear Jim Zeigler formerly increase unlikely in minister Rene Toupin of Manitoba said monday the government int Likely to Grant a Manitoba medical association request for a five per cent Over All increase in fees paid under government medical care insurance. We Are not anticipating an increase in the fee schedule it or. Toupin said adding the matter As being considered by the medical profession and the government negotiator c. N. Kushner former mayor of West Kildonan. With arthurd Little inc. Of Cambridge Massachusetts which was consultant to the Manitoba development fund Sand oily Idaho and Spokane. Washington to hear officials re Garding River sawmills com Pany Cambridge .mass., re Garding arthurd Little inc., and new Jersey and new York regarding team pulp inc. Or. Alexander Kasser is president of techno pulp and has b e in found in contempt of the com Mission for not making a scheduled appearance before the in Quiry Jan. Or. Mccaffrey said that if arrangements cannot be made to take the evidence in North America of a number of euro peans then the commission May have to Cross the Atlantic. Such a trip might include the United kingdom regarding the James Bertram and son Canada Ltd. Plant at the Pas West Germany regarding the Wilhelm Ernst family and other officials in connection with the m. P. Industrial Mills Ltd. Project and Switzerland regarding or. Oskar Reiser also found in contempt for failing to appear dec. 6, 1971 of Monoca a and former president of Churchill Forest industries Manitoba Ltd. And regarding a. R. A Hegre of Bertram Verkauf a which w As turnkey contractor for much of the forestry Complex. To w e v e r or Mccaffrey said if the commission does travel it May not entail the whole commission. The Mam thing was to obtain required testimony so just one commissioner and one commission counsel might travel or. Mccaffrey also said questions of contempt regarding a number of sought after wit Nesses Likely will be dealt with in he said Lloyd w. Hale a vice president of techno pulp and president of Chi who had been subpoenaed to appear Jan. 31 but failed to show up George Litton a techno pulp vice president and Stephen Mochary or. Kasser s son in Law who is one of the . Counsel for techno pulp. Or. Kasser and or. Reiser Al ready have been found in con tempt of the commission and the deadline Given them to agree in writing to testify and thereby possibly purge their contempt has passed. Or. Mccaffrey said it could be october before tse commis Sion com Jetts its Bea togs into placed in receivership Jan. 8, 18t1, Are Forest industries Manitoba Ltd., . Industrial Mil 1 Ltd., River sawmills company and James Bertram and son Canada Ltd. The members of the commis Sion Are c. Rhodes Smith chairman retired chief Justice of the Manitoba court of a peal Murray s. Donnelly pro Vost of University College University of Manitoba and Leon Mitchell chairman of the Mani Toba municipal Board. Weaker report morning bulletin Man Tow pril Rin Lemel Ned hut a few Light no Al a Hermit forecast Winnic Binem. Thi inter be and River refi ont mainly a wednesday. Tonight is t. 40 High in Max. Min. Pre 54 .23 47 32 .61 28 62 32 33 Max. Min. 62 Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Region Brandon the Pas Thompson s7 .-37. Winnipeg m 37 Thunder Bay 30 Kenora 57 40 Ottawa m 35 Toronto. S3 30 Montreal 54 38 Halifax 52 38 Chicago 45 34 Miami 81 77 Loi angelas. 72 54 Minneapolis 61 43 Newyork 66 46 Phoenix w Rome 70 41 Paris 72 53. London 64 s2 41 Amsterdam 57 Madrid 71 Moscow Stockholm Tokyo 64 55 77 54 46 32 3 to .0? .40 winning Timpf vaturi Max. Min. Meen highest on record 64 4s in last year 69 32 51 lowest on record Normal 3.7 4 20 in Winnipeg free press hone 786-6081 tuis Oay. May 9, 1911 Matt 028s Monorail plan Juba by Douglas Mackay free. Press Urban mayor Steve Juba says he would have unveiled Bis Mono rail scheme last month As but he did t because the newspapers spoiled the political atmosphere. Editorial opposition to the overhead railway when news of it was leaked in late March created an environment that was not the mayor told reporters monday. He was particularly critical of a March 27 free press editor Ial entitled pipe dream. Mayor Juba bad planned to present the whole scheme to a St. James Assiniboia Community committee meeting in april. He. Did to however be cause of criticism by the free press. He said he had read pipe dream but was unaware of any other editorials. A Tribune columnist was equally sceptical of the mayor s plan March 28. Mayor Juba said the critics had t based their opinions of the merits of the they Don t know the ques he added indicating that the sketchy details issued by councillor by Paul Marion Dep Uty mayor were hardly enough on which to base an opinion. Coun. Marion revealed portions of the Monorail plan to. Reporters March 22 after a radio station obtained the information. Mayor Juba was out of the City at the time. The Monorail would run from Portage Avenue and main Street West for six or seven Miles. It would be roughly at the second Storey level held a 1-6-f t by cantilever shaped pylons rooted in the Centre strip of Portage. A possible North 1 South line along main Street was also mentioned. Two rails one going. Each Way would be supported by the pylons. Stations would be located in existing buildings coun. Marion1 said at the time. In All it would Cost about million. A manufacturing Plant to pro Duce parts for the Monorail could also be located in Winnipeg meaning a major new Industry for the City. But there is now no use in bringing the principals of the european Monorail company to Winnipeg for an unveiling. Not in. This kind of said the mayor. If the newspapers continue to oppose the Monorail he will continue to withhold the More detailed plans said mayor Juba. I want them the editorial writers to Tell me Why we should t proceed with he said. I want to find out from the engineering expertise in the editorial he chided the free press for not publishing the name of the author of pipe dream. They Haven t got the darn guts to put their name to it they know who i mayor Juba said the High Cost of land acquisition is prohibitive to expanding roads in the City or building a subway. It has been estimated that a 5.4-Milj subway system in Winnipeg would Cost about million in 1968 dollars. Winnipeg civic environment committee monday criticized executive policy committee for holding meetings away from the atty at the same time As standing committee meetings. Councillor a. Yanofsky Independent citizens election committee West chairman of the Environ me n t and . Paul Marion St. Boniface were absent from the group s monday meeting at 100 main Street. It is understood they were at tending a secret meeting of sex. Ecu Tive policy committee in the civic staff House at Indian Bay on Shoal Lake the source of the City s water. It is the second known meet ing of the policy committee. The Indian Bay staff House located about 97 Miles East of Winnipeg is accessible Only by the greater Winnipeg water District railway. Unanimously passed the motion after its meeting got under Way 55 minutes late. Couri. Bob Wilson Midland and coun. June West Bury Rouge arrived at the meeting almost simultaneously at about . Four members of these Ven member committee Are needed for a quorum. The motion also told policy committee it should not bar other councillors from attending any of its meetings. It is not Clear whether the group had prohibited councillors who Are not policy committee members from travelling to Indian Bay. It is believed the councillors left Winnipeg sunday. The Pur pose of meet is not Clear but discussion could focus on the City s million 1972 operating estimates. Nine councillors and mayor Steve Juba sit on the policy processes re ports from the three standing committees to City Council. It is also supposed to initiate policy recommendations. Met. The family. Str Rich to take mum food after wat remit to with free press and pays off 9t 9? in finding a lost Champ pm Trie. Advertisement r lost. Boston terrier Champ our child s lovable if you Are familiar with lost pet announcements you la know it in t often they pay off. But this one in saturday s edition of the free press did. And or. And mrs. Les Jones of 16 Amaranth Crescent St. James Assiniboia and their two children aged 20 and 12, Are Happy. Late sunday evening after eight Days of worry and search ing the Joneses found Champ the newest addition to their family. He. Was kind of huddling in a Little place that was dug out in the Bush when my husband saw explained mrs. Jones happily. When husband spoke to him he jumped a Little but did t run. He was scraped up a Little and very thin but the vet says Church and society the second in a series of ecumenical seminars on the ministry will be held at the univer sity of Winnipeg tuesday to May 18, sponsored by the University s theology faculty. Theological specialists from the United states and Canada will participate. Or. Terry Anderson assistant professor of Christian ethics at Union theological Seminary Richmond Virginia will Lead the seminar on changes within society. He will discuss the responsibilities of the Church in directing social change and tactics and strategy to place the Church in its proper role in the Public life. Another seminar dealing with historical periods when religious Faith faced crisis will be conducted by or. Hal Parker professor of hebrew arid old testament at Queen s theological College Kingston ont Rev. Art chaplain supervisor at St. Luke s Hospi Tal Fargo North Dakota will discuss counselling. Or. A. M. Watts Campus chaplain at the University of. Manitoba who is a member of the University s department of religion will talk about devel Oping contemporary theology. He will discuss the issues of the 1970s. Hell be All right with Good Joneses got Champ a purebred Black and White bos ton terrier when he was a tiny a year and a half ago said mrs. Jones. The dog was t out of the family s sight until april 29. Then he disappeared. We could t figure out How illicit stills three Winnipeg men were fined a total of when they appeared in provincial Magis t r a t e s court monday on charges of possessing illicit stills. Jovan Ristic of 298 Victor Street was fined by Magis trate Lawrie pleaded guilty to Possession of parts of a still found in his garage april 27. Ramp searched the premises and besides finding a 15-gallon condenser seized two 26-ounce bottles of Home brew. The other two men were also charged april 27 after ramp searched their Homes. Lovro Marinic of 15 Laurel Bay pleaded guilty to posses Sio Iii of parts of a still and 180 ounces of Home brew. He was also fined the mini Majum under the excise act. Miloje Milosevic of 616 frit Chard Avenue was fined for Possession of a full still. Court was told the still was found in a garage behind Milo Sevic s residence Milosevic told court that he had found the still in a Shack at his former Resi Dence and that he had just brought it Home As part of his possessions. He got out. He was in our Back Yard which is fully she said. Champ went roving about 11 o clock that morning and the Joneses began a week of. Check ing dog pounds and veterinarians and seeking advice on How to locate a missing dog. The Joneses received several answers to their one Man said a dog answering Champ s description had been run Over on Portage Avenue but another caller said the Little Pooch had made it Street even though it had been struck by a car. After we heard that we had no idea he could Slid mrs. Jones. We All loved him so. He used to sleep on my Little girl s bed and he was just like another member of the sunday evening the Jones family received a Call from former Assiniboia mayor Wil Liam j. Turner. Or. Turner said his son noticed a dog answering Champ s description in the Field behind their House and had followed the Little dog on his bicycle. The. Dog disappeared into dense Bush near Saskatchewan Avenue. The Joneses rushed right Over the place where the dog disappeared and mrs. Jones and her daughter went in one Side of the Bush while or. Jones went around to the other Side. We re glad we found Champ but we feel this is important to a lot of people who lose their family pets. Our Good Fortune must give someone else said mrs. Jones. She said running an advertisement in the free press along with the dog s picture was a Good move because most people Don t recognize the different Breeds of dogs. It worked and that s the important 35 new buses for transit recommended civic works committee recommended monday that the City buy.35 new transit buses this year 24 from flyer industries limited and 11 smaller buses from another manufacturer. The recommendation will go to executive policy committee which already has a recommendation from the chief commissioner that 25 buses be Pur chased this year. Works committee advised that the City buy 24 51-Pas Senger buses from flyer Indus tries with the province putting up half the million Cost. The province has agreed to this. The additional 11 45-Pas Senger buses would have to be purchased from another manufacturer because flyer Indus tries does not produce a 45-Pas Senger Model said councillor a Ducharme. Metro bought 10 of the smaller buses from general motors last year. Whether or not the province would contribute half the Cost of the additional 11 buses is not known. It is understood one of the provisos of the present Cost sharing agreement is that the Day tray Fromi flyer Indus tries which is 74 per cent owned by the province through the Manitoba development corporation. A o r k s committee recommended continuing negotiations with the province. In other business the com Mittee referred to the Board of commissioners a recommendation that an Independent com Mission be set up to manage. Winnipeg transit. Coun. Dan Mckenzie who introduced the proposal says Winnipeg transit requires a full time commission that is completely removed from Politi Cal decisions or Fine for marijuana Archie j. Sherbo 21, of 1140 Hector Bay was fined by magistrate Lawrie Mitchell in provincial magistrate s court monday. Sherbo pleaded guilty to a charge of Possession of Mari j u a n a he was Given two months to pay the Fine. Counsel for the Federal department of Justice Hersh Wolch told court that Sherbo was arrested March 22 by ramp. Two Small plastic bags of marijuana were found on him at the time of his arrest in a car near St. John s High school. Underpass widening deprecated million to Widen the main Street under pass at the up rail tracks North of Higgins Avenue would increase the capacity of the Street at that Point by Only five to 10 per cent civic Environ ment committee was told Mon Day. Harry f. Burns of the City s transportation department and former metro director of transportation estimated the Cost of widening the Structure to eight lanes from the present six would be the underpass capacity would be increased by one third by the addition of two lanes but the limiting Factor would be the Higgins main intersection holding Down the actual gain. Or. Burns in a report pre pared for w. D. Hurst the City s interim works and opera Tion s commissioner recommended that the City not proceed with the project the committee took no action on the matter but referred it to environment commissioner David Henderson for a report. Cottage cheese Price rises too or. Terry Anderson or. Hal Parker Rev. Art Johnson or. A. M. Watts the two cent increase Mon Day in the Price of whole milk delivered to the Home also affected sundry products such As cottage cheese and sour Cream spokesmen for " Winnipeg dairies said monday. The Price of one quart of whole while milk jumped to 34 from 32 cents after Canada Safeway Ltd. Raised the Cash and carry Price in its stores to 32 from 30 cents. A spokesman for Lakeland dairies Ltd. Said All dairies had increased the Price of cottage cheese and sour Cream by two cents on Home delivery. He said the increase on these two items also extended to Cash and carry stores and the Price in the stores and Home delivery was the same. The spokesman gave a list which he said most dairies Are following on cottage cheese an eight ounce package Rose from 28 to 30 cents a 12-Otuice Pac Kage from 37 to 39 cents 16 ounce package from 46 48 cents and a 32-Ouncc package from 68 to 70 cents. The Price of soul Cream Rose to 42 from 40 cents Cor one pint. A spokesman for modern dairies which controls Stan Dard Crescent and Medo land dairies confirmed that the Price Range the Lakeland spokesman referred to was a general raise by dairies serving Winnipeg and area. However the Lakeland spokesman said they had raised their Price of chocolate milk delivered to the iome to 38 from 36 cents a quart. The modern spokesman said his companies had not raised this item. Also Lakeland said it had raised the Price of one half per cent Silver Jersey partly skim milk sold in plastic pouches to 28 from 25 cents a quart. He said no other local dairies carry this item. A spokesman for people s co operative Ltd. Said it had Fol Lowed the other dairies in the two cent increase on products. He also indicated there might be an increase in operating costs of the Dairy because of a Union contract to be negotiated around june 3. Last month the Manitoba milk control Board announced it was freeing the Price of Home delivered milk from its former 32 cent a quart top Price and would allow it to seek its own level. However the Cash and carry milk at stores which had been Selling at 30 cents a quart was still pegged to a top Price of 32 cents a quart. The Board s decision had no effect Over the sundry products of the dairies which were never subject to the Price controls of the milk Board. These items Are free to seek their own level at the discretion of the dairies themselves. The control of the milk Board in prices includes both the re Tail outlets and the producers Price of milk and fluid milk in the Winnipeg Brandon and por Tage la Prairie areas ;