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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free Hess. Tuesday july 17, 1973 computer speeds braille printing by Gary sc1ierba1n free pros staff writer fewer than 100 Manitoba High school and University Stu dents Are Blind. The great majority of Stu dents May never give books a second thought the teachers hand out the textbook for the year and the student returns it when the school term is finished. Presumably the books arc up to Date. New copies Are usually available immediately to replace lost or books. But for the Blind things Aren t that simple. The Supply of books in braille is generally limited. Copies Aren t always up to Date. When a new textbook is introduced into the school sys tem it could be a year before a braille copy will appear. For the Blind there is a continuing series of barriers and frustrations i education. That is Why the University of Manitoba s programming course of the Blind in the com Puter Centre is All important. The Centre is improving ser vices for the Blind especially in the availability of textbooks on Short notice. The improve ment is due to the use of the computer. With the use of an Mit brai emboss books Are typed in the Normal Way then fed into the computer and then the braille is embossed on Continu-1 text. The following printouts course for the Blind the history recounts the various at tempts at producing readable Type for the Blind Endig with the system devised by the Frenchman Louis braille in the lath Century. Braille introduced a six Dot system which has 63 combinations. This allows for the Lel ters of the alphabet the 10 numbers and various combinations in the Grade 2 braille system for contraction of fre Quelly used words. The Grade 1 system does not have contractions. The most widely use process in transcribing braille has been the slate and stylus the Sale is a hinged Meta strip into which cards o Small sheets of braille paper Are inserted and the stylus punches out the raised braille to. There have been braille Type writers invented but always he process in producing books has been a very Long one. With the constant updating of school textbooks it was Neces sary to implement a process whereby books could be Tran scribed in a Shorter period this has been made possible by the addition of the com Tuter. Because the data is on Lape a Programmer has Only to alter the tape at the Point of change and not the Complete charges Congress deceived continued Ous form sheets. To understand the significance of this process the computer programmers at the University have released a Short history of braille transcription. Written by prof. Mike Doyle director of the computer Centre and Donald keeping supervisor of the programming court acquits woman North Battleford husband after he threatened t will include the revision the computer Mcleod has also made in possible to Tran scribe French novels and other materials into French braille. Professor Paul Fortier of the Romance languages depart ment at the University originated the idea. For an average text it takes about 10 hours to print with present equipment. What the j programmers Are investigating is a ism Printer which will do the same Job in an hour. With the attachment the Ionly limitation of output of braille books would be the number and Speed of the typists who feed the information Inlo the computer. New books would probably be available within a week and reprints overnight. Have stated. The Advent computer and its Lech this is the Type of deep lion which results in the loss o face in government by our peo Pic. It is incredible that Thi series of intentional attempt to mislead the Senate a taken place As we sit in the Shadow of h added. Sen. Mondale charged that ii an Effort to persuade senator to support the controversial trans Alaska pipeline taps the stale department Vastl overstated the negative ele ments of the Canadian govern mint towards construction of a pipeline from Alaska Down the Mackenzie Valley to the midwestern . According to the documents presented by the senator can Ada s position on a trans Canadian route was More favourable than previous state department information transmit Ted to Congress had indicated. Similar charges were made last week by sen. Birch Bayh although he presented no proof of his accusations. The state depart ment denied the Bayh charges. State department information on Canada s position was the basis of the argument used by sen. Henry Jackson Democrat sen. Jackson is a supporter of taps and he used the in formation to defeat an Amend ment last Friday which would Lave authorized . Negotiations with Canada on the feasibility of a Mackenzie Valley Pieu be. Sen. Jackson said today that he deplored the action of the state i think some drastic action hould be he said. However the Washington sen Ator notes that he did not think he new information on Cana la s pipeline position would change the result of last week s Rote on a Canadian Al Emaline. The amendment had been sponsored by sen. Mondale and sen. Jackson which woul Clear away the last tech Juica objection to construction taps. The defeat of the Mondale Bayh amendment last Frida indication that the Jackson by would pass when it came to vote later today. By a close vote of 50-49, the Senate today approved Ai amendment by sen. Mito gravel of Alaska w h i c h exempts the proposed Alaska pipeline from further review under the environment Protection act. Outside the Senate chamber sen. Mondale told the free press that sen. Jackson chair Nan of the powerful Interior committee had said privately Hal he is willing to hold com nit Lee hearings on the state department s actions. Sen. Mondale charged thai despite state department state ments to the contrary the . Embassy in Ottawa informed he state department june 1 hat native claims would no Barrier to construction of an Oil pipeline according to Canadian the embassy also told the department hat the government of Cana la was prepared to consider application As soon As pipeline companies Are ready to file. Cabinet not Par Liamin Ary approval was required. In addition the entire process Pould take from 12 to 24 months. Federal provincial Juris fictional considerations Are not expected to delay the pipeline decision. There was increasing Elief in consuming provinces Uch As Ontario that in the ext decade they will need Arctic Oil As Well As Gas in cases. The minority position of in government would not be Kely to impede Progress since position conservatives would support the pipeline. Gertrude manner Han who celebrated her 90th birthday sunday. Mrs. Bannerman. A resident of Beacon Hill Lodge fort Street and St. Mary Avert 11 c attended a party Given by her family. Sen. Bayh. The Senate is currently considering a Bill sponsored by r v Lulu 119 shoot their child was acquitted i Ilia us have it possible of manslaughter monday. For he Blind stud Cal to read Hopes for Rau peace continued Lucille Marie Frenchman updated to Cal along Wilh his the Moo Somm Indian Reserve sigh cd colleagues never by acquitted on the basis of fore has there been a Hope of self defence and the defence of producing enough braille to her child. the needs of Blind Stu the court was told Alex dents. We arc sure Hal using Frenchman. 36, came Home this approach we can give the from a bar on the night of May j Blind student equal Reading 17 and demanded sexual inter ability with his sighted class have studied the proposals course Wilh his and. In the Case of the unions. Their membership. The minister said he die nol think his personal intervene i lion now would help or would i be welcomed. He told oppose Friday the 27th of july is your last Opportunity to win in the Sunshine and Cycle contests. To do is l Send in Vinyl Caps of coca gala a i i lion Leader Robert Stanfield Unal he hoped the parties would be ready to accept Midi Alion help in a Day or prime minister Trudeau. Re plying to opposition questions from or. Stanfield and Duncan be attic Moun said parliament would have a Chance to discuss any strike situation that might arise before the House adjourns for the summer. With this entry form. Entz storm see i i flu. Contest Clos iwo Oate jul j in the remaining Sunshine and Cycle contest 50 people across Canada will win trips for two to the Nassau Beach hotel via air Canada and 600 others will win com 5-spced bicycles. Contest rules in Montreal a spokesman for up rail and Canadian National railways said the companies Are studying the Board reports to determine the Impact of the various recommendations. In a statement the Compa Nies said proposals by chair Man or. Justice Munroe would Cost approximately million Over two years. An immediate increase of about 37 per cent would be required in three Tariff categories which cover about half action of a Gas pipeline application. Unless and until More Oil is discovered in the Canadian North Oil pipeline throughput for an indefinite time would be i alaskan Oil. This memo of june 14 also j revealed some of the negative aspects of a Canadian Oil pipe-1 sen. Mondale said. But its consent was far different than the negative tone of the department s june 22 letter to congressman Melcher. Among other things the state department letter to con Gressman Melcher stated that with the United states of a pipeline agreement with Canada would not appear possible at this time and the department of state and Interi rapid Gay project Sod turned rapid City Man. Special the official Sod turning cer monies for a new ,10-unit Al Erly citizens Home was held Ere monday afternoon. Taking Art in the Sod timing Ceredo y for the building Ere Charles Christie the resident of the rapid City be Lon mayor h. E. Hyndman f rapid City and municipal fairs minister Howard Paw y of Manitoba. The actual of was turned by Earl Hoth am a 77-year-old charter member of the legion. The elderly citizens Home is being financed jointly by the rapid City Branch 49 of the Royal Canadian legion which has raised and the Manitoba government which is putting up the other construction on the Home to be known As the legion Gar Dens is expected to be complct-1 cd in about six months. Brandon Drivers Settle Brandon Man. Special Brandon City Council a old monday its negotiating team has reached a settlement with the City s 28 Transi Drivers. Under a new two year agree ment which runs through unti March 31, 1975, the Transi workers will receive a 49 Cen an hour increase in two stages Ilus an adjustment of 11 cents an hour to their base rate to cover Shorter hours they Are Low working. The transit Drivers in bran Ion Are currently making ends an hour. They will re Cive a 25 cent an hour in tease retroactive to april 1 973, and an additional 24 cent n hour increase april 1, 1974 Otal increase is 16.5 per cent. Council was told by its chief negotiator Brandon lawyer Donald Pratt that the Settle nent had been accepted by the Union. He told Council hat the Only Union that has of settled its current contract Vith the City is the police men a and that matter will be going to a Board of arbitration next week he said. The City s offer to the transit Drivers will mean they will be making an hour in the Sec Ond year of their contract. The Union had been demanding an 18-month pact that would have represented an increase of be angry mob greets portuguese pm London a hundreds of demonstrators spurred by charges that portuguese troops committed atrocities in Mozambique tried to mob Lis Bon s visiting prime minister m a r c e 11 o Caetano monday night. Demonstrators surged around Caetano s car As hear Rived at Greenwich Palace for a banquet Given by prime min ister Heath. More yells and slogans greeted Heath s arrival a few min utes later. Earlier the two prime ministers had held a 75-Minulc talk on Africa and other subjects without touching on the atrocity charges British officials said. Demonstrators in a Parade protesting the visit. Of p o s i i i o n labor maps under former prime minister Harold Wilson have demanded its cancellation. Left Wing groups have launched a Campaign to end Britain s 600-year-old Alliance with Portugal. It is the Alliance anniversary that brought Caetano Here for a ceremonial visit. Caetano and his entourage were Heath s guests at the banquet. Other guests included the Dukes of Wellington Anil Marlborough descendants of British military leaders who fought Logcher with the portuguese Long ago. Members of the labor and Liberal parties boycotted the the meeting took place As a is so viral other United nations committee in Iberl Tosh dignitaries. Terv ened in the situation. A in spokesman in new York said Rev. Adrian Hast Ings the British roman Catho Lic priest who first claimed hat portuguese troops had Een murdering Black villagers y the hundreds would appear Friday before the in special committee on colonialism. Portugal has denied the charges and said father Hast nos has Long been known for Lis gratuitous hostility to for Caetano flew to London Moil a into a hot controversy Over Lis government s policies in Mozambique Angola and Guin a where thousands of por Puguese troops Are battling tween 22 and 23 per cent i local Independence movements averaged Over the two year period. The Drivers now work 2vi hours less every two weeks under the new shifts set up by the City which necessitated the 11 cent an hour base increase which both sides had agreed to. The Heath government called out hundreds of police and Plain clothes detectives to in sure Caetano s safety. A rally sunday brought out jobless up continued Dublin holds Canadian bees Buzz control Tower deadline set for changes premiered Shreyer has set a Date around aug. 15 for the announcement of any More changes in his Cabinet. He told a press conference tuesday that the changes would be made within 14 Days of the completion of judicial recounts in the half dozen Manitoba Ridings where the out come of the june 28 provincial election is still in doubt. Or. Shreyer said he won t have reached a conclusion on the necessity for a fall Legisla Tive session until after the labor Day weekend at the be ginning of september. The Premier was questioned about allegations made recently by councillor Alf Penner of Winnipeg his progressive conservative opponent in Ross Mere constituency june 28. Coun. Penner has most recently alleged that certain new continued or arc convinced there is no Canadian alternative to the proposed alaskan pipeline Al this time " sen. Mondale also stated that the Szalc department received a second document on june 14 which was limited to official this document he said revealed Canadian officials in private conversation expressed disagreement with certain arguments in favor of taps advanced by . Officials. The canadians also cited claims on pipeline capacity and National Security As areas in which it was Felt the . Government was not accurately representing Canada s position the senator said. Sen. Mondale also charged that the state department apparently refused a Canadian request to Correct information to the . Embassy in Ottawa july 6. The Canadian statement indicated that the government would require 51 per cent Ca Nadian ownership of a Macken Zie Valley Oil pipeline. Ii Owci were taken by the Manchester ship. Or. Dubois refused to reveal the id Lily of his clients but j said that although they weren t regular customers. He did ban Ner cent from May s 5.3 another of their shipments cent. Last fall to Dublin marked As the labor Force total in june machinery. Abbotsford. . Up air traffic con trollers moved Back into their quarters at the Abbotsford Airport monday democrats had promised him after a swarm of bees spent the weekend inside the Premier. The councillor also alleges the new Democrat approached another Man named Penner after the councillor was Nomin ated for the conservatives and forcing the controllers to flee the budding and con duct operations from a to bile unit. The bees estimated at somewhere b c t w c e n 700 nip backing for the Winnipeg mayoralty should he not run was up from in May. The failure of Many students to find summer work is apparent from estimates which show there were jobless be tween Ages 14 and 24 in june compared with in thai age group in May. The matter was also brought up in the commons monday equipment when Trade minister Alastair Gillespic promised to make inquiries after questioning from t. C. Douglas. New dem j b c i i c v c d the bees May and 1.000. Entered the con i asked that Man to run in the trailers quarters through a i constituency As either a social v c n i on saturday and i Redit or an Independent can much of the equipment in Didato. Side was covered in Honey. I can assure you Hal i an exterminator was j know nothing Aboul said called in and the problem. The Premier was taken care of with no i i would be not Only sur damage to any of the j prised but disappointed if new d c m o c r a i s in Winnipeg or North Kildonan would bark i or. Penner for airy office. I that would disappoint me very i on observer said he thought he saw a Queen Bee in the swarm and it is socratic member for Nanaimo cow Chan the islands. In june 1972. There were the minister told or. Doc a Between 14 and 24 out Las that All imports and sex the railways freight volume government later Cor the companies said. Or. Justice Munroe Calls for a minimum two year wage and Benefit package of 20.7 per cent. Company nominee s. E. Dinsdale suggested a seven 1 to enter print your name and address d. trip prize consists of a ret n the entry form or on a Plain 3 x 5" Tor via air Canada from any City in following Tiree Vinyl liners from bottles of Cohe or three pull tabs from cans of Coke. Or the advertisement enjoy i from three paper serving cups or three original hand drawn facsimiles nol mechanically reproduced or any combination of the above to coca cola Ltd. 1331 Inkster Boulevard Winnipeg Manitoba r2x 1 p6 . f a pets and 7 Days die hotel incl Udine break incl . Trip winners provide their transportation to and from Luicir Homes and to and from the commercial in port serviced by air . Trips must 14. 1974 on a available basis. Trip winners agree to accept All responsibility for travel clearances Poss pork vac nations Etc. Only one trip prize per in try. A prizes in the five contests will be awarded and must be accepted a substitution in. Selections will be made from entries contest on a regional 1 Litiere Are the following closing dates no. 1-june 1 no. 2-june rect 15 no. 3-june 29 no. 4-july 13 basis. Fach selected Enir Antr in no. 5-july 27, 1973. You May enter As Orol Towin Olen and As Many of the five contests As answer an arithmetical skill you wish mailing each entry separately. Testing question the envelope containing each will be taken for lost misdirected entry must show the contest no. Or delayed mail. All entries be corns s you Are entering on the lower property of coca cola Ltd. Which win not i Eft Corner. Entries to by eligible enter into any communication must be received by of selected entrants coca cola Ltd the closing Date of the contest winners in any advert or s decisions of judges Are final. No. You have late red. I. A total of ?50 trip prizes and 3 000 h prizes of a . Grand sports a Speed bicycle a assembled Are to be awarded imn m contestants names will or selected at Ginli Ai Andom in such manner As to Ifird tit. I achoo to nil Tyve contest Rio. Trips and 600 bicycles on ,1 re i , n British c01 Umbria Yukon and Territ Oriu Trp Rand 37 bicycles. Alrerta Sas Ratchf. . Manitoba 8 trips i. Catario 18 trip re province of Bulbec 1-1 r. . Atlantic Prev inc it s the real thing. Coke. Test is open to Sll residents of ept the employees and their of coca cola Ltd it reeled this statement to read it would not be its policy to require majority Canadian the mistake was noticed and corrected ill Ottawa july 6 be fore the statement was issued further 6.5 per cent increase Over that in 1974. Union representative John w e i d o n recommended pay raises of 38 cents an Aboul 10.8 per the first year of the contract and the same percentage increase in the second year. I during the question period conservative my Jack Lundri i Gan asked whether the government has any plans to Supply Newfoundland which depends on an inadequate transportation system which could be com p 1 e i c 1 y disrupted with any or. Lundrigan said new to parliamentary press Gal but the message was transmitted to Washington be fore a correction was made. Found land s Island position Means that food building materials and tourists would be Cut off by a strike that would shut Down ferry services operated by Canadian National. Or. Trudeau replied that i Manitoba rate 2nd lowest Manitoba s unemployment rate in june was 3.1 per tent of its labor Force the second lowest of any province in can Ada premiered Shreyer said tuesday. Quoting statistics Canada figures the Premier told a press conference that Mani Toba s labor Force numbered and that jobs of work. For members of the Labo Force 25 years and older the total of unemployed dropped substantially to in june from 253.000 in May. Between the two months the number of women who were jobless climbed to it june from in May while male unemployment dropped to from government efforts to Quie ten a buoyant Economy Proba Bly also had an affect on the upturn in joblessness. Since april the Bank of Canada has increased its interest rate on Loans to commercial Banks Ihrcke times in an Effort to Stem inflation. While Quebec and Ontario unemployment Pic lures worsened largely because of the student were apparent in the Atlantic and Prairie regions. British Columbia s unemployment situation remained nearly Slatic. Estimated actual jobless totals for Ontario showed an increase to in june from in May while Quebec s unemployed climbed last month from in May. In june 1972, there were jobless in Ontario and in Quebec. J the Onset of s u m m c r i brought a happier Outlook for the Atlantic area which generally has Hie High e s t unemployment the june total was higher than the same figure for june 1972. This june there were jobless in the four provinces of the Region Down from in May. Last year the june total stood at in the Prairies the number of unemployed in june dropped to from in May. In june 1972, there wore jobless in the Region. Police get tagged new York a police were filled during june. Lie. Said the june labor Force Iti nol propose to Deal higher than four i any province in a particular years ago and the number of commissioner Donald Cawly Way i will Deal with each jobs filed Las month was will Rit y province and each regional sit higher than m june i Var Ilam Palcsin and about 32.000 higher hair mime Rcd the a if Gleave Lour years ago. Expected to be pro Ichii Bik Sari asked or. Lurner Tor All practical purposes pulsate in within the next Tew who Lucr pension proposals a we have what economists weeks has been foil he for 10 key Issue in the dispute Are would Call a full employment years by the patrolmen s lie i Salis factory to the Railroad the Premier said. Ii Volant association which practically measured to says policemen could expect i or. Munro said he could not have a labor this More harassment and nuisance ports of arms arc regulated. In an interview outside the commons or. Douglas called for a full inquiry to ascertain who was responsible for the shipment and charges should be Laid if no Export permit was issued. I have been from a local Apiary although no one has reported such a loss. No one was stung in the incident. Highest Peak mount Kilimanjaro lit to fret in height is Africa s High est Peak. Romans raised eels Home eels were a favor Ite food of the ancient romans who raised them in Large Ponds. I aluminium siding Quarant cd for 25 years you never paint again Sheridan Phiow 457-2105 554 pc Bino Hwy. The most scientific and modern Way to enjoy cigarette smoking tar Gardis no replacement cartridges to buy. Should t smoking be enjoyable 2.95 Only i m of Coel co l Law. Guarantee what will or v ill shortage was especially appear a Telephone Calls. The plates Are not be satisfactory to the j on in the construction trades already worn in Many other workers at this Premier Shreyer said. Major american cities ;