Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Whip total Whit aug Ogia i installation Winnipeg free press imported wednesday july 18, 1973 Pearl White wines Choice of late Vintage riesling ind cum Mill no mtg 02u third party school executives9 political ties probed a Uto victim benefits set Manitoba insurance act changes to give innocent third party Auto Accident victims a better Opportunity to take Legal action will take effect sept. 1, says finance minister Saul Cherniack who is responsible or the insurance act. He said the act was amended the 1970 and 1972 sessions of the Manitoba legislature to give these benefits but Procla mation was delayed until Al Basilica granted Winnipeg s civic finance committee approved a grand tuesday of to be used toward the renovation of the ruins of the St Boniface Cathe dral Basilica. The historic landmark was destroyed by fire june St. Boniface Parish officials had asked the City for More than a year ago but had been turned Down then. Last week councillor Alan c. New democratic party Centennial reopened the Issue and moved that the be granted. When consideration of the rant continued tuesday it was decided to Cut the Grant to coun. Wade was not present at tuesday s meeting. The restoration of the site will Cost about the Federal government has committed and the province the Parish is faced with raising the balance. Canadian provinces moved on similar legislation. Now this has happened and the new innocent third party benefits will also apply in the other provinces sept. 1. One part of the new Legisla lion allows the innocent victim of an Auto Accident up to two years to sue the Motorist concerned. Under the old one year limit some victims would wait longer than the year in Antic citation of a settlement from the Motorist s insurance com Pany. After the year was up the insurance company was no longer liable. Another Section of the new Law would allow innocent third party victims of Auto accidents to sue the Motorist up to the full amount of his third party liability coverage in cases where the Motorist was drunk. At present insurance Compa Nies say they Aren t liable when a drunk Driver causes an Accident because he is driving under conditions contrary to his insurance contract. Where a victim now sues a drunk Driver successfully the Driver s insurance company May also be sued for damages but Only to the required mini mum coverage. By Nick Hunter free press education reporter administrators of the win nip e g school division were asked tuesday whether they have been involved in caucus meetings with trustees. At a school Board meeting that several times saw bitter exchanges among the members trustee Les Slingsby chairman of the Board said a report on whether administrators have been in v o 1 v e d in caucus meetings since Jan. 1 will be presented to a future closed session of the Board which is made up of five new democratic party members and three independents. A fourth Independent has resigned. It s normally a nine member Board trustee Slingsby called for the report after Reading news paper clippings of a press con Ference Given by trustee Vic Pruden last month in which trustee Pruden said five members of the Board including himself Are politically trustee Pruden said the other four members Are fellow nip members trustees Gloria Mendelson i Rowland Don Reed and Independent trustee Robert Para Shin. What i would like to trustee Slingsby asked the Board is How Many caucus meetings there were whether members of the administration were involved and if so to h e administrators Are being paid by the taxpayers and the people of Winnipeg have a right to know whether the directions in education Are coming from the administrators or from the trustee Slingsby added. Trustee Slingsby an nip member but not in trustee Pruden s group said he wants a Clear definition of administrative responsibility. Trustee Pruden said in an in t e r v i e w that administrators have never been involved in the caucus meetings. He added however that a lot depends on trustee Slingsby s definition of caucus ing because trustees May speak informally with administrators in places like hallways and restaurants. Trustee Rowland said the administrators Are under no obligation to say who they have supper with this is what it is All about supper she said it was disgusting that administrators should have to account for their time this Way. During the debate trustee Para Shin denied that he was politically motivated. There is Only one thing that motivates me on this Board and that is the education of our trustee Pruden s press con Ference was called last month to deny statements by Bob Cochrane an Independent who resigned recently charging that the Board was being wrecked by partisan politics. Or. Cochrane i letter of res ignation was accepted by the Board tuesday and trustees rejected a proposal that a letter be sent to education minister Ben Hanuschak of Manitoba denying particular allegations of partisan politics. Trustee Michael Baragar an Independent said the Wran gling going on at the meeting was proof that or. Cochrane s charges of procedural Wran gling and frequent interruption of other members speeches was True. He was abused As a member of this Board and then we get a letter from him and he is accused of trustee Baragar said. Or. Cochrane was right in his charges of partisan politics in the Board s decision to implement area superintendents trustee Baragar said. Those who were politically motivated met in secret caucus and planned this motion and jammed it Down the Throat of the members the teachers and in fact the trustee Baragar said. Trustee Rowland said the Board could t handle the res ignation with dignity because or. Cochrane refused to go out with dignity. The Board voted 4 to 4 on proposal to Send a letter deny ing or. Cochrane s charges to the education minister. A tie vote defeats a motion on the heading Ley inmate apprehended inner City police tuesday apprehended Peter Olenko a heading Ley jail inmate who walked away monday from the psychiatric Institute at 75 Emily Street Olenko had been brought to he Institute for treatment and Eft after he a s k e d to use the washroom. Tthum 7tfc.2437lft47.lms Luni Natt worries Pbs-a-co.oler0 a Missal economical Niina weather report morning bulletin for Ike Prairie provinces nursing care plan Likely to Cost i.7 million in 73 a band of Cloudy skies persisted Over the Prairies except in Southern sections last night. Showers were reported in a few localities. The Cloud is moving South Ward and decreasing. A High pressure area Over Al Berta is building up Over Saskatchewan and Mani Toba today. This will bring generally sunny skies to most of the Prairies later today. In general after noon temperatures will be 70 to 75. Thursday is expected to be sunny with afternoon temperatures a Little warmer in All re Gions. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures Jane Mcluca perched above a crammed full car trunk watches at three of her fellow workers on the people for paper unload paper at the project s depot at Vimy Road and Hamilton Avenue. Stjames aug Niobia. The High school including left to right Brenda Sim. Kirk Penner and Ken chosen. Are involved in a paper and bottle recycling project this summer supported by the provincial government. Recycling group seeks help people for paper is a Recy cling project with a will to sur Vive. Its continued existence after aug. 31, however is dependent in finding some form of fund ing and a vacant warehouse for storing papers and bottles to be recycled. The project began about three weeks ago under the auspices of an provincial student temporary employ ment program Grant. This Grant will run out aug. 31 and then we lose every thing building Money storage depot and so according to project coordinator Marinus Lutz. The 10 High school students in the group would like to continue their a cycling activities after the Cut off Date but that will be almost impossible with out some funding. We could get by on Almos no said or. Luti but the warehouse is the Rea Cruncher. We can collect the paper and bottles but we acc a place to store them. We must have a depot. Re said he has approached the provincial and municipal governments about use of a building but the response has been nil. They All seem to like the idea of a recycling project they think it would be a Good thing but they Don t want to pay for it from their pockets i just Don t understand Why the government can write off huge Loans for Large corporations or give them land at extremely Low prices yet won t even let us make use of one of their empty old warehouses for a useful temperatures following Are High temperatures recorded yester Day Low temperatures for the 12-hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24 hour period which ended at 6 . Today forecast p o r Winnipeg Bassett Interlake and red River regions mainly Cloudy today with showers in a few localities a Northwest wind at 15 . Clearing tonight mainly sunny thursday. L o w tonight near 50 High thursday near 75. Mix. Min. Pra. Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon Thompson Pas Winnipeg Thunder Bay Kenora Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York Phoenix Rome Paris London Benin Amsterdam Brussels Madrid Moscow Stockholm Tokyo Mexico City a 73 77 .57 66 75 73 76 .03 .01 school Board helps citizens avoid sodding Winnipeg temperature comparisons july 17 last year Normal Max. Min. Mian 53 6 .80 50 65 79 56 67 highest on record 95 in 1936 lowest on record 38 in 1924 three Alfred Avenue Resi dents have teamed up with the Winnipeg school Board to Stop the City re sodding the Boule Vard in front of their Homes. The residents living on the North Side of Alfred Avenue needed the Board s backing on a petition to the City because Tho City wants to resold the Boulevard in front of Isaac Newton school As part of the same local improvement project. A petition to Stop a local improvement must have support from people owning at least 60 per cent of the land involved. About 190 feet of the Boulevard is in front of the school while about 100 feet is in front of the three Homes. Mike baiter 767 Alfred ave nue told the school Board tues Day it was a waste of Money to resold the Boulevard because it was in Good condition in. Front of the Homes and worn Only in parts near the school where the children walk on it. Trustee Gloria Mendelson said the worn areas in front of the school Aren t of much con Ern to anyone. It is much More important to these people that they have to put out the Money for something they Don t want and might not be ble to the Board agreed to sign the edition and asked the adminis ration to see if the area in front of the school alone could re sodded. M r. Lutz continued tha there is a very real need for a recycling program in Winnipeg and most Otic cities in Canada. Winnipeg he said uses 6.00c Trees daily or 300 tons o newsprint to meet its paper needs. The problem becomes apparent when one realizes that there in t an adequate reforestation program in Canada he said. We re cutting Down Trees to provide paper but we re Cut Ting More than we re planting obviously we can t do this in definitely because one of these Days we re just going to run out of through recycling a Large number of these Trees could be saved he said. If our project had unlimited resources we could provide 90 per cent of the City s paper needs through recycling. But i think 30 per cent would be a More realistic at present the project has collected about five tons of Aper and bottles weekly or. Lutz sad. Interest has really picked in recently though and i hink we can look Forward to collecting about 10 tons a week n the near the Glass is Given to a roof no company he said and the paper goes to construction collection period this week your free Prest Carrier will be collecting from in customers this week for delivery of the free press for two weeks ending saturday july 21. Companies which use it in making Wall Board. The project has collection bins located in the Westwood shopping Plaza parking lot be Side St Charles Church at 310 St. Charles Street and in the parking lot of the Canadian tire store at 3550 Portage ave nue. In addition papers and bottles can be delivered to the group s main depot at Vimy Road and Hamilton Avenue. People for paper s Telephone number is available from directory assistance. Common sense urged Mosquito fogging in Winnipeg s a civic problem and should be dealt with on a common sense basis premiered Schreyer advised at a press conference tuesday. He was commenting on the possibility that the City could 10 in violation of the prov nce s clean environment act f it goes ahead and sprays with a Mosquito killing fog so ution. The City has no fogging per Mit and the provincial govern ment s clean environment com Mission has set no limits of atmospheric pollution on such durations. A though admitting that mosquitoes Are a problem at this time of year the Premier said that quite a Case can be made against anti Mosquito fogs which can be harmful. "1 f somehow some Way things have been Hamstrung by an Overly rigid of environmental concerns the City fall cars will have to look at this and common sense in he end will have to be he the Premier said the fogging is a civic problem he had not been briefed on it and in an other two weeks the question will be the provincial govern Man personal care and n u r s i n Home program which beg july 1 will Cost an estimate million to the end of the year and an estimated million in 1974, health minist Rene Toupin of Manitoba i noun cd tuesday. This year the province w pay million out of the million the Federal Goven ment will pay million an the patients themselves Payin a a Day accommodation fee will be contributing million. In 1974, the province Wal contribute million to the total million Cost the fed Cral government will pay million and the patients then selves will contribute an c timoted million through their a Day fee. Some Beds in Persona care and Homes in the province arc involved in the new government program c which 2.w7 Are personal car Beds. 2.215 arc trea mint Beds and arc Host Beds. Under regulations announce tuesday governing the pc Sonal car insurance program a person must have lived i Manitoba for 12 cons Cuth months in the past three years in order to qualify for benefits except for those already i personal car Homes july i the time spent in such a facility docs not count in establish in this residency requirement. Applications for admittance to personal care and nursing Homes must now be Rcv Ewe by one of the seven Region a assessment panels for deter nation of the level of care required for the applicant individual Homes May a cup or reject individual applicants except emergency refer rals. Once admitted the Patien May take a leave of absence o up to 48 hours for social Rea son and longer leaves Are Cov ered under the govern men program up to 21 Days. Beyond. That time the absent patient is responsible for the full daily charges of the Home until i return. The Home resident May be absent for Hospital treatment up to 21 Days and still be Cov ered by the government pro Gram. Beyond that time the Jiani Toba health services commis Sion must give approval for additional coverage under the personal care insurance pro Gram. If coverage expires however the person will be Given priority for readmission to a per Sonal care Home bed and particularly in the Home from which he was discharged. Offered to personal care Home residents under the gov eminent program is accommodation at Standard Ward level meals including special and therapeutic diets necessary nursing services routine medi Cal and surgical supplies pre scribed drugs by logical and related preparations approved by the Manitoba health ser vices commission physiotherapy and occupational therapy in institutions approved by the commission for such ser vices routine laundry and Linen services and other goods and services approved by the commission. Residents in All care facilities Are supplied the necessary drugs As an insured service. The patient or the Home May continue using any Community Hospital or in House pharmacy i which sends the Bills each i month to the personal care Home for verification and the Home forwards the Bills to the commission for payment. The Home with commission approval May charge a Resi Dent a Day for accommodation above the Standard covered under the government pro Gram. Each personal care Home must provide not less than 80 per cent of its Beds As Stan d a r d Ward accommodation unless the commission approves otherwise. Each Home May also use up to 10 per cent of its Beds for residents not re Quiring any care such As houses of patients in the Home. Homes owned and operated by a municipality or non profit organization must submit their annual estimates to the com Mission for approval or Revi Sion just As hospitals do and like hospitals have the right of Appeal. Privately owned personal care Homes receive a rate of 113 a patient Day under Tho government program including the paid by each a tint. Extended treatment centres Start at a rate of a a paint Day. Rising in stages to a patient Day when these centres show the increased payments arc justified by the eve of paid nursing care pro id cd. Premiered Schr Cyr told a press conference tuesday that about 300 personal care Beds will be added to the province s re sent total by the end of 1974. Joint planning mooted the Winnipeg school Board sked its administration tues a to bring in recommendations for joint planning be Ween the Board and the City s arks and recreation depart Lent. Trustee Vic in Idun who sked for the recommendations said the Board is being bombarded with requests for Point school Board and City rejects and added that the sit action now is being handled in n and hoc manner. It is just a question of see g whether we should get to other beforehand and plan Tho Ulusc trustee Pru in said. Trustee Pruden had Mado e proposal after the Board ranted the City permission to Roc cd with construction of a i table playground building Wol Sulcy school site. The Board also decided to a the City about the situation Garding construction of a creation building at Ralph school. The Board re Nutly approved the building voiding the cily pay for it id the Board be under no finial obligation if it is no pcs by to demolish the school d the building in order to ild a new school. Ralph own school was built in 1919. Trustee Gloria Mendelson id the Board s condition that not to under financial Obi Tion if the school is de Royce is so unprecedented e Community committee won t it to the City. Is Arr liars find Pilot s Kody the 1 As cd search Crews tuesday found Pilot k. K. Link of Saskatoon who was killed when his Cessna 182 crashed in the Pasqua Hills about 45 Miles Southwest of the Pas in West Central Mani Toba. He had been missing Sinco Friday from a two hour flight from the Pas to Saskatoon ;