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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 10, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Peg free press final edition a vol. 81 no. 164 15 cents wednesday april 10, 1974 Bowlst . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Mainly sunny 20 and 45 these feeding Deer were startled by the photographer. Photos by Dave Bonner feeding time at tiie elevator by Barry Mullin free press staff writer Clearwater Man. The Deer came quietly cautiously out of the Dusky evening Light up the Well worn paths through the scrub Brush to the Crest of the Hill. There were two Deer at first looking Fawn sized against the backdrop of Trees and Snow covered slope on the of Long River Valley. Then there were three four five eight All converging up the network of paths to begin a follow the Leader Parade along the main Trail leading to the Low wire Fence running parallel to the Railroad tracks. The Leader moved two lengths ahead of the following Herd Tail swinging from Side to Side occasionally indicating its uneasiness. It the distance was a bit too far to de Termine if it was Buck or Doe stood quietly at the Fence watching listening with ears twitching nervously at every found that carted from the town at the rim of the Valley. They re sure spooky de Guntrum whispered As four huddled forms watched the animals through an open window partway up the Manitoba fool elevator at Clearwater about 130 Miles Southwest of Winnipeg just off Highway 3. The Deer that were coming out of the Valley monday evening were just a handful of the Manitoba Deer who have found the Winter of 1973-74 one of the severest in the past decade. Only the Deer around Clearwater found the Winter just a Little bit easier thanks to Vern Mcbrien elevator agent for the Manitoba Pool elevator at Clearwater. Or. Mcbrien a big rugged Roan with work rough hands but a soft heart for hungry animals began feeding a handful of Deer the sweepings from the elevator in de Cember. Word of the easy food got around in the Deer Colony and before he knew it or. Mcbrien was feeding As Many As 85 to 100 Deer a night. Sometimes there were so Many they were stretched along the Railroad track from my elevator about 100 Yards away. The hungry animals began to come to the elevator be cause finding ample feed under three feet of Snow was too difficult and it was easy to lick up or. Mcbrien s offering from the packed Snow near the rail tracks. It got to be a real fascinating thing after a or. Mcbryon recalled to he waited for the Deer to come monday evening. I guess i started out with six or seven and then there was More and More. I d come up to the elevator two or three times a night to see How Many there were or to see if anybody was bothering them. They came just like pets around the what prompted him to Start his feeding program i d say it was like anything else if you like Ani Mals you do what you can for them. Besides the Winter started out hard for them. Or. Mcbrien said he s never shot a Deer in his life. Of i be shot ducks and geese but they Fly and that s a different thing. A Deer just sort of stands there most of the time and it s no fun to gun them for or. Mcbrien who has spent 18 years at Clearwater and five More As the elevator agent at Killarney the Deer have helped him break up the Long Winter months. Everybody is interested in them now. The other ele Vator fellow is putting out the sweepings for them and the please see helping Page 6 Case leads to change sex estates officer bungled Manitoba s ombudsman says by Egon Frech free press legislative reporter the Manitoba government has made administrative changes in the Public trustee s office after five complaints four of them deemed justified were made to the provincial ombudsman. The Case was described by the ombudsman As the most deplorable example of Malad ministration of a department of the provincial government investigated by details of the complaints and their dispositions Are included in ombudsman George w. Maltby s annual report tabled in the provincial legislature tuesday. The Public trustee administers the estates of people new elections facing Israel As Premier Jerusalem a Premier Golda Meir of Rae announced her resignation today and said it was judged to be mentally unable please see change Page 6 ont. Eases taxes Toronto up the on Tario government has launched a double attack on inflation and the housing shortage introducing a budget that ease the tax Burden increases pen Sions freezes transit fares ant takes Steps prices. Provincial to control Lam treasurer John White s budget tuesday clamped Tough taxes on land speculation profits and on land purchases by non residents o Canada. Please see ont. Page 6 1 f f Mcbrien purring out Deer feed. Two chose Pigsty health minister Saul Miller of Manitoba revealed tuesday that too of the six men re moved from a Talbot Avenue House because of deplorable living conditions had been Given the Opportunity to leave three weeks earlier. Responding to questions in the Manitoba legislature or. Miller said the two men were receiving provincial welfare assistance and their Case bad been investigated by two health care officers. The health minister said the two men were asked if they wanted to leave the Talbot Avenue premises and they re fused to go. Saying he was shocked at learning of the sordid living conditions or. Miller said he had asked his department for a report on the entire affair. Special funds i dangerous9 precedent living costs Rise by another 1% by Neil Gilbride Ottawa up substantial Price increases for food cloth ing and housing pushed living costs up another one per cent in March to continue an inflationary Pace even steeper than looking for a Washer spin dryer this want and under mis Cellaneous articles for Sale 59 Hoover Washer spin dryer and a Warlum with fish and acc Forte. 4ss-Ssw. Is among the hundreds o Barf tins in today s Classi fied Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. 1973 s 22-year High statistics Canada reported today. The latest increase the Sec Ond monthly one per cent Rise in a Row put living costs up 10.4 per cent during the past year higher than the 9.1-per cent increase during 1973. Grocery prices climbed 1.5 per cent last month to stand 18.6 per cent above a year ear Lier clothing was up 1.8 per cent for the month and per cent for the year housing Rose eight tenths of one per cent and was 7.5 per cent above March 1973. In the first Quarter of 1974, living costs race at an annual rate of 11.2 per cent. Most economic analysts Are predicting Little Chance for any Early easing of inflation. Except for beet and pork Good Friday schedule april 12 the free press will be published and delivered throughout the City on an Early afternoon schedule. The main floor office will be open from . To . To receive classified advertising for Satur Day s paper. Pfent number m3-t311 am for direct Una after Burin is hours in Telephone directory ii million govt. Work please see living Page Quebec documents released in the National Assem Bly tuesday show that a Mon Treal firm controlled by the family of Premier Robert Bourassa has been awarded Al most million in government contracts since the Premier took office in 1970. The documents revealed in the National Assembly by Gerard a. Levesque vice Premier and intergovernmental affairs minister show Paragon business forms Ltd. Filled a total of 262-government con tracts totalling be tween 1970 and 1974. The figures indicate the Fol lowing amounts contracts to Talling seven contracts to Talling six contracts to Talling the documents further showed that so far during 1973-74, a total of 141 govern ment orders amounting to were filled by the com Pany. Andree Bourassa the pre Mier s wife and her brother Claude Simard provincial min the Manitoba the million ii use of special warrants Supply Bill which was spending authority while being held up by opposition de legislature is in session bating tactics. Been described As a without passage of the by parliamentary precedent government was without senator Eugene Forsey a Ca Nadian constitutional spending authority after Marc 31, the end of the 1973-74 fiscal sen. F o r s 1 e y s the Bill has since been were made Public in passed by the legislature. It re wednesday by third Reading and Roya conservative Leader Friday. Spivak of Manitoba. Or. Spivak said sen. Government s 1974-75 estimates Are still being debate described the Manitoba ment s actions As a most the legislature. Bonishing Way of proceeding and a most improper use Supply Bills Are normally passed without any de spending but in this Case the pro for parliamentary govern ment this is a most conservatives had decided to hold up the Supply Bill principle to see draw attention to what they sen. Forsey is reported to mismanagement of i some of the govern the provincial Northern programs. Last week passed special Spivak said sen. Forsey rants for million that although Hole weeks monetary Supply tide it Over until the see special Page 6 Gas mix up to nine Sudbury ont. Up by engineering am Vine deaths at Sudbury experts earlier in the Al Hospital last year inked by a Coroner s an experience i la never tuesday to the jury Foreman Barry of nitrous oxide from said As he left the nested medical Gas after listening to the jury which sat for three million words o lays hearing evidence from 165 witnesses ing to the deaths of 23 the longest inquest Ever at the Hospital last year in Canada. Turned with a 26-Page can t ask for a better 22 hours after entering a said Raymond la n a downtown hotel to of nearby Garson three year old son Rich the jury made 10 r d was among the nine nations two of which deaths were linked to in rated total end oration of a oxide. Tem list submitted by facts judge themselves. Ing Coroner or. Ross it won t bring any of the his charge to the and lengthy see july Page 6 auditor May Wabowden finance minister Saul the finance min Nick of Manitoba said said he would not be a the provincial auditor by opposition members examine if he so requests the legislature into ordering the accounts of private auditor w. Ziprick to Nies involved in the such an investigation. Wabowden a progressive motion before the legislature s Public accounts irm or. Cherniack said be provincial auditor would be Given authority to extend his to private companies if Fry when he asks for motion made by Donald t jul Craik pc Riel and de in a 7-4 vote requested ister of tourism each own minister of finance to in per cent of cd aureliand Ltee. Which in turn owns 73 per cent of Paragon. Another brother Rene Simard and a sister Michele Bevier also own 23.7 per cent of the Stock. Please see Bourassa Page 6 legislature reports prompts Public trustee a Hailei i Page 1 _ Aidita May examine companies Page 1 in Cipal assessment Bill of tuned Page a platen asked the cutback Pafe a a Cle alack Dehwei in Tadal utter neum 17 South Inaa Lake Burnt Tatei Pafe m the 75-year-old Premier told her labor party she would for Mally tender her resignation at a Cabinet meeting thursday. Her dramatic move meant the certain collapse of her frail coalition government and Gen eral elections in a few months. Israel was plunged into a political crisis when airs. Meir made her announcement. The announcement came after her labor alignment was please see Meir Page 6 coast flights resume Vancouver up Jet aircraft were to begin flying in and out of Vancouver International Airport today for the first time since Friday with supervisory personnel Manning the trucks of striking Airport Bremen. The ministry of transport Mot said tuesday the air port will be open from noon until 6 . Today and then from 30 . To 6 . Starting thursday. Only the biggest jets 707s, 747s and the Lockheed still be prohibited from Landing or Tak Goff. The emergency services will permit unlimited operation of much aircraft As the dc-9 and toe Boeing 737, and restricted operation of the heavier 727. See Vancouver Page 6 bomb attempt fails fort Frances ont. Spe Ial a homemade bomb comprised of 12 Sticks of Dyna mite was found behind the Ort Frances police station tuesday morning. Chief Michael Solomon of the Ort Frances Ponce depart Lent said that two burned latches were found near the bomb indicating an attempt and been made to ignite the use. However the fuse was in r o p e r 1 y connected to the bomb and failed to set it off. The bomb was left under a olice car behind the station and was discovered when a to Eeman took the car on patrol. Immediately following the bomb s discovery the area As cordoned off and bomb disposal personnel for the on Ario provincial police detach ent were called to the scene. The Opp team defused the Imp. The fort Frances police and up Are investigating the in Dent. Struck the provincial auditor to examine the financial records of the communities economic development fund with particular reference to three private companies supported fund j. M. K., r by the and m construction and Schmidt car Tage. Allegations have been made by a number of people recently in the legislature and out Side that government funds used by the Wabowden Compa Nies were missed. Or. Ziprick appearing be fore the committee said his of ice has already begun a re View of the communities eco nomic development fund s accounts and he would soon be in a position to know if further investigation is needed into Pri please see auditor Page 6 today you and the Law. 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