Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rain by Barry Mullen and Esther Tennenhouse free press staff writers while More than people from two inner Lake Indian re serves were being evacuated sunday afternoon steady week end rain As much As 1v4 inches in Southern Manitoba forced water resources officials to reassess the province s predicted flood picture. And the picture the officials gave was gloomier than originally forecast. Maximum Levels on the red River Are expected to Rise to higher than the 196g Levels which was the worst year of flooding since the great 1350 f flood. At the red River flood Way and at Morris 45 Miles South of Winnipeg the red is expected to Peak at 767 to 768 feet above sea level this week and those readings Are four or five feet higher than 196u Levels. At Hodgson 110 Miles North of Winnipeg on the Fisher River a massive Airlift opera Tion took place sunday after s More flooding gloom flood Ata glance noon to Rescue More than people left homeless by still rising flood Waters on the pegu is and Fisher River Indi an reserves. Emergency measures. Organization official Nels Staven jord coordinated the seven h o u r -1 o n g exodus from the water ravaged reserves. The operation moved swiftly and efficiently As 13 helicopters eight from cab Portage la four from Alberta and one from Quebec lifted people off the two re serves about 600 from Fisher River Reserve and 400 from the pegu is. It has gone real Well with the weather bucking us like it or. Stavenjord said re Ferring to the High winds and Snow that swept the area at the Northern end of the Interlake Region. Or. Stavenjord said in an interview that it was the largest air evacuation in the prov Ince s history. The Only other major evacuation he recalled was the 1966 evacuation of the Roseau Indian Reserve in Southern Manitoba. The Roseau evacuation was made with buses. Sunday night the Roseau band decided to evacuate about 400 people before the situation on the Reserve located on the red River about 20 Miles North of the United states Border in Southeastern Manitoba became critical. Railway and Highway open Ings on ring dikes around towns on the red Between the Border and Winnipeg were being closed sunday. An Emer please see rain Page 8 Winnipeg free press vol. 81 no. 15 cents monday april 22, 1974 a Sass is sunny 25 and 50 mediator named Ottawa up Eric Tay Lor a Toronto labor Trout mediator the postal dispute began meet airline layoffs begin by the Canadian press Toronto up air Canada announced today it has Laid off about employees Al Toronto International Airport and its flight schedules at the Airport have been reduced by about 50 per cent because of the firefighters strike. The layoffs affect 700 of air Canada s ramp and maintenance workers and passenger agents and 950 of the flight attendants. About flight attendants work for air Canada across the country operating out of Toronto Vancouver and Mon Treal. An airline spokesman said layoffs in other areas of the country will be decided by District manager because each area is affected differently depending on the amount of service we Are air Canada was operating 54 dc-9 aircraft which carry a maximum 96 passengers in and out of the Toronto Airport today. Normally it h a s 125 flights scheduled through Toronto. Please see airline Page s Ings today with government negotiators and Public service unions representing striking postal workers. The talks Are closed and no word on any Progress was available. Or. Taylor was named medi Ator sunday by Jacob Kinkel Man chairman of the Public service staff relations Board. Both Post office and Union officials have agreed to Media Tion and to the appointment of or. Taylor who earlier this year helped resolve a dispute Between Airport electronic technicians and the Treasury Board. The announcement came after hard line moves from both sides and after the coun cil of postal unions came out n support of Wildcat strikes by Side workers represented by the Canadian Union of postal workers continued please see postal Page -5 flooding varied greatly in different parts of Manitoba during the weekend. While several areas were hard hit Rivers and creeks arc expected to Peak within a Day or so. Some Rural towns saw water Levels remain steady and in some cases subside. Here Are the major Points of weekend flooding massive air evacuation took place on the flood stricken pegu is and Fisher River Indian reserves North of Winnipeg. Thirteen helicopters ferried people to Hodgson where most of them were transported by bus to Gimli 55 Miles South. An estimated Soo people Are now billeted in the old Gimli air base Barracks. They could be there As Long As a West. Water resources officials revised red River flood fore casts at Emerson Man. Revisions indicate flood peaks would reach 196c Levels rather than the previous forecast Levels of 1970. The j970 Emerson flood level was 783.2 feet above sea level compared with readings of 789.2 in 1960 and a Peak flow of 790.5 in 1930, the year of the great flood. 9 Winnipeg Levels along the red River will reach at most 20 feet this year thanks to the red River flood Way. The 1950 level was 30.3 and the level was 26.3 feet. Alberta Vegreville and two Hills arc most seriously threatened. In Saskatchewan flood Waters have stabilized Al Moose jaw end Regina but Lumsden 18 Miles North of re Gina is still threatened. Flood threats at Riverton and Arborg in the inter Lake area subsided but a Dike was still being built at Arborg in Case further Spring Runoff raises Levels of the icelandic River again. Biggest operation Ever Winter games Here in 979 the Canada Winter games vill be held in Manitoba during 10-Day period in 1979, de ence minister James a. I Hardson announced saturday o the Manitoba Liberal party convention in the Northstar in. He said the decision to let Manitoba Host the Winter Ames had recently been made y the Federal Cabinet on the recommendation of health minister Marc Lalonde. It is a policy that the inter games should not be held in major he told the convention. There will be an Opportunity for a number of communities throughout Manitoba to i submit proposals if they should i wish to be the site of some part of the Canada Winter the games held every four years will be in Lethbridge . Mining firms ordered closed Silver Bay Minn. A two northeastern Minnesota communities today faced the Prospect of becoming Little More than huge welfare towns with their main employer the looking for a coloured .? this want and under mis Cellaneous articles for Sale 59 26 Inch coloured Westinghouse console Model guaranty Al 783-3sjo after 6. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s Classi fied Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Reserve mining co., shut Down. Silver Bay and Babbitt com Pany towns that Are the respective Homes of Reserve s processing Plant and Taconite mine Are said to have 95 per cent of their working populations affected by a Federal judge s order to shut Down re serve because of pollution effects on Lake Superior. Reserve which produces 15 per cent of the Iron Ore used in United states steel making blast furnaces was ordered shut Down saturday by . District judge Miles lord. He said the dumping of tons please see mining Page 9 air Canada base decision coming m r. Richardson said the games will include sports such As skiing wrestling Basket Ball synchronized swimming gymnastics fencing Curling and Speed skating. Recalling the Success of the pan american games held in Winnipeg in 1907, the defence minister who is the my for Winnipeg South said Mani to bans can be confident that the 1979 games will be a successful and outstanding both for the province and the participating Canadian ath letes. At a press conference later or. Richardson envisioned the games being spread Over Sev eral Manitoba towns governed by the facilities available in each town wishing to participate. Thompson and other North Jern Manitoba towns would Bei Ideal for Winter games. Sites j he said but applications from Southern Manitoba centres Are also Welcome. Final Dee sign on the Loca photo by Dave Bonner Blind William Thompson and his wife Ida were among the people air lifted to safety to Hodgson Man., from the All but inundated pegu is and Fisher River Indian reserves. Here the Thompsons both of the pegu is Reserve receive from staff sgt. C. M. Reynolds of ramp Winnipeg and an unidentified Young Man after their first helicopter trip. The couple was taken to Gimli by bus later where evacuated people Are being billeted in Barracks on the old Gimli air Force base. Lumsden takes sask. Spotlight by Barry Murlun free press staff writer Hodgson Man. Thirteen helicopters sunday ferried to safety More than men women children and in a Cou ple of cases dogs from two nearby Indian reserves in an air Rescue operation described As the most massive in Mani Toba s history. The seven hour Long Airlift of people from the All but inundated pegu is and Fisher Indi an reserves about 125 Miles North of Winnipeg was carried out with super efficiency in bad weather by the province s emergency measures organi 2 a t i o n and the Canadian armed forces. It the Airlift has gone real Well with the weather bucking us like in Nells Staven jord the emergency measures official who coordinated the Slick operation said in an interview at the height of evacuations. I must admit i be never been on an evacuation like this govt. Ready with Aid one before but i am cer please see photo coverage on Page 20 by the Canadian press the Saskatchewan communities of Moose jaw and Regina got the Welcome news sunday that flood Waters have stabilized while Premier Allan Bla Keney toured uie Floo Threa tend Community of Lumsden and his government promised Aid slight rising of one Creek continued near Moose jaw but not be a significant problem. Despite the encouraging news in Moose jaw and Regina about 400 families were told to evacuate Homes along was Cana Creek sunday afternoon As officials warned of the danger of a prolonged period of High water Levels. Dave Macleod provincial flood forecaster said his is officials said it probably would please see Lumsden Page.9 Airliner crashes with x06 aboard by Alice Krueger free press legislative reporter the Manitoba government is standing ready to provide financial assistance to flood ravaged communities in the province premiered Schreyer said sunday. Although it is still too Early to assess the full extent of damage due to flooding the Premier said it was apparent it would be significant this year. He said provincial As Well As some Federal Assis Tance May be needed to help those areas affected. The Premier made the com ments in an interview sunday following an Aerial tour of the stricken Arai among the flooding situations in the prov Ince. An assessment of dam Ages will be made within the next few weeks he said and the provincial government will pay for the first million. The second million dollars in damage would be shared on a 50-50 basis Between the Provin i please see govt. Page 8 i Tain it is the largest in Mani Toba some of the evacuees remained in Hodgson but an estimated 900. Were taken by bus to Gimli about 55 Miles South where they were put up in the old Gimli air base. A baby and a 103-year-old Man were the Only two Token to Hospital out of the peo ple officially listed As Eva Fiat de. Sheila Nixon a health ser see helicopters continued Page 6 communities Schreyer were item by Caninan or. A w a n e s a Souris Gladstone Portage la Prairie Arborg Riverton and Hodgson. When we have a full assess ment the damage will be Sig said or. Schreyer after seeing some of the flooded areas. However he said there was no thought of declaring any disaster areas. The declaring of a disaster area is really academic when Maicas Are in various stages of flooding then emergency measures organization just goes he explained. Rising Waters threaten Homes the flooding Sturgeon Creek which is expected to keep por Tage Avenue Ness Avenue and Saskatchewan Avenue eight foot Dike behind his Home. He appealed for Volun a leers with aluminium boats or amphibian vehicles capable of carrying sandbags. Residents closed for an indefinite also Reed sandbags he said remained the most dramatic half the Street is part of trouble spot in Winnipeg Dur ing the the flooding will necessitate changes in bus routes and de fort Garry which provides sandbags but the other 10 of the 35 houses on the Street Are in the Rural municipality of Tours for workers travelling Ritchot he said. Downtown and Back monday. Or Melaim said on As Well rapidly rising local sunday Waters on the red River draw about 40 people to causing even More serious his Aid houses the Street problems for residents on i Are at up to 000 1 Turnbull drive located on the1 Edge of uni City near the flood the red is not expected to tons of the games will be new work r Euter a Ito Bali with 10 Crew and 96 Pas the Premier also holds the made by the Federal Cabinet j pan american Boeing 707 air he said. On recommendation of the health minister he said. Continued please see Winter Page 9 liner with 106 people aboard crashed in mountainous terrain on the indonesian Island of Bali today a pan american spokes Man Here said. The spokesman said the crash occurred at . Cost. He was unable to say nationalities the passengers Urban affairs portfolio and As Mort sunday morning speak in the area until Abou feet when it is predicted to Rise to four or five feet above such is responsible for Emer Ward a resident on11966 flooding Levels. 1. Gency measures in the prov the Street said sunday that tonci St. James what me released alternative bus and were and there was no word by Ron Campbell free press staff write we Are moving a decision on whether Winnipeg will get Back its air Canada overhaul base which was moved to Montreal in 1969, de Fence minister James a. Richardson said saturday. Air Canada is a National air line and its facilities should t Only to the Mon Treal area he told a press con Ference at the annual meeting of the Manitoba Liberal party overhauling. In the Northstar inn. He said he has discussed the matter with Federal transport minister Jean Marchand and or. Marchand has discussed it with air Canada we Are moving towards a the air Canada Craft which would be overhauled would be the Boeing 727s. They have just been ordered and won t need servicing for another three years said the defence min ister. But he said his defence department s Boeing 707s have already been operating for three years and do require he approved of the idea that please see Ailt Page 9 today Mongrel dogs Miracle reported 14 15 classified 29 to 43, 54, 55 comics 12, 13 deaths finance 24 to 27 Jumble 32 movies.23 snorts.45 to 52 television 21 women. Nearly everyone reads the free press City com Toul i. 11mii it was flying from Hong Kong on their Fate. Assistance to take care Street is flooded and Waler released alternative bus and please Sec Waters Page 6 Nacci 10 no Uleu Emu Wuicik or. Schreyer said there a a Sund night were just stand my program of financial 18 inches below the top of an to of stubborn. Wife defies the flood by Barry Mullin free press staff writer Hodgson Man. What do you do with a woman like James Albert Murdoch asked sunday after leaving be Hind his stubborn wife on the flood stricken Fisher River in Dian Reserve in Manitoba s Interlake area. Or. Murdoch who admitted to being Over 90 t suppose 93 or close to 94 said i coaxed her and coaxed her. She did t want to come. She told me to go. You she said you go so 1 or. Murdoch was one of the first of people evacuated sunday afternoon from the Fisher River and pegu is Indi an reserves about 123 Miles North of Winnipeg. Thirteen Canadian armed forces Heli copters were involved in the operation described As the largest air evacuation in Mani Toba history. After being airlifted from the All but inundated reserves the majority of evacuees were taken by bus to Gimli where they Are being housed in bar Racks at the former Gimli air base 55 Miles North of Winnipeg. Or. Murdoch who was t the oldest resident evacuated said his Bouse was t flooded when he left but it was getting pretty however the elderly resident did t appear too concerned about his wife s safety because about 400 other residents remained behind As Well. Lounging on an old cot hastily put into use with a new plastic covered mattress or. Please Sec stubborn Page 5 ;