Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 19, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba School Board won t reopen teaching pact by Debbie Lyon free press education Repole the Winnipeg school boar decided tuesday not to rope negotiations on a current two year contract with its teachers teachers Are going to t very Jack w. Carrol p r e s i d e n t of the Winnipeg teachers association s a i when contacted after the boar made its decision. I think it s going to creat some very serious problems in terms of negotiations in the fun he declined to speculate o what action if any the teach ers might take. That will de borrowing bylaw prepared civic finance committee approved tuesday preparation of a borrowing bylaw to permit the Sale of million in City debentures in Canada. Of the debentures million Worth would be on one to six year terms at 8% per cent s5 million on seven-to-10-year terms at 8% per cent and million on a 20-year-term at 9% per cent for application to the City s sinking fund. Wood Gundy Ltd. And Richardson securities of Canada would Market the debentures. The borrowing bylaw to be prepared by City solicitor will be presented to City Council March 5. Committee also approved an amendment to the City of Winnipeg act to allow the City to invest in Short term Loans to school divisions and districts within Manitoba. Also approved was a recommendation from City treasurer j. C. Gilmour that the City solicitor prepare a Resolution under the City of Winnipeg act allowing the City to allot from its sinking fund surplus account to maintain a fund for a collectable taxes. Finance commissioner g. R. Evans told committee the sur plus has been a 100 per cent Reserve against a collectable taxes and is excellent for the City s credit rating. Pend on the members response he said noting that a strike would be illegal. We do have a he said. Trustee Les Slingsby chair Man of the Board would t comment on Why the Board reached a decision not to re open the negotiations. The association requested Jan. 21 that the Board reopen the collective agreement and negotiate a salary increase above the maximum 10 per cent Cost of living increase for 1975 under the present agree ment. Under the agreement which was signed last february the division s teachers received a pay raise based on a formula combining a Max mum 10 per cent increase in he Winnipeg consumer Price Index and a one per cent real growth component. However the Price Index in creased about 14 per cent in 1974, putting teachers salaries behind the rate of inflation. The teachers argued that they had been placed in an in enable position and that other employee groups had Success ally had their contracts re opened. The Issue arose at the Board meeting tuesday in response o a letter from or. Carroll expressing concern at the Lack of response to the association s request a month ago. Or. Carroll said the Board s e c i s i o n will Likely affect e a c h e r morale and Board Eacher relations. I am very e said. Winnipeg free press wednesday february 19, 1975 2nd class mall registration number 0284 free color to 10 Days trial choose one of our payment Ham Krahn s to Ltd. 1143 Henderson Highway phone 338-0319 Dairy workers vote to strike members of local 832, retail Tore employees Al Cio have voted to strike a Nion statement said tuesday he 28 workers at Lucerne oods Ltd., a production Dairy f Canada Safeway Ltd., have Aid they will walk out at 10 a. Sunday. Pay hours of work pension differences and other fringe Benefit matters Are causes of be dispute the Union said. Negotiations Haven t been ailed off but unless demands re met the members will Rike the statement said. Verendrye club All Boniface tuesday night had beards not even the men. But there were a lot of beards Bushy beards professorial beards goatees Vandyke imperials neatly trimmed beards inverted afros and competitive beards. The competitive beards belonged to 38 entrants in the festival do Voyageur Beard growing contest. This year s win Ner George Forest right who was the first Voyageur in the 1970 festival began growing his prize winning Beard in 1971. Or. Forest s magnificent facial adornment also came under the appreciative scrutiny of Lise Prefontaine Queen of the 1975 festival. Mercier wants City to study saving Energy by Paul Nimchyn free press Urban reporter councillor Gerry Mercier chairman of Winnipeg civic works and operations commit tee said tuesday he wants to look into the possibility of the City buying compact cars As an Energy saving measure. He would also like an investigation of the heating in civic buildings to see if it would be possible to save Energy by Low ering thermostats. The councillor said he will bring these matters before works and operations commit tee in response to Energy Sav ing guidelines Laid Down recently by Federal Energy min ister Donald Macdonald. Works committee soon Wil be considering the 1975 civic spending estimates including the Purchase of new cars for the City he said. I intend to ask the commit tee to consider buying smaller cars at that Conn. Mercier. Independent citizens election committee fort Garry said in order to lower the inside temperature of civic buildings to save fuel adjustments May have to be made to thermostats so the Peloquin hit instructor court told automatic transmissions the automatic answer Portage 786-2437 of trim 930 Nairn 667-1595 1311 Mcphillips 586-8049 4m be Jubina 453-4124 by Barry Muller free press staff writer a former inmate of Stony Mountain Penitentiary told an Assize court jury tuesday he saw fellow convict George Joseph Peloquin strike a car Pentry instructor on the head with a Long Iron carpentry Clamp. The former inmate Michael Roulette who is on parole told the 12-Man jury he was work ing on a chair in the Penitentiary s carpentry shop when the unprovoked attack took place on instructor Stanley Green. Weather report morning bulletin for the Prairie provinces the Prairie provinces Are will become Cloudy Over night As the Alberta sys tem moves eastward and Northern Manitoba will be Cloudy thursday. Above freezing temperatures will spread across Southern Manitoba with this Dis bathed in warm Pacific air with temperatures ranging from near 40 in Central Al Berta to near 20 in North e r n Manitoba. Southern Manitoba will see Cloud and precipitation today dispersing near midday. Northern Saskatchewan Urbance. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today. High pressure Low pre inure cold from worm front new form for budget requests additional appropriation re quests from the City administration will come to civic finance committee As they occur in 1975, not quarterly As previously. Committee concurred with 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 Max. Min. Pre. Vancouver j3 Calgary 37 Edmonton 35 Regina 26 Brandon is Thompson 29 the Pas 31 Winnipeg 17 Thunder Bay 31 Kenora 24 Ottawa 37 Toronto 37 Montreal 37 Halifax 33 Chicago 34 Miami 83 los Angeles 55 Minneapolis 27 new York w Boston Al Phoenix 61 Honolulu 81 Rome t 55 Paris 52 London j8 Berlin 39 Amsterdam 46 Brussels 41 Madrid 59 Moscow 14 Stockholm 32 Tokyo 50 forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River regions Clearing by mid afternoon Southwest wind at 15 . Mainly sunny thursday West wind at 15 . Low tonight near 10 above High thursday 25 to 30. 32 37 70 3j 39 38 32 36 34 37 7 28 34 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean feb. 18 17 -8 5 last or 27 12 20 Normal 11 -10 1 he ghost on record 39 in 19s4 lowest on record -49 in 1966 precipitation total for nov. 1 to feb. 19 3.10 inches Normal 3.57 inches. This policy explained by finance commissioner g. R. Evans tuesday. Or. Evans said the proposed method would allow committee to be current with such re quests and to provide better budget control. The finance commissioner reported a total of in additional appropriations was required in 1974, which would give a potential budgetary Defi Cit of but tabulation of final reve Nues plus under expenditures which could occur will affect that figure or. Evans said the final figure won t be known for some weeks when the 1974 budget accounts Are closed. Canteen of Nib supported the Winnipeg labor Council Csc has voted to support the retail store employees Al Cio local 832, in its claim that the Manitoba government should keep the Blind Institute canteen operation and cancel arrangements with a firm of caterers to take the Institute workers place in the legislative building. The Vole tuesday a standup one showing 28 to 25 favouring a recommendation by the Council executive to have a letter sent to the Cabinet minister involved in the switch saying the government should retain the Institute s services was taken twice to make certain of the narrow margin. At the first standup vote which followed a hand vote there was a visitor who stood unaware he was in error. Dele Gates called for another vote. Two weeks ago the Council voted to have the matter Stu died by its executive. A retail clerks official said it was a matter of government losing unionists their jobs As the new firm did t intend to hire the former canteen staff. There were reports of poor ser vice which was the reason the change was made delegates were told. The new caterer in t Union organized. This Guy came along an hit him on the Side of the or. Roulette said in quiet manner that elicited Sev eral suggestions from the Cour reporter to speak up so h could record his testimony. Who was Crown coun Sel h. C. Collerman asked. Or. Or. Roulett replied. Where was or. Green or. Collerman asked. On the Side of the the witness replied and he indicated with his forefinger an area above and behind Thi right Eyebrow. Who hit or. Green was or Collerman s next question. After slowly glancing around the courtroom or. Roulette said the one sitting in the Box and pointed to Peloquin. Peloquin 33, is charged with murder punishable by death in connection with the july 22 slaying of or. Green 52. Or. Paul Alexander major chief emergency medical officer at the health sciences Centre testified or. Green died at . Of a severe brain Stem in addition to a compound fracture of the Skull that Likely caused irreparable brain dam age or. Green suffered numerous facial cuts on the fore head Temple and along the right Side of his nose and be tween the nose and the upper lip. Or. Roulette said or. Green was struck with the handle end of a Large Metal carpentry Clamp. Under Cross examination from defence counsel David Margolis or. Roulette said he did t see Peloquin pick up the Clamp. But in reply to questions from the Crown he said he was working on one Side of a Bench and or. Green and Peloquin on the other. He demonstrated to the court How the blow was struck. Or. Roulette took the Clamp at one end held it about Elbow level and then swung it in an arc about shoulder height. What did he do after the at tack i ran or. Roulette said. After several minutes or. Roulette and other inmates re entered the shop he testified. What did you see or. Col Lerman asked. I seen or. Green laying on the or. Roulette stated. What else did you see or. Asked. Or. Roulette re plied. Metal work instructor Wil Liam Harold White told or. Justice j. R. Solomon of Mani Oba court of Queen s Bench and the jury he was relieving in the furniture finishing shop adjoining the carpentry shop he Day of the incident. He said he saw or. Green Happy and in Fine shape about . Or. Green he said was to have begun holi Days the Friday following the july 22 incident. Although he heard a Discor Dant noise or. White said he did t go into the carpentry shop until 2 . When he entered to see or. Green to talk with him. The moment i walked through the Barrier Between the two shops i noticed it was nobody was in the after looking for or. Green in his upstairs office or. White said he saw Peloquin As he crossed a Landing on his Way Back downstairs into the carpentry Section. He Peloquin was standing in about the Centre of the car p e n t r y shop. He was just standing there facing the South part of the he said he and Peloquin looked into each other s eyes briefly and As he came Down Stan s Peloquin walked unhurried from the shop. The witness said he noticed or. Green s body a few min utes later As he moved through the shop. He was covered with blood around the head. He a lying on his Back with his arms up Bent at the elbows he after he summoned help or. White said he went to the exit through which Peloquin had left the building and saw Peloquin sitting up against the building on the ground near the fire escape. He said he called to Peloquin to come Back in the shop and he was with two guards. "1 saw what i thought was blood on Peloquin s Pant leg the left one Between the knee and or. White added. He said the blood looked like it had been thrown under Cross examination or. White said he went to Check on or. Green because the instructor was working alone. He said his Job description Calls for one teacher to instruct eight inmates but that he had taught 17. M r. Green was working alone on the Day he died or. Moss May seek Liberal leadership there was speculation wednesday that a third candidate May come Forward at Jie last minute to run for the Cader ship of the Manitoba lib eral party. Peter Moss chairman of the Freshwater fish marketing corporation has taken out a set of official nomination apers party president win confirmed. But whether Var. Moss actually will fill them n and return them to party Headquarters remains a mys Ery. Or. Moss was out of town wednesday and was t expected to return to Winnipeg until at thursday. Meanwhile former Portage a Prairie mayor Rev. H. Joyd Henderson still has t led his official papers. But in i Telephone interview wednes Day morning or. Henderson said he plans to file the papers Friday morning. Or. Henderson was sche 15 muzzle loaders fire 14-gun Salute fifteen members of the win Lieg muzzle loaders Assoc a Ion dressed As Northwest fur raders participated in the Estival do Voyageur Parade sunday. They fired a 14-gun Alula at the opening of the Estival in Provencher Park. It was reported incorrectly n monday s free press that to members of the Assoc a Ion had fired a 36-gun Salute. Ruled to hold a press Confer ence at the legislative build ing wednesday afternoon but he declined to give any Indica Tion of what it would be about. The Only declared candidate to Date is Winnipeg lawyer Charles Huband. T h t leadership convention begins Friday night at the Winnipeg convention Centre with a Beaupit session involving All leadership candidates. The actual contest will take place saturday followed by a testimonial dinner saturday night for outgoing Leader Izzy Asper. The party s annual meeting and election of officers will be held sunday. White said because the other instructor was ill. He said the situation of in strut or s working alone was not a Happy one but that it had been corrected since or Green s death. Answering m r Margolis s questions the instructor said if not enough instructors Are available some prisoners Are nov returned to their cells. Or. White said he had seen Peloquin in the Metal shop the week before applying for a Transfer from the carpentry shop. Peloquin he said was told to apply for the Transfer through proper channels. Or. Roulette said he went to the carpentry shop in the after noon because another of his Man charged o in shooting o a Man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting incident sunday in Camperville Man. A spokesman for Winnipegosis re m p said John Henry Bone 19, of camper Ville was arrested after Gil Bert Chartrand 32, also of Camperville was wounded by a Rifle shot. Or. Chartrand was reported in fair condition in Dauphin Hospital Wilh stomach wounds. The incident occurred at 2 . The spokesman said it is thought the shooting was the result of an argument. Teachers was sick that Day he usually worked in car Pentry in the mornings. He admitted under Cross examination that he did t know what Day or. Green had been hit but that it took place in july. Or. M a r g o 1 i s asked the former inmate basically you just mind your own business in the carpentry shop replied or. Roulette. It the attack on or. Green came out of the Blue it was or. Mar Golis asked. if you were concentrating on your work did you see the person who hit or. The witness replied and he added he had never seen Peloquin in the shop be Ore. For the second Day the trial was adjourned because Pelo Quin complained of being ill. Or. Margolis said his client was unable to continue for the ast half hour. He said Peloquin was taking medication but offered that perhaps the amount of Medica lion was t sufficient. Two adjournments monday were caused or. Margolis said because medication for Pelo Quin was not provided. He said a psychiatrist who examined Peloquin monday evening advised him to be in daily touch with his client s condition. M r. Justice Solomon adjourned the trial until . Wednesday. In the past four years two men have been sentenced to hang in Manitoba for the murders of police officers. Both of the condemned men re c e i v e d commuted sentences from the Federal Cabinet. The last Man to hang in Manitoba was Henry Malinik a 50-year-old plumber who was hanged in 1952 for the Shotgun slaying two years earlier of Winnipeg detective James Sims. Can t be raised above a certain level. The benefits of such a move would have to be studied. In his guidelines the Federal minister also suggested governments reduce their use of paper. Coun. Mercier said the City already has made moves in this direction. He cited improved printing facilities that now allow the City to use smaller sheets of paper and to print on both sides for committee and Council Agen Das. Waste and scrap paper is being recycled and used for notepads. The City will soon consider a uniform garbage collection bylaw and at that time it May be possible to find new ways of recycling waste mate rial coun. Mercier said. One possibility would be the Sepa rate collection of waste paper including old newspapers which could then be put to other use. Residents would be asked to separate their Gar Bage putting the paper in a separate Container. This sys tem now is used in some Cana Dian cities he said. Recent innovations in the transit system also have an Energy saving advantage. The councillor cited the dash ser vice which began monday As one example. The new Down town shuttle service is de signed to keep people from using their cars in the Core area. As Well As easing traffic congestion it conserves Energy he said. Another Economy measure employed by transit is that buses Don t use anti freeze he said. However this Benefit May be offset somewhat be cause buses Are sometimes left running in the Winter when not in use to prevent water in the engines from freezing. Coun. Mercier said if the Federal government really is interested in helping municipal governments conserve Energy it should get on with its promises to subsidize the Cost of buying buses. The government announced some time ago that it planned to contribute 25 per cent of the Cost of new transit equipment but so far no legis lation has been announced. Louii. Mercier said he also Hopes to receive some direction from Ottawa on what other measure municipalities can employ to conserve Energy and avoid waste. Mobile Home plan investigated Mobile Home subdivisions where Mobile Home owners can Purchase plots of land and look up to City facilities will be investigated by civic environment committee at the re quest of finance committee. The and hoc committee on Mobile Homes will meet As Well with members of the to rile Home association feb. 26 to discuss Mobile Home owner ship. Councillor Michael Ruta new democratic party East Kildonan said the idea of i Mobile Home subdivision is hat people would buy building ots. The Homes would then be mounted on a solid foundation the site to be a Home As anybody else environment committee is to decide where such subdivisions Ould be started. One Storey House damaged by fire a fire caused about damage to a House at 584 Kyle More Avenue at about 5 . Wednesday. A Winnipeg fire department spokesman said the fire was caused by faulty wiring in an electric Light switch. There was damage to the Wall Ceil ing and roof of the one Storey House. No one was injured. More Teeth in dog bylaw urged shop no machines were or. White said he saw most of the inmates standing outside across a driveway and near the nearby school. Problems with animals have parked some Long debates Al Ity Hall recently and tuesday Vas no exception. Last week the Issue was hunks menacing a St. Boni Ace neighbourhood. Monday civic environment committee was asked to Amend the Pigeon bylaw. Tuesday civic finance com Mittee s attention went to dogs. In a letter returned by the committee on. Environment from Winnipeg labor Council s executive Secretary Harry Munro the City is charged with having unsatisfactory dog control or. Munro suggested penal ties and fines for owners who allow their dogs to roam free should be increased. No doubt the action would be he wrote but regardless of this some Defi Nite action is needed immedi g. R. Evans finance com missioner revealed finance committee will soon be asked to Deal with a proposal that the humane society look after impounded dogs. This will release men and trucks to get out on the he said. The effects of the City s Blitz on wandering dogs have been dulled by the Media which have publicized where each Blitz would take place or. Evans said. The administration is doing City provided mass its level Best. Dogs in general1 Are an emotional the next Blitz will have some degree of secrecy he added. Committee decided to Send any Progress reports on the Roundup of dogs to or. Munro so he could see the Progress made. Committee members also decided or. Evans should pre pare a report on the possibility of rabies vaccination clinics for licensed dogs. He will pro pose schedules for the clinics and outline the costs. In Nocula Lions in 1973. A clinic will soon be held in West Kildonan since the Community committee was disappointed that the service was discontinued in 1074 ;