Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wynn Fec fue was Flo a Augustt 1975 us Honing kills flagman Ditton says s pleased with sales of govt insurance . Storm in Winnipeg. Winnipeg firemen were kept the .88 Inch of rain in an hopping during the storm hour was the heaviest rainfall1 while they attended Many in the City this year. I Small fires a spokesman said j 0. Dutton general manag a come of the entry into general a Winnipeg weather had t been any Majorie of the Manitoba Public said. But i m spokesman said the last up to 1 . Friday. Durance corporation says 11 make it. Jor Thunder Shower to hit i there have been no major i pleased with sales so far of the or. Button said general in w in in Peg was expected at fires although quite a few i corporation s new general insurance will augment the a Sunrise Friday with the out j houses have been struck by j Durance policies. Loot Lor lighter showers and i lightning. Thunder showers through hours rest of the Day. Alarms forecasting ability was interrupted about 1 . Friday As in a period we attended of 36 since july when the corporation entered the general lightning temporarily knocked out the weather office s radar spokesman said. In reports. Friday morning a Manitoba Hydro spokesman said Crews worked All through the night to Correct problems. By. 7 ., said things were Back to Normal Hist. Boniface but there were still some isolated problems i East k i 1 d o n a n and Transcona. Crews were still replacing two transformers damaged by lightning in Charleswood and another in fort Garry. Rural Manitoba had a second wave of Power failures after Midnight. Power was out in Forest Rivers Plumas glad Stone Amaranth and the Interlake area. Fraser Wood was without service for about half an hour said. The worst disturbance was at Piney where about 300 Hydro customers were without service from about . Until . Without question it was the electrical storm of the season for us and some people Are saying the worst in memo the spokesman said. Hydro stations on Emerson Avenue in East Kildonan and Fernbank Avenue in West Kil Donan were knocked out by lightning. People supplied by those substations were connected with other stations. By 9 . Thursday the spokesman said there had been reports of cables Down All Over the City too Many to the largest area hit by a 1 blackout was bounded by Arlington and Ashburn streets and Portage and Euice avenues Jerrold collard a Winnipeg Hydro spokesman said. A direct lightning hit on feeder lines caused the Black out at about 7 . By mid night Homes West of Erin Street had Power restored but Hydro Crews were expected to work into Early Friday morn ing replacing downed lines to restore Power to the rest of the area. At times electricity remained on in some parts of the affected area or. Collard we re still going insurance Field its 800 agents at it said. Calls came in steadily All evening so that firemen were experiencing problems phoning the whole switchboard just went up Between . And ., another fireman said. Because Only two opera tors were on duty communication was lost some Field units it was a d. Most fires resulted from lightning and downed electrical lines but the first spokesman said it would be Friday morn ing before All the reports would be in and sorted out. John Mckay of 780 not tin g h Avenue East Kil Donan saw More than bar gained for when viewing the storm s lightning from his Bac have sold More than Homeowner and tenant policies. If the trend continues Gener Al insurance augurs Well for the or. Dutton said thursday. He said the corporation is out to break even or realize a profit this year. In the past two years the topic operation with few Addi ions to the full time staff. The claims centres administrators and business departments were before the Corpora Tion entered general insurance. There is a demand for the Crown insurance corporation s general policies which Are at r a c t i v e because Premium Are competitive cover age is similar to that offered by private companies and 800 agents Are Selling them Kyard Early thursday evening. Lightning hit his television Antenna the Antenna s Light Ning arrester exploded and a fire started resulting in about damage to a Comer of the attic or. Mckay said in a Telephone interview. It gave a sound very much like a Cannon exploding the Cap of the lightning arrester shot off the Side of the said. Or. Mckay managed to hold the attic fire under control with a Garden Hose until the fire department arrived. Lightning staking a Hydro pole at Springside drive and St. Mary s Road St. Vital resulted in a fire which held up traffic and brought out Gas and Hydro workers As Well As fire men and police officers a Winnipeg police spokesman in St. Boniface said. An operator at the City of Winnipeg s control Centre said that other than the blackouts there weren t any major prob lems caused by the storm. A subway at Henderson Highway and Springfield Road East Kil Donan was flooded Only briefly about 7 . While at times on Portage Avenue and other streets traffic eased its Way through up to corporation s aut Opac operation has lost million. Or. Dutton attributed the loss to Low insurance rates and said private Auto insurance companies also have been losing Money. Although it s too Early yet to Tell How Well the general insurance operation will do the corporation May make a few Bucks this said. It Likely will take about five years to determine the out appliance to. The corporation will accept some High risk applications for coverage on buildings such As Rooming houses and Small cafes which private companies spurn or. Dutton said. He said insurance companies should accept their share of High risks which would t necessarily harm their financial balances. The corporation won t take All the High risks said. 131 passengers survive Jet crash at the Bay warehouse store one of a kind buys special values at our warehouse store Sargent and Berry. Don t miss pm due to Low prices extra charge for delivery. All items subject to prior Sale. Personal shopping Only. Open daily saturday . Described it As a kind of Kooky several smaller areas of tiie City were blacked out too. Alex Chornopysky of 462 Alexander Avenue said was sitting on his front porch just after 7 . When lightning struck a Hydro pole across the Street knocking out service on by about 9 ., still could see Sparks emanating from some lines. Or. Chornopysky said in a Telephone interview it was the first time in the 21 years has lived in his House that has been affected by a Power the Only tiling is we have to sit in the said adding had candles appropriate for the the situation. The Manitoba Hydro spokes Man said service in Elm Creek ceased for 65 minutes and St Cloud for 32 minutes at about grand Beach and Gull Lake were bit by blackouts for Short periods beginning about . Literally hundreds of a foot of water in Low lying sections no major flooding had been reported to the control Centre up to 11 . Some airline flights experienced minor delays during the worst of the 7 . Storm according to an air traffic ser vices spokesman at the Nipes International Airport. No flights were cancelled and none were diverted from the Airport said. Northwest Orient airline flight 445, which was due in Winnipeg at ., a cancelled due to the aftermath of that airline s strike Situa t i o n not because of the weather according to a flight information spokesman. A Light from Minneapolis due in Winnipeg at . Thurs Day did t arrive until . Denver a no one was killed when a Continental airlines 727 jetliner dropped from an Altitude of 100 feet on Takeoff thursday and skidded on its belly across a Grassy Field. Officials 131 persons were aboard the plane and hospitals reported that of the 50 persons treated 26 were admitted. A spokesman for the Federal aviation administration Faa said it would be. Premature to speculate on the cause o thursday s crash. But added that wind turbulence had been reported in the area. Passengers and Airport officials said an engine burned briefly apparently before the eras h., but there were m Ames inside the plane. The Faa spokesman said the plane on a flight from Denver Wichita kan., took off Froid Stapleton International Airport about . With 124 Pas s e n g e r s and seven members. He said it ascend about 100 feet then dropped a Grassy Field just beyond the runway and skidded for a Quarter of a mile. The Landing gear had been extracted before the plane hit e said. The Impact cracked be plane s front and Tail sections. Passenger de Suddarth of los Angeles said noticed Jet was not making an cent As required. He recalled telling a companion this plane is not going to make then the Jet hit the ground. There was t any warning there was Suddarth said. He said several passengers began screaming but there was no fire in the passenger area and that s what saved our the passengers rushed to escape and it was like trying to get out of a sardine Suddarth said that As the plane crashed thought of the june 24 crash of an East Ern airlines 727 at new York. 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Another source said attempt to recapture the Union presidency from Fitzsimmions. Fitzsimmons was Hoffa s chief lieutenant when Hoffa began to serve a 13-year Feder Al prison term for jury tamper ing and mail fraud. Hoffa gave up his. Union Post to Fitzsimmions several years later and then was granted conditional clemency alter serving years. Under the clemency order Hoffa cannot participate in Union activities until 1980. He o Brien i has been fighting to overturn 2 Only 19" portable Ria color , 2 Only age solid Stait Tva a. 1 Only 26" Ria solid state to 1 Only 26" age solid state to. 3 Only 26" it lust solid state tvs ea., 1 Only 19" quasar state to 1 Only 20" quasar state to. 3 Only 20" Bayer Tat state to a ea., 2 Only 14" Candle state to a. A 1 Only 20" Ria acc color 100 to. 20" Hitachi color portable Tva-ea., 1 Only 25" quasar color Conolt to. 1 Only 19" panoramic color to demo age 10nly 19" age color Porta bit to. 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Federal officials discouraged in new Jersey a private de speculation about reports that Yective who claimed to have Hoffa had million just be acted As a some time body fore vanished. One report guard for Hoffa said the said Hoffa withdrew million former labor Leader had been feature values on furniture full service was t restored until . Or million from a Union pension fund but Hoffa s son James p. Hoffa denied it. Public notice the City of Winnipeg Midland Community notice is hereby Given that the Midland Community committee will hold a Public meeting to consider Busi Ness of the Community at the Midland Community office 818 Portage Avenue at . Tuesday August 12th, 1975 Geoff Dixon chairman Polo Park Ward Robert Steen Westminster Ward Brian Corrin Sargent Park the City of Winnipeg Transcona Community Public notice the Transcona Community committee will hold a regular meeting on monday August 11, 1975 at . In the Community committee Chambers 401 Pandora Avenue West to consider any matters of Public concern brought before the committee. Transcona Community committee councillor b. R. Wolfe chairman councillor d. E. Perry councillor p. Rizzuto gathering information in Hopes of. Having Fitzsimmons and other rival teamsters officials another account had Hoffa j indicted liquidating an investment in a Hoffa s son said his state Pennsylvania mining opera ments were not True and said Tion. The younger Hoffa would was unaware that his father neither confirm nor deny that such a bodyguard but and others said there was no link to Hoffa s disappearance. Hoffa s daughter said o Brien 41, and her father had not seen one an outlier for seven month Sand a source to the investigation said o Brien had made peace with Hoffa s bitter rival. Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons. O Brien a teamsters organizer who had been Hoffa s bodyguard for years declined comment on the investigation saying authorities had asked him to keep silent. He was in West Memphis Ark. Thursday with Bis Bride of two months and said Isi 65.yeamld Bachelor was being transferred soon to a in care unit of a new Union Post in Miami. Pocai Hospital thursday with his lawyer James Burdick pneumonia said thursday night o Brien bedraggled and exhausted had not been officially in was found caught in the formed that Federal authorities wire wednesday night by two Man trapped in wire four Days Dawlish England Reuter retired businessman Donald Wilson went out for a late night stroll and became trapped in barbed wire for four 54" ea., 54" ea., sought a lie Detector test. An Fri spokesman would neither confirm nor deny the report. Burdick said had no in Young girls playing near their Home. Wilson s sister in Law said went for a walk last saturday j. Indication that o Brien raised from his Home in this a son by Hoffa from the age of j southwestern coastal resort. Three was considered a target she believed had fallen of the Fri investigation. Down a Bank and got caught in to Fere was no a us Ilion of the barbed . Detention following or. Wilson was in a pretty j i Cay s Fri interview said Bur i bad state and May have had a Dick. Stroke while struggling to Friej several investigators said i himself. He would have died if they Are going in the suspicion j had been there much that Hoffa was kidnapped or j a local policeman to prevent his expected said. Bedding All Azita approx. 39" approx. Bunk Mattre Kaaa Quittn size Box Spring and Matt Reaa ea., 48" or 50" approx. Mismatch matter Tanta ea., 54" approx. 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