Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 15, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Christmas Seal organizers to enlist help organizers of the 1975 Christmas Seal Campaign plur. To enlist Banks Rural Post offices and Community sen ice groups to keep their annual fund drive from being wiped out by the postal strike. Organizers of a similar Campaign in Edmonton say they will cancel their drive if the postal strike continues beyond the end of the month and at least one other Christ Mas Seal organization May have to close in february be cause of the strike s Crip pling effect on fund raising. We have been in trouble if the Banks had t agreed to Ron Birt executive director of t h e Sanatorium Board of Manitoba said Friday. Saunders Sells a plane salad cars aircraft corp. O Oiin i announced 1 the Sale Friday of an St-27 commuter Airliner. The buyer is Aero trades Western Ltd. Of Winnipeg which expects to take delivery of the plane later this month. The order is the second in the last month for the financially troubled Manitoba go Hemment owned company. A Barbados charter airline Tropic air services has Al ready taken delivery of an St-27 which joins a. Fleet of Shrike commander islander and dc-3 planes. Aero trades operates scheduled and charter services in Manitoba with dc-3s, twin otters and islanders. The latest order reduces Sai milers inventory to two airliners which company officials say will be sold by the end of-1975. Current production is centred on comple Tion by december of the first St-28, saunders1 second com Muter. Company officials predict final testing of the first Model will result in Canadian and us. Certification in 1976. American certification has been subject to prolonged delay a major hitch in the company s sales efforts. He said to 130.000 Appeal letters have yet to be sent to , most of them in Rural areas. Or. Birt said Post office officials in Winnipeg have told the Board it can Send bulk mail to those Rural Post offices which Are open and will distribute mail. He said the jesters will probably be Tran sported to the Turtil centres by bus. The Board is ready to pay service organizations five cents a letter for distributing the pre sorted mail in Rural communities where there is no postal service. Or. Birt said the Board is considering contacting Community clubs boy scouts or 4-h clubs. Or. Birt said the Canadian banking association Mani Toba division has offered to co operate with the Campaign and donations will be collected through the Banks. Tic said there had been no Point in planning to distribute seals until some Way was found to collect contributions. At present the Christmas Seal Campaign usually run exclusive a by mail from nov. I to Early february is about behind sched ule compared to last year. Manitoba organizers fore the strike began k sending initial Appeal letters oct. 2 earlier than campaigners in any other prov Ince or. Birt said. Mailing was stopped before the postal strike began to prevent seals and postage Money from being trapped in the Post office or. Birt said. More than Winnipeg householders received mail appeals and contributions arrived by mail for three Days before the strike began and showed an increase said or. Birt who remains optimistic about the outcome of this year s Campaign. I _ f boy 6, Dies in Accident a six year old Winnipeg boy died after being hit by a truck at noon Friday while he was crossing Mountain Avenue at Seymour Street. Dead is Robert Steven Lect of 442 Seymour Street the truck was driven by Allan William Zeniuk 22, of 954 Dugas Street. 957 Portage 930 Nairn 667-1595 1311 i Shiluk 586-8049 440 Pembina 453-4124 weather for to Ami Northwestern Ontario mild temperatures will continue Over most of Manitoba and will Edge East Ward into Northwest on Tario today. These conditions Are associated with a disturbance that is moving across Hudson Bay. Cloud a n d Snow flurries behind the system will cover the extreme Northern portions of Manitoba for the next few Days. A disturbance of Canada s West coast will1 move into Northern Saskatchewan sunday and spread a Little More Cloud to Cen trial and Southern Manitoba sunday but maintain mild conditions. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today Winnipeg free press pc Jav a saturday november 15, 1975 Ami number i 1-1 the Northeast Section of regal Spring air mattress Ltd., 1765 Sargent Avenue blazes after fire erupted there t about . Friday. Cause of the two alarm which caused consider Able smoke damage is under photo by John Wall investigation by the Winnipeg fire department. The building was evacuated and officials report no injuries. Policy by Sterling Lyon who is challenging Manitoba progressive conservative Leader Sidney Spivak for the party leadership has criticized or. Spivak Tor making sweeping policy announcements with out consulting the party. The two met Friday on a platform at a Beaupit session at St. John s College univer s i t y of Manitoba shortly after or Spivak released a policy position paper called seven priorities for 77. Or. Spivak said he developed the policy statement and would seek a renewal of his Leader ship on the basis of it. Party s december Conven Tion said he had t seen or. Spivak s policy statement. One must enunciate and develop policy in concert with the c caucus and the party. Before such a pro Gram is announced i think that kind of joint counsel should take or. Lyon told students. He said the party must first seek Unity and then develop policies for a Tough provincial election Campaign expected in 1977. Or. Spivak argued that a Leader should give some direction to the party. Dele Gates Are entitled to know pared to place myself before delegates on the basis of these or. Spivak said. Or. Lyon also took a swipe at or. Spivak s loss o sup port of 19 of the 23 members of the conservative caucus. If i had t the support of 19 of 23 members of caucus 1 would t be Here said or. Referring to his own candidacy the first Job of a Leader is to win the support of caucus and to work with it. I feel i can do that with present and future members of or. Spivak replied caucus is one element in Vij i 4u vj1.w v-1cl11cz1l jul who. Will seek the direction my leadership the party. They Are not the Mem. we i lie leaders Job at the would take i am pre party itself. I respect the Choice of right of everyone to Freedom of Choice 1 he said caucus members have indicated they would work with him if lie retained the leadership although a significant number might not seek re election. Or. Lyon said he doubts if there Are any Strong philosophical differences Between himself and or. Spivak but or. Spivak avoided drawing philosophical comparisons. Answering suggestions that he is the candidate of the party establishment or. L y o n said anyone who holds a card in the party is a member of the establish will make the m a the Federal government has done a very bad Job of people of South West Manitoba what it has been doing with regard to North Dakota s controversial Garrison diversion project according to an official of in formation Canada. Stephen Rybak an officer with the Inland Waters department of information can Ada was in Winnipeg Friday and brought with him a nine part kit designed to give Manitoban a better under standing of Garrison. The million project which began in 1965, would 1 r a i n More than acres of unusable North Dakota land and Channel the water for irrigation of about 250.000 arable acres. Use for Manitoban who want to go to the hearings. Think it the information kit is a bit too late.15 but the kit which or Rybak prepared from both c a n a d i a n and . Docu ments will be of More help in the Long run. After the hearing in win will be added to the kit so that it will be kept up to Date with the proceedings of the commission. Or. Rybak said Canada has had problems in the past getting information about Garrison from . Officials. The Federal government did t get any information until 1969, four years after n i p e g additional material the project began. About 500 of the kits Are being distributed to South West Manitoba this weekend. A member of information Canada will deliver them to the offices of mayors or Reeves in the area. Winni Eggers can pick up the kit at the information Canada office 303 main Street. I problem Penthouse Issue unlikely v to be sold Here distributor says robbery gets Man two years Albert Roland Baker 20, of no fixed address was sentenced firday to two years in prison for his part in a sept. 25 robbery at Central provisions grocery store 444 Sargent Avenue. Baker had earlier pleaded guilty to the robbery charge. He was sentenced by judge i. V. Ubienski of provincial judges court in the Public safety building Baker and a co accused Terrance George Marx 19, of 335 Vaughan Street suite 3. Were arrested by Winnipeg police shortly after they stole and five packages of cigarettes from the store. Baker bad told police the two had been drinking. They were broke and decided to hold up a grocery store to get Money. Baker had a pre Vious record for theft and at tempted theft court was told. Marx was sentenced thurs Day to two years in prison and one year s supervised probation on two Rob Bery charges and one charge of theft. Ending rabies shot opposed Winnipeg civic executive policy committee has rejected a proposal that dogs no longer require a rabies vaccination before the owner can receive a civic dog licence. The proposal one of 16 amendments to the City s Pound bylaw was recommended to policy committee by the civic environment committee. Policy committee endorsed thu other amendments but sent the rabies Issue Back to environment committee for More consideration councillors d. A. Yanofsky Independent citizen s election committee West Kildonan and Pearl m c g o n i g a 1 ice St. James Assiniboia objected to the proposed rabies amendment. C o u n. Mcgonigal said skunks have been reported in the City and thege animals could infect dogs with rabies coun. C. John gee ice St. Boniface said there were two reasons for the pro posed rabies change. Proposed amendments extend the period of required observational impoundment after a dog bites someone and a yearly rabies vaccination requirement was deemed unrealistic since some rabies shots last for three years he said. The amendments endorsed by policy committee a restriction to three adult. Dogs or cats for each owner except for holders of. A dog Kennel licence or a new i c e n c e category called a Hobby breeder s licence. A Hobby breeder s licence would Cost for owners of More than three cats and for those with More than three dogs. Another amendment would repeal the present Flat Cence fee of a dog and mak6 that apply Only to spayed or neutered dogs. The fee would be charged for in neutered dogs. Other proposed Amend ments restrict the length of a dog Leash to five feet define a vicious dog As one twice convicted of biting people and raise impoundment fees. Council will consider the amendments wednesday. Start gov x i Low fort Harrison _ r. I i to Var tax Jortes i of Iwin Falls i Mai Civ it. Frn Cuco he a a Prei Pillion h High l Low cold from f ont in 1073 the Canadian eminent asked that a moratorium be called on the project because of its concern and the concern of Boi Hrca i Adieu and . Environ mentalists that the run off would harm the so Iris. Red and Assiniboine Rivers in Manitoba. Both governments agreed to submit the dispute to the International joint commis Sion a six member body that monitors All mat ters dealing with Inland Waterways which could affect both countries. Commission hearings Are to be held tuesday and wednesday i h minol and grand Forks , and thursday in Winnipeg. Or. Rybak concedes that the in form Linn Kil will he of Little the Winnipeg distributor for the Magazine Penthouse said Friday he does t think his firm will Issue the controversial december Issue of the Magazine. Robert. Evans manager of Canadian news co., said he was still waiting for guid Ance from the Winnipeg to vice squad. Police in Ottawa Montreal and Ontario s Niagara Region commission counters fee proposals temperatures arc a hires recorded yesterday Low temperatures for the 12 hour period which ended Al 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended St g . Today. Wax. Win. Pre. U 7 u.5 15 -1 11 i i forecast i of Winnipeg. Sch Linc Blakc and sctt regions mainly sunny today with a few Cloudy periods tonight and Sun Day. High today near Ioc. Low tonight Zero to 2c. High sunday 10 Lo-12c. News quiz on Page 30 Calgary Max. Win. Pc. Phoenix 73 33 7 u Winnipeg -.5 .7 -.7 a i Brycc Abra Ham Blanc and Bobby Hull Are some of Pic personalities you la find today in the names in the news Section of your news which appears on Page 30. Turn to quiz to if you can correctly Idun Lily these and other . You la gel a Chance to a Vari Ety of National inter a Nional new questions. The free press pub Lishes your new week 35. A service the Manitoba medical association has received a collective bargaining agreement proposal for fee increases from the Manitoba health services commission. Richard Sprague executive vice president of the 1.200 member association said Friday the contract proposal for 197g fees was received by letter wednesday. A meeting with commission negotiators is scheduled monday. Well be meeting with tin Uvenio Nicol that s about Al 1 can Tell or. Sprague to. Declined in say what the offer was. A s their proposal. It s Luicir counter proposal that we be been waiting for for so Many or. Sprague added. In May. The medical association said it wanted Doc tors incomes to return to their purchasing Power of 1974. This month. Or. Edward Abbott president of the med ical association wrote to to att minister Larry pcs Jartos of Manitoba asking fees be raised per cent to Coni Sensale for inflation in i no operation of doctors of during the past two after overhead in doctor should of negotiated once the overhead question has been settled the president suggested. Canadian medical Assoc a t i o n president or. Lloyd Grisdale of Saskatoon said in Ottawa organized Medicine intends to abide by Federal anti inflation guidelines limit aug professional raises to a car. Otta asks for a clubs help a Federal request that the City allow Community clubs to distribute old age pension Ami family allowance Che ques held up by the postal strike will be considered monday by Winnipeg s civic Board of the Federal proposal was made Friday a City spokes Man said the Day pension and family allowance Che ques arrived in the City. The cheques Sre expected to be ready for distribution next wednesday. Striking postal workers say they consider use hot if non striking unionists handle them the Rolsal workers would consid it 3 breach m Faith have banned the december Issue because it depicts Oral sex. Or. Evans whose distribution Date for the Magazine is monday said he has about copies of the Issue on hand but Don t think we re going to put it a spokesman for the Winnipeg vice squad said they have a copy of the Issue but they will wait until monday and make a decision after conferring with Crown coun Sel the spokesman said unless the Magazine is distributed locally there is no basis for laying a charge. Canadian press reports from Eastern Canada say that Penthouse Magazine ends to fight in court the ban of its december Issue from Newsstands. We have 13.500 copies tied up in the Ottawa area and would love to get them on inc Street. Well ;