Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Fate Ness tuesday november 8 1975 13 out. Set to re freeze Hiel costs rebate minister save London hockey Melee faces police probe Toronto up att car Ney general Hoy Mcmutry said monday charges May be Laid soon Iii connection Vita a iodide at last Friday a where hockey players and fans battled for Wui Mikules. Or. Mcmurtry said outside the legislature that an invest up Energy minister Dennis Timbrell warned monday that excessive increases in the Cost of gasoline Price up to 82.9c Toronto up motorists Here Are being charged Between 74.3 and 82.9 cents for a gallon of regular Gaso line As a result of the lifting sunday of Ontario s 4v month Price freeze on Gaso line a Check today of 13 stations showed. Spokesmen for most of the stations said they Are comply ing with provincial guidelines and Are limiting Price in creases to 5.4 cents a gallon. But some said they have boosted their Price by six cents. A British Petroleum he station said it has raised the Price of both regu Lar and Premium gasoline seven cents a gallon. Sunday also marked the end of the Price freeze on fuel Oil to which the government has also applied the 5.4-cents a Gallou guideline. Energy minister Dennis Timbrel has warned the Industry that a new Price freeze will be. Imposed should in creases exceed 5.4 cents a amount the government says refiners need to cover the higher Price of crude Oil that took effect last june. Or. Timbrell says that a comparison of Satur Day and sunday prices May not be valid. Some stations had Cut prices since the freeze came into effect june 24, and these retailers could raise prices More than 5.4 cents without violating the guidelines. Or. Timbrell said that provincial Energy ministers meet in Ottawa dec. 12, and i expect Well be talking about prices nine Storey building approved _ to build a nine Storey office building on the s o u t h West Corner of Broadway and Edmonton Street was approved monday by civic finance committee. T the minion Structure will be owned by Man life insurance co., a company interested in building up their image in the Winnipeg according to the architect presenting the plans to environment committee he said there will be office space for Between 77 and 80 tenants and a three level underground for their use. The building will be constructed of Tyndall Stone and reflective Glass. A condition of environment committee s recommendation for building permit approval was that construction Start before May 1 next year. Gasoline anti Home heating fuel might Force the govern ment to impose another Price freeze on Petroleum products. The minister replying to questions in the legislature also said that there might be rebates for motorists hit with excessive increases. Or. Timbrell said he has received assurances from Oil companies that prices would Only go up by 5.4 cents per amount the government has calculated will offset higher crude Oil prices imposed last june. Or. Timbrell cautioned however that some individual gasoline stations May legitimately have raised their prices More than 5.4 cents. The freeze fixed maximum prices As of june 24, and stations that Cut their prices Over the last four months now would be Able to raise them by More than the 5.4 cents without violating the min ister s directive. Or. Timbrel said he has warned Oil companies that a refusal to abide by his ministry s directive on the size of the increase could result in another freeze. We be made it Clear to the Oil companies that if the wishes of the government Are not met we Are prepared to freeze the Price again. We have every reason to expect full co operation from the he said. The minister asked anyone knowing of stations that raised their Price before the 55 . On Agenda Gillespie Ottawa up a National 55-Miles-an-hour Speed limit is High on the Agenda for a Federal provincial meet ing next month Energy min ister Alastair Gillespie said monday. He told reporters that such a limit would require the co operation of the provinces be cause highways Are a Provin Cial responsibility. I Don t know that we he replied when asked whether it would be possible to bring in Federal legislation. Only British Columbia has a 55-Iniles-an-hour limit in of i act for about 14 months and or. Gillespie said he would like to see the other provinces follow suit. The United states has had such a limit for almost two years and the Energy min ister said he is impressed with the result. His meeting with is provincial counterparts is scheduled Here dec. 12. Expiry of the freeze at mid night last saturday to notify the ministry. The Energy ministry Mill try to help persons caught by Early increases he said. Hockey player faces charge Toronto up Dan Murtry said monday. Is carried oui by provincal police and John hic Berf Jack Hoppenbrouwe a a. Houston 37 r. D. Iwanicki 20 w. P. Forkosh Harold Kramble 20 Richard Lake Malcolm Mclean 25 f. G. Maceachern 31 Ron Marat 52 g. Martin Gerri Peckover s. J. Perkins Walter Poberezny Richard Pohl John b. Robertson 70 e. A. Schollenberg d. Vanschijndel j. F. Still 36 g. Thomson Doug Walker Lawrence Webb Bryan Kramble 28 Peter Galloway h. M. Broadbent Baycrest stereo pack High Quality Low priced Check the features of this super sit Ion rotary speaker switch five sounding component stereo two Channel solid state receiver with out put Power of 22 Watts per Channel rms Power switch . 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