Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 3, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ridge in society please see Page 28 Canada s leading rotogravure Magazine Hwy unmitigated disaster wage Cap Between sexes widened in her year. Page 2 future present our Best known architect True creator Fine teacher Page 8 winning fists As a breeder of fighters Nova Scotia hot As Harlem Page 14 Turkey trickery Margo hatches ideas to dress up leftover fowl Page 19 and in the Experiment in exposure. 6 workshop presents one Man show 6 new works on dance program. 6 the Beaufy and the dream.10, 11 Medicine alcohol abuse. 14 on the other hand the state of the Union 14 Winnipeg playing by the rules 15 Nice Guy Alice Cooper. 15 endangered species rescued 20 regular features stamp collector .2 Over the Garden Wall 2 her run Folk 4 Horoscope 4 sportsman 5 it happened Here 5 children i Corner 7 Church news 8, 9 Chickadee Notts 12 at the gallery 12 word Wise 13 Sketchbook 13 Book reviews 16, 18 puzzles 19 Bridge 19. And elsewhere in the paper color comics to radio diary Jumble winners 7 entry form 31 Puzzle 37 Bridge news .20 letters 29 classified 34 to 48 movies 24, 25 comics. 30, 31 night beat 26 deaths 4 sports finance for people Winnipeg free press vol. S3 no. 25c with coloured comics saturday january 3, 1976 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Sunny is and -27 c . Auto insurance rates to skyrocket labor scene 4 55 to fi3 17 to 2li 30 travel youth scene 49 to 53 13 to 15 20 Vancouver up new social credit govern ment s move to increase Brit ish Columbia s Auto insurance rates by As much As 150 per cent was criticized Friday by political leaders Consumers Protection officials and angry motorists. Former new Democrat pre Mier Dave Barrett called the increase outrageous. He said the new government was sell ing out to insurance Compa Nies which he said paid the Bill of the social credit elec Tion Campaign. Dennis Coeke. The former nip Cabinet minister responsible for i Csc said it was a monstrous increase and quite uncalled for and very the increase Winch will take effect March 1, was announced at a news conference by education minister Pat Mcgeer the Cabinet minister responsible for i Csc and by Norm Bortnick general Man a g e r of the government owned Auto insurance company. The increased premiums will mean the average . Motor vehicle owner will pay in 1976 an across the Board in crease of Between two and times the rates paid for Basic coverage in 1975. In Manitoba Public insurance minister Bill Uruski has said that car insurance premiums in the province will Likely increase As much As 10 to 15 per cent in 1076, Al though the Manitoba Public insurance corporation enjoyed its Best year in 1975. M r. Uni ski said the in creases were necessary to meet increased costs and help with part of aut Opac s million accumulated deficit Aida Brown president the . Branch of the con Sumers association of Canada said the increases planned by. The insurance corporation of British Colum Bia Are frightening. There is something Al most punitive about tills in crease the so reds Are saying you did it to your said mrs. Brown. She said the government is disregarding the tremendous hardship it is going to place on some it would be very difficult for lower paid persons. See . Page 4 soviet Navy most potent briton claims London up a British naval authority says in a Book published today that the soviet Navy now is the most potent in fire Power any Fleet that Ever John Moore author of the soviet Navy today says the soviet Union with about 650 warships can menace any of the world s sea lanes. Moore editor of Lane s fighting ships says the United states Navy however with Little More than half the number of vessels enjoys Superior seamanship. Soviet ships with conscript London says soviet bribe paid for Angola support London re Uter the foreign office said Friday it has received information about an alleged bribe paid by the soviet Union to an african Leader for him to support the communists in the dispute Over Angola. A spokesman said the de tails were s u p p 1 i e. D by Jeremy Thorpe Leader of the Liberal party but lie would nut comment on the allegations published in two British National newspapers today. The Sun headlines its Story Russia offers record bribe to Black african Leader and quotes saying the Money has been paid in Gold into a Swiss Bank account. Thorpe could not be contacted Friday to comment on the reports. But the daily express quotes him As say ing i have no doubt about the authenticity of my information. The source is impel the express Story says nigerian and ghanaian embassy officials have rejected Thorpe s allegations. The express quotes officials from the two countries As saying Thorpe should not have made the allegations unless he can substantiate them. A nigerian High commis Sion official said Thorpe s claim is preposterous. A ghanaian official said none of his country s ministers would put themselves in the perilous position of accepting bribes. The Sun says information on the bribe has been passed to three african leaders so they might raise it at a meet ing of the organization of african Unity. De Crews could achieve Only a mediocre level of maintenance. Despite this Moore says soviet fleets can stay at sea for six or eight months at a time. The Fleet appears far More powerful than the needs of so Viet defence alone require says the author. It now is Ca Pable of patrolling the major shipping lanes and it could dominate the South a vital Oil route to nato the soviet Union a base in the former portuguese Colony of Angola. Moore expresses special apprehension of the soviet Fleet of 380 worlds largest submarine i the new Kara class cruisers. The greatest single Factor is still the and Here the . Navy was better. See soviet Page 4 accidents fires drownings take 39 lives during Holiday by the Canadian press a father and three children who died Friday in a fire in an e d in o n t o n Home Are among at least 39 persons who have died accidentally in Canada since the new year s Holiday began. A Survey by the Cana Dian press from 6 . Wednesday to Midnight Fri Day night local limes showed another 13 fire deaths 16 traffic fatalities two drown Ings three snowmobile related deaths and a woman believed to have died from exposure. Quebec had four traffic deaths one drowning two of the snowmobile deaths and four fire fatalities. Ontario had one snowmobile death two fire fatalities a drowning and three traffic deaths. British Columbia reported one traffic fatality and a fire death. Manitoba a single fire fatality and Saskatchewan re ported the woman believed Frozen to death and three fire fatalities. The four Edmonton fire victims were the Only accidental deaths reported in Alberta. Nova Scotia had seven traffic fatalities and two fire deaths. Newfoundland reported one traffic death while Prince Edward Island and new Brunswick were fatality free. Looking for a pet this want and under pets 41 registered Irish Terri ers Hardy Breed excellent with children 6 months. Cd. Sired. 247-5150. 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. Four of the 16 traffic deaths each in Ontario British Columbia Newfoundland and occurred since Midnight wednesday night bringing the unofficial total for 1976 to four. The Survey showed that on new year s eve 12 persons died in of them in Nova Scotia three in que and two in Ontario. The Canada safety Council predicted that Between 15 and 20 persons would die on the highways on the new year s Holiday. The 21 traffic deaths reported for the period Between Midnight sunday night and Midnight wednesday night brought the unofficial number of traffic fatalities in Canada during 1975 to the snowmobile deaths brought the unofficial count of persons killed in such accidents this season to 16. Europe storm kills 25 London up Hurricane Force winds la shed Northwestern Europe during the night killing at least 25 people inflicting widespread damage and disrupting air sea and rail traffic. Worst hit was Britain where is people died As gusts up to 105 Miles a hour wrecked buildings Tore Down. Power lines and played havoc with transport. The London weather Centre recorded its highest winds for 16 years. Fatalities were also reported in West Germany the Netherlands and Belgium. Scores of people were injured by flying debris and in Road accidents caused by the winds. Ships were battered by mountainous Waves. A Crew abandoned ship in West. Ger Man Waters a ferry was damaged in tiie Irish sea and the 300-ton danish coaster Korfos radioed that it was listing off southwestern eng land. In the Netherlands an elderly woman was killed when she was blown from the bal Cony of her apartment to the Street below in an old peo ple s Home in Numan Dorp near Rotterdam. A snowstorm swirled across Denmark rocking rail and see Twenty five Page 4 As the ice cracked slowly be Neath him Jess Rodriquez slipped into the water Friday about 200 Yards offshore near Racine Wisconsin. People attempting to reach him had Slid a boat on to the ice. Jess was rescued just moments before his hands slipped from the ice. Workmen in Florence find new Michelangelo frescoes Florence Italy a workmen doing restoration work on the ancient san Lorenzo Basilica Here have found what Art experts be Lieve to be previously Unk Nown frescoes by Michelangelo. If the discovery in the new Sacristy is confirmed it would be the second find of a work attributed to the great Renaissance master in two years. The new Sacristy was used As a Chapel for the Medici family and i contains their tombs. Workmen found the Fres Coes when they broke through a trapdoor that led to a base ment in the Sacristy. When experts chipped off the Lime covering the Walls they found magnificent murals showing two Angels a cloaked Man and a figure that possibly represents Christ. Luciano Berti the superintendent of galleries and Chap Els in Florence announced the news of the discovery Over the National television network. Another expert involved in the restoration project is prof. Paolo Del Bogetto an expert on Medici chapels. The original basilica1 of san Lorenzo on the Piazza carry ing the same name predates Michelangelo who was born see workmen Page 4 hits steam Plant by Christie free press Urban reporter strict pollution control standards could Force the City of Winnipeg to spend millions of dollars to upgrade its Amy Street steam heating Plant by 1979 or close the Plant entirely. An order issued by the Manitoba clean environment commission to Winnipeg Hydro requires the City owned system to provide the commission by june 1, 1977, detailed plans for new contaminant control equipment. The equipment must be in i place and operating by sept. 1, 1979. The. New equipment must in keep solid matter and visible smoke emissions within tie Levels established by the commis Sion. Standards for pm i s s i o n controls Are much stricter now than in 1970, when Winnipeg Hydro and the com Mission agreed on the Stan Dards for the Amy Street Plant. An order issued by the commission expired dec. 18. The City applied to the commission for an Extension of the order and has been Al Lowed until june 1977, to keep things As they Are. See Winnipeg Page 4 work on Grassie begins work began Friday on a traffic Light system at Grassie and Lagimodiere boulevards site of a school bus truck collision dec. 22 which sent 14 children to hos Pital. Tiie civic works and operations committee held a Spe Cial meeting Friday to approve the project. A report said 21 a dents 15 of them right an Gle collisions occurred at the intersection during the first two years. Traffic control signals were needed the report said and traffic had increased drastically since Lagimodiere opened in 1969. Signal installation and widening of Grassie was postponed be cause of plans for a regional shopping Centre Al the inter Section it added. See work Page 4 .s.r. Loses out to West in living Standard Sakharov by Andrei Sakharov first of a series 11 is significant Fiat with resources like the soviet unions after 58 years of Gigantic efforts including 30 years of uninterrupted peace we have nothing even faintly resembling the world s highest Standard of living. A worker from any developed capitalist country not just the United states but also say France West Germany Italy or Switzerland would not consider work ing for the. Kind of wages we pay or with our level of Protection of workers rights. In the-.s.r. The minimum monthly wage is 60 rubles and the average wage is 110 rubles. In terms of Purchas ing Power that minimum wage amounts to about a month while the average wage amounts to about compare these figures with North e r i c a n standards the average monthly wage is to per month and a monthly income of for a family consisting of father Mother and two children is the official poverty threshold. For lower income Levels the state provides special benefits that a soviet citizen would not even dream of. In other countries like France Italy or West Germany the wages Are some what lower than in North America but the Cost of giving is also lower. In the .s.r., people who live on their wages spend most of them on food. If he were to read about this a North american worker who As a Rule spends no More than 25 per cent of his wages on food of much better and whose wife does not have to work if she does t want to would no doubt find it wildly improbable. The Low wage level in the .s.r. Is especially burdensome for most White teachers medical workers and engineers. As a Rule they have no private Garden plots nor do they possess the outside sources of income often quasi Legal that Ara vital to Many people. How then docs the state spend the huge sums that accrue to it thanks to artificially lowered wages a consider Able portion of this Money is channelled into of production. But an equally Large share goes into Gigantic military expenditures into financing Covert and overt activities in All parts of the world from the Middle East to latin America into providing a higher Standard of living for the privileged strata of society into paying for the costly blunders of the bureaucratic style of management. A certain portion of the Revenue accruing to the state is put Back into social needs in into pensions medical care and Educa Tion which thus can by no Means be considered free. On the social plane it is very important to note the following first we have Short vacations two weeks for most which Are scheduled at the discretion of manage ment. In France there Are two vacations Winter and summer with an Over All length of four second we work a 41-hour week that is. Longer than in most Western coun tries. To Laird there is an absence of any real right to strike or to make organized appeals to higher authority. For years the Murmansk fishermen have been Strug gling against ruthless Short changing on their pay accounts and trying to avoid paying bribes for permits to ship out. But so far the Only result has been the victimization of a great Many of the protesters they have been fired con fined in psychiatric hospitals and arrested. Sec .s.r. Page 4 ;