Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 3, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Liberal woo in to be Jan. 24 by Mary Ann Fitzgerald free press political reporter Manitoba liberals have set Jan. .24 As the Date for a meeting at which they Hope to woo disgruntled progressive conservatives and new democrats into their fold. Liberal Leader Charles he band of Manitoba said Fri Day the Day Long meeting is expected to be held at the University of Winnipeg cafe Teria beginning at . In a Telephone interview or. Huband said his party which holds Only Tiree seats in Manitoba s 57-scat Legisla Ture is in the throes of organizing the meeting and has t yet assessed the response expected. Plans to hold the meeting in january were announced shortly after provincial conservatives deposed Leader Sidney Spivak considered a moderate and elected ser 1 i n g Lyon considered a right Winger. At the Lime or. Huband the rejection of a conservative Leader because he was too moderate has Cut adrift thousands of people who otherwise might have supported the conservative but the liberals Aren t looking Only at disenchanted conservatives. They also Hope to win Back a consider Able amount of Small "1" Liberal support which has gone to the new democratic party under premiered Schreyer. Those attending the meet ing will be Able to participate in discussions but won t he expected to make any commitment to the Manitoba Liberal party unless they like what they see and Itear or. Huband has said. The party is prepared to accommodate outsiders even to tie Point of making a Clear distinction Between the Federal Liberal party and the provincial party he said. Or. Huband has said he does t really think there is widespread dissatisfaction among Manitoba liberals with the Federal party but that May be an inhibiting Factor for others who might otherwise consider the Jan. 24 meeting in t designed As a Manitoba lib eral policy session. The poll by convention the first under or. Huband s Leader ship Likely won t be held until or possibly Early in 1977. Winnipeg free press saturday january 3, 1976 2nd Clas. Mall registration number 02m a maxims Way to to fall the Manitoba govern ment will spend about to distribute to All Manitoba households booklets outlining procedures for determining benefits under the provincial government s two tax credit plans in filing income tax re turns. The booklets will go out Early this month to an estimated households. Gannon director of Federal provincial affairs for the province said in an interview Friday that the provincial brochures Are to be mailed out because the prov Ince had been unsuccessful in its attempts to have it included in the Federal income tax . In addition he said the Universal distribution will get the information on the provincial tax credit plan to people who Don t receive personalized income tax forms or who. Don t need to file in come tax returns. Maximum benefits under the Manitoba Cost of living tax credit plan have been raised to Throe per cent of personal income tax exemptions from two per cent. The formula is three per cent of total personal income tax exemptions minus one per cent of taxable income. Maximum payments under the Manitoba property tax credit plan have been raised to Froin with mini mums rising to s175 from the formula is minus one per cent of lax Able income. Jury improperly instructed Vogt Brian Charles Vogt a 33 year old Winnipeg .1 a w y e r convicted dec. 3 of murder punishable by life imprison ment in connection the death of his estranged wife Judith has appealed his conviction. Among the grounds Given in the Appeal filed Friday is a claim that or. Justice . Solomon of Manitoba court of Queen s Bench failed to instruct the jury properly by not offering a possible Aller native verdict of guilty to a reduced charge of Man Slaughter. Mrs. Vogt was shot to death july 1c at her parents cottage at Brereton Lake Man., in White shall Provin Cial pack where she and her three children had been stay ing. Transmissions transmission tr0ublis free diagnostic Check and Road test k automatic answer Portage 930 Nairn 786-2437 667-1595 1311 Diphillips 440 Pembina 586-8049 453-4124 weather report for Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario the Low pressure system which brought Snow and a Strong wind to Northwest on Tario Friday now is Northeast of the great lakes. But some Patchy Cloud and Iso lated Snow flurries linger in its Wake Over Southern Sec Lions of the forecast District these Are expected to Clear generally by this afternoon. Elsewhere Clear cold weather is the order of the Day. A High pressure area Over Saskatchewan Early this morning is moving slowly eastward and As a result Clear cold weather will pre Vail Over nearly All regions sunday. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today temperatures following Are High temper Tures recorded yesterday Low temperatures for the 12 hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Today. Precipitation of snowfall is in centimetres and the amount of rainfall in Millimetres. Max. Min part. Vancouver 2 i 4.8 Calgary -8 -22 .3 Edmonton is -32 .3 Regina a -31 Brandon .-18 Thompson .-21 -32 ,5 forecast for Winnipeg Brandon Dauphin red River in Terlak and Bissell Cloudy periods this morning then sunny. Northwest wind at 15 Miles an hour. High today near minus 18 c and the Low tonight near minus 27. Sunny sunday with the High near minus 16. Max. Min. Part. -31 .3 Winnipeg .-15 -24 Thunder Bay -5 -19 5.1 Kenora -23 1.8 Ottawa -12 -13 2.5 Toronto 2 -5 .5 Booklet explains tax credit plans pilots facing Danny Burke 12, of 221 Belvi Drc Street St. James Assiniboia becomes airborne left after his plastic mini skis flew out from under him on a to Boggan slide on Lyle Street. The slide can be Man aged More successfully As the Young lady aboard a Toboggan right shows. Csc seeks Aid for postal Union an Appeal for funds to get the Canadian Union of postal workers. Csc out of the red Bas been dispatched from can a d i a n labor Congress Headquarters in of it was disclosed in Winnipeg Friday. Harry Munro exec live be c r e t a r y of the Winnipeg labor Council said the Congress had asked for Money to replenish the Union s coffers after a six week strike which depleted its Bank account. Prolonged negotiations and the. Strike of its the Csc letter to principal officers and Heads of affiliated unions labor councils and federations said has placed the postal Union More than in debt to organizations which loaned funds to the struck Union. The letter said the Union s bitter struggle had been often inaccurately reported by news Media. The letter was signed by Donald Montgomery close Creary treasurer. Schmo key sights High organizers of Schmo key night which this year will feature More than a dozen acts Hope the Jan. 24 show will result in a record contribution to the March for dimes disability fund. Besides a variety of gags and skits throughout the show entertainment will in clude Csc s Bruno Gerussia Host of celebrity Cooks and a cast member of the beachcombers and John Allan Cameron a Canadian Singer who appears on ctr. Tickets for this year s sch Mockey night Are on Sale at the Arena and usual ticket offices downtown. All seats for the show Are reserved. Man woman held on drug charges a Winnipeg Man and woman were arrested thurs Day in connection with the theft of morphine and Melba done from the health sciences Centre. The arrests were Vilade after a Man suffering a suspected drug overdose was admitted to the Hospital. A Winlun Peg police department spokesman said the patient who has t been charged was reported in serious condition in Hospital. Glen William Frost 28, of Tecumseh Street has been charged with breaking entering and theft and posses Sion of drugs. Mary Ann t o i a 18, of the same address has been charged with Possession of goods trained by crime. The police spokesman said a Man broke into a main floor pharmacy in the Hospi Tal about 4 . Thursday by forcing open a door while an other Man kept a Security guard occupied. After the sup celeb Over dose victim was admitted to Hospital Aboul 9 . Thurs Day police found drugs hid Den outside a Henry Avenue residence the spokesman said. The Manitoba government air division is laying off. 16 pills and is Selling four twin engined aircraft it was Learned Friday. Ten of the pilots Are Vic Tims of the decision to drop plans for the sky West Ltd. Prairie air service. Sales of the air planes and the Layoff of six pills is said to be a decision made by premiered Schreyer to Force organized use of gov e r n m e n t aircraft culling Cost of operating the Fleet. The 10 pilots for sky West were hired and trained to Fly the two Saunders aircraft corporation limited St-27s, which were to Fly the inter provincial service on a lease from the Federal government. A source said ibis is the first Large Layoff of pilots since the air division was formed in May 1932. It has been known for several years that the use of government aircraft has been a Mailer of concern and annoyance to the pre Mier. Government officials travelling the same areas of the Inland North often Book a operate aircraft when one could make All the stops at a fraction of the cosl., a number of years ago Premier appointed a co or dilator in the air division to govern use of government aircraft and to operate the patient air transport pro Gram established in 1972. Efforts to co ordinate air Craft use by government employees has been a failure a source said. Cynd cancels Ballet program a special program featuring the Royal Winnipeg bal let school scheduled to be shown at 10 . Sunday on television station Cynd has been cancelled because of difficulties encountered in obtaining clearance. Two Canadian travelogues will be shown in its place. 1975 weather pattern sets Sunshine record by j. H. Judson Winnipeg had heavier rain than usual in 1975, but Bel Ween the showers Sunshine broke through for 64 hours More than Normal rainfall 482 my 70 my More than usual. Nov fall amounted to 134 pm Normal for Winnipeg. The year started with two blizzards. Four persons died and hundreds were stranded in the severe Jan. 11 to 12 Bliz Zard. The Airport was closed for. 34 hours. Another blizzard hit Winnipeg Jan. 24 and 25, but it was t As severe although roads were again blocked. A heavy downpour june 22 flooded basements. For the first time in 25 years the red River exhibition Parade had to be halted because of the heavy rain. July was holler than usual and in the last week temperatures touched a High of 35.5 c. November came in with a record breaking warm spell. The nov. 5 maximum of 23.9 c was the highest Lempera Ture recorded in any no vember since records were started 104 years ago. This year Winnipeg had 34 thunderstorms. Normally the City gets Only 23 in one year. January Milder but Stormie than usual weather hit Winnipeg during january. Snow fell on the City Dur ing 17 Days in january and that included two heavy snowstorms. The storm on Jan. 10-12, swirled into a full blizzard and brought the City to a standstill. The 7.4 Inch snowfall blocked roads with drifts of Snow that blew in on winds gusting to More than 60 . It was the worst blizzard to hit Winnipeg since March 4, 1966. Monthly snowfall amounted to 20.3 inches double the Normal amount. Temperatures averaged 5 degrees above Normal with a maximum of 28 f Jan. 2 and 9. Jan. 39 was coldest at -27 f. Sunshine was 11 hours less than usual. It was completely overcast for 7 consecutive Days from Jan. 5 to 11 the longest stretch on record since 1951. February february weather was Sun Nier and less Windy than usual in Winnipeg but temperatures and precipitation were close to Normal. The Sun shone on Winnipeg for 149 hours 10 hours More than usual for february. Wind speeds averaged Only 9.8 . Compared with Normal february winds of 12.1 . It readied a Peak gust of 39 . On feb. 24. Temperatures averaged 1.6 degrees below Normal with the monthly mean at 2.1 f. Coldest Day was feb. 1 with a maximum of -28 f. Milder weather came Dur ing Lale february and reached a maximum of 34 f on feb. 24. Snowfall amounted to near Normal at 7.4 inches with .02 inches of freezing drizzle on feb. 3. Total water equivalent amounted of .61 inches compared with Normal february precipitation of .75 inches. March March was colder but Sun Nier and drier than usual in Winnipeg. Temperatures averaged from overnight lows of -15.9 c to afternoon highs of .-5.6 c for a mean temperature of -10.8 a which is an average of 2.7 degrees below Normal. A warm spell at mid month sent the maximum up to a thawing 3.9 c on March 18, but in spell of March 9 the mini mum dipped to 27.8 c. During March the Sun shone on Winnipeg for 192.3 hours 22 hours m6re than usual. Precipitation was lighter than Normal at .74 inches which came As .06 inches of rain and 7.6 inches of Snow. Seven inches of that total fell in the easter weekend Snow storm that disrupted traffic. April april in Winnipeg was cooler cloudier and Wetter than usual. The mean temperature of 2.2 c was 1.1 degrees below Normal. The month began with a cold spell that lowered the april 3 minimum to -25.4 a but a mild spell in the third week sent the maximum up to 18 c. Sunshine totalled. 167.7 hours 40.8 hours less than usual for april. Rainfall was heavier than usual but snowfall was lighter than Normal. Rain to talled 1.65 inches compared with Normal of 1 Inch while Snow measured 1.4 inches compared with the usual 4.7 inches. April was less Windy than usual with wind speeds averaging 11.4 ., about 3 . Lighter than Normal. The minimum temperature of -25.4 c was the lowest april minimum since 1936 when it dropped to -27 c. May May weather was sunnier warmer and less Windy than usual. But thunderstorms were reported on five Days compared with the usual two Days with Thunder during May. The Sun shone on Winnipeg 37.4 hours longer than usual and totalled 283.8 hours compared with Normal Sun time of 246.4 hours in May. Temperatures averaged 12.2 a compared with a Long time Normal tempera lure of 10.fi c. The last Day with Frost was May 5, with a minimum of -.6 c. Last Day with Snow was May 1, with a 1.1-Inch Snow fall which is Normal for May. Total water equivalent of the rain and Snow was below Normal at 1.86 inches compared with Normal of 2.25 inches. June june weather featured Hea vier than usual rainfall in Winnipeg but other weather conditions stayed close to Normal. Rainfall totalled 4.73 inches 1.57 inches More than nor Mal. Most of the rain came june 19 to 22. A 2.14-Inch downpour june 22 flooded basements and caused Power failures. Seven Thunder storms were reported during the month slightly More than the Normal number of 5.3 for june. Temperatures averaged near Normal at 16.9 c and ranged from a minimum s of 3.3 c on june 15 to a maximum of 30.8 c on june 20. Winds were lighter than Normal at 9 .com pared with Normal of 12 . Sunshine was seven hours less than usual with a total of 252 hours. July july was holler sunnier and drier than usual. Rain fall totalled 2.29 inches. Most of it fell during the closing hours of july. A heavy show e r july 31 brought 1.11 inches in one hour. The Sun shone on Winnipeg for 357.8 hours during july 47 hours More than Normal. Temperatures averaged 21.5 a which is 1.8 degrees above Normal. In a heat wave during the last week temperatures Rose to an extreme High of 35.5 c on july 30. It was the hottest july 30 on record and the overnight minimum of. 23.3 c was the highest Ever recorded for that Date. July 16 was an other hot night with the minimum failing to drop below 20.3 c the highest on re Cord for july 16. July 10 was the coolest night with a minimum of 7 c. There were nine Thunder storms about three More than usual. August Winnipeg had a Cool Cloudy August that featured thunderstorms Hail and More Jain than usual. Rainfall of 5.22 inches was 2.32 inches above Normal. Most of this rain came in nine thunderstorms. Normally Winnipeg has six Thunder storms in August. This year one developed into a severe storm that damaged South Eastern parts of the City with Hail that measured up to 2.5 inches in diameter on aug. 24. Temperatures averaged two degrees below Normal with a mean temperature of 16.7 c. Warmest was aug. 23 at a maximum of 30.4 c and aug. 18 was coolest with a Low of 3.3 c. Sunshine was 22 hours less than Normal during August. September september was slightly cooler and drier than usual. Temperatures averaged 10.9 a which is 1.7 degrees below Normal. Lowest temperature was -2.2 c on sept. 13. A warming trend the next Day registered inc maximum of 27.2 c. First killing Frost occurred. Sept. 12 Wilh a mini mum of -1.7 c. The Frost free season Safe for vegetation ran for 144 Days from april 20. That is 14 Days longer than usual. Rainfall was 11 my less than Normal for september with a total of 41.8 my. Sun Shine was near Normal with 180 hours. Thunderstorms were nor Mal with iwo hours being re corded. Sept. 6, a funnel Cloud Over Winnipeg touched Down in Southeastern areas of the City. It caused some damage bul no injuries. October october weather was near Normal in Winnipeg but cloudier than usual. Temperatures averaged just a Frac Tion of a degree above nor Mal but a warm spell oct. 8 sent the maximum up to 26.6 c. That was the warmest Day of. The month and it was the warmest oct. 8 on re Cord. The coldest morning was oct. 6 Wilh a minimum of 6.1 c. The Sun shone on Winnipeg for 137 hours in october. Normally the Sun shines for 153 hours. Rainfall totalled 36.7 my compared with the usual 29.2 my in october but snowfall less than usual. Snow measured 2.8 pm compared with the Normal 5.6 pm. The water Cru Ivalene of Hie rain and Snow amounted to 383 my 3.5 my above nor Mal. November november w a s warmer and sunnier than usual in Winnipeg. Temperatures averaged -2 a compared with Normal of -4.4 c. The month began with a warm spell that sent the maximum temperature to a record breaking 23.9 c on nov. 5. That was the highest no vember temperature registered in 104 years of records. This was the third sunniest november of this Century. Sunshine totalled 122.9 hours. Only november 1939, and november 1946, were Sun Nier with Iso and 132 hours. November was drier than usual. Rainfall measured 2.3 my compared Wilh Normal of 7.1 my. Snowfall amounted to 15.5 pm compared with a Normal 21.3 pm. A thunderstorm w i t h a spatter of Hail hit Winnipeg on nov. 7. Thunder rarely occurs in november. The last official report of no vember Thunder occurred in 1918 and Hail had never occurred until 1975. The red River froze nov 27 and the Assiniboine nov. 29. December december weather be have according to Long time Normal conditions. Temperature averaged -14.1 a which is near Normal for december. Afternoon highs averaged -8.4 c and overnight lows -19.8 c. War Mest Day was dec. 4 with a maximum of 5.9 c. Coldest Day was dec. 12 with a mini mum of -33.7 c. Snowfall amounted to 18.9 pm 5 pm less than usual. Full blizzards missed Winnipeg. The first near blizzard conditions occurred dec. .3 for four hours but winds were blizzard St nth. Sunshine totalled 96 hours 10 hours More than usual for december. 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