Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 3, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday january 3, 1976 . Car insurance rates to skyrocket continued mrs. Brown who said the government should recon Sider its decision suggested uie so reds were trying to re Duce overnight the i Csc Defi Cit of million. Graham Edis a spokesman for the . Automobile association said the association is concerned about the Large increases and that measures should be taken to the Burden on motorists who face the exceptionally Large insurance in Victoria w. B. Wood Ward manager of Blue Bird taxicabs Ltd said elderly people will be forced to sell their cars. They won t be Able to afford insurance but they also won t be Able to pay the Price Well have to ask for taxi service if our insurance premiums increase that predicted that some taxi companies Mil go broke be cause of the increased rates. Labourers uncover frescoes continued in 1475 and died in 1564. How Ever it was destroyed by fire in 1423 and rebuilt Over the years. Michelangelo began working on the Sacristy in 1521. He worked on the project for 16 years and some Art critics speculated did the basement frescoes on his own initiative and kept them secret in his passion for Pri Vacy. The Sacristy contains the figures Day and night the latter being the last known work of Michelangelo in Florence before left the area in anger at the abolition of the Republic. Restoration work in the Basilica is still under Way and is not expected to be completed before March or april. In july. 1974, the first Dis covery of a new work attributed to Michelangelo was found. The ruins of a demolished House in the ancient Trastevere Section of Rome yielded what Art experts called the original head of Michelangelo s Pieta Rondanini. They said the artist was prob ably dissatisfied with his carving and tossed it away. It now is on display in Milan. The better known Pieta in St. Peter s Basilica in Vatican City is on display behind protective Glass after being vandalised and restored 1972. Some Victoria area Munici pal leaders said they could see a reduction in traffic congestion As a result of the new rates because fewer persons will be Able to afford to drive. Len Macht chairman of the Bod shop division of the Auto Mobile retailers association said in Vancouver was not surprised at the increase and that had predicted it they have to charge what they have to said. The increased rates would mean that the owner of a 1973 to 1875 Chevrolet Biscayne or. A car of similar value have to pay if drives the car to work in Vancouver. This Premium would include Public liability Coyer age deductible collision and deductible comprehensive. The 1975 rate is about or. Bro Nick said the new rates Are designed to pick up about million or 10 per cent of i Csc s estimated Defi Cit on Auto insurance under a 10-year loss recovery plan. As Well As announcing the Premium increases the Fol lowing changes were out lined insurance firms will be invited into . To compete with i Csc Proba Bly by March 1, 1977. Premium surcharge will be. Imposed on Drivers who Are to Blair is for a for the High risk male Driver under 25 years of age May go up considerably More than the average. Or. Rogeer said details of the new -1 rates will be announced within about 10 Days with renewal forms scheduled to be distributed in about two weeks. The minister said the social credit government has rejected the nip proposal to subsidize i Csc losses out of government gasoline and licence plate said tile government has other priorities than to subsidize the automobile and that it is prepared to live with the political consequences of the increases. At the news confere nce or. Mcgeer released a letter. Written dec. 31 by provincial Secretary Grace Mccarthy in which the government s Rea sons for rejection of any sub Sidy program for i Csc were outlined. The letter to i Csc says the Cabinet subsidy can be justified and social programs have a prior Call on government funds. The letter was drafted after a report by actuary Byron straight recommended several methods of dealing with i Csc s financial problems. The report says i Csc is headed for a the current Premium year of million. . Denial leaves doubt on mercenaries Washington Reuter official denials that United states citizens Are being recruited to fight in Angola have fallen Short of ruling out the possible use of . Financed foreign mercenaries. While the White House Friday rejected a report that the Cia recruited 600 Ameri cans indirectly for service in Angola it avoided a denial of questions on whether any for Eigners Are being enlisted to fight soviet sponsored factions in the former portuguese Colony in Africa. As far As i know no Pri vate company or contractor i s hiring american mercenaries for combat presidential spokesman Ron Nesson said in denying a Story in the Christian science Monitor. But Nessen backed Down Frum answering a question on any non americans Are being recruited or trained for use in Angola. I Don t have anything to said. Is no secret that the american government is giving modest amounts of Assis Tance to some african coun Nessen said. But no . Government Agency has any Way of know ing How every last Penny is Nessen s reply prompted speculation that the United states might be helping to pay for portuguese cuban refugee or other mercenaries to fight with factions against lie cuban aided popular movement for the liberation of Angola the United states has expressed serious concern about the role of the cubans and russians in support of the Mola but both president Ford and state Secretary Henry k i s s i n r have stressed that the . Role is limited to financial Aid. The Christian science Moni Tor reported that 300-Ameri cans already Are operating in Angola and another 300 ready to go when the Cia finds the Money. Meanwhile pravda denied today that the soviet Union plans to set up military bases in Angola and it called for an end to foreign intervention in the former portuguese co Lony. Tass news Agney quoted the soviet communist party paper As saying in an editorial the soviet Union does not seek anything in Angola either economic military or other gain. Pravda accused Western news services of giving a distorted View of events in Ango la. They distort the position on the foreign policy of the soviet it said. It said any assertions about soviet intentions to establish military bases in the former portuguese Colony and Mili tary expansion in Africa in general Are unfounded. The newspaper said that the soviet Union has Given and continues to give moral and material support to the patriotic forces of Angola and the popular movement for the liberation of Angola in their struggle against colonialism and makes no secret of Twenty five killed in Europe storm experts say they have unearthed new evidence Rome was founded at least two centuries be fore Romulus and Remus. Here one. Of the experts cleans remains of a human being in a sarcophagus found at Casteldi Devinia about 10 Miles South of Rome. Continued Winnipeg Hydro steam Plant to close or cos t millions deaths Bjornsson Margaret 81, 1 of lunar Man., widow of Helgi Bjornsson. Blomme Marie 93, of Lake .Man., widow August Blomme. Bogguss Bethia 70, of 247 Elm Street. Campbell Sophie Jose Phine 60, of 661 Oxford Street. Chambers Jessie 81, of Vancouver. Chubak Peter 54, of 418 Kent Road Printer husband of Anne Chubak. Davey Ada Helen 91, of 1037 seach Avenue widow of Alfred Laurence Davey. France Jean 59, of Winnipeg. Gelinas senator Louis p., of Montreal husband of Gertrude Bruneau Gelinas. Gillespie Ernest Lavera 61, of 1378 Selkirk Avenue City of Winnipeg employee husband of Alice Gillespie. Gould Michael six weeks of Hamilton ont., son of Harry and Janet Gould. Harteveld albertus or sinus 81, of Dogwood a Elanor formerly of trans Cona self employed Butch Hebert Lucien 71, of St. Man., employed in the Oil business husband of Anette Hebert. Hughes Eric Sidney 61, of Anola Man., retired from farming. Jorstad Hilda of sum Merland ., formerly of St. Vital wife of nil s Jor stad. Mccutcheon Arthur Earl 54, of Strathclair Man., husband of Irene Mccutcheon. Mckay George h., of Sohi Hill England formerly of Winnipeg and Edmonton husband of Lillian Mckay. , Ethel 77, of 1889 Alexander ave Niue wife of George James Mckillop. Popiel mrs. Charles 64, of Thunder Bay ont., former owner of a Winnipeg realty company husband of Mary Popiel. Schneider Karolina 89, of 397 Mckenzie Street widow of Adolf Schneider. Smith Charles Andrew 68, 256 Edmonton Street suite 1, husband of Helen Mae Nell Smith. Smith Russell Gordon 64, of f.n flon Man., Hus band of Phyllis Smith. Smithson Patrick Lawrence 20, of 853 Atlan tic Avenue Sisler High school student son of Jean Betty Smithson. Morris 74, of mount Zion Hospital san Francisco formerly of Winnipeg husband of Estelle Weale Charles John 85, of 1003 Royce. Avenue retired from Shell Oil co., husband of Char Lotte Weale. Wegner Henry 81, for Merly of 852 Home Street retired Barber. Zajaros Andrew 78, of Winnipeg formerly of Teu Lon Man., husband of Lena Zajaros. Zywitski Mike 76, of holy family Home 165 Aberdeen Avenue. For further information please see classified death by the Canadian press Toronto Harold g. Who to Side 62, financial manager of the Independent to Bacco wholesalers Alliance Ltd. Since 1972, of cancer. Toronto Cameron Mitchin son 64, vice president of general Accident Assur Ance group of heart at tack. Sydney . Sister Sadie Fitzgerald 89, who taught in Asia for 50 years As a member of the society of the sacred heart. Rockbridge Baths a. Pierre Daura 79, Spanish born Painter who became an american citizen after being exiled from Spain in a Lexington Hospital. Inverness Thomas Pace Haig 87, minister emeritus of the second re formed Church in Somer Ville n.j., past president of the general Synod of the reformed Church in America in Hospital after a Short _ a spokesman for the com Mission said few complaints have been received about the Plant which services about 275 customers. R. T. Harland general manager of Winnipeg Hydro said Friday the Utility will use the two year Extension to study to see if the Plant could meet physically and the new Stan Dards. Or go out of Busi or. Harland indicated that if Winnipeg Hydro finds it can t meet the standards it might return to the commis Sion to report o what pollution controls it can meet and some agreement might be reached. An alternative to going out of business would be to switch to electrical heating from Coal. That would entail in s a ii ing the necessary equipment directly into the customer s buildings. Continued or. Harland said Winnipeg hydro1 is luring a consultant to look at the feasibility of installing the new equipment. Whether the Plant will be Able Dards in 1979 is pure speculation. It will difficult but it May not be or. Harland said. Road links and cutting elec t r i c i t y supplies in Many areas. In Britain the winds Tore off roofs flooded streets halted air and rail traffic smashed windows and snapped Power . As Dawn came today thou Sands of Homes were without electricity. Seaside towns had flooded streets and roads everywhere were blocked by fallen Trees. Police ambulance and fire stations reported they worked under pres night coping with emergency Calls. The death toll included a pedestrian who was. Whirled by the wind into the path of a soviet Navy most potent briton s new Book claims Moore says soviet Navy pay is bad discipline is hard and Crew quarters compare to those in a 1914 British Man of War. The author a former naval officer is the la test Champion of stronger nato navies to stress the growing Power of the soviet Fleet. Continued i while its Large numbers Are acknowledged however there is considerable debate among experts As to whether it is any match for of the . And its allies. Each Side is armed with sufficient nuclear weapons to inflict disastrous damage on the other even after a major attack. Those nuclear especially those in secretive meant to Deler an attack in the first place and May make the numbers of ships on each Side somewhat less important. Car a couple killed when an other car was blown into theirs three Drivers who hit fallen Trees two men who drowned on a a Traw Lerman lost in heavy seas and a Man hit by crashing Timber in his Garden. The old Vic theatre in Lon Don was evacuated when scaffolding on the outside col lapsed. Seven diners in a Lon Don restaurant were injured when a plate Glass window fell in on them. The roof was torn off a House in Leamington spa and the family of 12 was taken to a Hospital. The British state railway said overhead Power lines and tracks were blocked with debris stopping trains be tween London and the North and stranding thousands of passengers. Diesel locomotives were dispatched to haul in the stalled electric trains. Aircraft flights were can celled due to chopping Cross winds. The weather Centre in Lon Don reported a gust of 105 Miles an hour in Cromer in Eastern England. Mer sey s i d e 75-m.h. Winds dragged the Shell Oil Tanker Myrina from its moorings onto a Sandbank. Homes were flooded in Northern Wales and along. England s West coast As winds whipped the sea Over tidal defences. Work on Grassie begins continued but it recently became known that there is no firm Date for construction of the shopping Centre the report said. Committee also approved a motion by councillor Morris Kaufman Independent for Skouge that the depart ment study the feasibility of putting flashing signals and Stop signs at other High Speed intersections in the City. The civic Board of commissioners was also asked to re port on a motion by coun. Gary Filmon ice Assiniboine Park that the City apply to the provincial High traffic Board for a reduction of Speed on Lagimodiere on the approaches to Grassie or along the entire length of Lagimodiere within the perimeter Highway and to consider closing some intersections along its route. Committee chairman councillor Gerry Mercier ice fort Garry said install ing the signals at the gras Sie Lagimodiere intersection will allay the fears of parents with children who ride school buses Down that Road. Works and operations com missioner Nick Diakiw said the lights can be in place by Early next week. He said was equally concerned about the situation a signalized Almey Lagimodiere intersection to the South at which a More serious Accident problem exists. That will be dealt with at inn committee s next regular meeting a week from Mon Day said. The City s 1976 capital works budget contains for work there involving relocating the inter Section to the South and alteration of the geometries so that Ravenston Avenue East of Lagimodiere will be coun. Eldon Ross ice St. James Assiniboia said the City has to be faster in getting signals installed at dangerous intersections. He said the department s operating budget always pro Vides for five new signalized intersections of which the City now has about 420. .s.r. Living Standard loses out Sakli Arov fourth we get very Low pensions and benefits even after several substantial increases under Khrushchev and Brezhnev. If we exclude special pensions and military pensions the maximum monthly stipend is 120 rubles while the average is half that. Pensions for members of collective farms were introduced Only recently and they Are very Small. The pension for the loss by death of a head of a household is not paid if committed suicide. Despite repeated increases the Benefit for mothers of Large families introduced during the War covers Only a Small part of the expenses for raising Chil Dren. Single mothers without Large families receive a Benefit amounting to 4 rubles per month for each child. Fifth every year a number of Sun Days or saturdays Are declared to be working Days. The so called communist saturdays arc formally regarded As voluntary but just try not going to work the pay for those Days is put into the state fund. Sunday May was designated a working Day and a Day paid vacation was lost. No one dared to protest except for two priests one of whom was arrested. Sixth for most of the population housing and daily living conditions re main bad despite the Large scale hous ing construction under Way in Many cities. It is not True that we have the cheapest housing in the world. Expressed in units of average wages the Cost per Square meter is not lower than in the developed countries. For a family to obtain its own apartment is a piece of Good Luck for which Many people Wail All their lives. The usual apartment building is Multi storied with Many apartments and externally resembles a Low income project in North America though it has fewer conveniences and is More crowded. A separate room for each member of the family found Only continued among a tiny percentage of the Popula Tion. Except in a few elite cities food stuffs and manufactured goods Are in sufficiently available. The bread is of Low Quality and contains additives. The meat situation is even worse. In most areas one has to stand in line for hours to get meat and the Quality is not always satisfactory even for dogs. There is a serious and Complete Lack of electricity arid Gas. The water situation is bad. Most cities and towns still do not have a modern sewage system. Seventh the Quality of education is Low especially in the Rural areas. The classrooms Are dimly lit and overcrowded. Organized transportation for Chil Dren living far from school so common in the West is lacking almost every where. Arrangements for feeding the children Are bad. The concept of free education is not extended As it is in. Many non socialist countries to provid ing children with food school uniforms and textbooks. The formal requirements involve Complex and extensive pro Grams of study that exhaust the Stu dents and Many hours of Homework. But actually level education is very Low. Eighth medical care for the majority of the population is of a Low Quality. It takes half a Day to get to see a doctor at a clinic. And what can the doctor do or in to minutes has for seeing each patient the patient has virtually no Choice As to what doctor will get. At the hospitals the patients lie in the corridors where either the air is Stuffy or else there is a draft. There Are no very few orderlies or practical nurses and a handful of registered nurses the situation is bad with regard to Linen medication and food. For an Ordinary Hospital the Bud get allocates less than one Ruble per Day per patient for everything. Naturally there is nothing and conditions Are frightful. But for privileged hospitals the budget allocates up to 15 rubles per Day per patient. It is not a matter of Accident that All the foreigners i know who Are living in Moscow Send their wives to capitalist countries for delivery of their babies even though the care available to them Here is incomparably better than that provided for Ordinary soviet citizens. Ninth the Low wage level Means that a Man s earnings do not suffice to sup port his family even if has Only one child. Hence the impossibility of a nor Mal family upbringing for children with serious social consequences. Hence too the destruction of the health of millions of women doing heavy work. Tenth there is restriction on Freedom. Of movement within the country the passport system which for millions of members of collective farms Means the impossibility of going off to the City. The Rural population is numerous by Western standards. But the Young peo ple Are eager to leave the Rural and after military service the men scarcely Ever return. There is a potentially productive manual labor Force the majority but Only machinery operators Are paid Well. Many people simply vegetate. Drun Kenness is epidemic everywhere. Harsh restrictions on authorized places of residence for former prisoners often wreck their whole jives. The whole world knows about the immeasurable suffering of the crimean tatars who 31 years ago became the victims of a criminal resettlement during which half of the children and old people died of hunger and cold. Yet even now they Are being denied their right to return to their native Crijnen which badly needs. Their labor. And their Fate has been shared by the Volga germans the Meskhi turks and others. Eleventh it is impossible for most citizens to travel abroad not even on tourist trips not to mention Tours in connection with one s work or trips for the purpose of earning Money studying or receiving medical treatment. Com pare the following. It is estimated that half of the 32 million persons from the Federal Republic of Germany taking a month s paid vacation in August 1975 will spend their holidays abroad Many accompanied by their families. Twelfth the finishing touch to this portrait of a society is the dissipation and tragic alcoholism of the great mass of the population including women and Young people. The per capita consumption of alcohol is thrice what it was in Tsa Rist Russia. The authorities attitude toward this frightful Ca Lamity among the people is ambivalent. On one hand it is too bad that people go on so Many sprees and that in the morning the workers hands tremble. But on the other hand the people Are More docile this Way. They demand less and the Money flows spontaneously into the government s pocket. And in general they say that s the Way it s always been in Russia and it s not up to us to change it. Meantime in the russian Republic alone drunkards collapse and freeze on the streets every year. And All those cities and towns that have no such army of policemen As Moscow Are groaning from the spreading epidemic of senseless brutal hooliganism and crime. Excerpted from my country and the world by Andrei d. Sakharov. Copyright 1975 by Alfred a. Knopf inc. Reprinted with permission of the pub i Lisher. Next the prisoner ;