Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 5, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tighter control seen for Cost of wooing votes changes in the Manitoba election act which would tighten controls on candidates Campaign expenses and reporting procedures Are expected at uie next session of the provincial legislature. Problems in the present spending allowance of 40 cents per eligible voter a candidate came to Light again last week when disclosed that three of the seven candidates running in the june Wolseley and cres cent Wood by elections Over spent the allowable limit. The present legislation does t provide a penalty for Over expenditure. In addition six of the. Seven candidates filed their election expense reports after the 60-Day deadline for filing had expired. There is a Fine for candidates convicted of filing late re turns but government spokesmen say that it is unlikely any action will be taken. A Complete review of the election act which has not been undertaken since 1966, is under Way by the govern ment and the Law Reform commission. Premiered Schreyer is re porn edit seriously consider ing Public funding of some portion of candidates elec closed meeting to hear Pepin Jean Luc Pepin chairman the Federal anti inflation Board will speak Jan. 23 at a noon luncheon at a seminar on anti inflation Law and regulations at the Winnipeg inn. The seminar sponsored by the anti inflation Board and open Only to invited business men will consist of two tech Nical sessions on compensation and prices and profits a government spokesman said. William lad Raan a Prairie Region member of the Board will also speak at the luncheon. Tion allowances a measure he described last year As a possibility. It is still not known if the Law Reform commission will finish overhauling the act in time for sweeping re visions at the upcoming ses Sion of the legislature. How Ever a spokesman for the Premier said on the weekend some changes will Likely be made this session. The next provincial election is expected in 1077. Meantime according to re ports published in the latest Manitoba Gazette Liberal Leader Charles Huband who sought election in Crescent Wood and new Democrat Murdoch Mackay and Liber Al d Arcy Mccaffrey in Wol Seley overspent the 40-cent limit. I n Crescen Lwood where there were names on the voters list was the prescribed maximum. Successful conservative candidate Warren Steen spent just under the limit. Or. Huband run Ning second spent or Over the limit. New Democrat Harvey Pat Terson who ran third spent candidates in the Wolseley by election were allowed to spend on the eligible voters. T w o unsuccessful candidates spent Over the limit or. Mccaffrey by 5311.44 and or. Mackay by the Winner conservative Bob Wilson spending was under the limit. Last in the by election was Joe Smith an Independent who fulfilled both the expense limit he spent and reporting require ments. The. Other candidates filed their Complete reports election expenses Between aug. 26. The Day following the 60-Day deadline and dec. 9, when or. Steen added the required list to the return he filed sept. 4. Automatic transmissions from blast free diagnostic Check and boat f est swe Afif bit Portage 786-2437 to Nairn 667-1595 1311 Mcphilips 586-8049 to Pembina 453-4124 weather report for the Prairie provinces weather warnings were is sued last night for Southern and Central Alberta and were continued this morning. Five to 10 centimetres Snow fell overnight in parts of Central and Eastern Alberta and the Snow is expected to become heavier today in Southern Al Berta. Light Snow was also reported in Southern Saskatchewan during the night and will continue today As a disturbance in Northern Mon Tana moves East Southeast Ward toward the Dakotas. A few periods of Light Snow Are expected in Southern Mani Toba As Well. Meanwhile Northern sections of the Prairies reported a Clear sky and temperatures in the minus 35 to minus 42 degree Range. This cold air will push slowly southward into South Ern sections of Saskatchewan and Manitoba by tomorrow morning. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today temperatures following Are High temper Tures recorded yesterday Low temperatures for the 12 3iour 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. Man. Pre. Vancouver 9 2 9.4 Calgary a -22 .5 Edmonton -.-14 5.6 Regina -11 -17 1.3 Brandon -16 -20 to Thompson .-25 -35 1.0 the Pas -21 -31 .3 Winnipeg -19 -1 to Thunder Bay .-18 -36 Kenora .-19 -23 Ottawa -4 -24 Toronto -13 Montreal Halifax Chicago los Angeles Minneapolis new York Boston Amsterdam Athens Bangkok Beirut Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Copenhagen Frankfurt -9 2 a 20 19 it 0 -1 7 12 32 13 3 11 33 0 forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and bed River re g i o n s Cloudy with Light show today and tonight. Cloudy tuesday with Snow East wind at 15 to 20 a. Causing some Drifting. Low tonight -25 a High tuesday -15 c to -18 c. Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Win. Mean Jan.2 .-15.0 -25.0 -20.0 Jan.3 .-21.7 -30.4 -26.1 Jan. 4 .-.-18.9 -32.9 -25.9 last year -8.6 -18.8 -13.7 Normal.-13.3 -23.3 -18.3 highest on record 1.7 in 1947 lowest on record -47.8 in 1896 precipitation total Lor nov. 1 to Jan. S 37.9 Millimetres Normal 53.9 Millimetres. Max. Min. Pri. Hong Kong 22 17 Johannesburg 23 14 Kiev 1 -12 Lisbon 14 4 London 8 6 Madrid 15 2 Moscow .-13 -20 Winnipeg free press monday january 5, 1976 2nd class mall registration number 0286 a traffic Light system went into operation at the intersection of gras Sie and Lagimodiere boulevards on the weekend the site of a school bus truck collision two weeks ago in which 14 Stu dents were slightly injured. Many parents called the intersection very dangerous and two City councillors quickly demanded that lights be installed. University of Manitoba year in review Money strike shatter academic Calm Geneva. 6 -1 Helsinki -5 -10 Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Sao Paulo Seoul Singapore Stockholm Taipei Tehran Tel Aviv. Tokyo 10 33 12 25 0 29 -5 22 4 18 19 by Philip dodgers free press education reporter the University of Mani t o b a s financial situation which has worsened steadily since 1970, grew into a Mam Moth headache in 1975 As the University faced employees growing demands and Unea siness on the one hand and the provincial government s hard line budgetary policy on the other. The year began with the University expecting a million deficit by March and a directive from the Board of governors to freeze hiring Cut Back expenditures and consider a reduction of ser vices and activities. After a million deficit in 1973-74, the Board had approved a budget for 1974-75 that did not include upward salary adjustments and Union contract settlements. The final deficit announced in october was this budget continued to plague the University throughout the year and or. Justice John m. Hunt former vice chairman of the Board who had steadily de fended it recently conceded the budget might have been a mistake. In february 1975, the government appointed universities Grants commission headed since the beginning of the year by w. J. Condo the University s former vice president administration agreed to assume halt or up to million of the University s debt in the first of a series of Rescue operations. The University was ordered to liquidate the remaining portion of the deficit Over a five year period later extended to 10 years and to strike a balanced budget for 1975-76. The latter was to cause problems. What Little peace there was on Campus was shattered in March when about workers technical Cleri Cal administrative and com Puter personnel went on strike after eight months of bargaining. They stayed out for seven weeks the strike by the association of employees supporting education services hit the University hard disrupting Spring exams and forcing the cancellation of Spring con vocation. Support for the strikers was Patchy. Although1 the faculty association itself negotiating for a first contract since november officially supported the strike raised Money and held meetings Many members assumed the workloads of the strikers creating in some cases an animosity that continues. The support of students who were waiting to write their final exams and who had a reluctant University of Manitoba students Union was minor. Of greater con Cern to a number of students was the announcement of a 17 per cent increase in occupancy rates charged by three residences. The faculty association moved More clearly into the picture Early in april when it accused the University of using delaying tactics in regard to contract negotiations. Dissatisfied b y the administration s response he faculty association asked Lor a conciliation officer As had the support workers. Within a few Days a third Union Canadian Union of Public employees local 1482, announced a breakdown in contract negotiations and became the third Union to ask for a conciliation officer. A fire in a main Cnance warehouse during the strike was blamed on arsonists and when the univer sity s insurance premiums were almost doubled later in the year the fire was cited As one of the reasons. By mid april two More unions the Canadian association of Industrial mechanical and Allied workers local 9, and the services employees International Union with about 800 workers Between them were also negotiating contracts. In april the University announced pay increases for 475 non Union academic and support staff. The announce ment in the midst of contract negotiations angered unionized workers. Early ill May a week be fore the support staff strike was settled the faculty association voted on a motion de manding that or Ernest sir Luck president of the univer sity should meet with them within a month or resign. The association said or. Sir Luck had lost the Confidence of much of the University Community. The reply two weeks later came in a vote of Confidence i the president by the Board of governors and a directive to or. Sir Luck not to comply with the faculty demands. With the provincial govern ment s agreement to provide additional funds to cover the final settlement with the sup port staff difficulties in balancing the budget diminished. The University s expectation of additional funds was evident when the 1975-76 Bud h i s resignation from the. Board. He said increasing government involvement in the University and increasing Union activity made it Neces sary for him to separate himself from the University to preserve his judicial in dependence and impartiality and the appearance thereof. The supplementary Grant gave Only partial Relief since the government directed it could not be used As part of the base used in calculating for the 1976-77 budget. Sol Kanee a Winnipeg businessman was elected chairman of the Board june deficit was announced in june. The budget provided for an operating Reserve of million to c o v e r As yet undetermined increases i n salaries utilities and fuel. Between the time of the b u e t announcement and the Grants commission s reply morale at the University Sank As faculties talked of cuts in enrolment if the Bud get was not accepted. A n unsatisfactory Public meeting Between University officials and the commission attended by about 50 members of the faculty added nothing to the Situa Tion. On the same Day that the government announced a supplementary Grant to cover the projected deficit or. Justice Hunt announced University of Manitoba administration building was set up to investigate the University s Priori ties. In july or. Sir Luck announced he would retire in july 19 is a year before the full term of ins contract would expire. He said later he Felt the situation had improved so that he would not be leaving in the Middle of a crisis. Although it did not become Public until later or. W. M. Sibley vice president of plan Ning had already announced his Early retirement to take effect in september. He was to go to a Small East Ern Canadian University. Barry Browning the registrar had also resigned his position to enter the Law school. None of these positions Lias yet been filled. Neither has that of the assistant vice president a Post be came vacant in january. In August less than two months after his appoint ment or. Kanee resigned As chairman of the Board. He was replaced Fay Ray , an alumni representative on the Board. Although no reasons were Given one Hoard member said later there had been difficulties because of or. Kan be s method operating. It had been unfamiliar to other members who did t have his business background. The preliminary 1976-77 budget presented to the Grants commission in a gust called for a 33 per cent increase in government Grants. Or. Sir Luck came in for More criticism from the sen ate and the commission be cause the budget had included the supplementary Grant in its base calculation con Taining to the government s directive. In september the Grants commission issued guidelines indicating the probable level of support to be expected from government 15 per cent. The University s revised budget submitted in october asked for an increase of a Little less than 20 per cent. Subsequently in View of the Federal wage guidelines the commission asked the University to revise the Bud get again although no Provin Cial guidelines had been announced. Throughout september and october negotiations be t w e c n the University and various bargaining groups were settled. In one Case an average 16.5 per cent salary increase was provided for the faculty association. Morale at the University none too High at any time this year hit a new Low in october when an administrative report was interpreted As meaning there would be cuts in staff. The University has preferred to handle the problem by attrition rehiring staff Only when a position could t be left vacant As a morale Booster the attrition policy is not work ing. Many members of staff claim attrition is creating disparities that it does not apply equally throughout the University. It is a situation which will continue to create problems. At the december meeting of the University s Senate a report was presented Sug Gesting increases in student fees. The report said fees should be reviewed annually that they should represent a set part of the University s Revenue and that they should reflect the actual Cost of pro Grams. The report was shelved until a meeting in january to allow student senators time to consider it More fully. They have already expressed opposition to. The re p o r to saying if fees were raised it would be to the det r i m e n t of students from poorer families. The student Union is preparing a Brief to be presented before the Jan uary meeting. It is believed the govern ment in the past opposed to an increase in student fees now May favor such a move though there is no indication whether this will mean a Cor responding decrease in Grants of interest to administration or an increase in student Aid one of the students main staff morale and the fees Issue ensure that the begin Ning of 1970 will be no easier for the troubled University. The situation with unions about two thirds of the University s employees Are represented by 11 unions has All the elements to provide further labor prob lems. Prison s solitary units defended Stony Mountain Penitentiary puts Only a handful of inmates in ils 15 solitary confinement cells at any one time Russell Mcgill the prison s assistant director said saturday. Because it is essentially a medium Security institution Stony Mountain s solitary capacity is smaller than in other penitentiaries he said. Or. Mcgill was commenting on a recent Federal court Rul ing Labelling the solitary unit at a British Columbia Penitentiary As cruel and unusual punishment. A National study commenting on the courts decision said it had found Many instances of Long incarceration in the so called i dissociation areas. The., group headed by Ottawa sociologist j. C. Valour found one . Inmate who spent More than four years in Soli tary. Or. Mcgill said the. Average slay in Stony Moun Tain s solitary unit is be tween five and 15 Days Al though it can be lengthened i n unusual circumstances. Prisoners Are confined to their cells and deprived of Normal privileges but Are usually allowed outside to exercise he said. Prisoners in solitary have their meals brought to them and can occasionally be put on a Bland diet As a form of punishment or. Mcgill said. The prison also has a protective custody area consist ing of 19 cells reserved for inmates who ask to be re moved from the general population. He said these cells Are almost always full. Many of the inmates in protective custody Are sex offenders or. Mcgill said. Stony Mountain has a capacity of about 4so prisoners. Overdose kills drug suspect a 27-year-old Winnipeg Man who police contend was involved in the theft of mor Phine and methadone last from the health1 sciences Centre died in i Spital during the weekend of. A drug overdose. A spokesman at the health sciences Centre said monday that Barry Mcdougall of 501 Henry Avenue died three Days after being admitted to1 Hospital in serious condition. At about . Thurs Day a Man broke into a main floor pharmacy at the health sciences Centre while another Man kept a Security guard occupied. Shortly after or. Mcdougall was admitted to hos Pital police Frimd a Quantity of drugs outside a Henry Avenue address. Also Glen William Frost 28, has been charged with breaking entering and theft and Possession of drugs and Mary Ann Tot i 18, has been charged with Possession _ of goods obtained by crime in connection with the Hospital incident. Man killed rescuing 5 a new year s Day fire on the Roseau River Indian re serve claimed the life of a Man who helped three Chil Dren and two adults escape the Blaze. Oliver Scenic 38, was overcome by smoke after he re entered the burning build ing to make sure no one else was inside an ramp spokes Man said. The fire thought to have been started by a faulty Oil Heater completely destroyed the one Storey Frame dwell ing. The Reserve is about 30 Miles South of Winnipeg near Emerson. Elie school to close two Days for revamp Elie elementary school will be closed monday and tuesday to permit teachers to get reorganized following a fire last week which dam aged the schools auditorium. Students Are expected Back in classes wednesday. Workmen spent the week end cleaning smoke damaged classrooms but officials said no attempt was being made yet to repair the auditorium where the Blaze started. The fire in the school located in Elie about 20 Miles West of Winnipeg took about five hours to extinguish. An ramp spokesman said a girl driving past the school on a snowmobile reported the Blaze at about . Wednesday. Firefighters from Portage la Prairie James Valley and Rosedale Hutt Erite Colony finally extinguished it at about 2 . A fire department spokes Man in Winnipeg said the Blaze is believed to have been caused by an auditorium Light bulb touching combustible material. He said arson is not suspected. Painters had been working in the auditorium until about . The Day of the fire. No official estimate of the damage is yet available the fire department spokesman said saturday. The auditorium was the most severely hit area while the rest of the school suffered mainly from smoke ;