Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Union suspends strik Breakers tar. .17 to Winnipeg tree press As. Post office employees in Winnipeg who crossed picket lines us ring the recent six week strike have been suspended from Union membership Chris Eyan Busi Ness representative of the Canadian Union of postal workers said in an interview tuesday. Or. Ryan said about eight Union members and four non members were involved in the strike breaking. Their names would be forwarded to the National office of the Union in Ottawa. He said about eight people were involved because there was still some doubt about whether one or two of them had actually been at work in the Post office building Dur ing the strike. When this is cleared up list will be sent to our head office and the employees will be dealt with at our next triennial convention in the Spring of 1977. They Are suspended until or. Ryan said. Union members and non members who went to work during the walkout in other regions have also been suspended. Union dues under t he collective bargaining agreement will continue to be paid to Union offices through pay Roll deduction or. Ryan said. The offenders have been struck from the mailing list and will lose Union Privi Leges he said. This would mean they could t attend Union meetings or receive in formation about Union activities. The offenders ability to work at the Post office won t be affected. In addition under its collective bargain ing agreement with the Post office which comes under Federal labor department jurisdiction the Union must continue to handle grievances and other work related problems despite the suspensions. Tuesday january 6, 1976 2nd class Moll registration number 0264 Rumor of walkout by transit denied school arson suspected reports of an impending walkout by Winnipeg bus Drivers negotiating for a j976 contract with the City were denied monday by the City and the Union. Contract negotiations were continuing with the Assis Tance of a provincial conciliation officer at the transit service office 421 Osborne Street. Reports concerning these negotiations Are false and categorically denied by both said a state ment issued by the City and the amalgamated transit Union division 1505. The negotiating commit tee for the Atu states that should any action by it be required that would adversely effect the users of the transit system adequate warning of such action would be Given to the citizens of the City of rumours of a bus Drivers walkout were reported Mon Day morning. The Union represents about Drivers and maintenance personnel. Negotiations Between the City and the Union started be fore the 1975 contract expired at the end of the year. Driver jailed an extra six months for refusing to take breath test a 69-year-old Winnipeg Man now serving a jail term for the september traffic death of an East Kildonan woman was sentenced Mon Day to a further six months in connection with a second car pedestrian mishap. Frederick William Lutz of 1070 Brazier Street suite 104, pleaded guilty to a charge of refusing to take a breath analysis test oct. 13 after his ear collided with an eight year old girl on Hespeler Avenue and Beatrice Street. Lutz was sentenced to a four month jail term dec. 17 for criminal h negligence in the sept. 29 death of Esther Wilson 82, and. Is suspended from driving for life. Monday judge r. L. Kop Stein of provincial judges court in the Public safety building sentenced Lutz to tile maximum jail term of six months for refusing to allow breath analysis after his car knocked Down Tan Ara Nelson. The second Accident occurred while charges on the woman s death were still pending. The girl suffered Only bruises court was told. Crown counsel Richard israels said two other charges of criminal negligence and driving while impaired were stayed. Judge Kopstein refused the defence counsel s request for a Short concurrent jail term and sentenced Lutz to serve six months in addition to his four month sentence. There were no mitigating factors to warrant any leniency in Lutz s Case he said and the previous lifetime licence suspension was not sufficient punishment for the second hence. It strikes me people go to jail for Mere property of fences theft break and enters. Here is a Man who drives in an impaired stale and takes the life of other people the judge said. After the collision a Stag Gering Lutz said of i know i m drunk. What have i court was told. He refused to take a. Breath analysis test at the scene and later at the Public automatic transmissions transmission Trout isl free diagnostic Check and Boad test automatic answer m7 Portage 786-2437 Nairn 667.1595 1311 Stphillips 586-8049 440 Pembina 453-4124 weather report for the Prairie provinces the sky was Clear Over Manitoba and Saskatchewan last night with temperatures generally near minus 35 de Grees. The Southern half of Alberta was Cloudy and the temperature held near minus 25 degrees. With the Cloud expected to Clear some re Gions of Alberta and most of the Prairies will be sunny. And very cold both today and tomorrow. Overnight mini munis tonight a ill generally Range Between minus 33 arid minus 36 across the Prairies. Tomorrow afternoon read Ings at most locations will be near the minus 24 degree Mark. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today Preci Piloton h High l Low Cord front worm front temperatures following Are High temper t u r e s recorded yesterday Law 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. Man. Pro. 9.7 .5 30 .20 1.8 7r 2.3 2.3 3.3 to. To Vancouver 6 Calgary -50 -30 Edmonton -24 -29 Regina -18 -35 Brandon -16 -35 Thompson -29 -40 the Pas -23 -36 Winnipeg -17 -32 Thundergay a -12 Kenora is -27 Ottawa i -19 Toronto -4 -8 Montreal -19 -21 Halifax -6 -18 Chicago -3 -7 Miami 20 in los Angeles 18 9 Minneapolis -2 -3 to new York -7 Bostons -11 Amsterdam 84. Athens 11 t Bangkok 33 24 Beirut 16 9 Berlin 4 1 Brussels 11 3 Buenos Alres 25 20 Copenhagen 4 -3 Frankfurt t s forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River re Gions sunny and very cold today and tomorrow North West wind at 10 to 15 . Today. Low tonight near -34 a High tomorrow near -23 c. Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Man. Mean Jan.5 -16.9 -27.4 -22.2 Las Tyr .-7.3 -13.9 -10.6 Normal -13.9 -23.3 -18.9 highest on record 3.3 in 1958 lowest on record -40.0 in 1896 precipitation total for nov. 1 to Jan. 6 40.2 Millimetres. Normal 55.4 Millimetres. Max. Man. 60. Helsinki -8 -12 6.4 Hong Kong 18 Johannesburg 19 Kiev -10 -20 Lisbon 16 7 London 11 9 Madrid 16 -1 Moscow -16 -21 Paris 11 Rio 35 20 Rome 13 9 Sao Paulo 28 18 Seoul -1 -8 Singapore 30 22 Stockholm -4 -8 14 10 safety building the Crown counsel said. Defence counsel Perry Schulman said Lutz is 70 or 71 years old not 69 As re ported by the Crown. He de scribed his client As an old Man who acts like a Man of 80." he said Lutz is in a difficult financial position due to two lawsuits against him one claiming in connection with the elderly woman s death. Court was told that Aiter hitting mrs. Wilson at Henderson Highway and Martin Avenue Lulu drove a fifth of a mile with her on the Hood. Winnipeg police launched an arson investigation Mon Day after a fire monday caused More than Worth of damage at Ness Junior High school 3300 Ness Avenue St. James Assiniboia. The fire which started at about . On a wooden stage damaged curtains a trampoline and mattresses and caused smoke damage to first and second floors. No one was Hurt. Principal John w. Alaman Chuk said about 15 students were in the gymnasium wait ing for b a s k e t b a team tryouts when the fire started. They said they heard a crackling noise before seeing he said. Or. Atamanchuk said school officials tried to kill the fire with extinguishers. Or. Atamanchuk said he hoped arrangements could be made with another school if necessary for use of a gymnasium. The provincial fire com missioner s office is also investigating the fire. The auditorium in Elie elementary school in Elie Man., was damaged by fire new year s eve. The fire also started on a stage but arson is not suspected. Most ads off for meeting but some to be available by Manfred Jager free press medical reporter most Winnipeg doctors offices will be closed wednes Day As members of the Mani t o b a medical association gather for their second col 1 e c t i v e bargain strategy m e e t i n g at the Winnipeg convention Centre in As Many months. Family practice dinks will be staffed by physicians. medical association has made sure that emergency coverage by physicians is provided through out the province in accor dance with the provisions of the Manitoba medical act. The doctors meeting wednesday will be Over their to w e v e r there will he contract dispute with the some exceptions. A Survey monday indicated that Community health centres in Winnipeg and Rural Maui Toia Are scheduled to stay open and be fully staffed by physicians. Persons who need to see a doctor can Contact the Fol lowing As can those who Al ready have an appointment at these citizens health action committee inc., 425 Elgin Avenue nor West District health and social service inc., 61 Tyndall Street Klin in inc., 567 Broadway mount Carmel clinic 120 Selkirk Avenue the City of Winnipeg s Community s e a 11 h Centre 601 Aikins Street Lac Dubonnet health seven regions health Centre in Gladstone and Hamiota District health Centre. Also All Winnipeg and Rural Manitoba Hospital out patient departments and Manitoba health services commission which has offered a nine per cent fee in crease for 1976. However the offer provides for a 4.2 per cent increase in personal income an in crease which would be Dis continued As soon As a physician Lias been paid More than during 1975. The remaining 4.8 per cent in crease to offset overhead Cost increases expected this year would be permanent. The medical association has proposed an 11.2 per cent settlement offering to sub Mit part of it to the Federal anti inflation Board. Also the doctors want their pay dispute submitted to arbitration. Health min ister Larry Desjardins of Manitoba first rejected this idea then changed his mind and told reporters the government would be duty bound to consider such arbitration if the medical association can give written Assurance that All its members would abide by such arbitration and none would opt out of medicare. An earlier impasse Over the seemed overcome several weeks ago but now is developing new snags. The doctors were offered Lump sum payments of up to. For this year in Addi Tion to fee increases for Over head costs but they refused to accept this because they thought it constituted a government attempt to put them on part salaries. The health services com Mission then said the could be expressed to fee percentages and the commis Sion computer would indicate when the anti inflation guide lines maximum of for professional raises in -1976 was reached. The medical association says it understands no such computer operation is Possi ble and the commission in tends to Cut the 4.2 per cent income raise off arbitrarily. Also association officials have said they were assured by several Federal Cabinet ministers that the is to be understood As an average professional income increase and not As a fixed maximum above which no one can climb. Companies and encourages 4new society lambasting an advertisement terming prime minister Trudeau a National catastrophe and seeking opposition to his new society statements will will run thursday in news papers across the country including the free press. It is sponsored by the Haughton group of compan ies and included a six Point questionnaire to be filled out and mailed to the compan Zesoff ices. It invites canadians to agree or disagree with state ments such As prime min ister Trudeau does not have a mandate to change either Canada s economic system or her social system and Liberal maps owe it to their country to vote non Confidence in their present gov it deplores the fact canadians have no impeachment mechanism. Possibly the prime min ister should be recalled by the party and a new Leader chosen the and suggests. If or. Trudeau is permitted to implement economic and so Cial changes in the country then Canada is no longer a it says. Listen to someone any one who thinks this country was t doing that badly be fore you stepped in who thinks that our v a 1 u weren t All that wrong before you decided they needed changing who believes it is the right of every Canadian to Lead his own it says. Winnipeg firefighters examine the. Scene of a fire monday afternoon in the auditorium of Ness Junior High school in St. James Assiniboia. Police Sai d arson is suspected. The fire which started at about . Damaged the stage area and some gym equipment. No Money taken three men charged in Holdup attempt two residents of the Osborne pre release Centre in Winnipeg and a third Man have been connection with an attempted robbery dec. 29 at Paris House 300 Kennedy Street. William Albert Mallette 43 and John David Eaton 35, both of Osborne Centre a half Way House at 45 Edmon ton Street appeared in provincial judges court in the Public safety building Mon Day charged with robbery. A Winnipeg police depart ment spokesman said three men wearing balaclavas approached a 20-year-old male desk clerk on duty at Paris House at . Dec. 29. One Man produced a hand gun and demanded Money but the clerk said he did t have any and the masked men got nothing police said. Mallette and Eaton were remanded until Jan. 12. A third Man William Forbes of 305 Marion Street suite 9, is also charged with robbery. A Legal Aid counsel said Eaton was on parole in the half Way House. Mallette was the subject of a Jan. 2 free press Story about Osborne Centre. The Story said he received a p r o v a 1 from tile National parole Board to enter the c o Unity correctional parole Centre four weeks ago and was scheduled to be re leased in september. Cameron remanded Kenora out. Justice of the peace George Van Walleghem remanded Indian Leader Louis Cameron in Cus Tody monday until Jan. 21 for his own safety and that of the or. Cameron 26 and chairman of the ojibway warriors society is charged with robbery and assault causing bodily harm to Alex Kelly 49, in Minaki out., dec. 23. The Justice of the peace said he was remanding or. Cameron in custody be cause of possible acts of re boy held after break in a 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a break in sunday at Continental can co. Of Canada ltd., at 955 Lagimodiere Boule Vard a police spokesman said monday. He said the boy who was arrested running from the scene claimed responsibility for dec. 27 break ins at Davco processors 555 Daw son Road and Chevron Asphalt ltd., 385 Softley Road. City considers prosecution of landlord Gerry Chartrand and his family won t be forced to leave their Home on Andrews Street this Winter but the City of Winnipeg May have to prosecute the family s landlord to make the House habitable. Or. Chartrand appeared monday before civic environment committee worried that the House at 109 an Drews would have to be demolished leaving him his wife Maureen and two sons homeless. Or. Chartrand s problems started when he moved into the House last september. He wanted the owner Wayne Wilde of 120 Girton Boule Vard Tuxedo to make certain repairs. M r. Chartrand s lawyer Neil Cutler said or. Wilde was t doing the repairs and or. Chartrand went to the provincial rentals Man for help. Some repairs were done hut not enough and or. Wilde was Given notice dec. 2 by the City health depart ment that unless the House was put in proper condition it would be placarded and eventually demolished. Or. Chartrand does t want to move. He was Able to get an Extension until feb. 2 of the repair order and went to environment commit tee for help. His Case is an example of the quandary the City faces in dealing with landlords who refuse to repair houses. Demolishing them forces ten ants to look for other accommodation. In an Effort to help or. Chartrand committee voted to halt the demolition proceedings and to ask the Ren Talsman to collect the rent and have the repairs done. 1c the repairs Aren t made the City May prosecute or. Wilde do the repairs itself and add the Cost to the land lord s tax Bill. Committee members agreed that if the City does the repairs it would be As a test Case to see whether it has the right to enter pre Mises to make repairs while the Case is before the courts. Or. Chartrand has been paying a month with the Aid of the City welfare department for the five room House. Repairs to floors leaking roofs and plumbing and ill fitting doors we re needed committee was told. Councillor Harry Lazarenko new democratic party lord Selkirk said 62 other h o u s e s in his Community have been placarded or soon will be. He criticized the landlords who own some of them. We re too lax on slum landlords these profiteers the City should just go in there and get the work or. Cutler told committee Many landlords play a cat and mouse game with the City. He said some landlords manipulate their Way around orders to make repairs. He also said prosecutions should be made More frequently. Environment commissioner David g. Henderson was concerned about the length of time repairs take. We Don t want to Force tenants out but we can t run the risk of having a situation where their lives Are at stake or. Henderson said. The difficulty is that each time landlords ask for More time to make we Cross our fingers that a fire does t happen in that next month especially in the Northend Community organization has helped or. Chartrand. Its spokesman said monday the committee s action would probably allow him to stay in his House Al though or. Wilde had served him with a notice to vacate. Or. Wilde was t available monday for comment ;