Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday january 6, 1976 b. C. Screams at Ottawa to Stop sacred rate boost Prince George . Up an official of the fed eral anti inflation Board said monday that British Colum Bias Are absolutely screaming about the pro posed huge increase in their 1976 automobile insurance rates. Alan Mackey said in a Tele phone interview from Ottawa the Board is being inundated by literally thousands of complaints from . Resi dents. Or. Mackey said however the Board has not yet made any comment on Friday s announcement by the insurance corp. Of British Columbia i Csc that Auto insurance rates will be increased an average of 121 per cent be ginning March 1. The Board is considering the matter but there is no indication when it will make an official said or. Mackey. He said callers Are urging the Board to disallow the in crease on the grounds it Vio Public insurance body Ose million Victoria up finance minister Evan Wolfe added to the gloomy picture of the financially troubled insurance corp. Of British co Lumbia i Csc when he an a bounced monday that the Crown corporation will be s27 million in debt by the end of january. Or. Wolfe said at a press conference that i Csc ran out of Money in terms of Cash flow on dec. 15 and has had to borrow Money since then to keep operating on a Day to Day basis. The finance minister also said he regrets education minister Pat Mcgeer ment that . Motorists who can t afford the new insure from medallion co. Ltd. . Per. It. Brand the skimmed milk powder with the fresh milk taste medallion Brand is processed under strict for a free Sample government supervision Duluc took from High Quality pasteurized milk. Phone 233-7220 Trainor Laboratory 306 medical arts bldg. 3305 Portage ave. Wishes to advise its patients that the Laboratory will be closed on wednesday Jan. 7 in Case of emergency phone ________942-0608 Winnipeg clinic 425 St. Mary ave. Advises All its patients that the clinic building will be closed All Day on wednesday january 7, 1976. To enable the medical staff to attend the special general meeting of the Manitoba medical association. In Case of emergency phone 957-1900 single adult join dance City s social club and meet new people go Bowling participate in All events such As card parties outings picnics ski trips and much More. Parties dancing games outings new membership for 1st month Reg. Per month dance City social club for More information can 943-5576 clip Send for free brochure on club name address phone. 296 Edmonton St. 1 a t e s the Federal govern ment s Price and wage guide lines. It remains to be seen what action if any the Board will or. Mackey said. Meanwhile Howard Lloyd social credit member of the legislature for fort George said the government is going to have to take a second look at the proposed i Csc Auto insurance in creases. There s no Way rates can be doubled or tripled without causing hardship to a lot of he said. I Csc was introduced by the recently Defeated new demo cratic party government. The social credit government Hopes to modify i Csc losses by increasing rates. Ance rates should sell their cars. Or. Mcgeer is the min ister responsible for i Csc. Or Wolfe said however that he does t see any alter native to the government s decision to increase the rates in View of the huge i Csc debt. Further criticism of or. Mcgeer s remark came from Len Guy Secretary treasurer of the . Federation of labor. Or. Guy said British co Lumbia might As Well get used to this social credit at t i t u d e for the next four years. Big business is going to play and the working peo ple private company pulls Back Ottawa up an anti inflation Board spokesman said monday that the state farm insurance cos. Group has withdrawn its proposal for increases in Auto insurance rates. The Board had been expected to Rule on the pro posed increases one of the first major Price Rise cases to come before it this week. The Board spokesman said state farm is expected to re submit its proposals later. State farm officials could not be reached for comment. All the company executives were at a meeting and could not be contacted a receptionist said. It is expected that state farm will have a consultant study its proposal before it is resubmitted to ensure it complies with Complex regu lations issued dec. 18, a Board spokesman said. The Board so far has ruled Only on wage and salary in creases. It has been waiting for some time for a major1 prices Case to come before it. Anti inflation Board officials say they want to demonstrate that the Board will be As firm on its Price Rul Ings As with proposed wage rises. The. General Rule on Price rises is that companies May Only pass on. In higher prices the amount needed to recover costs. Peak scaled 1st time Quebec up seven Young Quebe cers have come the first climbers to scale the Peak Cap trinite in Winter. Marc Blais one of the group announced monday that the climbers reached the Summit dec. 29. Cap trinite 120 Miles Northeast of Quebec had previously never been conquered during Winter months he said. Or. Blais said the climb was made in preparation for an attempt next summer to climb the unexplored North Side of a Mountain Range on Ellesmere Island Miles North of Quebec City. Correction re Simpsons Sears lid. Warehouse Sale insert Page 8. Prices for 4-pc. Group in beige at 664.98 and 4 pc. Group in Choco late Brown with stripes at should have been re versed. Page 13. Electra 12 typewriter by . Read 39.98. Price should have read 139.98. We regret any inconvenience to our customers. Page 13 due to shipping problems folding doors at will not be available. We sell wholesale because we Purchase below wholesale discontinued patterns colors of carpets and draperies Yards shag Plush hard Wist. Commercial indoor outdoor january us free und pad free installation free Thop at homa in acc with wan to Wall carpet 3 carpet tree 782ellifie ave. At Home St. Pm. 775-s844 Opan 9 . 10 . . Sunday 11 . 6 . Am 1o% to s0% m a Iii i and Renyi battled on nip bite helping hand Victoria up a senior Public servant in British co Lumbia s finance department will be demoted and suspended for a month for disclosing information to reporters last month finance minister Evan Wolfe said monday. The social credit minister said at a news conference Bill Stow who was director of finance and economic research broke his oath of secrecy. After a month s suspension without pay or. Stow May return to a new Job in the department or. Wolfe said. The minister said the Job will be considered a demotion and or. Was earning a year will get about 10 per cent less if he accepts it. Or. Wolfe said he did not want to fire or. Stow whom he described As a valued Public servant despite the seriousness of the matter. It must be remembered that it took place during period of government change Over which under any circumstances is a difficult and unsettling period for a senior civil he said. Or. Stow told reporters dec. 23 that a financial statement made the week before by the outgoing new democratic party government was misleading he showed files to illustrate what he believed to be a clearer picture of the provinces finances. Or. Stow said the government faced a Long run of deficits amounting to a minimum of million rather than million As indicated by the nip. The government employee said then he knew he could be fired for his action but Felt the integrity of the finance department was at stake. Lougheed stands firm Saskatchewan buys Alberta Gas company to ensure supplies keg1na up the Saskatchewan government has announced that it has Pur chased All the shares of con Sumers Oil Ltd. Of Calgary through Saskatchewan Power corp. At a Price of ?10 Mil lion. Industry minister John Messer said in a news release that the Purchase is part of. A program the corporation has carried out in the last five years in both Saskatchewan and Alberta to discover and acquire new Gas reserves. The announcement said the Saskatchewan government s goal is to have secure natural Gas supplies for 30 years a 2 get life for murder attempts new Westminster . Up two men were sentenced to life imprison ment monday for the at tempted murder of five Emp officers who chased them after a bungled Bank robbery in Coquitlam near Vancouver last March 31. Real Cardinal 32, and Leonard Methot 24, both of Montreal were also sentenced to 20 years each for at tempted robbery with Vio Lence five years each for forcible seizure of a Bank employee and five years on each of three charges of Possession of restricted weapons for use in a crime. The terms will be served the two men were identified during a trial in de Cember As the occupants of a getaway car from which More than 70 shots were fired at ramp during a 15-minute Chase through Coquitlam port Moody and port Coquet ,1am. Two ramp constables were wounded by shots during the car Chase court was told. Handing Down the sentence in British Columbia supreme court or. Justice Douglas Andrews told the pair they fired indiscriminately jeopardizing the lives of pedestrians and motorists. Ramp arrested Methot and Cardinal april 1 in Coquitlam following a manhunt. A third Man Mario Proulx also of Montreal was acquitted. Charges Are pending against a fourth Man brought Here from Montreal in de Cember. Goal that could not be reached with development of All known Saskatchewan re serves. Estimates last fall were that Saskatchewan has about two trillion cubic feet of Gas two per cent of the Canadian total including the Low pres sure milk River formation. The Purchase of Consumers Oil comes about six months after Mineral resources min ister de Whelan said at a news conference that Saskatchewan s Supply of natural Gas much of which comes from Alberta appears secure until Well into the 1980s. Saskatchewan uses about 100 billion cubic feet of Gas a year half coming from Alberta. M Messer s announce ment said Consumers Oil owns Petroleum and natural Gas rights to about 100 sections of land acres in Alberta and Saskatchewan the land has proven Gas re serves of 56 billion cubic feet which can be brought into production by the end of 1976. Or. Messer also announced that Saskatchewan Power corp. Has joined Alberta and Quebec enterprises in a joint venture to find and develop new Gas reserves in Western Canada. Called Gas initiatives joint venture it was started last May. Other members of the group Are so quip a Quebec Crown corporation and Algas Mineral enterprises Ltd., a subsidiary of Alberta Gas trunk line co. Ltd. Collapse of fight scorned violence warning Calgary up the Ca Nadian director of the Ameri can Indian movement says violence Between native people and Whites will continue unless there is a change in attitude by both sides. Violence is a de Burns tide of Edmonton told a weekend conference organized by treaty 7 indians and attended by 60 people. Or. Bur stick said he took part in the Indian occupation of the Indian affairs office in Calgary in november 1974 be cause there Are wrongs to be there must be things like adequate housing on the re serves and enough food for everyone or the violence will he said. There Are a lot of uptight people at the moment and Young indians Are frustrated. White people must be pre pared to sit Down with us and change their attitudes Ottawa up the James Bay settlement be tween native groups arid the government of Quebec must not set a precedent for other outstanding land claims the president of inuit Tapir sat of Canada said. James a Valuk told a ser vice club luncheon that the eskimos of Northern Quebec were forced into a settlement. They were under extreme pressure to sign on the dotted line and we can appreciate How they were forced into a he said. But we Are saddened that they gave up so much for so the inuit Tapir sat represents about eskimos who live in the Northwest territories Northern Quebec and Labrador. The James Bay agreement gave the eskimos and Indi ans of Northern Quebec exclusive rights to thousands of Square Miles of territory As As million in Cash and million in government Bonds. In return the native groups agreed to Stop opposition to the James Bay Power development. The settlement has been approved in Princi ple but is still to be ratified by the eskimos concerned. Or. A Valuk said the inuit have never surrendered their claims to More than 1.5 Mil lion Square Miles of land and water which comprise All the Northwest territories North of the tree line. We Are willing to share the land and its resources. It s just that we want the benefits and to ensure that the land is preserved As we know it for future generations of Calgary up a local attempt to draw Premier Peter Lougheed into seeking the Federal progressive conservative party leadership has produced a 30-foot Peti Tion bearing signatures. But or. Lougheed a native of Calgary is sticking to his pledge to serve his full term As Alberta Premier despite efforts by the Lougheed leadership for Canada committee to absolve him of this commitment. The petition a Telegram that Cost to Send was forwarded to the Premier saturday night. The committee gathered the Sig natures in the City last week. The Telegram says Cana Flora s up pipes race with talk Ottawa up Flora Macdonald my for Kingston and the islands is pushing her scottish connection in a record promoting her candidacy for the progressive conservative party Leader ship. The 12-Inch Long playing re Cord speeches and radio programs costs despite the bagpipes Rendi Tion of Skye boat song with which the album begins it in t mood material in the accepted sense. The album has nine cuts. Side 1 begins with a few seconds of the bagpipes Fol Lowed by h Liss Mac Doinald outlining her reasons for seeking to succeed Robert Stanfield at the leadership convention bore next month. The other three cuts on the first Side Are from the Toron to radio show of former new democratic Ontario map Morton Shulman and from recent speeches by miss Mac Donald my since 1972, in St. Johns nfld., and Saskatoon sask. The five cuts on the other Side consist of excerpts from several open line radio shows and a speech to the Empire club in Toronto. Fine photo finishing Bonus til i Givan with Filma Dewl Opad. Black and White or Kodi color. 8 or More out of 12, or 14 or Mort out of 20 film Givani you Bonus film. No coupons needed. Jus pay for what you get. Goodall photo Ltd. 321 Carlton St. Opp. Free press free parking at rear Sitab fated the year 1897 rent a car 18 years and Over plus Gas mileage per 24 or. Day free 100 Miles per 24 or. Day 775-4545 Gladstone rent a car 970 Portage ave. Taqi in to tit Tanh a hta luf Sola a can Only have a reasonable Opportunity for Prosperity if you will Lead the Federal conservative party to Victo there will be no comment from or. Lougheed on the petition a spokesman in the Premier s office in Edmonton said monday. Mall medical clinic the clinic will be closed wednesday Jan. 7th., in Case of emergency phone 774-2411 Assiniboine clinic 633 Lodge Avenue the medical department will be closed on wednesday january 7th, 1976 to enable the physicians to attend a special meeting of the Manitoba medical association. The Abbott clinic 274 Osborne Street North advises All its patients that the clinic building will be closed All Day january 7, 1976 to enable the medical staff to attend the special general meeting of the Manitoba medical association. In Case of 7qc emergency phone Lou Toi clique St. Boniface clinic 343 tache ave. Will be closed on wednesday january to enable the medical staff to attend a general meeting of the Manitoba medical association. In Case of an emergency Call 233-8537 233-8537 to enable All doctors to attend an important Manitoba medical association meeting the Charleswood medical clinic will be closed on wednesday Jan. 7. All patients please note. Preliminary notice by Max Steiman and sons antique auction Sale at Carter s auction rooms 309 Carlton Street Friday Jan. 9th at . I we have just unloaded another Container of antique i furniture clocks China pictures Small wares Etc. Which i has just arrived from England. I Here is a rare Opportunity to buy these Beautiful Antiques i at your own Price. On View Friday All Day until time of Sale watch this paper thursday for details a if. Shuh phone 942-3397 my Mil bring your films to us for fast Quality photofinishing at discount prices look at these savings Koda color Fiji Gap 12 exp. Pug. 5.78 20 Reg. 36 exp. Rig. 14.79 10 color if you cannot drop in just mail your film with payment no s please to Century color lab 330 Selkirk ave. Pm. 589-5789 ;