Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday january 16, 1976 Juba plans complaint against television Host mayor Steve Juba of Winnipeg said thursday he will Lodge a complaint against local television commentator Jolin Harvard with the Cana Dian radio television com Mission. The mayor made Public a letter he sent the regulatory commission asking to appear when it next meets in Winnipeg. It would Only be fair to have or. Harvard and his producers present at the pub Lic hearing the letter said. Mayor Juba in an inter View would t disclose his complaint saying Only a fundamental principle is in Mico petition the Art advisory committee to the minister of Public works of the province of Manitoba announces a Competition open to artists Resi Dent in Manitoba for the proposed commis Sioning of the treatment of a free standing Wall located at the Entrance to the Portage la Prairie provincial office building. Interested artists May obtain further information at the information. Desk or from the curatorial office Winnipeg Art gallery 300 memorial blvd., Winnipeg r3c 1v1 Tel. 786 6641 on or before january solved and i be got very valid reasons to appear be fore the to disclose More could prejudice tie Case he wishes to present to the commission he said. Lie said that never before in his 28 years in politics first in the provincial legis lature then As Winnipeg mayor has he gone to the top management with a com plaint against a news reporter. He has been misquoted during that time he said but he approached the reporter concerned directly at those times. Mayor Juba last nov. 4 was extremely angered by an interview or. Harvard did with him on the news leak of a confidential task Force report which recommended the City and Brizee corp. Ltd. Mutually scrap their agreement for the Mulli million Dollar Winnipeg Square development pro posed for the Portage ave nue main Street intersection. The mayor was the Ini Slator of that controversial agreement and strongly sup ports the proposed develop ment. More Power sought for mayor the mayor of this City is elected directly by the people but the City of Winnipeg act continues to belittle and de nude the mayor any and All that charge was made thursday by councillor Rob Ert Steen Independent Midland in a Brief presented to the committee reviewing the City Winnipeg act. Coun. Ste ii said the mayor should be the chairman of Council the chief of state of the City and Winnipeg s chief administrator and executive officer. The mayor should have a veto Power coun. Steen suggested which could be Over Ridden by an absolute majority of Council. And he should have Power to appoint councillors to Al committees. Court. Steen criticized the act saying it provides absolutely no incentive to save any Money. In fact the re verse is the Case. Parochial interests place pressures on the councillors to obtain even greater expenses for their wards and communities Sinco these costs will be born by the City at Large mainly by coun. Sleen concluded by followed robber saying All City councillors should serve on standing committees. But Only com Mittee chairmen should be paid extra for the duty. A Brief from the Transcona Community committee Resi Dent advisory group suggested the act be changed so that when 75 per cent of the resident advisors approve a motion it shall be c o m e necessary that the Community committee made up of councillors be required to either act upon the request or process the mat Ter through All proper Chan Nels and respond to tie Resi Dent advisory group in writ ing the group does t want to see a reduction in the size of Council and wants the act changed so All 50 councillors be placed on standing committees. A change in the act also was recommended to provide that a person running for election in Winnipeg be a resident of the Community in which he is seeking office. The change the group said would bring about a closer relationship Between elected officials acid the peo ple they represent. Western Canada s largest carpet clearance Centre is now open and invites you to take advantage of the real savings and value available in our store Plush Rich thick that special marriage Between shag Plush Avail Able in an Excel Lent selection of decorator colors so. Cd. Inventory to choose from and special discounts apply when we carpet your whole House 3143 Portage phone 885-5514-15 open . Sat. Sun. 9 . 9 . 9 . 5 . Noon 5 . Bargain remnants in All sizes styles and colors As an opening special Price no More than 9 sl2 Man to get police award a certificate of police ser vice for a Winnipeg Man who aided in Hie arrest of an armed robbery suspect was approved wednesday by tiie Winnipeg police commission. The award will be presented to George Macdonald 45, at the commission s regular meeting next month. Or. Macdonald and his wife were in a bookshop adjoining a Small imports store at 335 it Argrave Street where a robbery occurred at . Oct. 30. Or. Macdonald followed the suspect to the basement of a downtown department store then returned to the robbery scene to notify police. Police arrested the suspect Dennis Dale Hunter 26, in a washroom cubicle in the basement of the store and found the loaded .22 re Volver used in the Holdup and tie stolen. Hui Ter who had escaped with four other inmates from the Marion Illinois Federal Penitentiary oct. 10, subsequently pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to seven years in Pris i feel that his or. Mac Donald s actions went fur ther than the Normal co operation we receive from i t i z e n s chief Norman Stewart of the Winnipeg police department wrote the police commission. Without or. Macdona s actions an arrest May not have been Hunter had been serving a 25-year term in the . Penitentiary when he escaped. Lawyers sent Aid on limits to fees tie Manitoba ear association is helping its members Cope with the sections of the anti inflation guidelines that apply to the Legal profession. Robert b. Goodwin first vice president of the association said wednesday that bulletins Are being issued explaining applicable sections of the legislation. Or. Goodwin said the bulletins Are for explanatory purposes Only and the association has no Power to direct its members to comply with the guidelines. To said hits contain copies of the anti inflation act and regulations of the Law society of Manitoba. The kits Are supplied by the government. One bulletin has been is sued dealing with a one Pel cent reduction in lawyer s fees which under the guide lines applies when the fee is calculated on a percentage basis. An example of a fee calculated on a percentage basis is that charged in a House Purchase transaction t h e bulletin says., the one per cent reductions Are to take place every three months. The first came into effect Jan. 13 and lasts until april 13, when another reduction is required. Team to Western memorial service for Dorais St. Boniface general Hospi Tal will hold a memorial ser vice for sister m. Berths Dorais former administrator and Board chairman of the institution at 3 Jan. 23, it was announced thursday. Sister Dorais died in Mon Treal s Grey nuns Mother House tuesday. She will be buried Friday in the Grey nuns cemetery in Chateauguay que. Roman Catholic archbishop Maurice Baudoux of St. Boniface will officiate at the memorial service next week tie Hospital announced. Sister Dorais was born in Joliette que., and took her Early education in Saskatchewan. She first came to St. Boniface in 1938 As the institution s Secretary treasurer leaving in 1944 to work in Montreal. Sister Dorais returned to St. Boniface Hospital in 1947, first As assistant administrator being appointed Superior administrator a year later. From 1957 to 1067, sister Dorais was treasurer general of the Grey nuns in Mon Treal. She returned i 1970 to be chairman of the Hospital Board at St. Boniface. Two years ago the univer sity of Winnipeg conferred an honorary doctor s degree on sister Dorais during a special Winnipeg Centenary convocation. Sister Oraig is survived by her Mother Leontine Dorais and seven Brothers. Representatives of three Winnipeg companies and of the Manitoba department of Industry and Commerce will leave Jan. For Venezuela Cuba and Mexico As part of a Trade Mission to promote Western Canadian products and consulting services. R. T. Alidon will represent the provincial Industry department. Also in the Mani Toba delegation will be senior officers from Kipp Kelly i m i t e d Canadian Bronze company limited and Micro tool and machine limited All of Winnipeg Industry minister Leonard Evans of Manitoba announced thurs Day in a statement. T h e three week Mission will coincide with a special Trade conference organized by the Canadian association for latin America to be held in Caracas Venezuela Jan. To and 31. About 200 Canad an businessmen Are expected to attend the conference. The Mission is a result of a decision made at a 1974 meeting of Western Industry ministers to investigate tie promote products pcs Sibilly of co operation in Export marketing or. Evans said. Two held on theft charges a Man and a juvenile have been arrested in coir Section with recent the cols of at least 25 batteries from cars parked in underground lots in St. James Assiniboia. A Winnipeg police spokes Man said thursday the thefts began Jan. 7. Police were still seeking other juveniles i connection with the Case. Charged with four counts of theft was Richard Bernard , 20, of 20 Maple Hurst Road St. Boniface. Or. Leveque was remanded in custody to Friday when he appeared thursday in provincial judged court in the Public safety building. Student teachers sought by Board Steinbach Man. Spe Cial the Hanover school division Board hones to at tract More student teachers to its schools this year and is offering to subsidize transportation and living expenses to interested applicants. The decision made at a re cent Board meeting follows a request sent to Rural school divisions by the faculty of education at tie University of Manitoba Wlinich is inter ested in providing omit of City schools with student teach ers. The faculty feels both the schools and students would Benefit through the program. While Hanover used to at tract a number of student teachers annually assistant superintendent e. A. Ericsen told trustees the last few years had seen Only one or two since students preferred to remain in the City to eliminate living and travelling costs. They used to practise teach Only two weeks a year but now with the two year educational program they spend the better part of a school year in the researchers org to ask for University of m a n i t o b a medical researchers were urged a wednesday by Oliree of their leaders to Start a letter Campaign to have Canadian medical research Grants restored to modest annual in creases. Meeting in the medical school s Basic sciences building for 35 minutes at noon about 2m scientists were offered Sample letters on which to base their own letter campaigns to Federal politicians and newspapers. Most took form letters away with them. The meeting had been called on Short notice by or. Alec Sehon professor of Medicine and head of Llic University s department of Imit ology or. Frank la Bella and or. Peter Dresel both professors of pharmacology. Addressing the group or. Sehon and or. Drese said recent announcements of Grant cutbacks by the Feder Al government s medical re search Council Are catastrophic and threaten continuation of medical re search in Canada. If the research Council persists in freezing Grants at their 1975 level ignoring the increased costs of wages and materials it will mean at the least a drastic reduction in the number of technicians that researchers can employ or. Sehon said. He said layoffs have Al ready started. His own Laboratory has reduced its staff to eight from 15. Or. Sehon said after the meeting that layoffs in medi Cal research in Winnipeg May eventually involve dozens and dozens of peo the politicians Are com plete i y insensitive to our or. Sehon told the meeting. They Are Only concerned with or. Dresel said the scientific Community Wie ask the Federal government for the same 1976 increase in funds allowed under the anti inflation guidelines for the rest of the Economy. He said he was shocked when he was told by or. Arnold Naimark Dean of the Manitoba medical school How severe the freeze would be it would mean a three per c c n t decrease in current Grants except for term Grants for which an expected increase of five per cent in the final year has been cancelled or. Dresel said. No More funds would be available for attending out of town conferences he said. Whatever you can think of that could be Cut out has been Cut. And whatever you can think of that they could t possibly Cut they be Cut that or. Sehon explained after the meeting that about s2.5 million of the s48 million Given last year by the medi c a 1 research Council was awarded to Winnipeg re searchers. Another Mil lion went to medical re search in Winnipeg from other Canadian and United states granting agencies most of them Moil govern ment. Or. Sehon said the Federal government spent billion on health services last year. A reasonable portion of that for research would be five per cent or million he said. The form letter distributed wednesday said i part the recent decision of the to freeze the funding of medical re search at the 1975-76 level would result in grave and lasting damage to the re search establishment in our medical schools and Hospi tals. The main source of fund ing for health research in Canada which is essential for the welfare of the nation is the Federal government through the medical research Council. This funding has amounted to less than s50 million for 1975-76. By com p a r i s o n the Cost of the olympic games in Montreal this year which is of Little if any Long term Conse Quence to the nation is predicted to be in the order of is billion to billion. For the past several years., biomedical research in Canada has been operating in an Environ mint of continuous crisis. The crisis re sults from a level of financial support inadequate to meet rising costs and from the failure of government to realize that research units remain productive Only when investigators Are assured of some degree of stable continuous ;