Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nauseous Gas leak creates scare by Brian Cole transferring anhydrous free press staff writer Amonia which is used in Fer the residents of Nee Milizer from a railway Tanker Pawa Man., were almost car to a truck. Forced to flee about 15 tons the Hose used in the of nauseous Gas released by Transfer exploded releasing valued at ?250 per while Brian Wood an employee of Neepawa Gladstone Coop Ltd., uses a Hammer in a Success fur attempt to shut off a leaking anhydrous ammo photos by Neepawa Nia valve on a rail tank car other workers right pour water on the leaking Gas. A faulty Hose caused the leak. No one was injured. An explosion sunday after noon. However a fortunate wind made the evacuation unnecessary and the leaking Gas was stopped after an hour. Ramp reported no injuries but said there was some property damage. A spokesman for the Nee Pawa Gladstone Coop Ltd. Said the incident occurred when Coop employees were the Gas ton into the air. The Hose just blew up and the safety valve jammed on the according to the spokesman who refused to be indemnified. The fire department did t know what to do be cause they never faced any thing like that before so they just turned water on the spokesman said that a combination of the warm temperatures and a faulty Hose could have caused the explosion. The Hose to just Brand new we just got it this he said. It is especially made for transferring this kind of Gas and should have been pressure tested before it left the the fire department and Coop employees worked about an hour before Brian Wood of the Coop was Able to shut off the main valve in the train car. Or. Wood had to Wear a rubber suit to protect him from the freezing Gas which Burns skin on Contact. We did t know what to do till finally the manager suggested we try to loosen the jammed valve with a Ham Mer he said. The wind was blowing from the East so we entered from the West Side climbed up to the valve and hammered at it till we could shut it. The company spokesman said that if the wind had been blowing the other Way the town would probably have to have been evacuated. We were he said. Fishermen enlist Schreyer s help on freight charges Winnipeg free press Citon tuesday May 25, 1976 no amt or n Tust 2nd class mall registration number 0284 by Bob Lowery free press Northern reporter Thompson Man. Pre Mier de Schreyer will con tact prime minister Trudeau this week is an attempt to get the Federal government to join the province in financing a freight equalization pro Gram for Manitoba Fisher Man chief Pascall big Hetty of Pukatawagan vice president of the Manitoba commercial Fisherman s association said this weekend. The chief and officers of the association were return ing from a conference with the Premier Friday and an earlier meeting with the parliamentary standing commit tee on fisheries thursday. We were Given a Good hearing in Ottawa but the Federal government is still trying to toss the equalization program Back to the province. The Premier said he would Telephone or. Tru Deau this week and get an answer Back to us by thurs chief big Hetty said. The provincial government has offered to pay to the freight equalization plan i f the Federal authorities make a Matching contribution. So far the Federal fisheries and the Indian affairs department have re fused to help. In Ottawa the Manitoba Fisherman were joined by representatives of Saskatchewan and Northwest Terri tories fishermen. Ken Dillen nip member of the Mani Toba legislature for Thomp son also spoke to the stand ing committee on behalf of the fishermen. To h e Northern Manitoba Fisherman will sure be wait ing for that word from the Premier. If we Don t get the assistance it will mean that we can t fish on a lot of our lakes this chief big Hetty said. On Many lakes fish have to be air freighted to Market which Means the Fisherman lose Money on the operation. It is expected that up to a four die thousand fishermen will work on the 350 Northern lakes this summer if they Are help with their transportation costs. Without this assistance the chief said most of the fishermen will have no alter native but to go on welfare. Chief big Hetty announced the association will hold an emergency conference of fishermen representing All the Northern Manitoba fishing areas in late june. The waste of Good fish in Northern Manitoba is a crime when you think How badly it is needed All Over the world. We have a potential annual Harvest of 17 million pounds of mullets and Export fish from the Northern lakes. But every year we have to throw away about 12 million pounds of High protein mullets be cause the Price the Fisher men receive is too Low to pay the transportation costs of marketing he said. The conference will be held in a Remote area on the Pukatawagan Reserve. The chief said there will be nothing to distract us no telephones and no televisions. We will spend three Days working hard. The Only peo ple we Are inviting to help us Are Premier Schreyer and Ahab Spence president of the Manitoba Indian Broth 650 plan strike at Selkirk Mills by Cecil Rosner free press staff writer about 650 workers at Manitoba rolling Mills in Selkirk Man., Are threatening to strike within a week unless an agreement is reached to replace the one expiring tuesday. Eugene Laye representative of the United steel workers of America local 5442, said monday the steel Plant employees voted on sunday 88 per cent in favor of striking if a three year contract in to signed shortly. He said the decision to Call a strike has been left with the Union executive which meets tuesday with the firm a division of Dominion Bridge co. Ltd. Or. Laye said wages weren t the Issue. A tentative wage settlement would put increases in a Trust fund pending anti inflation Board approval he said. The base rate is now an hour plus a 20 cent supplement and 23 cent Cost of living adjustment. The Union is asking for improved Cost of living Severance allowance and pen Sion benefits and contract language is also disputed or. Laye Siad. By improving technology the company feels it can operate with fewer employees about 250 fewer by october he said. The Union wants improved pensions so employees can retire earlier enabling younger workers to retain their jobs As the work Force declines. Manitoba rolling Mills should be a Leader in pension plans or. Laye said since the steel Plant was the site of a provincially sponsored project to test pensions and retirement living. Or. Laye added that Many of the Union s contract proposals have already been implemented at steel plants in Edmonton and Hamilton which have always enjoyed a close historical relationship with the Selkirk based firm. City concourse project fails to get off ground in Road accidents four Manitoban two from in traffic accidents Over the Victoria Day weekend. Dead Are Timothy Duncan 19, of 527 Telfer Street. Frederick Oake 20, of 100 Bole Street. Barry Glen Burla 23, of Inglis Man. Bernal Yvon St. Goddard 25, of Portage la Prairie. Or. Duncan and or. Oake died saturday when their eastbound motorcycle collided with a westbound Van a mile West of Falcon Lake on Highway 1. The Driver and passenger in the Van were taken to Kenora Hospital. Or. Burla was killed about 3 . Saturday when his car rolled on a Road 17 Miles North of Russell Man. Or. St. Goddard was killed Friday about Midnight when the car he was in collided with a Semi trailer in the St. James Assiniboia area of Winnipeg. The deadline imposed by the executive policy commit tee on Triec corporation s participation in the proposed underground concourse a t Portage and main passed monday without any commit ment from either the City or the company. The committee recommended april 29 that the concourse be scrapped if the Montreal based firm Didiert sign an agreement to help finance the concourse which would link the four Corners of the intersection. But James Socle Triec s chairman of the Board says the City must commit itself to building a Park ing facility at the Southwest Corner before the company will participate in the con course. Triec needs the parking facility before it can begin its million project on the Corner. Committee members tues Day called the earlier dead line flexible and said there would be a meeting Friday at which time they will re commend whether to proceed on the garage. Triec has made it quite Clear that their participation in the concourse is conditional on the City s going with the councillor Gerry Mercier Garry said. But coun. Al Ducharme vital said construction of the concourse and of the garage Are two separate issues. Is using it the construction of the concourse As another pressure coun. Bill Norrie ice fort Rouge has said that there is some disagreement yet on the size of the garage that the City May not be committed to parking stalls. The committee will receive a report from the Board of commissioners f r i d a y de tailing what size the garage should be but coun. Norm slap on Kil Donan said we re commit t6d to a garage whether it s Down in Black or White or not. There s reasonable grounds in the agreement for Triec asking for a coun. Stapon said Mon Day s deadline was flexible. What we re just trying to impress them private companies with is that if we Don t get agreement on the four Corners Well scrap it the the committee expects James Richardson and sons Lombard place the Bank of Montreal and Marathon realty Northwest Corner will kick in each for the concourse and the Toronto Dominion Bank any recommendation made by the committee Friday will probably go on to Council for approval at its june 2 meet ing. Mrs. Nick May of the 1952 Industrial class at Winnipeg s technical vocational school goes Over the 1952 year Book with councillor Norm Stapon a student in the 1951-52 Auto mechanics class and Ron Johnson a commercial course student of 25 years ago. The three former students were among who met during the weekend for a 25th school reunion. Tec voc s Good old Days recalled by Cecil Rosner free press staff writer Back slapping reunions and stories of the Good old Days predominated saturday a s Winnipeg s technical vocational High school celebrated its 25lh anniversary. About graduates from across Canada and the United states took part in the two Day Celebration at. The vocational school at 1555 Wall Street. Many were Stu dents when Tec voc opened in december 1951, As a two people died when a motorcycle struck this Van saturday near Falcon Lake. Struggling alternative to secondary education s academic approach. Those Early years were definitely the Accord i n g to 39-year-old Walter Ohirko of the class of 52. Kids of different Back ground came from All Over the City the atmosphere was just or. Ohirko who now works for a building Materi als company in Vancouver had nothing but fond memo Ries of his Tec voc Days. I had visions of becoming a super Mechanic in those Days so i took an Auto and Power course. Then i decided there weren t enough girls in my class so i switched to or. Ohirko claimed the school was a Savior for him As it is for Many Stu dents who find Normal Aca correction the University of Manitoba Senate has made no decision to restrict the number of foreign students attending the University. It was incorrectly reported in Friday s free press that the University of Manitoba Senate had voted wednesday to restrict to 100 the number of foreign students who would be allowed to Register for the next year. That re Striction was made by the University of Winnipeg. Dumic education frustrating but Are still anxious to learn. A lot of people who could t make it academically came to Tec he said. But it saved As we would have All copped out after Grade 9 or. Ohirko bumped into a former classmate he had t seen for 24 years Larry Kaiman now living in a ont. Or. Kaiman 40, had a similar Story about How lie chose his educational course at Tec voc. I thought i d follow in my lather s footsteps so 1 signed up for an Industrial sewing course. Then i switched to the commercial he said. Or. Kaiman also credited ramp has urgent news o for Driver ramp have requested assistance in trying to Contact Ervin who is believed travelling in the Winnipeg area. Or. Angerhofer driving a yellow station Wagon bearing Minnesota plate or 9304, is asked to Call the nursing us p c r v i s o r at the Fairview South Dale Hospital in min Neapolis minn., regarding an urgent family matter. The phone number is 612-941-6794. The school s atmosphere for giving him Confidence and setting him out on a career. He is now uie managing director of a Large Metal and Iron products company. The reunion paid for by a school fund which has been accumulating for 25 years featured a concert and reception open House and ban Quet. The festivities were anniversary celebrations in More ways than one for Audrey and Jim Crooks of Winnipeg. The couple met As class mates 25 years ago and were married shortly after. The people who were Active in those Days Are still involved in planning activities for the mrs. Crooks said pointing to herself As a typical example. The school s first pianist she continued the tradition by playing in the anniversary concert. Youth held a juvenile from Shamaya Man. Is being held in the Manitoba youth Centre for questioning i n connection with the stabbing death of a Man. Dead is Charles Sinclair b c a r d y of Shamattawa about 80 Miles Southeast of Gillam. Ramp said the incident occurred about 3 . Satur Day after i fight ;