Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 28, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May 1976 weather report for the Prairie provinces Clear skies dominated the Prairies this morning but considerable Shower activity was reported in Alberta the showers will spread slowly eastward into Saskatchewan while drier air is expected to bring Clearing skies to the unsettled weather will swing northeastward into Northern Manitoba leaving the Southern portions of the Prairie provinces under sunny skies with afternoon temperatures ranging from 20 to 25 figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures five businesses wiped out in downtown Brandon fire Jbf a h High pressure l Tow pressure cold front worm front special damage was estimated Between and following a fire which destroyed a downtown building housing five businesses Fri Day housed in the building on Rosser were Johnstons drugs Narves mens Wear and Agnew surpass shoe stores on the main floor and household finance Corpora Tion and North american life Assurance offices on the second fire chief de Polnick said the alarm was turned in at after passersby heard an explosion in the drug firemen fought to control the Blaze and were still on the scene mopping up at chief Polnick reported the roof of the two Storey Stone building collapsed and parts of the upper Walls fell into the building during the the fire also caused slight smoke damage to the one year old Royal Bank building next some offices in that building were closed Friday morning until smoke could be fire department officials said the building was owned by Ida Shinner and Molly whose addresses we rent provincial gun licensing plan urged by four Ivil life groups forecast for Interlake and red River regions mainly sunny today and Low 7 c to 10 High near 25 extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny and dry Mon Day and with afternoon temperatures in the mid Northern Manitoba mainly sunny monday and tuesday with afternoon temperatures in the Low Northwest Ontario mainly sunny monday and tuesday with afternoon temperatures in the temperatures following Are High temperatures recorded yesterday Low temperatures for the 12hour period which ended at 6 today and precipitation for the 24hour period which ended at 6 Preci pation of snowfall is in Centi metres and the amount of rainfall in Millimetres Ottawa up four Western wildlife groups said thursday they would support provincial licensing systems for rifles and in briefs to the commons Justice the groups uniformly opposed a Federal system As one that would Lead to the Banning of the groups were the British Saskatchewan and Manitoba wildlife federations and the Alberta fish land game association they indicated that their concern is that under the pro posed Federal owners would be required to list the guns they the groups would be registration by Cabinet the federation said the Federal government should set the standards for Licens ing system that would be implemented by the under the proposed Provin c i a 1 gun owners would have to be certified for competency by the federations indicated that teachers society opposes proposed pension change or 4 7 1c 9 4 6 5 3 10 3 7 13 10 9 6 1 14 26 15 14 14 5 22 12 17 Berlin 15 9 15 9 Edmonton Regina 28 Buenos Aires 16 10 Copenhagen 7 in Frankfurt 20 9 Thompson Winnipeg Kenora 11 15 7 Hong Kong 32 27 Johannesburg 17 3 Thunder Bay the Pas 18 temperature comparisons mean r May 27 Montreal Halifax Chicago 26 12 24 Normal highest on record in 1919 31 lowest on record 04 in 1907 precipitation total for april to May 28 Millimetres Normal new Boston Athens Bangkok buys of lion of Canadian Oil equipment Edmonton up a group of Canadian Oil Compa Nies has completed the Sale of million Worth of oilfield equipment and material to the soviet the Sale was negotiated by the Canadian drilling re search association a group of Oil companies established to study soviet Drill ing the equipment will be used at a test Well scheduled to be drilled next year in the soviet said Hugh Cdr chairman and drilling manager for Canadian Petro lems the Canadian and soviet drilling groups have been involved in technology and equipment Exchange for More than two Leiper Cdr is in the final stages of testing soviet Turbo drills in Western deaths of 473 William suite wife of Teodor Harold 19 Larchwood husband of Joan of 310 Partridge suite West wife of Harry Patrick Archi of 743 Sargent a of 9ak View place nursing formerly of Melton District and o l s e missis wife of Carl of 570 Ashburn wife of Rudolph of 1267 Manitoba widow of Antoni Harley Charles of Saska husband of Coua Norma wife of John he was a was first elected to the House of commons in 1935 As the representative for Brantford and served As the speaker of the House from 1949 to 1953 when he was summoned to the for further please see classified death the presidents of Mani Tobas 56 teacher associations were to urge their Las Fri Day to halt a teacher pension Bill currently before the legislature and which they say is too the teacher association representatives have been called to Winnipeg for a Spe Cial meeting with the executive of the Manitoba teach ers society in an Effort to prevent Bill 54 from getting second Reading in the Legisla the Bill is an amendment to the teachers pension which at present denies two dozen or so teachers full retirement benefits because they dont meet the require ments of most teachers who served in the armed forces during the second world War receive pension credit for those years but about 25 who did serve during the War and re turned to teaching after wards will miss out on full pension benefits because of a the Provin Cial teachers society has been trying to rectify that situation since Bill 54 would let teachers buy pension credit for their War years at a rate of 12 per cent of their annual salary for each year they served during the t h e Manitoba teachers society claims that is too High a Premium and would result in the most restrictive teacher pension legislation in in if the Bill becomes the teachers who would Benefit from it be Able to make use of it be cause in some cases they would have to make pay ments As High As teachers society president Leo Duguay said which 60yearold teacher has that kind of Money in Cash Duguay the teachers think those who could make use of the Bill should pay six instead of 12 per cent for each War the province bases its 12 per cent level on a similar arrangement with the Mani Toba government employees Jamieson sees no bad effect Ottawa up Industry minister Don Jamieson said in the commons thursday that he does not foresee any effects on automotive sales As a result of higher taxes on heavy the Federal budget tuesday included higher excise taxes on cars weighing More than pounds As a Way encouraging Energy conserva the increases Are to take effect during the next four they have training for gun owners and could do the under the Federal system outlined in a Bill before the owners or buyers of shotguns and ammunition would have to get two guarantors to attest they were fit to use then apply to a registrar for a per it would not be possible to buy a Shotgun or am munition legitimately without such a the federation pro posed that the government make it illegal for anyone impaired by alcohol or drugs to have care or control of a Drunken Domestic shoot Ings Are among the most common homicides in Cana Federal officials the federation also pro posed that anyone charged with a violent crime or drug offence immediately be prohibited from having their prohibition would be temporary but would become twice the length of a sentence if the person were it said that licences should be seized when a person has a criminal or health record of violence or has abused the Saskatchewan federa Tion said Ami dealers should be required to keep a record firearms sales and open it for police the Western groups said the Federal Bill appears to be based almost entirely on re commendations from several sources in Ontario who Are pro gun the Saskatchewan federation said it would do everything it could to defeat the Federal the groups denied that they Are financed by gun Man fac Davidson optimistic about merger with letter Union Ottawa up Joe a National president of the member Canadian Union of postal workers says he is optimistic the Union will merge with the letter carriers Union of Canada within a few i think they look favourably on possibly within the next two or three Davidson said in a recent inter View about the letter carriers attitude toward the he said he had talked about the merger with the carriers Union president Robert me but spokesmen for that Union said no official approach for merger talks Lias been besides advocating the merger Between the two pos t a 1 Davidson thinks the Union should be extended to include All communications we should look beyond the Post office to potential Alli ances and mergers with Tele phone and Telegraph and even broadcast Davidson 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