Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press City news monday May 31. 1976 2nd class mall registration number 02m the new Canadian coast guard service ves Sel Namao Heads toward Lake Winnipeg from Selkirk sunday after its official launching. At the Helm left Are transport minister Otto Lang his wife Adrian and his son Gregory 9. Built at the Riverton boat works the Namao will set up t Shah ii n in u j 1111 Imp u u u and service buoys and warning lights on the Lake. It will also be on continuous standby for search and Rescue missions. The 110-foot, 370 ton ship Cost million to build. It replaces the m. V. Bradbury which is in retirement at the Selkirk Marine museum. Twins and baby die in fire As accidents claim 9 lives Charity Cyclotron bikers pedal into ticket trouble offer pleases Airport official Carl Fisher Manitoba chairman of the Canadian air traffic controllers association said sunday he re commended to the 162 Mani Toba members that they ratify last week s wage and in Quiry offer of the Federal government. Manitoba members started voting at noon sunday and the count is expected to be completed monday night. Or. Fisher said he thinks the offer will be ratified nationally by the Union. The new revised inquiry seems to be he said. The government has promised it will not implement any further bilingualism while the inquiry is on and that All the aspects of safety using visual flight and instrument flight rules will be investigated. The important thing is that nothing further will take place until the inquiry report is tabled in the House of controllers had set a strike deadline of Midnight Mon Day. However they were asked to consider a new 11 per cent offer Over one year and a new inquiry proposal that would cover All safety fac tors involved in the use of French As a second language in air traffic control. At least nine pc epic including five preschool Chil Dren died accidentally in Manitoba during the week end. Dead Are John Flett 24, of Hole River Man. Jonathon Flett 18 months of Hole Kiver. Frederick Flett 18 months of Hole River. Evan Flett about three months of Hole River. Manya Rachelle Levin 4, of 773 Jessie Avenue. Lane Zakowich 4, of 1130 College Avenue. David l. Wilkinson about 20, of Brandon Man. Lawrence g. Mccoy about 20, of Brandon Man. Dennis Lindsay Mclean 16, of Cranberry Portage Man. Or. Felt his twin sons and baby died Early Satur Day when a fire destroyed their single Storey dwelling in Hole River about 44 Miles North of Pine ramp said or. Flett s wife Caroline escaped the burning building by jumping through a window. She was being treated in Pine Falls Hospital for undisclosed injuries. The fire which began at ., apparently started when a pitch lamp a Saucer filled with tar residue with a Wick stuck in the mid dle overflowed ramp said. Manya Levin was pronounced dead on arrival at children s Centre after being hit by a car at the Corner of Corydon Avenue and Arbuth not Street at . Satur Day. Driver of the car Leslie Stewart 30, of 855 Isbister Street St. James Assiniboia was going West on Corydon when the Accident occurred Winnipeg police said. The girl was the second four year old killed in a traffic Accident this weekend. The Zakowich boy died Fri Day evening when he fell under the wheels of his father s car after opening the car door. A third four year old child was reported in Good Condi Tion in children s Centre Sun Day night after a Friday afternoon Accident when a Deli very truck backed Over the tricycle on which he was rid ing. Winnipeg police said the child Sean Polden of 193 Walnut Street was Riding along the curb of Preston Avenue East of Walnut when he was hit by a truck Back ing West on Preston and driven by Emil disc Hines maintenance workers Laid off by trans air by John Mcmanus free press reporter Peters takes command col. John Peters took Over the command of the Winnipeg militia District sunday in a ceremony on the Parade Square at Kapyon Barracks on Kenaston Boulevard. The former commanding officer col. Douglas Ludlow will Transfer to supplementary Reserve and will also serve As first vice president of the Canadian infantry association and regional chair Man of the flu tial con Ference of defence associations. The ceremony included Trio annual inspection of units from flin flon Brandon Portage la Prairie Kenora Lake of the Woods and the Winnipeg area. Trans air Ltd. Laid off 29 heavy maintenance workers monday As a defence con tract came to a close but a spokesman says the air line will continue to seek work for its year old Over haul base at Canadian forces base Winnipeg. Derrick Hicks trans air vice president for main t c n a n c e and engineering said sunday the remainder of the staff of 72 has enough work to keep going until july and the company is scouring the continent for More Over haul work. Trans air was awarded a million contract in de Cember 1974, to overhaul Canada s five military Boe ing 707s when they required a Check last sum Mer. The contract included use of a military hangar which the company can use until 1977. When the overhaul work started in september Tran Sair had recruited a Crew of tradesmen that included 55 who had been Laid off from cae aircraft Ltd. When it failed to win the contract. The employees were notified of the Layoff three weeks ago or. Hicks said. Or. Hicks said 11 of those Laid off from overhaul work have been placed elsewhere in trans air s operation and will be returned to overhaul work when new contracts Are available. I was in Washington last week and we Are having the company registered with the United states air Force to be available for overhaul and maintenance work. We Are also now doing major overhaul on our own jets and Turbo prop prospects Are being negotiated with a . Aircraft company and a Cal Gary company or. Hicks said. He had High Praise for the skill of the Crew that has worked on the contract since september. Or. Hicks said 60 employ e e s on the projects Are members of the International association o f machinists and aerospace workers and that trans air s overhaul Ven Ture has had outstanding Union support. It was Learned the Union is to Send a delegation to Ottawa this week asking that the Federal government award More work to trans air. 34, of 134 Clyde Road East Kildonan. The boy s left and knee were injured police said. The two Brandon men apparently drowned sunday morning at Oak Lake Beach when their Canoe capsized. Ramp said sunday night that dragging operations were continuing in a Effort to locate the bodies of or. Mccoy and or. Wilkinson. The men had left the Beach in a Canoe with two girls. Selkirk workers ratify pact a three year contract with a 24 per cent increase in first year has been accepted by Manitoba rolling Mills workers in Selkirk. The 650 members of local 5442, United steelworkers of America c l c Al Cio voted 84 per cent to ratify the pact in a secret ballot saturday morning Union president William a. Hendry said. The agreement Retro Active to last tuesday puts wages on a Par with those paid by similar firms in a Milton ont., and Edmonton he added. That s our first problem he commented. Now the anti inflation the Board normally allows a maximum wage increase of 12 per cent in a contract s first year. The agreement provides for the present hourly base rate of to go up to immediately 26 cents More in the second year and 30 cents again in the third. About six per cent is granted in fringe benefits including improved pensions. Ramp said none of the four had life jackets. When the Canoe capsized Debbie Wol Dridge of Virden swam to Shore for help. Rescuers re turfed to take Marie Vodon also of Virden from the water but the men had Dis appeared ramp said. Oak Lake Beach is about 30 Miles Southeast of Virden. Or. Mclean died in a sin Gle car Accident at Sunday about 4v4 Miles North of Cranberry Portage on Highway 10. Ramp said sunday night no other details were Avail Able. Cranberry Portage is about 41 Miles Southeast of flin flon Man. Two of three people taken to the general Centre Friday after the car in which they were Riding smashed into a House were reported in fair condition sunday. The third person had evidently been released from Hospital Sun Day morning. In Hospital were Theresa Zagaja 17, of 445 Ruperts land Avenue West Kildonan suffered a broken Pelvis dislocated left hip and Bro Ken and Murray Alan Wedzinga 16, of 349 Burrin Avenue West Kildonan. The third occupant of the car was Edward Michael Terlicki 19, of 178 Jefferson Avenue West Kildonan who suffered a broken nose bruises and facial cuts. Police said or. Terlicki was driving a car that went out of control and hit a House at 544 Leila Avenue West Kildonan. The House was occupied at the time of the Accident about . Friday but no one outside the car was injured police said. Organizers of a charitable Cyclotron were upset Satur Day when a City licence in Spector began ticketing bicyclists who did t Dave licences. It appeared to us the City of Winnipeg licensing department thought it had a captive audience it was poor Public relations on the part of the City of win Les Alexander pres ident of the Manitoba Branch of the kidney foundation of Canada which sponsored the Cyclotron said monday. James t. Barrie the City s chief licensing inspector de Nied his department Delibera Tely set out to ticket participants in the event in Assiniboine Park. It s just one of those he said monday. It was the Normal routine of checking bicycles. We regularly go out to the Park it just so happened that the Cyclotron was he was awaiting a full re port on the matter from the woman inspector involved. Or. Alexander said the incident resulted in funds being lost to the foundation because participants either packed up went Home after being issued with tick ets or were deterred from coming to the Park by news of the ticketing. Those who completed the course raised an estimated for the foundation which had expected about the Cyclotron was scheduled to run from 9 To 3 . But instead ended about noon. Neither or. Alexander nor or. Barrie knew How Many tickets were issued although or. Alexander said tickets not warnings were Given to the participants. If the tickets Aren t rescinded the foundation will arrange to pay the fines he said. The Fine for Riding a Bicy Cle without a licence is councillor Gary a. Filmon Independent citizens elec Tion committee Assiniboine Park said he intends to present a motion during wednesday s City Council meeting to have the tickets rescinded and a donation made to the foundation to partly cover the loss in funds. Coun. Filmon attended the event As mayor Steve Juba s representative and intervened to get the ticketing stopped but said i think a lot of damage had been done by while the Law technically requires bikers to have licences by Jan. 1, the City still is in the midst of its six week program to sell licences at various Community locations coun. Filmon said. Also a number of Cyc loth on participants including a 71-year-old Man who got a ticket Only intended to be Riding during this one event this year he said. Asking directory help for listed numbers will Cost 25c june 20 Lazy callers who phone the Manitoba Telephone system directory assistance for Al ready listed numbers will be charged 25 cents per information Call starting june 20. According to a Telephone system Survey about 20 per cent of its customers make most of the directory Assis Tance Calls. Nearly 45 per cent of the inquiries Are for numbers currently in the Telephone Book. A number of exemptions will be made to the 25-cent fee. Non charge requests in clude those for 0listings not available in. The customer s directory. Listings which the Tele phone system found Are difficult to locate. Emergency listings like police fire and ambulance. 41 government listings from Federal provincial and municipal offices. Telephone systems list Ings and Long distance information. Information requests on Calls made from hotels motels hospitals Coin Tele phone or Mobile service customers. Directory assistance to handicapped callers. The service charge and new Winnipeg directory be come effective the same Day Well As introduction to a per month charge for non published directory numbers. June 30 the system will begin assessing a surcharge of 1.5 pet cent monthly on overdue accounts of More than new Coin Telephone rates Are also planned As Roon As the system can make Neces sary changes in playstation equipment. Attendant locked in trunk Winnipeg police were look ing sunday night for a Rob Ber who fled empty handed from a service station Satur Day night after Locking the station attendant in a car trunk. The suspect was a Man about five feet eight inches tall a police spokesman said. The station attendant at Mohawk Oil company 1439 Regent Avenue West trans Cona was closing up when a Man wearing a rubber mask and carrying an object resembling a handgun approached him asking for Money. When the attendant failed to produce any Money he was locked in his car trunk and the suspect fled on foot police said. The attendant was reported unhurt in the . Incident. League for life stages 2nd anti abortion Vigil about 300 people silently circled Victoria Hospital 2340 Pembina Highway fort Garry saturday to protest against abortion. It was the second league for life of Manitoba protest held this month and attracted twice As Many protesters As the Mother s Day Vigil at the women s Centre league past president or. Mary Ellen Haggerty said. The league executive has decided to step up visible efforts in an attempt to curb abortion Laws said or. Hag Gerty who is a practising physician. We will be coming out More in the next Little she said adding that another demonstration had yet to be planned. The saturday afternoon protest which attracted a Good slice of Manitoba including several out of town groups marked the first anniversary of the petition of one she said. A petition of one million Signa Tures opposing abortion was presented to the Federal government in Ottawa last year. We be had no results out of it the or. Haggerty said. The hour Long protest which started at 2 ., slowed traffic on Pembina Highway although demonstrators stayed on the Side walks with their placards. A sign placed on a car parked on the Highway attracted the most attention or. Haggerty said. It depicted a baby s bed with the inscription Abor Tion robs the City firm buys historic private railway car missing girl returns Home Dianna Horsfal 13, who had been missing since 7 Tuesday was Back Home saturday night a Winnipeg police spokesman said sunday. The girl returned on her own to her Home at 1652 Alexander Avenue and her Mother notified police the spokesman said. A private railway car used by the 10th prime minister of Canada William Lyon Mac k e n z i e King has been bought by a Winnipeg Busin Essman. The car was purchased by Neil Baker owner of Winnipeg Supply and fuel by tender from the Canadian National railways. Or. Baker would t reveal the Price of the car but said by the time it is fully refurbished it will have Cost about we bought the car for by our company As a meet ing place and luncheon area for company executives and or. Baker said. The car was used by King for a 10-year period from 1938 to 1948 when he travelled throughout Canada As prime minister. Or. Baker said that the car will be finished in period furniture As much As Possi ble. We Hope that the Interior goes quickly because we have reserved space on the car to be hauled to Mon Treal for the olympic he said. The car was used by the car As an Active piece As accommodation for super visors travelling from Winnipeg to Churchill and other Northern stops. The outside is dirty and under the crust of soot the rails Are brass. Inside the car is As it was in King s time. His private compartment has an unusual Shower be cause King did t like to get his head wet when Shower ing. There Are two Shower bars that Spray from the is dip and one that reaches Down from the ceiling about shoulder High. There is also a Small por Celain Bath in one of the other compartments. The entire car has room for nine people including a Porter. John Doole general manager of the company has been doing the main part of the research on the history of the car. It was built in 1901 by the Canadian Pacific railway for the. Royal tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. While they were tour ing Canada Queen Victoria died. King Edward Vii took the throne. In 1910 he died and the Duke and Duchess of Corn w a 11 York became King George v and Queen Mary. It was an auspicious occasion when they toured Canada the first time in the said or. Doole. It was the first trip of Roy Alty across the country and the railway had not yet been completed. The coach was like a Little piece of Buck Ingham Palace. In 1907, a Crown Prince of Japan used the car in his visit to Canada. In 1928, the car was transferred to the car and was rebuilt for the King Era and was then purchased by the Canadian government in 1938 for his exclusive use. Even the illustrious sir Winston Churchill apparently travelled on the car when he was visiting Canada As prime minister of Britain. There is a picture being hunted Down showing him on the Steps of the car with his Cigar and flashing the famous v for Victory sign. With All that Canadian his tory turning up or. Baker feels it was fortunate his bid was accepted Over bids by americans he claims were larger. We have an agreement with the car that they have first refusal on the car if we decide to sell it. But we have no intention of Selling it. The car is a piece of Oan Adiana that is Rich in said or. Baker. He said the car when it is finished will be available for display at summer fairs on request and to special groups on request. I Don t think that we would turn it into a totally Public display but we will have it open to said or. Bake of. V ;