Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Consumers Mac Likely to be Saunders receiver asked to join Price watch by Evelyn Larson free press staff writer Winnipeg is one of three cities being used in a Pilot project of the Federal anti inflation Board the " Iii Peg regional office announced at a press conference monday. Consumers now have the Opportunity to fight inflation communicating their com plaints about Price increases to the Board in Ottawa by filling in a form available at about 200 Winnipeg locations including supermarkets government offices and Banks. A similar program was started last week in London ont. And will Start in Quebec City on june 7. The form called consumer Price increase report once filled in is to be sent to the Board in Ottawa. The com plaints will be classified and led into a computer said William Ladyman Winnipeg member of the Federal Board. Although receipt of individual complaints will not be acknowledged except in special or. Lady Man said we will be look ing for the experimental program is a Way of getting the working people he emphasized the work ing Man and the working Man s after the eight week trial the Board will assess the response and the results of the project and decide whether or not to expand it to All major centres across the country. The Board will be reporting any results of the project about every two weeks through its communications Branch. M r. Ladyman said he Hopes the program will help remove the confusion con Sumers Are struggling with regarding the Board. They the Consumers know some tiling is being done but Are not sure he said. Or. Ladyman said it is a fallacy the Board can t do anything. Prices have not been increasing at the rate they did last year or even in the last Quarter of last year he said. It is the Board s to restrain prices not to freeze them. The Board s Powers Are persuasive rather than coercive he said. The consumer Price in crease report asks for a description of the product or service manufacturer re Tailer old Price and new Price. The Board asks that Consumers first ask the Man Ager of the store when Possi ble for an explanation of the increase. If the explanation in t available or in t Satis factory the consumer should then Complete the report and Send it to Ottawa. The Board will Forward copies of the complaint to the firm or Agency concerned. It is important to have the support of everyone in the or. Lady Maii said. Paddi Mills Consumers association of Canada representative at the press Confer ence said the association will support the Aib Al though she has some reservations about the program. By m-1ky Ann Litz Wekall tree press legislative reporter the provincial government will recommend to the courts that a Manitoba development corporation officer be named receiver of the now defunct govern men to controlled Saunders aircraft Corpora Tion at Gimli resources minister Sidney Green said monday. After a meeting of the legislature s economic develop ment committee or. Green the minister responsible for the development corporation said this was Normal proce Dure when an application is made to the courts for the appointment of a receiver. H e said the corporation which owns 81.7 per cent of the shares is the Only share Holder which has invested substantial sums of Money in the venture. Last week it was revealed the development corporation was taking Steps to have the aircraft Plant in which the government has invested about million put in receivership. The Gimli Plant was closed dec. 31. The corporation loaned the firm s2s million prior to sep tember 1974. At that Point All remaining funds Lent to the firm required approval by the provincial Cabinet. The other shareholders aril o 1 d Steinberg Prudential Assurance co., All Canadian venture fund and Woodford investments have not invested further Money in the Plant or. Green said. They would not be eligible for any recovery of funds by the receiver he said. Or. Green said it was t unusual for the court to name an officer of the major shareholding company to act As receiver. Questioned by Sidney spi Vak Heights corporation chairman Sydney j. Parsons said 95 per cent of Saunders creditors have now been paid off. Only one or two claims Are still in Dis Pute and will be settled by the receiver. Under a barrage of questions by acting progressive conservative Leader Donald Craik. De Mcgill Don West and George Miu Aker or. Parsons said in five years the Gimli Plant had built 13 aircraft two St-28 models which still Lack United states airworthiness certification. Of the 11 St-27 aircraft three were leased to a South american airline in colom Bia one of these has been repossessed and the Saunders Board is trying to recover the other two for Lack of payments when it receives permits to get them out of the country. One aircraft has been re possessed from an owner in Bayview Alta. Two of the aircraft prepared for the now defunct Sec West Prairie air service Are still in the hangars because or. Green said the Federal government belched on its Deal for the service. Four of the St-27s Are flying in Canada and a Deposit has been paid on the other aircraft. Or. Parsons told the com Mittee the average Selling Price per aircraft was so in the whole operation of Saunders Only four air Craft have been or. Mcgill said. Made All the dumb asked Gordon John Ston la in t that a terrible re or. Parsons agreed it was. He said the corporation was not involved in the sales con tracts handled by the Saunders Board. Or. Spivak s attempts to find out if the corporation s Board had Ever recommended Saunders be closed Down were thwarted by or. Green. The minister said decisions were made by the govern ment since september 1974, and it was t fair to question or. Parsons on government policy. That could be debated i the legislature he said. Or. Green said at the s18 million lending level a tentative position was suggested but it was t final and lending continued. At one Point or. Parsons told or. Spivak he had never heard of a report of the Industry and Commerce department s economic development advisory Board Sug Gesting the province should t go into the Aero space Industry. Or. Spivak who said the report was dated about six years ago before the aircraft Plant went to Gimli suggested it was strange one Agency of government was t aware of the report of another particularly when economic viability was at stake. Or. Parsons said he was t the corporation s chairman at the time of the report but he had never met with the Industry department Branch. The chairman also told the committee when Saunders is placed in receivership the parts and service program for the aircraft could be operated either by the receiver or by a separate company set up Lor that Pur pose. Winnipeg free press Citon in trains. Big warm Friendly. Tuesday june 1, 1976 Telephone devices to get second look a Bill to regulate a variety of devices that can be Al cached to telephones is being held Over to next year s ses Sion of the Manitoba Legisla Ture. Consumer affairs minister Ian stir null served notice to Las monday that proposed amendments to the Tele phone act would be referred to the House Public utilities committee for further Consi cration. Existing legislation prohibits the use of any terminal devices from answering and recording devices to computer attachments that arc not owned by the Crown Utility. T h c proposed legislation would have allowed privately owned devices to be attached with the approval of the Manitoba Telephone sys tem and the payment of cer Tain fees. Or. Turnbull said officials of the system Are concerned that improperly attached de vices could be unsafe or could damage Telephone com Pany equipment. As Well uncontrolled attachments could deprive the system of an estimated million a year in Revenue which could be applied to keeping consumer rates Down. The minister said the delay in the legislation is being proposed to allow interested parties the Chance to make their views known to Las. A formal vote to refer the Bill to committee is expected later this week. A vote to refer will mean the Legisla Tion will have to be re introduced at next year s ses Sion. Late Day social Agency okayed for Core area class mail registration number 02s6 caterpillars expected to strip More Trees Esther Tennenhouse free press staff writer untreated Caterpillar infested Trees in the East end of Winnipeg Are being strip Ped of leaves before City Spray Crews get there. City property in St. Boni face and St. Vital will be the last to be sprayed. Trees heavily infested with Forest tent caterpillars arc quite Likely to be stripped a civic Parks department official said monday. Leaves of defoliated Trees should reappear in mid or late july. The bugs Haven t stripped areas in the North end expected to be the most heavily infested because Spray Crews got there Early enough the official said. City trucks now Are work ing in River Heights Charleswood and fort Garry and will go on to St. Vital and St. Boniface which will be finished in a week or a week and a half he said. Winni Eggers have been flooding City Parks switch boards with Calls. The City s Bug line 885-1500, Extension 138 has been receiving 300 Calls a Day. Many callers complain of caterpillars crawling on the sides of their houses. In heavily infested areas the caterpillars show up in Side too. Elmwood Centre gets fresh Start an after hour City run so Cial service Agency to Start tuesday in the Winnipeg Core area received civic Environ in c n t committee endorse ment just one Day in and Vance. Five Volunteer social workers will staff the Cen Tennial Community office of Hie federally funded neigh boyhood improvement pro hit by a car 011 sidewalk woman Dies Nellie Hank 33, of 109 Watt Street East Kildonan died in St. Boniface Hospital Early tuesday from injuries she received when struck by a car about 4 monday. Winnipeg police said mrs. Hank was struck by a car driven by Joseph Huard 64, of 401 Melbourne Avenue East Kildonan after his vehicle collided with another car and mounted a sidewalk on Watt Street where the woman was standing. Police said or. Huard was driving North on Watt Street when he collided with a West bound car on Talbot Avenue turning North on Watt Street driven by Luigi Paolocci 37, of 1094 Beach Avenue East Kildonan. Gram . From 5 to 12 . Tuesday through Satur Day during the summer. Environment committee requested an evaluation re port at the end of the three month project. A n environment depart ment report on the project said the Centennial Core area has Many social problems such As glue sniffing alcoholism marital and family trouble much of which occurs in the evening when a 11 social services Aren t available. The report said the new after hours service would provide emergency help and Ina Indian Contact with the children s Aid society other social agencies and police. Environment commissioner David g. Henderson told the committee the project would complement the police department s operation affirmative action a program involving special police Atten Tion City s Core area. Kendra Wilson left and Karen Rabowski discover classmate Donald Birch under a japanese Parade mask. The three Grade 4 students were All part of Japan Day at Ashland school. Under the guidance of teacher Mari Lyn Henderson the classroom spent the Day making japanese handicrafts and Art and eating japanese food followed by a study period on culture. East Elmwood Community Centre got a new Start Mon Day night when about 90 Resi dents turned out to elect officers. I saw a lot of people i Haven t seen in the past live Erwin Neubaur the club s outgoing president told a meeting at the club 927 Beach Avenue East Kil Donan. Or. Neubauer and his executive resigned last week to protest against Lack of inter est by parents. About children use the club but fewer than 25 parents attended the recent annual meeting. Or. Nuubauer publicly three Public service unions to Forni consultative body for group action threatened to lock the re creation Centre s doors and give the keys to Winnipeg s Parks and recreation depart ment. People Learned of his threat took it seriously and responded he said monday. Or. Nuubauer was pres ident the past two years. He said last week most executive members have rotated offices because other people did t show any interest. But he was pleased Mon Day that none of the new executive members held such posts before although san Kauk the new president had worked on publicity. Also elected monday were vice presidents Stan Kalyn Chuk Bob Scott and june thy Secretary Helen my Kie Towich treasurer Jack Dick the club s summer car Nival is to be held june 18 to 20. The Canadian press the country s three major Public service unions must join Locos to protect the hard won gains we have made in collective bargaining Laws and w o r k i n g Claude Edwards president of the Public service Alliance of Canada said monday at the opening of his Union s five Flay National convention in Winnipeg. M r. Edwards said the Sac will join the Ca Nadian Union of Public pm Krieghoff painting sold Here Early arrests follow escapes two men arrested Early tuesday were to appear in court later in the Clay in connection with an Early morn ing escape from the heading Ley Jai Annex. A Winnipeg police spokes Man said the two Garry Sarson 20, and Robert secs s0v 19. _ were arrested on St. James Assiniboia Street about g ., about five or six hours after two inmates escaped from the Annex. A private Montreal Art gallery opened its first Winnipeg exhibition monday in the hotel fort Garry. The collection with prices ranging from to was brought to Winnipeg at the suggestion of Winnipeg Gers who buy at the Mon Treal gallery Rene Turgon the gallery s director said in an interview. The 82 paintings mostly oils represent the work of More than 50 artists. Most arc Canadian and include the group of seven. Five a. Y. Jackson paintings Are Fea tured. Works arc marked with the artist s name and a number. A Price list is provided separately. Or. Turgeon said the no Tion an artist has to die be fore his works become Valu Able in t True any move. People want an original. They Don t want a print on the or. Turgon says. The most expensive a Krieghoff work depicting indians Riding downstream in a Canoe want available Mon Day evening. It had been sold monday afternoon. The painting was a Street scone by l. Feiling Downs. T h c exhibition continues tuesday and wednesday. Plo yees cupe and the new National Union of provincial govern ment employees to form a consultative body that will co ordinate activities of civil servants at the Federal provincial and municipal Levels. Kealey Cumnings National Secretary treasurer of cupe said the three big Public scr vice unions share common problems and those prob lems arc mounting Day by Day As governments look to workers As scapegoats for their own financial mis a Public employees arc facing outrageous attacks by or. Cummings said. For instance the need for Public services is greater than Ever before but Public officials Are pushing Public employees to the Wall by threatening massive layoffs. The Cost of living continues to Rise but the poli Federal and provincial wage control to limit Public employees he said. We must continue to oppose the unfair system of wage controls with every ounce of Energy we can the 550 delegates and observers to the Sac Conven Tion were scheduled to Dis cuss today the vote Al the re cent Canadian labor co gites Csc convention giving Congress executives authority to Call a general strike if and when Neces sary in the labor move ment s for withdrawal of the Federal Anli inflation program of selective wage and controls. Or. Edwards said in his1 opening speech that any Deci Sion by the Csc executives will need the full support of All the Csc affiliate unions representing 2.3 million workers. If the Congress cannot be assured of support in its own House for policies that Are developed it will be As unproductive As the eunuch in. The Sultan s or. Edwards said. He referred to the Csc labor manifesto which de mands an equal voice for labor with business and government in the formation of National social and economic policy. Labor May never match the ultimate Power of the stale nor have the ultimate Power for decision making but it must use the Power it has in a coordinated manner and that will require the Congress to centralize the Power of its or. Edwards said the manifesto sets the stage for an entirely new role for labor in developing economic and so Cial he said the labor move ment must develop greater expertise at every level to improve the labor relations sys tem and he asked delegates to approve a policy statement advocating paid educational leave for Union training. It is incongruous to me that govern calf and employers bemoan the increasing confrontation and strikes resulting from our adversary system of labor relations when Many of these strikes could be avoided by having More skilled people at All employee on the question of bilingualism or. Edwards said the Sac policy of supporting government services in both official languages has placed strains on our organi Many of our English speaking members have claimed we Are too zealous in supporting bilingual pro Grams and the use of French in the government he the other hand our French speaking members have berated us on a Lack of Zeal in accepting the French he said that while the Sac supports the govern in c n i s bilingualism objectives we cannot abandon the safeguards we have developed for our unilingual they unilingual members now can apply for promotions on the under standing that a willingness to acquire the second language is the Only requirement relat ing to language to enable them to be assessed on their Merit for promotion in the Public Prairie dog Rolls sunday the Prairie dog Central steam train opens its seventh season sunday. T h c train which takes about two hours for its 36 mile trips departs at And 3 . Tickets go on Sale 45 minutes before departures and reservations will not be accepted. Parking will be provided by the Viscount Gort motor hotel the paddock restau rant and Winnipeg Supply. Monday Bug line personnel were referring callers to the agricultural Supply stores where insecticides were still available. Most department and hardware stores were still out of Stock monday and two of the three agricultural Supply stores suggested were Selling their supplies fast. One expected to be out of Stock by monday night and hoped to get More wednes Day. Another had sold out of malathion but still carried Methoxychlor and Dia Zinon. Many of the Little Black caterpillars now Are g r c y and Gold striped and arc hearing maturity which they reach when they re about two inches Long. In some places within the perimeter Highway they have already defoliated their favorite Trees Poplar Ash and Oak. Provincial entomologist Dave Smith said the leaves will reappear in six to eight weeks about three to five weeks after the caterpillars spin their cocoons. He said he believes Many people Are Over reacting to hip. Infestation. The caterpillars arc a nuisance but not a danger he said. They arc completely harmless these things arc a people the appearance of the Buss is a phenomenon that started in Manitoba five or six years ago and there s nothing you can do to Stop he said. Trees repeatedly defoliated May weaken but Aren t killed he said. Aerial spraying co ordinate by municipalities is Al most completed in the in Lelake the Lac Dubonnet and Pine Falls areas and Victoria Beach. Spray Heli copters Are working their Way Down Lake Winnipeg or. Smith said. Originally the caterpillars a re expected to infest to Square Miles in the province. But they be moved into additional areas further South than expected. Only a maximum of to acres of the infested area will be sprayed. In Winnipeg 98 per cent of the Caterpillar eggs have hatched and the bugs will go into the cocoon stage in a few weeks. The resulting Moths will Lay eggs on tree branches within 10 clays and the larvae will remain in the Case Over the Winter. The infestation could be repeated if the eggs Hatch next Spring but that depends on weather and other conditions or. Smith said. It s a pleasure doing business with you collection period this week your free press Carrier will be collecting this week for delivery of the free press for two ;