Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather Cloudy High 25 c Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Details Page 4 Winnipeg free press vol. 83 no. 215 monday june 7, 1976 25c with coloured comics final edition two people died and 13 were injured when severe electrical and wind storms struck separate parts of the province sunday after noon. See stories photos Page 3. Wayne Petrusiak 28, of 325 Bowling Avenue East trans Cona and Adele Ross 34, of 861 Parkdale Street St. James Assiniboia were a group of nine peo ple who sought Refuge from a rain storm under a tree. They died instantly when lighting struck at ., ramp said. The dead and injured were members of the Manitoba gun and dog club conduct ing dog trials about one mile North of highways 311 Anil 200 near Niverville Man. Two and one half hours later a severe thunderstorm accompanied by Savage winds turned the grandstand at Assisi Iboina Downs into a scene of frenzy when it exploded eight Large plate Glass windows which shattered Over the crowd. Six racing fans were treated for minor cuts at Grace Hospital and several others were treated in the track infirmary. As people begin cleanup operations today there is no firm estimate of damage but it is expected to run to several Hundred thousand Dol Lars. Winds which peaked at 100 . Twisted Mobile Homes like they were matchboxes collapsed garages smashed patios and Tore up gardens in Winnipeg s West end. One dog show participant Frank Schmidt 43, of 345 Victoria Avenue West trans Cona was reported in fair condition sunday at the Gen eral Centre. His injuries weren t described. Daniel James Mcdonald 27, of Kaministikwia out and Mary Penney 32, of Thunder Bay out. And Norman Wilson 31, of 6 Park Circle Transcona were treated and released from Hospital. Ramp said three others Robert j. Penney Doug Parker and Eldon Rondeau no Ages or addresses Given were treated on the scene by a doctor. An ramp spokesman said All reported ringing in their ears. A dog was also reported killed by the lightning strike. A Winnipeg woman was re ported in satisfactory Condi Tion at Victoria general hos Pital sunday night after being hit by a car during an after noon rainstorm1. Police said the woman Carol Faith Enns 21, of 1685 Pembina Highway suite 306, was crossing East on Bina Highway at Adamar Road in a pedestrian Cross walk when she was struck by a northbound car driven by Margaret Lovstrom 46, of Brandon Man. Miss Enns suffered a con Cussion and bruises and required seven stitches to close a wound in the right rear Side of her head. The Accident occurred at ., shortly after the rainstorm started police said. Ottawa hints at National Power g rid Chatham mass. Up Federal Energy minister alas Tair Gillespie said sunday it May be necessary for the fed eral government to regulate the inter provincial transmission of electricity in much the same Way it does Oil and Gas. He was speaking to report ers prior to a conference of new England governors and the premiers of Canada s five Eastern provinces. Gillespie said there have been problems in working out transmission arrangements Between the Eastern prov inces and the time is Ripe to have the provinces collectively plan an electric Power Grid. Ottawa already has the Power to regulate such trans missions he said but he would go no further than to say his suggestion was per haps maybe one of the ways of bringing about a new look for Atlantic new Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield said such a solution could Lead to a supreme court Challenge of fed eral infringement on natural resources. Alex h i c k m a n Newfoundland Justice minister said he was All for a National Grid to sell our surplus Power to other provinces and Export it if but if Gillespie s suggestion Means he s going to set the Price of Newfoundland Power we won t accept flyer inspectors vote to strike the wind showed awesome Power sunday by lifting this garage at 67 Pontiac Bay in Westwood All of a sudden i was paralysed and crashing it Down on the owner s car. Westwood is in St. James Assiniboia close to Assiniboia Downs photo by Alan Mac Konte where winds gutted up to 140 Kilometres per hour during the Brief but Savage storm. By Debbie Lyon free press staff writer there just was t that much lightning in the Cloud. 11 did t look that that comment by Kevin Howarth of Winnipeg echoed those of two other dog enthusiasts attending a licensed Field trial sunday sponsored by the Manitoba gun dog association. Yet within seconds Light Ning struck one of the Trees lining the Marsh area where the trial was being held and eight people fell to the ground. Two of them died instantly. A third was revived by the efforts of participants who applied Mouth to Nouth resuscitation and external heart Massage. Two others were injured. Norman Wilson of trans Cona said he was standing about six feet from one of those killed Wayne Petrusiak also from trans Cona just All of a sudden i Don t know what happened i was just totally paralysed the next thing i knew somebody was dragging me out of the tree. I heard them working on the other three i heard them pounding their he said. Or. Wilson 31, and Daniel James Mcdonald 27, of a min Tiquia out., were Tran sported to Hospital in a Pri vate truck. Or. Wilson was released about four hours after the 2 . Tragedy. In a Telephone interview monday he said his body was sore and he got dizzy when he moved too quickly. It just came up As a Little bit of a he commented. I had put on a rub ber Raincoat maybe that s Why i m the Jolt threw him to the ground in an unconscious state. Just All of a sudden electricity was going through he said. He was still confused and Blurry monday morning. Frank Macfarlane informal Field trial chairman with the association said i saw the Flash it just took the top of the tree right off people standing two or three 1 get from those killed there was nothing wrong with As the about 30 to 50 poem ple at the scene a farm near Niverville Man. Heard the Thunder and Felt rain some began to leave. M r Macfarlane whose dog was about to come up for testing was just going to Check whether the testing was to be cancelled when the lightning struck. I just started to move for Ward and the crack of Light Ning hit i just thought the people hit the deck. See All Page 4 Oil billionaire Getty Dies Getty heart attack victim Guildford England a Oil billionaire j. Paul Getty who died sunday at the age of 83, is to be buried in California the state he called Home but had not seen for two decades. Members of Getty s staff said the body will be flown to the United states some time this week. There was no indication what funeral arrangements Are planned. Getty the president and principal stockholder of the Getty Oil co. And one of the world s richest men died of a heart attack at Sutton place the 16th-Century 7 2 r o o m Manor House 30 Miles South West of London that had been his Home since 1959. His health had weakened during the Winter and he went into a coma saturday night. His death was very were no last said his Secretary Norris Bramlett. One of his three sons Gordon Peter Getty had flown from the United states to be at his Side. Getty made his first Mil lion by age 23 and at his death was Worth Between billion and billion most of it from the Getty Oil co. And its worldwide subsidiaries. The tycoon s will written in 1958, is to be filed in the next few Days in California. Or. Bramlett confirmed reports that most of the Fortune is willed to charities. He said the will also pro Vides for Getty s survivors. They Are three Ron Ald Getty j. Paul Getty or. And Gordon Peter Getty 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Bramlett said Getty Oil s vice president and chief executive officer Harold Berg will act As head until or. Getty s successor is Getty professed not to know see Oil Page 6 today Fok people soviet hazards roused appetite for Freedom in the West. Page 17. Focus Orion not the Way lot a government to behave itself. Pago 30. Sport Canada s olympic swimming team is chosen at Etobicoke. Page 45. Inside Bridge 18 classified 23-28, 31-1.1 comics 51 crossword if deaths Horoscope 18 Jii lilo. 25 movies 22 television 20 nearly everyone reads the free press total City to it custody muddle baffles 3 provinces a 28-year-old Vancouver Man now languishing in a Toronto jail has had police and prison authorities in three provinces scrambling for four Days to find out who should have custody of him. Earlier Toronto press reports had Gilbert Palma Lavoie under arrest in that City for a armed Rob Bery May 28 at Deak Canada Ltd. At like same time he was reported to be serving a prison term in Manitoba s Stony Mountain Penitentiary. The reports quoted an unnamed prison guard As saying Lavoie was supposed to be in Stony Mountain but was t put on the prison s missing list when he failed to return after being Given a weekend pass in 1972. But r. R. Russ Mcgill assistant director of Stony Mountain said in a Telephone interview monday that Lavoie was declared unlawfully at Large june 17, 1972. He was then arrested in British Columbia and sent to the . Penitentiary sept. 19, 1973. Lavoie had been serving a two year sentence at Stony Mountain for a break enter and theft conviction in Winnipeg in 1971 when he skipped out on his the prison official said. A spokesman for the . Penitentiary confirmed monday that Lavoie had been arrested in that province in 1973 and released under mandatory supervision aug. 1, 1975, after serving his term. But Stony Mountain records say Lavoie was re leased from the . Penitentiary earlier in 1975 Jan. 8 and was immediately arrested by the ramp in the charge of being unlawfully at Large. He was brought to Winnipeg and released on his own recognizance last year after his Case was remanded. When Lavoie failed to appear for that court Date the ramp issued a Canada wide warrant or. Mcgill said. The elusive or. Lavoie was arrested last thursday by Toronto police for armed robbery and or. Mcgill says they Tell us Well just have to stand in line for supt. Frank Barbetta of the metro Toronto police department said in a Telephone interview monday he has no record of a Canada vide warrant having been issued. His department believes Lavoie was arrested twice since 1972, once in . I and that he had been released on bail both times. No bail or trial Date has been set for Lavoie on the Toronto robbery charge he said. By Mike Ward free press staff writer inspectors at flyer Indus tries limited the financially troubled Manitoba govern ment controlled bus manufacturing company voted saturday for strike action following rejection of the company s proposal for com p u 1 s o r y overtime and in creased wages. A spokesman for the Cana Dian association of Industrial mechanical and Allied workers said monday the strike could take place with in two weeks if management does t better its offer. Work at the company s two plants involving More than. 400 workers will come to a halt if the inspectors walk out. A protracted strike will have a disastrous effect on the company which in recent weeks had started to catch up on much delayed diesel and trolley bus orders to tailing Between and million. Pat Mcevoy the Union s regional vice president said we could have quite a serious situation at flyer. What the inspectors Are ask ing for is wage parity with the other workers under the same collective they have a hell of a lot of responsibility As far As inspecting and instructing the foremen in inspecting but they management classify them close to the janitor or. Mcevoy said he expected to receive some documented facts from flyer employees this week on management problems at both plants. He said i understand these will be quite revealing. I have talked to the govern ment in the past about management problems and they were not prepared to listen. I am not saying we Are Here to advise the govern ment but i think they should be aware of the situation. People at flyer have said they re prepared to Docu ment the management prob lems and this k what i m waiting Brian Hayes the Union s local staff representative said the inspectors rejected the proposal by something like 13 or 14 to one. They were pretty Adamant and wanted to pull the plug there and then. I shall be contacting the conciliation officer this morn ing to see if i can get some thing moving. If we can t get something moving within the next two or three Days Well have to set a strike or. Hayes said the Pri Mary issues were Over wages and compulsory Over time they Don t want that they re absolutely opposed to compulsory Over he said senior inspectors were asking for an hour starting july 5 increasing to in november and for regular inspectors to in november. Or. Hayes said manage ment s offer for senior inspectors started at in creasing to in october 1977 for inspectors to in october 1977. One inspector said in a let Ter to the free press received monday the company was utterly mismanaged with absolutely no budgetary he wrote the general administration expenditures of various departments within the company Are simply out of flyer has a government in vestment of almost Mil lion made up mainly in the form of Loans. City woman found stabbed to death Joanna sup eve 23, of 157 Avalo drive East Kildonan was found stabbed to death monday in a parking lot he Hind an apartment Block. Mrs. Sup eve whose body was discovered behind a Block at 1080 Moncton ave nue East Kildonan had been stabbed several times a Winnipeg police department spokesman said. Police were called about . After residents of the apartment building heard a commotion and a woman s raised voice. A vehicle was also seen leaving the scene the spokesman said. The spokesman said mrs. Sup eve had other injuries including a broken leg. The cause of the other injuries was t known. The woman s purse was found nearby on Panet Road her shoes were found Between Panet Road and the parking lot. The Washington Post Washington John Byrnes is buried in his Hometown of Utica new York Richard Lagg in his Hometown of Kingston Michigan and Richard me Kinley in Arlington National cemetery. As far apart As they Are their Graves Are strikingly similar. The caskets Are lined with Lead and sunk in Concrete. The coffins rest inside Metal vaults driven As far As 10 feet into the ground. Concrete has been poured on lop of the vaults so that relatives of the dead men can freely visit and care for the grave Sites. Byrnes Legg and Mckinley were Given such elaborate burials because they died together in what is still history s Only fatal atomic Power Accident. Now More than 15 years old it was an Accident that killed two of them at once and the third two hours later a tragedy that left their Bones and bodies radioactive. Their deaths arc part of a burning de Bate about whether the United states should turn to nuclear Energy for its electricity for the next 50 years. The nuclear debate has inflamed parts of 30 Stales dividing communities and even households. Some divorces have been sat in motion in California and new York nuclear differences. Sit ins walk ins Pray ins and shout ins have been held for and against nuclear Energy. There Are at least 50 different bumper stickers damning or praising atomic a War. Nowhere is the debate louder than in California where voters decide in tues Day s primary whether to give the state the right to shut Down the nuclear Industry if it deems nuclear plants unsafe or their radioactive waste systems inadequate. A yes vote on what is called proposition 15 also would remove compensation limits to property owners victimized by a nuclear Accident in the state. Congress has limited insurance payouts from nuclear accidents to million. On the pro nuclear Side in California Are companies such As wasting House Pacific Gas and electric and san fran Cisco s Bechtel corporation which have budgeted million for a leaflet and Media Campaign to sell atomic Power. Supporting Industry Are construction unions and Black workers who Are con Vinced that nuclear Energy is the key to a growing Job Market. The opposition has raised to mount a voters drive. Opponents in clude traditional environmental organizations such As the Sierra club and non traditional movements such As the creative initiative foundation a quasi religious group that has sponsored pro Cessions by women in White to protest the evil of nuclear Power. The anti nuclear hero is consumer advocate Ralph Nader who has said he wants to shut Down nuclear Power in the nation even if it Means going Back to candles for Light. Sec Concrete Page 6 ;