Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather sunny High 25 c Sun rises . Sets Moon rises . . Details 5 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. S3 no. 216 tuesday june 8, 1976 coloured comics jobless rate eases to 7.1% during May Ottawa Chi National unemployment declined slightly to 7.1 per cent in May As fewer Young people joined the tight labor Market Statis tics Canada said today. The May jobless rate is Down from fhe 15-year High of 7.4 per cent in april. But the number of canadians out of work last month was still this is Down from 769.000 in april. The improvement in the Job picture occurred mainly among workers 25 and Over. For men in this age group the jobless rate declined by three tenths of one per cent to 4.1 per cent. For women it based by the same percen Tage to per cent. The other major Factor in the lower May jobless rates was a smaller than usual number of Young people com ing into the work Force at a time when Many University students usually seek per manent or temporary work. Statistics Canada does not speculate about the reasons Why fewer Young people entered the labor Force but the figures indicate Job opportunities for them Are sharply limited. Among the 15 to 24 age group unemployment. Maine at 12.7 per cent last month the same As in april. While Newfoundland held its traditional spot As the prov Ince with highest unemployment its jobless rate eased to 12.6 per cent from 14 per cent in april. And in new Bruns Wick unemployment moderated to 10.9 per cent from 11.2 per cent. But in Nova Scotia unemployment was up to 9.7 per cent last month from 9.1 per cent and in Prince Edward Island the rate jumped to .12.5-per cent from .3 per cent in april. Quebec s jobless rate was Down last month to 7.y pet cent from per cent in april while Ontario showed a fractional improvement to a fi.4 per cent unemployment rate in May from 6.5 per cent a month earlier. Among the Prairie prov inces Manitoba alone showed an improvement As its unemployment dropped to 4.3 per cent from 4.5 per cent in april. The rate was up to 4.5 per cent in Saskatchewan from four per cent in april and in Alberta to 4.5 per cent last month from 41 per cent. Air traffic control contract in doubt Edmonton Cim Jim Livingston president of the Cana Clian air traffic control association said today the resignation of John Keenan As commissioner assigned to re port on bilingual air traffic control throws the Assoria lion s contract ratification Vole into doubt. The association ratified a contract last week the Pri Mary Issue n which was that a commission of inquiry into bilingual air traffic control would be set up with terms of reference acceptable to the controllers. Or. Livingston said in an interview that the ratification vote May have to be taken again. He said he was both sur prised and disappointed at the news that or. Keenan had resigned because the association had full Confidence in him As a commissioner. The association is still in a. Leyal position 10 strike be cause it has not yet signed a contract he said. The association has a con Ference of its Board of directors scheduled for sunday and a decision will Likely be made then on whether to take another ratification vote or accept any replacement for or. Keenan who can be found. Or. Livingston 1. I a in c in transport minister Otto Lam for being incapable or tin willing to protect the com missioner from political pres sure. He said the pressure came from the Quebec caucus of the Liberal party which was critical of or. Keenan from or. Lang who indicated by i i n g u a i i s m would be introduced no matter what the commissioner s report said and from the Quebec Provin Cial government which also opposed or Keenan As com missioner. Million customs Centre planned the new regional manager of airports and properties of transport Canada said Mon Day the department has pro posed a million pre clearance customs immigration Centre to the airlines using Winnipeg Intel National Airport the one Stop clearance facility would replace a two Stop system installed last summer As a temporary facility to meet pre clearance demands of the Canada United states bilateral air agreement. David Bell 30, who took Over his Post monday said a Start on the three Storey Centre in the North end of the by Mary Ann Fitzgerald press legislative Reid Ter the Manitoba government has proposed legislation that would enable it to set prices for essential commodities. The Long awaited Amend ments to the Trade practices inquiry act were printed and distributed monday in the legislature. Under the proposed Amend ments Cabinet could set a maximum Price for an Arti Cle or product if a Board of inquiry re commends the Price be con trolled. The article or product is essential to a significant number of Manitoban. 0they Are available Only from a limited number of distributors so Price Competition is slight and reasonable substitutes can t be obtained. 0the Price has gone up by More than 10 per cent in the previous 12 Mouths. The amendments prescribe fines of to on sum Mary conviction of those who charge More than the Price allowed by Cabinet regulation for an article product goods material service right licence privilege or Benefit. Each transaction would be considered a separate of Fence under the proposed changes. The proposed amendments would go into effect when the Bill receives Royal assent. They would join rent control Given final approval recently and a Federal Provin Cial agreement bringing the Public sector under Federal anti inflation guidelines a s Manitoba s Effort in the Ca Nadian fight against inflation. Existing legislation covers misleading advertising Aduf t e r a t e d products unfair charges for Selling and ban d 1 i n g products misrepresentation of products and services and unfair services charges. The route to a Price inquiry would be the same As that in existing legislation. The minister of consumer ser vices would Weed out frivolous complaints and recommend to Sabine to that a com Mission of inquiry be set up. Under the proposed Amend ments Cabinet could set a time limit for the inquiry and make the report of the commission Public. A vague reference to amendments to make the legislation a More effective instrument i n examining Price increases was made in the speech from the throne opening the present session of the legislature. Later consumer services minister Ian Turnbull revealed the proposed Price setting Powers for Cabinet but premiered Schreyer said the Power Given to Cabi net would be used sparingly. In an interview outside the House or. Turnbull said the legislation would be applied sparingly to Deal with Fla Grant abuses in the Market acting progressive Conser v a t i v e Leader Donald w. Craik Kiel said monday his caucus had t had a Chance to look at the legislation. Time in jail wanted for Trade misdeeds what better place to be in the midst of the City s hot humid weather than Central Park bounded by Carlton and Edmonton streets the Park with its Spires photo by Jim Baggarly Stone Fountain surrounding Large Elm Trees and Lush grass is a perfect place Tor enjoying oneself in the fresh air. Free from the con fines of apartment or House. Safety certificates proposed for private vehicle sales Ottawa up propos als to give courts a Range of options including jail sentences and corrective Adver Tising orders for companies convicted of misleading and unfair Trade practices were published monday by the con Sumer and corporate affairs department. A n o t h e r report recommends More co operation be tween the Federal and Provin Cial governments to regulate business practices uniformly and Calls for a Federal Provin Cial secretariat to oversee any new legislation. The proposals Are not government policy but Are in tended to serve As discussion papers before legislation is introduced in the commons i further revise the combines investigation act possibly this fall. The department a week ago released two reports recommending the provision for a right to Start consumer class actions in the revised combines Law As Well As a new National markets Board with Powers to oversee mergers and monopolies. One of the reports published monday under the direction of prof. Michael Tribil cock of Toronto says Crim Inal Law is no longer effective As a sole Means to control deceptive marketing practices. It relies to much upon fines to punish violations. It recommends that Crimi Nal courts be Given More options to choose from when sentencing convicted offend ers. For example besides fines and Jai sentences the courts should be Able to order corrective advertising Reeves see time Page 4 terminal is waiting approval by airlines decision makers. Under our proposal hav ing the airlines pay a fee for each passenger As is done in Security with the heaviest user paying the highest Cost should be Able to recover one Quarter of the Cost of the Centre Over a 10-year or. Bell said in an interview. Or. Bell said he thought the proposal to the airlines was a reasonable one and reaction seemed favourable. The Centre would be Compa Rable to one in use in Van Couver. See million Page 4 by David Lek Krec press legislative reporter Manil bans who sell motor vehicles privately will be compelled to provide a safety certificate to the buyer under a Bill now before the legislature. The new legislation also forbids Selling motor vehicles to anyone younger than .10, with fines of up to provided. The two changes in Iofi Highway traffic act Are contained in 15 pages of Amend ments introduced for second Reading in the legislature monday by highways min ister Peter Burtniak. Other major changes include giving the Cabinet the Power to Miner the maximum Speed on All Manitoba highways. Requiring Tarpaulin covers on truck loads of Gra Vel or other Loose materials. Uvegi stration Feus based on vehicle weight instead of wheelbase. As announced by premiered Schryer in his Spring budget to tax those driving heavy cars. A new definition for school buses designed to ensure that All vehicles Tran sporting schoolchildren meet Highway traffic act Stan Dards. Registering c p i n g units attached to the Back of vehicles separately. Or. Uriniak buyers won t be Able to any cur or truck bought from an without a safely certificate u n d e r existing legislation m o t o r vehicle dealers must furnish vehicle buyers with i safety certificate before registration is permitted. Safety checks of motor vehicles in recent years have shown that More than 70 per cent have defects although Many Are of a very minor nature the minister said. To facilitate the new regu lation or. Burtniak said the province will Issue special motor vehicle inspector licences to mechanics in ser vice stations or those who have worked in the Automo Tive Field at least five years. Or. Burtniak said if a vehicle has defects the. Buyer will be Given 48 hours to re turn it to the seller Tor a re fund. However he said the seller can agree to make re pairs. In a d d i t i o n to Banning motor vehicle sails to peo ple younger than 1c. Or. Burtniak said no individual or dealer will be Able to sell to anyone Between 16 and 18 without their parents per Mission. Sen safety Page a Arab Unity nears Complete collapse Pound pulled out of Hole today focus Japan s Lockheed Bagman traffics in lives and reputations. Page 18. Sports Ralph. Brock is the no. I Pivot but Harry Knight likes uie Competition. Page 47. Finance Cha president Bilode Ati says Canada is threatened by its own affluence. Page 52. Inside Bridge 32 classified 19-28, 37-45, 57 comics 14 crossword 32 deaths s Horoscope 32 Jumble 21 movies television m h _ Muic 2.1 levies 3fi Ole vision 7 nearly everyone reads the free press Tomi City 1 17.63s Washington up the United slates and Canada have joined other leading Industrial countries and the Bank for International Settle ments to make available a whopping credit to prop up the battered British Pound. By doing so. International financial experts say. I hey May have1 saved Britain s labor government from severe embarrassment and of Sibly from an immediate elec Tion. T h c Pound which had plunged nearly-40 per cent from its 1971 value Sho up by about five cents monday m . Following the announcement. Weakened British stocks also rebounded. . Financial sources said i formal conditions have been attached to the credit facility but they indicated Brit ish Treasury officials have assurances privately there will be some tightening of Britain s Domestic econ omy and a reduction in the growth of its Money Supply to Case inflation. However had the lending facility not been provided Britain would have been left with Little Choice other than to sock additional credit from the International monetary see . Page 4 the los Angeles times Beirut has the Arab world seemed so close to falling apart. The bitter failing out of the two main Arab protagonists Over the past few months Egypt and Syria has a cd capped by a rupture in relations Between the two coun tries. The break was prompted by Syria s stepped up Mili tary invasion of Lebanon earlier this past week but the fundamental cause is much deeper. The real cause lies in Hie rivalry of these two Arab Powers for superiority in Arab politics and the seeds of the current Fli Spute Between them Are in the Sinai disengagement agreement signed by Egypt and Israel last year. The rift is so wide Between the rival Arab world Camps that it has led to extraordinary new alliances. One of i hem links Syria s president Hafez Assad who Heads a left Wing military regime with the right Wing hash mite Monarch of Neigg ring Jordan King Hussein. For years the countries have been bitter enemies and Syria invaded Jordan Only six years ago when King Hussein was squashing the palestinians. Equally surprising has been the rapprochement by t w e e n Egypt s president Sec Arab Page 4 Pap test change advised Ottawa up cervical cancer a major woman killer could be largely con trolled though a National screening program which concentrates on those most prone to the disease says a study for provincial Deputy health ministers. Cervical cancer a disease thai has a High death rate can be treated effectively if it is diagnosed Early and More important can be largely prevented by the study says. In 1972, 600 Canadian women died from cancer of he cervix. The study begun in 1974, says the death rate for cancer of the cervix is lowest in the West a Little higher in on Tario higher still in Quebec and highest in the Eastern re Gions of the country. Nova Scotia has the highest rate with 21.5 women per Between 35 and 64 dying of cervical cancer. Newfoundland with 18.1 per is next followed by new Brunswick with 17 per and Prince Edward is land with 15.3 per the study recommends that each province operate a com p it t c r registry to recall women for their Pap tests. Manitoba program cuts cancer toll More than Manitoba women have had cervical Pap smears for detection of Early cancer of the cervix or uterus since the provincial cytology program started in 1963, says or. James Gillies director of radiation oncology for the Manitoba cancel treatment and research foundation. This Means that about 80 per cent of All women who should have regular cytology examinations now Are covered by the preventive health procedure. Or. Gillies said in an interview monday. He was commenting 011 the Walton report on cervical cancer screening programs made Public in Ottawa tues Day. Commissioned three years ago by the conference of Ca Nadian Deputy health ministers the report was pre pared by a committee under or. Richard Walton former executive director of the Manitoba cancer foundation. H e now is vice president m e d i c a 1 of the health sciences Centre. T h e report recommends that Only High risk groups women whose sexual activities started Early who have had Early pregnancies sex u a 1 relations with Many partners or Many pregnancies should have the Pap test every year. For All other w o m e n see changes Page 4 by Manfred jagei5 free press medical reporter sixteen Manitoba women gave birth last year to babies conceived through artificial insemination. Or. Franciscus Reyes an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Manitoba medi Cal school said in an inter View the semen came from University students. There were about 20 patients last year Only 80 per cent of i h e insemination attempts succeeded. The students a Steed to pro vide semen at leas.1, once o n t h three months. Most donors participated for six to eight months or. Reyes said. The artificial insemination program has been run by the University of Manitoba and the health sciences Centre for a number of years but on a very limited he said. There no Long c r is any stigma attached to artificial insemination either by Hus band or by said or. Reyes who took Over he program four years ago after coming to Manitoba from Neva York s Columbia University. Up but ii a few years ago we used to find that recipients of artificial insemination were mainly from the most educated and affluent circles in society. Now i have patients from All socioeconomic More and More people go to him because they Haven t succeeded in producing Chil Dren themselves he said. And because it. Is usually the husband who suffers from one of various Condi Lions making impregnation oven by artificial insemination impossible most projects involve a donor. Or. Said potential donors Are chosen by him and then asked to donate semen. Fees Are paid for each donation but or. Reyes refused to disclose the fee. The Money comes directly from the patients not from Public medicare funds he said. Total fees paid to donors in a year amount to no More than a few Hundred dollars he said. He said donors must be in Good physical and mental health have no venereal Dis ease and Bear the general external , such As colouring and racial origin of the patient s husband. Once chosen the donors participate in the program once a month. Their semen is injected into the recipient just after ovulation has occurred when the woman is most Likely to conceive. Or. Reyes said there Are cases in which pregnancy followed Only one or two injections. A b o u. I 15 couples were waiting for suitable donors. To eliminate waiting lists and serve All patients referred by family doctors or obstetricians it would to helpful to establish a sperm Bank in the health sciences Centre or. Reyes said. A sperm Bank consisting essentially of a special Freezer and filing facilities would Cost about he said. An application for the program expansion went to the Manitoba health services commission last fall but no decision has been made. Or. Reyes said the Bank would eventually hold semen donations from Between 100 and 200 donors enough for treatment of increasing patient loads. Proper operation would involve a part time Laboratory technologist costing about a Yea r. Including overhead expenses and sup plies he said ;