Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather sunny High 25 Low Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details Page 5 Winnipeg free 84 so january 1977 use with cot often comics final edition to to Cost 20 per cent More by Steve Pona Manitoba Hydro rates Are going up by As much As 20 per cent March 17 and a similar increase next year is entirely a Hydro spokesman said the increase was approved by Board of direct Don the Utility publications said the increase will raise about Comstock said continuing High interest rates and escalating costs of and services made the increase necessary and that a similar increase next year is entirely possible if conditions con Comstock said electric Ity is becoming More expensive to because the Utility is relying More on Thermal generated Cle Trici today 100 new jobs at Lynn Lake Page 2 Crock is Back in Winnipeg Page 24 Anais Nin at 73 Page 5 investigates crash fatal to 12 Page 6 banker share Aib beef Page 7 air Row to end electronically Page 8 weekend scores sunday results nil no islanders 2 wish Tytun 2 by rangers 5 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 4 Minnesota i Atlanta 6 Pittsburgh 5 Buffalo 3 Colorado 0 wha Calgary 5 Phoenix 4 Houston 3 Edmonton i Cincinnati 6 Winnipeg 4 san Diego 5 Birmingham 2 Western Canada Portland 9 Regina 2 Saskatoon 6 Brandon 3 Medicine hat 4 Lethbridge 3 new Westminster 8 Kamloops 0 saturday results Mhz Minnesota 3 Boston by islanders 2 Washington i Philadelphia 5 Colorado 2 Montreal 6 los Angeles 0 Pittsburgh 5 Buffalo 2 Louis 4 Detroit 0 Cleveland 4 Vancouver 2 Chicago 4 Toronto i wha Calgary 5 san Diego j Indianapolis 6 Edmonton 3 Western Canada new Westminster 6 Victoria 4 Calgary 6 Medicine hat 4 details on Page 31 classified 5251 Cox is 24 crossword w deaths 25 pittance 1215 fetus 30 1183 20 27 23 sports 43 31 television 21 because of lower water Levels due to last years dry Comstock also said that because of Low water Manitoba Hast had a Power surplus to Export to the to help raise reve nue for the last Manitoba Hydro rate increase came april 1 last premiered Schreyer pc i c i e d in december that Manitoba Hydro customers could expect an increase of up to 15 per cent this year and denied the increase would be related to Nelson River Comstock said he rate increase will push average Hydro Bills up by 17 per cent for Homes using 750 kilowatt Comstock said average heating Bills will Rise by or per cent for houses using kilowatt Manitoba Hydro is Chang ing from its three Block rate Structure to a two Block Structure March under the new rate Struc Hydro will Fost three cents for the first 200 kilo Watt hours used and cents for the under the three Block rate Hydro costs cents for the first 75 kilowatt cents for the next 100 kilowatt hours and cents for the m r Comstock said the More Hydro a consumer the larger his increase will he said the new rates would lower Hydro costs for Consumers in por Tage la Dau Thompson and flin see Hydro Page 4 cancer deaths linked to arsenic at Yellowknife Toronto up dangerously High arsenic As much As 50 times above the world health Organiza Tion Safe have been found at says a no govern ment study made Public Sun it said the cancer death rate in yellow knife is almost twice the National rate of per thousand population and blamed arsenic pollution from Gold the study was done j0iutly by the National Indian Broth c r h o o d the United steel workers of America Uswa and the University of the three groups issued a statement calling for a full medical study of All Yellowknife residents to de Termine How Many show the effects of arsenic the statement urged Gener Ous compensation for persons who develop arsenic related and for Federal enforcement of arsenic emission Tom a univer sity of Toronto told a news conference that the arsenic problem is so serious that residents should not eat vegetables in the study says Yellowknife Levels arc the highest in North America and Hutchinson said the Northern City is possibly one of the most severely arsenic contaminated areas of the the findings directly contradict Federal government As recently As last september Federal officials said no major arsenic problem exists in yellow the maximum acceptable level for arsenic in the hair is five parts per Mil arsenic is a poisonous sub stance found in Gold bearing Ore and can escape into the water and soil during mining and continued abnormal Levels in humans can cause respire t o r y nervous Dis orders and v Avo for her second time on skates Holly shows a lot of she Falls a but with a champions de she gets up and tries Hollys Colin Camp Bell of 585 Spence bought her by Dave Bonner the skates a week he was having a hard time sunday getting her to leave the Central Park taxes discourage building of Energy saving House by Debbie Lyon Jan Mulder wants to build an Energy saving House but finds himself caught Between what he considers contradictory government provincial and Federal governments Are urging him to conserve but the additional insulation and Frame studding he wants to install to save fuel use could add substantially to the assessed value of his Home his property about the Only Consolation officials can offer the mar area resident is to say the Type of Home Hes planning to build could be extra spending urged for Garrison by Paul wh1telavv staff correspondent Washington the Ford in one of its final official proposed today that a further Mil lion be spent on construction of the controversial Garrison irrigation the spending recommendation is contained in the administrations proposed billion budget for the 1978 Fis Cal starting next although Gerald Ford will be succeeded As president in thursday by Jimmy the new administration will have Little Choice but to accept As they stand most of the 1978 spending recommendations sent to Congress the problem according to one congressional budget sex is that the Federal government is so big and the pro Grams have so much Momen Tum that Carter will have time to propose Only selective budget the new presidents pro posed changes in Fords budget will have to be sent to Congress by Early March to receive consideration in the lengthy authorization process on Capitol Canada fears that Gar Rison now under construction in North will pollute the red and Souris Rivers flowing into neighbouring Ottawa demanded a moratorium on construction of a major Section of Garrison last stating in a formal diplomatic note that advanced or completed construction of such projects naturally forms a powerful argument for their the has not yet responded to Canadas see extra Page 4 witchcraft death sentences increase Johannesburg Reuter a muttered incantation in a Dingy mud a gnarled Finger thrust into a another innocent african is sentenced to death by in less than two months persons have died As the re sult of the witchdoctor ver most of them immolated before Large crowds of neigh friends and at the deaths have taken place in the Lubowa Home land in the far Northeast of South police and government officials Are unable to explain the sudden upsurge in this bizarre ultimate of the police have already arrested about 100 including several Langomas Witch Doc tors in the scenario for the killings has proved a chilling experience even for Black of of them be Lievers in witchcraft them police Lebonas isolated Phillip Moloto de scribed an incident in the Vil Lage of where two men were burned to death after a witchdoctor pronounced them responsible for the Deanii of a Foury Earold girl struck by angry villagers believed the girl had been cursed by witches or wizards and called in a witchdoctor to Shell out the for two Days the Angoma muttered incantations in an Effort to the Moloto on Tae third he pounced on two people a 50yearold Man and a 70yearold the witchdoctor shouted these Are the people responsible for the Childs immediately the Man were dragged screaming from a group by other the victims were stripped tarred and shorn of their Only a a toss of unshaven hair was left on their branding them As i the two men were taken under escort and each was see witchcraft Page 4 the Standard Home of the fun according to one estimate from a provincial govern ment tax assessor in Stein Mulders plans could add a Square or abort to the assessed Vilue of his b u t two other assessors thought the estimate was too provincial tax assessment officials say Energy Conser vation int an assessment assessments Are based on the value of the property the More a building costs the higher its assessment will Likely Mulder says Hes won Dering whether to proceed because Hes concerned that higher assessment and taxes would outweigh fuel his aim was to begin build ing the Square foot Structure this Spring on property about three Miles from Marchand in Southeastern using ideas obtained from american he planned to put up two six Inch with 5viinches of Wall insulation and an initial 12 inches in the out Side the he was going to place Iva inches of Polys Tyrene the resulting heat flow resistance value would total about he Standard Homes now con Tain two your studding and depending on materials source of neat and Sec Tion of the Home have heat flow resistance values ranging from a minimum of 12 to see taxes Page 4 silence shattered by voice of dead Peru Reuter a moment of silence in memory of a soccer official was shattered by the voice of the dead at a soccer i appreciate the but in not official Lucrecio Sosa said Over the stadiums loud speaker embarrassed officials said someone had told them Sosa had died in a car crash on his Way to see the Utah firing squad executes Gilmore Point of the Moun Utah a Gary Mark the killer who demanded death and twice at tempted suicide in was executed by a Utah thing squad today minutes after a Federal appeals court lifted a stay granted during the planned to kill and kill again see Page 10 the 36yearold Gilmore was the first person to be Eluted ill the United states in nearly 10 his lengthy fight to be executed Drew worldwide sentenced for the shooting death of a Motel was dressed in White and wearing an overcoat As he was taken from Utah state prison in a Van to the execution a spokesman for the prison dictated a Short message to reporters moments after the appeals court ruled at most he said the order of the 4th District court has been carried Gary Mark Gilmore is the spokesman Robert one of Gil mores two said Gil More was seated in a chair when he met denied his request to stand and face his the execution took place at most Vern d a m i c Gilmore said would like to say at this my died like he wanted to in he got his wish to he died in dig that All i have to gum ores other Ronald said through tears that he spent the night with colleges return to traditional academic values by Lawrence fe1nberg the Washington Post Washington after years of Grade fewer required courses and More innovative both students and faculty members at colleges in Cre singly support traditional academic values and Stan according to a new Survey of Campus attitudes to the United the financed by the Carnegie Council on policy studies us uglier Educa also found dwindling support for relaxing Normal requirements i n order to admit More Blacks and other Usu crities to College pro Grams or to hire them As it found More widespread belief that women students Are As talented and commit Ted As men and a More to Lerant attitude toward smok ing in major political and religious it found Little change and most of that in a conservative direct compared with the find Ings in a similar nationwide Survey conducted in Martin a sociology professor at the University of California at who directed both surveys said they indicate that the apparent of College campuses in the late 1960t was a Short term phenomenon stimulated by the Viet War and exaggerated by Tae Newa events on american campuses in the late 1960s were serious and in but to a very consid e r a b 1 e degree they were Media events their effects and larger significance were almost certainly exaggerate e d colleges and Topi verities have been marked More by stability a base la attitudes and values of their students and teachers than they have been by any great 1 the Survey was conducted in 1975 among under graduate students and faculty members at All types col Leges throughout the it found a pervasive Rise in the grades students Are re for to 1969 Only per cent of under graduates reported a cumulative Grad Point average of plus or in that promo ratio bad 36 per about 59 per cent of under graduates re ported a 8 or better average it compared with 36 per cent in that category six years the average grades graduate students also had risen the study re and about per cent of faculty members said that grading standards have be come less in the number of Stu dents declaring that they wanted training and skills fur an occupation or a de tailed grasp of a special Field the goals of Lead Rouag How to get along Wita people and ing the values and goals of my me decreased i import among faculty those who said research rather than teaching was their primary interest Rose from 15 to 25 per support for the proposition that More minority group undergraduates should be admitted to my College even if it Means relaxing Normal academic standards of admission has fallen from 29 to 22 per cent among undergrad from 37 to 20 per cent among graduate and from 37 to 27 per cent Ai cog faculty ;