Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 19, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather sunny Law High Sun Rytti met Moon details 7 Winnipeg free press final edition 84 92 january Way is cleared for charges Kasser by Paul Whitelaw staff correspondent Washington warning that the United states could become a Barbary coast for International financial a panel of judges has ruled that Ameri can courts have jurisdiction in Manitoba Churchill Forest industries Chi scan the decision of the Federal appeals court in Philadelphia has cleared the Way for the securities and Exchange commission Sec to press anew charges against Alexander the reported Mastermind of the alleged the ruling reverses the decision of a lower court that dismissed charges against Kasser and eight co defendants on grounds the should not act As a world today Kitchen hot line the Kitchen hot a regular saturday will appear twice a week starting today because of the heavy it is of Page stores allowed loss leaders Page 9 airbags by pm say Page 12 Minaki rebirth to be costly Page 15 crime probe opens in Quebec Page 39 Bonhomme in hot water Page 45 revival hinted for Pound Page 60 tuesday scores nil by islanders 7 Minnesota 2 Montreal 3 Washington 0 los Angeles 6 Toronto 3 Chicago 1 Colorado 7 Wmk aids to came 4 West 2 details on Pege 77 in Slid 86 classified 6776 crossword 22 deaths 56 finance 5054 3129 Horoscope Jumble movies 29 a Dalfe financial in the decision appealed successfully by judge Lawrence whip pie of Federal District court in new Jersey had written that jurisdiction did not exist because the alleged fraud scheme entailed essentially foreign transactions without Impact in the the appeals in a 16 Page states that the alleged illegal conduct of Chi principals within the was the activities got nations and use the new York office of a Swiss Bank As a conduit for Money alleged to have been fraudulently obtained from the Manitoba development fund an Arm of the Manitoba the Money was to have been used for development of a Forest industries Complex at the Manitoba attorney general Howard Pawley said the court decision was aft encouraging he said in an interview today that he hoped the Rul ing would assist Manitoba in its efforts to extradite one of the problems con fronted by Manitoba officials has been the difficulty in convincing austrian officials that its charges go beyond civil he Pawley said that As a result of the court Deci Sion he Felt certain the officials would Manitoba o f f i c i a i s in seeking passers see Way Page 4 gee predict no Nind rate Rise by Ron Campbell Winnipeg mayor and finance committee chairman both predict no Rise in the 1977 City Mill but the Deputy mayor says that in mayor Steve Juba said tuesday his prediction is based on All the evidence that in aware of not on finance committee chair Man councillor John gee Independent citizens elec Tion committee vital said his no increase forecast is based on efficiency cuts to be made in the 1977 operating but mainly on cos sharing negotiations with the though not revealing the nature of those negotiations which he said were in a specific area of expenditure gee said they Likely would be concluded next Deputy mayor Bernie Wolfe ice Transcona said it would be impossible to hold the line this year on the Munici pal Levy of that was based on an operating budget of of which approximately million was recoverable in municipal property mayor Juba forecast no municipal Mill rate increase on the basis that the prov Ince wont pull Back any of its current cos sharing with the and on increased revenues from such civic operations As Winnipeg Hydro and City land last aprils 20 per cent Winnipeg Hydro rate in crease was expected then to generate a million sur plus for the Utility during the and Don Gerrie in dependent fort chairman of finance commit tees real estate sub commit said tuesday the City should realize million on its land sales this the City would spend about million in land but million of that should come from its land Dedica Tion Reserve Money acquired through the Standard development agreement requirement for a 10 per cent land or the Cash for Public open but mayor Juba doubted that the net Revenue from land sales would be As much As the million Ger Rie see no Page 4 Winnipeg teachers pay Cut Back teachers in Winnipeg school division have had a negotiated per cent pay increase Cut Back to per cent by the Federal Antii Nila Tion Ethel president of Winnipeg teachers Assoc a said tuesday the Deci Sion was disappointing but not the allowable increase calculated by the teachers was the same if an historical relationship with suburban school divisions was she the calculation was based on eight per cent the first year of the ant inflation pro Gram plus Tsvor per cent for productivity and a per cent experience based on increases received during the two years before the program was it was hoped the Board would consider the fact fort Garry and vital teachers received per cent in creases for miss Arnott teachers in those Divi Sions previously signed con tracts for longer than one year and wont be subject to the guidelines of Tail the con tracts the Winnipeg association negotiated a cent 1976 increase with the Winnipeg school Board in sep the teachers had initially asked for a 27 per cent see Winnipeg Page 4 with comics credit Union Centrallo rated on Mary Avenue Between carry and fort almost has by Gerry reached its Fiji height of 16 the new skyscraper will be opened this summer for time to Cameron says Ballet manager resigns by Janice keys Jim Cameron has resigned As general manager of the Royal Winnipeg effective Edward camerons has taken Over As acting general Man telephoned at Home said he had no quarrel with any director or staff member of the he said he just Felt it was time for him to he has no plans for the near future and Hopes to re main in when 1 was the company was on its belly and i was brought Back to Winnipeg to get it going it is going for the last 13 the com p a n y has been operating within budget what was wrong has been Arnold artistic director of the Royal win said he didst have any comment to make except that he wished Ca Meroth Well for the i Hope Cameron will move on to something he will we wish him it was a pleasure working with Cameron was appointed general manager of the company in he had served As assistant general manager from Cameron stepping Down to before leaving Winnipeg to become general manager of a Wax museum in Niagara Cameron said tuesday he had told the president of the company Board of directors in december of his decision to resign but the rest of the Board the staff and the dancers in the company we rent in formed until Richard president of the Board of said Recer stepping up the Ballet was in deep Finan Cial trouble and Ca Meron got the company out of Well miss said in a Telephone interview Reger said a search committee has been formed to look for a new general manager but it is expected to be a Long time before anyone is appointed because of the importance of the he himself Hopes to be a major candidate for the Reger legionnaires were killed by bacteria a a bacteria like organism previously unknown As it human killer caused the legionnaires disease which killed 29 persons in last the National Centre for disease control cd announced the which the cd called a bacteria for purposes o f was isolated from lung tissue of one of the victims of the legionnaires which struck 151 other persons who eventually most of the victims were members of the american legion attend ing a convention at a Phila Delphia the cd said it is not known How the victims contracted the in the routine process of making sure we had not missed a we found the said Joseph a research microbiologist who isolated the a Rickettsia is an organism Between bacteria and virus on the biologic it appears to be something weve never associated with human researchers said the Dis ease caused by the Orga which has no apparently is not you know whether a Dis ease is contagious or not by whether or not it spreads among the patients con said Charles she chief of the leprosy and Rickettsia Branch of the the disease might have been spread by air or said David a medical he said research showed that the risk of legionnaires disease was greater in those who smoked see scientists Page 4 Deal with vital behind land profit a rollover profit by the private purchaser of City land in vital last year was made possible by the purchasers agreement with the former Council of that area to buy the the City transferred of about four acres Between Beliveau Rose Eric Street and the Public Lane adjacent to Dakota collegiate property for the valuation being based on the 1968 Purchase the Meller contraction sold the parcel 3 for tombs construction which had previously obtained a 568 Manitoba housing and renewal corporation contract to acquire the land and build 60 Public housing units on the Deal was first made Public in a free press Arti Cle 31 and on civic finance committee chairman councillor John gee promised City Council the Transfer would be invest see Deal Page 4 Pope could head anglican Church London Reuter the anglican communion would accept the Pope As Universal primate if it was United with papal infallibility stumbling Block see Page 13 the roman Catholic a team of theologians from both congregations said in a report but the recognition of papal authority would need to be balanced by a greater participation in tiie government of the Church by and in the anglican the report on authority in the Church is the third by the International commission of both it is the teams most controversial statement to discussing issues at the Root of the rift Between the two commune see Pope Page 4 some gasoline costs 1 More cent retail gasoline prices went up one cent a gallon at some Winnipeg service stations tuesday but company officials say fluctuating prices Are Normal and give no cause for individual dealers put the prices up and Down just like a fiddlers Frank Public relations officer for Imperial Orville area Man Ager for Gulf Oil Canada Saida Survey done by his company tuesday showed that five or six of the approximately 40 Gulf stations in Winnipeg had increased their gasoline a spokesman for Texaco Canada said she want aware that any Texaco retailers had raised their prices but if the retailer wanted to raise his Price he could go right ahead and do retail prices of gasoline now run from cents to cents a gallon for regu Lar gasoline and from to cents for the increase jul Likely be More than two cents a Gal he because of a six per cent loss in converting crude Oil to gasoline and be cause of the Federal govern ment sales prices paid by Oil companies Are set by the Federal dishing ban near for Northwest Ontario River system w up there Are growing indications that the Ontario and Federal governments will agree to close Northwestern Ontario Mercury contaminated eng Lis Wabigoon River system to ail fishing before officials of two govern ments will meet thursday to try to work out a closure pro Gram that would include Al Ternate employment and pro vide compensation for per sons and businesses Hurt Fin in have no that we will be Able to War Ren Federal Indian affairs told Indian leaders during on Day tour of the area Ontario government approval is considered almost a necessity for toe but the province hat opposed the closing the River system would help Stop people from eating Mercury poisoned fish but would cripple the tourist one of the areas principle sources of live Fao ocl Alunans said Ontario officials appear to be Chang ing their last Leo Ontario natural resources was quoted As say ing dont be surprised if the Federal government or dered All fishing banned on the possibly by the end of the Issue has been a hot political provincially Ami since when unsafe Levels of Mercury were found in the English Wabigoon Ptero Tofu on t a r i o banned commercial fishing then but sport which supported a Large Lodge and outfitting was allowed to neither Ottawa nor Ontario has been anxious to accept the full Burden of closing the system because it will Cost millions of dollars for compensation and for economic development plans to provide new the compensation would be primarily to Iisman Lodge owners forced to close or re locate and possibly to Indian fishing thursdays meeting is in tended to draft an acceptable the Cost of which is to be shared by both govern Indian leaders have demanded the sport fishing they say their people have ignored government warnings not to eat the fish because they see White anglers continuing to fish and eating their the problem is that White tourists Are exposed to toe poisoned fish for Only snort periods and probably do not build up dangerous Levels of Methyl some Indi eat the fish All risking dreaded Mcnamata ble Mercury poisoning that Cau cripple and the indians also see closing of the system As a Means of getting More government help to lift them out of the misery and despair brought by the Mercury they say the governments not be Able to provide compensation and alternate Opportunity to White Busin esses without doing the same for ;