Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Province extends Pilot dental project to five Jearolds Winnipeg press the Manitoba government has extended its childrens dental program to about five Jearolds in the areas where the plan is now a Cabinet order released thursday makes eligible Chil Dren who were born in As Well As children born in Jim director of provincial dental said the service will be of tended to harolds in the inter Lake the Swan Valley and Duck Moun Tain school divisions and the City of fun where the plan is now this Means approximately five and six Earold children will now be Leake said in an inter the current launched last As a Pilot is eventually to be extended to Chil Drens dental care throughout the provincial budgetary restraints have been slowing Down sex in addition to extending the the provincial Cabi net also approved a Standard form of agreement Between the government and school divisions for he operation of the Leake said that no such agreements exist in areas where the program is operating and cooperation Between the government and the divisions is the agreement is simply making formal arrangements which under school divisions agree to provide while the government will make necessary alterations clinics subject to approval by the division and the Public schools finance the government also agrees to pay for any damages which May result from operation of the students facing higher tuition fees at u of Manitoba University tuition fees will go up in the future but at a slightly slower rate than in University of Mani Toba president Ralph Campbell predicted thurs will continue to decline As a proportion of total University reve he told the Canadian Public relations thru nov account for 11 per cent no hip University of my Ulibas operating income and been a steadily de clinics part of University revenues in Canada for a number of years the president made his up Marks in to a ques Tion from the the lust increase in us of Manitoba fees made last february when tuition fees increased by an average of arts and brie be students now pay in annual tuition they will be reviewing again after the University Grants commission Grant for is announced some Lime next month and a new increase could be levied in his talk on the image of the Campbell said it is important the University receive a Good Deal of tolerance from the Public when we give up the Ivory Tower and try ideas which Are going to shake accepted ideas of must Challenge Sci Oty without rupturing our i in a g c As a responsible be the president was asked where the University stands on such strongly contested issues As the Garrison pro he said the University conk not be expected to Lake a position but we promote a invite experts to speak to Canale a forum for Campbell repeated his defence of the sabbatical leave system which entitles a professor to a years leave with 80 per cent or a half year with full pay after seven years the sabbatical program is very beneficial because it allows teachers and researchers to travel to other and centres and improve their he said Baragar critical of Grant delays Iii tee Michael chairman of the Winnipeg school criticized the government thurs Day for legislation that delays payment of provincial Grants and property tax Rev times to the of the the division must take out Bank to cover in i i in1 Public is Lii Iii a st nine in Llie in Ernst trustee Baragar a sch Mil Board in Bank Loans is million Lor ii7i i wonder in grrr an pistil a lion or a nist Ilu hit Hoard chairman said i in Are submitted to the Alai Toba Public schools to Nancy Board in february and the divisions final approved budget goes to Winnipeg City Council in Brian the divisions acting assistant Secretary said the City of Winnipeg pays per cent of property taxes u the Board 20 per cent 10 per cent and 40 per cent the following i although Are col re Tell m i Mucial he Emu a i e paid nil a Complex scale bin Iluigi 1 Imil into nit Yoji Ihry he Secretary treasure i h j Benningsen said the Only interest payments could be avoided would be it eight per cent of the needed Revenue was paid to the Board by the Eno of each month so a a any Hugo system could be thursday a i w Inch trustees continued con a Deramion of million i match tur 1u77 was almost duly i r u i c e Margaret troll and Isobel Sudol Vieri present at 7 Board rules say if Hiitt int u w Itlie live minutes of the set inert time the medium is ran died just a trustee had declared the meeting cancelled trustee sir Venson walked followed about two minutes later by trustee Robert Para Liln trustee Baragar rescheduled the meeting Tor he said he had announced at tuesdays meeting that Hie Lime had been moved up to 7 trustee Stevenson said sic cd i d n i know of this and haunt received a Teller i that cited in not Courjon a thursday infill i la Board Lue cling Slit Thuri Ichiki Gloria Mendelson slings by and Don Herd did i attend the meeting City news january 02m 1 City to seek More provincial Money Winnipeg civic executive policy committee has set it sell a two week deadline to draw up priorities for the cites stalled five year Capi Tal spending at a meeting in the win n i p e g convention Centre thursday they set a sub committee headed by councillor Bernie Wolfe with the ask of bringing some order to the proposed spending is committee also decided to ask the provincial govern ment for in creases in Cash contributions to the mayor Steve Juba said he scheduled the for the convention Centre be cause he Felt some peace and quiet away from City Hall might help policy committee Wolfe Independent citizens election committee said after the meeting committee wants an increase in the provinces share of funding in such As transportation and the City will ask for a Pac Kage of increased provincial contributions which could total around Manitoba municipal governments have been nicking concerted efforts in recent x months to pry More tax Dol cars from the province be cause they feel that their present tax base is too restricted to meet growing municipal Wolfe has been one of the leaders of a movement to secure one cent share of provincial sales tax for the municipal govern he said thursday he Felt his three member subcommittee would be doing vital work if it could assemble a priority list of capital projects but the City would still have to face the problem of finding Money to pay for such projects and to keep them Wolfe said he had Many Telephone Calls from constituents who made it Clear they would rather see a one per cent increase in sales tax than an increase in Winnipeg property a firefighter using a snorkel Bat Les a two alarm fire at Dubuc tache Avenue and Provencher Street in the which broke out about noon gave firefighters problems most of the by Dave Bonner no one was injured in the fire which caused an estimated Provencher Block fire snarls traffic by Stivi Iona a two alarm lire in to place thursday afternoon caused extensive damage to Hie Dubuc Block apartments Ami Lour businesses at tache Avenue and pin Bencher Bon lev one Vias seriously injured in the which closed the Provencher Bridge and snarled Traljic in the area for most of the after noon and one eld Irley person had to Ijar taken by ladder from a seconds Orev Vav i u d o w and was taken to Boniface Hospital suffering from smoke he was re leased shortly after arrival the two Storey Brick build my had four businesses on the hrs floor Ami i suites on the six of the Sites were believed in of vacant a flip said most it the suites i i or second floor Verf gut will fire damage i Chr first hour confined to Timoc flip ice space lit Hie Corner of the thu Klug t h e tour businesses inlay Korner Ceramic sup Christie school Parkes Agency Aud Aba were heavily damaged by damage is expected to exceed the Bhue broke out shortly before ii you yesterday with i he first alarm turned in at followed by the second alarm at the ire is thought to have a i i e in in the basement laundry room a lire depart spokesman said there a delay us about my alls Belore the alarm was Vav tenants search my Ini i tic source o the t i e spokesman said x false ceiling in the building made the lire especially Oil i cull to he said lire fighters were on each floor us the building and on Chr roof As soon As they arrived but yet it under control until ii firefighters were still mop Ping up at the scene this mor police closed the pro v e n c h e r Bridge Tor Oast bound Traljic at about noon and must of Provencher ave nue to All but emergency and transit by Traljic was rerouted Over the n o r w o o d Bridge to m a r i o n Street and us me Irons Avenue Caus Uig a bottleneck through the Rush hour until Provencher Bridge was reopened at 7 Allan caretaker of the said he first smelled smoke at about a in shortly before the alarm went the owner of the David said it was insured against Norma an employee of Parkes the smoke looked like it was coming up from the As soon As 1 noticed 1 Pul my parse and coat by the two minutes the smoke forced me compensation widened for Manitoba firefighters lir Manitoba inv i ii incl i u s broadened provincial workers compensation cos or a be for full Proli i o n a i a it i Lussi Paul Ley said thursday the new Cettei live bul not it proactively includes diced injuries to lung and kidneys and is expanded in the area of heart the minister said i an inter the new regulations under the compensation act were approved in a Cabi net order released thursday Paulley said they had been under consideration for some Lime and were drafted lung before Ivou recent tires in which lire Lishers were injured the fires Ai the Hilton air Aloin Streil and at hit Lorraine apart d3 Lidice rariici1 this Lirou Ghl into the open Colic sin from the Winnipeg fire department Abonal and in us ongoing Battle with the City of Winnipeg Tor lir 13 mainly smoke inhalation and Burns the new regulations have no relation whatsoever to fires Over the last week or Ive had the order in draft form since Paulley the new regulations specify that in a firefighter with two years continuous service Lias been medically approved Tor his employ ment and suffers a heart he will be entitled to co Meusa Loii if the injury is diagnosed Ivy a qualified physician tin injury will be pie to be a result of hi1 tin1 contrary is or Puu Llcy said any subsequent heart pub after the firefighter re covers and is pronounced tit Tor will also be consid ered a result of duties As a firefighter and will be Cov he a firefighters i cart problems primarily would have had to on the Job to make Lum eligible Lor injuries or disablement to a previously fit firefighters kidneys or unless otherwise will be considered the result of i Hauvig smoke various kinds of gases or fumes or Carbon monoxide in the course of his work and will be Paulley he had no estimate of the number of firefighter injured i this Way in the the minister the we regulations arc part olins longtime concern in areas of lire prevention and firefight Miguel a said she didst hear the buildings fire Allan Barr said none of the tenants had fire insurance on their one who said she Annette moved into the building Only two months yesterday she sat huddled in a salvation a r in y Van watching the smoke Rise from her burning who was by herself at the time of the said she smelled smoke just before the woman in an adjacent apartment rushed her out of the build she said she didst even have time to put on her fire 011 fire caused about damage Early today to Busi Ness and residential property Between Logan Avenue and Quelch the which was discovered about started in garbage in the courtyard o f the shaped building which is occupied by Maple Leaf 1437 Logan a and two suites at 222 and 224 Quelch Noone was a cured in the the cause of which is still under a Tirc department spokesman said study team raps critics by Glen Mackenzie Boniface College re search Centre has issued defences of its study on French Tion in answering Michael Yaki Mushyn of the Manitoba department of who challenged the research groups Robert research Centre direct said in a statement today the most important fact is that a Field study rather than experimental study was a Field study measures the students academic scientifically and Doest attempt to alter conditions in the area studied in this Case dents in school he Yaki Mishins Sion relative to the experimental design is inadequate and can mislead in this Case the nor Wood school the statement Yakimiszyn was hired by Norwood school division to write an evaluation of the Boniface College Yakimiszyn also criticized the study for being too a charge to answered in inc statement and defence issued the research study was based on tests in in g i i s h social studies and mathematics administered to a i i students in grades i and 9 in Francais programs and a few students of French origin who Fol Lowed a conversational French it the percentage of instruction Given in French didst affect achievement in such subjects As the College study didst Lake the Quality of teaching into ii count because it was left this would be difficult to measure and because the number of teachers was regarded As Large enough dial in ii be a significant t h e researchers agreed Vilh f air Yazji Nishon would be a Factor in a study Imol Viii a population Sam ple by said since this method want used the Quality of leaching didst have to be trip researchers also criticized Yakimiszyn for what they railed his failure to review the review of liter analysis dealing with instruction in social studies and and other parts of the research since Yakima Rhyus review is Oil the whole mis incomplete and inac it is hoped that the Norwood school division will not seriously consider this the Yakimiszyn said i a recent interview he want asked to pass judgment on the conclusions and didst do so safety Council drops controversial excl driving course by b1tciue Gage sex a new approach to the Manitoba safety councils defensive driving pro has been scrapped Aud a new driving safety program will be announced the 11 brought to Yeuit m a news Story 10 the free Laal was i e m o v e d Iron the Pio Yram a Reull of an examination of a Tuin member Volunteer commit Rupert live director of the safety said the which dealt with self image was dropped by the com Mil tee after the news was published members of the committee Are pro Basil i m v Hersity of Manitoba school of architecture Peter registrar of motor vehicles lain Public relations officer for the Manitoba pub i i c insurance corporation and Valline of the Manitoba teachers a discussion followed the article Aud the committee Felt that the participants in the course Vovou Dait wider land the i the new course known As excl was run through Whitehead said he took in upon himself to introduce into the course material de scribed by University of Manitoba psychology prof John Schallow As pop is a pamphlet prepared by an employee of the safety Council encouraged people in Ilie course to make 3 mental list of All the Good things that Hud happened to them in a then Over the next week keep thinking about that list and add More Good experiences to the pamphlet the course 90 per cent of whom were referred by the motor vehicle Branch on a mandatory were to be Nice to sales and plan a dinner fur a number of peo the object of the Sugges according to Whitehead was to modify the be Havior of the and make them have concern Tor other m Whitehead said he would approach the commit tee later and try to have the material put Back i the when asked Why they would accept in he said things have to be done slow he said All the instructors thought u was asked about the Choju mittens suggestion that people taking the course under or White head said he didst want to talk Abdul the subject anymore ;