Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press Friday january 21, 1977 . Firms holding off on motorists heading downtown via Pembina Highway and Osborne St rect found the going slow for the second Day us Watermain Breaks continue to plague City underpasses. Thursday a break flooded the in underpass near Jubilee Avenue and northbound lanes weren t All open for traffic this morning. The Osborne under pass near Togo Avenue was possible this morning after a break was reported in the Aiea at . Quebec up Premier Rene Levesque is expected to face Tough questions about the consequences of Quebec Independence on currency Trade and other Money mat ters when he meets . Financiers in new York next week. John Wiley a partner in Salomon Brothers a leading Wall Street investment firm said in a Telephone interview thursday dial business Cir cles Are aware of parti quebecois plans for an Independent Quebec. But there Are questions w h i c h Deal fundamentally with How that will come said or. Wiley who is responsible for the firm s Canadian department. Are there going to be que Bec Are there going to be separate Trade arrangements with the United will there be differences in the financing techniques that will take Salomon Brothers serves As an investment adviser and underwriter to several Cana Dian provinces and firms who seek funds on the Wall Street financial markets. He indicated that the mar Ket for other Canadian Securi Watermain Breaks Cost Winnipeg and operations some time in february. Or. Diakiw said the Utility operates on a Calendar year and therefore some of this Winter s Watermain r e p a i r costs will be charged to the 19vc budget. How the 1977 budget will be a i f e c t c d depends on whether the current rash of Breaks continues. Operations director r o i Mcrae said the thursday break at the Pembina High Way underpass could add an c s i i m a t c d to this Winter s Wale main i r e a k damage estimate. City works and operations Crews were Busy trying to lot ale the break mid Cut Tjie. Water which was flowing Clown Osborne Street into the subway area beneath the overpass. Other Crews from the regional streets depart ment were Clearing the fro zen and clogged Drain gut ters in the curbs. The break had t been located by mid morning and water was still flowing into the subway. However most o i the water was being drained away. Traffic both North and South was limited to one Lane at times. A police spokesman said it was mov ing slowly but there were no major hold . Traffic moving towards the City Centre was at times backed up As far As Walker Avenue. 31 any motorists on Osborne Street appeared to be taking Jubilee Avenue to Pembina Highway to avoid the trouble spot. The additional traffic on Pembina did t appear to affect the Normal heavy traffic flow. Immediately North of the car underpass on Pembina a Section of one Lane was i i o c k e d off while City w o r k e r s continued repair work on the broken main w h i c h caused thursday s flooding. The water main break on Roblin Boulevard was reported about . And was believed in be less serious than the earlier break. However the Southside of Roblin was hooded from the curb to the Boulevard and s o u t h b o u n d traffic was directed along one of the northbound lanes. Ivo serious traffic problems were reported by police. No serious accidents Reull Cal from the traffic jams and no damage was reported by businesses except for the mall hotel which had almost one loot of water in the base ment mechanical room. A hotel spokesman said today damage was not serious. Doug Lennox the City s top Legal officer said today the City generally is not responsible for Liui agr following water main Breaks. Dry weather last year re suited in significant soil shrinking at i foundation lines allowing Frost to penetrate and freeze pipes. Some ways to prevent water lines from in Homes Are Bank Snow around the foundation where the water pipe enters the building. Insulate water meters near cold basement floors and Walls. 9 uncover a boxed Over meter to allow basement heal in. Put clothes soaked in hut water Over a Frozen water pipe where it comes through the floor. Gandhi fees unite ties had been affected As Well by the parti quebecois Victory in the nov. 15 Quebec election. In the last few years Cana Dian borrowers had been Well received on new York markets and a lot of it has been clue to the Success of Levesque accompanied by three top Cabinet ministers and executives of Hydro Quebec and the James Bay Energy corp arrives ill new York monday for a two Day stay. Juledia attention has focussed on his planned speech wednesday night to members of the economic club of new York but the key issues will Likely be dealt with in a series of private meet Ings with leading Bankers and financiers. Or. Levesque has said that the accent during the meet Ings will be on information not the negotiation of deals. What is at stake for que Bec or. Wiley said is not whether Quebec will be de Nied Access to the Bond mar Ket but what interest rates it will have to pay to get that Money. There is no likelihood d that i he Market Widd be denied to Quebec under any Circum he said. The provincial govern ment s borrowing needs in 1976-77 Are expected to be s1.3 billion almost million More than originally anticipated last Spring. Added to this Are the Bor r o w i n g needs of Hydro Quebec other provincial Crown corporations and Large cities such As Montreal and Quebec City. The . Market has steadily grow in importance to Quebec Public sector borrow ing in recent years. In 1970, about 20 per cent of this borrowing was done in . Markets but by 1975 this Rose to 34.9 per cent. The importance of the Canadian Market showed a corresponding decline in relative importance. Or. Wiley said there was awareness of the parti quebecois s socialist tendencies but the main concern has been Over rather More dramatic question of separa the investment Community feels that in future probably get along Fine with Quebec but in the meantime it s essential to know which Way it is going. Turnbull urging school budget limit continued continued . Plans to orbit Telescope hound Tolci cops arc Hir mail curious quasars which radiate Plum sails of Lime i h c eur cry that Ordinary stars of the same put out. We Don i know Uli Ether u a s a r s Are galaxies in birth a pixies not galaxies at or. said. We Ion i even know if there arc gaui.xic.-. Associated with quasars because we can t Sec them the . What Well be Able to do Mith the Spac Telescope is see All the around i he quasars Winch should an so Var Iol ill our resides at continued the space Telescope will be used in observe stars that a. believe Are lust now Beij Burn. The suspicion is that Many new stars lie in the Orion Nebula where the hottest and stars have Lonj been observed. Plans Are hat once an Carth Boivid Telim pc catches v. Hat looks like a Star being born would be Cut 10 the space Telescope aiming 11 at the new Star. Once tin space Telescope confirms i has found a new Star Tele new Border Lau in t cat s meow continued i Days for in Buim or no is Ary immunity in inc body of Tjio Canada said. The now regulations under Iho ii Iii i Noci of 01 compensation in ordered laughter re. Maximum rates Lor Patiic Tor hosts. Tuberculosis 3iid Johnc s disease or s500 for grades and offid for purebreds carcass value paid to owner by Park the agr Multi if rep Armeni said in a senses All Over lir could track it to read its temperature Teil a Hether a Pala Etic was Cloud surrounds it and even identify the or air Ehen Ideal i of the Cloud. In addition to the i la it objects the Pace tile scope will examine some of the closest bodies in the m e a r b y galaxies will be mapped and Tai Lees of til i stars a i i Between lie nearest stars will be in Enra Tely Lor the first Lime. Lir sides Optie. Hail the of Palo Inar s. Inc Lele scope vill be Villi . J and Iii Iii. Iole ii look in the ultraviolet and Frari d of Hie Peel rum. Most of Chr in Ira Reil and Allol the ultraviolet Are denied earthbound telescopes Harcau a the Atmo sphere blocks them out. "1c. Like Lleini Abib to see Only purple or Bahcall said. You d have an incomplete picture of things never Able to Sec Trees p e r 1 e and most of the houses they live i lie National aeronautics a u d space administration plans Friday to ask space out factors to bid on building lie Pace Telescope. The Vul get its it i i u r e s Back to Earth t h r o u h another satellite v Hie ii in posit Loyied in orbit above the i Lii cd m me a. Radio re a or h Pace 1 c Onner guard barged a former Security guard at u Osl port Chrysler Plymouth Ltd. Titi Portage Avenue. Has Heen charged with six e o u u i s of theft and five counts of forging and utter ing in connection with a series of incidents which of edited Between August and january. Police said thursday four Blank cheques and a Wallet with identification were Sto Len from the company Over a period of time. The cheques u r r c subsequently forged and for there was. Also that t of in Cash Ami cheques on Jan. 3 or Jan. F John Kris of s i Avenue appeared thu Isda in Provin dial Iiid. court in Connic Linn i or diaries. To line up support from in dependents and regional Par ties which in 19-72 got 22.9 per cent of the vote and won 66 seats. Hie anti Congress vote in that election was also split with the marxist communist party which won 25 seats and the pro Moscow communists who got 23. There is no Prospect that either communist party will join the coalition. Meanwhile. Airs. Gandhi withe relaxation of some of the restrictions she put into effect when she had a National emergency proclaimed 19 months ago. Most political prisoners were ordered released. Myslic press censorship was removed and the ban on pub Lic meetings a. Revoked. Despite the lifting worship a variety of press restrictions remain in Force. Information minister yid a Charan Shukla told news papers to from publication of any reports or comments May disturb Law and he also re minded editors they Are still subject to a Law barring publication of items the govern ment finds . Ii. J. D Penha. The govern input s chief censor said prosecutions of newspapers accused of censorship Viola Lions will lapse. Restrictions on to Robyn Cor respondents lifted september. Division budgets Are con or. Burgess said. Trustee Baragar told a thursday night school Board meeting he thinks the Divi Sion s million estimates for 1977. About 3.25 per cent higher than the 1976 budget already show restraint. He expects actual expenditures to be above that level How Ever. Trustee Margaret Trott told the meeting that cutting special programs would t help much because they Are a Small part of the total Bud get. The Only Way to make significant cuts is to hold the line on salaries she said. Or. Turnbull said in the in t e r v i e w earlier. Thursday that he suggested the six per cent limit because it tallies with the second phase targe of the Federal anti inflation program and because of the Federal intention to Cut Back significantly r e v e n u e s which the provinces Are entitled by agreements. The Manitoba government wants to avoid imposing direct expenditure restrictions on the province s school divisions As some other prov inces have done instead of relying on the budgetary restraint and Good sense of school division officials the minister said. The government is also applying very stringent restraints in its own operations including restrictions on civil service positions announced earlier by premiered Schr Cyr. Or. Turnbull said. Sewage problems can t be eliminated continued Are the most apparent environmental problem linked with the City s sewage pro Gram in West St. Paul. Only experience will show whether or not odor. Iron i lie facility Are reduced to a tolerable the report sinuses to the City closely review its expanded sludge spreading program Altur the sewage before it is applied to the Fields and conic up with a program to Monitor soil that has been treated with the sludge. The cite s spreading pro should nut be turned into a sewage disposal ice. The report said and amounts of nutrient added should not exceed the n u n i e n t requirement.1 of crops to be Carter makes it a people s inauguration Riiel Justice Warren hunger lie v. In into she House a mesh. Alter having armed the i More ins own in at House tin1 i in Yoni of ii. Joan were i solar heat i stand i colder a a v. Iii of about 15 Nice. Hour fun her chilled h e and in Jer donned in Iaiser his throughout Carier Cote sued looked around pc Iii eagerly and Vii interest. Like a first Lime visitor to lie capital. despite the Eold. Shone in Brilliant Sunshine some Voiiso Avion to special guests spectators who. Up. Had to sit or for up of two hours before the Cere monies began. Carter As a Bap tis Lay preacher was accompanied by the hymn "0 god our help in Ages past As he walked to the stand where he Vas Sivorn in. He Lef 1o the trains of Hail to the chief and an artillery Salute. After a break Lor supper and sprucing up. The Carter took Oft their round of party drop ins where re Vellers danced to the polite sounds of Peter Duchin s society orchestra the Swiss of he Duke Ellington band now led by his son. Mercer and Marshall Tucker s Boogie Hall Ai four hotels and three government buildings. Canadian ambassador j. H. Warren was a the party held at the National visitors Centre in the bowels of Union station where several thou Sand guests filled in time dancing and patronizing the bar until the Carters arrived after mid night. A owners Rov Vii if n no easy out to Egypt s economic dilemma infer ii a Sunn Render i if v re covet few j press ill the or. A i i stagnant Feciw Ivr leaders to Maliov to. 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