Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 31, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather Sonny Low High 15 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details Page 5 Winnipeg free press final edition 84 102 january 2sc with coloured comics nip faces Tough my As say by Mary Ann Fitzgerald a number of Manitoba new democrats frankly admit there worried about the outcome of the next provincial premiered Schreyer said sunday he would prefer it be held this its going to be a Light a couple of Las said privately during the Mani Toba Dps three Day annual convention which ended Sun Day in the Winnipeg Conven Tion their prediction was echoed by several other Dele Gates in corridor who cited this As the reason for the unusual mood of re so rain evident throughout the party some said they were worried about up to six scats including Seh cyers r o s s in c re others mentioned in corridor talk included consumer affairs minister Rene topics Springfield education minister Ian turn bulls Osborne along with Gim vital and today Streisand tops film awards Page 59 Pope stands fast on women priests Page 6 Nessie to get out psyched Page 10 daredevil Knievel defies the Sharks Page 17 Sadat admits food bungle to weekend scores sunday results nil philae Clynia 5 Washington 5 Pitt Bury 5 Boston 2 by rangers 5 Louis 2 Montreal 1 by islanders i Chicago 9 Cleveland 3 Colorado Minnesota 2 wha Calgary i Edmonton i Indianapolis 5 new England 0 Birmingham 7 Cincinnati 1 Phoenix 8 Winnipeg 5 Western Canada Portland i Saskatoon 1 new Westminster 1 0 Kar loops 3 Canary 3 saturday results nil Toronto 3 Obion 3 los Angeles 4 by islanders 0 Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 2 Buffalo 3 Montreal 3 Washington 5 Louis 2 Detroit i Cleveland 3 Vancouver 4 Minnesota 3 wha Houston 6 Calgary 4 Quebec 7 Cincinnati 1 san Diego 5 Winnipeg 3 Western Canada Medicine hat 5 Kamloops 2 Brandon 9 flin flon 6 Victoria 4 Lethbridge 2 details on Page 52 inside Bridge 20 classified 5157 co inks deaths finance Fucus fur people Horoscope Jui Uble movies spoils television 33 20 12u 1724 is 27 24 4733 21 at a pos convention press Premier said he planned to spend More Campaign time in he was in the constituency for Only half a Day in the 1973 although some new democrats admitted they Are vulnerable in these they mention some possible pick up of progressive conserva Tive held seats Birtle rus Swan and More convention reports on pages 3 and 1 Ilea Kli reads fess the new democrats now hold 31 seals in the Legisla the conservatives 23 and the the conservatives were the main target of attack during the some new democrats Brand the liberals As the spoilers for new demo in his final address to the m Schreyer said he had noticed a sense see hard Page 4 no Quick Levesque tells paper Toronto up the Sun says Quebec Premier Rene Levesque will not accept prime minister tru Deaus Challenge to hold an immediate referendum o n Quebec quoting an exclusive inter View with the Quebec the Sun says he will ignore the prime ministers Call for a fast plebiscite on the Cru Cial separatism the newspaper says Levesque accused the prime minister of trying to use five Spring by elections for Federal seats in Quebec As mini i Edund tee a Man hanging from Tutt a Vest roughing he Tell to the ground Dennis fire kills 8 smoker cited careless smoking started a fire in which at least eight people died in a Preston ave nue apartment Deputy fire commis said firefighters continued to search the smouldering rub ble of the 31suite town and country Lodge 877 Preston at least nine people unaccounted firefighters feared the death toll might reach nine or As 17 people were reportedly rushed to Hospital with various injuries some of them serious including a firefighter and two babies dropped from upper storeys in the burning the first reported at about quickly destroyed the old 31suite town and country Lodge apartments at 877 Preston near por Tage Avenue and Arlington identification of those killed or injured was not immediately a fire department spokes Man said the Blaze was Well under Way by the time dozens of firefighting and police units arrived at the on their fire fighters found Many Resi dents of the old building screaming for help from their second and third floor while others were jumping to a police spokesman said it was determined there were 43 tenant registered As of c u p y i n g the buildings 31 although Many other people were either living there or the spokesman said Iden see 7 die Page 4 tenants say escape bolted shut baby thrown from upper window firefighters bring under con Errol the fire at 877 Preston Avenue by Alan in which at least seven people were known to have died Early Many tenants of a burning Preston Avenue apartment Block were left screaming for help from windows Early monday after they found the buildings fire escape As several of the ten ants of the three Storey and 31suite apartment building were some of them when they jumped from their suites to tenants interviewed at the scene or huddled in nearby apartment blocks told of finding the fire escape blocked and impossible to we went to the fire escape door but it was bolted said Ross who lived with his wife Judy in a second Storey Seaton said he was Able to Force open the door to the fire but Only by a few ice on the outdoor he pre vented its opening several other tenants told of similar As Well As of the horror of Dis covering the thick smoke and intense heat that came with the Harry who lived in room 16 on the second said he saw smoke coming into his room through the see tenants Page 4 opposition party criticizes Gandhi at Public rally new Delhi aim Large crowds at the first antigovernment rallies in 19 months raised the election Hopes of prime minister in Dira Gandhi foes the janata Peoples coalition of four no communist parties formed two weeks ago opened its Campaign for the March parliamentary elections in new Jaipur and Palma Gandhi was criticized at pub Lic meetings for the first time since she put India under a state of emergency on june suspended civil Liber jailed most opposition leaders and ordered press now freed from opposition leaders told the crowds at the rallies the election gives the Indian people a Cru Cial Choice Between demo Cracy and the rally in new Delhi Drew the biggest Mure than despite almost 110 it shows that the spirit of the people is still said Morarji the 80yearold janata even during the British Era we did not witness the atmosphere of fear we Are wit Nessing Ducsai told the the people have to come out of this Shell of fear or else they will be slaves of the present he said Gandhi and her governing Congress parly bulldozed the Constitution and Vasec Lomize demo the issues in the elections Are very the people want dictatorship or the Rule of he pledged that if the Jana la party comes to Power it will repeal Black passed by the Congress dominated parliament since the he cited the internal Security act Empo Wering the government to de Tain persons for two years without a constitutional amendment increasing the Powers of the executive and reducing the Power of the jul and a press Bill bar ring publication of items the government considers object t Ion Jayprakash the 74yearold disciple of in dependence Leader Mohandas told the rally in Patina that the elections will decide the Fate of India for the next 25 Only English Canadian names Ottawa blacklist obtained by journal the Ottawa journal has obtained a copy of the 21 name blacklist of Public ser vants and contract employees of the Federal govern ment which was circulated to five Cabinet ministers in june the list was made Avail Able to the journal on Condi Tion that names of persons on the list not be published without their by Jim Robb correspondent Ottawa the Ottawa blacklist of 21 Federal Public servants and contract Empi o y e e s accused in of wanting to destroy the existing political and so Cial Structure in contains Only English Cana Dian former solicitor general Jean Pierre Goyer circulated the list with a letter warning about the so called extra parliamentary opposition activities of the 21 to five Cabinet two thirds of those named worked in agencies reporting to Robert now pres ident of the Treasury in was minister without portfolio responsible for Cen trial mortgage and housing corporation reported to three of the names on the including that of Walter come under the minister responsible for housing in see Ottawa Page 4 Prinze had no Chance of survival Coroner los Angeles Apas costar Jack Albertson and Best Friend Tony Orlando composed eulogies for Fred die prizes funeral service the Coroner revealed that the 22yearold comic had no Chance for survival from the moment he shot himself in the a Small funeral service was scheduled for Post Cost today at the old North Church at Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills for the Young Star of no tvs Chico and the a spokesman for Forest Lawn said pallbearers would include songwriter Paul Wil Liams and business agent Marvin a Prinze spokesman said entertainer Bob Hope would be an Honor Ary who left a note say ing he take it any died saturday after 33 hours after he pulled a automatic from his apartment sofa and fired a Bullet through Bis Temple As Snyder he had just Hung up the Telephone from speaking to his estranged Mother of his 10 Mont hold son Freddie Only snowmobiles can get around after Snow squalls Prinze take it heavy Rains destroy crops Raisin shortage will add to breakfast blues the los Angeles times California this is shaping up As a Lousy year for first the Price of Coffee went into or then the Florida freeze put a chill on Orange now a shortage of Rai sins is pushing up the Price of Raisin bread and Sweet Rolls and might Force Cereal producers to Cut Back on the number of raisins in a Box of Raisin the problem began year when heavy Rains destroyed More than half of californian Raisin one major Howard Kron Neuberg of West coast grow ers and packers is t i in a t e s that Only about tons of r a i s i n s Are Saleable this year compared with tons a year As a the Field Price Bas soared to a ton from s700 a year and the Price to wholesale customers such As Cereal manufacturers and bakeries has gone from 40 cents a Pound to 85 in addition to the Saleable Kronen Berg says there is a Large Supply which does not meet agriculture departments standards at this were taking the dam aged raisins and recondition aug them through re washing and drying in an Effort to Salvage but 1 dont know what the total tonnage will we May not know until he said most California packers Are sold out of Rai sins but noted that some bakeries have reduced their orders after finding that Rai Siu bread and oils Arent moving Well on supermarket shelves at the higher Pepper Wige for sex boosted the Price of its cinnamon Raisin bread from 89 cents a loaf to late last year before bowing to consumer resistance by cutting the Price by the Canadian press snowmobiles were about the Only vehicles moving late sunday in the Southern part of the Niagara Region after snows qualis and High winds whipped across Niagara fort Erie and port regional police the provincial transport ministry advised against Road travel anywhere in Southern Ontario late sunday because of High severe poor visibility and Light today was expected to re main snowy and extremely cold in Southern on Niagara area weather officials said Strong winds were picking up moisture from Lake Erie and dropping it As heavy Snow in the area South of the Niagara the entire Niagara Region remained sunday night in a state of emergency begun Friday after a severe storm crossed Southern causing at least three closing schools and Busin esses and stranding thou Sands of people overnight Fri Day and saturday Niagara police motorists not to drive unless absolutely necessary so Road Crews could Clear Snow and remove abandoned militia members of the Wei land and Lincoln regiments and snowmobile owners were asked to report to the regions emergency Headquarters to help with Rescue Calls and other driving conditions on major highways near Niagara and in other regions were poor to hazardous late sunday and Many secondary roads near the great lakes and the Bruce Peninsula were most highways in the geor Gian Bay Region were reduced to one school and business officials said sunday that poor roads and the effects of the weather would Force them to remain closed general motors of Canada said its Oshawa car and truck plants will be closed until wednesday because of a parts shortage caused by bad weather in and Energy shortages in other parts of the United Ontario Hydro reported no see Snova Mowles Page 4 ;