Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 17, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather report from today alcoholic implants successful Page 9 take Over Oil firms Gordon 20 Community news 12, 13 won t Deal with Plo Rabin says Page new Era 33 Vatican raises Antenna inside Bridge 24 Clau Ifie 48-35, 64-71 54 29 deaths 7, 48 42-45 it ttys 33 Fer people 21-31 .22 Jsn Bie 5 31 telex Cioa 2c wednesday nil Montreal t Pittsburgh 4 Boston 7 Vancouver 3 Buffalo 3 Chicago 0 Toronto 5 Cleveland 3 wha Quebec 4 san Diego 2 Cincinnati 7 Calgary 3 Birmingham 7 Phoenix 2 Wrotan Canada Lethbridge s Victoria 1 n. Westminster Winnipeg details Page 63 judge lines air Union leaders Ottawa up the Ca Nadian air line pilots association culpa and three top Union leaders have been found in contempt of court and fined for Pilot work Stop pages during a National air crisis last june. Or. Justice a. A. Cattanach of the Federal court of Canada ruled in a decision issued late wednesday that culpa and the Union leaders failed to do All they could to ensure compliance with a court in Junction ordering pilots Back to work during the National air strike. Tie Federal court judge or dered culpa to pay and culpa president Matey Sun rises . Sets Moon rises . Sets details Page i Winnipeg free press vol. K t j.i7 thursday february 17, 1977 2ic with coloured comics final edition foreign ownership limit planned on Farmland lower land costs More housing pledged in speech by David leu and Mary Ann Fitzgerald the Manitoba government has promised to take Steps to reduce the High Cost of serviced land in the Winnipeg area during the current ses Sion of the provincial Legisla Ture which opened thurs Day. As Well the government has pledged legis lation during the pre election session that will limit non resident and corporate own c r s h i p of the province s Farmland. The two measures were announced thursday after noon in the speech from the throne read by lieutenant governor f. L. Bud Jobin to officially launch the fourth session of the 3uth Legisla Ture. The 7-Page speech while As usual devoid of detail about most of the govern ment s plans made it Clear the province intends to do1 lit Federal spending going up seven Ottawa up the fed eral government announced plans wednesday to slash Mil Lions of dollars from Oil subsidies to poorer provinces unemployment insurance pay and health and welfare spending but said it will still pay out a record billion in the 1977-78 focal year. Defence r r Ruji it Page if. 8x5 Tui Liim Public fur u. The total payout an in crease of seven per cent Over expected spending of billion in the year ending March 31, reflects the govern ment s commitment to restraint. Treasury Board pres ident Robert Andras told the commons. The Only major new spend ing in the estimates was million for direct Job creation and manpower train ing measures announced late last year. But the estimates also in clude of million in jobless benefits at time when total unemployment is at Levels unprecedented since the of the spending by the Energy department and its agencies see Federal Page 4 Manitoba Hydro Cool to Sale idea Manitoba Hydro in t inter cited in acquiring Winnipeg Hydro at present partly be cause both utilities own Gen crating stations on the Winnipeg River which will soon need extensive rebuilding Leonard a. Baleman said wednesday. Or. Bateman chairman and chief executive officer of Manitoba Hydro said the provincial Utility plans to a Periu Mure Iii Ulges during a four year period in the Early 1980s to redevelop its great fails generating station on the Winnipeg River. That station built in 1823, is 12 years younger than Winnipeg Hydro s Pointe Dubois station which also will have to rebuilt in the near future or. Bateman said. Such rebuilding will Cost a significant amount of Money. Manitoba Hydro would t be interested in the Pointe Ducois statics until the test of see Manitoba Page 4 land speculators blacklist proposed blacklisting developers who buy land from the City and then resell it for Specula Tive profit was raised at a Winnipeg City Council meet ing wednesday hut a member of civic finance committee s subcommittee on real estate said the idea won t go the proposal was raised during question period by councillor Bill Norric in dependent citizens election Rouge who said it could be one Way to prevent a recurrence of a land turnover first reported in the free press that net Ted a Winnipeg real estate broker each for several serviced lots. The blacklist would single out developers who speculate and would deny them the right to tender on future City of Winnipeg land offers. Coun. Donald Gerrie in Rouge said the proposal to blacklist developers who speculate would prove unworkable undemocratic and discriminatory. First class letters rising to 12 cents Ottawa up first class letter rates will in crease to 12 cents from March i the Post office announced wednesday. The increase is part of a second phase of revisions to Domestic postal rates the department said in a news re lease. However the March 1 Domestic changes will not affect first class parcels Over one Pound parcel Post and most special services. Domestic second class rates for publishers mailings o f newspapers magazines and periodicals will increase by about 28 per cent the re lease said. On March i. The Post office also plans increases in rates to the United states St. Pierre and Miquelon. The Ca Nadian forces Post offices and Fleet mail offices. The rate for a one ounce first class letter to these places will increase to2 cents from cents. Tie will involve major new spending. Instead the speech said the government has imposed restraint guidelines on every department that have been even More stringent than Ever before. Among other things the speech said the government will l introduce legislation go verning credit unions. 0 provide greater funding to elementary schools. Amendments to the jury act concerning exemptions. Have Crown corporations consider the appoint ment of workers to their boards of directors. Establish a Home dialysis program for kidney patients. In Rudqui a u St Lalion of feeling hours of business operation and employee Over time. Tori incr Highway simultaneously with a switch if Road stuns to the metric 4 exit cited the throne speech also said amendments to City at Winnipeg act will be introduced alone with in the prov Ince s succession duly act probably involving Clemp conv As Well the speech con firmed that legislation con c c r n i n g family Law is planned in addition to pro that May Lead to a comprehensive Accident compensation plan. On the matter of serviced land the speech said the government was concerned about its High Cost to Home buyers particularly to those buying a new Home. In an attempt to reduce such costs it said the government is planning to develop More than 500 acres of and in the Winnipeg ares during the next fiscal year. These serviced lots will be provided to Home buyers at prices related to real Cost and will be of considerable assistance to persons Pur chasing new said the speech. A government source said the 500 acres involved will be part of the acres now held in the province s land Bank. It will include 66 acres in West Selkirk 200 acres in South St. Boniface and More than 200 acres in Winnipeg s North end. The source said that when the 500 acres Are fully serviced Over the next five years it could mean about 5.000 lots will be made Avail Able in the three areas. As Well the government expects its plan will reduce the Cost of a fully serviced 1 o t from an average of now to about the source said the lots will be made available to anyone without regard to in see lower Page 4 a right the Beard of of the contestants in the festival do voyage or Beard Grewing contort wednesday one of the three categories had he cancelled when neen Polo by Glowocki tries were received. Were Dennis Waldie. For the Best heard started before dec. I and Edward i uric for the Best growth started after dec. I. S8looo difference Morris bid rejected by Cabinet bus contract Given to Ontario firm a provincial Cabinet Deci Sion to place a Large school bus order with an Ontario company is outs to throw 35 people out of work at a Plant in Morris. Man. Cabinet was asked to Rule on the 86-bus contract be cause the Morris company that lost the order Sheller Globe of Canada Ltd. Is partially owned by the Manitoba development corporation. An Appeal by Sheller Globe that the buses would depreciate roughly a vehicle by being driven the. Miles from Canadian Blue Bird of Brantford. Ont., was also turned Down by Cabinet. The Morris based company maintained that the depreciation figure was not consid ered by the government s purchasing department when tenders were submitted. The company asked that an allowance of about hive been ill its favor making its bid the lower. A provincial purchasing department spokesman said i can t talk about this. This is a contract that went right up to the Premier. The Premier is the one you should be talk ing to because there is some controversy Over the award ing of the Hans Schneider Secretary to management committee of Cabinet said wednesday in recent past every hould do it again. Flyer is a relatively new Matulac Turco in Canada and any new in quotation Marks product we have to do. Comparative checks against other or. M i 11 e r said flyer would receive an order for 18 buses. Flyer has done some new changes and we want to see How they perform. Or. Miller said the bids were quite close but he de Clinch to say which was higher. He said the order was not awarded simply to bail out flyer. This is not a Token. A Token would a something like four or five buses. We feel it is a substantial order. Splitting a contract has been done before but it is not usual and we Only do it to evaluate Sharp Pepin considered to replace envoy to . Sharp to Washington Ottawa Mitchell Sharp and Jean Luc Pepin Are two of the three persons being considered for appointment As Canadian ambassador to the United Sites. To replace ambassador Jake Warren. Also being considered is Paul Gerin Lajoie who recently resigned As head of the Canadian International development Agency. Others mentioned Possi ble successors Are Basil Robinson wider Secretary of state for external affairs Peter to we an assistant under Secretary of external affairs Gordon Robertson Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal provincial relations and Bruce Rankin Canadian ambassador to Japan. Or. Sharp is a former external affairs minister and or. Pepin is chairman of the Federal anti inflation Board. Prime minister Trudeau s visit to Washington next week May have precipitated or Warren s decision to re turn to Canada. Or. Warren is known to have been annoyed that the prime minister s principal Secretary. Ivan head was making trips to Washington and dealing directly with the . Government bypass ing the embassy. Or. Warren s predecessor. Marcel Cadieux. Protested More than once to the prime minister Over such moves by or. Head ;