Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday March 12, 1977 Peter Mcguire senior technician at Hie toxicology research division of the Federal health a measures the department in Otta heartbeat Friday of a rat used in tests to determine the cancer causing potential of saccharin. . Out to Nail terrorists for slaying percentage of the total bail. . Attorney Earl Silbert jr., who had agreed to the Deal that allowed Khaalis to go free asked that All the 11 followers be held on bail of figure he indicated was so High they would not be Able to raise it. Or. Silbert said he had agreed to special treatment for Khaalis Only because he had threatened that his hos tages Heads would Roll and wanted to save human the prosecutor who said the government has an Iron Clad Case against the Hana f i a contended that they would Likely go underground to avoid the sentence for armed mini mum of 20 years to life imprisonment. A grand jury will also be asked to consider laying murder charges against the terrorists for the shooting death of a Black radio reporter during the City Hall take Over at noontime wednesday. The 11 men charged in addition to Khaalis Are Abdul Adam 33, Abdul Shaheed 23, Abdul Salaam 31, Abdul Raz Zaa 23, Abdul Latis 33, Abdul Alrahman 37, Abdul Al Qiwen 22, Abdul Hamid. 22, Abdul Muri Kir do 22, Abdul Nutt 28, and Philip Young 26 the arraignment of Khan Lis followers which followed the Leader s predawn court appearance was marked by elaborate securities precautions Only reporters and peo ple on official court business were allowed into the District of Columbia Superior court building and those entering judge Moultrie s courtroom were searched by Metal detectors for weapons. While Khaalis May not be in police custody he is hardly a free Man. The sect s strike focus turns to clash with police Tesmen charged that senior police officials on the scene ignored assurances from Caiman leaders that cars carrying non Union employees would be allowed to the Plant after at tempts were made to con Vince them to respect the picket line. Although the strikers were still moving fast said a squad of police moved in pushed the pm meters aside and broke up the lines. They then cordoned off a path and ushered the cars through without allowing the Union to make its appeals to the new workers. Fast said be personally told police the cars would be allowed to enter the Plant and three can two carry ing management personnel and one driven by strike Breakers had already gone through before the police action took place. Manitoba attorney general Howard Pawley refused to comment Friday evening on the incident saying the likelihood of Union Legal action made it improper for him to do so. Pawley said picketers have the right to communicate with and try to discourage people from moving through their lines but they cannot the sole function of the police at Griffin is to prevent obstruction of a pub Lic be added. It comes Down to a ques Tion of fact on whether they blocked it or not and that s something the court will have to Pawley said a hurriedly called meeting of police and ministry officials at his legis lature office Friday after noon had something to do with the incident. He said he had received a police report on it because of the new developments but declined to reveal its contents. Winnipeg police chief nor Man Stewart was unavailable for comment on the incident despite repeated attempts to reach him. Friday s skirmish at grif Fin occurred after the Union decided to change its picket line tactics following nine straight Days of police striker confrontations and 16 arrests last in a departure from the previous routine which saw picketers sit or lie across the Plant Entrance before being hauled away by police the crowd of about itt sup porters formed a Large mov ing Circle in the Roadway. Fast said he and several other strikers spoke to the first ear of non Union pm p 1 o y e e s through round up windows informing them of the strike and trying to gel them to respect it which we re entitled to do under the however fast stressed that the car was allowed to move slowly through the Cir Cle of picketers and enter the Plant. At this Point police inspector Shefchyk made his usual request for the strikers to allow the cars entry. Fast shouted that they had the right to attempt the informational exercise but was told by police that they Don t want to talk to there was no police action to this Point fast added and the waiting lines of officers on foot and those in a police bus had not been called to the scene. As several picketers moved to repeat the same informational process with the next car in line. Fast said he told Shefchyk and a senior police official the Union was willing to allow the cars through in this Way. He said a Short argument then ensued with the Union official arguing the picketers were not trying to prevent entry but Only slowing the strik Breakers Long enough to disseminate info to however the senior officer hemmed and and finally said the crowd was still obstructing the Roadway fast said. At this Pohnl the waiting lines of officers were motioned into action. Two officers at this time were walking backwards on each Side of the second Scab car ushering it the Union representative said. The car was still mov ing and was about half Way through the Entrance. But then the whole pack of them came in and just pushed our people to each Side of the Road and cordoned off the crowd by standing in two lines shoulder to shoulder. They formed a sort of reverse Down the Roadway and on to the Street making a path for the cars. A Large House in Northwest Washington was being guarded by Young Han Afi followers patrolling out Side with swords and Dag the building was also under close police observation. One police officer at the scene said there was no doubt the life of Khaalis. And perhaps those of the other gunmen As Well were in danger because of the Han Afi s Lonn standing feud with the Black muslims. Khaalis whose followers also wounded eight people with gunfire stabbings pistol whippings and Machete slash ing were seeking revenge for the ritual murder of seven sect members in 1973. The Hunan Leader had demanded the delivery of rival Black muslims in Exchange for the hostages. Wearing a Green Arab style tunic and smoking a Cigar. Khaalis appeared briefly at the door of the two and a half Storey mosque Friday after noon to Confer with a police Man about a bomb threat. Otherwise he stayed completely out of Public View. Reaction to the release of Khaalis on his personal re cognizance ranged from out rage to the beliefs that negotiators did what they had to do. City councilwoman Nadine Winters whose son was one of the hostages said she was pm won t be alone Selkirk mental Hospital loses status is something that must be earned. It is not a rubber stamp Given out on a routine Robert Creasey executive director of mental health and rehabilitation services in the provincial health and social development department said. Staff morale and Middle management effectiveness slipped. In a Way the Council on Hospital accreditation did is a service in not renewing accreditation this time in Selkirk. I m sure Well become accredited for the Hospital again before the end of this year. Staff morale and manage ment Structure were the big problems in that Hospital. The Council did not feel that direct patient care had suffered at All. The Point is that we were at a stage where care could have deteriorated seriously if nothing was done about the problems the Hospital was facing. Wen. A Heck of a lot has already been done to put things right and More will be done before we apply for a resurvey for renewed acre the big emphasis was on better management systems and the medical and nursing Creasey said. To confident we can pull i our socks and come out of this the Winner and running a better operation than Ever Swanson said he under stands the Selkirk institution is working hard to rectify deficiencies discovered last fall. He refused to identify these deficiencies or discuss details about other health institutions in this province which Are no longer accredited. I m not being secretive. I just have no comment. This is common Swanson said. Both j. G. Hayes assistant executive director of Mani t o b a health organizations and or. Michael Kovac medical director of Selkirk mental health Centre declined to discuss the trouble at the Hospital which led to the accreditation withdrawal this month. Creasey said staff morale slipped because of the Community mental health pro Gram plans for the Interlake and Selkirk Region and the uncertainty regarding the formation of District health boards in the area. Some people actually Felt their jobs were in jeopardy that the out of Hospital pro Grams to be initiated would carry out More acute care and treatment than the hos Pital and that the Hospital would lose prestige and Sig Creasey Sakl. The accreditation Council actually put Down a number of Points in which it expected a remedy the executive director said. Among them were the management of Sel Kirk mental health Centre must be improved. A written Long term plan setting out details of the Hospital s future place in the total scheme of mental health care in the province must be developed. More statistical data on the Hospital s operations and service output must be readily available. Stringent measures must be taken to improve both medical and nursing service audits at the Hospi Tal. Initiatives should be taken to Start Multi disciplinary research projects. In service programs in the nursing department must be improved. Orientation programs for new staff must be improved significantly. Ways of making the Sel Kirk Public Library available to Hospital patients must he developed. A qualified pharmacist must be employed at the hos Pital. Kovac said he knew the Hospital was in trouble by the time the accreditation Council s Survey team arrived last fall. I thought we d at least get provisional accreditation he said. Hayes who has been promoting Standard improvement toward accreditation for years and at times worked on the project on a full time basis feels the blow at Selkirk could be a Blessing in disguise. To h e reduction to non accreditation status in that Hospital actually is one More proof of the value of the Hayes said Friday. It shows the great strength of the Council and of the program it runs in the interest of the health system Here and of the Public using that health to lose accreditation Al together the Hospital must really have let things slip. No one displays the scroll of accreditation on the Wall without having earned under the rules of the Ca Nadian Council on Hospital accreditation no further sur vey can take place for several months partly to give an institution having Tost accreditation the Chance to rectify things Hayes said. What will removal of accreditation mean Well it Means that peo ple who looked upon that Hospital is a top notch facility most now wow Ter about the standards m the place hopefully net for very Hayes said. New York up mar Garet Trudeau told the new York times late Friday she will be at Pierre s Side when he needs she denied earlier reports quoting her As saying that she planned to abdicate her role As prime Milliner tru Deau s wife. How can a prime min ister s wife she is quoted by the times As Tell ing Judy Klemesrud who reached her by Tel Ebone at Princess Yasmin Aly Khan s Central Park West apart ment. Margaret has been staying at her Friend s apartment since she arrived Here tues Day. She told the times reporter she would leave for Ottawa today to be at a private Din Ner the prime minister win give his British counterpart James Callaghan and Bis wife tonight i m going to be acting in she told the times. I m just going to be working with my photography not shaking hands and smiling in crowded Halls. I m tired of that sort of the 28-year-old mrs. Tru Deau is a photography Stu Dent. The prime minister s office announced late Friday that Margaret is expected to be a Host at the dinner. Margaret s remarks to the times contradicted earlier statements an rioted to her by a Toronto and newspapers. Diabetes groups urge saccharin ban probe Washington a leaders of two american Dia betes groups called Friday for further investigation be fore the United states govern ment bans the artificial Swee Tener saccharin. Or. D. D. Etzwiler a min Neapolis paediatrician who is president of the american diabetes association said his group would concur with the planned ban by . Food and drug administration Fra if evidence supports that it s but Etzwiler and Leatrice Ducat of Philadelphia founder of the juvenile diabetes foundation said they Are not convinced Canadian tests that produced cancer in Sac charin fed rats indicate the sweetener is dangerous to humans in Normal doses. The Fra announced wednesday that it will ban saccharin the Only approved sugar substitute in foods and soft drinks in the ., As soon As it can Complete administrative procedures which Ace expected to take about four months. . Representative Jim Martin rep. A former professor of organic Chemis try announced that he will introduce legislation to Amend a Section of the food drug and cosmetic act that prohibits marketing of any food additive known to cause cancer in humans or animals. The so called Delaney amendment is the provision under which the Fra announced its planned ban. Martin said tests have shown that Many harmless everyday foodstuffs produce tutors if fed to animals in Large enough quantities. He told a news conference that saccharin is absolutely Safe in Normal doses but that the Law gives Fra no option to consider the relative risks of taking Small amounts of artificial sweetener in the diet. There Are about five million known diabetics being treated in the United states for their condition which prevents them from eating sugar. For them sugar can be fatal and the diabetes groups argue that it is unfair to ban their Only source of Swee Tener or. Oscar Crow Ford of Nashville t e n n former chairman of the National commission on diabetes said it is possible that diabetics with a Strong drive for sweets might resort to eating sugar if saccharin is banned. This could be a very real health Hazard and could cer t a i n 1 y be fatal in some the doctor said. He added that people on Low calorie diets if prevented from eating non caloric sweeteners might put on extra pounds and create a worse health problem than we set out to Sherwin Gardner acting Fra commissioner said in announcing his Agency s action that even without the de Laney amendment the Fra probably would ban saccharin on grounds it is harmful to health. The Canadian study the most recent of 40 scientific tests on saccharin was the first considered definitive by Fra. South West Africa Job fund to Wick a Zaire veral Ila Hie Nichum Zaire nation claim that be in attacked of frat Mari uni cities in Zaire. Troops advancing to relieve cities Kinshasa Zaire a a battalion of. Government troops was advancing today toward three towns held by an invasion Force from neigh Boring Angola zairian officials said. The zairian government has identified the invaders Only As an army of mercenaries in the pay of Ango but informed sources said the attack was mounted by several thousand Angola based zairian rebels including former separatists from the invaded province of Shaba once known As Katanga. Angola has not commented on the invasion. Spokesmen for the . State department and United methodist Church said seven . Missionaries and a peace corps Volunteer arc under House arrest in one of the occupied towns Katanga but were unharmed. Another eight . Citizens in the area of the unoccupied town of Sandra have asked to be evacuated the state department said. A total of 22 . Nationals Are in the general invasion area it said. Zairian officials said Fri Day that army reinforce ments rear. Cured the towns of Sivuma. Site of a roman Catholic Mission and Kasai a commercial Centre on a rail line. Gets boost premiered Schreyer has announced a further Mil lion injection into Manitoba s special municipal Loans fund program to help alleviate unemployment. He e s t i m a t e d the new Money could generate from to Man months of employment during the next two years in addition to ear Lier provisions. The program during the past four years has provided More than million out of an available million Pri Marily in forgiveness Loans to 122 municipalities creat ing an estimated 7.000 to 8.000 months of work the Premier said in a state ment announcing the Avail ability of More funds. Deadline for receipt of applications for the second round of the program May 31. 1977 and the approved projects must be completed by March 31, 1979, Schreyer said. Applications and guidelines Are available from Floyd Williston director of the provincial Job office 165 Garry St. Winnipeg. As with the first round of forgivable Loans All approved projects Are eligible for the 100 per cent on site labor Cost forgiveness during the Peak Winter period of dec. 1 to May 31 and so per cent during the summer As an incentive to the municipalities to come up with Cap ital projects he said. The per capita eligibility formula will Rangl from a minimum to a maximum depending on the size and nature of the project Schreyer said. Depending on the initial response an. Additional year May be added to the pro Gram to March 31, 1980, along with an additional million allocation Schreyer said. Sound Hydro planning keeps costs Down Premier Manitoban would be pay ing nearly twice As much for their electricity this year if Manitoba Hydro had accepted alternatives to its North Ern development plans pre Mier de Schreyer said Fri Day. While homeowners. Can expect a 15 per cent Rise in their Hydro Bills in 1976, the Premier said the increase would have been 3 per cent if it had not been for the util Ity s sound As a result of Manitoba Hydro s sound planning the Energy demands of Mani to bans Are being met at least said the Premier. Schreyer made the co ments in a 27 Page state ment released Friday in an attempt to clarify certain misconceptions about Hydro s Northern Power projects. The statement in Large part a condensation of what has already been stated by the Premier and Hydro of f i c i a 1 a concerned recent free press articles about Northern Power projects and statements b y Manitoba s other political leaders. The progressive conserva Tives have made Hydro an Issue since the nip came to Power in 1969, and it has be come the hottest political Issue of the current Legisla Tive session. In his statement the pre Mier insisted that Manitoba Hydro s Choice of water Power Over Coal or nuclear Power has produced substantial savings for homeowners throughout the province. Schreyer said claims by Hydro critics that it would have been cheaper to turn to Thermal Power that is Power generated by Coal or nuclear plants Are unfounded. Manitoba Hydro customers would have had to pay an extra million this year alone through their monthly Bills if Thermal Power sources were needed equivalent to a 30 per cent rate hike he instead the increase will be 15 per cent. The situation today is that Coal fired generating stations with their High fuel costs Are significantly More expensive than the Hydro alternative on the Nelson River. The fact is that the ele ments of the Nelson River development project Are needed and Are economic compared to any alter a he said. In fact claimed the pre Mier just to buy Saskatchewan Coal last year for Hydro purposes would have exceeded the costs to develop the Nelson River As much As it has been so far. Similarly Schreyer said nuclear generation was also out of the question As an eco nomic alternative. It was not feasible 10 years when Hydro s plans were hatched and it s not feasible today he said. Turning to specific criticisms the Premier rejected claims that Manitoba Hydro was exporting Surpas Energy to the United states at a Price less than the Cost to produce it ;