Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 25, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jumble weather report from Cloudy Low High 12 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets we Winnipeg free press 85 125 february 1978 15 cunts 254 with coloured comics final edition on Page 6 creating jobs top priority Munro slams secret Union ballots Canada split on attitude to South Africa Whelan opposes selection change pm attacks fdoomsaying9 by opposition in Gas blast a an earthshaking Flash of flame erupted from a rail Way tank car carrying liquid showering debris and Selling fires through the heart of this Small six persons died and about 100 others were the stale adjutant general initial reports had said 21 people died in the explosion Friday Nilli ters news Agency said about id workmen were re ported in the immediate area at the time of the blast and Early reports put the death toll As High As but officials later scaled Down their Fig at a briefing late state adjutant general Carl Wallace said he did not know whether anyone was miss Wallace said that 51 per sons were taken to Hospital and at least 12 others suffered minor darkness stopped the search for More but safely commissioner Joel plummet said we think we have found All the dead of we wont be sure until at one it was feared another Anker would be exploded by the burning Lank by Paul staff correspondent Ottawa prime minis Ter in a ii Sty pre election performance at the Liberal convention said Friday night that the Grea Ter threat to Canadas sur Vival is the doom saying of his political Trudeau stated that the crisis of Confidence created by conservative and nip doomsayers was a More serious National than National Unity or the by the threat of Quebec Independence not a whose address was televised live by said Canada has the re sources to solve its economic difficulties and the political will to preserve National what was needed Confidence in Canadas something he maintained the opposition parties were doing their Best to Trudeau conceded that Loo Manv canadians could see Page major flooding threat predicted Manitoba flood forecasting committee has predicted above Normal precipitation from now to Spring Runoff could result in major flooding on the red and Assiniboine in its first report this the committee said major flooding is possible on the lied River Between Emerson and Winnipeg and on the Assiniboine Between and even if precipitation is the report the red River will overflow its Banks Between Emerson and Winni Peg because of above Normal Snow accumulations in Mani North Dakota and Minnesota and High moisture Levels at the Assiniboine River Between and Brandon int expected to flood under Normal precipitation but will be both Snow accumulation and soil moisture Are near Normal upstream of Brandon Bui above Normal Premier Sterling Lyon called the committees report a very preliminary forecast and said a lot depends on precipitation Levels and the Way the melt lakes place and the Speed it Hils the Lyon said that if flooding does occur the floodlighting operations of government will be in cooperation with the municipal fighting As the flood Foro Casl see Page i a question of degrees tin following spout is circulating a in doctoral candidates at a number of reports Thi chronicle of higher education which recently printed the author is anyone who has Ever gone through a duct Orul or for that matter struggled through the cunning directions on essay Hill agree that the writer deserves at least a Washington a general examination for the doctor of philosophy degree history describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present concentrating but not on its religious and philosophical Impact from Africa and the be concise and Public speaking some 1500 Rio crazed aborigines Are storming the Calm you May use any ancient language except latin or your performance will be biology create estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years ear giving special attention to its Proba ble effect on the English parliamentary prove your music write a piano orchestrate and perform it with flute and you will find a piano under your in the interest of you May Omil the psychology based on your knowledge of their evaluate the emotional degree of adjustment and repressed frustrations of see a Page i not find and the in la lion Rale has not been ing Down As slowly As the government had though it but Trude Aii told Conven Tion delegates packed into a Hole ballroom Ilia Canada nol a sick country in a healthy were a healthy country in a difficult Lee noted that Between and 1975 Canada created More jobs than All the Prin Ciple Industrial Nalion which Are part Oloe cd Tion for economic cooperation and Only in the last year had one the United surpassed Canada in Job when Trudeau referred to one Delegate shouted Joe Trudeau quipped who the room erupted in laugh Ter at Trudeau reference to the Clarks initial identity problems after capturing the conservative leadership As a relative unknown two years in another caustic refer ence to Trudeau asked How he could handle govern ment finances when he cant even count the Dele Gates in Bow a bitter dispute Over the official tory nomination in Bow a new Alberta c e n t r e s a r o u n d charges that the number of Voles Casl exe decl the num Ber of eligible party Mem on the Unity tru Deanii told a questioner that aspects of the parti Quebe especially its Law Mak ing Frerich the Only official Are righting and Trainr Hils 50 Datul Buenos Aires a a passenger train slammed into a truck and was derailed at a Rural crossing in North Ern Argentina killing at least 50 the National news Agency team the Accident occurred at an unguarded crossing 500 Kilometres Northwest of Buenos police police said 10 cars of the train Star of the North were Lorraine a librarian at Johns displays three types of puppets an envelope one and in the background a Box puppet at the University of Winnipeg today language arts symposium which ends Lorraine taught herself the Art of puppet making from Reading ambulance attendants9 Union threatens strike a proposed Cut in the Winnipeg ambulance service budget has prompted a strike threat from the ambulance attendants Union and the planned resignation of at least one was John the ambulance boards finance said Friday his resignation is automatic following a decision by the cites finance and executive policy committees to recommend an 000 Cut in the 1978 ambulance the recommendation was made Pend ing termination of the cites management agreement with United health services corporation and establishment of an a municipal commission to run the Mcfarlane said the committee proposal to freeze All ambulance spending at 1977 Levels except for a Fiji per cent wage boost Means the Board will have to renege on a tentative pension agreement with its unionized attendants and a plan to expand the five minute ambulance response time to All areas of the City must be shelved and 15 staffers May actually be Laid he they Cut everything out of it and in pretty damned upset about Mcfarlane the whole thing is completely you cant run an ambulance service like the pension loss and fears of staff Cut backs also earned a Quick response from the drive attendants which had been awaiting confirmation of the budget before finalizing its 1978 con tract with United if they do Well shut it Down and pull the supervisors out said Jim District representative of the International association of machinists and aerospace workers milk increase sought Manitoba milk producers have served notice on the government want an increase in the Price of milk to recoup higher production Art chairman of the Board of directors of the Manitoba milk producers marketing said Fri Day the amount of the in crease will be discussed at a March i Board producers have until March 13 to indicate to the Manitoba milk control Board by How much they want the Price of a Hundred weight 100 pounds of raw milk to if the control Board sees justification for the in a Public hearing will be held sometime in United Way costs up payments 2 by Cecil Kosnjek Campaign and administration costs for the United Way of Winnipeg Rose 17 per cent last while payments to member agencies went up by about two per cent compared with the Agency 1977 annual released shows payments of for administration and Agency relations the highest total in the Agency 13 year in 1976 the group spent for the same the Price tag for running the fund raising Campaign has More than doubled in the last five while payments to member agencies in the corresponding period has gone up about 27 per the which raises Money for 55 collected million from the from lotteries and other sources last it paid out million to member the previous million was collected and about million was paid out to making this years allocations about two per cent in 1972 the United ways administration and Campaign costs represented about per cent of the total the 1977 costs have pushed the share close to 10 per the society for crippled children and adults received the biggest Agency Grant last collecting other groups to get More than a Quarter of a million dollars were Canadian red Cross family services of the Young mens Christian association and the Young women Christian outgoing United Way president Graeme Haig told the annual meet ing Friday that Winni Eggers rank second in per capita donations among 11 cities which contribute More than this is in a City where the average income of people ranks 73rd in he Haig said the initiative for the creation of the United Way came from the Winnipeg chamber of com Merce and the Winnipeg labor coun together with other donors who saw the Overall Benefit of unifying the charities he said the Agen cys permanent staff and volunteers had to make sure the donations Are see United Page 1 i ;