Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press wednesday March 1, 1978 City ambulance attendants remove the body of Walter Bolsky 72, of 130 Hallet Street after an Accident tuesday afternoon on Portage Avenue. Police said Bolsky and his 62-year-old wife Eliesabeth were crossing Portage at Dominion Street about . When photo by Gerry Hart Bolsky was hit by an eastbound Hill Security Van driven by Bradley Waterman 22, of 95 Manitoba Avenue suite 15. Bolsky was taken to Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Mrs. Bolsky who was uninjured was also taken to Hospital suffering from Shock. Travel expenses legitimates Moss reimbursed for personal business trips Are in Pic Lely in write and contain no Moss said the auditor Gen eral has examined All the corporation s expense accounts and found no Irreg tic affidavits presented by Whiteway o Federal fisheries minister Romeo Leblanc monday also alleged that a stenographer performed work on Corpora Tion Lime for a company Moss once owned. I Don t Ever recall that Moss said. said he was permit Ted on one occasion within the last year to act on behalf of Archibald brokerage ltd., a company he used to own hut now owned by his son. While he was chairman of he Femc. He said he company was in financial difficulty at he Lime and the situation was he said he acted for he company for about a week or 10 Days until it was determined the financial rouble was nol As severe As originally thought. The affidavits were re leased after allegations of made against Hie Femc by the continued free press. Whiteway Ren ewed a Call in he Houm of commons fur an inquiry Inlo the marketing procedures of the corporation bul Leblanc rejected the request because he said the evidence was in sufficient. Moss confirmed some of the accusations made in the free press including allegations that a rabbi s initials were signed on shipments of fish without his permission or knowledge and thai pack aging Dales on fish were altered. On. The question of Chang ing packaging dates Moss said the practice occurred on some occasions when portions of Frozen blocks of fish developed mild traces of Freezer Burn a form of de the edges. The damaged part was shaved off Moss said and he rest of the Block was packaged in a new Box with a different he said the fish should have been packaged with the original Date listed on the new Box. He said the practice was slopped As soon As it was management should have been closer to the Plant on fishermen upset with statement Thompson. Man. Northern fishermen Are very unhappy with North Ern affairs minister Ken Macmaster s statement that he is satisfied with explanations regarding alleged mis management and irregular Ilies in he Freshwater fish marketing corporation. Macmaster is reported to have made the comment Fol lowing a meeting with corporation directors and chair Man Peter Moss. Veteran Wabowden Fisher Man Alex Jonasson. A director of the Inland fishermen s association representing Northern Ontario Prairie and Northwest territories fishermen said tuesday i can t understand what Mac master was talking about. Only on sunday he told me a consultant from new York found irregularities in the Way Femc is Selling and marketing Jonasson Felt Macmaster might be holding Back to keep Femc together for at least another year to see if the corporation can be made to work. There Are rumours that Saskatchewan Fisher men Are ready to Bolt Femc. I m very unhappy be cause Macmaster had All the fishermen behind him in his o eave he corporation Jonasson said. Then just when we thought we were going to gel somewhere we seem to run Inlo a damned he said i looked As Hough fishermen who have tried to gel Moss removed for Sev eral years will have logo on dealing with him. The big questions the fish Ermen want answered Jon Asson sail. Are what is wrong Wilh the Femc marketing policy and administration when there Are 12 million pounds of fish unsold Why can t final pay ments be made tin time How can the fishermen gel majority representation on the Board of lie Corpora Tion which is supposed to serve i hem Macmaster Bowerman to discuss fish Agency Hal Moss said. There Are areas where we could tighten Label changing could also occur when used boxes were recycled Moss said. On the matter of the rabbi s initials. Moss said he will Lake Steps to ensure the practice never occurs again. Lie said he was not aware Hal a rabbinical stamp had been made and was being used by employees and Hal he would look Iii a the Situa Tion immediately. Thai should not he said. I doubt seriously whether thai has Ever been done by management the free accounts also said thai equipment world thousands of dollars was left unprotected outside the corporation s Plant in Transcona and Al another facility in Selkirk. Moss said inc equipment Al the Transcona plan is in need of repair and he shipped elsewhere after being fixed by mechanics. He said the machinery was stainless steel and no Dan Ger existed of rust. I admit in looks Moss said. Moss said other allegations made in published reports will be answered in the near future in a statement from he corporation s Board of directors. Cd Bowerman minister responsible for fishing in the Saskatchewan government is expected to hold a special meeting Wilh Northern affairs minister Ken mamas Ter of Manitoba in Winnipeg thursday to discuss the Freshwater fish marketing corporation John Solomon Bowerman s executive assistant said lie topics of discussion will include the possibility of he province with drawing completely from the Crown corporation a Federal Agency responsible for marketing fish caught in the Prairies the Northwest territories and some parts of Northwestern Ontario. Solomon said the possibility was consid ered seriously by the Saskatchewan govern ment last year. The Saskatchewan minister also plans to discuss current status of the corporation Solomon said. He has no Confidence in the corporation or in the Structure As it currently Solomon quoted Bower Man. The corporation s Board of directors held a special meeting earlier this week to allow Board chairman Peter Moss o respond o allegations of mismanagement and to Dis cuss a consultant s report prepared for the Manitoba government critical of the Femc s marketing policies. W. R. Parks corporation president said after the meeting that the Board had Given management a vote of Confidence. Macmaster said Bowerman will be in Winnipeg for Only a few hours before returning to Legina. Man charged with murder a 31-year-old Winnipeg Man has been charged with the strangulation of Leah Susan Johnson 22, of 21 Newdale Avenue suite 309, tuesday evening. Police found miss John son s body lying on the bed of her apartment about 7 . Mark Wayne Johnson of 180 Smith Street suite 111, has been charged with Mur Der. Johnson appeared in provincial judges court this morning and was remanded in custody. Slow growth of Economy dismay maps Ity and convince business it is serious about spending restraint he said. Max bails an. Nip finance critic said he was not surprised the growth rate was lower than government expectations. The govern ment has been Over optimistic in its recent guesses about the economic growth and the inflation Rale he said. Canada cannot rely upon exports in the . And other countries to pull the econ omy out of the doldrums he said. Waiting for other economies to recover is to tally he suggested governments should invest heavily in Capi Tal projects to provide jobs. Statistics Canada said the Economy last year was dominated by the Dollar devaluation. External demand for Ca Nadian goods pushed real exports 7.7 per cent higher in than in 1976. The coun try s surplus in goods Trade was billion triple that of . But the reverse Side of the Coin is that higher priced imports made a significant contribution to inflation. Statistics Canada estimates import prices Rose by 16.6 per cent Between the final Quarter of 1976 and he last three months of 1977. While Export growth buoyed expansion sluggish consumer and government spending held the Economy Rion. Statistics Canada said both sectors grew Well below their average Long term Rales and in the final Quarter upending was Down in both categories. In addition both capital and inventory investment fell substantially. Labor income including wages salaries and fringe Gas prices to increase Ottawa up the anti inflation Board has approved an average half cell a gallon increase for Oil companies bringing the total Rise in prices due thursday to 3.6 cents on a gallon for gasoline and heat ing Oil. The Board announced today it is allowing increases of up to 1.9 cents a gallon for Oil companies to meet higher marketing and refining costs. But the average in crease for the nine compan ies involved is half a cent. That increase is in addition to a 3.1-cents-a-gallon Rise resulting from a addition Jan. 1 to crude Oil prices. Under a decision by the Federal and provincial governments last Spring to raise crude Oil prices the increases could not be passed on to Consumers for 80 Days to allow supplies of lower priced of to be used up. Accountability hoped for changes coming Craik finance minister Donald Craik said tuesday he Hopes to bring about much greater accountability of govern men spending by implementing several recommendations urged for years by provincial auditor William Ziprick. However Craik told a meeting of the legislature s Public accounts committee that some of Ziprick s Oiher suggestions arc not a High priority with the govern ment and action on them won t be Lakin until Al least next year. Among other things Craik said he would t be giving the greater control he has been seeking Over unconditional provincial Grants which totalled nearly million last year to hos Pital boards school divisions and municipalities. The provincial auditor has been calling for a variety of changes in the province s accounting functions in annual reports to the legislature since 1972, but they were routinely rejected As unnecessary by the Fornier nip government. Craik said his department has been taking a look at them since last fall s provincial election and has since acted on a few including the filling of several vacancies on the staff of the provincial auditor. As Well Craik said the government has implemented Ziprick s Call for the prov Ince s capital and general spending accounts to be lumped together to provide a More accurate reflection of Manitoba s year end fiscal position. We be been attempting to pick out As Many of the Audi Tor s ideas As said the finance minister. The Only Bottom line statement we can make is that the proof of the pudding is whether the auditor s report is he same next Craik s comments on the auditor s requests came Dur ing a generally uneventful meeting of the Public accounts committee the first in nearly 10 years to be held Priolo a session of the Manitoba legislature. The government decided several months ago o Call the committee loge Lher be fore inc session so it could examine the government s actual expenditures. Winnipeg the Pas receive Grants totalling continued provide i improvement of the area bounded by notre Dame Avenue on the South Princess Street on the Easl along William Avenue on the North to Sherbrooke then North to Logan to Trilly and Vanle and Mcphillips on the West. William Whyle a Federal Contr Bulion of with provincial contribution of and he City of Winnipeg contribution of will assist in the improvement of he area bounded mid Way Between Flora Avenue and Selkirk Avenue on the South main Street on the cast Redwood Avenue on the North and Arlington Surcel on the West. The Pas neighbourhood Federal contribution of with provincial contribution of and a town of the Pas contribution will provide improve ments in inc area bordered by the Saskatchewan liver on the North he car main line on the West third Streel East on the South and Bell Avenue on the East. Nip programs were introduced throughout Canada in 1973 to help municipalities improve and conserve residential neighbor hoods by upgrading the physical Environ ment and by developing social and recreational services. In addition residents within designated nip areas May apply for Federal residential rehabilitation assistance program funds to upgrade their Homes Urban affairs minister Andre Ouellet said today. To Date there Are now nine Manitoba neighbourhoods in the nip program. Six arc in the City of Winnipeg North Point Douglas North St. Boniface Centennial Brooklands West Alexander and William Whyte. In addition there Are three areas located in other centres of the province City of Brandon City of Portage la Prairie and the town of the Pas. Continued benefits Rose at about the same rate As the Gnu. Corporate profits were up 22.8 per cent in the final Quarter from Levels of a year earlier. The inflation rate As measured by statistics Canada s implicit Price Index was 5.5 per cent lowest since 1972. On the other hand the con Sumer Price Index also a statistics Canada measure showed a 12-Monlh inflation rate in january of nine per cent. Over 1977, the country s economic performance varied considerably beginning with a Strong output in he first Quarter. A decline in consumer spending result ing from Low Confidence resulted in an actual output decline in the second Quarter. In the Bird Quarter the Outlook brightened with a growth rate of 5.2 per cent largely due to a renewal of consumer spending. Plant workers facing layoffs continued the notices affect workers at Regina Moose jaw Swift current Yorkton Prince Albert North balt Ford and Lloydminster. An official of lie poo said about cattle came into he Pool s various stockyards in the second Day of the Boycott compared with about the previous tuesday and a Normal average of about -1.000 head most tuesdays. A spokesman for the Winnipeg stockyards in St. Boniface largest in Manitoba said the stockyards received Only 10 per cent of its Normal receipts for a tuesday. A picket is outside 21 hours a Day. He said he doubted the Low volume would affect packing House operations since they obtain Only about 12 per cent of their supplies from stockyards. The two week strike called by . Based on a similar farm Boycott now underway in the United states appeared n have Lille affect in Alberta where most of Canada s cattle Are raised. The effect of Lite strike on cattle sales in All parts of Manitoba l known. . in Lite wind Sorian hotel in Winnipeg is monitoring the strike. . Schools won t use Canadian beef by Cla Uhic Adams staff correspondent Washington . Lovern Manl has made an Issue about the nationality of hamburger served in Ameri can school cafeterias in a move that could have an Impact on Canadian beef exporters. Government subsidized school lunch programs the department of agriculture decreed his week must in clude no Canadian raised beef. Henceforth processors who Supply government for these programs must certify thai the beef products come from pure red blooded . Cows. Ai his Point nobody knows for sure How much Canadian beef has infiltrated the also million a year mar Kel for school hamburgers. But authorities Are checking. The annual flow of Canad an Eattle Inlo . Slaughter houses is roughly head most of in from the Prairie provinces. Some of the plans thai process the Canadian beef an Supply meal to the . Agriculture Depar Lenl for ils school lunch programs. . Tourists avoid Canada continued even Loward individual canadians however having experienced unpleasant situations in previous travels they have spread the word that Canada is nol a Friendly vacation Mckenzie said that not Only is the Federal govern ment driving out investment but is scaring off tourists. It was no wonder that the country was heading for a billion deficit. He said massive publicly campaigns by the govern ment alone Are not the answer. The opposition my proposed a reduction in sales taxes on promotional literature to the United states and income lax reductions for canadians who travel within Canada reduced Federal sales axes. He said that Ottawa and the provinces should agree on a promotion Al package instead of each presenting a different picture of Canada As at present. He no cd Hal Canada recorded a fourth Quarter tour ism deficit of million that was a record compared Wilh a shortfall a year earlier of million. The tour ism Defill for 1977 was also a record totalling billion compared with a 1976 Gap of billion. Maurice Harquail parliamentary Secretary to Urban affairs minister Andre Ouellet accused Mckenzie of being the Champion at spreading doom and he said tourism is very important to the government it is concerned because of the negative trends in that Industry. More than jobs Are involved directly and indirectly widely dispersed across Canada. Speaking for the government he said the Cabinet has directed that an intense co operative Effort be carried on with the provinces and Industry to find Why i hero. Has been a negative trend in the tourist Industry. Special study projects Are in process the results of which the government expects to be considering Over the next two months. This should Lead to further actions to support the tourist Industry he ;