Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 03, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Alice Krueger on eds future As Federal election fever picks up across the so does the speculation in Manitoba Over who is going to be in the running one of the most persistent rumours is that former premiered Schreyer will desert the provincial new democratic party to run As a Liberal its a Rumor that just wont seem to go despite schreyers Adamant denials he has any such and Hes becoming More and More angry that it keeps popping one of the reasons it remains alive is1 because As rumours it is probably one of the More believable ones making the observers of schreyers political career have often argued that the former Manitoba nip Premier is in the wrong party he int a True socialist at rather a Small i Liberal in so some people conclude that it be a difficult transition for Schreyer to they also look at the past relationship Between Schreyer and prime minister Trudeau and the fact that there has always been Mutual admiration and respect Between the two and the prime minister has made no secret of the fact that he would Welcome Schreyer to join him in but the persistent Rumor is More than just Media As Schreyer Lloyd who is heading the Federal liberals election efforts in confirmed this week that talks have taken place Between Liberal party officials and Schreyer in an attempt to lure him to run for the party in the forthcoming Federal he said two Federal seats Are under consideration by they Are Boniface and the new Riding of Winnipeg Birds which takes in the former pre Miers provincial Riding of his candidacy in Boniface would be contingent on the rumoured appointment of Revenue minister Joseph Guay to the the liberals made their pitch to Schreyer sometime before and they Are said to have come away with the feeling that he was since there have been further talks with people close to but first the next so the Story is a meeting Between prime minister Trudeau and Schreyer and the possibility of a commitment from the pm to give Schreyer the Energy All of if Schreyer is still interested and if he can get elected and if the Trudeau government is returned to a Promise to make Schreyer Federal Energy minister int All that farfetched after if Jack Horner can get a Cabinet Why not the Energy portfolio would be right up schreyers Given his intense interest in the Given the Choice Between being a provincial opposition Leader for the next four years or a senior minister in he Federal who would blame Schreyer if he chooses the Hes already made Clear he Doest relish the Job of opposition but in an interview he also made it abundantly Clear that Hes not interested in running federally he insists there is absolutely no basis for the Specula i Haven spoken to anyone in he when i i said i go from provincial to Federal there was some discussion four or five months ago about sitting on the National Unity task and this has somehow been translated into something Schreyer is getting fed up with such its not Only its something More than its completely without for some that message has yet to get through to the virtually every session of the provincial legislature sees at least one major protest March to liven things up on the coming session promises to have its with at least two groups already serving notice they plan to March on the the Manitoba federation of labor is organizing a pressure Campaign to protest High unemployment in the which includes a March on the legislature sometime in the second planned for March is by the newly formed coalition for rent controls which will fight to retain and strengthen rent controls in spokesmen for the coalition said the group was in response to apparent pressure by landlords to end rent controls and to indications that the conservative government is phasing out the they say Many tenants have not received the rent rebates ordered by the rent review Agency because their landlords went to court rather than pay the the coalition is concerned Over what will happen to these rebates if the controls Are free pass March to it news photo by Oerry Cairns a frustrated Victor mates beside the phone Cable Anchor that is blocking his car blocked by Telephone Anchor wire parking sends Driver up the pole by Brian Cole it sooner or later common sense meets calculated bureaucracy with the bureaucrat usually ending up in the right one City resident to discover the truth of this is Victor of 712 Toronto Matos tangle with red tape began soon after he moved to his West end Home last who has two cars but Only room for one in his decided the Best solution was to Park his extra car on the land parallel to the Wall his As is done by Many Resi but he found to his dismay the Anchor wire of a Manitoba Telephone system pole blocking Access to his the solution seemed simple re Moval of the offending so he asked its to move the a 39yearold maintenance thought it would be easy to convince its to move the Anchor be cause he Felt it was on his property to begin but its thought they said the Anchor was on land the Utility had rights to and told Matos it would Cost to move and he would be required to pay half the its lawyer Wendy Barker said the corporation was taking the position it didst have to move something that was on Public but Matos says that what if they dumped a pile of rocks in the Lane in front of your driveway he adding that the Lane was also City the situation has frustrated the entire which moved to Canada from Portugal about seven years weve gone to three but they say they Are afraid to take them its to Matos Matos has also received several parking tickets for leaving his car in no parking zones because he has nowhere to most gasoline at local outlets going at cents since boost by Ron Campbell most retail gasoline outlets around Winnipeg were Selling regular for cents a gallon but a free press Survey found an bar gain at Mountain Avenue and Mcgregor Street in the North its the Tempo owned by Ken who is also Secretary of the Independent gasoline retailers an organization of about 20 Winnipeg owner operated Gas gasoline prices shot up thursday As the result of a Federal ant inflation Board decision allowing nine Oil companies to raise rates to compensate for the Dollar barrel crude Oil Price in crease Taylor said it was old gasoline Stock he was Selling at what was Likely the lowest Price in town and it probably last the he speculate what today Price would he got the 8k9 Stock at cents a gallon but said his next Batch would Likely Cost him Independent gasoline retailers cant compete with the major gasoline companies such As Gulf and which control the Price at both the wholesale and retail he every time wholesale gasoline prices the majors lower their retail Price to squeeze the Taylor they May lose a cent a gallon on the retail but they make their Money on the wholesale he he recalled the Days when retailers made 12 cents a gallon on gasoline but now its four the Lessee of the Texaco we serve at Arlington Street and Ellice Avenue said he must make six cents a gallon just to cover his Hes Selling Gas for cents a gallon that he bought for but the next Batch will Cost him last he said he bought whole Sale for cents but had to sell at to meet the Texaco office told him to charge but he had to meet the Competition from the gain station across he will not Likely meet the com petition from Shell station across a an employee who said the Price was say How Long the Price would on Portage Gulf and Domo were going at cents a gallon while Phillips and Mohawk were Selling at lowest Price on Portage was the big gallon at Buchanan Selling off old Stock at the owner there said he tries to be the lowest in the but hell Likely come up to cents i could set the whole area at 88 cents if i wanted he but the majors wont let they and they on Pembina Pacific and Domo were Selling at Shell was going at at the at the lowest Price on Pembina was the big gallon at the South end on the outbound Down the Road apiece at Pembina and the Texaco on the in bound Side was Selling at presumably an Effort to meet the number one East forget its up to at the Reserve Esso outbound East of 59 and comes Down to the Standard at the South Dale Plaza with Shell competing at its usual across the the bargains on marys Road Are the the one on the southbound Side was Selling at and Down the Road the one on the other Side was Selling at in the North its largely the same and Story for the on traditionally competitive Mcphil lips the traditionally lowest Cha let was Selling for and Gas for less was Selling at ambulance service will be fifthrate9 by John Sullivan Winnipeg must make do with a fifth rate ambulance service for at least three months because of City councils decision to postpone emergency expansion plans until a new ambulance commission is in a health sciences Centre doctor said Gerry director of the centres emergency told an ambulance Board meet ing that a year old plan to pro vide a five minute Emer gency response time for the City cant be met until two new ambulance stations Are established for the Transcona Aad Charleswood Tuxedo we dont have a very Fine ser vice in Bristow we May have a Good ser i dont Well Only go from fifth rate to second rate when plans to up Grade employee equip ment and ambulance location Are he to then go from second rate to a first rate system will require a lot of very hard better equipment and immense cooperation from the Bristow offered his Analy Sis after councillor Don Gerrie admitted that City Council had been looking for any excuse to avoid a ambulance expansion pro Gram when it voted wednesday to restructure the Force under a new City Gerrie independen Riverview told the Board there was a great Deal of resistance by councillors to a increase in City fund ing to provide extended service to Transcona and Charleswood tue the Only two areas still lacking the five minute response the original ambulance budget for calling for a deficit of was politically unacceptable too much of a thumb in the Eye to Council in a year of Gerrie one of two councillors on the present ambulance came under fire from fellow Board member Art Coulter for fail ing to defend the expansion plans before Council wednesday executive Secretary of the Manitoba federation of labor and a United health service corporation appointee to the accused the two Council representatives of lacking in responsibility by allowing the Board and its budget plans to be discredited without who remained silent on the budget cuts during their Pas Sage by Council re plied that any defence of the Bud get would have been like whistling in the wind Given councils mood of the councillor said he had tried privately to get the full budget approved fail ing had pushed for More direct Council involvement on a new he denied finance committee had any preconceived idea when it considered ambulance spending and said most councillors Felt the Board had done an outstanding Gerrie and mayor Robert Steen of Winnipeg told the Board it would remain in full control of the ambulance service until the new com Mission takes Over in Council voted to terminate its management agreement with United a move which requires 90 Days no offer on Chi from Reiser turned Down by Mary Ann put Gerald the principals of the controversial Churchill Forest industries Complex at the Pas might be prepared to offer million to reclaim the Plant if the Manitoba government would drop charges against Oskar Reiser said in a Telephone interview from his Home in Switzer Reiser said the offers of an option to a couple of years would still be open under certain those included the dropping of charges Aris ing out of the ramp investigation into the Churchill for est industries Chi affair in 1970 against Alexander the Mastermind of the and other principals studies showing the Plant could be turned around into a profit making venture in a reasonable time and satisfactory arrangements for financing probably from Swiss in provincial attorney general Gerry Mercier ruled out any sort of a Deal for Purchase you cant buy your Way out of criminal Mercier the attorney general said he would certainly not consider dropping charges against the in he the governments special Al was in Ottawa thursday discussing with the external affairs department the Appeal of a Swiss decision not to proceed with charges against Alfred Robert Zingre and Kurt Reiser was president of Monaco Zingre was Gen eral manager of Bertram Virkhaus the general contract and Wuest was an charges against president of techno pulp new being investigated in where Kasser Chi was put into receivership by the nip government when it took office in 1969 and is now operated under the name of Manitoba forestry it has lost Money for the third consecutive reporting a deficits of million in 197576 and million in the Previ Ous the interview with Reiser was offered by Laurence a new Jersey who has represented Reiser said he had no statement to but would be prepared to answer in the Reiser predicted the Manitoba government might in the future drop charges because of the decision of the Swiss authorities not to proceed and be cause of a new Jersey District court judges ruling against Manitoba efforts to extradite three american citizens in connection with the conspiracy and theft Reiser said the judgment made it Clear that there was no evidence of criminal activity against the three citizens or against others connected with the Chi the commission of inquiry estimated the province had been defrauded of about despite Reiser said the Manitoba government would clearly have to take the first step in opening negotiations for Sale of the controversial Chi certainly we would be interested in doing that buy ing the Plant but it is rather after we arc still being indicted by your government there and i dont see really How your government could talk to people who Are being in hesitant to try to talk to your government As Long As they Are trying to prosecute although my guess would be that sooner or later they would have to Stop doing that because the Swiss authorities after very thoroughly studying this matter have decided not to Issue he also pointed to the he suggested the government would hesitate to drop charges because the whole matter was extremely to it must be in civil litigation or in criminal nothing whatsoever is Why waste that he Chi could be an interesting Busi Ness to buy and the principals would like the Opportunity to prove they had built a profitable Plant and could create we would Only buy if we Felt sure we could make a we would have to look at it very thoroughly before we could make our in we Are certainly although i have to confess our financial position Over these years has suffered a Reiser said the financial deterioration was the result of very substantial amounts spent in Legal in Addi he we had to Upkeep part of our organization and Kasser could not travel and i could not travel across the Frontier because Interpol is looking after so it was extremely difficult to do we Haven done a major Job now for the last seven Reiser emphasized careful studies would have to be made and Felt management was to blame for the sub Stantial losses incurred by the Plant after the govern it want in the hands of people who really understood too much of the Plant that we built at that time was something very there does not exist a Simi Lar pulp and paper Mill in North the Type of paper it produced had special features which make it he he admitted the paper Market in North America and Europe was quite bad at he noted one big european making the same was Able to sell All of its 5 sewer rate increase for Winnipeg civic Board of commissioners has recommended a five percent in crease in City sewer rates effective april 1 to help pull the deficit plagued Utility out of the if approved by the increase would tag a modest 41 cents to the quarterly combined sewer and water Bill for the average three bedroom Bungalow in a report to be consid ered by civic works and operations committee the Board recommends no Rise in water rates in ;