Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 7, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday March Union trying for Bank by Scott Edmonds the retail employees Union local 832, has applied to the Canada labor relations Board to be the certified bargaining agent at another Winnipeg Branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The application has been filed with the Federal labor Board for the Branch at 2181 Portage Avenue a Board spokesman confirmed Mon Day. It s the second Branch of the Bank in Manitoba to apply for Union certification in a two week period. The a local representative of the retail clerks International Union has already asked to represent seven employees of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Selkirk and Mcgregor Branch. The first attempt by the Union headed locally by Ber Nard Christophe to organize Bank workers in Manitoba failed. Employees of a Sel Kirk Man., Branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia indicated at a Federal labor Board hearing in Winnipeg they no longer sought Union representation a few months after applying. At the hearing Christophe failed to prove to the Board the employees had been intimidated by Bank manage ment into reversing their decision. Nationally the Ciu has doubled to 10 its staff of full time organizers trying tip certify Bank employees and has already applied for certification at 13 other Banks. A free press car braves the elements to test an ice Road across Lake Winnipeg. The province has refused to fund the indians Short Cut. Blood vein band seeks funds for ice Road truckers take risk to save three hours by Steve Wii Sall for truckers bound for Berrns River Man., the Bull dozed Winter Road up the East Side of Lake Winnipeg is a test of endurance patience and alertness. The Road is narrow and bumpy and twists like a fro zen Over River. A Driver has to keep his Wils about him. Many Drivers however. Fast Black t White film developing in at 10 . Goodall photo limited 321 Carlton Opp. Free press. Customer parking at rear isl go Down me Lane. Fine photo finishing Bonus films Given films developed. Black and White or Koda color. 8 or More out of 12, or 14 or More out of 20 exposure film gives you Bonus film. No coupons needed. Just pay for what you get. Goodall photo Ltd. 321 Carlton St. Opp. Free press free Pir King at snowmobile is coven warning the Manitoba Telephone system issued a warning to snowmobiles monday to use caution near the East Selkirk Bridge. The provincial Utility is placing a submarine Cable across the red River about 200 feet South of the Bridge at the foot of Mclean Avenue. Construction is expected to continue through March. Have been taking an unusual Short Cut the past few months on an eight mile Road of ice across Lake Winnipeg. The ice Road built by the blood vein Indian band across the Lake from the re serve to dog head cuts Down he travelling Irne by at least three hours. The provincial govern ment refused to fund the project band chief Harry Cook says but the natives built in anyway. We knew the Way to convince the government that the Road would be Safe was to build it he said. The band spent about 000 of its own Money to Bull across the Lake and flood the Road to four feel in thick Ness he said. The first truck roared across the ice Road in Jan uary and hundreds of vehicles have used it since. It was closed for a while recently because of slush but Cook thinks this problem can be eliminated in future years by More careful maintenance. A major user of inc Road has been Riverton Transfer which trucks groceries and other supplies to Berens River. One of inc firm s Drivers won use he Road be cause he Hinks in s danger Ous by others take inc risk. Cook does t mind people using the Short Cul but he thinks the government should share the Cost of building it. They pay a mile for building the Winter Road. They should pay us about the same antique Sale store wide Sale partial list 7 pc. Queen Anne dining 722.00 Eastlake sideboard 212.00 can. Pump Organ 355.00 1870 Tea Wagon 300.00 1870 washstand Marble 102.00 jacobean floor Limp 210.00 inlaid curio Cabinet 382.00 drop Leal chess table 80.00 granddaughter clock 300.00 tall inlaid Plant Eland 150.00 the Jolly Roger 4000 it. Selections 47 Albert St. Pm. 942-1138 right for your family Brand new apartment Home yours for less than in South Bay 1600 Taylor ave., Winnipeg pros free fridge continuous clean oven dishwasher Gar Burelo carpeted air conditioned Security system. Financing Avail Low Down payt. Rimmed. Poss. Display apis open for viewing. Pm. 419-3022 819-5537 Sean Williamson Lalman Ted singing Guitart Man faces robbery charge a Man has been charged with robbery after attempts to Rob a Gaso line station and Hijack a car sunday afternoon failed. The string of incidents began about . With a Man confronting an Atten Dant at Turbo Gas bar Sailer Miruel and Leila Avenue and demanding Money. The attendant slammed the door and locked it. Dejected the would be robber walked across Sailer got into a car and told the Driver to take him downtown or he d blow his head off. The Driver shut off the car took the keys and left the Man alone in the vehicle. Charged is Wayne Thomas Mcdonald 26, of 1081 Powers Street suite 113. Berens River Community starts mini farm on Island Berens River Metis Community has started its own mini farm on an Island in the Middle of the Pigeon River. The 250-Mcmber Community has bought 20 head of cattle which will be bred for Slaughter. They Are also planning to grow vegetables. The cattle arc corralled on a Island 12 Miles South of Berens River in the Middle of the Pigeon River. The land is leased at a year from the provincial government. An Grant from the province helped pay for buildings and Clearing the land. The rest of the project is being paid for by the Metis Community Council. We want to save our people Money by providing them with Good cheap Council clerk Chris Mackay said. It is hoped that the farm will eventually provide full time work for at least two people but meanwhile most of the work is done by volunteers from the Community. A government agriculture expert makes a visit periodically to give advice and Check that everything is going Well. We Hope to be putting fresh meat and vegetables on our people s tables this a ear and the savings on weekly food Bills should be Mackay said. Social policy talks set several Public lectures will be offered during the evening this week in Winnipeg and Brandon by scholars attend ing the school of social work s perspectives on so Cial policy program at the University of Manitoba. Peter Leonard professor and head of the applied so Cial Sui Dies department at the University of Warwick will hold a workshop on the question is a Radical social work profession possible at 8 . Tuesday in St. An Drews place 425 Elgin Strucel. Stanley Aronowitz professor of comparative culture and social science at the University of California will discuss collective bargaining in tile social services at . Wednesday in the Sec Ond floor auditorium of the Winnipeg Centennial Library. Victor George professor and department head at the University of Kent will talk about the effects of economic restraint on social services at 8 . Wednesday in the lecture theatre at Vincent Massey High school in bran Don Man. Dorothy Smith professor of sociology at the Ontario Institute for Sladics in Edu cation Iii Hoid a workshop on women and mental illness at 8 . Thursday in the main floor Assembly room of the Centennial Library. Who needs unions will be the topic of a presentation by Aronowitz and Leo Johnson associate professor of his tory and sociology at the University of Waterloo at 8 . Friday in the Library s auditorium. Auction Sale Gray s auction Mart 104 King St. At Bannatyne wednesday March 8 at . Including 6 pc. Modern dining room suite consisting of Extension table 4 chairs and Buffet Viking console radio record player mahogany sofa table 3 pc. Burl Walnut bedroom suite record Cabin Al step and Coffee tables table lamps 4 sealer Pillow Back sofa and chair Chrome Sling chair Walnut Magazine table la a boy Recliner Rocker uphold armchair with Walnut show Wood Square Oak dining room table Chest of drawers vanity base mahogany Library table a Phil. Love Seal framed prints and Watercolours Oak . Desk 5 pc. Dinette suite Utility cupboard Wood Kitchen cupboard Chesterfield and chair rugs oct. Chairs end tables Wood drop Leaf Able Auto Washer old style Moffat Slove with High oven Sels of National geographic 65 thru Quantity of old books Wood chairs Black White color televisions 3 Section Over the mantel Mirror Quantity of now Light fixtures longines sym Phonetta am pm stereo record changer China ornaments Linen Luggage kitchenware 2 Beauty Parlour hair dryers Etc. J. Lawes auctioneer phone 942-2371 auctioneers liquidators appraisers woolco correction re mar. 4th, 1.44 Day Dove dish washing liquid should have read 24 Al. Of. Size garbage bags 10 per pkg. Should have read 4 pkg. S1.44 downy fabric softener should have read 2 litre size glad wrap size should have read 100 it. X 11% inches woolco apologizes for any inconvenience caused their customers income tax returns main Otil Fife 2579 courts of St. Nairn St. Mary s 681 Sargent Portage Keewatin 707 Mcphilips Selkirk Marion 879% Henderson main St. Landmark 1 Minnedosa Portage la weekdays 9 to 9, saturdays 9 to 5 r tax services the All Canadian company woman in Hospital after being beaten a 34-year-old Winnipeg woman was reported in fair condition in Hospital monday after being held against her will in the House of her common Law husband for seven Days. A 40-year-old Man has been charged with attempted murder and wounding in connection with the incident. A police spokesman said the woman was also beaten by a Man with a Pool Cue and a Hammer. The woman tired to escape from the House at 135 Leila Avenue several times but her attempts were thwarted. She was finally freed after police investigated a complaint made by another resident of the House the spokesman said. Charged is Charles Simard 40, of 135 Leila ave nue. Pichor trial accused made death threat witness says by join bark John Pichor told his common Law wife he might kill her sooner or later the evening before she died of a Stab wound through her heart a court of Queen s Bench jury heard monday. Pichor 39, has been charged with murder As a re sult of the death nov. 8 last year of Dorothy Christine Ledoux 39, in the couple s basement suite at Moun Tain Avenue. Christine Myran who occupied an upstairs suite at 445 Mountain Avenue and had let Pichor and his wife occupy the basement after their own dwelling had burned about five Days earlier testified that there had been a drinking party that started about 3 . Nov. 7. Later that Day Pichor left to buy four More cases of Beer bringing the total number of bottles to 60, she said. Myran told defence counsel Charles Phelan that she was not drunk that Day and had let Pichor prepare supper for the group that included her Nephew and three children. She was unable to say who had been drinking the most but under questioning by Crown attorney Sheila Lein Burd assisting Crown attorney David Rampersad she said Pichor and Ledoux had been arguing before they went to their own suite sometime after Midnight. At one Point during the arguing Myran testified Pichor told Ledoux that he would sell his car and take Myran said Pichor then added otherwise i la kill you sooner or a Short time after everyone had gone to bed Myran Ann wired Calls for help from Ledoux in the basement. She found her sitting on the bed beside Pichor her hands covering one Side of her face. She told Myran that Pichor had struck her. I told John to Stop it or to she testified. John said he was going to quit and go to but a few minutes later Myran again heard Ledoux calling her name. She ran downstairs again. But that time she saw Pichor standing in front of Ledoux. He was holding a bloody knife and she was lying on the bed in a Pool of her own blood. Or. William Parker Manitoba s chief medical examiner testified that he pronounced the five fool four Inch 157 Pound woman dead at . Nov. 8 she had undergone surgery at the health sciences Centre to try to repair the knife wound through her heart. There was one slab wound through her heart and two in her Back one Back wound Pencil Ling a lung another passing through lung diaphragm liver and stomach tissue. There were a number of other minor cuts abrasions and bruises on her body Parker testified. The blood alcohol level in her body was .210, three imps the Legal driving limit of .08. Under questioning by Phelan Parker said that if two other people had consumed about 20 bottles of Beer each in the hours before the woman s death they too would have been intoxicated. The trial was scheduled to continue Loday before or. Jus Tice w. Scott Wright. In the City Vernon Quincy head of the research department at he mental health Centre onl., will speak on research on dangerous offenders and other related prison topics from to . March 3 at Lockhart Hall room 110, University of Winnipeg. The University of Winnipeg will hold ils open House from to . March 12. Academic displays will be featured. Hugh Macmillan Liaison officer with the Ontario archives department will be speak on fur Trade Canoe routes of Canada to the Canadian club at . March 13 at the hotel fort Garry. Cosens pares Grant to school group the Manitoba govern Horary Secretary she said mint s policy on Parent Par the federation suffered Lici pation in education has losses in a recent fire at John shifted in favor of traditional Home and school groups. Sophie Gordon president of the Home and school and Parent teacher federation of Manitoba said monday she received a Grant for her organization after meeting education minister Keith Cosens last month. Mrs. Gordon also said Cosens told her no Money beyond that committed would be paid to fund new parents groups. Former education minister Ian turn Bull announced a year ago would be made available primarily to help new groups. Sirs. Gordon has said the federation needs to Dafoe school. Memberships lists and other papers were destroyed and the office suffered smoke damage mrs. Gordon said. A special fund has been established because there was no insurance. We did t know we had to have insure she said. Wednesday is the Day for women hire an executive director Secretary. The will be used to hire a Tern first Aid course promoted St. John ambulance has people to help others a per the first Aid course Call 774 started a six month publicity son who has taken it is less 1851 or write to St. Tuhn am Campaign to promote the Likely to be involved in an Accident. For further information on value of taking a first Aid course. Balance St. John House 535 Doreen Street Winnipeg r3g 3h5. Or. R. H. Torkalson president of the Organiza Tion said there were accidents last year in Mani Toba in the workplace alone. Torkalson said training methods allow the course to be taught in one Day or in two half Day sessions. Torkalson said while the course s purpose is to teach pot trafficking Finger pointed a 21-year-old Man has been charged with Possession of about nine pounds of marijuana Worth about for the purposes of trafficking. A special ramp detail arrested a Man during a spot Check at Winnipeg International Airport about . Sunday after he disembarked from a plane arriving from Calgary. Charged is David Walter fingas of Brandon Man. Several events will Mark International women s Day wednesday March 8, in Winnipeg. Mayor Robert Steen will Issue an official proclaim Tion at 10 . Tuesday at the civic Centre. At . Saturday s free press incorrectly said the rally was being planned for . A one hour rally will feature singing and guerrilla the legislative grounds followed by a gathering at St. Ste phen s United Church 399 Broadway and Kennedy. From l to 5 . Satur Day there will be a work shop at All saints Church Parish Hall 175 Colony Street ;