Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 14, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday March 14, 1978 h More layoffs in North i pcs to clump several firms continued there is just no Market for their product Macmaster said. I think any government would have found it difficult to continue that kind of Macmaster said the company which now has seven employees on contract and 21 hourly paid workers has received about million in Federal and provincial subsidies since the nip established it in 1974. The minister said the final blow was the firm s failure to win a contract from the Northwest territories housing corp. He said the government involved Churchill residents in preparing a bid for the contract so they would know we weren t just trying to dump the company but it was about 10 per cent higher than the Low bid. Macmaster said the department and a committee established in Churchill tried to develop an alternative use for the Plant but just could t come up with a single the Minisci also said he had kept the Plant s employees informed of its precarious position and closure but its office Man Ager was Supri cd when a reporter later asked about the Mailer. The employee de Hayko said he had contacted the Northern affairs department s regional office at the Pas after hearing of the layoffs on a Csc radio news broadcast at noon monday. I Tel exed and asked if they would confirm or deny the Hayko said. They answered Back thai they d Check Winnipeg and find but he was still waiting to hear at quitting time monday. Hayko s inquiry was sent to Ray Delbaere in the Northern affairs department. A reporter was told six times Delbaere was on the phone and on the seventh iry his Secretary said he in t Able to give you anything Call the Macmaster Hdldn l reply to phone messages left later for him Hayko said he knew the plan would eventually , but had been told to prepare contracts for employees for april May and june. He said the Plant is still working on four of 19 housing units for the Manitoba housing and renewal corp., but has been told to hire subcontractors to finish them. Right now i Don t know where we stand and i m More than a Little he said. It s easy to draw up these contracts but getting the minister to sign them is another spokesmen for other firms operated by the department s Northern development corps said in interviews they have been told the government wants to end its ownership. We be been notified it would have to go our Board of directors is meeting on it said Jim Benoit general manager of min ago contractors a Bush Clearing and Road building firm. I m doing what i have to do to prepare for Benoit said min ago has Only four employees now and awaits further contracts when highways department 1978-79 budget is approved. He said the firm has trained and employed up to 50 workers mostly natives. Sources said the provincial Cabinet will be asked soon to approve the Sale of Misti Creek logging to its general manager Rick frown. The firm also trains and employs natives who Supply Wood to the govt raiment owned Manfor plan Al the Pas. Garfield Forrest general manager of Al Apap builders said he knew the firm would be up for bids soon along with a subsidiary Young s Point woodworking and Cabinet lid. He said he would bid on one or the other company probably the subsidiary. Forrest said the Cranberry Portage firm now employs about 18 people mostly natives and when at Peak employs 35 to 38. Former nip Northern affairs minister lion Mcbryde said in an interview the firms communities will be hit very hard if the province shuts them. He said the nip started the firms to ease chronic unemployment among natives in the North and icy have resulted in such Bene fits As reduced welfare and crime. I Iliin l they the government would move so Mcbryde said. If they re determined to gel rid of them i m sure they a dutch policeman shelters himself behind a tree near a building taken Over by armed South moluccas. South moluccas free woman the Security forces were bolstered Early today by the 100-Man Marine commando squad thai broke a siege by South moluccan terrorists last summer. Despite a i real by the terrorists to Start killing the hostages if their demands continued were not met by 2 . Today 7 . The Golem men showed no sign of giving in. We re prepared fora Long a government spokesman said. Plant closing to be tough9 rub parlor curbs urged continued turned which could be a substantial Ernst said. In the meantime Barrio said the City is accumulating evidence against the operations and will be in a position to act once it gets the political Green Light to proceed with a crackdown. Ernst who criticized judges for being too lenient on the Issue there Are not exactly any hanging judges around now they tend towards the lenient said the City will be consulting with the provincial government about enforcing the bylaw. Coun. Jim Ragsdill Heights recommended the provincial government be asked to tighten its liquor control regulations to outlaw nude in Beer Parlours though commit lec look no action on this request. With the lower drinking age increasingly younger Leen Agurs Are being admitted to these Parlours Ragsdill said. If the girls in the Massage Parlours Are going to have to cover up then so Are the ones in the he said. Debate was unanimously in favor of the plan with Council lors arguing sex oriented businesses including pin Ball arcades provide Fertile ground for criminal acl Vilies such As Prosl Lulion loan sharking and drug pushing driving neighbouring businesses Oul of he area. Hardest hit has been the District North of Portage Avenue around Kennedy Street they said. Councillors said the City is implying approval by allow ing those businesses to continue providing a poor example for children who Are tempted to do As they see not As they re the proposed amendment will be open to Public input during a forthcoming meeting of Llic designated zoning hearing committee. Inmates negotiate on Arab country St. Jerome que. Up Quebec Justice Deparl men officials refused to con firm reports monday Hal a Iho relics were negotiating the possibility of allowing three convicts Safe passage to an Arab country in Exchange for the lives of six hostages being held in a jail Here since last wednesday. Two mediators who have been Nugo Xialing Wilh he hostage takers were seen by reporters tutoring the Mon Ireal offices of the Canadian external affairs department monday after being flown by provincial police helicopter from St. Jerome. But a spokesman for que Bec Justice minister Marc Andre Bedard would neither confirm nor deny reports that plans were being made to Fly the three Oul of the province. The three convicts Edgar Roussel Roland Simard and Lucien Jacques have demanded Asylum from a coun iry from which they cannot be exl railed. They Are also demanding in Cash and lie Iran scr of 15 French speak ing prisoners to Quebec from penitentiaries at Dorchester n.b., and Millhaven ont. Churchill Man. Staff people Here Aren t disheartened bul just damned concerned Over the provincial government s announcement monday that their prefab housing plan is to be closed with a loss of 28 jobs mayor los Osland says. It s going to be he mayor said. I Don l blame the province. North Ern affairs minister Ken Macmaster has been very sincerely concerned. Ii just makes it Clear that the Ball is in our Osland estimated Hal Churchill s population of less than now includes 150 unemployed and another 150 unemployable. The plan was created in 1972 in response to a jobs for our people Commilles working through the Multi million Dollar Federal provi. Cial Community redevelop men program. Up to 180 employees worked at the Plant about three quarters of whom were local residents. Macmaster said monday the province has put Mil lion into the Plant. To said Lack of Markels led to the decision to Mothball the Plant. Osland said the closure does t mean that the opera Tion is slopped . We will go on exploring every possible Way to reopen he noted Macmaster has Given the town six months to develop new plans for it. The Churchill economic development corp. Has committees working on several promising proposals the mayor said. He added thai a special Effort is being made to involve unemployed and underemployed people in the town in the search for a Solu Tion to the problem. The Impact of unemployment is already being Felt in housing the mayor said. It s a hell of a Challenge but one thing is sure we Aren t going to let these peo ple go Back to living in shacks on the Churchill Flats which is where Many of them came the terrorists fired at any thing they saw moving Mon Day wounding four persons including a Schoolboy Bicy cling past police said and one Man who jumped from the building broke a leg. One person was believed to have died so far. The body of a woman was thrown from a third floor window and Lay Moli onless on the sidewalk in a bloody Heap. Ambulance men who tried to pick her up before Nightfall monday were driven Back by gunfire. The police said they believe the terrorists killed her. The gunmen said in Tele phone contacts they were holding 55 men and i women ranging in age from Iklo Al on the lop floor of the building and that they wanted valium for three of the hostages and bandages. We deduce from this that some of the hostages were wounded when the Molus cans seized the a government spokesman said. He said the gunmen also asked for boxes of fruit cigarettes and Loicl paper. The terrorists fired a sub machine gun burst just be fore Dawn today at photographers using Flash bulbs on the military cordon thrown around the building but no body was hit. A government spokesman said the gunmen members of an movement who have terrorized Holland periodically for a decade made their demands in a let Ter to the Justice ministry. Executive tells of Campaign continued corp. Inc. Would get the con race. He said he asked another accused Porter director Jean Simard to do something Aboul gelling the government to move on the rigged bid after recalling Simard s boast that he had or. Mart hand in he Palm of his Rin Ripress said Simard made the claim about Marchand at a meeting of Porter directors in 1972. He said Hal Simard s brother Arthur also a Porter director said at the Memling Hal Marchand would need a substantial Contr Bulion for the Alici Patch Federal election. Rindress said he told the Sim Ards that the Porter com Pany had made a great Many political contributions Over the years bul he never Houghl they helped Al All. He said that Jean Simard spoke up at this Point and said that he had Marchand in the Palm of his hand and that Marchand could be of very great help to fishermen moot Femc pullout by Bill Holden about seven fishermen met with Northern affairs minister Ken Mac Masler of Manitoba monday to discuss the possibility of withdrawing from the Freshwater fish marketing Corpora Tion a source Al the meeting who asked to remain unidentified said the fishermen Are strongly in favor of marketing fish individually through a private broker Independent of the corporation. The source said some of the Fisher men told Macmaster that they Are in danger of going bankrupt under the present system. He said some Fisher men expressed doubts they would be Able to afford to fish on Lake Winni Peg this summer. One Guy said Why should i go fish when it won t bring me enough Money to feed my the source said. The corporation a Federal Crown Agency responsible for marketing All fish caught in the Prairies the North West territories and some parts of Northwestern Ontario makes initial and final payments to fishermen at the beginning and end of each fishing sea son. Fishermen have yet to receive 50 per cent of the final payment for the past season. The source said Macmaster old the fishermen the proposal might be considered As one of several possible alter natives or variations to inc corporation As it now exists. Macmaster could nol be reached1 for comment bul the source said the min Isler appeared to be sympathetic to the fishermen s request. The source said the fishermen were asked to submit a Willen Brief to Mac Masler within 10 Days or two weeks outlining grievances against the corporation and complaints Aboul quotas on catches. Macmaster and Northern Saskatchewan minister Ted Bowerman Are scheduled to Meel Wilh Federal fisheries minister Romeo Leblanc within a few Days to discuss a Broad Range of topics affecting the Femc. Both provincial ministers have called for the dismissal of Peter Moss chair Man of the corporation s Board of directors As Well As a full scale investigation into inc marketing practices and policies of the Femc. Pay to bid fails again Ottawa up the fed eral regulatory Agency on broadcasting has rejected for the second time the introduction of a National pay television system at least for the present time. The Canadian radio Tele vision and telecommunications commission Choc said in making the report monday the Federal govern ment should Start work now to develop a National pay to policy for the future. Communications minister Jeanne Sauvi who initiated the latest study had no com ment on the report which said ail proposals for Start ing pay to were turned Down because they did not meet Legal broadcasting objectives. The report was welcomed however by the Canadian association of broadcasters the Csc and other groups who have opposed introduction of pay to. But the Industry which had been lobbying intensively for three years for the right to run the first National Cable system said the report showed the continuing negativism of the crts which has characterized its Pron once mints on pay to for the last six years. Michael Hind Smith presi Dent of the Canadian Cable television association termed unworkable and unrealistic the crts s recommendation that any pay to system introduced should have Canadian programs at least 50 per cent of the time. Charge follows fatality Kenora ont. Up a former employee of the Federal Indian affairs department was remanded until june 21 when he appeared monday in provincial court on a charge of Man Slaughter. Paul George Wallin of Kenora is charged in the sep tember death of Nickic Robert Carpenter killed in a fall into an excavation. Wallin assistant construct lion supervisor on the work Sile when the incident occurred is also charged with unlawfully failing to use proper safeguards to prevent persons from falling into the Hole. Arson suspected in warehouse fire Winnipeg police say they suspect arson As the cause of a fire which swept through a Dufferin Avenue warehouse this morning. Firefighters were called to the a Ermalita limited build ing 770 Dufferin Avenue about . And found two separate fires on the main floor. The Blaze was under control within an hour Bill nol before the try was damage to the second floor roof and rear Walls a Tsimal cd Al Aboul police say they have one Man in custody in connection with the incident and Are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire. There were no injuries. Ottawa mum on soviet allegations of spy dealings Ottawa up the government is remaining silent on details the soviet Union is using to support its claim that Canad an agents tried to recruit a so Viet Trade official Here As a spy. Izvestia an official soviet government newspaper has listed details of Canadian passports a birth Curti finale and a social insurance card allegedly Given the soviet official by the ramp in attempts to secure him As a spy. Officials in the external affairs and employment depart ments refused to comment Mon Day on these details contained in an Izvestia article Friday. An external affairs spokes Man said the department docs not want to dignify the soviet charges by confirming or deny ing names and numbers on pass ports allegedly Given the Trade identified Only As m by Tyves la. An employment department official said names and numbers on social insurance cards arc confidential. Igor Romanov press Secre tary at the soviet embassy Here said he does not know the Iden Lily of m or we Cher he in Canada. He said he would ask Mossow for further information on m bul could not guarantee the soviet 2ovtrnment will say More for Security reasons. Two soviet Trade officials were among inc 13 diplomats expelled by Ottawa last month for spy activities. Ono Andrei Krysin had Al ready returned to the soviet Union in december. The other was Anatoly Mikhalina. A spokesman said consumer affairs minister Warren All Mand was unavailable to com ment on an Izvestia charge that Allmand signed a letter of guarantee to help m if he faced trouble. The newspaper did nol say what the letter contained. The external affairs spokes Man said the soviet response is to be expected following expulsion of the 13 diplomats last month. The Izvestia article said the Canadian government gave m two Canadian passports. One was in the name of Mikhail Dzuba and was numbered 287.102, of series. The other was in the name of Yaroslav Stadnik Wilh the number -106638, disc Ries. The newspaper said thai m was also Given a social insurance card Wilh inc number 612006692 and a forged birth certificate numbered f-636-11. The external affairs depart ment would not say whether passports have been issued with those names and numbers. The employment department spokesman said he could not even say whether there is a so Cial insurance card with the number mentioned by Izvestia. 1 birth certificates arc registered by provincial governments and the Izvestia article did not say whether the alleged birth certificate Given m was sup posed to have been registered first with a Prev Uncial govern ment. The letter of guarantee was allegedly signed by Allmand when he was solicitor general in december 1977, when a Thomas Quilley was said by Izvestia to have Given m his assignment. The Only Thomas Quilley in the greater Ottawa directory is listed As a member of the solicitor general s office but he re fused comment on the Izvestia Story Friday. The ramp has also refused to confirm or deny the allegations ;