Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday april 21, 1978 anytime 2698463 by Robert Jankiewicz q. Does marijuana affect everyone the same Way a. A Winnipeg doctor who has done drug research says physically marijuana probably has very Little effect on anyone. Unlike alcohol no effects have been seriously documented and there is no evidence to suggest Long term physical effects of the o order of those caused by alcohol May result from using marijuana. Mentally How marijuana affects a person largely depends on the person at the moment. Personality and mood May spell different feelings after smoking Mari Juana. It is believed however that prolonged use of marijuana May slow people Down. People May lose ambition and often Don t respond the same Way As non smokers do. That May simply be because those kinds of people Are attracted to marijuana the doctor says. Also a person s nose May become rubbery and hang to the ground. Q. Where can i get parts and repairs for Wear Ever waterless cookware a. One department store says that if you have the old cast steel Model there s nothing that can be done because it s obsolete. If you have the newer Brown Model you can probably buy handles and knobs for lids at the place where you originally bought it. And there is a 10-year guarantee on the new Model so if you take it in to the place you bought it from it will be sent Back to the factory on warranty. Q. Can i take my pet Hamster across the United Stales Border with me a. A . Customs official says nothing not even a health certificate is needed to get your Hamster across the Border. You can go ahead and take it across. Q. How much lax does the Federal government get each year Frimi the Sale of tobacco products a. According to the most recent statistics Canada figures for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1970, the Federal government s Gross general Revenue from to Bacco taxes was q. How Many litres of milk arc there in u Hundred weight a. In Canada we use the Short hundredweight As Well As the Short ton. A Short hundredweight weighs 100 pounds and contains roughly 38 quarts of milk it might contain More of less quarts of other liquids density is he determining Factor Here and in fact even different types of milk have different densities but 38 quarts is some sort of there Are 1.14 litres for every quart. Multiply 38 by and you arrive at your answer litres in a hundredweight. Q. What comes after a trillion a. One newsroom mathematician guesses the answer is a trillion and one but you re probably not interested in trite remark like that. A University of Manitoba astronomer says a quadrillion in North America the equivalent of a million billion comes next followed by a quintillion or a billion billion. Q. Are there any astronomy clubs in Winnipeg a. The Royal astronomical society of Canada usually meets every second Friday in the month at the University of Winnipeg. The society s next meeting is May 12, to 11 . In room 217 Lockhart Hall at the u of w. You might want to write the society at 14 Argone Bay St. Boniface. In Toronto the society is almost completely dominated by professionals but not so in the rest of Canada. Q. Is the Quality of no name products sold in Dominion the same As regular products and who makes them a. A Dominion spokesman says that for detergent for example he could t say that a no name product would be equivalent to tide in Quality. As for canned vegetables they May either be fancy first Choice second pick or Standard third pick when packaged by a big name. Dominion s no name brands Are All of the Standard Grade. The spokesman says peas for example May be a Little larger firmer and More mature in the Standard Grade and might not be quite As soft As fancy or Choice peas but nutritional counts Are he same. The offsetting consideration Between name and no name goods is that the latter Are usually less expensive. The same manufacturers who produce big name goods also produce no name products. Once again Price is the biggest consideration. Further to walking. There is some clarification in order regarding a recent question asking How Many Miles should be walked a Day. Walking or jogging a mile at various speeds will Burn about 100 calories of Energy. If you spend 30 minutes of time in your walking jogging program adhering to the target heart rate guidelines mentioned in the original answer walk or jog for three minutes count pulse for 15 seconds multiply by four should be Between 200 minus your age and 170 minus your you should Progress through the following Levels of amount and intensity of exercise Start at a Low level of Between 100 and 200 calories of work involving a distance of Between one and two Miles in a 30-minute period. Then you can Advance to covering Between two to three Miles in 30 minutes. This will Burn off Between 200 to 300 calories. Then you can move up to the High level of three to five Miles in 30 minutes which will Burn off 300 to 500 calories. You can Call the free press anytime Wilh your questions. Just dial the letters an it i me. Call the free Union formed at Centre for the deaf notices of dismissal to nurses rescinded by Manfred Jager the chief negotiator for the Manitoba organization of nurses associations said thursday management officials at the Kinsmen Centre for the deaf on Pembina Highway tried to fire nine registered nurses recently after they formed a Union. The negotiator Joyce Gleason said in an interview the nurses sought help from her association. The organization then went to the provincial labor department applied for an investigation and eventually got the Layoff notices rescinded a Day or two before they would have become effective. The nurses bargaining unit has since been certified by the Manitoba labor Board and will Start negotiations for an initial collective bar gaining agreement. Is. Gleason said the nurses formed their bargain ing unit at the beginning of March and soon after received notices from the Kinsmen Centre that their jobs would be terminated March 31. We were Able to get the labor department to appoint an investigator and the employer rescinded the Termi nation notices just before they would have become of is. Gleason said. We be been Able to Iron out our meanwhile she indicated that province wide pay talks Between the nurses association and hospitals employing unionized nurses throughout Manitoba continue to drag and show very Little Hope for immediate significant is. Gleason said centralized negotiations covering 51 hospitals and nurses have been in conciliation for a number of w6eks. Nurses Are in the second year of a two year collective bargaining agreement which included a clause providing for renegotiation of pay rates in the second year. The unions have asked for nine per cent More Money across the Board to cover the current Calendar year. Hospitals have offered four per cent. The chief negotiator said one particularly worrying development in the bargain ing has been management insistence to go Back to three shift scheduling from the two shift arrangement nurses worked under since the last agreement. Current contract regulations allow nurses to state whether they want to work Day and evening shifts or Day and night shifts. The hospitals now want our members to agree to go Back to Day evening and night shifts on a rotating is. Gleason View this As quite serious because it Means that we Are being asked to surrender a Benefit we gained in an earlier con she said difficulties which have Arisen in the negotiations with Hospi Tal it decided Early on not to join in the centralized con tract talks now have led to another application for conciliation services from the government. The organization s executive said it will hold its an Nual meeting in the International inn monday and tues Day involving delegates from All nurses associations throughout the province. One source told the free press earlier this week the meeting will face a proposal to give the organization s executive a province wide strike mandate to be used i talks continue to drag on. The source said an attempt to get such a move for a strike mandate going earlier i this year failed. Under existing labor Law the organization can quit its two year contract anytime j by giving employers notice of termination for reasons of non agreement on terms i which Are up for renegotiation. Eat Eccott vanities floor models Only assorted styles sizes 20% off Vinyl slide basement windows 20% off Cash and carry Only write or phone for a free catalogue take time for living. 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