Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, April 28, 1978

Issue date: Friday, April 28, 1978
Pages available: 100
Previous edition: Thursday, April 27, 1978

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free april 1978 to 11 Ara pm says Bell not boycotting jews a photo actor John Wayne Waves to crowd of newsmen gathered at the Orange county Airport thursday at Santa after his flight from earlier in the Day Wayne had checked out of the Boston where he had undergone open heart for the flight Back to getting off the plane Wayne its Good to be new contract leaves railway workers split Montreal up rail Way workers across the country have barely approved a new oneyear con their last under Feder Al ant inflation controls and one that Union leaders say May set the stage for particularly bitter negotiations the next time results of a National ratification vote released thurs Day by officials of 17 rail unions had 53 per cent of the workers approving the con tract negotiated in february with 13 including Canadian National and up the to be signed Here is retroactive to 1 and provides for a six per cent wage in chief Union negotiator Ray peer said the Strong opposition among the rail workers to the pact mirrored widespread frustration with three years of Federal anti inflation peer predicted the next round which begins in october with the Exchange of proposals will be a lot tougher because the controls will be gone and the railways wont have them As an excuse for postponing much needed the rail workers were the first major group hit by the controls when they were introduced in 1975 and one of the last affected As the pro Gram is being phased members who voted to reject the contract we rent mad at the negotiating com they were mad at the said chief Union negotiator Ray Strong opposition came from the or train maintenance with Peers own brotherhood of railway car men among the unions favor ing Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau said thursday saudi Arabia has Given assurances it will not bar jews from working in that country under Bell can Adas contract to modernize the saudi phone we have the assurances of the saudis themselves that they will not exclude people from working in their country because they Are Trudeau told re porters at his regular weekly news his remarks followed the release of a document by Herb Gray l West advising Bell Canada International Sci employees to provide 12 copies of a document proving their Reli Gion if they were going to work with an Oil company in saudi Gray said the memorandum has been confirmed As an internal Sci Sci is involved in the Bell saudi phone Gray sent a copy of the document to the Federal human rights suggesting it May provide grounds to broaden the com missions present inquiry into Bells hiring practice for the phone contract although the document is dated prior to the closing of that the inquiry was started after Gray lodged a com plaint against he said Bells recruiting policies for the saudi project allegedly violate prohibitions against discriminating on the grounds of Trudeau said the Bell con tract has been carefully studied by the government and no support of the Arab boy Cott of Israel was but for greater certain Trudeau the government has a statement from saying it has not and will not comply with the which has been con nip in North gives Murphy nod Over rivals staff Ron a social Sci ence was chosen to represent the new democratic party in the Federal Riding of Churchill at a nomination meeting held Here Murphy beat four other candidates on a third ballot they included Keith a town councillor from the Pas mayor Hugh of Leaf rapids Zak Indian band manager at Garden and Walt a former employee of the provincial government in More than 125 delegates attended the meeting which was the last in a series which were held at flin the Pas and ballots were cast at All five Murphy said his greatest concern is the present eco nomic condition in Northern i High need a school Oma did you leave school before graduation do you wish to apply for a better Job Arii you looking for a promotion would you like to take a course in a Community College if you Are at least 19 years of general educational development ged tests Al mall May be the Kull c i n Tims 111 i u Innon in i our i Iii i Manitoba Manitoba department of highways bulletin 4 special notice respecting the operation of vehicles on highways in the province of Manitoba the owners and operators of vehicles will please take note that pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of Section 82 of the Highway traffic being chapter h60 of the revised statutes of Manitoba that on and after Daylight saving May 1978 and continuing until further notice weight restrictions will be imposed As Fol lows 350 pounds per Inch Width of tire Gross weight per Axle Assembly on All Asphalt treated and paved provincial trunk highways and provincial roads in Manitoba except As noted below Normal loading 500 per Inch As per Section 63 path 1 Ontario to Saskatchewan path 1a through Portage la Prairie through Brandon path 2 path 3 to Elm Creek path 3 fort Whyte to Morden path 4 path 1w to Saskatchewan path 5 path 4 to Saskatchewan path 6 path 101 to or 391 path 8 path 101 to Miles North path 9 49a path 101 to Selkirk path 10 Border to Riding Mountain National Park North jul path 5 to flin flon path 12 Steinbach to path 1e path 14 path 75 to Rosenfeld path 32 to path 3 path 15 path 100 to path 1 2 path 23 path 3 to path 75 path 29 path 75 to Border path 30 path 14 to or 201 path 44 path 9 to Whitemouth path 59 path 101 to Victoria Beach path 100 to or 405 path 75 Winnipeg to Border path 100 path 15 to path path 101 path to path 59 or 204 path 101 to Hoddinott Road or 207 or 213 to path 15 or 213 path 59 to or 206 or 391 Thompson to Airport path 6 to Lynn Lake path 32 us Border to path 14 350 pounds per Inch Width of tire Gross weight per Axle Assembly on the following spam Hill Road Oasis to Garvin Road Atik to name Lake Road path 10 to name Lake Simon House Lake Road path 10 lowest Shore Simon House Lake Basterville Road path 10 to or 327 ath Apap Road path 10 Westerly 18 Miles 250 pounds per Inch Width of tire Gross weight per Axle Assembly on the following provincial trunk highways and provincial path 12 path in to path 15 path 15 broke head River to Anola path 18 us Border to path 3 path 21 path 2 to path 24 path 44 South path 11 to Whitemouth or 206 path 15 to path 44 or 220 or 409 to path 8 or 224 East or 325 to Fisher Bay or 231 Gimp Industrial Park to path 7 or 232 North pth9 to South path 9 or 235 path 6 to path 5 or 241 or 334 to 1 it Miles West or 244 path 2 to path 3 or 250 path 24 to Rivers Souris to or 349 or 253 path 3 to Rock Lake or 254 South or 259 to North or 259 or 258 path 4 to East or 353 or 259 path 1 to South or 254 or 267 Sifton to path 10 or 268 Birch River to Lenswood or 269 path Ida to 6 Miles East of Ethelbert or 275 Swan River to Sas Katchen Border or 274 path 5 to North or 267 or 276 1 mile North of path 5 to or 585 or 300 North path 59 to South path 59 or 307 path 11 to path 44 or 309 or 307 to White Shell Lake or 312 path 44 to Ontario Border or 345 Lauder to path 21 or 361 path 5 to Riding Mountain National Park or 362 Dauphin to Sifton or 366 path 5 to 5 Miles North or 409 path 101 to or 220 or 432 Morden to 5 Miles South or 480 North Jet path 5 10 Makinak or 259 North or 254 to Harding or 581 path 5 to or 360 general in addition it should be noted that during the period of restrictions overload permits will not be issued on those highways that Are not affected by these by order Harry j minister of det nned by the at the saudis Bell told the country it was Tot doing business with asked if it was a Propri at for Bell to provide that Trudeau said it was Only a statement of fact and May or May not have helped Bell get the but in a letter thursday to the Export development a Crown Gray said he interprets the state ment to be an explicit under taking by Bell not to do Busi Ness with Israel for the life of the five year Gray said comments by Bell officials apparently Back up this interpretation and he called on Edc to fur ther review its assistance to Bell in the saudi Edc is providing Bell with about million Worth of insurance on the but Edc president John Mac Donald has been quoted As saying there would be no grounds for ending the policy unless Bell had Given an explicit undertaking to be a part of the it is against Federal policy for any government depart ment or Agency to assist a firm that is supporting the Arab Boycott of also the Ca Ladi an radio television and Tele communications commis Sion ordered Bell to Liand Over copies of the weaponry a billion business Stockholm a the world is spending almost million a minute on 20 times More than industrialized countries spend to help poorer the Stockholm International peace research Institute said worldwide military expenditure total billion and with the current rate it will top trillion by the end of the the institutes chairman Frank Barnaby said in releasing the groups 1978 edition of world armaments and who is said military spending is twice As High As the yearly Gross Domestic product of the whole of about the same amount As the Gross Domestic product of All latin America and 20 times More than the total annual development assistance Given by industrialized countries to the developing the two great superpowers account for More than half the worlds military in the defence budget was compared with a Cia estimate of billion at american prices for the soviet arms Trade with the third world has increased at an annual rate of 15 per cent during the Barnaby and four countries have supplied 90 per cent of the major Wea Jons exported to the third the ranks Selling 38 per cent of the imported by the third followed by the soviet uni 34 per and Britain and France at nine per cent Eracli the Middle East accounts for More than 50 per these Barnaby Barnaby also noted that 20 third world an Ong them India and Are producing major weapons on their and Many Are exporting them to other third world the Institute lists Arm 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