Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 29, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cant turn Gold tide 21 who is the richest Man in the world weekend confederation who benefits 16 Annie Ross into acting 39 the food you eat can cause reactions 12 Milky Way what is it Page 107 the plump Warner in Leisure insid6 classified 52 56 96 105 for 3751 Jumble 13 54 weather report from sunny High Low 0 Sun rises s 10 sets Moon rises sets free press final edition 85 178 april 1978 ramp to have external review Ottawa up ramp discipline would be modernized and opened to outside scrutiny by a Bill introduced in the commons Friday by solicitor general Jeanjacques the Bill to Amend the Royal Canadian mounted police act also would create a Threeman external review committee to handle Public grievances about treatment by the the committee would make recommendations to ramp commissioner on some serious discipline cases and orders for demotion and although the commissioner would retain the right to make the final decision in any the Bill incorporates the major recommendations of the 1976 Marin inquiry into ramp discipline and handling of Public which said the system of Al lowing the Force to investigate Public complaints against itself created an air of the government has Given no indication whether this is a priority piece of legislation which it would want passed before calling a general elec see Blais Page 4 French troops dig in Ndjamena Reuter France has stepped up its involvement in the War the former French Colony of Chad is waging against Liby a backed the arrival of a new con Tingent of French troops was announced Friday while French paratroops turned the civil Airport Here into a military stronghold to protect 10 French fighter bomb ers flown in the previous informed sources French president Valery Giscard Destain said the French Force was ready to go into action if necessary to defend the for Mer see French Page 4 by Paul Peleske 70yearold Bert with puts the Brake on his 31year career As a City bus Driver passengers say Farewell to favorite bus Driver berts next Stop is retirement by Steve Whysall Winnipeg oldest bus Bert never drove his passengers up Aflfe Wall and to prove they gave him a rousing sendoff when he retired they posted Handwritten signs say ing things like thank you Bert for a Job Well done and Well All miss you at bus stops along his nor Wood area they showered him with gifts and cards and pinned carnations to his lapels and some women passengers gave him one wrapped with Gold ribbon and decorated with a red had a card attached which said to the greatest bus Driver in the blushing with 70yearold who has driven the Coniston bus for the past 16 took it All in his in Gonna miss these there almost like Over the years weve All got to know one an other pretty if i was Ever they phone up to see How i there just a great Bunch of who lives at 222 Beliveau has been driving City buses for the past 31 which makes him the cites oldest bus drive when he turned 65 and was about to the regular passengers on his Coniston bus prepared a petition to keep him As it turned Turner was Eligi ble under his pension plan to work until he was and so his passengers got their driving his bus for the last time he recalled old and guessed at the reason for his popular i dont really know Why they like Ive always tried to be i always say How Are you today and i think people like i reckon i owe a lot to my she always made sure i was Happy when i left Home in the i suppose that made it easy for me to make other people feel although Turner received Arm loads of gifts from his he didst receive a bean from the transit even after 31 years ser we never do give retirement theres a dinner once a year for those who have but that a City spokesman cutoff for Abc Charters set at 30 Days Ottawa up the cutoff Date to Reserve a seat on a Domestic advanced booking charter Abc flight until june 30 has been dropped to 30 Days from 45 Days before the flight the Canadian transport commission announced the change was requested by which said they did not have enough time to Market the new Domestic Abc the 45day booking requirement will be re instituted july abcs have been popular on transatlantic flights for a number of years because of their Low but were banned on the Domestic Market until last december when the commission allowed them on a limited experimental rates May be equalized to end discrimination9 emis studies car licence surcharge by David Lee highways minister Harry Enns of Manitoba said Friday insurance surcharges on Drivers licences May be altered to eliminate the difference in rates paid by men and women and Between various age Enns he is More inclined to let a Driver take the Manitoba Public insurance corporation to court to Challenge the different labelled by the provinces human rights commis Sion As at surcharges on licences Range from to an depending on the age and sex of a the funds provided by the levies represent a major portion of the annual Revenue of the provincial aut Opac the surcharges Cost women older than the age of 25 Only while men older than the age of 25 pay women younger than 25 pay while the hardest hit Are men Drivers younger than the age of who pay an extra annual the surcharges were introduced by the former nip government after it assumed a monopoly in the Field of Basic automobile insurance seven years the human rights commission complained about the different charges involved in a report to attorney general Gerry Mercier of it said it has received a few complaints in recent years from men Drivers about the preferential rates enjoyed by no such Are listed in the commissions 1977 annual in an Enns left Little doubt he believes the commis Conti Nurt see Enns Page 4 curbs end on 1 dwellings to remain under rent controls by Mary Ann Fitzgerald about residential rental units in Manitoba will be freed from rent controls 1 but another will remain under the consumer affairs ministered Mcgill of Manitoba announced even though controls will be lifted on about on third of the provinces total rental he said a rent review and monitoring with Power to reapply controls when Neces will be used to prevent excessive rent increases on any units into the Early in a statement to the legis Mcgill said the Fol lowing residential rental units will be exempt from controls the present period expires 30 All those units located outside the cities of Winnipeg and estimated to number about units in Winnipeg and Brandon located in buildings for which an occupancy per Mit was first issued on or after estimated number Between and units in Winnipeg and Brandon where the unit rent is allowed to reach a month or there Are about 300 or 400 such units in Winnipeg and Brandon which Are voluntarily vacated by the tenant after said safeguards will be built into the decontrol program to landlords from using harassment or intimidating tactic the to encourage a tenant to he the present turn Over rate is about 20 per cent in the provinces residential rental for units left under con two further rent control extending to june will be the amount of the next allowable increase will be announced before june to allow the three months no Tice under the landlord and tenant act to be former nip finance min ister Saul Miller called the plan premature and a step see rent Page 4 Man convicted in secrets trial Montreal up 56yearold Engineer was found guilty today of two charges Laid in under the official secrets Alexander Peter Treu of Montreal was allowed to re main pending recommendations by the Crown and defence May session court judge Luc Trudel pronounced the guilty verdict but did not read the saying its con tents referred to evidence heard at the close door trial and were not designer of a ground air surveillance and communications system for was charged with Possession or control of documents or information he unlawfully retained in and with failure to take reasonable care of the documents or conducting himself in such a Way As to endanger their the punishable by 14 years in were Laid against the German born Engineer after a two year investigation by the in an earlier Treu complained that these Crecy of the proceedings left him open to unsubstantiated accusations of being anything from a Bumble to a six months9 Daylight gained As sixty minutes9 sleep lost Manitoban will be moving their clocks ahead one hour sunday morning As the prov Ince returns to Daylight saving under Manitoba official time uni form Daylight saving time for the entire province applies for six months from the last sunday in april to the last sunday in clocks should be advanced by one hour this year at 2 to 3 the end of april will also Mark the follow ing deadlines studded tires must be removed from All vehicles operating in the province by mid april anyone submitting claims for reimbursement of 1977 prescription drug costs under the Phr Macare program must do so by april the program provides for reimbursement of 80 per cent of prescription drug costs in excess of 50 in each Calen Dar incurred by an individual or Fame claims should be sent to the phar Macare 599 Empress Winni inquiries about the program can be directed to the office at april 30 is the traditional deadline for filing Federal income tax because the Day Falls on a sunday this the government is allowing filers to have their returns postmarked anytime on or be fore May ;