Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 29, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free april 1978 flames engulf the furniture store where the fire first broke a photo no serious injuries reported fire ravages capital of Bahamas Bahamas a fire engulfed a Block of shops and apartments Here causing million in two poli Cemen suffered minor in juries in the which broke out in a furniture store on the cites main thorough Bay in that shop Worth of merchandise was officials valued the building at Low water pressure and 40kilometreanhour winds hampered firefighters As they tried unsuccessfully to save 13 other buildings that were several More sustained smoke and water officials said the islands fire Crew was spread fighting a fire in another part of the Island when the alarm came witnesses said it took 45 minutes for fire units to hundreds of residents were evacuated from four apartment houses and living quarters located behind residents lined up in bucket dipping into open Wells for water to douse nearby Homes As nine fire units battled the heart of the fire officials called it one of the three worst blazes of the Century in the in 1929 the British colonials hotel burned and in 1942 fire destroyed the West Ern end of Bay the first thing i saw was flames shooting from Cen trial furniture and then the whole building was suddenly said Audley owner of a restaurant across from the furniture there was a Strong Breeze and Sparks were Fly ing All Over the place with buildings catching one after the said Gordon another Bay Street shop at one Sparks were blown Over Kilometre to the setting the Educa Tion ministry building after assassination moslem Premier will try to end lebanese strife Beirut a moslem Premier Salim Al Hoss accepted the task Friday of forming a new lebanese government to end the coun try factional the continuing Vio Lence took a new victim a moslem government official assassinated on his door the new government will have a mandate to curb palestinian guerrillas and disarm rival moslem and Christian an official announcement from the Palace said Christian president Ellas Sarkis called on Hoss to form the new government the second since the country 19751976 civil War that ended 17 months the assassinated Hasib Al Abdul chief of the foreign ministry eco nomic affairs department and a onetime was shot by two gunmen out Side his apartment building in Beirut mos Lem police the identity of the killers was not Hoss eight Man Cabinet resigned april More than a month after the israeli thrust into Southern Lebanon and a bloody Confron tation in Beirut Between syrian peace keepers and righting Christian militiamen that left 115 the reappointment of the 48yearold banker followed parliamentary approval of a declaration of principles calling on Leba Nons next government to steer the country toward Security and National the six Point approved by a 75too Calls for the prohibition of All armed militias in Lebanon except for an official lebanese an end to All guerrilla activity in the and demands for the Complete israeli withdrawal from the in other developments syrian government sources said syrian president Hafez assays regime will pressure Yasser Ara fats palestinian guerrillas not to reenter Southern Lebanon if and when israeli forces withdraw completely Back to their o Ginal the sources also said that Syria would not Force the palestinians to Lay Down their arms in Lebanon but would impose a ban on armed guerrilla activity in the country to guarantee lebanese stay Home Ottawa tells Amin by Paul Whitelaw staff correspondent Ottawa ugandan dictator Idi Amin will not be Welcome in Canada to attend the Edmonton Commonwealth games this says Deputy prime minister Allan he told the commons Friday that the govern ment has made Clear to Amin that it is hoped he will stay Maceachen did not say whether Ottawa will bar the african Leader from entering the country if he chooses to ignore the fact there will be no diplomatic Welcome Amin has appointed himself coach of Uganda boxing team at the John who raised the Issue of amins to visit accused the government of the former conservative prime minister had demanded to know whether Ottawa has sent a message to Amin telling him he is not Welcome because of his murderous Maceachen said the government had expressed the View already that he will not be particularly Welcome in Blais Bill provides external scrutiny for ramp the proposed amendments answer Many of the Marin commissions criticisms of the forces outdated Para military system of disc under which a member of the Force can be imprisoned for up to a year for committing a major service the new Bill accepts the concept that discipline should be remedial or corrective in nature rather than Blais said in a press release the list of major service offences contained in the present act would be revoked and replaced by More mod Ern standards of an ramp member would no longer be subject to imprisonment on the orders of the officers would have greater discretion in handling minor infractions of the standards of offi cers would have the option of counselling recommending that they seek professional counselling or giving them a warning be fore taking More formal disciplinary Many ramp members who testified before the five Man Marin inquiry said the forces punishment oriented discipline system sometimes worsens personal such As continued judge Rene Marins report agreed that in a disturbing number of cases the full weight of a Highl forma lived system of investigation and punishment was invoked in response to seemingly and sometimes breaches of standing orders or Force members would get the right to internal hear reviews and Appeal As Well As the right to request a review of serious cases by the external review com whose three Mem Bers will be appointed by the Cabinet and cannot be ramp a major change would allow members to be represented by lawyers at internal disciplinary they Are now entitled to be represented Only by another the new Bill would allow members of the Public to complain to the review com although it specifies that whenever in formal Steps should be taken to try to resolve the com if a member of the Public did not get satisfaction from the he could a peal to the Federal of buds to be created under an other Bill introduced earlier this the Marin appointed in held Exten Sive hearings across the country before reporting to parliament in Blais said the commissions recommendations were studied within the ramp and by other government depart ments before this Bill was Blais said that when he became solicitor general in he made it Clear to his officials that this was priority and insisted that it be completed he said its introduction at this time had nothing to do with recent revelations about illegal acts committed by ramp rent controls to end on dwellings the Job of fighting the fire was complicated when water pressure trickled to a Stop in hydrants near the fire pumpers had to travel to other parts of the City to obtain water and return to the out of control for almost three fire Crews contained it late in the two policemen suffered but were treated and returned to this will create a hard ship on people and Worsen relationships Between land lords and Millet predicted after listening to Mcgill describe what he termed a gradual relaxation of in not sure whether the people of Manitoba who Are renting Are adequately protected and whether the government didst move too precipitously to change the pro the nip spokesman he said that because the vacancy particularly in older apartment buildings in Are so the government should have combined the removal of rent controls with a housing unit construction Miller said the conserva Tive government is proposing to Cut Back housing construct while in 197677 under the former nip adm Nistra apartment construction climbed above the National with the vacancy rate in Winnipeg around the two per cent Miller said the government should have encouraged construction to provide a vacancy rate of Between four and five per so that those who afford higher rent would have the option of the i Sim ply boils Down to paying More Miller Mcgill later said at the three per cent vacancy Market forces begin to impose limitations on rent in even though his premises May qualify for a landlord must have refunded ail excessive rent charged to continued tenants As ordered by the rent stabilization Board be fore he will be released from the Mcgill landlords of units in Winnipeg and which Are to be freed from the must apply to the Board for in cases where tenants Are voluntarily vacating Prem the landlord must pro vide the Board with a copy of the tenants a tenant May Appeal to the Board if he feels the landlord has used harassment or intimidating tactics to encourage him to if the Board upholds the the rental unit will not be re leased and the landlord May be required to pay some compensation to the tenants in uncontrolled accommodation who feel the landlord wants to charge excessive increases May a peal to the the Board May require the apartments hit by fire fire gutted a 20suite apartment building at 672 Duffe Riri Avenue saturday a police spokesman police reported no injuries from the believed to have started on the second floor of the three Storey Frame building which had been converted into apart the fire was discovered about today by a visitor to the Block while leaving one of the the spokesman landlord to justify the in crease and if he the Board then attempts to me Diate the if it the Board May reimpose controls on the Mcgill Miller said he didst think the safeguards against harassment of tenants were noting the Subtle ways of encouraging tenants to like not painting or being slow in making Neces sary the Appeal procedure on an individual basis would require a lot of administration if the government is really going to try to police Miller he noted the rent stabilization boards budget had been Cut this year by to said most of the staff is on con tract and if the workload builds up after the staff can be rent controls were applied retroactively to july after the province moved under the Federal Antii Fla Tion the first rent control Peri extending from that Date to limited in creases to 10 per the second extending to allowed an eight per cent while the present which expires limited increases to seven per with a fur ther three per cent leeway for landlords who can justify it on a Cost Mcgill said he believed the program fulfilled the govern ments Promise to protect Low income and elderly ten ants against High rent in French reinforcements sent at request of Chad continued France had said its troops were in Chad Only to advise and help organize the reinforcements joined 500 French troops already in Chad after rebels of the National liberation front broke a three week ceasefire and moved southward toward the the troops were dispatched under Frances military cooperation agreement with the military government of president Felix in a television interview in the president said French troops would stay in Chad to uphold its Security and protect French nationals As Long As there is no effective he said the reinforcements of paratroops and foreign legionnaires were sent at the urgent request of the Chad the French military support for Chad one of the worlds poorest countries Fol lows a similar operation three months ago in the West african country of Mauritania which is also under the guerrillas in Chad accuse the govern ment of being a Neo colonialist instrument protecting the Trade interests of Chad and Libya both Lay claim to the Amouzou a Northern Border area potentially Rich in uranium and Enns studies car licence surcharge Sions protest is beyond the realm of common sense As it ignores the fact that women and older Drivers Are charged less because they have fewer the commission says we Are breaking the Law every so conceivably someone could take us to Enns i am More inclined to ignore it and let the court decide if these surcharges Are besides doing nothing about Enns said he also has the option of simply raising surcharges for continued All women Drivers to the maximum rate paid by if that he those who pay More will have to thank our feminist friends for while he didst say Enns seemed to be referring to Gloria a human rights com Mission officer and an nip sup she investigated the Issue of the such a move would provide Auto Pac with extra Enns this could offset the to Mil lion it will lose this year because it will no longer be the beneficiary of a surcharge on Gaso also imposed by the the third he would be to equalize the surcharges by increasing those paid by All women Drivers and lowering those paid by Enns said officials of aut Opac have recommended that he introduce changes to provincial statutes exempting automobile insurance from human rights provisions Banning age and sex he said the commission has objected to such a move because it would be contrary to existing the Only specific exceptions to the Law concern life insurance policies and employee Benefit Enns said later he could not Indi Cate when he will decide which of the options to Jack charged with theft Davis to face theft charge Victoria up Jack former British co Lumbia minister of transport and Communia has been charged with theft Over and attorney general Garde Gardom said who was asked to resign As minister of transport and communications on april 3 following re ports that he was being investigated regarding Possi ble misuse of airline said Friday he is innocent of any wrongdoing and will fight the Davis admitted in the legislature earlier that he had received firs class accommodation and had changed it to Economy class using the refund to offset what he regarded As legitimate travel drawn and visibly Gardom told a press conference that a member of the ramp in Vancouver had sworn out an information charging Davis with fraud and he said the charge was theft Over but did not know the it should be unnecessary for me to add that laying of the charge in absolutely no Way indicates any prejudge ment As to the guilt or inno Cence of Gar Dom ;