Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 9, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday May 9, 1978 anytime 2698463 by Robert Jankiewicz q. What is the oldest City in the world a. According to the guiness Book of world records the Village site of Zawis Chomi Sha Nidar in Northern Iraq is the oldest City in the world. Radio Carbon dating has established that it existed at least As far Back As 8910 . The oldest walled town is Ariha the old Jericho in Jordan. Archaeologists have Carbon dated remains and have decided that there were people in the City by 7800 . The oldest capital City in the world is Dimashe the capital of Syria. It has been continuously inhabited since 2000 . Q. How often have Toronto and Montreal met in Stanley cup play and what is the win loss record a. Although the habs have won a half dozen or so More Stanley cups than Toronto the Leafs have a slight Edge so far in play Between the two teams. Having met the canadians 11 times in Stanley cup playoffs the Leafs hold a six to five advantage. Looks like Montreal will tie that up. The last time the two teams met was in 1967, when underdog Toronto took the series four games to two. Q. How Many elements Are there in he periodic table a. The generally accepted number is 103, the last element discovered being Lawrence us in the United states in 19g1. Lead is number 82 in the periodic table which is to say its atomic number is 82, arid a few Man made elements appear in the table after that. Sometimes the periodic table is said to have 105 elements the additional two Are Man made isotopes developed apparently about the same time by Ameri cans on one Side of the Ocean and russians on the other Side. Numbers 101 and 105 seem to be in some sort of elemental limbo now with neither Side sure of the other s efforts. Q. What paint should i use o paint a mural on a go proc Wall a. A Winnipeg paint dealer says you should first apply a coat of a Eva sealer which is available in paint stores. Once that s done you can use a Latex paint which is easy to apply. But if you plan on washing your mural later you should use a Flat Oil paint. Q. Can a Manitoba senior citizen fish in Ontario without a licence a. It seems not. Among non residents Only people under the age of 17 can fish a licence and then Only if Here is a licence Holder with them. Their catch is included in the catch of the licence Holder. Ontario residents need a licence Only for net fishing other types Cost them nothing. Canadians residing outside Ontario and Over 17 have to pay for a licence. It s available in most Ontario sporting goods stores or of natural resources room 1335, Whitney Block Queen s Park Toronto Ontario m7a 1w3. J. How much powder is added to Mill and Cream sold in Winnipeg a. An Industry spokesman says absolutely no powder is added to milk or Cream it s against the Law for producers to do so. The Manitoba milk producers marketing Board monitors producer sales with Pur chases and these figures must correspond if they Don to that might be an indication that powder is being added. The spokesman says that if there Ever is a definite shortage of milk the Board May relax its regulations and allow powder to be added. Then producers would have to state that fact on their labels. Q. How docs one read the Date code on modern dairies products a. Easy enough. A letter standing for the month is followed by a number standing for the Day. For example the code m 13 Means that the milk inside the Carton is expected to be Good at least until May 13. Q. Where did the word Hickey come from a. In 1915, according to one source of Slang Hickie or Hickey meant a pimple or generally any skin blemish. The word also came to be used for Rich desserts because they encourage pimples. Hickey had a Large Ora use in those Days. Another use for the word dating Back to the eighteenth Century was to describe some one who was almost drunk. It was associated with Hiccup. Apparently the use of Hickey As the end result of a Long hard suction kiss is entrenched in Canada. A Book on american Slang makes no mention of it in this Way and another Book specifies connotations As being Canadian As Early As 1930. Q. Why does the main Post office in Winnipeg have Only one Telephone line a. A Post office spokesman Points out that while there is Only one number published in the Telephone Book 985-5.181, the Post office has i relay system whereby if 5-181 is Busy the Call automatically proceeds to 5-182, then to 5483 if that s Busy and finally to 5484 that one number actually represents four numbers. The spokes Man says he does receive complaints front time to time but not a sufficient number to make another line necessary. You can Call the free press anytime with your questions. Just dial the letters an it i me. Call the free press a-n-y-7-i-m-e reversing gears to blame in More accidents Detroit a two types of transmissions in some Ford ears and trucks which Are said to slip accidentally into reverse from the Park position May have caused 101 More accidents and 30 More in juries than first reported. However Ford motor co. Said its engineers have no defects in the transmissions and that the problem May be human the new Accident reports were contained in documents filed by Ford at the request of the . National Highway traffic safety administration. The Agency is investigating claims that a defect put the Auto Matic transmissions into reverse causing the vehicles to run Over or crush bystanders the latest Ford documents Indi Cate that such transmission fail ures May have been responsible for at least 277 accidents 100 injuries and nine deaths since 19g6. An unidentified Ford spokesman quoted by the Detroit free press said the company has no plans to recall the vehicles because its Engi neers have found to safety defects. We have established Thal some Drivers Are having the spokesman said. We suspect but have not been Able to confirm it yet that some people Are just not engaging the transmission properly in the Park position. Human error i think is a prime Tion in this problem but what i am telling you is not Ford s new report came in response to the safety Agency s re cent decision to expand its investigation of the possible transmission failures. Keystone House fur Rutur 50 v of Gas at Gal. With Purchase look for the red tag on the furniture in Quantity of Gas related to Cost of item purchased seethe red tags in the store. Up to 50 Gal. Of Gas at 9c Gal. 10o s of sets to choose from easy on the spot credit arrangements notre Dame Keystone House furniture 18 Keewatin St. Pm. 633-9109 Ltd. .1 ;