Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, May 24, 1978

Issue date: Wednesday, May 24, 1978
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday. May 24. 1978 a of anytime 2698463 by Robert Jankiewicz q. Arc there any Public bomb shelters in Winni Peg a. A spokesman fur the emergency measures organization says any Type of shelter built since the cold War began would serve As Protection against radiation rather than blast. Winnipeg has none of these types of shelters As such but a number of buildings in the City have been surveyed and listed As possible radiation shelters in the event of a nuclear attack. A lot of mass Between yourself and radiation is the Only Way to keep it from you and the spokesman says buildings have that mass providing a Good Protection Factor. There Are no plans in the offing to construct bomb shelters per be. Q. Can a husband who owns an incorporated com Pany hire his wife pay her a salary and claim it on his income tax a. Revenue Canada says generally incorporated companies fall under the limited company classification and employees salaries can certainly be claimed on income tax. Your bookkeeping must be set up As Are those of other companies and you can claim salaries and Send out to slips. You can claim your wife s salary. The same cannot be done for a proprietorship. Q. What is the origin of the name Ontario a. The name of the neighbouring province to our East is of iroquoian origin although the exact derivation is Uncertain. It could be from the Huron word for Lake which is combined with which Means Beautiful. It could also derive from does t seem too Likely the name Champlain applied to what is now Lake Ontario to designate the body of water As the Lake of the senecas or Iroquois. It could also mean rocks standing High or near the water in reference to Niagara Falls. Whatever the name applied to the Lake As Early As 1641, and later to the county East of Toronto. The name was then applied to the province when it joined confederation. Q. Is the Story about the boy who stuck his Finger in Dike in Holland True How old was the boy a. If the Story is True it certainly has All the aspects of legend and if it s just legend then the people of the Netherlands seem to regard it As having some sort of factual base. Whole cities were wiped out in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries when dikes burst and the people of the Netherlands Are understandably appreciative of the spirit of the boy s efforts whether they be fact or fiction. In any Case a statue was erected West of Amsterdam in the City of Haarlem where Frank Serpico lives in self exile from the United states and is inscribed in Honor of this boy who symbolizes the eternal struggle of Holland against the the boy As the Story goes noticed water seeping through a Hole in a Dike and plugged the Hole until help arrived the next Day. He probably would not have been Over 15 years of age to give the Story proper Impact. Q. Can i have some information on the facilities at Hecla Island a. According to the Manitoba vacation guide. Hecla Island is the largest Island on Lake Winnipeg and has rugged and Beautiful Shoreline scenery. Wildlife abounds there with a Large and often visible Moose population. Waterfowl include the rare Western Grebe Bald eagles a great Blue Heron Colony and Black terns. As Well there is a Small archipelago in the Park. There Are 113 campsites and assorted sports facilities including an 18-Hole Golf course with clubhouse and snack bar. Two paved Tennis courts and docks and ramps for routing and sailing. Family vacation Cabins Are Avail Able the Gull Harbor resort hotel. A causeway links the Island to the Mainland. J. What do the letters a w stand for in the restaurant Chain a. The Winnipeg head office of a w says the letters Iro the initials of tin last names of the Twu men who founded the first restaurant in i Mii. Their Nam i were not Albert and Walter but Ailyn and Wright. Q. Is a person born on nov. 22 a Scorpio or a Sagittarius a. If you re born on nov. 22 you re a Scorpio Accord ing to the modern astrological Chart and the daily newspaper Horoscope column. Sagittarius begins the next Day. Nov. 23. Q. How do they raise lower and remove construction cranes a. A spokesman for a Winnipeg construction firm say if the building is not too High another cram can be Iii a to remove one used in construction. Construction cranes can disassemble and it just a matter of lowering one Section at a time. Mobile cranes two to lower construction can reach 200 feet. If the building i too High for this procedure a Derrick n pieced together on the roof of the building and the cram is once again lowered. The Derrick is then disarm mud and lowered by or other Means. Raising a Crane a floor As construction proceeds higher involves jacking through a space left in the floor. Some compan ies raise cranes Only even second floor while others do it even floor. As work is finished on one floor apart the space left in the the Crane is jacked up in Tho next floor and braced with beams. That takes a couple of hours. After this is done the space in the vacated is completed. F Yon can Call the free press anytime with your ones tons. Just dial the letters an it i m a. Call the free press shortage of european wines Likely to continue the shortage of european wines in Manitoba will continue until further supplies at generally higher prices Are made available Louis Teil let chairman of the Manitoba liquor control commis Sion said tuesday. Veillet said there Are "101 reasons for the Stock Short Ages. He said could t come up with any one answer for the Lack of Stock but said shipping problems poor european crops and Supply shortages May have Contri buted to the Lack of european wines in Manitoba stores. The May 16 Price increase caused a bit of a Rush by Consumers trying to get their favorite spirits before the new prices said. A count taken in the liquor commission at 325 Ellice Avenue tuesday morning. Showed More than 100 brands of wine were out of Stock. Another employee who asked not to be named said at least 98 imported and domes tic brands of wine Are temporarily out of Stock at liquor commission warehouses. About half of the european wines carried by the com Mission Are currently out of Stock and the employee said there Are other unavailable brands. Canadian club whiskey Gallons Are totally unavailable and we can t get the Manvin wines bottled in Sel said. A Supply shortage at us distillery is usually the Rea son for Domestic spirit being out of Slock. He said most would be in Stock at the end of the month when the Spring shipment arrives. Liquor commission policy provides for two or ilm i year. Waiki Uii in must cd de Well of i Brand to Burdor the i Mph Chi i said. Many of the brands Are not available because demand has exc i i ded liquor c Ion last sch Alvr. Tin Puiai r i is Mir ski d a ilu1 in pricing Pulin Chr a i Iii in in Tiu an via sold Al lilt smut Price. The Price of old Ami new Wmk was ii it ii sri May Hiki. Jury to begin deliberations on attempted murder Case the trial of Leonard Roy Guthrie charged with at tempting to murder a mid dle aged Milkman five years ago was expected to go to the jury today. The Manitoba court of Queen s Bench jury of eight men and four women heard evidence for five Days last week and the summations of Crown and defence counsel on tuesday. Guthrie 25, is charged with an attack Jan. 25, 1973, on George Devisscher now 50. Guthrie is also charged with conspiring with Johanna Devisscher George de Visscher s wife to kill the Man. A Canada wide War rant has been issued for the woman. Devisscher was attacked Early Jan. 25 at the rear of his residence at 1046 Mcmil Lan Avenue As left to begin his milk route. In his nearly two hour Long summation to the jury Guthrie s defence counsel Greg Brodsky attacked the credibility of Bonnie Gordon a Foster child of the de Visschers and the Crown s chief witness. She testified for a Day last week about the plans of her Foster Mother to kill her Hus band. Guthrie is. Gordon s Boyfriend in 1972, was one of a number of people to whom Johanna Devisscher offered Money to kill her husband according to trial testimony. Brodsky said there were aspects to the Crown s Case not supported by evidence. Any doubt said should go to the accused. But Crown counsel William Morton who conducted the Crown s Case with co counsel Peter Murdock told the jury that any doubt had to be based on reason. He said there were aspects of is. Gordon s testimony that made the entire Story credible. He noted that she d admitted that Guthrie never fought and supported the underdog in an argument something she would t have to say if she were trying to discredit him. Morton also pointed out to the jury that Many of George Man accused of killing wife a 23-year-old Man from fort Alexander Indian Reserve has been charged with second degree murder following the shooting tuesday morning of his wife. Ramp said Barbara Joan Twoheart 21, Mother of three children was shot with a .308 calibre Rifle. The incident occurred about . In fort Alexander town site during a Domestic argument the spokesman said. Edwin John Twoheart has been charged with murder. Vandalism suspected in garage fire vandalism is suspected in a fire which destroyed a garage and garbage Container at the rear of 462 Jaulneau Street about . Tuesday afternoon. A Winnipeg fire department spokesman said the fire caused about damage. It is under investigation. Deaths Bedwell Paula Ruth. 17, of no Adamar Road suite 105, wife of George bed Well. Bjorn son Bjorns. 73. Of Riverton. Man. Bold. David a. 70. Of 61 Lloyd Street husband of Martha Meta Boyd. Chirlet Nee Maen Houdt Clemintina Maria sol. Of Roblin Boule Vard. Formerly of Swan Luke. Man., and St. Boni face. Desjarlais. Marie Char Lotte. Is. Of Portage la Prairie. Man., formerly of St. Eti stache Man. Fraser Elizabeth 78, of 555 Forrest Avenue West Kildonan. Grimes s.j., father John j., 69, of Vancouver. Heather. Margaret h., 33, of Lorette. Man., wife of Wilbert Heather. Hodges. Sheila Ruth 13. Of Appling. Georgia Daugh Ter of Anna and Ray Hodges. Hutchison John Mcewen. K5. Of 2ko Nassau Street widower of Fern Hutchison. Jack Max Louis. 85. Of Winkler. Man., formerly of Plum Coulee. Man., Hus band of Emma Mantey Lackman. Kerelko. Arthur. 73, of Kenora. Ont. , Adrien so. Of 234 Hamel Avenue. St. Boniface husband of Anne Lloyd. Mary Ann 8ft. Of heritage Lodge. Luczkiw Annie. 72. Of 245 Kimberley Avenue East Kildonan. Widow of Nick Kristy. 7 months of Winnipeg daughter of Margarrt and Keith Lent Machdanz. Alfred 56. Of Eam so Virk. Man., Bas bated Mary Mac Baffi. May lean. Mad Anice ?7. Newton Fredrick Leon Ard 72, of Steinbach. Man. Pearson Myrtle 69, of Regent Avenue West Transcona wife of Herbert g. Pearson. Pollok Elizabeth 90. Of 1010 Fleming Avenue East Kildonan widow of fre Derick Pollok. Polsky Gertrude Radley. Robert Alex Ander in of Stonewall. Man., husband of Connie Radley. Remillard Alexandre 75. Of 218 traverse Avenue St. Boniface Hus band of Albertine Mcmil lard. Robinson Alan 60. Of 187 Garry Street. Rutledge lome 40, of Birch River Man. St. Hilaire Bessie of Victoria wife of Maurice St. Hilaric. Sanborn Paul 70, of 1211 Downing Street widower of Lillian san bum. Siulte Christina 70, of 528 Hudson Street. Suite 216. Fort Garry. Shyly , father Stephen 65. Of Toronto. Singer Pitcl of Monash Manor formerly of 430 Avenue. Stark Emil. Of 489 Holmes Street. Stewart Herbert. 7s. Of 555 Burnell Street suite 914, husband of Ada Stewart. Taylor Cecil Charles 73. Of 351 Hartford Avenue. West Kildonan. Husband of Audrey Taylor. Trupp Carla a Arfisa of Calgary formerly of Ston email. Man., daughter of Lloyd and Edna Trupp. Wawryk. Bill 53. Of cow Ley. Alta. Husband of Yvonne Wawryk. Want. Maria 85. Of afr we avenge. Watt Teaspoon. Wiliard 82. Of get Nora mar. Z01tmay. Betty 53. 1 Ewo May a color6usst s Stop smoking kit one Steo at a time 5 by water Pik limit 2 with hit Coupon i Coupon customs. Cash in Mav 27 1976 i instant print camera by Kodak i Imil 1 this col pm for Vars ;