Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday May 31, 1978 briefly train spills deadly chemical Mossy head Fla. About 300 persons were evacuated from their Homes in this Florida Panhandle town tuesday after a Louisville and Nashville in train carrying thousands of Gallons of deadly anhydrous ammonia derailed. No injuries were reported. Long court Case gets longer Vancouver the longest civil suit in Canadian Legal British Columbia Hydro and the builders of the w. A. C. Bennett dam on the peace on its Way to the supreme court of Canada. Three . Court of Appeal judges tuesday agreed the Case which dates Back 11 years has gone on for too. Long and should be heard by the highest court. The court has not said it will hear the Case but that is considered a formality. The latest round in the dispute started in 1975 when . Supreme court ordered Hydro to pay million to Morrison Knudsen chief contractor for the dam for fundamental breach of contract. The Money was awarded for contracts in the construction of the dam s generating station. Banker tests Hanoi reaction Hong Kong a Paris based Chase manhat Tan Bank executive made a secret trip to Hanoi last month and met with top vietnamese officials to discuss establishment of diplomatic relations with the United states a Well informed Western source said tuesday. The source said Ridgway Brewster Knight a former american Diplomat and now Chase Manhattan s director of International relations in Europe spent a week in Vietnam and returned with a personal message for president Carter. Two charged with procuring Hamilton a sergeant of Hamilton Wentworth regional police and a City Man have been charged with procuring prostitutes. Toss raps West role in Africa Moscow the soviet news Agency Tass accused the West tuesday night of seeking to protect imperialist monopolies with a joint african Force to quell insurrections like the one in Zaire. Soviet news Media have depicted the fighting in Zaire As a popular uprising accusing nato of intervention in an internal matter under the pretext of evacuating europeans. Gold bars stolen Val d or que. Police Here Are seeking two masked and armed men who made off with a pickup truck carrying two Gold bars Worth tuesday after overpowering the Driver. 34 killed in clash with army Guatemala City peasants wielding machetes shotguns and Sticks attacked a military outpost in the Northern Highlands but were driven Back by defenders. . Carlos Rene Jaramillo said 34 civilians were killed and 17 wounded in the attack. Tremors shake Nicaragua Managua Nicaragua two Strong Earth tremors Shook Nicaragua within seconds of each other tuesday night. A red Cross spokesman said there were no immediate reports of casualties. Police and red Cross officials reported widespread panic As people rushed out of buildings into the streets. A major earthquake Here in 1972 killed canadians will retain name Quebec City Montreal canadians of the nation Al hockey league will be Able to keep their name even after Quebec becomes Independent. Sport minister Claude Charron said tuesday. Boy killed during exorcism port of Spain Trinidad a woman exorcist killed a 19-year-old boy by dancing on his Chest to drive out evil spirits a Trinidad court was told. Angela Narine s dance fractured the ribs of Eugene Bassano and punctured his lungs witnesses said. She was placed on a Good behaviour Bond for two Vears. Victim get in last lick Mobile Ala. A Man stabbed at a lounge got in the last lick but Only after his assailant shot by police joined him in a Hospital emergency room. The victim saw him and despite his wounds got off a Stretcher and smashed a Glass bottle containing Alco hol Over the assailant s head. Police had to separate the two men who were listed in satisfactory condition tuesday. Ramp names blast victims Little Bay my. Ramp Nave identified the two men killed in an explosion and fire aboard the of boat notre Dame Here monday As Roland Weir. 48. And Ralph King 32. Both of link Bay. The Wen were loading Foel from a trodic Wren the service line free estimates a shop in Home . Service h High l Low director appointed for warehouse theatre Gregory tuck has been made responsible for direction of the Ware House theatre Manitoba theatre Centre s studio theatre it was announced today. Irene began who was resident director of the warehouse resigned in february. Tuck retains his title As assistant to artistic director Arif Hasnain. He directed Snow White and the seven dwarfs the Centre s Christmas show for children in december. Before joining the staff of the Centre tuck attended the University of Manitoba and received a Bachelor of Fine arts degree from the University of Alberta. Postal workers Issue strike warning forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River re Gions Cloudy with intermittent Light rain today and tonight brisk Northeast wind. Continuing Cloudy thursday Clearing by evening. Low tonight near a High thursday near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny with temperatures near seasonal normals Friday saturday and sunday. Northern Manitoba mainly sunny with temperatures a few degrees above seasonal normals. Northwest Ontario mainly sunny with near Normal temperatures. Temperatures following Are the minimum temperatures for the 12-hour period that ended at 6 . Wednesday and the maximum temperatures for tuesday Max. Victoria 20 Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Winnipeg Thompson Kenora Brandon Dauphin Thunder Bay Toronto Ottawa Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami Minneapolis new York Phoenix los Angeles Boston Amsterdam Athens Berlin Helsinki 18 7 10 13 21 12 12 24 24 16 29 32 32 26 29 30 21 28 38 27 26 24 24 25 23 min. 6 9 5 4 6 8 -1 6 Honolulu Lisbon London Madrid Moscow Paris Rome Stockholm Tel Aviv Max. 29 24 23 20 22 25 22 26 34 min. 20 14 12 16 12 13 20 0 19 16 6 20 23 13 16 22 16 18 10 18 12 10 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean May 30 21.2 8.8 15.0 last year 23.0 13.8 18.4 Normal 21.1 7.2 13.9 highest on record 37.8 in 1934 lowest on record -3.9 in 1917 precipitation total for april 1 to May 31 139.6 Milli metres. Normal 94.5 Millimetres. Deaths Bullivant Henrietta of Oakview nursing Home formerly of 35-1 Belvidere Street. Boia widow of Jack bul Livant. Clark James Clifford 74, of 356 Thorn Avenue East Transcona husband of Jean Clark. Derick Marie the Csc 63, of Dauphin Man., wife of Eugene r. Bus Derick. Finney Roy 66, of 568 Agnes Street husband of Blanche Finney. Hanneson Ami Wilfred 61, of Langruth Man., Hus band of Irene Hanneson. Henderson Thomas 98. Of heritage Lodge 3555 Portage Avenue Ljames Assiniboia. For Merly of 111 Cavell drive. Hibner Samuel of White Rock. B.c., husband of Elsie Hibner. Houston Euphemia Jane 89, of Lions Manor. Iwaszewski Claudia Mary 63. Of 627 Fleet ave nue widow of Joseph Haczewski. Kuprych Annie 76, of 1012 Lansdowne Avenue widow of Michael Kun Drych. Mcpherson Kelly 12, of 511 Magnus Avenue son of Lawrence and Florence Mcpherson. Meyer Gertrude Cecilia 84, of Dauphin Man., for Merly of Inwood Man., widow of Hank Meyer. Swiderski Peter 63, of 1015 Burrows Avenue. Thomas Lloyd George 57, of 522 Bannatyne Avenue formerly of Hodgson Man. For further information please Sec classified death notices Ottawa up the Ca Nadian Union of postal work ers cup said tuesday it appears that postmaster general Gilles Lamontagne wants to guarantee a postal strike by proposing to take away rights already gained by mail Sorters and postal clerks. If anyone wants a strike in the Post office it has got to be or. Cup president Jean Claude Par rot said in a press statement. Lamontagne said in the commons monday the Post sex nazi suspect grilled Sao Paulo Reuter brazilian police Are questioning an austrian suspected of being a High ranking officer at the nazi death Camps of Treblinka and so bib or during the second world War. Gustav Franz Wagner sur rendered to police monday and denied allegations by nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal that he was a sub commandant at the polish Camps where millions of jews were murdered. Wagner told a news Confer ence he was a sergeant at sob ibor but never served at Treblinka. But he said he went to Bra Zil in 1950 at the suggestion of nazi War criminal Fritz Stangl who ran both Camps and was extradited to West Germany in 1967. Police said Wagner was not under arrest. Office wants the Freedom to hire casual employees to contract out work and to measure the Quantity and Quality of postal workers production. The postal workers have been without a contract for almost a year and they now Are negotiating with the Post office with the Aid of a three member conciliation Board. The Union has accused the Post office of violating provi Sions in the last contract aimed at protecting employees from Adverse effects of technological change and cutting Down on the use of casual non Union employees when there Are cup Mem Bers available to do the Job. The Post office has denied that it violated the old collective agreement singed in 1975 following a seven week strike. 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