Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday july 10, 1978 by Ity news Alice Krueger Post office Poser by now Post office officials Are probably so used to hearing complaints about service or Lack thereof what s another one. In recent years Many canadians have come to expect poor mail service and few of us Are surprised anymore when we hear of yet another incident involving the Post office. Nonetheless Here is another one of the Many exam Ples of Post office goof ups and Many of us have lost Faith the mails. Last week the free press picked up several mail bags from the Post office to use for its out going mail. Someone had the foresight to look into the bags before filling them Only to discover they still contained some mail. Two letters to be exact. The sender in both cases was perfect pen stationery co. Of Scarborough Ontario. One was addressed to a certain lome Mccarty of Hilton Beach Ontario and the other was to go to harolds garage also in Hilton Beach. In t that just typical of the Post said perfect pen stationery co. Operations manager . Bedford when we phoned to Tell him we had his letters. Perfect pen stationery is a mail order firm which sends out All kinds of advertising material explained Bedford. While he could t be absolutely sure when the letters were mailed he said it could have been six months ago. He did t seem in the least surprised and said it was t the first time. The company has had All kinds of trouble he said some mail just disappearing. A Post office official in Winnipeg Louis Cyrenne said the letters probably got stuck in the Bottom of the bag and the bag May not have been used for a while. It does happen although he said. This is How the big delays Cyrenne asked that the letters be mailed Back to the Post office. From there they will be sent on to their proper destination accompanied by a letter of apology for the delay he said. That is provided the letters Don t get lost in the shuffle somewhere Between the free press and the Winnipeg Post office. It s Only about three and a half blocks but then stranger things have happened. T with the Commonwealth games in Edmonton just a month away someone is actually starting to take seriously ugandan president Idi Amin s threats to attend the event. Directors of the Canadian air traffic control association announced late last week they had adopted a Resolution calling on the membership to deny air traffic control service in Canadian controlled airspace to any aircraft carrying the Burly Black dictator. Amin has said he plans to visit Edmonton in August to attend the games even though the Canadian govern ment has indicated he s Persona non grata in the country. If Amin tries anyhow. Catch Hopes hell be left circling. That he will even try is a big if. It s probably the same cat and mouse game he played last summer when he said he would attend the Commonwealth conference in London. The association has also requested the More than 50 member associations of the International federation of air traffic controllers associations to take similar action against the ugandan president. So How arc they going to know when he s on Board an incoming night air traffic controllers Don t have Access to passenger lists. Nor is Amin Likely to phone ahead. Catch president . Livingston says no problem. If there s a head of stale on Board the flight plan would indicate he explained in a Telephone Inu Vii a from his Ottawa office. That s Fine As Long As Amin uses an airline which adheres to the International regulations. If he bux7.cs Over in his own Jet which is Likely what he would do if i comes the resolutions in the world Aren t going to Stop him. Is by nov the if traffic controls worrying anyway the coalition on family Law has put out a new bumper sticker who killed family Law Here s some tips to Stop boat theft summer is the Peak season for boat i heft one of the Fps crimes. Pinkerton s. A private Security and firm offers 10 Basic precautions to mini loss be sure All portals Are Boll locked. Use a tempered Shank padlock and Don t hide the padlock key aboard. If coing on a a noise. Leave your cruise plan with a neighbor. On your cruise Check in Wilh friends or family occasionally. Set i of .1 a Sjem of daily surveillance. It unique i is us in fee inc giving of the x-5 comes the visit to he trip to ism to have shows of the a v . A ifs just a a idiot on of i Are prepared to they car. Get 12 color pictures t the by Jen 24 three by fives or the parents and a or fill shots of the wedding for free and the photographer will to four different locations. That s about the Hasie. Many couples Are speeding much my re Han that on anywhere Berle i and according to of downtown More. The same z special package Deal costing s2.5w, of Ckuj no of. So far. Has taken them up on. Once the photos arrive there will be the cast of the albums which come in Brush velvet Satin Rose Wood Grain Etc. And Cost anywhere up to and Between 821 for the Small albums for parents. Having sorted All that out. The couple per haps want to sort Oul of reception plans. Here s where a Hugh chunk of the Money goes. Hotels will charge around a head for a wedding reception which includes the Cost of the Hall or room. Fancy food will Cost More. At those prices. 150 go cols will set mum and dad Back some couples hire a Community or Church Hall for around and Book outside Calr ers at 56 a head but you need lots of guests to make the saving worthwhile. The booze Bill is often shared by both sets of parents but this can Cost the Bride s parents at least another next on the list comes the Bride s dress and tuxedos. Local wedding gown prices Range from si55 to rented tuxes Cost about s if each. All in All this Little lot will come close to Cost ing the Bride s bouquet corsages for both mothers and boutonniere for the entire bridal party will Cost around probably More. Car decorations can be rented for about per car a music Man will play records at the reception for for five hours and presents for he Bride s attendants will Cost about s10-si5 each. Many couple also indulge in a variety of other bridal accessories including ring bearer Pillow Bride s Garter cur Rency envelopes to pay the Clergyman and musicians for wedding memory Book reception pens for signing the guest Book toasting Crystal gob lets and cake knives the wedding cake itself can Cost up to one list expense he marriage a tens. Perhaps the least expensive item of All is a reasonably priced flooded basement owners suing City a group of irate Tyndall Park homeowners whose basements in Northwest Winnipeg have been flooded with raw sewage As Many As four times in the last year is suing the City of Winnipeg for flood damages totalling Dennis Braun spokesman for the group of five homeowners ave nue said in a Telephone interview Friday to hell with the stalling tactics Well have to sue it s the Only Way Well Ever get any Money out of them. They be Given us a different reason every time we be been flooded and it was becoming monotonous. Now that we be got it to court let s see who is to a statement of claim requesting compensation for flood damages suffered Dur ing a downpour sept. 8 has been filed in. Court of Queen s Bench by residents Law yer Ross Nugent followed by the City a statement of defence Braun said. All documents and files relating to the sewer system in Tyndall Park have been requested for examination by Nugent and a representative of the City is scheduled to be questioned in court on aug. 10. Our problem is different than anybody else s in the City or even that of anybody in Tyndall Braun said. We be had five feet of sewer water rising in our basements 24 hours after a. Storm. We be got hit like nobody should their Case prove Braun said he group will definitely go after the City for damages resulting from three other storms. They would t accept claims for any others you re darn right Well go for More if we win this Braun whose Home at 2111 Burrows Avenue has been flooded twice and whose basement has become almost uninhabitable because of the resultant odor Esti mates his share of the claim for compensation to total among his losses he counts two Wash ers two dryers and two Furnace motors plus clothes and Small appliances. It s horrible to have that kind of stuff and have to pay for he said. I m not really interested in the Money As much As i am in having the problem resolved. I be come to expect my base ment to flood All the time now. What i m worried about is the equity in the House the resale value and All meanwhile. Housing minister j. Frank Johnston of Manitoba angrily denied Fri Day that he had promised anything More than the government s moral support 1 for a suit by Tyndall Park residents in a statement earlier this week. Johnston said his remarks in the Legisla Ture had been misinterpreted by the Media and that he clearly stated Only moral backing would be provided not direct financial Aid. Replying to a question from Sidney Green on tuesday John Ston said the province and Marc the Manitoba housing and renewal Corpora Tion will support the people in Tyndall Park if they make representation to the the minister Ako rejected Green s suggestion that the government launch is own suit against the City to recover about in flood damages to nine housing corporation properties in the area saying this would be rather Green who has repeatedly urged compensation for Norih Winnipeg flood Vic Tims said later he did t regard John Ston s denial As Back tracking. Study to look at total Cost u fees by Debbie Lyon Gillies a progressive conservative member of parliament has been commissioned to study a scheme which proposes Ihal student fees not direct government Grants be used to meet a larger part or a crap the total of University costs. Gillies. Former Dean of administrative Stu Dies Ai York University who is nol seek ing re election in his Federal Riding of Don Valley Wili be looking Ai the social eco nomic and political implications of the idea for the 24.000-member Canadian association of University teachers. Israel Cinman. Information officer for the teachers association. Said Friday in a Tele phone interview from Ottawa the proposal is seen As one possible Way to ensure adequate financing for universities in coming years. Called a contingency repayment scheme the two pronged concept envisages an in crease in student fees to meet some or ail of the costs of universities accompanied by a Lolai revamping of Federal provincial Modem Aid programs. Loans under these programs would be repaid according to a student s income level Afler leaving University. The proposal full repayment of att Hosch there Are possible for Starr i of. Par of a loan could be forgiven in f certain kinds of Woric. 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