Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vatican secrecy battled 17 4ius co circa 23 rent rebates held Back tax rebel alleges intimidation the bad aspects if Custini Tiofil Reform no crisis brewing for Rural hotels mex bar scope .34 Bride m curies 71 crossword m deaths Fauce for people 2s44 utters 35 a mate movies 32 weather s weather report from Cloudy to Fly 25, Tow 12 Sun rom . . To it a a Winnipeg press or Tiitu non final edition vol.85 no. 239 wednesday july 15 cents 25t with Colo Rcd comics open hearings Wishful thinking the Winnipeg police association has scoffed at the idea of opening Winnipeg police commission disciplinary hearings. But lome Leech councillor and commission chair Man said he is optimistic the association which is the negotiating body for the City s policemen will see the Light and eventually decide to allow the secret meet Ings to be held in Public. The objection was made through association lawyer r. A. Gallagher in a letter made Public during a com Mission s meeting tuesday. See open Page 4 coun. Lorne Leech More feared dead in Spanish explosion blast toll climbs to 125 four convicts escape in prison shootout two dead 4 wounded Montreal up four prisoners escaped from the maximum Security Laval Institute tuesday after a shootout which left two persons dead and another four wounded. Police set up Road blocks around the City in an attempt to Corner Andre Chartrand 23, Jacques Massey 36, Ghislain Gaudet 27, and Pierre Vincent 35, All considered extremely they were still on the Loose Hie tuesday night. Killed in the shootout were Guy Fournier 29, a guard at the prison and Jean Lacha Pelle 41, who was serving a 10-year term for armed robbery. Gerald Marineau regional director of operations for the Federal Penitentiary service said Lachapelle was probably shot by one of the escapees in the heat of Battle. Tuesday s breakout began at . On the second floor of the prison s administration building when five prisoners were being led to the visiting area for a meet ing with their caseworkers. They were armed with makeshift steel rods and at least one had a pistol which he fired at a guard near the Entrance to the visiting area. The four who made the break forced prison personnel to take them to the lower floor. A Brief gun Battle ensued in which Fournier and Lachapelle were instantly killed. Wounded were guards Marc Drouin 22, Richard. Holland 28, and Gaston Langelier 48. An other prisoner was also wounded said Marineau but authorities could not provide details. A the wounded were listed factory condition. Following the gun Battle the four escapees fled through the main Entrance and sprinted across the parking lot outside the Wall. Dodging gunfire from guard towers they seized Jean Vigneault a resident of Chicoutimi que., a visitor at the prison and ordered him to Speed away in his Toyota Corolla. Vigneault was later released unharmed near Montreal s downtown District. Prices up 9.2 in year Tarragona Spain a the Tarragona provincial government estimates that 110 to 125 vacationing Camp ers were killed when a run away truck loaded with Industrial Gas exploded in a campsite on Spain s North East coast tuesday. Police reported earlier that at least 188 persons were killed and they feared the toll would be much higher among the hundreds of campers engulfed in flames. But Early today the Provin Cial government office said 99 bodies had been collected from the campsite More campers died in hospitals and about a dozen were missing. Hundreds of persons were seriously injured police said and some of the victims were blown into the sea by the blast. Flaming Gas from the truck set off a Chain reaction of smaller explosions of campers cooking Gas bottles. One police officer said the scene resembles hell or what we think Bell is a dozen houses near the campsite were destroyed and some of the occupants were killed police said. The blasts demolished about 100 camping trailers. F. A Madrid propylene transportation company Ulster Nas Reu Nidas took responsibility and said an investigation has been ordered to find out what happened. Officials said it was the worst Ever campsite disaster in Spain. Police said the 38-ton propylene truck carrying a sin Gle tank overturned on a Bend in the Road rolled Over the Cement Wall that separated the campsite from up photo rescuers transport a badly burned victim from a bus tuesday to the la be Hospital at Valencia Spain. The Castellon Tarragona Highway and exploded. The truck explosion set off the Chain reaction in hundreds of butane Gas bottles carried by the campers. Medical sources said most of the estimated 300 campers evacuated from the scene suffered extremely serious Burns and Many were about to die. Vicente Mirabel head of a unit for burned people at la be health Centre in Valencia said 40 campers had been admitted and that most of them Are in critical Condi Tion. I Don t think Many will medical sources said Many of the injured campers some with Burns Over 75 per cent of their bodies were taken to hospitals in Valencia tar Ragona Castellon and bar Celona. Witnesses said the truck was travelling at about 64 Kilometres an hour Down the Highway next to the Camp when the Driver apparently lost control of the vehicle. It appears beyond my doubt the tank truck Over turned while taking a Bend and rolled onto the campsite where it a police spokesman said of the Acci Dent. It appears the truck first hit the Cement will see campsite Page 4 Ottawa up sharply higher food prices mainly for beef once again pushed up the inflation rate in june. It now is at its highest level so far this year statistics Canada reported today. The 12-month inflation rate in june was 9.2 per cent up from nine per cent in May. The consumer Price Index the generally accepted measure of inflation Rose by inc lengths of one per cent in june. This follows a 1.4-per-cent increase in May. Supermarket prices for beef cuts were up by 11.1 per cent in the month and now Are 70.3 per cent More expensive than a year ago. The government Agency says. Fresh fruit prices increased especially for apples but prices for fresh vegetables were lower because higher potato prices were More than offset by seasonal declines for lettuce and tomatoes. Fresh fruit prices Are nearly 39 per cent higher now than a year ago. Pork Cost More last month than in May and in three of the Western provinces Dairy see prices Page 4 Deer Lodge nurses walk out admissions halted federally employed registered nurses working at Deer Lodge Hospital in St. James Assiniboia walked off their jobs in support of demands for higher pay tuesday and the Hospital announced it is no longer Able to admit acutely ill patients. Or. J. A. K. Macd Oncil executive medical director of the 366-bcd health institution said acutely ill veterans not now in Deer Lodge should go to Community hospitals in their areas for treatment until the nurses strike is Over. However he said care and treatment for the 252 patients now in Deer Lodge Hospital will continue uninterrupted because 73 of the 180 registered nurses on staff of the Hospital Are so called designated staff and thus prevented from striking by Federal Law. In addition to the designated nurses there Are 12 so called alternatives nurses who can strike and picket but must report for work if any of the designated staff Are acutely ill and cannot come to work. Macd Oncil said the out patient department Day Hospi Tal and Home care As Well As prosthetic service programs of Deer Lodge Hospital will continue operating during the strike. The Winnipeg walkout started at 11 . On orders of the Union s Ottawa head quarters. Towns in North Okay to network Lynn Lake Man. Staff residents Here and in two other Northern Manitoba communities have decided to go ahead with an alternative television network de spite the knowledge it s illegal and the probable opposition by the Canadian radio television and telecommunication commission the three commodities. Lynn Lake. Leaf rapids and Gillam until recently Only serviced by Csc have joined die Toronto based Northern Access network which operates 22 other commodity run stations i Ontario. Saskatchewan and the Northwest territories. The Manitoba stations managed by local committees were set up in Early May of Nowog a visit and by the founder and manager of North Ern Access network David trough whom some residents described As a he Brough told us frankly that his illegal Ali he was a Wake Mel waste of the Leaf paratroops Are staying Danson says Ottawa up defence minister bar Ney Danson moved tuesday to defuse a ing controversy Over the future of the Canadian airborne regiment saying Are no plans to disband or to relocate unit. Danson also told a news conference be recent remarks attributed to col. Acques Painchaud. Commander of the pc Wawa based paratroop regiment that is of should resign Are All a mistake. However Dan Sou made it car approx Ite action will be taken against pain my if statements attributed to him Are to be accurate. See Danson Page 4 Barney Danson Kent to resign As Csc Anchorman Toronto Kent Anchorman for Csc Tiev isms the National says he will leave the Job when his con tract expires november 15. I a Wal be Reading the news after the contract ends although i Way stay on in the news depart nut or elsewhere in the Civ be said in interview tuesday. Kent said be has not yet resided from the Jtb. Sews it recur know on Nash when he left the Csc that he was unhappy the announcer s Job was restricted to news Reading Only without the possibility of Active i eur Ting. But Kent who took Over in november. 1378, when Robertson went to the ctr net work s National news said he feels the Job has swung too much the other Way. If adj Franju there has been much on my part in Many Dif Kent Tloyd said Ferent stories. Stead of spreading my Worobi on air be aude Kent said. 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