Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday july campsite disaster Vorst Ever in Spain motorists stranded by flood Waters tuesday in downtown Edmonton Are carried to dry land by Canoe. Rainstorm inundated Edmonton Edmonton up a rain storm which soaked Central North Alberta began moving eastward late tuesday. Environment Canada ended the heavy rain warning for the Edmon ton Edson and Western red Deer regions tuesday evening but said the Low pressure area responsible for the storm was moving to Saskatchewan. Meanwhile weather reports and satellite photographs indicated an other severe thunderstorm was moving into an area extending 50 5kiloihetres on either Side of a line extending from Dauphin to the Pas in Western Manitoba. Yorkton in Eastern Saskatchewan was hit by a Brief storm tuesday. With hailstones damaging some cars. Edmonton meanwhile was re covering from the estimated 90 Millimetres of rain which fell in an 18-hour period an amount equal to the average rainfall the City nor Mally gets in the entire month of july. A civic emergency was declared in the City of most of the rain fell in a four hour period tuesday morning Over whelming the City s storm sewer system and sending Runoff flood Waters into streets basements and condominium apartment units. Scores of roads were closed most of them in Low lying areas As the swirling Waters caused mudslides and Cave ins. As miniature lakes built up around railway underpasses and at Bridge approaches City police stepped in to close off All approaches to the North Saskatchewan River Valley which curves through the Centre of the City in an cast West direction. Eight of the nine Bridges across the River were closed to traffic at the height of the flooding although most were reopened As the storm tapered off in the Early afternoon. Firemen 10. Persons from flooded condominiums and private houses some of them from rooftops As they responded to -40 Calls for help. All of the City s water and sanitation Crews were diverted from their Normal duties to help with flood emergencies. An emergency office set up by the City received about 100 Calls an hour in the first three hours of operation. Brief Telephone and Power fail ures were reported and some offices sent employees Home Early. Traffic snarls developed As motorists sought to find routes not affected by flood water. Major sports events were can celled including a Canadian foot Ball league game a women s Golf tournament and a horse racing meet. The provincial government gave passing consideration to the possibility of declaring the City a disaster area but the move was rejected after a report from the disaster services Branch. Deputy Premier Hugh Horner said the storm appeared to be More apparent inconvenience and possible disaster to Only a few but not disaster to a Large Horner said people sometimes jump to a conclusion too quickly. You would Only declare a disaster area if there in fact was a major disaster. If there s flooding and that kind of thing. While it s an inconvenience and maybe a disaster to some it s not a disaster in two people were rescued from the roof of their House in the Mill Creek Ravine area on the South Side of the River Valley tuesday after they were surrounded by flood water. Police said water reached almost to the roof line of the House and the occupants were rescued by firefighters in a boat. The roof of a warehouse belong ing to a department store col lapsed. There was no damage Esti mate available. Cite to was forced to leave the air after the television studio was flooded and some electrical equip ment was damaged. Miniature lakes were formed around Bridge approaches under railway underpasses and at scores of City intersections when the City s sewer system was unable to Cope with the deluge. There were reports of Sheds and cars sliding into the swollen River. One City resident said her neigh Bor s House was half filled with water and that the occupants were trapped inside. The City s new Light rail transit system continued to operate although water dropped from support beams and through in trance Stair Wells forcing commuters to leap Over puddles. Edmonton Telephone reported problems with wet cables and is sued an urgent Appeal to residents not to use their telephones unless absolutely necessary. Lynn Lake two others plug into to network continued committee said. Despite the risk. White said we decided the time had come for us to go ahead and Slop being second class Citi Leaf rapids town councillor Jim Wilson has some reservations about the operation but like most residents generally favors the Opportunity to have a second television station. It smells. It s illegal and All that. But As a subscriber i know that if crts Ever decides to take it off the air without giving us a pretty darned Good alternative they re going to be up against some awfully mad Wilson said. Bill Mcdonald chairman of the Leaf rapids committee said Brough has presented submissions to the crts for licences for his 16 Ontario stations but they Haven t made any ruling yet however the commission has listed seven reasons for rejecting the applications and has called Public hearings in Thunder Bay next october to Bear from anyone interested in establishing stations in those communities. The commission has also indicated they d like to see the Manitoba communities applying for licences to operate inde Pendant of the network. The local groups Aren t enthusiastic about the suggestion. They feel there would be Many complications such As the procurement of tapes which Are now supplied by Brough. They would also be responsible for the maintenance and replacement of equipment they Are amused about the commission s concern with Ike Quality of reception and service they re getting from the network. We be been left out in the cold for so Many years at least they should leave us Kame now that we be found something that suits us a committee member sail and they Aren t impressed with the concern about Canad an came. When you be bad not Henf but Csc to took at for All these years you be got Canadian Content coming out John Dow Bush a part time operator of Ibe Leaf was awl num Tams transmitters m tog flaws Are soap Usu in tapes Winch Mumk a Wax. Cartoon awl game shows awl series such As Rhea. Awl the Partridge it Miffy. App Tate soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko Centre talks to reporters in Geneva. Progress claimed in talks Geneva a the United states and the soviet Union reported steady Progress tuesday in their private three Way negotiations with Britain to ban All nuclear testing but also said some old obstacles still re main. In a report to the first summer session of the Geneva disarmament conference . Ambassador Adrian Fisher said the major summing mock is How to police the treaty and prevent cheating. Denef Upit effective measures on verify Yafim which will promote stability and Mutual is an exceedingly Talf i awl can Pix he soviet chief Delegate v. I. Like aches told the conference that agreement by China and France to observe a comprehensive test ban treaty is As important As the speedy signing of a treaty involving the ., the soviet Union and Britian. France and China two other nuclear weapons Powers did not sign the previous test ban Accord which was approved in it is essential that nuclear tests should be completely Kartell. By All who conduct to Bema us Baches said. He saw there is reason to expect a successful conc Biou to the three Way tales. Britain which Saks Kwh . On essential Points owl not Perl to of around the Camp and Hen exploded. Earlier officials said he Ruck was filled with Tuune Gas but later said it was propylene a colourless Gas obtained in the refining of Petroleum. Antonio Betancurt an offi cer of the guard unit said Rothy Vic Tims were burned beyond he said a search was on for More Vic Tims and that identification of the bodies is going to be really difficult even for their own officials said More than 800 campers were at the site six Kilometres from san Darlos de la capita just South of Here and most of the continued victims including entire families were French West germans britons dutch and belgians. Tarragona is about 80 Kilometres South of Barcelona. Witnesses said the bodies of some victims were Reco Vered from the Mediterranean 150 metres away. It has All been said a municipal policeman who was at the Camp when the explosion occurred. All of a sudden a terrific explosion burst out and flames engulfed us. Cries came out from everywhere in the Camp. People could be seen running in ail directions to safety. Some were Abib. Aid we were helpless to do anything. Ill never be Able to get rid of these horrible lights no matter How Long i the blast which occurred about noon As Many of the campers were having lunch was heard three Kilometres away. The Spanish air ministry dispatched a half dozen Heli copters and the army sent in soldiers to help evacuate the injured and medical authorities issued Calls for blood donors because we Are going to need Large amounts of they also asked for French West German English and dutch interpret ers. Safeway negotiations end without settlement up photo two Days of talks Between Canada Safeway Ltd. And the Union representing about of its Manitoba employees have ended without a settlement. Bernard Christophe president of the retail store employees Union. Local 832, said tuesday the company did not make a substantial change in the offer it made More than 10 Days ago. Christophe said the Union s membership has already seen the details of that offer and did not even request that it be submit Ted for a vote for formal rejection. Talks Are to resume next wednesday at . Christophe said there will be a general membership meeting july 21 to bring workers up to Date on the state of negotiations up to that Point. Akins predicts carpenters will reject contract offer see Page s meanwhile Safeway has opened two More stores in the Winnipeg area bring ing to 13 the total now operating in the City. Also there Are stores open in bran Don Portage la Prairie. Neepawa and Carmen for a provincial total of 18. Company negotiator Victor Pinchin said tuesday 450 Union members have re turned to work across picket lines Ena bling the stores to open. Pinchin said nearly half of the company s 30 Winnipeg outlets Are in operation. He estimated that about of the Union s Safeway membership work in Winnipeg stores so the 450 Back on the Job is a sizable percentage. Christophe denied Pinchin s figures were accurate and said Only 275 to 280 workers have crossed picket lines. He said Only about eight stores could be kept open with the members who have returned to their jobs and to open More stores the company has hired off the streets. Pinchin admitted that some new staff had been hired but he said the number was considerably smaller than the number of regular workers who have crossed picket lines. The Safeway workers have been on strike for about five weeks to Back de mands for higher wages and improved conditions for part time workers. The company s latest offer involved a wage increase of five cents on the top rate in the last four months of the agreement an improvement in vacations but a rider was added to disqualify part time employee who becomes full time from full vacation benefits Christophe said. It included a seven cent increase for head cashier during the first year of the contract and six cents the second year. However the company also asked the Union to sign a letter of understanding to the effect that no workers who had crossed picket lines during the. Strike would be disciplined. The Union originally asked for wage increases of about 12 per cent in the first year of a two year contract and eight per cent in the second. The striking workers have won the sup port of a student organization. The National Union of students is urging members not to Cross the picket line and avoid interfering in the collective bar gaining the Union to which the University of Winnipeg student association belongs has charged Canada Safeway with with Tak ing unfair advantage of the extremely critical student summer employment Situ prices up 9.2 in year continued product prices Rose. Housing costs increased mainly for homeowners accounting for most of the Price increase in items other than food. Statistics Canada said. Prices for some cars were up As Well As for certain clothing train and inter City bus fares. The consumer Price Index stood at 175.1 in june compared with 173.6 in May and 160.3 in june last year. That Means a Standard Basket of consumer goods and services that Cost ii75.m in june was valued at i173.m in May and a year ago. The Sharp Rise in consumer prices comes As the government is dismantling its anti inflation program. The controls imposed in october 1175, were Only partly effective on food prices at any time because they applied Only to processors and distributors. The government now is conducting an in Quiry to determine whether unfair prof it margins Are being earned by he process ing and distributing part of the food Indus try. Open hearings sought by Leech Danson says comment stupid continued Painchaud said tuesday that if Danson was quoted accurately in a Story last thurs Day As saying the unit should be disbanded the comment was Danson emphasized tuesday he did not indicate any plans to disband the regi ment and that the entire incident is an what he had said was that the role of the crack unit one of the Hegent in the armed forces was being re assessed so As to make Max hmm use of the Regn Wewt pah bawl b As saying i am expected to lean example of loyalty to my t a Tiff to. My. Wout can i say 10 Wenj wow Ian Thun Uay. B a certain see continued Gallagher s letter was written hire spouse to statements made by Leech after a commission meeting last month that the City s Legal department would meet Wmk association representatives to discuss eliminating a clause in the City s contract with the association requiring complaint hearings to be closed. In his letter Gallagher said the association objected to Leech s remarks. The letter said the commission has no author Ity to bargain with the association and that Wishful thinking on your Leech s part seems to have replaced after the meeting Leech labelled the letter typical adding that he expected As mock from the association. He said the City s Legal department has t talked to the association formally yet because some members were on vacation. Leech said it is always difficult to negotiate something oat of a contract but if the Public wants the meetings in the open then they should Leech said in an interview. Leech also said that it was a matter of time before All parties will see the Bene fit of holding the meetings in Public. The move to open the meetings comes after a series of free press Ankles on 12 instances of police brutality allegation team with secretly by the Petite Ciummu Sion. Ivc pm pvt 9 ligation unit processed 141 Tomp ainu against numbers in 1997, huh Mikei o assaults. Sixty Cam were a Fem pea Usuf. Only ene of 49 ;