Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba V v who is where Hub bomb i Swift meat workers reopen talks i on the cheap celtic musical mixture pays off 26 25 s Tel 34 a garment Industry Hurt child nutrition Book by negative views recalled after death 6 weather report from Cloudy Low 10, High 22 Sun rises sets . Moon Rise . . Winnipeg free press anytime.1 Bio Dex horoscope.29 comics.54 crossword.29 deaths.5, 38 finance.34-37 for people.25-31 jumble.40 movies.31 television.30 weather.5 final edition vol. 85 no. 244 v tuesday july 18, 1978 is cents 2w with coloured comics Eddie movers Toft of 34 Majorca place stares at his roofless Home in the Maples area. Others had to Clear debris from their Yards. C photo by Paul Deleske and Wayne Glowack roof ripped off As storm hits City by Philip Rodgers the storm that hit Southeastern Manitoba monday afternoon appeared to Centre on Winnipeg where it closed a revival meeting and made at least one family Home less. The storm with Tornado Force winds also caused extensive dam age to the Oasis resort North of Winnipeg off Highway .59, upturn ing trailers two of which were hit by falling Trees. From reports after the storm no one was injured and damage was scattered with Trees and Hydro lines Down and some minor flood ing. According to a witness lightning struck a revival meeting tent on Mcphillips Street near Garden City shopping Centre bringing the i.ti50-seat tent Down. A spokesman for the crusade said later the meeting would be held in the Marlborough hotel. In Winnipeg at the height of the storm about . What appeared to be a Tornado struck a House in the Maples ripping the roof off. An adjacent House was also damaged to a lesser extent but other houses on the Street and adjoining streets were untouched. De Meyers was in the Kitchen of Riis single Storey Home at 34 major Ca place when the storm hit heard a bang. He said the ceiling of the Kitchen dropped but he did t realize the extent of the damage until he went into the living room which had lost the ceiling and roof and stood exposed to the sky. David Bibby who lives at Sheppard Street about two blocks from the Meyers Home said he had gone to close the window on his screen door before joining his family in the basement when he saw what he later Learned was the the Meyers roof Fly 50 to 100 feet in the air. First i saw a couple of shingles Fly up then a Trail of More shingles two by fours and what had been insulation and then an another Bun most of the roofing including a Carport ended up behind the House in the Garden of another House. The two Storey House immediately beside the at 31 major Ca was the Only other House in the immediate area to be damaged at All losing most of its shingles and had windows blown or battered in. Meyers who built his House four years ago estimated the damage at about see roof Page 4 the storm damaged a Large tent and scattered chairs of evangelist Max Solbrekken in the Garden City area. Know the scores baseball american Oakland 5 toronto3 Texas 2 Baltimore 0 Kansas City 1 new York 7 Milwaukee 6 Chicago 1 Boston 3 Minnesota 2 Detroit 4 California 3 Cleveland 5 Seattle 2 National league Cincinnati 8 Montreal 6 anodes 5 cynic too 2 Pittsburgh 8 san Diego 7 Houston 2 Philadelphia i san Francisco 9 St. Louis 7 Atlanta 3-4 new York 0-7 details in sports paves 57 youth survives 360-metre fall Shobdon. England a Jon Athan Vowles. 16. Plunged 360 metres monday after his first Parachute jump went wrong but escaped death when he crashed through the skylight of an air Field hangar and his Parachute lines snagged. Jonathan was left handling less than one metre from the hangar s Cement floor when his lines caught on the Bro Ken skylight Frame. It looked like he was Guing to hit the Metal roof of the a witness re ported. But he crashed through the tiny skylight and his lines caught. If he d hit the floor he d have been Jonathan one of six schoolboys who volunteered to jump with the army s flying bugles skydiving team suffered Only strained ligaments in his Rig lit iff.-. Hobbling around his Home with his leg in plaster he told reporters of Freak escape after jumping from a Cessna aircraft above this Airfield Northwest of London. I pulled the ripcord. But the main Parachute failed to open properly when one of the lines looped he said. I pulled the emergency Chute at about feet 360 but it also Mal functioned and wrapped around he added although my main Chute was Only partly opened it was just enough to slow my fall. The next thing i knew i d crashed through the skylight and was hanging from my Jonathan said he plans to join the army but one thing s for sure i won t apply to join the paratroop to Cut Back Oil imports Bonn up leaders of the seven major Industrial countries agreed monday on specific measures to combat inflation unemployment and lagging economic growth. Prime minister Trudeau of Canada said they would mean a healthier world econ omy which would translate into stronger growth and Cre ate More jobs for canadians. Because Trade has a Large part in our Prosperity and because we Are so interdependent there can be no doubt it will be of Benefit to he told a press con Ference shortly after the two Day Summit meeting. The final communique is sued by the leaders of Canada the United states. Germany. Japan. Britain. France and Italy committed each country 1" action president Jimmy car Ter said the United Stales will reduce its big Trade Defi Cit the source of inflation and instability of the . Dollar by reducing Oil imports 2.5 million barrels a Day by 19n5. The Domestic Oil Price would Rise to world Levels by 19x0 to encourage conservation. Prime minister Takeo Fukuda said Japan will Cut its Trade surplus of More than billion by importing More foreign products uranium aircraft and Oil and by temporarily holding exports at 1077 Levels. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said he will propose measures to stimulate con Sumer demand and growth in West German production. The other countries Ada Britain France and Italy made a commitment to stronger Domestic growth while ensuring inflation does not get out of control. The communique said can Ada reaffirmed its intention within the limits permitted by the need to contain and reduce inflation to achieve a growth rate of five per this has Long been the stated government target but is far above the 2.h per cent annual growth rate shown in the first Quarter this year. Asked if he plans specific budgetary measures to at Tain the growth target. Tru Deau indicated he has none. But he said he expects the growth rate to increase in the last part of the year partly because of a stronger International Economy. The communique contained the most detailed set of commitments to emerge from an economic Summit the fourth since 1975 and the third to which Canada has been invited. The leaders said it reflects recognition that High sounding promises Are useless without agree ment for specific actions. Trudeau said each Leader had come knowing he would be asked to give ground. He said there was Strong pressure on Japan the United states and West Ger Many the most economic ally powerful to take the Steps they have promised. The seven leaders have see . Page i judge raps City in Street death the City of Winnipeg was negligent in the death of j 21-year-old City employee who was killed while paint ing Road markings last month. Chief provincial judge Harold Gyles ruled monday. Gyles said the City should have provided its employee with proper reflective clothing while he was working at night and used More care in condoning off Street lanes. Gyles judgment came at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of Ronald Cameron Smith june in. The inquest absolved the Driver of the car that hit Smith Ai the Corner of Portage Avenue and Thompson Road of blame. The judge said he was surprised Winnipeg has t studied safety measures employed in other Canadian cities designed to protect employees engaged in such work. He said the City should adopt some of the Road safety recommendations outlined by a labor department spokesman s report at the inquest. Road painting Crews should be protected by a series of signs starting 800 feet from the work site As outlined in City of Winnipeg manuals. Gyles said. Gyles comments marked the second time in a week that the City was cited for negligence. Judge William Marantz ruled last wednesday the City Xvi negligent in leaving seven feet of water in a St. Boniface swimming Pool surrounded by a Fence that could easily be scaled by a child. His comments came after an inquest into the death of Kevin Proulx. To. Who drowned in the Pool 27. Expropriation ordered halted by Cecil Rosner conservative member of parliament Gordon Ritchie and two other Dauphin area residents have won a Legal Battle to save their land from what a judge termed an arbitrary and unfair attempt at expropriation by Manitoba s former new democratic party government. Or. Justice James Wilson of court of Queen s Bench set aside a government order expropriating to acres of farm land on the ochre River belonging to Norman Thompson. Roland Thompson and Ritchie. The land was ordered expropriated two years ago As part of a project to construct a s2.t million dam on the Vermillion River to Supply Dauphin with water. Judge Wilson said the decision to take the land order in Council was arbitrary in that the land was t strictly necessary for the dam project. The judge said that unclear definitions in the provincial land acquisition act gave then Public works min ister Russell Doern or any other minister a Case Lor arguing that he could take land when and where he this situation the judge said might be viewed As tantamount to the re introduction of feudalism softened on by the requirement to pay for what is see Dauphin Page i Driver in 17-shot Chase jailed for six months looking for a motorcycle this want and under motorcycles 74 7so Honda Corno Letell Cumo s2.3no or Best offer. Pm. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section pages w 5.1. 55 36. S2 c.1 no matter what you need shop save with fret press want by Brian Cole a Riverton Man was sentenced to six months in jail monday on charges stemming from a Chase in which ramp fired 17 shots at a car driven by the Man. Provincial judge Robert Trudel sentenced Colin Erickson to five months in jail for criminal negligence and one month for Refus ing to take a breath analysis after the Chase last dec. 11 and for driving without a licence. He will be under two years probation after serving his sentence. Defence lawyer Sheldon said notice of Appeal was filed monday afternoon. Last month ramp officers Wyman Sangster. 22, and William Anderson. 2fi. Testified they fired 17 shots at the car. They knew the Driver and a 17-year-old passenger lived in the Riverton area. During the trial. Pinx said the officers had Over reacted. But Trudel said in handing Down sentence thai , it tempted in hit the officers and the officers did nothing wrung when they fired at the car. The incident began Between 2 3d and 3 30 . In Riverton and continued a Frozen River before ending so minutes later when the car went out of control and hit a ditch. The shooting started after Erick son took the car off the Road and on to the icelandic River. At this Point the officer separated and re Izan searching along the River for the car. During the search Anderson spotted a car operated by Jack fur Gaia. 21. Of Riverton. Anderson testified he was attempting to search this vehicle when another car came towards him. He said the tar fish tailed. Forcing him to jump to avoid being hit. Anderson said he fired three shots at the car As it drove away hitting a rear tire and fender after this. Sangster joined an Derson. At this Point the car came toward them again. Sangster Testi fied that both officers waved their flashlights but the car kept coming and both had to jump to avoid being hit. As the car continued both offi cers shot n times at the car. The two officers then not into their Cruiser and eventually caught up with the fugitive car after it cot Stirk in a ditch did you know the free press will deliver time Magazine to your door. 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