Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Who is where Swift Canadian meat workers reopen talks Ages 13 Tor 24 weather report from 3 celtic musical mixture pays off 26 garment Industry Hurt by negative views Page child nutrition Book recalled after death 6 Cloudy Low 10, High 22 Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises t.s6 . Sets . Winnipeg free press anytime.7 Bio Dex horoscope.29 bridge.28 comics.10 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 tuesday july 18, 1978 15 cents 25c with coloured comics Eddie Meyers of 34 Majorka place stares at his roofless Home in the Maples area. Other had to Clear debris from their Yards. By Paul delete and Wayne Glowocki 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 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 his single Storey Home at 3-4 major Ca place when the storm hit. I heard a bang. He said the ceiling of the Kitchen dropped but he did t realize the extent of the damage until he went in m the living room which had lost the ceiling and roof and stood exposed to the sky. David Bibby who lives at 738 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. 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 Ilu Garden of another House. The two Storey House immediately beside the Meyer sat 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 so Brekken in toe Careen City area. Youth survives 360-metre fall scores baseball american league Oakland 5 Toronto 3 Texas 2 Baltimore 0 Kansas City 9 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 los Angeles s Chicano 2 Pittsburgh 8 san Oneco 7 Houston 2 Philadelphia 1 san Francisco 9 St. Louis 7 Atlanta 3-4 new York 0-7 details in sports pages 57-62 looking for motorcycle this want and under motorcycles 735 74 750 Honda com cite v customised. S2.300 or Best offer. Pm. M2 5z32. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section pages 38 53. 55 62 63 to matter what you need of cup save with free press want ads. Shobdon England a Jon Athan Lowies. 18, 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 dangling 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 going 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 i fit leg. Hobbling around his Home with his leg in plaster he told reporters of his Freak escape after jumping from a Cessna aircraft above the 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 slew 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 u agrees 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. West Germany. Japan Britain. France and Italy committed each country to action president Jimmy car Ter said the United states will reduce its big Trade Defi Cit the source of inflation and instability of Dollar by reducing Oitim ports 2.5 million barrels a Day by 1985. The Domestic Oil Price would Rise to world Levels by 1980 to encourage conservation. Prime minister Takeo Fukuda said Japan will Cut its Trade surplus of More than so billion by importing More foreign products uranium aircraft and Oil and by temporarily holding exports at 1977 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 Stal de government target but is far above the 2.8 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 take the Steps they have promised. The seven leaders have see . Page judge raps City in Street death the City of Winnipeg was negligent in the death of a 2i-year-Oid 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 16. The inquest absolved the Driver of the car that hit Smith at 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. Ife 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 was negligent in leaving seven feet of water in a St. Boniface swimming Pool surrounded by a Fence that Cou d easily be scaled by a child. His comments came after an inquest into the death of Kevin Proulx 6. Who drowned in the Pool May 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 acres of farm land on the ochre River belonging to Norman Thompson Roland Thompson and Ritchie. Land was ordered expropriated two years ago As part of a project to construct a s2.4 million dam on the Vermilion River to Supply Dauphin with water. Judge Wilson said the decision to take the land by 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 Zafiu acquisition act gave then Public works min ister Russell Doern any other minister a Case for 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 Only by the requirement to pay for what is see Dauphin Page 4 Driver in 17-shot Chase jailed for six months by Brian Cole a 19-year-old 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 Trude sentenced Colin Erickson to five months in jail for criminal nepali Gonce and one month for refits inc to fake a breath analysis test after last dec. In and for driving without a licence. He will be 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 26, testified they firc a it 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 Trudf-1 said in handing sentence that Erickson had Ai tempted of hit the officers and the officers did nothing wrong when they fired at the car. The incident began Between and . In Riverton and continued on a Frozen River before ending 50 minutes later when the car went out of control and hit a ditch. The shooting started after Erick min took the car off the Road and on to the icelandic River. At this Point the officers separated and Beean searching along the River for the car. During the search Anderson spoiled a car operated by Jack fur Ala 21, of Riverton. Anderson testified he was attempting to search this vehicle when another car came towards him. He said the car forcing him to jump to avoid being hit. Anderson said he fired three shots at the car As in drove away Hining 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 11 times at the car. The two officers then pot into their Cruiser and eventually caught up with the fugitive car after it pot stuck in a ditch. Did you know the free press will deliver time Magazine to jut doer see Page 9 ;