Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 years of women liberation weekend baseball Down to the wire Coupon keeper All the details 56 is Manfor nearing the breakeven Point 16 shoulder Jour Way into fashion Leisure target received per cent of goal the old Block comics 91 classified 58 92 110 def Lens 58 people 2w8 letters 54 movies 46 is 5 Jumble in tit so winners put 2l6 60 sunny Low High 20 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Winnipeg free press final september 15 cents just with coloured comics 86 2 Green Light flashing for overpass project by John Sullivan the Canadian transport commis Sion ctr has approved construction of Winnipeg Long awaited Sherbrook Mcgregor a transport Canada spokesman said the Federal a surface planning officer with the depart said a Green Light recommendation on the Bridge plans by the commission would be waiting for transport minister Otto Lang when he returned to Ottawa Friday after noon from a 24hour visit to Winni asked about the cites application shortly before his Lang told the free press he thought the Etc verdict was already on his although he haunt seen the minister said there is Little doubt he will accept the Lang also said approval of the plans after a year of commission scrutiny will allow him to make a concerted pitch to the Federal trea sury Board for More government funding of the conservatively estimated to Cost Lang would give no hint on his chances of persuading his Treasury Board colleagues to Sweet in the he denied speculation the decision could be tied to the 16 by election in saying he doubts it will come that mayor Robert Steen said its been our understanding that approval for Sherbrook Mcgregor was on langs desk for quite a but we cant do anything until we get our licence to we dont need to wait for the special funding to be but we will continue to press for it any Steen agreed with Lang that approval of the special funds would hold no political mileage for the Liberal 1 find it hard to believe that the Federal government would approve anything like that in Hopes that it would have any effect on the Boniface he the City has asked for a special million project Grant from Ottawa in addition to transportation funds received by the province under the five year Urban transportation assistance program a photo crowds line up in Peters Square Friday to see the body of Pope John Paul i lying in state inside the Basilica in the stunned roman catholics mourn death of John Paul i Church starts process to select new Pope rican City a stunned Linns Thrunn Shmit tha world face still bore his usual 85vcarnld Dean of the Colle Vatican City up a stunned roman Catholic suddenly bereft of its new Leader by the inscrutable designs of mourned Friday the death of Pope John Paul the Humble labourers son whose Brief but cheerful reign had heartened Mil Lions throughout the the 65yearold pontiff was found dead in his bed Friday stricken by a heart attack at 11 the Light was an opened Book of meditations Lay near by said a senior his face still bore his usual John Paul reigned As pontiff of the 700millionmember Church for just 34 the shortest pontificate in modern Providence took him away from us so said Carlo Gonfalon Lyon expresses sorrow services set the people of Manitoba Are profoundly shocked and grieved at the sudden and unexpected death of his holiness Pope John Paul Premier Sterling Lyon there is a deeper Only recently he had brought to his High office a vision of Hope and Promise and a personal Mission to serve All he was a Man of essential who carried within him a Bright vision that renewed the Faith of people the Premier Manitoban joined in paying trib Ute to the spiritual he a state funeral mass for Pope John Paul will be held in Winnipeg this tuesday at at marys the archbishop of George Cardinal was expected to arrive in Rome during the week end for funeral services at the Vati can and to take part in the conclave to select a new a spokesman for the archdiocese of Winnipeg said Friday it had not been determined who would con duct the funeral mass locally in the absence of Cardinal flags at Manitoba legislative building and at government House flew at half Mast Friday in tribute to Pope John Paul 85yearold Dean of the College of we Are All with our eyes turned upward wondering about the inscrutable designs of longtime friends of the who had a history of frail said John Paul May have worked himself to evidently of late he had to undergo efforts and tensions that he probably could not physically said Mario Secre tary to the former Albino Luciani when he was Cardinal of possibly the Burden was too much to Bear for the new commented Viennas Cardinal Franz Koenig upon learning the As it did Only 54 Days ago on the death of 80yearold Pope Paul see world Page 4 Khaled drops in for surgery entourage cuts up Cleveland Cleveland a while saudi arabian King Khaled awaits heart surgery Here his Well protected entourage is spreading Bills throughout renting lavish devouring hamburgers and looking for arabic is a key figure in gaining Arab acceptance of the Camp David framework for a mid dle East few efforts were being spared to make him and his retinue feel comfortable and when he arrived at Cleveland Airport wednesday accompanied by 300 bodyguards and he was greeted by Chip the presidents Khaled has also had the use of a presidential limousine and a secret service Many in his retinue which travelled in three jets Are using the occasion to enjoy and their hotels Are obviously eager to there Here to have a Good Fame and also to he with the King when there said Clair an employee of the Park Plaza who is serving As an inter the retainers Are occupying a refurbished 32room suite at the Cleveland lavish Penthouse suites at the adjacent Park and rooms at three other in a real estate agent has rented 12 Homes to including one in suburban Cleveland Heights for a the Park Plaza provided an Ara Bic menu in every from which visitors could order items by number through a special room service so they know said a hotel offi who suffered a heart at tack in 1970 and underwent open heart surgery in 1972 at the clinic was scheduled to undergo Cor onary bypass surgery especially at this the United states government has an Active interest in pleasing it has been seeking his support for the Camp David Accord Between Egypt and and so far Khaled has not obliged he is one of dozens of sons of the late King Abdul Aziz Ibn founder of the kingdom of saudi Khaled was Horn in just How Many wives he has is also a closely guarded but it is known that the King has seven daughters and five Khaled scrambled signal cuts Rural Cable to by Gary Hunter a dispute Between the Manitoba Telephone system and Winnipeg cab Levision companies scuttled Cable to service to Brandon and Portage la Prairie Friday less than an hour after it went on the according to a spokesman at bran Don fireball 1 of subscribers hooked up and waiting for the likes of Walter won Der the incredible Hulk and Johnny Carsons 16th anniversary tonight show there was a Nice Clear picture for about 45 minutes then it went All like reversed by they were Back to two Gordon director of marketing and administrative ser vice for the Manitoba Telephone sys said Friday night the reason for the Short lived launch of multichannel Cable service to outlying communities was intentional interference with the signal by Winnipeg Cablevision a spokesman for Videon Cable to told the free press they did have the technical wherewithal to scramble the Jack assistant general manager of Videon Cable stopped Short of admitting wilful interference with the signal but said his company Felt no obligation to Supply a Clear signal to the Telephone system for Transfer to Rural Cablevision companies in the absence of serious negotiations Over the cos sharing of a microwave a Baigrie said a letter had been Han delivered to Backhouse Friday afternoon in which the companies said they would be seeking bind ing arbitration under the terms of a contract with the Telephone sys tem for a cos sharing agree Backhouse said the microwave cos sharing lease was about a month he said he had suggested a meeting with Sion companies tuesday to resolve outstanding Baigrie said he found it unbelievable that Backhouse would pro pose negotiations occur after the service has already gone into of together with greater Winnipeg own a television signal collector facility at Tol from the signal is via microwave owned by the Tele phone to distribution Points in the Winnipeg compan ies currently pay the full Cost of the microwave lease and see dispute Page 4 Dollar loses ground Montreal up unexpectedly Low foreign Trade figures sent the Canadian Dollar sliding More than two thirds of a cent against its american counterpart on International Money markets the closing quote on Toronto Interbank wholesale Market the International Hub for Dollar Trad ing was cents Down 16 25ths of a cent from thursdays close of it was the biggest drop in a single Day since february when the Dollar lost 1720ths of a cent before closing at traders said the a gust merchandise Trade announced in Ottawa Early was substantially lower than Market participants had at the same the july deficit originally announced in a gust at was revised to in workers walk out some freight disrupted in railway workers in and Rainy of the Job causing the suspension of some freight trains on the Prairie Region mainline and resulting in the cancellation of the Friday night passenger train from Winnipeg to a in spokesman said yardman and switchman in the three centres had left their jobs in support of a Small group of rail workers in Thunder Bay who have been off the Job since 13 protesting the operation of Coal trains destined for new bulk handling facilities on mis Sion a Union spokesman said late Fri Day workers in Winnipeg were off the Jab for an information he said negotiations were under Way and there was a possibility the work ers would return to their jobs during the neither the company nor the Union could say exactly How Many workers were off the Job the spokesman for the United transportation who asked not to be said the dispute in Thunder Bay concerned working conditions and he said there had already been a few layoffs be cause of the new handling procedure and it was feared More would in a statement released a in spokesman said it is Regretta ble this reduction of service will leave a Large number of other railway employees not involved in the illegal strike action without work to pre the spokesman said the daily via transcontinental passenger service would continue to operate Over com Pany lines As Long As Crews were Grain trains Are still operating to and will continue to do so for As Long As the in statement ;