Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 7, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday october 7, 1978 briefly China backs Mideast peace Rome chinese foreign minister Huang Hua took a positive View of the Middle East peace agreements Between Egypt and Israel when he met with italian foreign minister Arnaldo Forlani on Friday informed sources said however Huang said that if All sides involved in the conflict were not included in the peace efforts the door might be opened to soviet interference the sources said. Huang said he Hopes the United states would succeed in inducing Israel to accept Palestin Ian and Arab demands. Mediators arrive in Managua Managua diplomats from the United states Guatemala and the dominican Republic arrived Friday to try to mediate and end to the bloody conflict Between president Anastasio Somoza and groups demanding his resignation. We have a Complete vision of the seriousness of the nicaraguan Alfredo Olio the Guate Malan mediator said. We know it is a delicate situation and if everyone gets together 1 think that we can reach a peaceful n. Y. Times suit settled new York a class action suit charging the times with discrimination on the basis of sex was settled Friday with the newspaper s agreement to modify an existing affirmative action plan and to pay in annuities to Long term women employees. The times agreed that Over the next four years it will attempt to place women in a certain percentage of openings in each of about two dozen categories including top management. Respirator shut off Man Dies Lauderdale lakes Fla. A 73-year old Man who sued successfully to have a Respirator keeping him alive removed died Friday 41 hours after the apparatus was taken off. Abe Perlmutter a retired new York City cab Driver who suffered a chronic disease of the nervous system himself removed the Respirator that had forced air into his lungs and kept him alive. High India death toll feared new Delhi at least 380 persons have died in nine Days of flooding across densely populated West Bangal and the death toll May reach stale finance minister Ashok Mitra said Friday. Describing the flood As seen from the air he said it seemed that the Ray of Bengal has been thrust up wards by 200 Miles the state is one vast Sheet of Back to work order lifted Washington a Federal judge who or dered striking rail clerks Back to work last week lifted his order Friday after accepting a Union and Industry agreement for preserving a fill Day labor peace. . District judge Aubrey Robinson with Drew his temporary restraining order and cancelled an oct. 10 hearing on an Industry request for a permanent injunction. Quebec cancels airman pact Quebec the Quebec government has decided to cancel a six year old agreement with air Canada for travel services to civil servants and to Transfer the business to three private travel Agen cies. As of nov. I Quebec civil servants who travel to business will no longer go through the federally owned airline to Purchase their tickets says fran Coise Gauthier head of a new Quebec government travel service. Guatemala violence 11 Guatemala City five Days of Street Battles Between police and rioters protesting a five cent boost in bus fares have killed 11 persons and injured 300 others the National police reported Fri Day. They said 700 persons were arrested. Since the City Council doubled the fare to 10 cents last monday in the first increase in 40 years Stu dents and workers have taken to the streets of this Central american capital every Day erecting Barri Cades hailing buses my slashing their tires. Pol most used banned drug cd Ottawa cannabis remains the most widely used of All prohibited drugs in 1977 and is Landing More people than Ever before the courts the health department said Friday. New figures on drug convictions released by the department showed a total of with involving cannabis. Rampage draws confinement Toronto prisoners in a Toronto jail were locked in their cells All week after they went on Thi rampage last weekend to protest overcrowding and soggy cookies served at dinner a guard at he Toronto West detention Centre says. The guard who did not wish to he identified said More than 100 prisoners smashed windows threw food and barricaded themselves in part of the suburban Toronto jail. The Centre s superintendent Reg Barrett denied there had been a disturbance and said prisoners had been confined to their cells because of renovations to one area. Compiled from dispatches Jevc exclusively at 1300 Portage 786-6541 1979 new concepts in audio 943-5531 3 the i Nippy weather threatens to end this year s Long Frost free period by j. H. Judson october opened with a week of Cool wet weather but Frost has missed Winnipeg so far. However Frost threatened to nip the City Early this weekend. Killing Frost has stayed away longer than usual this year. Normally Winnipeg has a first Frost near sept. 25, and a Frost free period of about 130 Days from about May 17. This year the last killing Frost in Spring occurred on april 21, which stretches the growing season to 169 Days. In 1922, the longest Frost free period totalled 173 Days and it ran from april 26 to oct. 17. The shortest season was 92 Days in 1901, when last Frost was june 7 and first fall Frost sept. 8. This week began with Brief warm weather. Sun Day was the warmest Day of the week when temperatures ranged from c up to 18" with a southerly wind. Winds shifted to flow out of the North on monday and brought a Cooling trend. Temperatures ranged from to and 1 my of rain was measured from evening rain showers. Tuesday was the coolest Day with a maximum of Only and northwesterly winds of 30 Kilometres per hour. Rain showers amounted 10 2.7 my. Wednesday and thursday continued Cool and wet with temperatures from to rain showers amounted to 1.2 my As winds continued out of the Northwest. Temperature readings on Friday failed to Rise above and winds continued out of the Northeast. Outlook for the next few Days indicates Early Satur Day will be the coldest time with a warming trend developing during the Long weekend. Temperatures Are expected to Rise gradually above Normal. Normally temperatures in the second week of octo Ber average from overnight lows of 1.7" to after noon highs of warmest oct. 8 occurred in 1975 at but in 1876 it dropped to a frosty minus forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River re Gions mainly sunny today clouding Over in the evening. Brisk South winding the afternoon. High near near c. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba occasional Cloudy periods Sun Day. Sunny monday and tuesday. Temperatures near Normal. Northern Manitoba mostly Cloudy ail three Days. Chance of showers sunday. Temperatures near Normal. Northwest Ontario occasional Cloudy periods sunday and monday. Sunny tuesday. Normal temperatures. Temperatures following Are the minimum temperatures for the 12 hour period that ended at 7 . Friday and Thi maximum temperatures for the 12-hour period that ended at 7 . Residents halt proposed school a Al Victoria Vancouver Edmonton Roaina Winnipeg Rhom Drion Keno i bran Ion it Lurchin Thunder Liiv Toronto Montreal Halifax Chiaccio Miami Minn Hul sink Honolulu Lisbon London Madrid Moscow Paris Rome Stockholm Tel Aviv York Pilot clix los Boston Amsterdam at Tiv. Berlin Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Moan oct 6. 13.1 1.0 last year 6.6 -0.2 3.2 Normal 13.9 2.r 8.3 highest on record 30.0 in lowest on record in 1896 precipitation total Lor april i to oct. 6 3ii3.5 Milli metres Normal 38j.3 Millimetres. By Noelle Boughton non treaty residents of Cross Lake won a minor Victory in stopping the area s Indian band from constructing a new school on the reservation when it presented the band Council with a list of demands thursday Cross Lake Community Council advisor Don settee said in a Telephone interview Friday. Settee said the Federal Treasury Board has approved a department of Northern affairs proposal made on behalf of the Indian band for a new school but stipulated that the Federal and provincial governments must share the Cost of building the new Complex. He said the Indian band Council just assumed the province would agree to this arrangement but pressure from Cross Lake s 300 non treaty residents has kept the agreement from being automatic. Settee explained that the Frontier school division Beech Martha limn a Glover of North Vancouver . Black Heather Lynn 30 of Calgary alia., for Merly of Winnipeg. Brodsky Maria 84, of Steinbach Man., widow of Abram f. Brodsky. Clark Ernest l., 95, of heritage Lodge nursing Home 3555 Portage ave nue. Feider Fred 64, of 341 Wallace Avenue fast St. Paul husband of Mary Feider. Flett Alfred Frederick 78, of 1794 Portage ave nue. Suite 3, St. James Assiniboia husband of Irene Flett. Deaths Foster Nee Leeder Gloria Gladys 5-1, of 255 Garfield Street. Gregoire Alice 65, of 261 Goulet Street suite 135, St. Boniface. Hyman Solomon 80, of 555 River Avenue Hus band of Elsie Hyman. Locke Margaret Jane 95, widow of William Francis Locke. Machura Samuel 03, of Toronto ont., formerly of River Lon Man., Hus band of Dorothy Machura. Myers Vera Grace wife of Bob Myers. Reichert Joseph 64, of 815 Machray Avenue husband of Josephine reichor. Rioux Yvonne Marie 72, of 203 Victoria Avenue East Transcona. Robertson Hannah 61, of 113 Essex Avenue St. Vital widow of Frank b. Robertson. Savinkoff Peter 60, of had Ashville Man., Hus band of Anna Savinkoff. Sim Olive m., 74, of Thorn Dale Avenue widow of Alexander g. Sim. Taylor Lawrence Mccallman 68, of Winni Peg husband of Helen Taylor. For further information please see classified death notices rain causes Prairie wheat to sprout parasitic disease the Prairie wheat crop has been hit by ergot a parasitic fungus growth that normally attacks Only Rye says Vern Duke chief Grain inspector for the Ca Nadian Grain commission. He said there is some incidence of ergot being re ported in Alberta but it is progressing in Eastern Saskatchewan and throughout Manitoba. Before ergot Rye May be used it must undergo special cleaning to remove Black seed like fungi called found in the Grain. Bread from ergot Grain May be harmful to preg Nant women. It is used medically to induce abortions. The hallucinatory drug Ltd is also extracted from ergot. Duke said the prolonged Damp weather last Spring which brought on a record wheat crop was largely responsible for the spread of the fungus. Injured youths in fair condition two of seven juveniles injured in a single vehicle Accident near Dauphin last saturday remain in Hospi Tal according to ramp. The Driver Kevin Eagle 16, and Jackie Friesen 14, were severely injured when the car went out of control and rolled in a ditch. They Are now listed in fair Condi Tion. Treated and released from Hospital were David Malowski 15 Danny Van Alstyne 12 Bonnie Smith 14 Calvin Eagle 14 and Laurie Dodds Foot specialist consultant or. Pollock podiatrist Abbey foot clinic mpg. Wrote the Treasury Board on sept. 27 that it would not share the Cost of the new school until the non treaty residents were allowed a Cess to the schools. He said that the Community s school is situated on the reservation and the in Dian band has been shutting it Down whenever it wants to without notifying the non treaty residents. Settee said it was discovered that he band has been Over stepping its authority Only the minister of Edu cation can legally close a school. The non treaty Resi settee said lire outnumbered 9 to i by treaty indians in the com halted the proposal for a new school by presenting a list of de mands to the Indian band Council on thursday. Settee said the demands included the band Council will no longer be Able to Stop non treaty children from going to school in the future All schools and school properties must be on legally Neutral grounds All Access roads and conveyances to schools and school properties must be on legally Neutral grounds 9 the non treaty Resi dents must be forever assured that they will always have a say in whatever decisions affect the Educa Tion of i heir children whether it be on a school Board or Korv ise q and teachers and other school personnel must be forever free from Unwar ranted incas set it. 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