Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 14, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Potting jazz into Worts the Bronfman dynasty starts to tray Dally letters to the editor not in Leisure satellites keep earthquake watch per cent of pal 29b till Tor weekend sunny High Low 0 sets pc press final october 18 cents 5m Wolf h Colof fed comics 94 13 a photo Elaine of a thalidomide has changes diapers with her feet thalidomide victim gives Normal birth England a an 18yearold thalidomide victim born without arms gave birth Fri Day to Normal baby Elaine Dale and her ounce daughter Sarah were doing Well at nun Thorpe maternity a spokesman Dale said she has used a life sized doll to practise changing diapers with her she has Learned to clean and write with her she is the second British thalidomide victim to become a said the thalidomide which aids victims of the the first birth 18 months ago was kept secret at the family the drug a sedative produced by a West German was distributed in West United Australia and several other coun tries Between 1958 and it was found to have disastrous effects when taken by pregnant and the babies of Many who took thalidomide were born without limbs or with other a Long court Battle with the drugs British distillers resulted in settlements with about 350 other Dis satisfied parents still seek compel whose Maiden name is went to Public school and became the first British Balido mide victim to pass a driving she used a specially adapted car with foot she met her Peter a 23yearold television Engi at a Fol music gathering and they were married last Elaine wears her wedding ring on a Chain around her Batik of Canada raises interest to record 1014 Ottawa up opposition Eric is greeted fridays move by the Bank of Canada to increase the Bank rate to an historical High of per cent As a sip of government desperation to Rescue the sinking Dol the Central Bank announced Friday evening after the close of Stock and Money markets that the Bank which is used As a base for chartered Banks in determining their interest would go up by three quarters of a per its largest increase this effective this was the fifth time this year the Central Bank has increased its which stood at a postwar High of per cent before the latest the new rate of per cent is the highest the Bank has Ever set since it was created in this is madness in economic poli Treyve already tried this tactic four times this year and it obviously has had a negligible effect on the Why dont they Ever learn said a new democratic party spokes progressive conservative my Walter Baker Grenville Carleton said it is doubtful the Bank rate increase will stabilize the Price of the Dollar on world currency the world sees the kind of eco nomic trouble this country is this is the strongest indicator weve had so far of just How bad the situation really he Gerald of Canada gov explained in a statement that the interest rate margin Between Canada and the United states had to be widened because of Canadas Exchange rate difficulties and balance of payments the increase in the Bank rate will provide room for the necessary adjustments in Canadian interest rates to he the Dollar closed on the International Market at cents unchanged from its level one Day postal workers will be ordered Back Ottawa up leaders of the Canadian Union of postal workers cup gathered this weekend to decide whether to fight or negotiate in the face of the governments threat to introduce backs work legislation prime minister Trudeau told a High school audience Friday i give you my word that postal workers will be ordered Back to their jobs if strikes the government held off the introduction of a Bill until monday to give a new negotiating Effort Between the Union and acting labor minister Andre Ouellet a Chance to Jeanclaude president of met Ouellet briefly Friday and agreed to talk again monday after consulting his National executive Parrot did not say whether Ouellet asked him to Call off the Legal strikes that hit several centres but he told reporters i didst give any Ouellet also refused to discuss de tails of his meeting with the but said in the commons he had expressed concern about the spread ing Union leaders originally had threatened to Call a National strike Mon same Day As 15 Federal by elections if there was no Progress toward a contract Settle locals in a number of including walked out be fore the National strike postmaster general Gilles Lamon Tagne said he Hopes for a negotiated j must that the government must take its responsibilities in the see Trudeau Page 4 Wayne Glowacky photo the threat of National postal strike has customers wondering if their mail will reach its destination in contingency plans prepared by Andy Blicq As Post office employees walked off the Job in Eastern Canada government officials began Assem bling contingency plans in preparation for a nationwide postal a Federal government official in Ottawa said Post office facilities will be used to the maximum for distribution of essential old age family and Veteran cheques will be delivered by mail carriers in Urban while in Rural areas the cheques will be available at government offices at All Levels in Winnipeg Are preparing for the an employment and immigration official said All unemployment insurance cheques will be issued at 460 main Street in Winnipeg and at offices in Rural reporting cards May be dropped off at any Canada manpower a spokesman for the City welfare department said the strike is no problem for people who receive their cheques by mail can pick them up at the City welfare in any Case of arrangements will be made to deliver the for landlords who receive rent cheques directly from the welfare arrangements will be made for them to pick up the cheques at an office on a particular provincial welfare officials say cheques can be picked up at 880 Portage Avenue or 956 and 600 main Street in Winnipeg and at offices outside the for those incapable of picking up see postal Page 4 Boniface rally draws pcs big guns the tories trooped the party colors in Boniface Friday night during a Placar waving rally for by election candidate Jack Boniface Riding packed on a Small makeshift stage in the gymnasium of the Beliveau Junior High school were Federal Leader Joe five Manitoba conservative maps and three would be Winnipeg tory who will have visited All fifteen Ridings where by elections Are being held by election4ay delivered a fighting speech and told the crowd of 600 with Jack Hare and Joe Clark buttons to make sure everyone that has been unhappy with the Trudeau government gets out to he warned that if anti Trudeau votes were split among a number of candidates it might allow the Liber als to win in earlier in his Clark Drew a chuckle from the audience when he said i Boniface is not exactly a Safe conservative the Leader of the official oppose wearing a White Carnation in his Drew the longest applause after a Short speech in French that he ended by in i for one wont Stan for the Liberal government spreading the Rumor that the conservative government is anti French or ant anybody in this coun Lyon introduced Clark to the stand i Groom crowd and said it would be an act of patriotism to defeat the Trudeau business exodus Taxman fault in Toyens outdated is if land asses went is businesses to move of of an already deteriorating spokesman for the now tawn Winjum Peg association said City property m at my estate Vayes have in Soiot paying Isid Noffa Tardif Lyl to Cyl Reni values president of the Teri rating Core said a recently completed investigation of 100 property assessments in Winni pegs downtown has shown some anomalies in said owners of the mall hotel at 469 Portage Avenue pay More taxes on the property than do proprietors of the prestigious Winnipeg no at por Tam and Fugl As buildings on the North Side of Portage Are usually one or two storeys High and therefore have lower building their owners particularly feel the effects of the Over taxing on said this problem has caused the distortion of real estate development in the More and More people Are it More profitable to move the outdated assessment rates with Tam attractive suburb wow Tift w we Many rat of of the have Alii been paying More than businesses at Portage and my said facing of is Gram property in the Iftner City is uie at 25 Portage the completion of two major regional shopping one pro posed vital and the other will Likely Rob the town of As much As two dollars la purchasing he see Pway Page 4 Standard time studded time two further signs of fall came Friday with reminders from the Manitoba government that the pro Vince returns to Standard time m and studded tires can now be put on Manitoban should turn their Hafk an Hiir in Early saw morning at 3 if they want to be under the Oft Wal tune passed in worm Daught saving time is w effect w ail pans of the province 1st period the last w april ending the last sunday a actor superintendents propose new school Calendar Portage la w Manitoba students could be returning in a urn it instead of few w her under a restructured sch loj year too of school supeno Adems mass Treue Igbee under the the traditional 21ftdav War would be reduced if by 10 Days and divided Ioto Dav car Marc car rated he there would be summer holidays during june Ajust july and a month Lon Holiday around Henry superintendent of Valley gardens school said in an interview revised sub Colyear said the change a film nil prese Ottly divided i Taree Oaits with Fao Davs july and wow Augua aft Shorter Breaks at canst Mas the objective Betuod the re Siruc attn we of the school year is to Elul i ;