Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday november 21, 1978 anytime 269-8463 Robert Jankiewicz q. What Are the High and Low temperatures for summer and Winter at Williams Lake British Columbia a. A British Columbia government tourism office supplies this answer. For summer the average Low is about while the High averages the average Low in Winter is while the average High is f. Q. When was the last year that Nash rambler was made a. An american motors spokesman in Winnipeg says the last Nash rambler was made in 1956. The last Model bearing the name Nash Only was put out in 1954. Q. Who was the Premier of Manitoba before Duff Roblin what was his party a. Before Duff Roblin came to Power the Manitoba Premier was Douglas Lloyd Campbell. Campbell was born May 27, 1895, at flee Island Manitoba. He was educated at local Public schools and at Brandon College. When first elected to the Manitoba Legisla Ture in 1922 in the Lakeside constituency Campbell was a United Farmers candidate and he held the seat for 35 years. Campbell served As minister of agriculture from 1936-1943 in the Bracken Cabinet and from 1943-1948 in the Carson government. He succeeded . Garson As Premier and president of the executive Council in november 1948. His Liber Al progressive administration is said to have Fol Lowed the general policy of his immediate predecessors in office. Campbell lost the Premier s chair in 1958 and resigned from the party leadership in 1961. Married to Gladys Crampton in 1920, the Campbells haves three sons and four daughters. Q. Why is there Cotton seed Oil listed on the ingredients of Sunflower seed packages pack aged by nutty club what is its purpose a. A nutty club spokesman says Cotton seed Oil is used in the roasting process of Sunflower seeds. A very Small Quantity is added to the slurry of Salt and water so the Salt will not crystallize in the roasting process enabling that process to coat the seed with Salt. Q. The soviet Union has its official news Agency Tass and an official government newspaper. Do Canada and the United states have official news agencies and newspapers a. Canada and the United states rely on private Enterprise for their news and do not control on the scale of the soviet Union. Agencies like Canadian press and associated press gather and distribute news Between member papers. Government information is handled through things like news conferences and news releases. Generally the govern ments of both countries do not restrict newspaper Content As is done with soviet publications. Q. Have there been any kidney transplants done in Winnipeg if there have been have they been successful a. A Winnipeg doctor associated with the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian kidney foundation says yes there have been kidney transplants performed in Winnipeg and yes Many have been successful. Between 30 and 35 kidney transplants Are performed a year the doctor says adding that close to 70 per cent of the transplanted kidney Are still functioning in their new environments after two years of ser vice. Q. When was the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancou ver built How Long is it and was it Ever a toll Bridge a. A Vancouver City tourism spokeswoman says the Bridge was completed november 12, 1938. A guiness family from Britain was starting land development in Vancouver s British properties and had to build the Bridge to accommodate that development. It stretches 500 feet 200 feet above the water level from Stanley Park to the North Shore of Vancouver. It was once and May still be the longest suspension Bridge in the British Empire. Tolls were removed from the Bridge in 1963, and May have been As much As 25 cents each Way. Q. Is there an admission charge to the Gates or zoo at Stanley Park who maintains and oper ates it How Many visitors Are attracted to it each year a. There Are no Gates at Stanley Park a Vancou ver City tourism spokeswoman says and there is no admission into the Park or the zoo. There is admission into the aquarium and for the miniature train however. The nine o clock gun by which residents set their watches the lost Lagoon named by Pauline Johnson and now a Bird Sanctuary totem poles lots of Flora and Fauna and the zoo and aquarium make Stanley Park Vancouver s most popular tourist spot. It is run by the City of Vancouver Board of Parks and recreation and neither the Board nor the spokeswoman could come up with exact attendance figures. But both agree that of the tourists attracted to Vancouver every year Stanley Park s tourist Economy Beauty and proximity to downtown attract at least 60 per cent. I can i or Irrer i Russ in Uilah cum dial Chr letters a a y i in i. Cell the free press an it i me City foreign currency debt risky Craik by Debbie Sproat the approximately billion in foreign currency the province owes can be looked at As a debt for every Manitoba citizen or a mortgage of approximately on every Manitoba household finance minister Donald Craik said monday. Craik told an Export seminar sponsored by the Ca Nadian Bankers association and the Canadian Export association that owing this Large amount of foreign currency has made Manitoba quite Vulner Able to change in foreign currency he said the province can make very prudent Deci Sions on investments evaluate things to the nearest one tenth of a percentage when you do a Bond Issue but from there if it s in a foreign currency in the last 12 months you might As Well be standing at a russian Roulette however he said the positive Side of the devaluation of the Canadian Dollar is that it s making local inter ests More competitive with their american counter parts. He cited the million contract recently awarded to flyer Indus tries Ltd. For construction of 144 Seattle diesel transit buses As an example. Manitoba May have the Opportunity to stay there by virtue of the fact the rate of inflation and the cp1 con Sumer Price Index in the United states for the next year or so is predicted at a rate higher than our he said. Craik said financial analysts in the United states have predicted that country is headed for double digit inflation in 1979, while Canada s inflation rate is projected at about eight per cent. Since the United states rate is expected to remain bus firm will hire 200 staff Manitoba s government owned bus company flyer industries Ltd., will in crease its current 270-Mem Ber staff by about 200 to meet a con tract for 144 diesel transit buses awarded to the com Pany last week by the Tran sit commission in Seattle Washington. Sidney Parsons general manager of the Manitoba development corporation said monday that the com Pany began hiring extra staff at its fort Garry component Plant two weeks ago because we knew it was going to go Twenty people have been Iii red so far Parsons said adding that it will be the end of february before the full complement of 200 for both the component and As Sembly plants is hired. He said flyer will recall those employees Laid off by flyer since Spring 1977, before asking for new applicants adding that he re Alizes some of these people will have gone on to new jobs. During the same time period production at the Plant will be stepped up from its current level of three buses a week to two buses each Day. Parsons said these in creases will bring flyer Al most Back to the position it was in before production slowed and the layoffs began. In 1976, the company had 500 employees and produced two buses a Day. If the two bus a Day Paca can be maintained through 1979, he said the operation will be profitable. The com Pany has a deficit of million and expects to lose another million in the current fiscal year. He said the first Seattle buses will be ready for Deli very in april with the remainder to be completed some time before the end of 1979. Work on the Seattle buses will be interspersed with work on smaller orders. Double digit in the for Sheable future this will eventually affect Canada Craik said but in the meantime Canada can take advantage of the current situation to build markets. Manitoba is using these prognostications for the . Economy in analysing the possibility of Selling hydroelectric Power to Northern states he said adding that such sales would help protect Manitoba Power Consumers. If these negotiations come out satisfactorily we can build and build with the knowledge that we know for the next few years what the Impact will be on custom ers in Craik said. Students to protest Pic payment changes University and College students will hold an information picket nov. 28 at the Federal govern ment offices at Edmonton Street and Ellice Avenue to protest changes in manpower training allowances and unemployment insurance. Students from red River Community College and the universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba Are expected to take part in the demonstration at the Macdonald building which houses a Canada employment Centre. Pat Falconer a vice president of the University of Winnipeg students association said monday sever Al people Are scheduled to speak to students at . Nov. 28 in the University of Winnipeg s fourth floor cafeteria. The picket will take place after the meeting. Tony Militano president of the red River Community College student association said two buses will be available to transport College students to the protest. University of Manitoba students will be asked to join As Well. If both the discussions with the states and those with the Western provinces on the possibility of a West Ern Power Grid Are Success Ful he said i can see Manitoba becoming a Power he said the first phase of the Western Power Grid study should be completed by the Middle of january. It will include a discussions of the technical problems involved and the economics of the idea. If the discussion of these two factors makes the idea appear feasible the jurisdictional problems can be discussed he said adding that initial indications Are that these problems May not be As difficult As one would think. Shoppers drug Mart correction in the shoppers drug Mart Money Saver flyer published november 21, 1978, the Christmas tree ornaments 60 my. 9 s advertised at dollars 1.49 Are Plain. Not fancy As depicted. We regret any inconvenience. Credit fonder credit Foncie Thust Cal term investments other terms and interest payment methods available ask Tor ouf brochure. 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