Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Takeover bid cac fears reduced Competition if the say takeover of Simpsons is a tougher Law needed see Page 57 our town Ondo trash is a group of artists who examine the Rock and Roll condition and the music Cloudy Low Winnipeg free press ski guide Section devoted to skiing Ere to go where to get equipment Mything you need to enjoy Winter 508 pages 3142 november final 64 4 is cents with coloured comics Cabinet receives drastic overhaul Guay loses Post Lalonde Justice Reid Federal provincial Ouellet Public works Conneu labor killings murder trial told by Brian Cole Dorothy a Cher told a woman she was holding at gunpoint last january she and her husband Herbert had nothing to lose because they had already killed two police the first degree murder trial of the couple was told in a quavering Irene Penny testified Archer made the re Mark shortly after she and her Hus band broke into the Penny farmhouse eight Miles East of Virden on High Way 1 and demanded medical supplies and under Cross examination by Jay counsel for a Penny testified the state ment about killing the two police officers was made As More of a threat than an admission that she took part in any Penny was so shaken by the experience that during her testimony Crown counsel Jack Montgomery paused several times to allow her to regain her at one the woman nearly broke into tears when Montgomery asked her to hold a revolver while he moved a few feet away from her in an attempt to gauge the distance Archer had held the gun from her do i have Penny see killings Page 4 by Victor Mackie staff correspondent Ottawa minister tru Deau today announced new appoint ments to his the creation of a new Board of economic development ministers and the disbanding of the ministry of state for Urban Robert president of the Treasury has been named to the new portfolio of president of the Board of economic development min the formation of this Board represents a major change in Cabinet organization designed to focus and strengthen efforts to promote Canad an economic John the member for Kenora Rainy and a Liberal Bac Bencher since 1965 has been named minister of state for Federal provincial he will look after Manitoba interests in the Cabi coming As he does from the Southeast Corner of Ontario bordering senator Joe Guay is no longer a member of the leaving Mani Toba without a direct representation because there Are no Manitoba Liber als in the Guay was minis Ter of National Revenue and continued to serve in that Post when he was named to the other Cabinet appointments Allister Gillespie has been named the minister of state for Sci ence and technology and retains his old portfolio As minister of Energy mines and Martin Oconnell has been named the minister of he was minister of labor in Trudeau Cabi net in 1972 but was Defeated in the 1972 he was reelected in 1974 and has now been taken Back into the he filled a vacancy left by the resignation of John Andre has been named the minister of Public Judd Buchanan was minister of Public works and the minister of state for science and Mark Lalonde has been named minister of Justice and attorney Gen eral of he fills the vacancy left by the resignation of Ron Bas Judd Buchanan has been named president of the Treasury re placing Andras who has been promoted to head the Board of economic development Anthony Abbott has been named minister of National Revenue and retains his other portfolio of minister of state for Small John Reid is promoted from the backbench ers to become minister of state for Federal provincial rela Pierre de Bane has been promoted from the backbench ers he has served As parliamentary Secretary to the external affairs minister and parliamentary Secretary to the minister of state for Urban was born at fort he attended school there and in he attended the University of Manitoba and the University of Toronto where he received an a see tru Pead Page 4 photo auditor general Macdonell prepares to enter the room where he briefed members of parliament thursday before releasing his report to the firing of civil servants urged Ottawa up senior civil servants should be fired if they dont spend Public Money eco efficiently or with proper regard for parliaments auditor general Macdonell said horror stories surface pages 6 and 7 hours after releasing an an Nual report that said Public ser vants have looked at the Federal Treasury As virtually Bottom Macdonell told a news con Ference that senior bureaucrats should be subject to the same rules As their colleagues in Pri vate Many Public servants Are grossly Macdonell those with heavy responsibilities should make salaries Sim Ilar that paid the head of up rail More than a he lets fire them if they dont do a decent see kicking Page 4 wrong time for new Tariff agreement Auto Industry change urged compiled from dispatches Ottawa this is the wrong time to press the United states for imaginative new Auto Trade a government inquiry into the Auto Industry has the commissions recommendation ended speculation that Canada might soon negotiate a larger share of the North american automotive in a bluntly worded 250page report released Simon commissioner of the recommends that Canada act alone where possible to restructure its Automo Tive he says Canadas Best Hope lies in immediate action to build a Strong competitive Auto parts in the commission found the future relatively Bright because of the move towards lighter they will use More aluminium and plastic two Fields in which Canada has an the commission suggests the government Start to encourage existing Auto parts manufacturers and investors from Canada and abroad to invest Large amounts in the develop ment of an Auto parts Industry to serve the expanding Market for Light weight Auto the commission said the govern ment should act to ensure the Neces sary financing is the commission recommends Sev eral Steps the government could make Loans to Auto parts it could set up an innovative Trade arrangement devised by com missioner the government could allow each foreign vehicle producer Volvo or Dat Sun for example to designate one vehicle importer in this importer would shop in the Canadian Market for automotive see Auto Page 4 Reisman action needed now Cost of living figures increase to per cent during october score Board Ottawa up the Cost of living increased slightly during statistics Canada reported the 12month inflation rate Rose to per cent from its september level of per prices Rose in All cities for which the Federal Agency publishes cos of living with increases ranging from per cent in Saskatoon to per cent in the Federal Agency attributed the Rise primarily to higher food prices am the expiry of the sales tax reductions in last Springs Federal budget in six a revised consumer Price Index was used for the first time in calculating the october costo living the Basic change in this months Index is that the items included in the governments Basket of de signed to represent the expenditure patterns of an household was modified to give food a less important role and housing greater promo inside my Calls shortage of Hospital Beds criminal9 by c48y Hunter a medical doctor says an ongoing shortage of Beds for severely ill per sons in Winnipeg hospitals is Crimi Nal and a former president of the Manitoba medical Assoc a fired off a letter to health minister l r Bud Sherman wednesday night after experiencing difficulties in trying to Nave a patient who was suffering from a sub acute Small Bowel obstruction admitted to the Misericordia in his crust said that at 9 wednesday the emergency admitting Ward and the emergency holding unit at the Hospital were full and another six patients were lying on stretchers in the emergency department were the above incidents rare events one could possibly accept the situation As an but it happens week in and week out with depressing crust said that while seriously ill patients Are being denied More than 60 Active treatment Beds at Misericordia Hospital Are occupied by Lon term the time has Long since passed when this government should Autho Rise the Long overdue construction of alternate care facilities for the chronic cases clogging up the acute care Beds of allow Nipes Hospi Ted executive director of the Misericordia said of crusts letter its but its nothing Bartman said a shortage of acute care Beds has occurred on a regu Lar basis Over the past few he agreed that one of the main problems facing his Hospital and other Winnipeg hospitals was the Large number of chronically ill patients who remain in acute care Beds while awaiting placement in nursing he said this problem was most pronounced in the Winter months when Many elderly people who make up the majority of the Chroni Cally ill Are bedridden because of asthmatic conditions and Bro Ken Bones caused by slipping on icy Steps and until a space comes up in a nursing there is really no where else they can he Bartman said Misericordia has 340 Coati Nuth see chronically Page 4 la ;