Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday december 1, 1978 City arrests begin in pulp Mill Brawl Kenora Kenora police began arresting striking members of the lumber and Sawmill workers Union thursday in connection with a wednesday morning Brawl at the Boise Cascade Canada Ltd. Newsprint Mill. Deputy police chief Walter Mychalyszyn said three men were arrested during the afternoon and there were arrest warrants for three others. Of the three arrested two Are charged with Obsi Ruc in the free press see Coupon on Page 28 Tion of Justice and one with assaulting a police officer. A total of 21 charges of obstruction of Justice As Sault mischief and wilful damage Are pending against 12 men As a result of the Brawl. Those charged will probably appear monday mom ing in Kenora provincial magistrate s court Mycha Byshyn said. The Brawl erupted about 8 . Wednesday when an estimated 200 pulp and sulphate workers members of local 1330 United paper workers International Union crossing a picket line of 75 strikers at the i. Of involved were 25 Ontario provincial police and Kenora police. Company personnel emerged from the Mill at the Start of the Brawl and sprayed the Melee with hoses. According to Wilf Mclntyre Steward of the strik ing Union about 30 or 40 men from local 1330 got through the picket line. No one was seriously Hurt on either said according to both Mclntyre and the police. Four hours later 12-ton Rolls of newsprint were set afire on Mill property by what Mychalyszyn termed a fire and the fire department found some milk Cartons smelling of a flammable liquid at the events police said. Wednesday s Gle 3e9ui" rests his laurels after eating 226 become first Oyster eating Champion. The contest was hosted by an Ottawa restaurant wednesday where a total of Mollus were devoured. 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M new Mil head Macmaster meet visit our showroom and ask for a demonstration drive on the spot financing with Bank rates on approved credit. Open Hon. To thurs. Friday saturday till 6. Repair All makes models Good service 4 Bodywork. Phone Tor appointment. By Mary Ann Fitzgerald the Manitoba federation of labor called on the provincial government thurs Day to boost the province s minimum wage and to tighten controls Over allowable Lead Levels in Industrial plants. The Call was made in the first official meeting be tween labor minister Ken Macmaster newly named to the Post and recently elected Mil president Dick Martin. The two men Are both former steel workers Union presidents from Thompson taking on roles on different sides of the table. Martin during the meeting the presents mini Brief Mil presented what Martin termed a mini Brief a prelude to the organization s official Brief to Cabi net in the new year to make Macmaster aware of its concerns. The mini Brief asked for Assurance that legislation presently an the statute books is enforced and that any planned legislative changes Are to the better ment of All Manitoba following the 70-minute meeting Martin said he re minded Macmaster of a statement by his predecessor Norma Price that to Manitoban on the minimum wage would t get an increase until the province s Economy was Back on a sound track. We see that statements by Premier Sterling Lyon say he views the Manitoba Economy is Back on a sound track we suggested it is High time for the mini mum wage to be placed on a sound track mar tin said. In a separate interview Macmaster said he did t want to comment on the possibility of an increase in the minimum wage now Frozen for two years for fear of pre Empting the report of the minimum wage Board expected shortly. We will Deal with the recommendations of the he said. Martin said he told the minister the United states health and safety administration had just Cut in half allowable Safe limits of Lead Content in the air and that Manitoba in the past has followed the . Regulations. In a separate interview Macmaster said he would Check it out along with Manitoba s practices in the past. The Mil said that Lead poisoning in the workplace which took headlines last Spring is not a dead Issue. It is one we Hope that you As the new minister of labor will investigate vigorously and boldly. The Mil wish to know what Steps have been taken to Correct these intolerable Lead poisoning Environ ments in Manitoba. What has the government done to have Industry clean up its act so that no Lead Poison ing threat is made on the workers their families or surrounding neighbourhoods of polluting the Brief said. Last Spring former workplace health and safety Divi Sion director Victor Rabinovitch claimed there were More workers in Manitoba with blood Levels of Lead above the Poteet threshold than there were in More highly industrialized Britian with a considerably larger popu lation. The government s medical health consultants denied that Lead poisoning was a serious problem Macmaster and Martin who have known each other for a number of years said they hoped meaningful Dia Logue could be established despite the fact they Are now on opposite ends of the political spectrum. We did t shout at each other this morning which is a positive Martin said. We recognize him As minister of labor. We Don t come Here just to jaw. We come Here to produce results. We want to give him a fair Chance to know our position and respond to it. We will treat him just As we would treat a minister of labor under the Macmaster said in the past he had sat through Many meetings myself on the other Side of the table presenting briefs to former ministers of labor i understand the aspirations of the people who were Here today. Pool fees could take higher jump o j a increased indoor Pool admission rates May take a bigger bite from the swimmer than expected. The executive policy committee thursday sharpened further what had been an average 25-per-cent increase when proposed by recreation committee last month. If approved by Council next week the new fees will take effect Jan. 1, 1979. For single admissions students under 18 years old will pay 70 cents instead of 35 cents they pay at present adults seniors 50 cents and children 12 and under 25 cents. Prices for a special Book of tickets in lieu of family passes also will increase adults students and children five years ago when rates were last increased Imei tical life a direct line Fob the medically helpless emergency Medicine line doctor relatives neighbors several emergency Calls Are made automatically Over your pres ent Telephone line just As if you dialled them yourself yet you can be up to 300 feet away from your Telephone National answering Dir. Of National typewriter a office equipment Ltd. 639 Portage ave. Pm. 786-6611 admissions rental fees instruction and other charges earned the City about 38 per cent of the Cost of running the eight pools open at the time. In 1978, a Survey of the same indoor pools showed Only 23 per cent of the million in operating costs was being recovered by admission and other charges to users. Four new pools since 1974 have added million to the total annual Pool operating costs. Coun. Abe Yanofsky keeping an Eye on the City s goal of bringing in a hold the line budget said the rates must help pay a greater share of Pool operating costs otherwise the general Mill rate would have to shoulder increased costs especially in heating. Coun. Jim Ernst Mill called the in creases very nominal and said kids go Down and spend on pinball and could easily withstand the proposed Pool rates. Resigning Whitehead Lawrence Whitehead has withdrawn his resignation As president of the Manitoba Indian brotherhood even though Northern Manitoba Indian chiefs voted wednesday to accept it. In a statement thursday Whitehead said after considering a number of factors i have decided not to put in my resignation. Instead i am requesting an assessment and an evaluation of my leadership qualities not Only for my self but the whole executive should get an evaluation. "1 wish to make it Clear to the chiefs of Manitoba that i will not be chief Moses Okimow of god s River Indian band said Whitehead offered to resign at a chiefs Confer ence in Winnipeg last summer. Whitehead has been president Tor More than three years and his leadership was challenged As weak and ineffective. As a result he offered to resign. Trie chiefs said the resignation should be effective dec. 5. When a three Day chiefs conference starts in Winnipeg. Whitehead s press release also said if an expression of dramatic change is being considered by the North Region of the mib than i expect that dra Matic changes should take place and i will propose that at the chiefs conference on dec. 5 8. However if a change is expected they should not try to get rid of a Leader but rather recognize an Indian Leader who is trying his. Best and expect dramatic changes can be made in the whole process of Indian ;