Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday december 1, 1978 City gasoline War expensive for wholesalers by James Haggarty gasoline wholesalers lost about in november during the Gas Price War among retail outlets Shel Don Bowles president of Domo Gas said thursday. Although reluctant to confirm the total Dollar loss Imperial Oil s manager of automotive Gary Redfern said there were significant the figure was not a bad but things May be Chang ing for suppliers mean ing higher retail prices. Prices at the pumps Dur ing november were As Low As about 77 cents a gallon but earlier this week Impe rial Oil changed the prices upwards to about 88 cents. The situation is almost As volatile As the product. Bowles said he was get Ting almost hourly reports on current prices around the City Timur Day morn ing and nobody was ready to. Predict the pries of Gas this weekend. Redfern said they were trying to reduce support costs to the dealers by moving the Price up but tiie situation is very sen and they were not willing to leave their Esso dealers High and dry Over the the average wholesale Price in Winnipeg is about 87 tents a gallon and the dealers Are guaranteed a profit margin on the Gas they sell Redfern said. By a Wachniak 6 sons saturday dec. 2nd at 2 . Of 3 pee. Bedroom Ste. Chesler Liell Ste. Kitchen sets color and Bow . Sets radios record players lamps pictures dressers Chi Sis of drawers elec. Range Washer Oil burning space Heater fireplace and grate Book shelves Daven port Metal lockers Beds Odd chairs 8 tables Oak barrel trunks tools dishes clothing and hundreds of other very interesting i w. Auction Saleroom 281 Logan Aye. Phone 943-8321 Sale commences at 1030 a ii. On Small Ware the problem both Gas company officials agreed is that the Winnipeg mar Ket is extremely competitive. Gasoline was being sold All Over the City for less than retail Cost so companies had to so import dealers and lower prices in order to maintain their position in the marketplace. Gasoline should be sell ing at about 93 cents a gallon Bowles said but the prices will continue to be less than wholesale until bankruptcy or sanity returns. Redfern said a Price Dif Ference of one cent Between two dealers located near each other would mean the lower priced dealer could have 10 cars waiting in line and the higher priced Sta Tion would be without customers. Imperial Oil has taken the step this time to try and reduce support to their dealers but Redfern repeatedly said they would t for your Dier and fur Exchange 18o Princess pm. 943-7788 Exchange your hides for mitts or gloves m. J. Beehler Csc. Lab. Wishes to announce the official opening of Beehler and company in the seven Oaks medical dental Centre 1754 main Street r2v1z7 Telephone 339-9158 the gasoline War in Winnipeg has Cost wholesalers an estimated Many of the divestment and closures have been a result of not giving the Motorist the service and sup port he expects Redfern said. Oil companies Don t control the marketplace about 25 per cent of the business is in the hands of private Redfern said. Their aggressive pric ing has been a major Force in the drop of pump prices. Some Are still trying to build volume and Hope they can depend on con Sumer loyalty to hold vol ume when prices Rise again Redfern said. Bowles agreed the Down Ward trend has been influenced by Small name brands but major Oil companies have also contributed to bringing the Cost to below wholesale. If a Small name Brand wants the difference to be two cents a gallon and a major company wants the difference to be one cent a gallon and each try 10 implement their marketing philosophies there is a Price War said Bowles. But Only the major companies can bring prices Back into a reasonable prof it line because the smaller brands can t afford to Start raising prices first he said. Bowles did not feel that the Small name brands were always the instigators of Price wars. Sometimes the majors Are wiping each other out so fast we Are left sitting on the a Price of about 93.9 cents cents a gallon would Start to end the he said. Photos by Gerry Cairns hold out on Price without support indicated by other companies raising their pump prices. We can t afford to sell for he said. The full service station which has higher overhead and therefore higher prices than the self serve operations must give clients full service in order to get them into the Back rooms where the profit margin is greater Redfern said. Flea my irked at collectors Corner Antiques curios collected Lea open wed. Avg. 6 . To 9 . Open saturdays and sundays 12 noon-5 . 324 Young St. 786-4061 just North of Portage ave. Re Loco Mart and of nov. 29, 1978 Spanish Type onions should have read Washington can. No. 1 pineapple should Hava Road Honduras each Limtt oa1vaniho hot warm Nett a Slop Rusty hot water Cravem funnier rus wig and least i your Gay Vantiep fret water Admiral plumbing and heating co. Ltd. 706-8634 Fea sues array Coc up perfect a coupled Range Tirjer get Fader High qua Ity 40mn 2 8 Lens run step Funni winding eco ask about National television s customer charge accounts have a Chance to win a million dollars s8 Sterbrook is. 77s-6188 1m8 Ito get an. Mj-s850 2081 . A. 889-8115 port an. 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We Jcj to ave 3 Cood docs e w e Tyrne you Are very to of co dealers clearance Dan repossession every Sale scum m mini cd Seurat Wem associated Auto auction 769 tache pm 247-9526 lob Laws advertisement of wed., nov. 29th minute maid Orange juice i. Of. Should Hava Road from concentrate Valley farms peas should Hove read Choice peas Polo Park store hours should hero Road 9 . . Won. Thru Effii. 9 . 6 . Sat. Rve Are sorry Lor any inconvenience mused our customers. Ian Young Canadian poet will give readings of his work at . Dec. 7 in room 104, Lockhart Hall at the University of Winnipeg and at 8 . Dec. 8 at Brandon University. The event is sponsored by the faculties of English and religion and by Gay friends of Brandon. Manitoba Highland dancers association will hold its 24th annual tartan Tea and Bazaar from 1 to 4 . Dec. 2 in St. James civic Centre 2055 Ness Avenue. Highland dancers will be featured. Vincent Massey collegiate will hold its annual scholar ship Tea from 2 to . And 7 to . Dec. 7 at Dowker Avenue and Pembina Highway. The glee club and the school band will entertain. The University of Winnipeg singers will present a Christmas candlelight service at . Dec. 7 in Wesley Hall second at the University. Of old people by society hit by Manfred Jager Tim Sale executive director of the social plan Ning Council warned thursday that Canadian society is in danger of starting to warehouse the elderly for want of proper support systems which would enable them to stay Active in their Community As Long As possible. Sale said in an interview politicians and senior civil servants have not yet understood that the need in society has shifted from emphasis on better schools to one on better services for old people whose numbers Are increasing. While creating nursing Home Beds Golem merits have not been establishing enough Home care and sheltered residence services Sale said. The result is a greater than necessary rate of health breakdown followed by a warehousing approach to the old who Start filling up acute care Hospital Beds whose operation costs much More than before the fact support would have. The government does not seem to understand that it s spending the Money anyway Only in the wrong Sale said. At the same time we have a construction Indus try which is dying we have an architectural professor which is dying. To revive them would actually Bene fit the entire Economy of this government arguments that private Industry should be Eft to create such facilities As elderly citizens housing do not hold water Sale said because experience has shown it is not profitable for private Industry. Facilities for the elderly will always have to be subsidized by the Public the planning Council executive said. The need for nursing Home Beds has risen sharply in recent years but not in isolation from the need or Home care senior citizens housing and other Struc Tures that allow the elderly to maintain Independence and dignity for As Long As they possibly Sale said people fall into nursing Homes because of the absence of support services. They fall into ill Ness malnutrition loneliness depression and illness because they Are psychologically isolated and can t Cope. They have no option but to get sick. The system then takes them but inappropriately into an acute care Hospital something which does t save society Money at All and could have been avoid in Winnipeg alone about 700 old people have been approved for placement in nursing Homes. Most of them Are in Hospital. Nursing Homes have an additional 300 names on waiting lists. Sale said about 10 per cent of the Winnipeg popu lation now is aged 65 or older with the level at close to 16 per cent in some Core areas and in the older portions of the West end. Projections Are for an Over All i-3-per-cent rate by the year 2000. While pessimistic for the immediate future Sale said by the time the present Young and mid years generation of canadians reach old age their number will be so Large that the political pressure will be on in full Force and the support structures for them will be there simply because it will be cheaper for the tax payer than having expensive acute care Hospital Beds overflowing with patients who could be in personal care Homes or out in the Community on their term imposed for attempted robbery a 21-year-old Man who told police he tried to Rob a Gas station to pay his rent was sentenced thursday to nine months in a correctional Institute. Crown counsel David Rampersad told county court judge Alan r. Philp that Kenneth gland no fixed address approached a 17-year-old boy working at the Domo station at St. Mary Avenue and Good Street about . Oct. 18, 1977. Gland pulled a knife and demanded Money but the attendant managed to escape Rampersad said. He said gland had a criminal record dating Back to 1972 for mischief narcotics Possession theft and Oiher offences but had never been sent to a Penitentiary. Rampersad asked judge Philp to impose a one year term. Defence counsel Sheldon Pinx called his client a transient alcoholic who had lost control Over his lifes Tyle. He said gland s previous crimes were More a nuisance than a danger to society but he agreed punishment was needed. He recommended a six month to one year term. Besides the nine month Tergo judge Philp sentenced gland to two years supervised probation and recommended he take treatment at the alcoholism foun Dation of Manitoba. Wood burners warned homeowners who Are using Wood burning stoves or fireplaces to supplement Gas furnaces should ensure that enough fresh air is provided Manitoba labor minister Ken Macmaster said thursday. Macmaster said in a statement that a duct for fresh air must be provided to prevent the Wood Burner from causing a reverse draft in the Gas Furnace Chimney. If the Gas Furnace is operating he said the re verse flow of the draft in the Gas Chimney could bring Carbon monoxide the silent into the House. He suggested that anyone using Wood burning appliances and vented Gas equipment should install a pipe from the outside of the House 10 the draft of the Wood Burner ;