Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday december 5, 1978 Herrera wins in Venezuela Caracas opposition Leader Luis Herrera Campins claimed Victory in Venezuela s presidential election monday and the manager of his Campaign said the new president would work to improve education and wipe out poverty. Members of the social Christian party took to the streets in Celebration after announcing their count showed Herrera a 53-year-old lawyer and senator with a Lead of votes Over Luis Minerua Ordaz 54, with about two million votes counted. Soviet Maestro in hiding Amsterdam Kirill Kondrashin one of the soviet Union s Foremost symphony conductors went into hiding in the Netherlands on monday and asked for residency on grounds that soviet authorities were stifling his artistic Freedom friends said. Kondrashin 64, former artistic director of Moscow s Bolshoi theatre and once conductor of the soviet symphony orchestra was reported at a secret address in an undisclosed dutch City with his wife Nina. He completed a two week guest engagement conducting the Amsterdam concert Gebow symphony orchestra on saturday night in the Hague. 3 firemen die fighting Blaze Toronto arson is suspected As the cause of the pre Dawn Blaze that raged through a Kimberly Clark of Canada Ltd. Paper warehouse monday leaving three firefighters dead and causing damage. The dead were identified As District chief Lloyd Janes 54, capt. Donald Kerr 46, and firefighter John Clark 44, All of Toronto. Fire officials said the men were killed when stacks of paper Rolls wet and weakened in the firefighting Effort collapsed. Deficit totals billion Ottawa the government s spending deficit in the first seven months of the 1978-79 fiscal year totalled billion the finance department said monday. The deficit is based on revenues of billion Over the period and spending of billion. In the same period a year ago the deficit stood at billion on revenues of billion and spending of billion. Court stays killers execution Salt Lake City Utah the Utah supreme court on monday stayed the execution of convicted killers Dale Pierre and William Andrews less than three Days before they would have been shot. Their lawyers said issues involving race and capital punishment have not been heard. They will be Able to make their arguments in an Appeal before the state supreme court. No Date has been set. Pierre and Andrews both Black were convicted in the torture slayings of three persons during a Holdup in Ogden four years ago. Divorce up marriage Down Ottawa there was a Small increase in the divorce rate and a Large drop in the marriage rate last year statistics Canada reported monday. The Federal Agency recorded a 0.8-per-cent jump in the rate of divorces per people while the rate of marriage per thousand fell by 4.8 per cent last year from 1976 Levels. Grain handling chaotic my Ottawa chaos and confusion in Western Grain handling has reached the Point where the rail ways Are delivering Grain cars where they Are not needed conservative transport critic Don Mazankowski said monday. Several Points in his Central Alberta Riding of Vegreville have received cars although no order for them was made Mazankowski said in the commons. . Journalists strike London Britain s first country wide strike by provincial newspaper journalists started monday to support a claim for More pay. The National Union of journalists Nuj ordered its members from about local papers to strike for a pay increase of a week. The increase would be five times higher than the govern ment s five per cent pay guidelines. China France sign pact Tokyo China and France signed a seven year economic co operation agreement monday and Chi Nese vice Premier Teng Hsiao Ping said his country will buy French equipment for two nuclear Power plants the Hsinhua news Agency reported. The chinese Agency said total Trade Between the two countries Over the seven year period would be about billion. The agreement was signed in peking by the French and chinese Trade ministers. Explosion and fire kill nine Houston an explosion and fire apparently caused by an illegal Gas Hookup swept through a Small Frame House Early monday killing nine Mem Bers of a family including six children investigators said. Four others jumped through windows to escape fire officials said. Compiled from dispatches Al a thousand a Odds 1300 Portage 309 Portage a a o t forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River regions Cloudy with a occasional Snow flurries today. Clearing late in the afternoon. Strong North wind and occasional blowing Snow. Temperatures falling to near c. By evening. Low near c. High near c. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly sunny thursday and Friday. Below Normal temperatures. Northern Manitoba mostly sunny with near Normal temperatures. Northwestern Ontario Snow flurries wednesday and thursday. Clearing Friday. Below Normal tempera Tures. Temperatures following Are the minimum temperatures for the 12-hour period that ended at 7 . Monday and the maximum temperatures for the 12-hour period that ended at 7 . Victoria Vancouver Cal Gidry Regina a Winnipeg Thompson Kenora Brandon to under Bay Toronto Ottawa Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami Minneapolis wow York Phoenix los Angeles Boston London Madrid Moscow Paris Rome Stockholm Tel Aviv Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean dec. -0.3 -16.p -6.3 last 14.4 -25.6 Normal highest on record 8.9 in 1913 lowest on record -31.7 in precipitation total Tor nov 1 to dec. 4 42.9 metres Normal 29 7 ves suites about 66 suites in a provincial government hous ing development at 42 Dogwood drive North Kildonan were without water overnight because of a water main break. The break occurred just after 7 ., according to the City s emergency sewer and water service. The development which is owned by the Winnipeg regional housing authority under the Manitoba housing and renewal corporation is on provincially owned land and is serviced by a private contractor. A work Crew from the City s emergency sewer and water department went to the scene because the Street was flooded. The City controls the water and since the leak was flooding the Street they turned the water off. Arnott Ada e., of will Haven apts Winnipeg. Babyn Frederick 80, of Holiday Haven nursing Home. Bayoumi Frank 85, of Winnipeg widower of Mary Bayoumi. Bazay Peter 68, of 515 Kavanagh Street St. Boniface. Boschmann David 81, of 237 Kingsford Avenue North Kildonan husband of Tina Boschmann. Bourk Theophile 87, of 723 Rathar Avenue fort Rouge widower of Lea Bourk. Chadad Michael Joseph 66, of 1164 Jefferson Avenue suite 205, East Kildonan husband of i Chad dad. Deminick Mary 84, of 4-12 Mcdermot Avenue formerly of the Pas Man., widow of Jack de Minick. Farmer William 88, of Souris District personal care Home formerly of Napinka Man. Gibson Morley Judson 76, of Don Mills ont., formerly of Emerson Man., husband of Pauline Gibson. Goschke William 83, of Ste. Anne Man. Horodyski Anthony 75, of lot 53, St. Norbert Man., husband of Marie Horodyski. Kaczan William 76, of 213 Thorn Avenue West Transcona husband of Maria Kaczan. Mover Wilfred Oliver of 1186 Dorchester Avenue husband of Edna Moyer. Oberg Donald Bond 29, of Penticton b.c., for Merly of Edmonton and Winnipeg. 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