Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 22, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rich Harvest was a Good year for Manitoba and their Bountiful return is expected to help the Economy see Page 37 Sun dancers members of this Bright new troupe want to share their Joy with children see Page 28 Wane Cloudy low20 a special love Story in her arms she held her firstborn son and they called him if Franuel see Page 8 final december 1978 15 cents 25c with coloured comics 84 71 or knew estimates were Low on Hydro plan by Cecil Rosner former Manitoba premiered Schreyer said thursday he was not told of a key recommendation by a Manitoba Hydro task Force in 1970 which favored proceeding with the Churchill River diversion project be fore Lake Winnipeg and in testimony before the Tritschler commission into the utile Tys Northern Power Schreyer said an investigation would have been warranted if he had been informed of the task Force recommend the former Premier and governor general who turned 43 also said he was aware intuitively that a Cost estimate of vetoing rate increase an error in judgment where its at a map of the Power project see Page 18 million for the massive diversion project was too the final Cost was Schreyer made the comments Dur ing eight hours on the witness stand before the ended its Public hearings until in his testimony and in response to hundreds of he vigorously defended the handling of Hydro affairs by himself and his nip govern the development of the Nelson Schreyer was one of the Best decisions made in the history of this in his Schreyer covered numerous subjects ranging from his anger at Federal government officials for delaying Manitoba negotiations with the Northern flood committee to his sheepish admission at being slow to make Public a report by Eric Kierans which was highly critical of in what May be his last political appearance for the next five Schreyer said his new Job Means he will not be in a position to com ment on the results of the inquiry when they Are the which was set up by the conservative government last has spent considerable time trying to determine the Wisdom of Hydro 1970 decision to proceed with regulation of Lake Winnipeg be fore the Churchill River diversion several witnesses have Testi see Schreyer Page 4 Well hit israeli pm says the Washington Post Jerusalem israeli army artillery units pounded palestinian terrorist strongholds in Southern Lebanon and prime minister Menachem begin warned of further retaliation to bloody aggression following a Fatah terrorist rocket attack on a Northern israeli town across the one civilian was killed and six injured when a Salvo of soviet made Katusha rockets fell on Kiryati Shimona in the Northern tip of less than five Miles from the lebanese the attacks drove thousands More israelis into bomb shelters and damaged a string of that took a direct hit on the israeli military authorities it was the first shelling of Kiryati Shimona which in years past was the object of frequent Fatah attacks since september and it appeared to signal the beginning of a Cycle of terrorist israeli retaliations and palestinian on israeli warplanes attacked suspected palestinian terrorist training bases in three locations in apparently in response to a terrorist bombing monday of a civilian bus in the air strike prompted a condemnation by the state which said in a statement that the retaliatory raid represented an escalating spiral of begin thursday objected to the it is an unjust we do not accept it is unjust because it makes no distinction Between an act of bloody aggression and our legitimate act of National self de photo Soma Bendavid picks up a bloodied article of in the apartment next to hers thursday in Kiryati after guerrillas in Lebanon fired rockets into the killing one speaking at a luncheon meeting with foreign reporters the prime minister from time to there have been people have been children have been and then there is an announcement from the Palestine liberation organization in saying we did we claim we know where the responsibility we know where who give these commands begin his voice revealing controlled i cannot divulge to you How Many murderous attacks we have prevented from being carried the prime minister x army officials said five Katusha rockets fell in the Vicinity of Kiryati supreme court judge from West photo by Gerry Cairns exp remier de Schreyer arrives 15 minutes late at Tritschler Ottawa up the Federal government broke from tradition thurs Day by appointing a third judge from Western Canada to the supreme court of Canada and limiting Ontario representation to Justice minister Marc Lalonde in a two paragraph news release announced the appointment of William Rogers Mclntyre of the British co Lumbia court of appeals to fill the vacancy opening on the court with the 29 resignation of Justice Wishart under the supreme court que Bec is entitled to three represent the practice has been to have two others from Western Canada and one from the Atlantic in an August paper on Constitution Al then Justice minister Otto Lang referred to objections from that the informal system of appointing justices left with no judge on the court since barring unforeseen said this normally would mean could not have a court member score Board hockey nil Boston 4 Colorado Buffalo s Atlanta 4 Montreal 5 Chicago i by islanders 5 Louis 1 Philadelphia 5 Washington 2 los anoles 4 Pittsburgh 1 Istia tournament Canada Sweden 2 detail in pases 45 Asbestos in schools endangering environmentalist say until the retirement of either Justice Ronald Martland Alberta or Justice Brian Dickson Mani the Liberal government solution is to enlarge the court to 11 guaranteeing Quebec four judges and British Columbia the five others would represent other parts of Canada with no guarantees of but the provinces Are contesting of Tawas right to pass legislation changing the courts composition without their could More have survived air crash Calgary up a ministry of transport report says there could have been More than six survivors in the crash of a Pacific Western airlines Boeing 737 Jet aircraft last february if fire fighting facilities at Cranbrook Airport had been Ade fort three persons died in the 11 crash near the British Colum Bia with a stewardess and five passengers the a conditional draft obtained by a Calgary says a number of passengers survived the initial Impact but succumbed to toxic fumes and some could have been saved if proper resuscitation equip ment and sufficient trained personnel had been Rescue efforts were also hampered because a firefighting vehicle Capa ble of negotiating deep Snow was not Airport fire chief George grim stad told an inquest into the crash last May that facilities were far below transport ministry at the time of the crash the Airport had one fire fighter Grimstad and one dry chemical Grimstad said it should have had 11 one truck with a gallon foam capacity and one truck carrying pounds of chemical fire facilities have been upgraded since the the Airport now has eight fire fighters and a foam truck in addition to the chemical the report says fire departments from Cranbrook and Kimberley arrived about 20 minutes after the crash but it was an hour before a Road was cleared through Snow so equip ment could be inside anytime 7 for britae business Jumble comics movies television pm the 3135 my 30 Sun if 44114 80188 is Rte 49s 79717 the Washington Post Washington children in thousands of Public schools across the United states May be exposed to cancer causing the environmental defense fund said the an environmental group of filed a petition with the environmental Protection Agency demanding that the Agency identify All Public schools where Asbestos is a Hazard and require Asbestos manufacturers to make necessary the National education the National Par ent and teachers association and the american federa Tion of teachers also called for immediate Asbestos was frequently sprayed on ceilings and Walls for noise control and Tion until such uses were banned in the United states in fibrous whitish Asbestos has been shown to cause cancer and respiratory problems even where exposure lasts Only in the last few about of the schools in the United states have been inspected almost have been found to have hazardous amounts of Asbestos in the ceilings or in the according to an environmental Protection Agency millions of students Are potentially said environmental defense fund attorney Robert and yet Epa has completely failed to address the the fund has been prodding Epa for six months without Rauch thursdays Peti Tion will allow the fund to go to court in 90 Days to Force the government to children Are particularly vulnerable to Asbestos effects because they breathe More air and have a longer life Span to develop slow growing Rauch the risk of Asbestos caused cancer is greatly increased by smoking and eight million teenagers he Public schools Are Only the tip of the Rauch said other Public Public and private universities and office build Ings across the country were extensively sprayed with Rauch the most significant hazards occur during routine building such As repairing electrical fix when the Asbestos is the dust and flakes get into the air and Are recycled pop saddened by dispute Pope planning to visit Mexico Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii announced today he will travel to Mexico next month to attend the opening of the latin american Bishops conference in and that he is sending an envoy to Argentina and Chile to try to mediate a territorial it will be the pontiffs first trip outside Italy since his election in in addition to the mexican the Pope said he is sending a per Sonal envoy to Argentina and Chile in an attempt to mediate a dispute Between the two South american the Pope expressed sadness and concern Over the which in Voves three tiny islands at the tip of South Chile has said the collapse of negotiations Lead to an armed conflict Between the two ;