Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 9, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Chuck s dreams Huck Liebrock was that most precious of commodities in the Cal a Canadian lineman of Quality. So what happened see Page 15 or. Hockey Dies Jimmy Dunn a Long time executive and supporter of Amateur hockey in Canada has died at the age of 81. See Page 42 he s no Dummy Homer donates his organs to Benefit modern science several times each week see Page 6 jul Jav Rance Clear Low -34, High -24 Winnipeg free press tuesday january 9, 1979 -15 cents coloured comics vol. 86 no. 84 frolicking Snow plow operators Spur productivity probe by Ingeborg Boyens reports of City workers playing Street games with their Snow plows spurred Winnipeg s civic works and operations committee monday into calling a special session to Deal with staff productivity. The committee agreed that squeezing More production out of City staff particularly in View of increased wage demands in 1979, was of prime importance to the City. The City s entire policy for utilization of City staff for operations such As garbage collection Snow removal and construction work May be misguided if reports Are to be believed said committee chairman Gary Filmon. Coun. Harold Piercy told the com Mittee he had been informed that some Snow plow operators were frolicking like Little boys with their other councillors said they had received complaints charging that operators seemed to spend More time on Coffee Breaks than on City streets. As Many As 20 per cent of employees working on Snow Clearing operations booked off sick during the Christmas season. Such reports indicate a serious neglect of responsibility and must be investigated said Filmon Filmon said one City official had told him that on a per unit per Man basis City employees Are Only half As productive As contracted employees in certain areas of Winni Peg however Craig Sor Herville Gen eral manager of works and operations said that internal assessments indicated the department s productivity has been increasing Over the past two years. We had better know about our staff s productivity before we go into wage said Fil Mon. The committee will be presented with additional information on the productivity of staff and the comparative costs of using in House employees or contracting work at its All Day policy session slated for Jan. 29. The objective of the meeting will be to encourage Union representatives to be More responsible in negotiating for 1979 wage Settle ments said Filmon. I Hope the employees will real ize that they May have to work harder if they want these salary the councillor told re porters. The Canadian Union of Public employees representing about employees has indicated it will be asking the City for across the Board biweekly in creases plus 9 per cent. The aver see City Page 4 Shah Sheds vast wealth opens jails Tehran a Shah Moham mad Reza Pahlavi decreed today that All personal property of the Irani an Royal family be turned Over to a Crown sponsored foundation and or dered the release of 266 prisoners convicted by military tribunals. Iran s state radio said the property estimated to be valued at hundreds of millions of dollars was being transferred to the Pahlavi foundation for the use of religious educational so Cial and welfare organizations organized by the people and run by Palace sources said the property includes the Shah s vast Domestic holdings in company stocks Banks factories and land. The moves were announced As the country awaited word on when the Shah intends to go abroad on an extended vacation to remove opposition pressure from the new civilian government of Shahpour Bakhtiar. The National pars news Agency said the 266 prisoners had been held at Tehran s Central police depart ment prison for various offences and had been pardoned by the Shah. Pars attributed the announcement to the Imperial armed forces tribunal. The announcement also said the Pardon of other prisoners was being studied. The government previously had said there were about 200 persons in prison convicted of non capital political offences but today s announce ment did not specify whether the pardoned group comprised included these political prisoners. The divestiture was seen As another step aimed at removing the taint of corruption from the Royal family 64 of whose members have gone abroad since political turmoil mounted Here last fall. This follows a previous Royal de Cree issued last september in which the Shah prohibited members of his family from having business dealings with the government or from control Ling charitable organizations. The pah Vahi foundation was created 18 years ago with a personal Grant of million of the Shah s wealth for use by charitable organizations orphanages and higher education. While Snow covered Tehran was experiencing one of its quietest Days in the last two months there were re ports of at least six deaths in anti Shah violence in the provinces. The state radio said four persons were killed and nine wounded in an attack on a police station at Susan Gard Southwest Iran. Another pro tester was killed in an arson attack on a courthouse in Rezayee near the turkish Border in which All Legal rec ords were reported burned. Members of the Royal family pose for an official photograph monday with Edward Schreyer and his family on the grounds of the Royal estate at Sandringham. They Are left to right Prince Philip Prince Edward Lisa Schreyer 16 Lily Schreyer Jason Schreyer 11 the a photo Queen Karmel Schreyer 14, and Schreyer. The former Manitoba Premier 43, will be installed As Canada s 22nd governor general Jan. 22. The schreyers Are paying a week Long visit to England and Are scheduled to Fly Back to Winnipeg by commercial Jet on Friday. Ramp did t notify exp of fraud count by Cecil Rosner the ramp have charged former Liberal my Mark Smerchanski with fraud but they have never officially notified him his counsel or the Public of their action. The ramp Laid the fraud charge oct. 24 last year but did not request a warrant for arrest or a summons to apprehend Smerchanski. The charge involves an alleged fraud in 1976. Smerchanski s lawyer Charles he band said monday the charge gives ramp an excuse for holding Docu ments which were seized from his client in january 1978. He said his client wants the Chance to Clear his name but cannot do so because the police refuse to proceed with the Case. All of his business is put under a Cloud and they re not giving him an Opportunity to have that Cloud re Huband said. See exp Page 4 Calgary buys buses from flyer Calgary up City Council monday night approved the Purchase of 20 buses from Winnipeg based flyer industries Ltd. At less than apiece just a year and a half after rejecting a Low bid from the firm to Supply buses for Calgary transit. Bill Kuyt City transportation director said the company has made improvements since Council rejected flyer s 1976 bid. Spokesmen for the Manitoba government owned bus firm say the order will sustain the company s business Cycle and help to reduce its deficit. Calgary Council also approved Pur Chase of 37 buses from general motors of Canada Ltd. At slightly More than each. City commissioners had asked Council earlier to approve flyer s bid to build buses at each and pm s bid of apiece. Premiers support freight rate subsidies Grain handling conference backs fair pay for railways by Debbie Sproat and Mary Ann Fitzgerald participants in a top level meeting on Canada s Grain handling and transportation problems appeared to agree monday that the railways must receive adequate compensation for transporting Prairie Grain. West coast or Churchill Page 12 however no solutions were reached on the opening Day of the two Day closed meeting which brought together representatives of Western provincial governments the Federal government the two major railways Grain companies and labor. Everyone recognizes the need to make better arrangements on How the railways should be compensated for handling Federal trans port minister Otto Lang told report ers. Lang said he was interested in a Saskatchewan proposal to preserve the historic Crow nest pass rate for the transport of Prairie Grain and extend it to cover the movement of processed Grain products through a system of Federal and provincial subsidies. The three Prairie premiers agreed the subsidized Crow nest rate must be preserved for Farmers. Premier Allan Blakeney of Saskatchewan proposed that the fed eral government compensate the railways who Are faced with increasing losses for Grain transport. Blakeney also suggested Saskatchewan would relieve the Burden on the Grain transportation system by As sisting in the development of Indus tries which would take Grain out of the Federal system and have it processed into finished products before shipment. Under the plan he said Saskatchewan would pay the railways the Dif Ference Between the compensatory rate for the movement of processed Grain products and a Crow nest re lated rate on these products. Alberta had earlier proposed a sys tem to retain the benefits of the see Lang Page 4 emotional changes questioned pregnancy moods a myth by Debbie Lyon when a pregnant woman is angry or cries Well it s because she s pregnant right not necessarily. Preliminary re search by a University of Winnipeg psychologist suggests the tendency to immediately attribute emotional difficulties to the woman s physical state May be misplaced. Results of a recent Survey by pro Fessor Hilary lips question whether women experience the extensive emotional changes which popular literature says Are part of being people Are primed to pin just about anything a woman says or does on her condition lips says. They May expect and tolerate be Havior that otherwise would t be acceptable. Or they May fail to take the woman s feelings seriously or to discover their real cause. Lips has focused her studies on the psychological and sociological aspects of Normal pregnancies those that Are planned and desired by couples. She Aims to test stereo types about this condition affecting 90 per cent of women some time during their lives. Testing the reactions of University students to pregnancy. In one study students tended to link preg Nancy with negative rather than positive moods and to identify it As a stressful event. Yet a Survey of pregnant women did not pinpoint any great changes in emotions. The women clearly experienced physical adjustments. But their responses to questions de signed to measure feelings did t vary that much from those of their husbands or of two control groups. Of her of Arr inti Lvpl jobless rate drops slightly Ottawa up the unemployment rate dropped two tenths of one per cent in december from no vember to a seasonally adjusted 8.1 per cent statistics Canada reported today. The number unemployed on a seasonally adjusted basis dropped to in december Down from november. 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