Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 7, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Getting away from it All turning to retreats for the pause that rejuvenates see Page 49 fun to be snowbound if you be stocked up wintertime tips on staving off starvation see Page 29 in paws Hadw Cloudy High -20, Low -35 Winnipeg free press wednesday february 70-year-old preacher loses his daughter to the Sla see Page 44 final 15 cents vol. 84 no. 109 increased raise prices prof its 21% Ottawa up Canadian companies raised prices last year and increased profits 21 per cent Over the previous year the government s inflation monitoring Agency said tues Day. The Centre for study of inflation and productivity said the 21-per-cent increase for the first nine months of 1978, to billion was made Al though sales had increased Only 11 per cent. The Centre said this indicates higher profits came from higher profit margins. The Centre said although it recognized that profits had to be increased stores increased profits by 87 per cent in the period motor vehicle dealers cleared an additional 42 per cent and food stores 42 per cent. Other retailers showed an increase in profits of 33 per cent the Centre said. Meanwhile in the commons con Sumer affairs minister Warren All Mand gave the opposition vague assurances the government will do something about rapidly rising food prices. Citing weekend reports that beef is expected to Rise in Price by 18 cents a Pound in supermarkets this week new Democrat lome Nystrom from their erratic Levels of the 1970s, Yorkton Melville demanded imme the increase should be gradual so As Diate release of the government s further round of Long awaited food policy. He said it should include some Way to keep major food companies from profiteering at the expense of con Sumers. Nystrom said there is no Good reason for supermarkets to be raising beef prices this week when not to set off a inflation. It said the higher earnings should be at least partially reinvested to create More jobs and contribute to the longer term recovery of the econ omy. The Centre s report singled out for particular notice the 45-per-cent in crease in profits in the retail Trade sector saying that Large department Alphonse Dupuis came from his Brush with death with Only a sore knee after it was jammed under the dashboard in the crash but the Back half of the pickup truck did t fare As Well the cab and that s All there was left. By Keith b. Smith Dupuis was left sitting in changes in the stockyard Price of cattle normally take at least two weeks to reach grocery store shelves. Bouey says Dollar not All that bad Ottawa up Gerald Bouey governor of the Bank of Canada said tuesday the problems of the Canad an Dollar should not be exaggerated and that a stronger currency looks probable for the future. I do not think the situation is All that Bouey told the commons finance committee. I Don t think there should be undue panic about Bouey the senior Public servant responsible for the health of the Dol Lar said the Best Hope for a stronger currency lies in holding Down prices and wages to remain competitive in world markets. He said bigger Trade surpluses would reduce the flow of Money out of the country the major reason for the rapid decline in the value of the Dollar in the last year. He also told the committee in creased exports of natural Gas would be another possible Means of bolster ing the value of the Dollar. Gold reaches record London a the Price of Gold hit a record High of an ounce in London and Zurich today amid continued heavy buying sparked partly by political uncertainty in Iran and the continuing decline of the . Dollar. The . Dollar continued to slip on All of Europe s Money markets and dealers reported buying by Central Banks to Stem the slide. The Dollar also dropped in Tokyo closing at 197.625 yen. Gold a traditional hedge in times of monetary uncertainty opened in London at an ounce above tuesday s closing Price and just Short of monday s record of London s five major Bullion dealers fixed the Price at mid morning at a record but soon after the Price had soared to in what dealers described As a very Busy in Zurich Europe s main Bullion Market Gold hit by mid morn ing. Pickup cab left intact Driver escapes serious injuries As in train slices through truck by Joe Rubin when i regained my senses a Little bit i turned around and noticed that the rest of my truck was Alphonse Dupuis said casually. He was describing How at a Cross ing six Kilometres South of St. Nor Bert tuesday morning a southbound in train split the truck he was driving in half tossing the attached Utility trailer along the track but leaving him miraculously intact. I was crossing kind of slow about 20 Miles an hour i did t see the train because the Snow was blowing so. Bad swirling around the. Tracks and my wind Dupuis recalled. Just when i the tracks 1 peeked to the Side and noticed that the train was right there. What the hell is that train doing Over i wondered so i floored the truck and tried to make it half of the pickup belongs to his Girlfriend made it the other half was smashed. The tandem trailer it was pulling remained on the other Side of the track its empty Box strewn about. The engine was still running when i got across the the track. I turned her off in Case there might be a Gas leak and stayed in the cab until the ambulance Dupuis 25, came away from the mishap with a sore knee the train s Impact i delicately jammed it under Neath the dashboard. Ironically dupuis1 Job is rebuild ing old train cars for in. Is his employer trying to Tell him some thing no he insists laughingly it was just a coincidence. Joggers risk addiction Madison wis. A runners should be aware of the Darker Side of running the Nega Tive addiction that comes with too much emphasis on the two to five hours of exercise High Many runners experience William mor Gan a University of Wisconsin researcher says. Runners who Are hooked seem obsessed with additional workouts More distance and better times All to the self destructive exclusion of family friends and career Morgan said in a recent study. Rejection of loved ones and friends and minimal vocational involvement leaves the exercise addict in much the same place As the alcoholic or heroin he said. The True test of whether a runner is negatively addicted Morgan said is when he or she must Lay off due to injury. Some Doc tors he said have had to put runners in casts to keep them from permanently in Juring themselves. Morgan 43, who describes himself a Hobby Jogger in warm weather but a Cross coun try skier and driveway Snow shovelled in Winter said runners who do 115 to 150 kilo metres a week Are More Likely to become negatively addicted. However he said there is no Way of telling what percentage of runners at any level Are negatively addicted and those who run relatively Little May also be susceptible. The two sure signs of an Adverse addiction he said being unable to Cope with everyday life without a daily run and actual withdrawal when forced to quit such As for injury. The trick Morgan said is to keep running in perspective in relation to its place with family friends and career. The runner should control the running sex the he said. Sim ply asking the question what in the world would i do if suddenly it was no longer possible to would be Lyon blocks Accord on rights Bill concept Sterling Lyon Odd Man out compile d from dispatches Premier Sterling Lyon of Manitoba torpedoed a Federal provincial Accord tuesday that would have Given canadians constitutional guarantees of Basic human political and Legal rights. We do not support the concept of an entrenched Bill of the progressive conservative Premier said moments after other provincial leaders told prime minister Trudeau they would accept a proposal to put such rights beyond the reach of Ordi nary Laws. However at the conclusion of the two Day conference Trudeau said he is pleased with Progress on constitutional change and feels comple Tely free to move unilaterally in reforming areas under Federal Juris diction. The conference made modest Progress on a 14-item Agenda including agreement on a couple of minor Points and near unanimous approval of Trudeau s Long sought goal to write a charter of human rights Inq the Constitution. Deciding where to go from Here poses serious problems for the fed eral Trudeau told re porters. I will report to the Cabinet and we will decide our position from Here on he said the decision when to see Lyon Page 4 chemical treatments fighting lung cancer the Washington Post Washington the first successful chemical treatments Are being reported in some forms of lung cancer the deadliest and most treatment resistant of All major can cers. The Good news is qualified be cause it still affects Only Small numbers of people and much More testing is needed. But it is exciting because it involves some firsts and it offers some Hope where there was very cancer doctors said tues Day summing up the latest results from several medical centres. In three separate developments a preparation of Antigen or Dis ease fighting material from lung can cer tissue developed by or. Ariel Hollingshead of George Washington University Here has achieved a five year survival rate of 80 per cent in 52 patients treated after lung sur Gery at the University of Ottawa in Canada. National cancer Institute Doc tors Here reported that 108 patients with Small or oat cell cancer the form of lung cancer whose cells see chemicals Page 4 scoreboard hockey wha Edmonton Birmingham j new Enoland 5 Quebec 3 sports 77-w inside anytime 7 horoscope.51 j jumble.47 comics tellers.48 crossword.51 television finance Sun Moon rises sets Locking for a violin this want is musical instruments 585 a Ana fort sue for Ira Good con Ilion i we. X Ruby Stratf. 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