Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 28, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday february 28, 1079 govt. Can do little9 about Lead poisoning by Manfred Jager if a physician diagnoses Lead poisoning in a patient there s not very much the provincial government can do about it except to note that such a diagnosis is Only in that physician s opinion and might not be borne out by other doctors labor minister Ken Mac master told the Manitoba legislature tuesday. What the government can do however is assure the Public that government Industry employees and their unions in the Lead pro Chc appointment Messing Industry Are Mak ing considerable headway in cleaning up Lead contamination. Macmaster made his statement in reply to a de Mand for a Royal commis Sion into Industrial Lead contamination made last Friday by nip labor critic Jay Cowan. Macmaster was in his Thompson constituency when the Call for an inquiry was raised in the House. If the opposition claimed there were 14 cases of diag nosed Lead poisoning in one Winnipeg foundry so far his year versus Only four such cases during All of 1978, Macmaster told the Louse he would have to take that exactly As what it is namely the informed and Learned opinion of one Doc Tor. People with a Lead con sent of .08 milligrams per 100 Grams of blood however while in a doctor s Opin Ion needing de leading injections do not necessarily suffer from clinical symptoms which would make Christine d. Mere Willynn in rain. Chairman at the Board of directors of Central mortgage ind housing corporation announces the appointment of Christine d. Mckee of Winnipeg As u member of the corporation s Board of directors. A social scientist. She is assistant director of the Institute of studies. Winni Peg. Born in Sheffield England she graduated Ironi the University of birding Ham where she was a lecturer and senior research associate until 1974. In i47s she was awarded a Chc scholar ship to undertake a comparative study of Canadian and British housing pro Grams for Low income people. She was a member of the Owca single Parent hous ing i ask Torix and. Since 1974. Has presided Oxer the Board of directors. Winnipeg Home Impi Xemena project she is a member of the Board of directors of i he Winnipeg Art caller a. Say no to needless guilt How much needless guilt do you Burden yourself with each Day do you find that these painful twinges of shame or fear sap your ener Gies und too often bring on useless anger and resent ment or make you feel fragile and unsure of your self March Reader s digest pinpoints three main Cate Gories of unnecessary guilt for you guilt that arises from imagined or exaggerated shortcomings and pro Vides you with tested hints to help you break the Crip pling chains of inhibition. Find out How you can Lead a More guilt tree existence by putting your feelings in perspective. By concentrating on the goals and people most meaningful to you by learning to spot people who want you to feel blame worthy and by freeing yourself of conformist de mands. Read say no to needless guilt one of Over 25 articles and features in March Reader s digest. At your newsstand today them sick and keep them from carrying on with a Normal routine said Mac master. While the Laboratory re ports on workers diag nosed by or. Percy Decter a Winnipeg orthopaedic sur Geon indicated Levels of excess Lead absorption the diagnosis of Lead poisoning is a medical judgement and cannot be confirmed by my Macmaster said in reply to a specific question Cowan had asked Friday. Similarly the treat ment of Lead poisoning is also a medical judgement and the department cannot confirm that the treatment was the labor minister said. Manitoba insurance surplus million the Manitoba Public insurance corporation Pic showed a Mil lion surplus for the year ending oct. 31, 1978 million profit on its aut Opac insurance and a surplus on its Gen eral insurance business. These figures from the corporation s annual report tabled in legislature tues Day indicate a decrease in profits from the previous year when aut Opac s sur plus was million and general insurance showed a million profit for a total surplus in 1977 of million. The report noted that a topic s net surplus this year enabled the Corpora Tion to increase catastrophe reserves to million and contingency reserves to million As Well As allocate million to the rate stabilization Reserve. Aut Opac claims in creased from to 000 for 1977-78. In both automobile and Christina Harrison a Beauty Queen from the North of England tosses her Pancake to celebrate her selection As Winner of the Beauty contest in London s annual shrove tuesday Pancake race. The event was held at Lincoln s inn Jenpeo construction plans called Overly optimistic9 Las assure to broadcast rights in House by Manfred Jager the Manitoba legislature s House rules committee has shored up the rights of television broadcasters in the House rights the broadcasters Felt they had All along. At a meeting tuesday the committee assured to stations they can film any part of proceedings consid ered newsworthy. The matter had come up in the House last week after television coverage of opposition Leader Howard Paw Ley s criticism to the throne speech was Cut off three minutes after Pawley began speaking. The incident was later attributed to a misunderstanding Between House speaker Harry Graham and a few progressive conserva Tive front benches. When the matter came up in rules committee tuesday Inkster new Democrat Sidney Green reminded members that an agreement made with television outlets one year ago did not stipulate any restrictions on what was to be covered As Long As Only one camera was in the Legisla Tive chamber behind the speaker s chair and no Competition Between television stations ensued. Limiting television now would upset him Green said. We gave them Access to the chamber As Long As there is Only one camera involved because of our physical limitations. Whether they make use of the arrangement is up to in other business the rules committee agreed to leave proper attire in the House up to the discretion of individual members rather than setting rules remind ing Las at the same time to consider that their constituents have been Able to see them on television since last year and May take exception to any Maver ick Type of As Green put it to the meeting. Committee members agreed to incorporate a Rule to the effect that Las quoting from correspondence can be forced to table their letters and should limit themselves to paraphrased reference to their mail if they want to avoid having to table mail. Legislative briefs Manitoba Hydro s construction schedule for the Jenpeo generating station was Overly optimistic and did t take into account numerous problems later encountered the Tritschler inquiry was told tuesday. Donald Kilgour Jenpeo project manager said a less stringent schedule would have been desirable when tiie Power Plant was being planned in 1971. Among the problems encountered during construction were unforeseen costs and general insurance Divi delays relating to the soviet built bulb Sions a total of Mil Turbine generators used at Jenpeo. Kilgour said Hydro was the first Utility in North America to install such units. In retrospect it was impractical to be lion was written in premiums to produce the million surplus. Lieve the bulb units could have been successfully installed in one year Kilgour said. But he added that problems would have Arisen with the generators regardless of who had been awarded the contract for installation. A soviet firm was chosen primarily because of its Low bid which was million less than the nearest competitor the inquiry was told. Since 1972, other utilities in North America have bought bulb turbines and Are running into similar problems he said. Kilgour said the Jenpeo station will be completed and capable of producing Maxi mum capacity later this year. Nown Todair is your new Way to Jet there. Montreal Winnipeg for More information or reservations Call Norair at 632-6625 Winnipeg Dryden Thunder Bay Sault Ste. Montreal Power line approved Regina up the Saskatchewan Power corp. Will be allowed to build a transmission line into Manitoba but will have to go the Long Way to do it environment minister Ted Bowerman announced tuesday. Professor Peter Nikiforuk of the University of Saskatchewan conducted an inquiry of the Corpora Tion s proposal to link its Squaw rapids Power Sta Tion with the Manitoba sys tem. The inquiry found too Many objections to the corporation s most direct route and recommended a longer but More southerly route. Bowerman said that was the route his depart ment approved. Manitoba housing minister j. Frank Johnston officially opened the new 51-bed Northern View Lodge senior citizens residence in the Pas on tuesday. The Lodge is a Public housing project developed and owned by the Manitoba housing and renewal corporation. It is Man aged by the the Pas housing authority. The project Cost Tir a environment minister Brian Ransom has announced the repeal of plumbing regulations under the Public health act. All reference for plumbing standards in the province now rests solely with the Manitoba plumbing code. The minister said tuesday repealing the Public health act regulations will prevent confusion and unnecessary duplication with the plumbing code. Since the code has standards based on those in the National plumbing code contractors and the construction Industry will have a uniform Standard reference now Ransom said. Ransom emphasized that the Public health act continues to regulate authority to inspect respond to complaints and Deal with unsanitary conditions involving defective or restricted plumbing. I recent heavy snowfalls and warming temperatures have led to heavy concentrations of and Snow on cottages in the White Shell provincial Park the provincial Parks division has warned. The division has advised cottagers to inspect their roofs As soon As possible and shovel them Clear if needed. The division said provincial roads 307 and 309 Are open but work to Clear cottage Block roads in the White Shell won t Start until March 12. 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