Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, March 10, 1979

Issue date: Saturday, March 10, 1979
Pages available: 255
Previous edition: Friday, March 9, 1979

NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Used by the World's Finest Libraries and Institutions

Logos

About Winnipeg Free Press

  • Publication name: Winnipeg Free Press
  • Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Pages available: 255
  • Years available: 1872 - 2025
Learn more about this publication

About NewspaperArchive.com

  • 3.12+ billion articles and growing everyday!
  • More than 400 years of papers. From 1607 to today!
  • Articles covering 50 U.S.States + 22 other countries
  • Powerful, time saving search features!
Start your membership to One of the World's Largest Newspaper Archives!

Start your Genealogy Search Now!

OCR Text

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March 1979 15 nation up photo two antinuclear protesters stage their own demonstration Friday outside a National hearing in Vancouver on use of nuclear Public probe into Issue gains momentum Power Best advocates say Vancouver up whether conservation or nuclear Energy is the Best Way to meet Canadas future Energy needs dominated a National conference on nuclear issues nuclear Energy advocates claimed that nuclear Power is the better Choice in View of rising costs and the dwindling Supply of other environmentalists countered by accusing utilities and governments of grossly underestimating the effect of conservation and alter Nate Energy sources on reducing the costs of future Power a Call for a National Public inquiry into the Hotl debated Issue gained antinuclear who held a counter conference at the same hotel where the committee on nuclear issues is holding three of said there must be a new Way to get the Public involved in the Energy minister Alastair Gillespie has repeatedly rejected demands for an in saying it would Only air information already available to my backs Hansard subsidy Ottawa up if the government can subsidize the it can subsidize subscriptions to the official record of com Mons new Democrat Stanley Knowles said protesting plans to in crease drastically the Han Sard subscription Knowles told the commons that taxpayers Money is used to subsidize the parliamentary press to televise commons proceedings and to publish and distribute government in the Veteran my from Winnipeg said the Cost of Hansard should be kept Down to encourage people to read commons Supply minister Pierre de Bane recently announced that the Cost of subscribing to Hansard for one session usually eight or nine months will Rise to from the subsidy which kept the Price so Low is being removed in a government spending restraint pro Gram to save million a year in subsidies of parliamentary James an Energy consultant who wrote a report on the costs of Energy for the Federal gov told the 300 per sons present that both Coal and nuclear Energy would rapidly overtake use of Oil by the year coals he will Rise to 40 per cent of total Energy consumption by the year 2025 up from 29 per cent in 1973 while Oil As a resource will decline to 11 per cent from 49 per cent in the same Gander said administration and re sources favor nuclear in but Canada must immediately begin exploring the social costs and environmental risks it faces on the threshold of nuclear panellist John of the Toronto group Energy complained that the conference had Only consid ered the two extremes of Coal and nuclear Energy without looking at other in greased escapees Are still being sought up police said Friday that two who escaped from the City jail thursday by smearing their bodies with Kitchen grease to help them squeeze through a narrow gymnasium win Are still at Bernard and Roch slipped out after they were left unattended by guards in the prison the men stripped but took their clothes with them when they used a firehouse to climb Down from a roof below the second Storey gym the windows have been used As an escape route before police said prison officials could effectively close Down that Avenue of escape by simply putting bars Over the Hull is near Ergy forms or conservation he said utilities predict annual increases in Energy demand of four to six per cent but say nothing about How demand can be reduced with greater Conser other forms such As wind and would create 10 times More jobs and provide More in Tensive local development than would nuclear Conway Patrick president of the locally based Green peace asked the panel How much could be saved if billion spent for a nuclear reactor was applied to researching a conservation and alternate we need a National in Quiry to answer that ques he com Mittee said thursday he expects the eight Man federally funded committee will recommend a National Bernie co chairman of the com said he doubts such a ultimately delivered to the fed eral will be Ive talked to four com Mittee members and that certainly is not their he said in an he said the committee feels More research and in formation about other pos sible Energy forms Are Nec but would probably recommend that the com Mittee be Given More Money to continue its Man Date to inform the youll save a Buck or see our staggering value packed grand opening circular in this paper March 13th and then follow the tracks to your new Kmart saving you Money is the name of our game in the Southwood mall All grand opening specials will also be available at All Kmart Winnipeg open House final phase Over two thirds sold the exclusive and private Homes at 355 Wellington Crescent Are going but some Choice locations now is the time to see the value and Carefree living current owners Are already priced from to d located on acres of riverfront property d indoor heated parking p 24 hour Doorman and Security Call 3848378 visit to to 5hjo d exercise Whirlpool and Sauna d attractive mortgage financing d car Valet service d room d dont Settle for a conversion when you can own an original akonov1tc h Ltd sic lim1tid Central a via super econ tour can give you More for your travel it i i worn be a c i i before you make year vie qution Check our super econ Tours Are planned with value in there Are 17 Tours to choose covering any part of can do you want to heres a Sample of the value you can our eleven Days and ten re grits from per enjoy All the As you move stopping first at Thunder Bay where you have a rental car to see the then on to a via pass lets you explore As you please in the accommodation is provided in Montreal and Quebec take your sightseeing trips available in nag Qaq Montreal and Quebec As you can your travel Dollar buys a lot with a via super econ that True of All our Supor econ train travel is in coaches by Day Rater seats by you May upgrade accommodation at prevailing Price is based on two people per weve got vacation plans for in addition to super econ theres also a wide selection of via both escorted and for details on any of our Call your travel agent or via rail affordable plus 5 discount applies on Depar Tures before june 15 and after september 9 be Good to take the canals so much to go for ;