Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free March suddenly the ships Bow want there up photo the Bow of Tanker awash 45 Miles Northeast of Glace Arab militants threatening War against peace pact continued Egypt denied a syrian report that saudi Arabia threatened president Anwar Sadat wit i eco nomic reprisals if the treaty is a senior egyptian official dismissed the report As syrian hum the who asked not to be predicted the Oil Rich saudis will continue to straddle the doling out Money to both Egypt and the palestinian Gerril the report came from the govern ment radio in a Hartline oppo nent of the it said saudi Arabia warned the egyptians of sanctions through Vic president Hosny Mubarak when he visited Riyadh on wednesday in an unsuccessful bid for King Khaledi sup saudi diplomats in Cairo declined to comment on the the broadcast did not spell out terms of the threatened a cutoff of the billion the saudis give Egypt each year would be a severe blow to Sadat plans to use the peace treaty As a springboard for develop ing his country saudi Arabia opposes the pact be cause it does not Call for a total israeli pullout from War won Arab or allow for a palestinian scheduled to talk with King in 4 predicted in a newspaper interview the Middle East will explode in once the treaty is he also forecast failure of the mis Sion to Arafat Palestine liberation Orga Plo is committed to Tion of an Independent palestinian while the egyptian israeli offers Only limited Auton omy to the million palestinians living in the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza the led by National Security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and including president Carters son was expected to try to head off a move by Arab hardliners for sanctions against in addition to a cutoff of saudi financial sanctions also might include a ban on egyptian Trade in the Arab world and an embargo of Arab Oil to Sadat was asked by reporters on Friday what he would do if the saudis and jordanians condemned the treaty they have already condemned after the first and second disengagement after my initiative to Jerusalem and after Camp Sadat they will never change i think this time everyone must reconsider his Plo chief Yasser Arafat was to Fly to Jordan today to talk with King in an apparent bid to undermine the addressing a rally in Beirut Fri Arafat vowed to keep president Carter from putting the Middle East in his and denounced Sadat As a full fledged the Plo is committed to creation of an Independent palestinian while the egyptian israeli agreement offers Only limited autonomy to the million palestinians living in the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza Egypt was sending defence min Iser Kama Hasan All to Washington today to join israeli defence chief Ezer Weizman in drafting the Mili tary Annex to the peace a timetable for israeli withdrawal from the Sinai in prime minister Menachem begin delayed until Mon Day a planned sunday Cabinet de Bate on the full aides said begin was suffering a slight Case of the but there were reports he wanted the additional time to head off a political revolt in his own the National religious a key member of begins has demanded modifications of the Auton omy plan that would formally Rule out creation of a palestinian state on the West the dispute is not expected to threaten the but might undermine begins government and complicate future West Bank up the time was about thursday and the Tanker Kurdistan was limping through the ice choked Cabot Strait nursing a crack that had opened in her Hull earlier that aboard was a Crew of 36 British officers and mainly trinidadian sea along with three officers wives and two of their the under charter to the Golden Eagle Oil company of que carried tons of Bunker c Oil to Quebec from the Gulf Canada refinery at port Hubert of Trinidad was at the Captain Wilfred Box of was in the adjoining Chart lying Low in the it was proceeding at dead slow throttle southward from the ice pack that had damaged then the helmsman Felt a slight he looked and Sud Denly the Bow was lying at a 45de Gree Angle to the rest of the the Captain ordered the alarm the Kurdistan had split in the smaller front driven by High was Drifting away from the where All the Crew were a composite of stories outlining what happened aboard the ship were told Friday night when the Crew reached port Here aboard the Cana Dian coast guard icebreaker sir William which rescued not a single person aboard was and including the women and seemed to have weathered the adventure Barbara wife of radio offi cer Tom Atkins of North said this was her third voyage in four but in not sure if in going to go Able Seaman John of Trinidad had been one of a group of men playing cards when they heard a bang and a Long they sent one Man out to investigate and when he came Back he said the Bow was once the alarm the Crew reacted quickly and Mem Bers they All knew their duties in an Pierre be cause they had Practised every Engin room worker Earl was below he shut off the fuel valve and went above deck to discover the Bow Able Seaman Raymond whose Job was to Rouse any completed the Job with Only a Quick door Check because everybody had responded on their the Crew quickly climbed aboard the ships two life they could see the sir William which had been sent to the area when the Kurdistan reported trouble first officer Ron Bell volunteered to lower the last that meant that after it drifted away he would be alone on a ship in imminent danger of the life rafts were quickly rescued by the sir William Early a Canadian forces helicopter from the 413 Rescue Squadron in managed to lift Bell from the wreck after several the Kurdistan first ran into Trou ble at about quartermaster Mark Peltier said he was in his Cabin when he looked out and saw that the ship was surrounded by ice amid swells like Crew members said the ship was going up and Down in the ice and then came Down hard with a Oil began seeping from her the two halves of the wreck remained afloat Early with most of the cargo sealed up inside them without environment officials were Esti mating the amount of Oil lost at but they have been unable to find the despite an extensive air search the Only evidence of a spill was an almost microscopically thin skin of symphony near May have to fold next month operations on april As a result of defaulting on the payroll due that d when compared to sex has dropped from a budgeted level of 49 per cent to 36 per d single and season ticket expected to yield about have fallen Short of expectations by d the orchestra should be very apprehensive about its plans for 197980 particularly when there Are so Many empty seats at our subscription concerts which belong to season ticket d expenses must be maintained at Levels lower than the Normal increase due to a in the current projected level of expenses might be achieved by not filling some orches tra vacancies which May arise and using casual musicians in their Stead Only when absolutely d donations from major corporations to the orchestra have so far brought in Only while was private donations have yielded Only 20 per cent of the the report says the immediate Cri Sis will be solved next wednesday if the City approves its annual with requested this approval of the it will enable the orchestra to meet the March 23 unless the orchestra receives further help the re port the april 20 payroll will not be it predicts a Cash balance of Only As of april 6 the payroll on april 20 will be and says its Cash flow will deteriorate from then it also Points out that the orchestra wont be Able to turn to the Bank for help As it will have used up its credit by the report deals Exten sively with the major reasons for the financial zeroing in on declining attendance at concerts and inadequate single ticket sales have netted the orchestra Only which is 873 less than season ticket sales have netted which is less than with the loss of the ticket Revenue and about More from sponsorships and Broad casting the report says the shortfall from budget was about with a projected shortfall of this area of our operations is clearly of the most concern and the continued source of biggest the report says experience has made it Clear special concerts Arent the there seems Little Point to pres enting More special concerts when those already completed or under Way Are not attracting it although there Are shortfalls in every aspect of our earned Revenue clearly it is our ability to attract paying audiences which deserves the most critical dealing with the re port says problems exist because of the Lack of an annual fund Campaign in the the Campaign now under Way began one month and Board members made few Calls seeking donations in january and Decem it says Many Large givers approached in a past deficit reducing Campaign were told a onetime gift would mean they be Khomeini suspends executions former Premier gets reprieve Tehran a Iran firing squads were stilled today after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini gave in to Premier Mehdi Bazargan and began working out new guidelines for the revolutions Khomeini suspended All secret tribunals and executions giving temporary reprieve to former pre Mier Amir Abbas who was on trial for his the announcement came after a who has threatened to resign Over the secret met Kho Meini thursday night to protest to vedas Khomeini said the proceedings will be halted until new Legal guidelines Are drawn up for the which have sent 62 men before firing squads since the monarchy was toppled asked to give again and a deficit would not occur this has created a serious Lack of credibility for the symphony and a resistance to the annual Campaign in the says the under a Section headed conclusions and the re port says the orchestra is faced with few among them is obtaining More Money from the Mani Toba arts Council and receiving funds from the Csc now Given to its own the Only manner in which reve Nues can be increased is for the Winnipeg symphony orchestra to receive those funds currently allocated by the Csc to the Csc Winnipeg although considerable difficulties Are expected in negotiating this a it remains the Only viable a proposal has been sent to the Csc in the report notes it is possible to raise Revenue expectations from to in 197980 if the orchestra can assume a significant portion of the Media work currently allocated to the Csc Winnipeg or the Manitoba arts it now funds Only about five per cent of the orchestras total leave Hydro rate decision to Tritschler says continued securities belonging both to Hydro and the investors and their investment counsellors must be assured Manitoba Hydro has the capacity to raise sufficient revenues to properly ser vice its the report it could be damaging to the Utility and to the province if it were perceived that an Independent authority had the potential of controlling Mani Toba Hydro revenues so that it might not be Able to generate the funds required to pay its Obliga Craik said he thought the commis Sion was right in saying the govern ment has to take part in ensuring that the debt is adding that the pub would be a screen to ensure adequate Public he said he thought the pub recommendations would be followed in most cases because the government want to second guess the Manitoba Telephone system could be put through a similar rate setting he but the reason for particular emphasis on Hydro is it represents such a Large part of the capital Sidney Green said Tritschler recommendations were shortsighted because they could Lead to a situation where the rates recommended by the Board provide enough Revenue to meet sex he said Hydro should set its own rates according to the amount of he said the Legislatures standing committee on Public the cab inet and the minister responsible for Hydro Are the proper review bodies for the acting head of said he comment on the report because he haunt yet seen general manager Fraser is on holidays and be Tritschler Alo recommended changes that a oui allow on its own initiative or on directions from the to ask the pub to determine the Price the corporation should charge for Pic to Ransom claims add an attempt to Force the province to increase their quota and permit them to continue fishing until april the four were released unharmed from the Community town Hall at following Telephone negotiations involving attorney general Gerry Mercier and representatives for the India Metis comm located 400 Kilometres Northeast of Chemawa win band chief Percy Mink said thursday the 800 residents of Basterville Felt strongly about the need to keep the fishing Industry operating another month because was the Only Industry left in the in the legislature Friday Ransom hedged when asked by Lloyd a worthy if he would meet directly with Basterville Resi dents to discuss the ran som said while he has talked with the residents in the his officials continued were undertaking direct discussions yesterday when held he said he will continue to Confer with officials of both the Manitoba Indian brotherhood and the Manitoba Metis he later told reporters the depart ment is managing the Lake fishing season to ensure it will be a Long term resource for the it would destroy the rationale of the fishery management he if the department extended the season to allow fishermen to qualify for unemployment insurance benefits at the expense of depleting the Cedar Lake fishery Ransom said he extended the sea son once to March 17 from March 11 and officials were in easter Ville thursday to hear Community reasons for a further i dont really appreciate All the necessary reasons that would Lead to that sort of hostage holding action being taken when full consultation on the problem was under ran som Alex Field Man Ager for the Freshwater fish Market ing has proposed that Basterville fishermen be allowed to fish until april 15 and that the extra catch be deducted from their summer Drobot said the corporation arranged for fishermen to continue operations on a number of Alberta lakes this although fishermen had exceeded the Basterville commercial fishing season runs from june 1 to 20 and from 1 to april and fishermen Are permitted to catch pounds of Sauger and Drobot said the Basterville Fisher men had reached their quota in Early March and have already been granted a this Winter fishermen have been receiving 84 cents per Pound for whole Pickerel and 894 cents a Pound for headless and dressed pick compared with 49vfc cents a Pound and 6914 cents a Pound last the Winter Whitef Josh Price for medium size was 57 cents a compared with 27 cents a Pound last William Northern regional director of mines and natural re who was involved in the incident in com ment held with Mclean were Bob regional biologist at the and conservation officers Laurie Bruzes and Greg both of grand rap ;