Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free Satu Rich suddenly the ships Bow want there up the time was about thursday and the Tanker Kurdistan was limping through 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 x 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 Wile 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 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 drop in ticket deficient fundraising cited in so plight continued 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 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 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 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 Tritschler urges Cabinet overview of Hydro decisions continued up photo the Bow of Tanker awash 45 Miles Northeast of Glace rent financial position of Manitoba Hydro must be of concern to the provincial it noted More capital spending is expected in the next the commission Felt the province should assume responsibility for directing Hydro in fiscal matters such As adequate interest coverage suitable relationship Between debt and system equity and scale of amortization of unrealized foreign Exchange translation the fact Manitoba guarantees All Hydro securities has made it Possi ble for Hydro to maintain an a credit Tritschler noted there is evidence that rating authorities Are beginning to look at the fiscal health of utilities rather than just accept the governments Guaran theres evidence that control of Hydro rates by an Independent Board could adversely affect the Bond rating and Market acceptance of the 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 also recommended changes that would allow on its own initiative or on directions from the to ask the pub to determine the Price the corporation charge for Ransom blames Pic system for by Bob Cheshire and Bob Lowery the detainment of four provincial civil servants in thursday was rooted More in prob lems with the unemployment insurance commission Pic system than a pending fishery natural resources minister Brian Ransom said Ransom told reporters that under the tougher unemployment insurance residents of Basterville claim they Are unable to qualify for Pic benefits during the period the fishery is he said his officials Are investigating the situation and will report to two arrested after landside stabbing Winnipeg police have arrested an 18yearold Man and a 17yearold juvenile in connection with a Stab Bing incident on landside Street Early this a police spokesman said the two were arrested shortly after a juvenile was stabbed in the head at about 1 the victim was taken to treated and pedestrian killed an unidentified Man died Early this morning after being struck by a Winnipeg police the Man was believed to be walk ing along or crossing Keewatin Street near Vopni Avenue at about 1 when he was struck by a car headed South on a police spokes Man the mans name is being withheld pending notification of next of him on possible residents of Basterville held four provincial government employees for three hours thursday with the Only Road Access to the Community Block 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 about 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 it was the Only Industry left in the in the legislature Friday Ransom hedged when asked by Lloyd a worthy Rouge 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 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 compared with 27 cents a Pound last William Northern regional director of mines and natural re who was involved in the incident in declined com ment held with Mclean were Bob regional biologist at the and conservation officers Laurie Bruzes and Greg both of grand rap 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 8414 cents per Pound for whole Pickerel and 89 cents a Pound for headless and dressed pick compared with cents a Pound and 694 cents a Pound last the Winter Whitefish Price for medium size was 57 cents a terrorist suspects main targets Britain promises to take Steps to curb Ulster police brutality the Washington Post London the British govern ment promised Friday to take a number of Steps to prevent police interrogators from mistreating suspected terrorists in Northern ire interrogations will be monitored by close circuit suspects Given Access to lawyers after being held for 48 hours and the process for investigating brutality complaints and prosecuting guilty police offi cers will be Northern Ireland Secretary Roy Mason told Mason said the government also would act soon on the rest of a Long list of detailed recommendations made by a government appointed committee on police interrogation in Northern whose report was made Public the headed by English judge Harry concluded that some terrorist suspects had been physically mistreated by Ulster police interrogators and that much needs to be done to protect prisoners against ill treatment and also protect police officers against false allegations of ill treat the Bennett committee recommended that Royal Ulster constabulary plainclothes detectives who question terrorist suspects be better trained and inter Roga which has sometimes gone on around the should be interrupted for meals during the Day and sleep at the committee the committee also recommended that police interrogators be specifically prohibited from insulting Pris their families or or threatening them with physical or requiring them to adopt or maintain any unnatural or humiliating posture or physically exhausting or demanding complaints of brutality must be dealt with More the committee it noted that no Ulster police officer had been successfully prosecuted or disciplined for mistreating suspects even though the in civil and the Bennett committee itself had found that a number of brutality complaints were in acting on these recommend Mason told i believe we will make it so difficult for abuses to occur that we will have the most advanced interrogation system of its kind in the what we have to prove to the nation and the world abroad is As far As a treatment of prisoners cannot take place in Northern when we do we can kill the iras propaganda Campaign to discredit the Royal Ulster the Bennett committee reported that the Irish Republican whose terrorist activities have been curbed significantly by the Ulster police and the British army in re cent has carried on a coordinated and extensive Campaign to destroy the reputation of the police at Home and abroad with false allegations of the committee also noted the personal risks the Ulster police face in their work and the difficulty they have gathering evidence against terrorists other than confessions obtained under the commit tees examination of medical rec ords and other evidence showed that Many brutality complaints could not be substantiated and that some in juries were undoubtedly Selfin flicked by suspects seeking to have confessions they made to the police thrown out in ;