Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 19, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba The things that go bump your Ray Puls top Man at gymnastic Brian Peckford chosen new Cloudy High Low 2 Sun rises 6 35 sets 6 39 Moon rises sets Winnipeg free press final 15 March 1979 86 143 musicians shaken up at Prospect of bankruptcy by Hope Kamin and Allan Wilson Shock and disbelief were among the reactions of officials and musicians to reports that the Winnipeg symphony orchestra could be on the verge of bankruptcy As Early As symphony president John Buck Worth and general manager Mark Walker would not comment on the confidential financial material from which was published saturday by the free an emergency Board of directors meeting was held sunday and a press conference called for 10 at which the directors were expected to con firm the reports the directors had seen the report pre among those most shocked and surprised were the orchestras my associate concert master Charles Dobias said the musicians haunt realized the grave financial position of the the first time i heard it was when i read the Dobias said we just came Back from new York and were All excited about our Success we never expected most musicians Are aware that there Are going to be financial prob lems but we were surprised by the seriousness of he Dobias said he has a positive attitude about the Finan Cial problems coming to Light and said he cant imagine the orches tra going the Powers that be in the City will find a Way to keep the nympho were one of the finer orches tras in Canada and it would be a terrible principal cellist Gary Stucka said he too had to rely on Media accounts of the symphony deficit and that its unfortunate the or bar prices for booze going up by Brian Cole prices of drinks in Manitoba Bever age rooms and cocktail lounges will almost certainly Rise As a result of Manitoba liquor control commission Price Industry spokesmen said although the spokesmen said a liquor Price increase announced by the commission last week May not War rant an immediate eventually the extra costs will have to be i think that Only common said a spokesman for the Norwood although it the average Price for liquor is about a shot while regular Beer Sells for about a daytime liquor prices Are usually about 10 cents cheaper while the Price of Beer is reduced by five any increase will not Likely be higher than five cents for a round of either one spokesman commission chairman Louis Teil let blames the liquor Price increase on the who in turn have blamed it on higher production inflation and other the commission announced last week liquor Price increases ranging from 30 to 95 cents a while imported wine prices Are up by As much As 27 per Vin Tage or wines from vineyards with poor such As White Bur will increase by As much As 100 per although the increases Are effective april most brands wont carry a higher Price tag until about the Middle of the month and even Manitoban will still pay the lowest prices in Canada on imported and Domestic the increase in the Price of expected to be about 30 cents a wont be officially known until later this All this probably will mean in creased prices in the beverage photo by Alan Mackenzie Rose bowl Winner Irena we Hasch smiles As she is bussed on the Cheek by voice teacher Herbert Belyea at the Manitoba music Competition festival she placed first out of a Field of seven the held in the playhouse wound up the two week for see Page zing ram see bars Page 4 freezing rain turned streets and highways into skating rinks Early this triggering a rash of minor accidents in the City resulting from hazardous driving conditions in Winnipeg and Southern a weather office spokesman said freezing drizzle in the area was sex Pec Tell to continue until about when warmer temperatures would turn it into there is also a possibility of All available work Crews were called out by civic officials Early today to prepare ice coated streets for the morning Rush a Winnipeg police spokesman said Many policemen were leaving their cars in the driveway this morn ing he said a number of minor Acci dents had resulted from the Slippery but no injuries were report its very Slippery at the motorists Are to use extreme Cau an ramp spokesman said highways Are very Treacher Ous just like skating at the Winnipeg International air flights were leaving on time but Many passengers and employees were having trouble getting to the a spokeswoman for uni City taxi said the company switchboard was jammed were trying but its not working so at Portage la Prairie and the freezing drizzle was replaced by Snow and ice the weather office said this the bad news from the weather office is similar weather is expected for at least one More it will be generally Cloudy with rain occasionally mixed with intermittent he its going to be grim for the next Day or vietnamese claim China Hast left Thailand a Viet Nam called chivas leaders professional liars sunday for claiming to have withdrawn invasion forces while in fact they still maintain their troops in Many areas on Viet namese territory and close to the Border ready for other acts of the official vietnamese newspaper nhan Dan said China is the direct and dangerous enemy of All indo China and warned Thailand against a pro chinese a Vietnam radio mean claimed that China suffered dead or wounded in the five we Klong War and lost 100 artillery pieces and 500 Western analysts Are reluctant to estimate losses for either Side but said the vietnamese claims appear see Viets Page 4 photo by wave Glowacki seven Earold David Sheps Doest quite know what to make of some of the culinary creations he encountered at a chefs cuisine show sunday at the Holiday but Sean was captured by Jean Peterrs Effort that won second place in the sea food Chestra haunt been Well in when asked if he was concerned that he May not receive a pay Cheque on Stucka said in a Little but the main he was the news has stopped the Momen Tum from our Carnegie Hall con Richard principal har said there have been rumours of financial difficulty for some but in disturbed and disappointed to hear this i feel we dont know All the we we rent but its not my business to run the or in just trying to stay in not going to be desperate if i dont get a pay Cheque but its possible they wont be any things i French hoist Norm Mckay said see bankruptcy Page 4 peace pact Usu Jordan woo the Washington Post Jordan National Security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski sunday failed to win support for the proposed egyptian israeli peace treaty from conservative saudi Ara Bia and the failure was deepened by Jor very probably saudi arabian apparent rejection of the thesis Radical Andor so Viet threat to Mideast conservatives was More dangerous to regional Security than continued israeli occupation of Arab Vance underscores support for saudis see Page 17 relieving the negative results of Brzezinski today trip was confirmation from High Jordani an officials that saudi Arabia appears very reluctant to Cut off funding for now running at some billion a prime Carter administration worry has been that taxpayers might have to make up the difference if saudi Arabia decided to Cut off financial support for egyptian presi Dent Anwar saudi Arabia can now expect to come under virulent attack from Rad ical arabs for failing to bring Egypt to its Knees for Selling out the Arab cause in agreeing to sign a separate peace with saudi decision makers apparently decided that the danger of Egypt without the political stability Sadat still represents outweighed their mis Givings about the separate before flying to Cairo on the first leg Back to the United states to report treaty text published in Egypt Cairo a a Cairo newspaper sunday published the first egyptian version of the full text of the proposed egyptian israeli peace the egyptian Media stepped up a Campaign to portray the proposal As a Triumph for All even though it contains no direct solution to the palestinian the sem official newspaper Al ashram said the text was the final one for the proposed in officials said it is full of though they declined to describe israeli state television gave its interpretation sunday of israels pro posed withdrawals from the it said Israel is prepared to cede the Oil Rich southwestern Sinai within the first four months but would retain Oil Wells and a Large military base in the Central Sinai until the final phase of see paper Page 4 to president Brzezinski told newsmen at Amman Airport that his useful and constructive talks in both countries had focused on move ment toward a comprehensive peace common Lon term regional interests and More immediate Security but in both Amman and Riyadh officials suggested that Brzezinski May have been Prince Saud the saudi foreign described his talks with the american Mission which also included David chairman of the joint chiefs of Deputy Secretary of state Warren Christopher and president Carters son Chip As Frank and Frank in diplomatic parlance is synonymous with even leaving saudi Arabia after less than 14 acknowledged that the talks there widened understanding of Complex and difficult issues without claiming any agreement was although he characterized the visit As Brzezinski fell Back on another diplomatic codeword for failure when he said both sides would remain in close speaking after the Brzezinski mis Sions talk with King Hussein and his Sharif Abdul Hamid chief of the Royal described them As characterized by but top jordanian officials reiterated the Kings consistent refusal to get involved in the Camp David formula for West Bank about which he was not consulted although expected to assume major score Board wha sunday Cincinnati 4 new England 1 Quebec 7 Edmonton 2 Birmingham 2 Winnipeg 4 nil sunday Montreal 3 Colorado 1 Detroit 4 Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 5 by rangers 1 by 5 Minnesota 3 Philadelphia 5 Louis 3 Vancouver 2 a Tanta 1 Washington 3 Busato 3 Nhu saturday by w rangers 2 Philadelphia 6 Buffalo 3 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