Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Province wants probe of Pinawa by Debbie Sproat the Manitoba government has re Quested a full report on the accidental pumping of radioactive contaminated water into a drainage ditch at the White Shell nuclear research establishment at Pinawa late last the the first at the nuclear testing site since the reactor went into operation in occurred in late april and was discovered during a routine Check of the waste manage ment area Early in said the spill occurred As a re sult of a sequence of events that began during Spring Runoff when water seeped into one of the underground bunkers where wastes Are tests conducted when the water was pumped out of the Bunker showed it want radioactive so it was put into a drainage ditch within the waste management metro a spokesman for atomic Energy of Canada Dmytriw said the Bunker was pumped a second time when ice that had remained in the Bottom but this water was put into the ditch without testing because the earlier at pin samples haunt been a routine Survey of Vari Ous Sites in the waste management area about a week later showed a Small amount of radioactivity from the water from the Bunker had settled at the Bottom of the drainage the water itself was found to be Clear of radioactivity by this Dmytriw said the amount of radio activity found in the ditch was so Small it be detected by an instrument standing on a nearby Road or held at water level in the it was Only detected when a Sample of mud from the Bottom of the ditch was put into a sensitive instrument and measured Over a period of even in the most Active he activity was Only 5 Milli rems an Milli rems is a measure of the intensity of radiation As it affects biological he said a person is exposed to Between 40 and 60 Milli rems in the fraction of a second he of she is exposed to radioactivity during a Chest As another he the natural background radiation per sons living in this part of Manitoba Are subjected to is Between 100 and 120 Milli rems a our concern with it is not the fact it represents a Dmytriw our concern is it be there in the first if you Are careless with the Little you might get care less with the big once the radioactivity in the ditch was he a layer of soil three to four inches deep and about 300 metres Long was scraped up and put into a radioactive waste Stor age to ensure the situation cant be re procedures have changed so All material pumped out of the waste disposal bunkers will be placed in Drums and not released into the in environment minister Brian ran som said he understands the amount of radioactivity released was very slight but wants a Complete report so hell know exactly what happened and How dangerous it Ransom noted the testing site int under provincial jurisdiction but said Hes interested because its our environment and our people so i want to be absolutely certain that what they Are doing is the proper la Jay Cowan who raised the matter in the Legisla Ture has written to prime minister Joe Clark asking that the freeze on civil service hiring be lifted so that the research establishment see la Page 4 sunny today showers tonight High 30 Low 15 free final june 1979 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets election Laws offer Chance for abuse by Brian Cole municipal affairs minister Gerry Mercier admitted yesterday existing election Laws for Manitoba municipalities offer an Opportunity for but he said legislation to tighten voter eligibility rules would not be introduced until after Winnipeg mayor Al and tache Ward Mercier said the government will table election Law Reform legislation during the next session of the Legisla Ture Well after the june 20th Bielec the minister said changes Are needed because under the local authorities election act anyone who says they Are at least 18 years of age and has lived in Winnipeg for at least six months can vote after signing a no identification is the Laws make it easy for someone to abuse the Mercier said during a Telephone City clerk Sanger agreed the weakness of the act could be abused to a certain Sanger said there Haven been any reports of double voting in the he said the requirement of signing a de see election Page 4 by election Bug fails to bite by Tom Goldstein while Many Winni Eggers have suffered the stings of Pesky few have apparently been bitten by the mayoral by election about 60 person attended an Allcan dilates meeting last night sponsored by the chamber of it was the first Opportunity for voters to see All 12 hopefuls in action during what is essentially a two week about half of the audience was left when the talking ended three hours More than persons will be eligible to vote in the by election one week from each candidate had a total of about 10 minutes to make his election questions directly from the audience were prohibited As was audience members permitted to pass written queries to a panel consisting of two radio open line a University professor and a open line hosts Mike Ward and Carol Partridge provided the Only spark to the session when they pursued a line of questioning about candidate Joe Ukens Well known political Affili Ward twice directly asked whether see mayoral Page 1 Dave free press a sent in Joe sits in his room with his evening by Steve Pona copyright Winnipeg free 1979 Many retarded and mentally ill people in Winnipeg Are living Squal idly in poorly equipped and danger Ous guest Homes and boarding and while hospitals and government agencies identify Many of these Homes As patients Are still referred to them for want of suit Able we run into a problem when we try to enforce said Barbara Home finder for the health sciences who meets monthly with her colleagues to share information on substandard guest we have nothing on paper to fall Back she referring to the Lack of enforcement a three week examination of the situation showed that while most Homes were the exceptions were strikingly Hygiene and health care were All below accepted standards in the worst areas of Inadequacy ranged from dangerous dispensation of drugs to fire hazards created by faulty one instance of the Sale of a retarded patient was but caseworkers alluded to several in an examination of living standards at 18 guest Homes visited by two free press seven were found to Lack smoke detectors or fire Only four of 12 had fire escapes on a third and another had Only one accessible the examination also found d poor or nonexistent facilities for food preparation or d broken and Loose electrical fixtures with wiring dangerously ill a Lack of closet space and common room in inadequate toilet social workers Ai six hospitals said they refer an average of one to tour patients a month to the Homes from lists compiled by Hospital Home most social workers refused to identify Homes used by the but said the health sciences Centre has a list of 89 and others have even the longest list 225 is maintained by Grace general guest Homes and boarding houses on Hospital lists Are not licensed and do not have to meet any minimum although social workers said they try to match Homes with the personal care needs of their plans have been made to License residences for mentally ill and retarded but Homes for old people Able to function without the additional care offered by nursing facilities would re quire additional health minister Bud Sher Man has said his department has been preparing a list of guest Homes for old and the government will deter mine whether we should get involved in the Winnipeg building commission could order installation of smoke Detec fire alarms and escapes in Resi Dences housing More than two a but guest Homes Ami boarding houses Are not Sud oct to regular inspection by City we Are not making a concentrated Effort to inspect councillor Jim Ernst the City does not have see no licensing Page 4 nearly but Sunshine fund saved Day twelve Winnipeg schoolgirls will go to Camp next week on a trip they thought they would have to cancel for Lack of the group of 12and 13yearolds Are among the first of 33 children to Benefit from the free press Sunshine which is rapidly approaching the Mark through Reader not being Able to get the Money would have been a real disappointment fur the so i decided to Call the Sunshine an organizer for the group Luck was with the fund was set up just Over two weeks ago to help Send kids to Camp who otherwise afford More than 70 kids have so far been assured of a summer Camp Holiday this year be cause of the 12 student Learned yesterday their application had been approved and they began final preparations for their trip to Riding Mountain National Park next the group had staged bake noon hour collected garbage and even washed and waxed planes in to raise on their they were still Short and had run out of time to raise the accompanied by will be camping at Riding Mountain for four Days next although they wont be attending an accredited Manitoba camping association they were approved As a special Case by association Vic president Terry Lynn who handles Calls on the special Sunshine fund Telephone said yesterday More than 33 other applications have also been like the group of the names of All those who receive a subsidy will remain and a three Mem Ber screening set up by the is ensuring applicants pay As much As possible toward the see 70 kids Page 4 Allen pedalled furiously conquers Channel London 26yearold Cai wornian bicycle racer and hang glider flyer yesterday became the first Man to Fly a human powered air plane across the English by pedalling the polyester hurled Gossamer Albatross from to pedalling furiously inside Liis trans Parent cockpit under the 9hot Span of the Bryan Allen kept the Plas lir behind him turning fast enough to 10 to feet above the Cairn Channel Waters at about eight Miles per the truss ing took list under three a see Page i inside today the beat goes on Mcconnell 30 years tapping Winnipeg has had its fair share of dance schools to provide a showcase for these and the school established by Sam Mcconnell in 1948 was one of the since thousands of munchkins have ear Nestly tapped and twirled on the stage of the playhouse theatre under the Stern gaze of the plaster masks on the the watchful one of Mcconnell and the fond ones of parents and much at Steak during times of especially High beef prices with no Relief in sight in the near Many Consumers Are looking for any Way possible to Cut Corners on their meat Many will choose to order beef in Large Quantity from a local Butcher shop or the Chance of a Ripoff is Flora a competitor Flora Canadas new external affairs holds the most senior Job Ever held by a woman in Canadian Macdonald she is known More often simply As Flora to colleagues and strangers alike is used 10 competing in the male world of and if Shes a its mainly by example rather than through getting the Lead out recent tests show children at Weston and lord Nelson schools have much lower Leadin blood Levels than children tested at the same schools three years Manitoba labor min ister Ken Macmaster said Brezhnev Swansong scores the Vienna which begins May be the last Hurrah for soviet president Leonid Brezhnev and an unlikely successor is emerging in a Kremlin Power Berezh on his last legs physically and could be dumped by his Kremlin associates soon after the Salt ii treaty is signed and the struggle for the succession is already tear ing apart the politburo in the first of two children and lawyers Manitoba senior family court judge says he is leaning More and More toward the idea of children having their own judge Kimelman has requested a list from the Law society of Manitoba of lawyers who would act on behalf of children if called upon by the family football Cal exhibition Montreal 36 Ottawa 0 32 Edmonton 2 baseball american league scuttle 5 Toronto l Cleveland 11 cd Siomia 0 Witroil 9 2 Chi Ichajo 1 btfltinw4 new York 4 Minnesota 1 Texas 7 Milwaukee 6 City 1 Obion b anytime Birdex Brirley 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