Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free june 1979 election Law change to end abuses by Brian Cole 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 unto 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 no licensing required of guest Homes continued from Page 1 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 and boarding houses Are not subject to regular inspection by City we Are not making a concentrated Effort to inspect councillor Jim Ernst the City does not have Money or staff for a full scale crack Down and apartment blocks rate a inspection he its a health care situation that creating the so it would seem be a provincial the City councillor he said the province promised More than two years ago to License guest with the City performing in but nothing More has been said about were biding our time and if the province Doest do anything soon about guest Home were going to have to take the Bull by the horns and do it for almost All of the guest Homes and houses visited by the free press were drawn from lists of Avail Able but not necessarily approved Nomes compiled in april and in 1976 by general Hospital or the provincial mental health care program last two of the Homes were used by the Federal government to House treaty indians from Northern reserves while they were in Winnipeg to undergo hos Pital neither of the Homes contained smoke detectors or had fire escapes from third most Homes were operated by land la Dies in the inner housing from two tenants to rents ranged from to for room and some times with no smoke detectors a two Storey guest Home at 603 Wil operated by Florida housed nine including a 78yearold tenant who was ill and in bed when interviewed last Home had no smoke detectors or fire alarms and Only the front door was for use by the residents meals were prepared at 607 but were eaten in a occupied by a 63yearold at 603 a washroom used by three men and three women at 603 William could not locked from Only one of two doors on another washroom could be locked and 63yearold Jessie War was required to pass through bedrooms occupied by men to reach Jean a resident of 603 Wil complained we buy our own toilet our own we never get our Beds we have to Wash our own do our own clean our own she gets Good sure she she said of the and All she does for it is Cook us id like to move but in afraid the place ill move to might be worse at least its warm in the wintertime Gregors second floor which she shared with another was dark and layers of wallpaper Hung in a strip from the ceiling and bottles of prescription medi cation littered a night we dont Jean wed get into trouble if we say any thing to shed give off such a Little fit and shed really rant and rave sat rooms really Dingy Susan a former Home finder for the mental health care Home pro said most of the rooms in 603 William were really Dingy when she assessed them last you go in and turn on the Light arid you see the bugs because they were running the who said some of her tenants came from the health sciences Centre and Boni face general was Spray ing the Kitchen of 603 William with raid when the insecticide had formed pools on the she planned to move tenants to another House and Spray their rooms As she two electrical wires dangled from a ceiling in the same Cain a said a Light fixture had fallen off in his this Goddam it was burning in the ceiling i told her about it a couple of but that wire could set the ceiling on it in 607 also operated by a sign above a Coffee urn read second cup of Tea or cof Black a Small Heap of dog fees sat at the foot of the first floor Landing footsteps trailed from a Man Lay watching television next to a wooden a washroom used by at least five other tenants opened on one Side of the a door to a second bedroom was at the Bella a resident of 523 Logan boarding House frequently used by the health sciences Centre rocked on the Edge of her bed during an she had been stabbed with a knife at a drinking party three Days and spent the night lying where she who paid for room and Board and complained the land lady brought no lunch that Day said she had not seen a but had treated the wound with Ozonal and reports of double voting in the he the requirement of signing a declaration appears to be enough to curb persons found guilty of signing a false declaration could be fined a maximum of Fine or sentenced to three months in Mercier said a possible solution to the problem would be to have the person show identification to the officer or provide the officer with a reference from a neighbor on the voting but because polling station officers Dave free press Are using a 1977 voters list As a Cross reference for the upcoming Bielec the existing weaknesses could prove to be a because a person Only has to sign a thousands of voters who have recently moved or to will have no problem casting their Sanger said the old list is being used because there want enough time to hire Doort door enumerators and draw up a revised Jim Matheson pays a month for room and Board and must share his accommodation wrapped it with a across the Jim Matheson dealt himself another hand of a bread knife Hung in a doorway next to his the which led to an adjoining bore no lock and paper had been stuffed into the for room and Board he they drink Rubbin i think theres three of them in i know i saw some of them lying on the Matheson paid for room and Board and said he shared his which measured about 12 feet with one he used to share it with their bedcovers of them Light an old a Bathtub full of clothes was found soaking in a main floor washroom at 523 a Hole measuring one foot Square had been Cut into the ceiling of another a dirty a Container labelled Windshield Deicer and a corroded can of Drain cleaner sat on the Edge of the a stove at 168 Arlington Street was caked with grease and food dirty dishes were piled High in the sink and floors were littered with there were no smoke detectors from the third there were no fire bedrooms were eagerly furnished and dressers were in decrepit Condi Tion one was lopsided and drawers were the Landlady said she had three mentally retarded adult ten ants and had room for two next the blacklists report sought on Pinawa spill continued from Page 1 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 ajl 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 will have a full complement of staff to look into waste management tech this latest Accident reaffirms the need for proper waste management he to pay lip ser vice to the problem and to at the same time freeze civil service hiring that May affect staffing at the White sell facility is nothing less than hypo Cowan asked Ransom to pressure the Federal government to allow More staff to be hired for the research is but later said he thought his own letter would have just As much the White Shell nuclear research establishment conducts research into peaceful uses of nuclear Energy in Medicine and the work includes research into the effects of radiation on living methods of per manent disposal of wastes from Power reactors and reactor at least one mayoralty candidate Joe Zuken said a change in the Law for the june 20 election would probably create enough confusion and red tape to discourage Many unregistered voters from exercising their although said he didst think there would be too Many incidents of he agreed the act should be strength Bill who served As Deputy mayor under the late Robert said the act should be changed to conform with provincial and Federal election acts to eliminate but he also said the Laws be As restrictive As the Federal election regulations which forbid anyone not on a polling officers voters list from cast ing a ballot on election he suggested a balance Between the Federal regulations and a system whereby an unregistered voter could cast a ballot if he could provide the polling station officer with a reference from a neighbor who is on the voting citizens escape by election Bug 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 persons 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 the Veteran politician would renounce his communist ties if elected i do not carry and i have not carried any position of any political party in my Public Zuken adding his political stance has been known for the past 38 in not bringing any communist position into City Zuken and the other councillors seeking the cites top elected office All agreed the Deputy mayor should be allowed to Complete the mayors term if he is unable to do so at the City of Winnipeg act re quires a by election to be held if a position is vacated More than a year before the next general the cites next general election is slated for the fall of the members were whether Council has adequate control Over City Hall Zuken and Alf Skowron said the administration has too much while Bill Phil Rizzuto and Don Gerrie agreed the politicians held sufficiently tight reins Over the in addition to the five mayoral candidates include Emem Bers Ray Brunka and Harry Lazaren musician Bill accountant Bill former liquor commis Sion chairman Frank unemployed bookkeeper Alex Mitchell and Joe founder of the democratic Reform 70 kids on Way to Camp As fund nears continued from Page 1 the free press and the Manitoba camping association Are cooperating in the drive for they will be used to Send kids to the associations 44 donations can be sent to the free press Sunshine 300 Carlton r3c 3c1 or dropped off at the free press classified receipts will be issued and names of donors published applications for Camp sponsorships Are being taken at the Manitoba Camp ing 1483 Pembina High r3t 2c9 or through the special Sunshine fund Telephone line at donations Noman 31550 Alpine Barbara 1012233 Booth 827 Brock vital Dinette 675 Frank 82 landside total to hang glider Ace skims Over Channel continued from Page 1 longer than expected because Allen had to veer around a supertanker crossing his the 22mile flight broke his world distance record for muscle powered flight and won for Allen and the planes California Aero nautical designer and former world soaring Champion Paul a prize from a British Industrial is and the Royal aeronautical so businessman Henry Kremer put up the Money for the Competition after Maccready and their team of helpers won the Kremer prize for the sustained human powered flight in a prototype of the Albatross in the California desert in that prize had gone unclaimed for 18 the rules for the Cros Schannel com petition were that the Craft be heavier than air ruling out take off from the ground eliminating gliders and soaring and be powered Only by human yesterdays flight was carefully monitored by Royal aeronautical society known As the father of Man powered brought the Gossa Mer Allen and their Crew to Britain last month to train for the when conditions finally seemed promising yesterday the por table plane was assembled two hours before the Early mid june the first Takeoff attempt at failed when the plane toppled Over onto the Concrete but neither the plane nor dressed in crash cycling shoes and a were so another Takeoff was tried just before 6 this cycling furiously against a slight headwind to generate the third of one horsepower that propels the got it airborne Over the when the plane thudded Down three hours later onto the Sandy Beach on the Northern French the exhausted Pilot was mobbed by a Small crowd of official onlookers and Allen said he did it to prove there Are still physically strenuous goals that add to the human from the news services Libya May cancel contract Over embassy move Toronto the Star says Canada is on the verge of losing an lion Generator contract with Libya and 200 jobs Over the decision to move the Canadian embassy in the newspaper quotes Frank president of Westinghouse Canada in As saying it looks As if the Deal is Tyaack said the Westinghouse Deal was in the final stages when the news broke that the embassy would be the Star and Westinghouse Hast heard from their customer mews Roundup the Star also says Bell Canada presi Dent Jean de grandpre says officials in saudi Arabia have warned Bell its contract to revamp that country Telephone system could be in jeopardy if the embassy is moved from Tel pregnancy clinic fruitful Toronto a 23yearold woman has Given birth to after at tending a clinic for women having trouble getting the three and one Deli Vered eight weeks prematurely by cae Sarean Section on were transferred to Hospital for sick children from Toronto general Hospital officials refused yesterday to release the woman name or the babies Dalai Lama in Moscow Moscow the Dalai Lama arrived in Moscow yesterday on his first visit to a communist country since escaping 4 Tibet during the 1959 revolt against the soviet news Agency Tass the exiled tibetan Leader met with patriarch head of the russian orthodox Tass the Dalai revered by tibetan buddhists As a plans to sightseer in visit an orthodox outside the capital and travel to Lenin Grad to see a Buddhist pipeline allowed barrels of crude to escape and forced the fifth shutdown of the million steel tube since it opened almost two years the crack was found a Day after the flow of Oil was ordered Alyeska pipeline service said the crack has been temporarily mended and Oil was to Start flowing again late barrels leak out Battle rages in Managua Anchorage a 127millimetre crack discovered in the tra Salaska Managua fighting Between president Anastasio Somoza National guard troops and sandinista guerrillas who Are trying to oust him from Power raged on in Many sections of the nicaraguan capital at one As gunfire rocked a poor District a few Hundred Yards from the guards at the embassy opened fire on Bushes across the the incident was not explained elsewhere in witnesses re ported that a rocket fired by a govern ment military plane destroyed a ing housing Nicaragua last remaining opposition la ;