Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, July 20, 1979

Issue date: Friday, July 20, 1979
Pages available: 117
Previous edition: Thursday, July 19, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 20, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pierre Trudeau has named the liberals Shadow Cabinet and taken his first postelection swings at Joe p police hot on col by John Sullivan Walter Gowron says its unbelievable Winnipeg police took two hours to gel i cold Trail of a bar chested Young Man who calmly bashed in his store window Early no kids tire Gowron exclaimed when he la Anuj of the police this is something new to they Tell me 1 guess in going to Gowron said the Ai 136 Sher Brook is being renovated to House 3 furrier and a bridal shop and is largely vacant at the nothing was stolen during the Inci although some merchandise sat easily within reach through the broken window until police finally a number of lat night pedestrians stopped to examine the pile of broken Glass before moving a free press reporter living near the scene used the 911 emergency line to notify police that a Man was shattering a Large window at the there was no delay in getting through to the police who promised to Send a car that was at almost two hours at an officer arrived at the reporters door and asked if hed called 1 dont know whats happening with communications Down he said when told the Call for help had been made hours its been a pretty Busy but that usually if its a broken window we put it in the not important category and answer other Calls but when its a breaking that in were normally sent right the officer said he was Only of a broken window on Sherbrook Street after returning to the Public safety building from other rec ords show the car was Dis patched at i dont know what he shaking his the Sherbrook indies is to j latest in a series of slow police response to a rant owner was on Hoil he called 911 to i in n Progress last week to for Riz Zvac says to who reported a waited free hours for to see officer Page 4 11 of sunny today Clear tonight High 32 Low 18 july 1979 3 vol by no 246 Sun rises sets Moon rises ses a i ii l h f 1b 1 254 with coloured comics t a photo 5 r i pcs 4 3 ers Manitoba beset by Grain transportation now Are faced with a strike at Many of the provinces Grain most of the 340 assistant managers and clerks staffing Manitoba Pool elevators facilities walked off the Job it could be a very serious matter if it were to extend for any period of said Murray Manitoba pools general a photo the strike at the which annually handles about 60 per cent of Manito Bas total Grain could have major implications for Farmers scram bling to deliver up to 40 per cent of last years Grain crop before end of the crop year on july Cormack said figures we rent Avail Able on How Many of the firms 170 elevators Are closed by the which started but he also said he has doubts they would be re leased if Manitoba agriculture minister Jim Downey said the strike is one More Barrier banners dont really need when it comes to delivering Downey said Grain movement is a Federal but if the strike looks like it will become a Long term he would ask Federal officials to he said two weeks ago the provincial government had estimated 50 per cent of the provinces crops were still wait ing to be delivered to in the country there Are Long lineups of trucks waiting hours to unload at one company out of business see elevator age 4 miss Lorraine reaches for a helping pageant stage collapse frightens miss Canada Jeff Francis special to the free press Australia miss Heidi Quiring of today de scribed As frightening the sensational collapse of one Section of the stage in the Perth entertainment Centre after the crowning of the stage in the penh entertainment Centre after the Crown ing of miss universe i thought the whole floor was col she said rather miss Quiring was about eight feet away from the Section which went Down suddenly after press photographers were invited on it to take pictures of miss Maritza who won the coveted title of miss she quickly got out of the miss universe also had a Lucky escape As her throne tilted on the miss Quiring said she was watching the other girls going Forward to congratulate miss universe and press photographers were taking she was then on the ramp leading to the see stage Page 4 by Cecil Rosner a Manitoba court of Queens Bench ruling yesterday which found three local Media outlets in contempt of court could change the Way the press covers criminal matters in the Winni Peg Media spokesmen were worried the finding could have grave new implications where coverage of crime news is Murray managing editor of the Winnipeg free said it could leave the Public in the unenviable position of having All its information on such topics filtered through the Crown or Burt the free Winnipeg Tribune and radio station Krc were All held in contempt by Justice John Hunt for their reporting of a fatal shooting Inci Dent 19 last they and some of their employees were Given fines ranging from to for using material which was deemed to be prejudicial to the individual now charged with the the free press and Tribune Are appealing the while spokes men for Krc said they Are still considering whether to Dona editor of the said the newspaper will have to wait until after the Appeal before making any Lon term decisions on coverage of criminal but 1 certainly think Well play it close to inc Vest uni see muzzling Page 4 City of misery a vietnamese refugee wades ashore at Palau in late carrying his son and All their belongings in his others scrambled ashore from the boat in the background to reach one of the most crowded of Malaysia boat people see pages 8 and Parks Trees face Onslaw by fresh army of Buduo by Brian Cole and Andy Blicq Parks officials in Manitoba Are struggling Over How to Cope with Bud worm infestations threatening to Defo Liate Large areas of Spruce and Jack Pine in Riding Mountain National the Spruce Bud worm outbreak on about 160 Square Kilometres for the second year running has caused severe defoliation of White Spruce in White Shell provincial a for Estry official estimated Jack Pine and Spruce Bud Worms will kill about 10 per cent of the thousands of Trees infected in an 800squarekilometre but in neither Case Are Parks officials using chemical sprays to control the primarily because of a controversy in new Brunswick where a Spray used to control the insect has been linked to sickness and death in Parks Canada experts in Riding Mountain have been compiling data on insects which mostly infest new growth foliage on the end of Spruce tree Early next year a decision on whether to Spray will be Bryar vegetation management officer for Parks Canada Prairie said at the other end of the White Shell forestry technician Walter Keller said the 10 per cent tree death toll could Rise if the is compounded by a severe drought its pretty Kaler Aiho pointed out in a map 10 the area w re the Bud Worms have Pine Trees into a Sivy Rte y raise ghastly Grey Betula do Why Lake and Falls Are among the Keller Keler that uie Repov Are year it lie inside Kermit enthralling puppets at the movies muppet mania continues to Enchant and enthral with each new the latest Case in Point is the muppet a thoroughly engaging entertainment featuring the entire roster of television says reviewer Len its a marvellous pastiche of movie it opens today cil the convention Centre Gateway or Barrier hat a namesake in South afro new is j Centre that the Goldrich Metropolis of and the tee ining South wet townships Soweto for Short the suburb that provides much of the labor Force it the big City and its but t tins namesake a Gateway to Freedom or a to the Black population correspondent Carl Inis studies the auction on the Hoof the worlds largest auction is for its sales of an the rum got into a new yield a Farmers quid Soith of where they held an animal it was a first for the Market for animals was with the highest j i up the Bill the Bijj thought they had a Dandy in in their top Choice in i league now they tiny Nail chosen Jis Cau didst Aiji with the but flew North to the Montreal that makes the Bills the first nil team to lose its first Qia ii Choice to a rival Clarks Tough task prime minister Joe Clark is confident Canada can meet its commitment to the Energy cutbacks he announced at the Tokyo Summit conference last but a University of Manitoba economist is sceptical about Canadas ability to keep the Economy growing while reducing Oil Energy and economic situations domestically and he make the move a Tricky scouts in the Park the boys who Are always prepared have taken Over Birds Hill provincial Park this since close to scouts and their support staff from As far away As new zealand have been living in a Clustre of tents at the Park in the first scouts Canada Jamboree in Manitoba since their site includes a food water Supply Field trading canteen arid Index s 3 14 5f 36 6 7 3i a Ernbie 1c j to listings win Lahlou Foi 3 win Cimi 40 4 bal Chicago j5 Poi 1 a fi4 ;