Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fly Barbara stick Winnipeg Ftp fat d sous Bap that Pride i t Lor the coach of the ran jhhrn1 by mystics turn is Jimh the Edge ill if in first Peotr twice of Canara s Towe Fis team at the world gymnastics Harg yesterday Wade we thing absolutely Teaf hint is big to byte the Canadian trouble that is manifesting itself in obvious attempts to undermine the abilities of Canadian Champion Monica v what is not Ceaf id Why this is Taring the past year a Hail of rfcs Nas firmly Stab Tishell herself As Canadas top female added the Canadian championship to Overall victories at the Commonwealth and pan americal providing visible proof that she is to the work of International gymnast that status traditionally confers certain responsibilities acid one of which is the Anchor role in world because of the comparative system of having its top gymnast perform last it an important consideration for every to univ As it strives for the highest possible aware Ainest Wilmit a sequence which turn Gyi Shait an and continue the wifi to at certain a level and generally with each but in the Wake of it roofs of coaches and aim placed Monica second in each ending each sequence with the ranked wifi schlep 6 Toran the move brought protests from Nadian g fight marts for the Canadian warn that peaked and dipped with Hittle Attiat is Jim putt Itig left second mom fast Titov said torn its Kistam coach 6 the team which tis on Hauld to Cheet the we Are they 16 do Daniel the administrative advisor few the Canadian team had h answers and in fad refused comment when the question was put to him beyond Theta obvious the there Are less see Monica Page 4 ice Nomra Hydro lines cuts Powter in Brandy Alleq about Manitoba Hydro Tus wet Hunt pest Early today fat Stag rain and Snow on t Transf Wigston Ihnes disrupted service in Matoba Hydro spokesman Earl Mills said at about Hydro lines Between Portage la Paritte and Winnipeg went Down Boik customers in South and the communities of Elie and the Inland Cement Plant my feed a blackout Tot several Power restored to Chames Wood and heading Ley at about Tot anew 506 customers in the Community of just West of were still without Power late this about customers in the South West Manitoba communities of Heine and Morden were also without Power for about 45 minutes starting at about and Mills said see Hydro Page 4 final Windy today Clearing tonight for Home Call 19439331 two weeks for s2 outside City High Low 9 Sun ri86s sets Moon rises sets december vol ids no Jim free press end government allow private insurance 3man study recommends by Mary Ann Fitzgerald the provinces government run Auto Pac scheme should become a private company owned by its the committee reviewing the Manitoba insurance corporation in a 556page report released this morning after 5y2 months of the three member review committee re commended the government get out of the insurance business and turn the corporation into a Mutual company competing with other private the review team proposes the new setup go into effect at the Start of the 1981 licence the conversion of aut Opac is the key recommendation of the review careful it recommends the charter for the new continuing under the aut Opac Trade contain Safe guards against takeover by any Spe Cial interest at the same the committee major recommendations in the 556page report of the aut Opac review committee d end Public ownership and government control of d transform the corporation into a Mutual owned by the but keep the Trade name d end the aut Opac monopoly in Auto insurance and allow private companies to enter the d allow All authorized private companies to use the aut Opac claim centres for a d Force private companies wishing to operate Here to take on All Comers and distribute the less desirable risks among themselves on a proportional d enact stringent safeguards for the new Mutual company that would prevent a single person or group from gaining control of d drastically traffic Accident injury and death raising maximum disability benefits to per week from the current and maximum death benefits to from the current d make the proposed disability compensation Levels retroactive for the 650 Manitoban currently receiving inadequate compensation d review and adjust compensation amounts d establish a motor vehicle authority to handle All compensation for and deaths and to be responsible for d extend the no fault principle to ensure every person in Manitoba injured in a traffic Accident would receive Michael head of the Threeman aut Opac holds a copy of the released today Iran cuts off Gulf Canada from Che news services a spokesman for Gulf Canada the main importer of iranian Oil into Canada says Iran has Cut off its Supply of crude Oil to the in students holding so Ameri cans As hostages at the embassy in Tehran have rejected a in Security Council Appeal for their release As the iranian government made new and stronger threats against the in a official indicated that the hostages had been threatened with death if they did not confess to charges of spying and pro Shah activities that Are being drawn up against the who asked not to be said the americans have been threatened with execution if they fail to cooperate with their you can assume that i dont mean cooperation in routine he a student spokesman reached by Tel Ephone at the embassy said the Security Council Resolution calling for the immediate release of the hostages had been rejected because the Council is orchestrated by the United As it is also obvious that the United states has great influence on this coun see Page 4 proposes a traffic injury compensation removed from All insurance companies and operated exclusively by a new government Agency on a no fault it quadrupling the present injury and death unchanged for eight years and now among the lowest in the it recommends maximum disability benefits Rise to a week from the current and the maximum death Benefit to the primary dependent of the family wage earner jump to from Drivers licence fees should be reserved to pay the costs of the Harry minister responsible for the insurance said in re leasing the report no Steps would be taken without a very careful assess no changes will be made for the 1980 licence he Enns said the conversion of Pic to a Mutual company would have far reaching implications for the Corpora the government and All Manito one Doest jump to conclusions on such the report was written and re searched Independent of government and the along with the reasons for had to be he internal changes the committee was headed by Michael Vancouver economic and administrative researcher and former ism Canada James until last summer the owner of a Winnipeg insurance and David a Vancouver account Are the other members of the government appointed in its the committee Calls for a number of changes in pics inter Nal Enns said More than half the recommendations could be implemented without changing the Structure of the company to a Mutual the committee recommends that compulsory Public liability and property damage Auto insurance be retained and that compulsory third party Lia Bili see revised Page 4 More on the aut Opac nip dismisses greens claims by Ingeborg Boyens Sidney greens Swan song warning new democrats to Check the influence of organized labor in the party fell largely on deaf ears dry eyed new democrats said greens resignation was More Likely caused by a bruised ego than pressure from the party organized labor fac opposition Leader Howard Pawley said the Las allegations were unfounded and the involvement of the Manitoba federation of labor Mil in the party was Ive never had to court nor has there been any Arm twisting on their said the party a 13year Veteran of the legis lature who will now sit As an ind Epen told reporters yesterday that pressure from a group of Mil sup porters forced him to quit the he said the group included Bob nip president Dick president of the Mil Len past Mil president and Wilf representative on the Thompson steel workers i thought tha when i didst run for the leadership they would have been said instead things got he to the Point where the same people succeeded in replacing him As the National Green said he wanted to Tell party members the Quality of the party would decline if organized labor were allowed a greater hold on the nip see nip Page 4 striking Ontario guards could be at work tomorrow Toronto up Ontario striking correctional workers could be Back on the Job by thursday if they agree to a recommendation by their Union president to Send their dispute to binding provincial mediator Harvey Ladd announced today that a memorandum of agreement has been signed with the Ontario Public service employees that agreement will result in a prov inc wide vote on the recommendation today by the workers operating in Ontario 61 jails and correctional Ladd said the reached after an Al night bargaining is signed by Pseu president Sean Oflynn and contains his recommendation that members agree to arbitration to end their illegal strike which began the whose contract expires went on strike to Back de mands for a bargaining unit Sepa rate from the other workers in provincial centres for the retarded and weve reached what i consider a fair agreement for both sides in this Ladd inside today hippie Home reformed Lunt the fourth Man fourth of a rebirth of Mam to an the islamic revival is a result of religiously conservative masses becoming Active in for years the hectic Home of hippies where Toronto police spent Long hours in drug investigations and Laid More than now is a Haven forthe elderly and has respectable Jet match up scores big the jets have found two partners for Peter and the line led Winnipeg to a 42 win Over Louis Money no object when it comes to playing Santa theres lots of Choice in Winnipeg from a million Jet to a Royal Doulton cookie Jar for mortgaged Meadow Carter in the Hunt l Neville Tuxedo Heights Winner ice gets majority the Independent citizens election committee strengthened its grip on Council last achieving a Clear majority with by election victories As Bill Neville it Tuxedo Heights and Haroid Ward cram Cory Winnipeg mortgage Exchange now in Lent almost million on land in described by a lawyer for the receive manager As a Nice who promoters warned Cincinnati officials said yesterday that promoters of a concert by the who delayed in opening Arena doors despite being told of a potential danger posed by thousands of waiting eleven people died in the subsequent Rush for Long wait Worth it the Long wait by students and staff members from Miles Macdonnell collegiate paid off last night As the vietnamese refugee family they Are sponsoring arrived in president Jimmy Carter formally declared yesterday that he will seek Index 59 27 62 59 68 90 33 68 Doug 5 43 31 Jumble 7 59 scores hockey nil Winnipeg 4 is Louis z Vancouver 5 by islanders 1 Boston 2 Philadelphia 2 los Angeles 6 Atlanta 2 Hartford 3 Washington 3 Colorado 3 Quebec 1 i ;