Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free Ettac Riiber 1s79 expected to hold share of Market continued from Page 1 to limits be raised to from it recommends Auto Colli Sion insurance and comprehensive in expected to Cost million in premiums in no longer be Sory beginning next the com Mittee has heard no arguments that justifies compelling Manitoban to spend this substantial amount of Money except through their own the report when the conservative government set the three member review team in it promised aut Opac is Here to and the review was to find ways to improve its the Burns committee maintains its recommendations Combine the Best of and private insurance Fea Tures without government interference and would provide Manitoban with a wide Range of new ideas and without sacrifice of convenience or aut Opac under these will be Here to but Only if it serves its clients As Well or better than others in the the report it predicts the revamped aut Opac Likely would continue to serve a Large percentage of owners and Drivers of the vehicles in premiums this year total about Mil Cabine appointed private companies wishing to enter the Auto insurance would have to meet stiff provincial All companies would be required to take on All Comers and distribute the less Desir Able risks among them on a proportion Al the 556page report if a str orig Board and new operating executives Are recruited for the corporation should be in a Good position to compete in the competitive the present Pic Board should be retired with it the report recommends the first Board of the proposed Mutual company be appointed by the Cabinet to be replaced by an elected Board after the transition the committee found the Lightyear old Public insurance corporation Pla Gued by political interference and restraint and showing a serious absence of planning and no serious suit of much needed disadvantages of monopoly have grown to seriously outweigh its no stake separation from government is clearly the solution if the Manitoba Public insurance corporation is to at Tain its full potential of services to Manitoba the committee a Mutual ensuring Strong policyholder influence and geographic representation through its elected Board of would assure them of sharing in profits of the company through reduced premiums or direct rather than All citizens owning the corporation with the government act ing As the people of the province who insure with the Manitoba Public insurance corporation become its the committee citizens who do not insure with the Manitoba Public insurance Corpora Tion would have no stake in its profits or the corporation has been built with funds collected almost entirely from vehicle owners and so nothing would be lost to other tax pay nor would no motorists contribute single report on accidents could save police establishment of a single Agency to collect Accident information could save about by eliminating duplicated a government review committee report the Threeman committee said the duplication occurs because persons involved in accidents involving More than in property damage must report the incident to police As Well As the Manitoba Public insurance Cor the reports require the same information from person involved in an the com Mittee in 1979 Winnipeg police chief nor Man Stewart said consolidation of Acci Dent information collection could save his department about ramp and various civic and Provin Cial agencies estimate their savings would be about the committee notes that the idea of a single collection which in Manitoba would be the has been used the committee said that while every one agrees the single Agency would save they have been unable to decide How the body should to solve the the committee suggested the government establish a taskforce to develop and implement the new information collection Agency within the next six in any Way should it incur losses or through government the report recommends that premiums or fees be directly related to the Protection it gives no Esti mate of what those rates would it notes that Between 1972 and Melcs total income including amounted to million or 20 per cent of the total Revenue of the new Agency during that the no Premium income came from such sources As the gasoline Drivers licence the motor vehicle cos sharing plan along with use of the governments financial guarantee instead of Normal insurance company reserves and the use of government services for Money manage Pic is also exempt from corporate income the committee also recommends All aspects of motor vehicle use be drawn together As a new government Agency known As the motor vehicle it would provide licensing of Drivers and Supply Central record keeping for government and Industry regulate Auto insurance operate the traffic injuries compensation plan and consolidate safety inspection and licence suspension the authority should Purchase All the claim centres operated by Pic for use on a cos recovery the report million investment the committee says backed by the has not had to have the capital reserves required by other insurance it proposes the government guarantee be extended to the new Mutual company for a period of 20 reducing it says pics investments in municipal and Hospital now standing at could be carried on by funds of the proposed traffic injuries compensation plan at a similar level of annual at the end of Pichad a total million in investments in Manitoba government the committee says while the total investment Pool of All companies might be divided be tween Public and private the Benefit to Manitoba would be equal or greater under the new Pic set up in 1971 Pic was set up by the former nip government in 1971 with a monopoly in the car insurance Field in the face of a powerful lobby mounted by the private insurance it expanded into the general insurance business in private insurance groups have been seeking at least a part of the Auto insurance business in the province since the election of the conservative government in Iran cuts off Gulf Canada continued from Page 1 which has nothing to do with the oppressed people of the its Opin Ion is worthless As far As we Are concerned and will not affect us in any in another the Secre tary of Iran governing revolutionary Ayatollah Mohammad be said the hostages would be tried Hydro Power Cut to continued from Page 1 lights were flickering in Many other communities Early this a Winnipeg Hydro spokesman said there were no reports of blackouts from any of its Winnipeg International Airport was closed for about five hours overnight after weather conditions turned run ways into sheets of Glare All arrivals and departures were cancelled after continuous freezing rain and a shift in the wind caused one plane to slide off the no one was injured when an air Canada flight from Montreal Slid off the tax Iway shortly after 9 and had to be towed into the an Airport spokesman said one run Way was opened at 3 and a flights have departed since that flights were cancelled or re routed overnight and no incoming flights were expected to land until late this Manitoba department of highways officials were advising extreme Cau Tion for roads Are de scribed As Snow Snow packed and and Public forecaster Doris Siemieniuk while Snow and blow ing Snow would taper off this mom ing and Lead to Clearing a weather system brewing Over North Ern will bring freezing rain and Snow to Manitoba by late before a revolutionary court under islamic the penalty for spying under islamic Law is the spokesman for Gulf Robert said in an interview last night that the Oil company was affected when Iran Cut off Oil exports to the Gulf Oil Gulf Canadas Parent company and supplier of iranian he said iranian crude accounts for 17 per cent of Gulf Canadas but makes up less than five per cent of Canadas meanwhile in la Presse reported that Iran will take serious action against european Banks which refuse to help it survive the Boycott imposed on the country by the the threat was reported in a Dis Patch from Tehran by the newspapers Middle East Robert after an exclusive interview with Abolhassan Iran minister of finance and the i assure the minister that if the european Banks give us any trouble in our conflict with the they will pay very dearly for Monica subtly excluded Monica Goerman of Winnipeg at world Toft Pige i easily observed results to the growing faction ing of the Canadian and those who Bear the Brunt of such High level decisions Are the athletes youngsters of 15 and 16 years of and her coach and Mother Elfriede have been subtly ostracized by the rest of the Canadian in practice sessions they Are studiously left to train much on their Monica has been excluded from freetime excursions organized by members of the training staff and she is often left alone As the other girls come and go in a while it is hard to believe that such behaviour a world championship could have its roots in a personal it is increasingly apparent that Bajin is responding to some harsh criticism which came As a result of his insistence that Monica compete in the Pacific rim Competition in october even though she was suffering from the flu and was not in competitive Monica was injured on the but because a qualified doctor could not be her Bone chips and tendinitis where left untreated until nearly two weeks when she got her condition on arriving Home dismayed Wayne her physic Ian at the Manitoba refit Centre and a Man with a Good reputation in sports treatment an outrage Hildahl called the treatment of Moni whom he considers one of the most dedicated and talented athletes he has Ever an and he put his feelings and misgivings about Bajin on paper in a letter to the Federal minister of Steve copying to Bajin and the Canadian gymnastics from the time of his receipt of Hil dals Bajin made life increasingly difficult for the the Harold was sent to Winnipeg from Toronto to inter View Monica and Elfriede and assess their approach to the despite Hildahl Assurance that she was physically ready to compete and Elfriedel that she was in Competition Monica was required to perform before a panel of including the Day before leaving for fort Worth before she was Given final Clear Ance for the a Mil mannered Man who is Here with the Canadian agrees that the matter of Monica ranking is rather but is of the opinion that she will have to get used to her new although he could give no Rea sons for such an nip shrugs off Green continued from Page 1 who Learned of the Resigna Tion Only after Green talked to report said he was disappointed that he had not been informed although he did ask Green to recon Pawley said we will carry on without Pawley said it was obvious Green was disappointed Over losing his Posi Tion As National Vic president to Rod Murphy last but Pawley said it was wrong for Green to imply he had lost the contest because of a labor Only 20 per cent of the delegates to the convention were members of affiliated labor Orga Pawley said he was aware of attempts about 18 months ago to unseat Green in the Leader said he interceded and the attempts were split with Schreyer Mayer said he did not think the ties of organized labor to the provincial party could be too he admitted he was part of the group that ousted greens name from the list for National party but since Green was Defeated by a 279 Mayer said it was apparent Murphys supporters represented a Broad Cross Section of the party and not just the labor there is no question that i Felt someone As Vic president should be closer to the Sid will always be an said Mil president Dick Martin said Green seems to believe the Mil was out to gun him to dump he seems to be paranoid about organized v Martin said this want adding Many Union members supported greens bid in 1969 for the party leadership against former premiered although Pawley said there would be no review of the party involvement with the caucus members were called in for informal meetings yester Day to discuss the effects of greens resignation on the Wilson nip member for said it was apparent Green had resigned because he want Able to Garner enough support to be renamed party every la is subject to the same challenges Green received at the local said the party acts democratically and i dont think the unions run said Saul member for seven said he want surprised about the news since it is not the first time Green has Green quit the provincial Cabinet for three months in 1972 be cause of his disagreement with then Premier Edward Schreyer Over the Issue of Public Aid to private his ego was said but the Day there is no turmoil in a political party is the Day it is said the party will survive the loss of said Saul Cherniack Chymiak said he was surprised about greens announcement because Ive lost elections before and so has Sam member for Lac do said it was common knowledge that Green had been under pressure from Mil i told him there was a Price on his head that he should look Over his said Yuskiw said he too was concerned that the Bonds Between the Mil and the nip were becoming party split feared i think Trade Union people should vote for the nip because they believe in not because of Block con the la for Winnipeg Bud agreed the Mil should be affiliated with the labor organizations were formally tied to the nip in although he said he didst agree with greens Ron Mcbryde the Pas said the controversy May split the Bill president of the nip association in Inkster said the organization Hast decided if it will continue to support Green in Lynch announces plans to resign As Irish pm from the news services Dublin Reuter Irish prime minister Jack Lynch today announced his intention to he asked a private meeting of Mem Bers of parliament of his fianna fail party to Convene another meeting with in the next few Days to elect his Succes a party statement the statement said Lynch intended to present his resignation to president Patrick Hillery As Early As possible next deportation cancelled beit occupied West Bank Israel has decided to cancel Deporta Tion proceedings Nablus mayor Bas the israeli military Gover nor of the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River announced news Roundup Binyamin Eliezer said who has been in jail since would be freed on the condition that his functions will be limited to strictly municipal refinery blast kills 2 two people died yesterday Day of bums suffered in an explosion at a Mobil Oil refine bringing to three the number of people killed by the explosion on Mon Consul convicted in Philadelphia the dominican republics Consul general for Philadel phia and another Man were convicted yesterday of plotting to smuggle fire arms to the nicaraguan guerrillas who overthrew Anastasio Somoza re the Sandino of Cherry and Philadelphia restaurant owner Virgilio were acquitted of a second plot to smuggle Large quantities of cocaine into the Nobel party cancelled Oslo the norwegian Nobel com Mittee at the request of Nobel peace prize Winner Mother Teresa has cancelled the traditional dinner party planned in her a simple recep Tion immediately after the awarding ceremony next monday will be held said Nobel Institute director Jakob he said yesterday that Mother of asked the Money that would have gone for the dinner be Given to the massive buildup cited United nations israels in representative said yesterday that Arab countries on israels Eastern front Are equivalent to the nato in terms of manpower and tanks and had twice As much the buildup has been accompanied by a diplomatic offensive at the in to secure the West Bank As a base from which rejection St states and the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion could realize their dream of a War of annihilation against businessmen accused Calgary three Calgary businessmen and an airline company have been charged with 78 counts of operating a commercial airline without a licence after a six month investigation by the Federal government and the charged under the Federal aeronautics act Are president of Smith International Canada Jerry president of Canter drilling and exploration and Canter Roger also charged is Racine holdings previously known As score holdings Paloma air services and 93711 holdings Indonesia to get loan Indonesia Canada and Indonesia signed a loan agreement yesterday for the construction of a High level diversion irrigation the project involves the trans Fer of surplus water from the Bangkok River system in West Lombok to the water deficient Reng Gung River rules please feminists Washington feminists say the governments latest guidelines for ending sex Bias in athletics Are a workable Long but the National collegiate athletic which has expressed con Cern for the future of College vehemently opposes the new rules for the scholarship rules re quire that the average female athlete receive the same benefits As the aver age for if 40 per cent of a schools athletes Are they Are to receive 40 per cent of the scholarship Money ;