Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, December 18, 1979

Issue date: Tuesday, December 18, 1979
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba How the new King of convinces people they should Trade Steak for Alfalfa today Gas s by Bob Cheshire Imperial Oil will launch a two Day gasoline Sale Friday and As Oil companies struggle with ways to refund Fri Fiey collected during last weeks Short lived Gas Price the 11 Federal budget an flounced an increase of four cents a litre in the excise Tan on it went into effect but died two Days later when the minority conservative government was so Imperial Oil is alone in Winni Peg to reduce prices at outlets it controls to refund the extra the Sale this Friday and saturday will eat prices by the budgets in crease cents pet litre Gary red Erti of Imperial Oil said the Price for regular Gas at self serve stations a Ftp be cents per he Harris of Shell Canada said outlets will provide direct refunds to customers with proof of Purchase primarily credit card receipts when the prices were Harris said Shell will calculate How much extra tax was subtract the amount returned Ift direct then donate the difference to childrens hospitals across Imperial and Shell Are asking dealers to participate am 1 tile retune Bui id Fern said independents Cartt As expected to continue with the Sale Treyve sold Cheapo gasoline equal to the High priced Harris said since stations represent Only Abri 15 pet cent of Eity Shell a hitter will be sent to dealers today asking them participate Ift the ref timid to be too he since most sales Are by credit Orval Farough of Gulf Canada said yesterday Gulf Hopes to have a refund system in place Larry area retail Ager for Texaco Canada said at this Poi fat Texaco does not have a refund with refunds the responsibility of station a Domo Gas spokesman re Are available to those with a while persons without receipts must write a Hote to the company outlining when and How much Gas is eligible for a filed River cooperative is also providing refunds to motorists with a but Hast decided How to handle claims without Clear tonight sunny tomorrow Low 7 High 0 december 1979 Sun of cases sets Moon sets for final for Home Call 9439331 two weeks for outside City baby death cited in report hitting Victoria Hospital by Joe Rubin copyright Winnipeg free press the death of a baby at Victoria general Hospital in August is cited in a report highly critical of the hospitals management and signed by nine nursing the internal dated 15 and submitted to the hospitals Board of administrators and medical said a breakdown in communication with senior management is seriously threatening the continuance of the High standards of Quality patient the nursing directors who signed the 24page report said the hospitals Cri Sis style of management appears to be the Only style in evidence in the last 18 to 24 Dieter the hospitals executive said Many Points raised in the report Are Well in were Well on the Way to clarifying Many of these issues with the unit Kuntz said last one of the 23 issues raised by the nurses involves several incidents which they say occurred in three incidents at the five upset by the fee were taking Calls from Home instead of being in Hospital on a 24hour Trudeau to give decision today from the news services Ottawa former prime minister Pierre Trudeau was to announce this morning whether he will Lead the lib eral party in the 18 election Cam prime minister for 11 years before his defeat in the May 22 summoned a handful of maps and confidants to his parliament Hill office yesterday As he continued tango Nize Over whether he should accept his party Call to scrap his retirement plans and Lead it into a fifth consecutive election he spent yesterday morning at Home and the afternoon in his Confer ring by Telephone with maps and other party an aide its not in the bag but its the aide last night a number of liberals expressed doubt that Trudeau would Lead the party in the As monday progressed Many grits became More and More concerned that Trudeau would decided to depart that he meant it when he said he did not want to resume the Lloyd Axworthy l Winnipeg fort Garry said he was beginning to think that Trudeau might decide against carrying on As if he was ready to continue you would think see Trudeau Page 4 pcs first to launch election Campaign from the services prime minister Clark was first out of the starting Gate kicking off the conservative Campaign for reelection in de Broadbent will join Clark on the election Trail launching the new democratic party Campaign in to where new democrats managed to win Only one of 23 seats in the last last the prime minister told 500 cheering party workers that Quebec is the province that is going to give us a majority to overcome the party dismal showing in the province it won Only two of the 75 Clark unveiled a list of High profile including senator Robert de de minister for economic development and has said he will resign his seat in the upper chamber to election 62 run in a Rural Quebec he failed to retain his Ottawa Centre seat May while Clark was unveiling Quebec he was losing two in the Veteran my Gerald announced he will not seek reelection for the peace seat he has held since George also has decided against running again in his British Columbia Broadbent starts his Campaign today with a news followed by an appearance at a nomination after a swing East he plans to Fly to Winnipeg and Vancouver details Here and in Van Youver have not been Clark also is expected in Winnipeg As part of a we Klong speaking after posing the question must there be another death before the present situation is the report noted three incidents late arrival of the anaesthetist for Newborn resuscitation unavailability of the anaesthetist for patient or fetus distress and late arrival of the anaesthetist for an emergency caesarean in one the report noted a cae Sarean Section was required immediately because the fetus was in fetal heartbeat was audible when the patient was taken to the Case the surgeon was present and the opera Tion could have commenced immediately if the anaesthetist had been time was lost in waiting for the baby it is recognized that sometimes in Fant death is but if expert help is available and proper resuscitation and care initiated that baby would have been Given a fair Chance of patients who come to us for care expect and should receive the Best possible it is frightening for the patients and the nurses to realize that if there is a danger to Mother and baby during expert hands Are not readily available in the internal anaesthesia department head Milner would not comment on the but a Hospital physician who refused to allow his name to be used said the allegations were Mollie a nursing director who compiled the report and president of the Manitoba association of registered refused comment on its an internal situation and that How were dealing with she three other nursing directors also refused comment the to determine whether a death is attributable to a Lack of Anes you get that Hap pens All the whether the anaesthetists Are in the building or on an Onvall the Only ones who can really do that determine the cause of death Are not nursing inexperience blamed another Issue raised in the report was the Lack of a nursing director for the hospitals intensive care since two other nursing directors have alternately been shouldering the duties for the the report noted that the ice has been in a crisis situation due to inexperienced inadequately oriented Low morale among ice staff and it is quite apparent that the ice requires its own nursing director to Correct the Many identified problems in the the nursing directors stat Kuntz said that when the ice nursing director position became the Hospital decided there was a greater need to hire a clinical instructor for the As a he conditions have improved the results Are evident at the pres ent time that things Are see report Page 4 must Tav free Pyramid Power Jim a 71yearold prospector and trapper from Herb is building a Pyramid shaped Cabin based on his knowledge of pyramids in see Page rhodesian win peace patriotic front accepts Compromise on ceasefire by Leonard Downie the Washington Post London a peace agreement end ing the seven Earold racial civil War in Rhodesia was achieved Here l night after the fro Las accepted a Brit on arrangements for t patriotic front guerrilla Ben Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo then initiated the ceasefire document and the other agreements reached at the peace conference they will enable Rhodesia to achieve Legal in dependence under Blac majority Rule 15 years after the White led by Ian broke away from Brit representatives of which convened the peace talks Here 15 weeks and the Short lived biracial govern ment of Abel Muzorewa had already initiated the package of agreements at the last formal session of vice Confer ence last a formal be held Here Tom Row after minister for eign Secretary word the peace conference return from the United ceasefire 26 the ceasefire in Rhodesia will be declared a week on and is to become effective after on new elections to choose the Blac majority with the patriotic front participating for the first will be held in about two weeks after the when a new government has been formed under the Independence Constitution negotiated earlier in the peace the British governor now in Salis Bury to supervise he ceasefire and the will avg can Independence to countryrst0 As Zim this is a very important Day for said Carron tons Deputy chairman at the peace conference sir Ian the British lord privy it Means the end of the War after extremely Long and difficult Nego the successful ending to the peace he is a tribute to the perseverance and dedication of All three dont miss a Chance to participate in the free press mood Manitoba inside today Moscow muzzled complaints about food shortages in Moscow Are Landing russians in hot water As the authorities crack Down As the 1980 olym pics Langes on her Way Jessica Lange has done Only one but she is getting rave reviews and has been cast opposite Jack All in the families the country biggest corporate families Are and now dominate the 1q largest groups of companies in the latest directory of inter corporate police squad rapped Index three businessmen have criticized the length of time it took the Winnipeg police departments bomb squad to arrive at uni City shopping mall at boosters boost fund backing reaffirmed the Winnipeg jets Booster club share their after the jets downed Les the club gave to help push the spirit of Christmas fund Over Ayatollah Khomeini reaffirms backing for students holding the hostages but says he is ready for a new relationship with the United states if president Carter descends from his Ivory Tower 33 2g 35 55 21 35 Doug 5 Jumble scores football nil san Diego 1 7 Denver 7 hockey nil Minnesota 5 Toronto 1 Izvestia tournament Sweden 7 Canada 2 i ;