Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 28, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Deef Tibet Titi of Flumm the tar ii inti should have included someone Edge Abie in Farmer Hydro chairman Leonard an engineering in Tion with proper accounting and Legal would have Given the Public the answers that were being sought by the opposition and the ratepayers at much less said the final report by former Manitoba court of Queens Bench chief Justice George Tritschler which Cost was released by the emment it said improper planning and bad judgment by Hydro coupled with political interference by the Ous nip had Cost Manitoban hundreds of millions of Bateman was fired last after he admitted during testimony before Tritschler that he had made misleading and inaccurate statements to several legislative of photo it was completed by pie who Are not to ethnically Eduali for such a while the report said there had been overbuilding arid too Fald a ment of generating stations Bateman the Utility visions to Advance the construction dates of certain Frateman also defended his Mance and that of Hydro staff during his and blamed dogfights be tween politicians for of the prob lems Hydro has opposition spokesmen were also ical of the report saying it is nothing than political justification for the governments got what they said nip critic Jim who charged that the conservatives have to have some Jusufi eation Laid the my atom vital nip finance critic Saul Chervack said the report was largely a political attack on Kornter nip Cherniack said it was impossible to believe finance minister Don cracks allegations that Hydro and mismanagement had Tost Between 1566 and i8m million massaging his ego in an attempt to justify in the added r former nip mines minister Sidney Green called the Oneman commission an inquisition conceived in political now an Independent said recommendations were not supported by Leader Howard Pawley refused to comment former Premier and now general de out by Craik As carrying political responsibility for past Hydro tilt m be maw to any said his officer Rene Manitoba Liberal pref fief l a former Hyde said he agreed with findings in the report that me of its former David was responsible for Hydro Campbell resigned from the Hydro Board in 1971 Over the Schttler govern ments deals loft to proceed Sously with the Lake Tion and the Churchill River f a the government cant escape responsibility for Camp Bell they were t Perso Nally made two visits to Schreyer and told him he was being pulled into trouble by the advice of the fact that he is governor general of Canada Doest make a bit of he must still answer for his sins of omission and Craik dismissed suggestions that the report was a political ing the onus was on reporters to prove Tutu chief had undertaken the study with soldiers of the deposed Kabul regime aim a soviet made Cannon during fighting in Afghanistan russians admit role in coup continued from Page 1 Taraski led a staunch pro Moscow administration until he was toppled in mid september by it was later announced in Kabul that he been who was Vic president and Deputy prime minister under Taraski until he was later squeezed added in his speech reported by Tass the people of Afghanistan have suffered under the bloody apparatus of Hafizullah Amin and his these agents of american neither Tass nor Moscow radio car ried any commentary on the events in but Western diplomatic sources in Moscow said it was Clear that Moscow views today events since Amin toppled Taraski three months age following a Palace gunboat the Kremlin has found relations with Kabul increasingly Western diplomats in Moscow said Amin viewed soviet ambassador Alex Ander Puzanov with forcing Moscow to recall the envoy and replace him with Fik Riyat a High ranking soviet communist party offi the diplomats said the move reflect Gold soars to in Europe London a Gold Bullion soared to a Troy ounce in London and Zurich but unlike yesterday when golds and Vance sent the Dollar the currency was steady to slightly higher on most european foreign sex Gold had surged in Zurich Day from pre Holiday closing at an ounce and touching a record in the metals Advance continued today after chalking up another record in new York of in the morning Price just before the cites five big Bullion dealers agreed on a up from yesterdays closing dealers attributed the Rise to reports of a soviet backed coup in the Tehran hostage Uncertain Dollar prospects and worries Over Oil Price trading was quiet again today and Many dealers were expected to close Early for the but As one new York dealer commented yesterday in his right mind will sell at these there afraid never be Able to buy it the Dollar was holding ground today after some Sharp losses the yes in the Pound was Worth up from yesterdays late but a slight improvement for the Dollar from the overnight new York rate of in the Dollar in terms of Canadian funds opened today Down 120 at while in new the Canadian Dollar was up 3100 at de the Kremlin anxiety to preserve its influence in the Karmels issued in the name of the Central committee of the Peoples democratic the revolutionary Council and the afghan govern said we have again raised the Banner of National holy the Banner of the it made no reference to reports of Street fighting in Kabul possibly involving soviet nor did it men Tion the Fate of the late president Taraski depended heavily on Moscow supplied arms to combat insurrection by moslem guerrillas during the 17 months of his and in spite of Clear differences Between Amin and the Diplo Matic sources in Moscow said there was no setup in arms supplies from the soviet Union after Taraski was top in the past the state department has said that the soviet Union was sending thousands of sol Diers into Afghanistan to support amins regime against moslem insure More difference Between the pcs and the nip 1 think that is missing the said he said it was a serious condemnation of the top management of Hydro and a More muted More muted than 1 would have made Iton the political Premier Sterling Lyon refused to say which of the 52 recommendations contained in the report will be adopted by the its premature after a cursory Reading of this report to say what will the government set out to improve the working relationship Between the government and Hydro by appointing a new Board chairman and a new chief executive Craik refused to say if further re placements will be though some May feel their positions untenable at the report accused the Utility pub Lic relations department of failing to provide Public with factual enter the uttering my As Well As the goad the report Hydra users we rent told their rates would have teen lower had it not been for some significant blunders by Hydro management and it criticized the Tys Public affairs Earl for saying the 1979 surplus proved the course of action we followed was the right and our building is now paying Mills declined to saying it be proper for us to comment on a government Hydro former acting said yesterday the needs an absolutely Topnotch chairman who has had nothing to do with past events to restore now Dean of applied sciences at the University of British co said the Tritschler inquiry had left some demoralization among Hydro the inquiry report is going to reopen a lot of he said 1069 is no name unless you spell court rules a the num ber 1069 is not but one Zero six nine might be the Minnesota supreme court ruled today in denying a Minneapolis mans Legal bid to be named a Michael Herbert a former social studies has been calling himself 1069 for five saying the numerals have personal significance and relate to his philosophy of he got his the social Security administration and several state Agen cies to recognize him As which he pronounces As one Zero six theres a difference but a Utility company and the Minne Sota Drivers licence division go along unless the numeral had court and two years ago Dengler filed suit seeking a Legal name two years before he was rebuffed by the North Dakota supreme in its unanimous the Minnesota supreme court said Dengler is free to Call himself 1069 As a common Law but noted the social and economic system is geared to identify ing individuals by letters rather than the court upheld a decision by District court judge Don Ald who said it would be dehumanizing for any person to be known Only by the judge likened it to the numbers tattooed on prisoners in second world War concentration to allow a Legal name change to a number would hasten the Day in which we All become lost in a faceless Barbeau also quoting from Shakespeare who steals my purse steals he that finches from me my Good name robs me of that which makes me poor divorced with two children living with their is described in court records As a born in he was not available for comment on today in arguments before Barbeau in of danglers Stefan said his client lost his teaching Job in because of the name since who at the time of the arguments was working As a Cook in a Minneapolis had applied for jobs in economics and but had been summarily rejected because he called himself toxin Pic Premium tables not valid Ottawa up Revenue minister Walter Baker said yesterday the 1980 unemployment insurance Premium mailed recently to about employers across Are no longer the tables Call for premiums of per of insurable Howe they Are based on the progressive conservatives 11 most of which was invalidated when the government was Defeated in a non conf Dence motion two Days one Man second wounded in stabbing continued from Page 1 police refused to give any other de City police were also Given a run for their Money last night when they were called to four robberies in the East Kildonan area in about two the string of three of which Are believed to be began about 7 when a armed with a walked into Chicken de 1121 Henderson an robbed the woman at two one armed with a walked into a champs Chicken 679 Henderson High and robbed the clerk of a Small amount of at two one armed with a entered Wiebes 300 Edison and robbed the Lone clerk of some an attempted robbery occurred at when a armed with a walked into macs convenience 4015 Springfield police say the Man attempted to Rob the but fled after spotting another person in the police said judging by the nature of the they suspect the robberies were carried out by the same group of no description of the bandits was food prices expected to Rise in 1980 from the news services Toronto retail food prices will increase Between and per cent in the retail Council of Canada said in its annual the Council predicted jumps in the Price of imported produce and processed but said ample supplies of pork and poultry should be available at relatively Low storm kills seven London forecasters Are predict ing More rough weather for the British Isles after a killer storm drenched parts of the Island country in a torrent of flood Waters and left at least seven dead and three missing in Stor relat de causes havoc Kansas Joseph Teasdale declared a state of emergency yesterday and ordered 500 National guardsmen to help provide fire Protection in Kansas City during a grow hews Roundup ing sick out by City he said City officials could to longer guarantee the Public safety and the troops would go on duty late last ship hauled off rocks Punta Chile the swed ish cruise ship Lindblad which ran aground Christmas eve in the was pulled from under sea rocks yesterday with the Aid of a soviet the chilean Navy an official said the ship had eight punctures in its double but the flooding was controlled and the ship was in no danger of he said it had partial use of its Dole registers in primary Republican sen Ator Roben Dole squeezed in just be fore yesterdays deadline for entering new Hampshire presidential Prima bringing the Field of candidates who will appear on the ballot to the primary will be held bailing vessel sinking the John the first sailing cargo ship in four was reported sinking yesterday 240 Kilometres South East of Cape cod in what was its first working the coast guard in new York the nine persons aboard the 29metre vessel were Safe ashore late yesterday after being rescued by air National guard riots break out in India new Delhi rioting broke out in Southern India yesterday As Campaign ing intensified before next weeks Gen eral police used tear Gas to break up a clash Between supporters of the Region Al moslem majlis party and the nation Al janata party in Karvan in Andora Pravesh police said 15 people were three persons have died in recent fire kills 10 prisoners a fire broke out last night on the top floor of the historic Lancaster county killing 10 prisoners and injuring two fire authorities county sheriff Nae Parks said the fire was of undetermined Egypt raps begin stand Cairo Egypt rejected yesterday statements by israeli prime minister Menachem begin that Israel will main Tain control Over the West Bank of the Jordan begins claim was a violation of the Camp David peace an egyptian foreign ministry official French budget discussed Paris the French parliament Jnet in emergency session yesterday to resolve a dispute Over the budget for president Valery Giscard Destain called the session after the constitutional Council ruled that the finance Bill adopted 17 was illegal because revenues were not agreed Only before Uttie Hope left for sailors Ketch in Alaska a capsized Ore freighter went aground off the Alaska coast yesterday As winds near Hurricane Force whipped Waves to Little Hope remained for the vessels 30 taiwanese the coast guard the 225metre Lee Wang Zin was in no immediate danger of breaking up and May free itself at High old Man of the zoo Philadelphia the worlds oldest captive celebrated his 49th birthday with 9 special zoo made of Vitamin enriched Grain and meat yesterday at the Philadelphia it is thought that the special diet for Massa is largely responsible for his Massa o4est Gorilla 4 4 ;