Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 13, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 february 1986 Ioc Wott shift Moscow olympics r in particular those of the major to crime together to solve their differ Killain said he and the 89fnember committee would do All in their Power to Assur that the summer games unfolded in the right the Resolution came after two Days of closed oof deliberation by the 106 members they were forced to debate politics despite obvious distaste for the Dick the other Canadian member of the said there was Little division among the it is surprising How close everyone was on from the extreme left to the extreme right of the he said that despite criticisms of the Ioc As a collection of haughty Aristo is net an group we discussed All West Germany Witt ene of the most influential voices m the com said the Ioc is still hopeful that the political acrimony Over afghanis Tan Wilt resolve though Killain did not mention the invasion of he did Issue a veiled warning to the the toc urges the organizing com Mittee in Moscow and the National olympic committee of the to inform the highest authorities of their government of the circumstances which have created these difficulties for so Many National organizing com the Carter Antici Pating a Rebuff from the olympic Lead had already issued a statement saying it will continue to insist on a Boycott of the Moscow olympics if v Only the pipes at left remain at William benjamins work station at the in he died As a result of a blast Rau workers fear for safety Vagn spokesman denies comp Iris at worries Are groundless continued from Page 1 he said the explosion was so severe investigators cant caused by an individual mistake or inadequate safety measures on the part of the we May never know what Hap Buckley 1 watched him go to work for the last he walked past where i was having my Coffee and about two minutes later there was a Damn big that All there said de Barham who worked elsewhere in the Yards and shared in a carpool with you get up and go to work with a Guy for five years and then suddenly you drive by his House and youre not picking him up anymore that something you dont get said Barham said Benjamin want the kind of Guy who would complain about workplace safety he went out and gave a Dayan a half he was the kind of Guy who would do one employee said similar incidents have happened four or five people have suffered Burns from Torch flames which have set off Gas leaking from hoses and another said the fatal explosion May have been caused by Leaky acetylene hoses and gauges located at work stations scattered throughout the reclaim ing the stations Are actually oxygen and acetylene pipes rising from the ground and enclosed in a Doghouse like the gauges there never ser the hoses Are All its just a one employee a lot of the torches dont have spark arresters on if a spark shoots Down the Assembly Hose and you dont have4a spark arrester twill just go right through and blow the station he doubted the Union could rectify the its Leader is close to Union official de re Chuck refused to comment on the saying management should be contacted in some say Benjamin complained of a leak at his work station the week leading up to his management had been told there were one worker adding news leaks inexcusable Washington a the Man who attorney general Benjamin Civiletti appointed to Lead the search for the source of news leaks about Fri under Coyer investigations said tuesday he might subpoena reporters and their notes if necessary to find the Richard the attorney for Connecticut and a former reporter for the Washington told a news conference the news leaks were inexcusable and tragic because they endanger a sensitive i Vestiga Blumenthal has subpoena Powers to conduct the inquiry and in the Justice department is reported ready to take the rare step of giving lie Detector tests to As Many As 200 of its Civiletti position also seemed to be a response to widespread questions in Congress and elsewhere about Prema Ture arid unauthorized disclosures of pending Fri bribery investigations in which criminal charges have yet to be eight members of Congress and other state and local Public officials have been implicated in the bureaus 16monthold bribery in which Fri undercover agents pos ing As representatives of wealthy arabs offered bribes in Exchange for promises of political in a televised Fri director William Webster said tuesday that his agents were not trying to trap i dont believe we Are luring people into that a wrong connote Webster told Carl a syndicated columnist and comments we Are creating a setting in which those who Are predisposed to criminal activity find it convenient to Deal with what they think is another part of the criminal the Soho weekly news in new York said the District Heads of the Fri and Federal organized crime strike Force in new York were the prime leaks to the Media about that there have been complaints in the one worker speculated the Gas leaked out overnight and was retained by the Doghouse like when he opened the a pos Sibly from Static May have ignited the another worker suggested Benjamin May have opened up the valve from the acetylene outlet to Clear it of after turning on the it May have in both the enclosure is said to have retained the they were removed from the stations following the explosion at the repeated urgings of the Canada labor investigator Buckley said he believed the removal was done to reduce the chances of another Acci one employee bitterly remarked they were a known safety Why didst they remove them the first time there was a problem one in employee termed the removal of the enclosures As one of the modifications made to the station to ensure that this Doest happen but then who knows what the next thing will he asked suggest ing the War against Industrial accidents is never reclaiming Yard supervisor Martin Geswine earlier denied there were Simi Lar incidents before benjamins yesterday he threatened to Call the in police when a free press photographer and reporter went to the scene of the he said the site was private property and that All visitors must report to the office before walking around the soviet troops remain in if the soviets do not tally withdraw their troops by neither the president nor american people can support american attendance it the olympics in the White mouse and state department said in washing Carters Call for a Boycott has found support from about 50 but Only a Small number of National olympic committees have supported their i Powell said last night the de states is still working with a number of governments on the possibility of holding their own International Carter promised athletes list week that if the Boycotts the summer olympics he will arrange an International Competition with Libre Lake Placid firms vying for their own olympic Gold continued from Page 1 they Are a night for single occur a night for double occupant during the games the As set by the accommodation control corporation acc is a double is when the occupants Are they Are charged for a minimum of 21 but dont think the Motel owners Are getting Ives insisted i figure ill make a profit on my operation for the but not As big a profit As if the games we rent his costs and the costs of the areas other Motel operators have increased Ives before the games it used to Cost me 84 cents to have a full set of bed linens he now the charge is to keep my chambermaid Ive had to double their if i didst they would All have taken off to work in Lake and dont forget Whiteface was closed Down for three weeks while officials were preparing for that meant no business for the Motel operators around and it will be closed Down for another week when the games Are Over and that week happens to George Washington which is usually busiest time of the year in this while Ives Points out Motel rates have been set bythe he admits they would probably be even higher if left to the individual opera Ive been offered As much As a night for my he but of course i cant take it because the acc decides who stays Here during the games i even get my own father a room and he owns a big chunk of this campsites Are not controlled by the the Guys around Here Are charging a Ives they were going to charge but the corporation talked them into cutting Bear in mind that Only for a piece of you have to Supply your own exorbitant rates for accommodations Are Only pan of the olympic Golden a highball that Cost last month now costs a dinner that Cost in december will now Cost the unwary purchaser to and some places Only give you 45 minutes to eat Ives even Ronald Mcdonald has been caught up in the Golden Ives walk through the Golden Arches in Lake Placid and you wind up paying for a big an order of Coffee and Apple and you will be expected to finish it in 20 i at the olympic Arena vendors Are charging for a cup of for i hot it seems every visitor is being viewed As a but the warmest pigeons o them All Are the one offers a personal experience apart from paying 21 Days of rental for a room that will Only be used for there is the matter of the for you get an assigned Roony mate to share the a Pine Wood panelling water stained ceiling tile and no the matter of the Telephone was quickly the usable Valley Telephone com Pany of gladly in stalled in fact it installed two at since neither Jack dul Mage of the Windsor Star nor i knew we would be sharing accommodation before we ticket prices Are also creative As witness yesterdays Canad Holland hockey to Price for preliminary round games has been set at plus state and local that added up to a total of for Holland versus Cana top Price the Gold medal hockey game will be plus hockey fans Are the Best seats in the House for the final Day of the figure skating Competition will Cost plus of Janssen Dies actor David Star of numerous films and the now defunct television series the fugitive and Harry died at his Malibu Beach Home in California today of a massive heart relatives he was magistrates murder to be protested by strike from the news services millions of italian workers Are going on strike to protest the latest murder by red brigades Vittorio a leading ital Ian magistrate and Law professor at Rome was shot on the Campus yesterday As he left a debate on the subject of he was shot seven times by a Young woman aged about who escaped bearded youth in a waiting the red brigades later telephoned 9 Bechelet was Vic president and effective head of the supreme Council of the italian president Sandra pert i and leading a Luicians of All parties spoke out against the Romes communist mayor declared today i Day of civic schools will close for an hour and the Trade federations called a two hour Portl strike across the extended to four hours in Rome news Roundup russian Malik Dies at 73 Moscow Deputy foreign minis Ter Jacob who served for More than 10 years As soviet ambassador to the United has died at age the official soviet news Agency Tass reported Tass said who returned to Moscow from his in Post in died after a serious Malik headed the soviet delegation at the in from 1948 to then became ambassador to and subsequently went Back to the United nations in Blowout resists capping Rainbow a natural Gas Blowout near the Northwestern al Berta Community of Rainbow Lake has resisted two capping attempts and will be allowed to continue burning for the next few the president of the i company which owns the Well said Blake president of Blake Mineral resources of said More equipment will be brought to the 675 Kilometres Northwest of to remove portions of the drilling Rig from the but Marshall said the Well will be allowed to continue to Burn for at least two or three Oil leaks from pipeline Alaska several Hundred barrels of crude Oil have leaked from the tra Salaska pipeline at the Alaska a Small Drain fitting failed on a 122centimetre valve in the terminal pipeline said Sam spokesman for Alyeska pipeline ser vice Akin said most of the Oil was contained in a sump beneath the and has since been pumped the valve has been but Light Sheen of Oil has been discovered on the water surface in the port of he said the Quantity of Oil on the water appears to be very Small and cleanup efforts were under disease outbreak feared Nairobi medical authorities in Kenya said yesterday that 10 persons were in isolation and two of eight wards at Nairobi has Petal were under quaran Tine in a suspected outbreak of Green Monkey viral the outbreak has already been blamed for one although those who have been isolated were being treated for the there was no serious threat to pub Lic officials Green Yonkey or marburg virus involves High fever and severe internal Nairobi Doc tors said its origins Are but it is spread through close Contact with an infected Canada Spain fisheries min ister James Mcgrath says Canada will close its ports to Spanish trawlers unless the government in Madrid heeds a diplomatic note delivered Mcgrath said in an interview the note demands that Spain immediately withdraw three pairs of trawlers now fishing for cod on the Tail of the an area of the grand Bank off Newfoundland just Canadas fishing limit of 200 nautical the three pairs Are taking cod in an Aera where Canada says stocks Are dangerously Mcgrath said Spain has announced it will take tonnes of pair trawling is a system used Only by the Spanish in which two vessels Tow the same the spaniards throw away everything but including redfish and which Are needed by Newfoundland manslaughter plea okd Montreal three Mohawk Barbara Katy and Sherry de charged with first degree murder in the beating death of a taxi Driver last were allowed yesterday to plead guilty to manslaughter in sessions Fernand Giroux died in Hospital two weeks after being beaten about the head and face with a heavy object a pathologists report Crown attorney Ronald Schacter told the court he was satisfied with the reduced charges because the three accused were under the heavy influence of drugs and alcohol when the beating Mammoth Forgus found Moscow soviet scientists have discovered the fossilised remains of a Herd of mammoths that lived years ago in what is now the byelorussian Republic of the soviet the Tass news Agency the soviet news Agency said the fossilized re Mains were found on the Banks of the Western Dina River near the City of about 340 Kilometres West of ;