Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March s local province aids Core housing classic wheels for cruising if you re looking for the right set of wheels to take your Date one of Many people who stopped to Admire the collection of to the malt shop this then you should Check out the automobiles from the including this 1957 thunderbird cars at vital Debbie dressed in 50s was the display continues until March trial by Paul Moloney presentation of evidence in a Mil lion lawsuit brought by cae aircraft against the Federal government ended yesterday in Winnipeg after Al most five weeks of the two sides Are now preparing their final to be presented when the trial resumes april 7 before Justice Frank Collier of the Feder Al court of David cae has testified the government rebuffed his at dispatch setup almost ready the Cit yes Long awaited computer aided dispatch system is expected to be in operation april a backup computer for the lion system is expected to be installed by the end of Eldon Ross Lodge said the primary computer system has been installed and is being tests on the full system Are planned for april project manager Cliff Jeffers said in a report submitted to civic executive policy the system was to have been operational last but the Startup Date was pushed Back to 15 by agree ment Between the City and the system was to have been ready by the end of this the cad system is designed to Speed up Winnipeg fire and ambulance tempts to have it Honor a March 1969 letter signed by three Cabinet ministers promising to give the com Pany work on government owned planes in the period race told the court he had exhausted every last possibility of trying to arrive at an which would Lead to a fulfilment of the objectives of the the governments Legal headed by Luther introduced evidence that cae declined to bid on certain government contracts during the five year the 1969 letter made work promises in return for the company taking Over the air Canada Winnipeg maintenance base and preserving the jobs there after the airline shifted operations to cae claims its has incurred lost profits of million and capital losses of million because of the governments failure to provide court was told cae initiated the suit five years ago after former Supply minister Jeanpierre Goyer told the company to forget about the Douglas cae testified Goyer threatened to destroy him and his company if he went through with plans to judge Collier offered to Issue any subpoenas needed for the company to file a motion to have certain Cabinet documents cae lawyer Leon Mercury declined judge Colliers offer to Issue said he would rely on other documentary evidence to show the Cabinet approved plans to give work to the the key contract which cae expected to receive was for the overhaul of five defence department Boeing bids invited race testified cae was promised the work on the defence planes in 1974 by the defence minister James Richard a government official in charge of the James Testi fied he invited several companies to bid april 7 for the Boeing 707 Job in but cae want one of he said he was directed in mid1974 to consider cae and invited the company to submit a but before a final decision was another bid came in from trans air and this company was ultimately awarded the race testified he concluded that Goyer had invited trans air to submit its Las minute and that Goyer had decided to give the work to the airline for political reasons no agreement in sight for 40 striking workers a strike by about 40 ae1 telecommunications Canada limited workers is into us fifth Day without signs of a company president Ken Yates said yesterday the main issues Are wage a wage freeze and a Layoff the has proposed a nine per cent pay increase Over one and the International brotherhood of electrical local has pro posed 10 per the firm proposed seven per the Union 15 per wages Range from to an hour under the contract which expired the firm wants the right not to have to rehire 10year veterans if Treyve been Laid off at least eight office shuffle at Eaton costs 19 jobs rather than the current oneyear Peri Yates said its difficult trying to locate people whole been Laid off a Long Ibex unit chairman Dave Moran said management wants the clause so it can hire less qualified people for less Money As new technology comes Yates said about 120 employees Are still working and the Plant is still but Moran said the Assem Bly work of striking employees could Only be done by workers who have crossed the picket line or if Aei is contracting the work out to other Yates said Aei has hired five non Union he said subcontracting is an option but refused to say whether its being the future of Winnipeg resurrected nonprofit housing corporation Bright ened yesterday with the provincial governments a outturn and Promise to Grant it up to million Over the next five the move ensures that the Winnipeg housing rehabilitation which Council reestablished last de Cember after scrapping it a year be will have Money to buy and rehabilitate houses in the cites Core in his announcement eco nomic development minister Frank Johnston said the province would trans Fer to the corporation during the current fiscal annual Alloca Tion of the plus the operating will be subject to a review and audit of the qualified purchasers or renters of the rehabilitated housing will be eligible for assistance under existing provincial Johnston the province agreed to provide the corporation with the same funding scheme in but when the corporation was revived three months provincial officials indicated the Money was no longer Avail explaining the provinces apparent change of Johnston said the corporation is a Good Way to provide Low income opponents Are not completely there is an overbuilding of housing in Manitoba and in he but the Core area of Winnipeg is in need of civic executive policy committee promptly responded to the announce ment by recommending that earmarked for the corporation be dropped from the cites proposed 1980 operating it supported leaving in the budget to match the additional Money the province promised to provide As an operating Grant for the Ernst surprised Council initially supported the Crea Tion of the corporation on the basis that it would Only Cost the City a Jim chief opponent of the corporation on said he was sur prised by the provinces decision to reinstate the Ernst Mill said it was a Little incongruous that the province would provide funding two months after its Manitoba housing and renewal corporation said there is no need for More rental units in Winni mayor Bill whose second vote 5 revived the said he was thrilled by the provinces Deci its a Day for the he safes tax removal urged for summer a local retailer has suggested the Manitoba government remove its five per cent sales tax during the summer to boost tourist Bill of Henry Birks and sons speaking at a panel discussion on tourism said the increased business would More than make up for the loss of sales Young also said sales staff in retail stores need to be Friendly to keep hard times i know these Are hard times for and staffs have been Cut but staffs be Cut to a Point where customer service he staff should be on their toes to make people feel the panel was part of a on Day seminar sponsored by the Winnipeg convention and visitors Bureau at the hotel fort Dan operator of the River Rouge tour said Farmers from the Rural areas of Minnesota and North Dakota form the single largest group of tourists to among the things they want to do is tour agricultural operations such As farm manufacturing plants like versa and Coop by Ritchie Gage Eaton has Laid off 19 full and Par time finance department employees at its downtown Winnipeg store the second staff Cut in two months following a shift in regional boundaries in the company senior Vic president of the Western Region which now excludes said yesterday the Cut was prompted by a Transfer to Vancouver of the company financial services for in february the company Laid off 42 mainly sales citing a similar work Shif to Laxdal refused to comment when asked whether there would be fur ther cuts in Eaton Winnipeg staff this funds slated for worker plan the provincial government will pro vide up to to fund Winnipeg 198081 Community service workers labor minister Ken Mac master said the City will match the provinces share for the program which provides temporary employment for welfare recipients with a View to preparing them for full time i cant make that if i it would appear As if i made a false which i dont want to Laxdal said Eaton Winnipeg opera Tion remains the head office for the company Western Region which now extends West from Thunder Bay to the Albert Saskatchewan head office shuffle As a result of the reorganization in Vancouver serves As head office for and before the Alberta operations were con trolled from the company employee full and Par time workers in Winnipeg and Brandon with an annual payroll of Laxdal he said the employees Laid off this week were Given a Choice of remaining on the Job or accepting up to eight weeks Severance pay depending on years of Laxdal said 12 of the employees Are regular seven Are eight of the 12 will stay on until August and an attempt will be made to find them other jobs in the three of those being Laid off Are close to he asked if he thought that 61 jobs lost in less than two months was a significant loss to the provinces Laxdal replied Ken free press to isms so 8tudents at div upon and mathematics fair at Hedges Junior High work on their demonstration of Twood judging of exhibits is today Public viewing is Saline soils yesterday during the 10th annual James Assini noon to 3 tomorrow and the awards ceremony us Day ;