Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free March i960 few areas have plans to handle spill a a Only a dozen local governments out of More than 200 in Manitoba have a disaster plan to Deal with emergencies similar to the recent derailment and chemical spill in but the incident has triggered inter est in establishing plans to Cope with potential we definitely have to have some form of emergency Elan not Only for said Claude Secre tar treasurer of the Rural municipality of the municipal office is in a town of 450 resident near the West Manitoba its definitely something the Council should be seriously looking the freight train which derailed near Macgregor March fend dumped an estimated Gallons of Vinyl Chloride from two Tanker passed through Lazare earlier that weve had some serious wrecks right chapter Only lumber and cattle were but right now More and More chemical is being Darrel Secretary treasurer of the town of also on the in said there would be a certain amount of confusion if this town had been i think the Council and mayor Are responsible he they will be taking a look at Shirley Secretary trea surer of the municipality of said the matter has been discussed by the Council i be surprised if it comes up again at our next she disasters involving spills of Flamma ble or toxic material should be of particular interest to the town because the Tran Canada pipeline and the main in line run through Richardson Macgregor mayor Grant Fotheringham said the spill of the danger Ous chemical near his Community of in residents had made the Point for were Gong Toft ave a plan it could have been much it could have Wen right in the Centre of town he nets Deputy director of the Manitoba emergency measures or everybody should have some plan of action to take in whatever kind of disaster he said along with the 12 municipal local government districts and villages which have disaster services May boost taxes by per cent by Pamela Fayerman property taxes for City services will Rise per cent this year a in crease for the average Homeowner with a assessment if the cites 1980 budget proposed yesterday by civic executive policy committee is the budget to go before Council wednesday would translate to a average tax excluding education the total tax Levy will be set in addition to the cites tax the average Homeowner in Winnipeg school division can expect to pay an additional this the a hike of 17 per cent Over last is due to the Cost of move brings Bridge a step closer continued from Page 1 consultants estimate it would Cost million if construction began in 1981 and ended in removal of the Yards versus construction of new Grade separated Cross Ings has been hotly debated in Winni Peg for in recent the focus has been the proposed supporters of the plan say the Bridge is needed to give Northend residents better Access to the City opponents want to protect neighbourhoods on both sides of the Yards from the rav Ages of construction and increased relocation of the up rail Yards main line would free about 175 acres of land for residential and Industrial use with a potential for pro Viding More than new the consultants it would also help residential development of some areas but would Hurt neighbourhoods near where the rails would be the Sherbrook Mcgregor overpass option would also Hurt development of some each option would create varying de Grees of noise and visual regardless of which is the Arlington Street Bridge would be demo the Salter Street Bridge would also be removed if total relocation was to take the overpass option would take 17 years to starting in and would also include a Grade separation program of eight new Bridges and it would free no land but would conflict with neighbourhood improvement programs which have in vested million in Centennial and West Alexander the 14year Yard relocation to begin in would include building nine new Grade most of the existing Yards Between main and Mcphillips streets would be moved to a 380acre site West of the Airport and East of the perimeter it would release acres of land Worth an estimated after Servic for school boards million budget approved last chief commissioner Nick Diakiw praised the committee for keeping Down the Over the past five we have managed to increase taxes a total of 25 budget changes proposed by the executive policy committee yesterday would give additional funds to major local arts the Public transit intercity Boulevard Maine and ambulance funds for arts the committee agreed to accept the motion of John Angus University to increase the cites Grants to major arts groups to seven per cent from four per though it Falls Short of the cent increase the groups had asked John president of the Royal Winnipeg called the increase a great the transit system would get a boost this year through a hard sell marketing the committee agreed to retain in the 1980 budget to hire a Market research analyst to help the City promote ridership on City also approved was the retention of for the dash downtown bus service which has had a Sharp decline in riders in the past five ambulance service to Transcona was reinstated in the amount of after the committee Learned response time in the area ranges from nine to 25 minutes a response time of six minutes is considered critical for stroke victims and for victims of heart at also making an appearance in the budget after standing committees re commended it be is for the maintenance of intercity mayor Bill Norrie also fought and won his Case to retain in the budget to finance twinning of Winni Peg with other similar North american cities and for promotional Para despite recommendations by standing committees that the items be k i one a plastic suit and Gas mask and carrying a lifeless no denounced the proposed venting of Krypton Gas from the crippled reactor at three mile during a Public meeting the nuclear regulatory commission announced yesterday that radiation Levels increased inside budding at the Plant and very Small amounts of radiation May have leaked into the atmosphere another six arc in the Pum Means identify ing possible delegating authority in preparation for an event or setting up a control Centre and hating pan of the reason most towns appear unprepared to handle chemical spills May be because there Haven been Many derailments that would pose a serious Hazard to residents or the in in Public relations officer Jack Skull said die Macgregor spill was the first of Vinyl Chloride in the Prairie workers continue Dun loading the remaining Vinyl Chloride Tanker cars today at the site of the wreckage about two Kilometres North of prov Nical Public relations officer Mark Stephanson said eight of the 12 cars were unloaded yesterday and in officials were still hoping to have the operation completed Stephanson said there was also a Chance in would begin loading the wrecked cars onto Flatcar and then ship them to fort following the removal of the wreck environment Canada will continue to Monitor the area for Vinyl Chloride to ensure there is no with the National Assembly debate on the referendum Premier Rene Levesque House Leader Claude Charron right can now Campaign for sovereignty association Quebec referendum question amended from the news services Quebec in the final hours of the debate on the Quebec referendum question the parti Quebe Cois government accepted an Amend ment to the wording proposed by for Mer Union National Leader Rodrigue Justice minister Marcandre Bedard said the pm caucus would support the amendment proposed by Biron Early in the debate to clarify part of the ques Tion dealing with a second referendum after negotiations on Sovereign Yasso citation with the rest of the technical amendment reads no change in political status resulting from these negotiations will be effected without approval by the people through another the Section of the question it replaces said any change in political status resulting from these negotiations will be submitted to the people through a Biron stepped Down As Union nation ale Leader earlier this month to sit As an Independent win Tario winners Toronto up nine winning numbers were chosen yesterday in the win Tario the winning number for was the four winning numbers for were and 209069 other winning numbers were 86675 for 9597 for 003 for the Winfall number was lawyers conduct blasted continued from Page 1 judge Osullivan warned him that by his evasive conduct in More than his properties Are at stake you Are jeopardizing your Justice Monnin said the Appeal court is Well aware of the relations Between Pearlman and bailiffs its like cats and and youre the news Roundup israeli shelling alleged Beirut Lebanon and the pales Tine liberation organization accused Israel yesterday of shelling several villages in Southern Lebanon Over the past five killing four civilians and injuring 14 a statement by the defence ministry said the barrage reached the suburbs of the Southern port City of North of the israeli the broadcast by the state radio said israeli gunners used 130 my howitzers in shelling the towns of Tyre and Naba Atiyeh Early in the reunited after 40 years Calgary it was tears and hugs and laughter and Joy at the Moth grandchild for the first time in 40 of my weve got the same Barbara Arrechea said yester Day As she arrived at Calgary International Airport and fell into the arms of her it All started in 1939 when Therese then living in gave up for adoption her infant Marie Gilberte barbaras original she never expected to see her daughter her now with a son and living near los did not think of her Mother that much because she was told when she was Little that her Mother died in childbirth and her father was killed in the second world a few years Barbara decided to track Down As Many members of her original family As she she discovered she had an aunt living in Winnipeg and from there the path led to her now living in Banks silent on rate Rise continued Page 1 in favor of one which floats from week to being set each thursday at on Quarter of one per cent above the weekly rate set by auction on 91day Treasury this weeks average yield on million Worth of Bills was per up from per cent last the subsequent increase in the Bank rate Drew Strong criticism from both opposition progressive conservative my Bill Jarvis said in a statement both Macea Chen and Bank of Canada governor Gerald Lousy should appear before the House of commons finance com Mittee immediately following the re sumption of parliament april 14 to defend their Maceachen reiterated yesterday the new Liberal government is studying the possibility of providing some form of Relief to homeowners beset by higher mortgage rates and Small businessmen who Are finding the Cost of Loans pain he said any such move will Cost the government More Money when it already has an annual deficit of close to he said he does not want to encourage the Public to believe help is on the new democratic party finance critic Bob Rae told a news conference the latest Bank rate increase Means a is facing an economic Justice Osullivan your world is coming Down crashing around you and you dont seem to be aware of said and cant understand Why one judge after one offi Cial after treats you like because you Are treated like the Osullivan is because youre a troublemaker that is your if you dont know you should know at judge Mannins the Appeal hearing was adjourned without a Date being set for continuation to give Pearlman time to consider whether to hire Legal counsel to act for him in the forces air Arm chief Steps Down continued from Page i 1951 and flew on numerous United nations peacekeeping missions during his 1 know that it came Mackenzie said in an interview yester Ive had the Opportunity to Ive enjoyed not All of it but the vast majority of its time for me to do something he denied his resignation resulted from concern about Ottawa planned Purchase of new fighter the government is choosing Between the single engine general dynamics f16 and the twin engine Mcdonnell Douglas f18 from a personal standpoint i would prefer a twin engined Mackenzie he said he has started looking for a Job and is particularly interested in the private he said he found the Prospect of private Industry exciting and that run Ning the air command was really no different than running a he said he had no offers from private Industry that influenced his decision to Mackenzie duties will be assumed by Thorneycroft until a new commander is ;