Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free March i areas by Andy Blicq 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 plan 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 10 and dumped an estimated Gallons of Vinyl Chloride from two Tanker passed through Lazare earlier that weve had some serious wrecks right Charpier v Only lumber and cattle were in 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 be they will he taking a took at Shirley 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 Foth Erin item my the soul of the danger Oua chemical near is Oom Walty Oflyn residents had Amde the Post psf were going to have a plan it could have been much it could have Bam right in the Centre of town i have Lia Maama be Nels 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 per cent by Pamela Fayerman property taxes for City services will Rise per cent this year 129 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 an average tax excluding Edu cation the total tax Levy will be set chief commissioner Nick Diakiw praised the committee for keeping Down the i think weve done extremely Well when you consider inflation As measured by the consumer Price Over the past five we have Cost of move e a step closer continued from Page 1 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 Holly debated in Winni Peg for in recent the focus has been the proposed 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 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 360acre site West of the Airport and East of the perimeter it would release acres of land Worth an estimated after Servic for managed to increase taxes a total of 25 per 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 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 ridership peaked in 1975 at Pas sengers a but since then has declined to the present level of about riders per transit officials have said the City is subsidizing each passenger 65 cents to operate the ser ambulance service to Transcona was reinstated in the amount of after the committee Learned response time in the area ranges from nine to 25 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 anti nuke protesters Uja suit Aru Gas mask and carrying a lifeless Only denounced the proposed venting of Krypton Gas from the crippled reactor at three mile a during a Public meeting the nuclear regulatory commission announced yesterday that radiation Levels increased inside an auxiliary building at the and very Small amounts of radiation May have leaked into the atmosphere another six Are in the establishing a plan delegating a a nutty to preparation for an event or setting up a control Centre and listing part 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 the Macgregor spill was the first of Vinyl Chloride in the Prairie workers continued unloading die remaining Vinyl Chloride Tanker can today at the site of the wreckage about two North of prove steal Public relations officer Mark Stephanson said eight of the Ujj can 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 can 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 to no up photo with the National Assembly debate on the referendum Premier Rene Levesque left and House Leader Claude Charron right can now Campaign for sovereignty association in 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 Rodrieus Justice minister Marcandre Bedard said the pm caucus would support the amendment proposed by Boron Early in the debate to clarify pan 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 earlier this month to Sitas an Independent member after his party caucus refused to got Tong with his plan to vote Bedard said that Biron had written one of the most Beautiful pages in Quebec history by breaking lines to vote lawyers conduct blasted continued Frem 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 mews Roundup win Tario winners Toronto up nine winning num Bers were chosen thursday 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 and 003 for the Winfall number was 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 Banks silent on following rate increase continued from 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 Bouey 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 Canada 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 Justice Monnin said the Appeal court is Well aware of the relations Between Pearlman and bailiffs its like cats and and youre the forces air Arm chief Steps Down 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 continued from Page i i know that it came Mackenzie said in an interview yester Ive had the Opportunity to Ive enjoyed not ail 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 maj Thorneycro until a new commander is 4 ;