Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 26, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba X Bear in Arctic Oil spill test Dies Tiff i by John Sullivan one Polar Bear is dead and two others Are sick after being subjected to testing in a controversial Experiment in Churchill designed to find ways to protect the endangered Breed from Arctic Oil despite assurances from wildlife experts three weeks ago that the bears had not been harmed in any one Bear died less than a month after it was immersed in a tank of oily Manitoba resources minister Brian Ransom said Walter manager of the Winnipeg humane society and member of a committee set up to ensure Safe treatment of the mid last night he didst know Why the Bear had i Haven any he i was there in Churchill on March shortly after the Bear were placed in the and there were no we didst really know what was going to happen to them but we we rent thinking of one of them the bears body was flown by Lam Bair dc3 cargo plane to Winnipeg yesterday from the project site in Chur chill and an autopsy was conducted last night by Frank Juck of the Provin Cial veterinary two other bears involved in the be Derall funded study reported by Ransom to be stable but not fully recovered As Well As a fourth not used in the experiments were also brought to the one of the sick bears was taken to the Assiniboine Park zoo and the other is under observation at the veterinary the untested Bear has been promised to the Minneapolis Merlin chairman of the five member Polar Bear care committee appointed by Ransom to ensure Safe treatment of the told the free press March 5 he was fully satisfied that the bears were not being Churchill town councillor George designated by local authorities to keep an Eye on the also said the study was going had prompted no Public complaints and had caused no ill effects to the Kernaghan and Juck also a member of the care com failed to return repeated Telephone Calls and messages last other members of the committee see Polar Page 4 magician Mel Mcmullen once visited with Harry Clearing tonight 7 sunny tomorrow 3 Winnipeg free press March 1980 h vol Ion too Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 200 i Home 1 Call d Amato named As so loan source by Richard Garlick the Winnipeg symphony orchestra met its payroll with room to spare thanks partly to a Surprise loan from its own general manager Tony symphony sources the cheques Are going out this of Gerald Vic president of said the Only problem was Cash we got some funds in from various sources and we were Able to borrow the difference from a Friend of the symphony sources say Damato was the they did not however reveal the amount of the Damato denied he was the Ben fac Carter dealt 2 primary defeats new York up senator Edward Kennedy was Back in the race As a candidate for the democratic presiden tial nomination today after dealing president Carter two primary election defeats which defied All presidents ratings considered politically dead a week the 4syearold Massachusetts sen Ator made a comeback yesterday with big wins in the new York and connect Cut despite his the president emerged with just More than half the delegates he needs to become his party on the Republican former in ambassador George Bush received a boost to sagging Campaign by win Ning his Home state of but in new York Ronald Reagan emerged with most of the Kennedy beat Carter 47 to 41 per cent in Connecticut and 59 to 41 per cent in Delegate Rich new Reagan lost to Bush 39 to 34 per cent in and 22 per cent went to Illinois congressman John who did not Campaign in the the Connecticut result meant that see upset Page 4 Tor and refused to say who the mystery donor quite that loan has come from a source that wants to be he helped by donors so accountant Sandy Stone said the payroll was met with three or four Large cheques donors have sent in during the last few she said the key contribution was the largest of the but not As Large As the others put it was marked loan and was signed by an individual whose name she didst she say what the conditions of the loan but imagined it was interest Stone said she took 35 cheques to the Bank yesterday for a total Deposit of to the sos the orchestra announced monday it needed to cover a shortfall in its which it missed on pay cheques were issued to All office staff on but the More senior people handed them Damato about four employees kept the two because they were leaving the symphony and two because they probably we rent aware of the financial Cash rolled in orchestra conductor Piero who is usually paid at the beginning of each received his March pay Cheque a week Damato said Money just started bulging in yesterday after Calls went out to everyone owing a debt to the the cheques included a guarantee from a Boniface choral society for a concert on Adver Tising Revenue from symphony pro Gram corporate donations and donations from season ticket yesterdays deposits did not include the owed to the so from con certs in Thompson and Stein symphony officials had earlier said they would need that amount to help make up the Board president Roger Mcfallon said the symphony discovered on Mon Day that it now has qualified for a special Grant from the Canada which said last year it would match every Dollar the so raised Over to a limit of still in doubt is the Fate of the sos Grant from the City Council finance chairman Abe Yanofsky said yesterday the Grant expected to be will be delayed until the sym phony submits a realistic debt reduction he said the symphony submitted a report to the Council on March 19 indicating that had been raised through fund but not specifying How the so would Deal see symphony Page 4 archbishop greets crowd the newly enthroned archbishop of the most Robert shakes hands with people in the crowd gathered outside Canterbury Cathedral yesterday after his ceremonial enthronement reports up correspondent Jane added his own temporal touch to the pomp and celestial Homeowner faces tax jump City Council votes today on Mill rate calling for boost by Tom Goldstein the owner of an average Home in Winnipeg faces a tax increase this year that could be As High As depending in which of 12 school divisions the Home is the hardest hit District is the seven Oaks school division where school taxes will increase per cent from an average taxpayer in seven Oaks whose property is assessed at will pay an extra in school taxes this bringing total school taxes to with an expected increase municipal the total Bill will be property owners in the Winnipeg school division will continue to pay the highest taxes for the average up from in at the other end of the the average taxpayer in the Seine River school division faces the lowest Educa Tion tax and the lowest total Bill about compared to last the school tax represents a City Council will set the 1980 Mill rate at a special meeting based on spending estimates revised separately by the cites Board of com missioners and councils executive policy property owners can expect to pay about six percent More for municipal services this this would add about to a Home assessed at the cites 1980 operating budget is expected to be close to up about million from a year an expected increase of just More 1980 property tax tally the following table shows the total 1980 municipal and school taxes on property assessed at when a City Mill rate of 76 Mills is added to the respective school division Mill the City Mill rate is approximate and is based on spending estimates revised by both the cites Board of commission ers and councils executive policy com the actual Mill rate will be set by Council today and is uniform across the school tax rates Are based on the greater Winnipeg education the Interlake school which faces a three Mill is not a part of the equalization one Mill Means in taxes for every of assessed property an average Winnipeg Home is assessed at about Dollar and Mill rates Are rounded off to the nearest Decimal school school total taxes taxes increase Mill Winnipeg 84 75 a 71 84 ass s 76 34 is Bombace 69 22 fort Garry 75 55 is vital Norwood River East 73 31 76 21 66 18 seven Oaks 7 7 50 Transcona 69 72 Seine River interlace 43 70 60 he 125 016 18 si4 than four Mills will raise the 1980 Mill rate for municipal services to about 76 meaning the average taxpayer faces a Bill of about that rate will be uniform across the cites 12 school Council also will pass the necessary bylaw to set school tax levies in each of greater Winnipeg school Divi the City has to raise million More for schools than it did in chief commissioner Nick Diakiw said in a letter to City by com provincial government sup port to All schools in the province will Rise an estimated he the spread in school tax rates be tween the highest and lowest of the 12 divisions has reached a new High of Diakiw up from a record Mills last it Means an average property owner in the Winni Peg school division will pay about More than one in the Seine River the average Winnipeg school 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