Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 27, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Prisoners argue for fire escape by Cecil Homer said in a Telephone Vesen Are Homer bars have been removed from a second Tony window at the minimum Security Dauphin jail following com plaints from prisoners that the 75year old jail is a the window leading to an unprotected area was opened two weeks ago to allow prisoners an escape route if fire starts on the second floor which has no fire 32 of 35 prisoners still signed a petition last week protesting the dangerous conditions at the youd have a lot of broken legs and people getting killed if they jumped from prisoner Bruce Kelman Clear tonight 10 sunny tomorrow 4 said in a Telephone ves jail superintendent Waily Robson said yesterday the open window is permitted because the jail is a mini mum Security institution and most prisoners Are not expected to take advantage of the situation and try to corrections department officials admitted yesterday the jail does not comply with fire code regulations and prisoners would be in severe danger if a fire provincial corrections commissioner Hans Schneider said there is no fire escape leading from the second Storey of the jail where most of the 35 prison ers Are were keeping our fingers crossed the inmates could get out safely in a he he said improvements have been needed for Many years but theres not enough Money to go Schneider said a ladder had been placed under the open window and would serve As a makeshift fire escape until improvements Are but Knelman said there is no ladder beneath the he said the Only fire escape for prisoners in the dormitory is an inside if the fire was blocking that Stair Way or anything happened to youd com he pm Only m Here for 00 but i could be Here for just one Day and lose my he Schneider said he sympathy feed fully with the concerns of the but said there Are priorities which must be met in upgrading in por the women jail and the Home for Retar dates also requires fire upgrading he Douglas director of adult said yesterday improve ments to the Dauphin jail Are still in the planning stages and have not received Cabinet he said the estimated Cost of the repair work is Many fans feel violence is becoming hockey final 200 March vol 1 of no for Call 9570550 in plans twinning to coast by 1988 a real swinger when it comes to enjoying a mild Spring kids from Park offers a swinging As this youngster and with the Knox Day care Center know exactly where to Central even warmer temperatures on the it can Only get cattlemen pan beef prices stores lag in passing along producers say w no fill ride in a Iccino in by Laurie Streich retail beef prices Are going Down fas Ter outside Manitoba because lower prices paid to producers Are passed of to the consumer at a much quicker rate than the Manitoba cattle producers association but spokesmen for Winnipeg super markets yesterday denied they have in passing on lower beef been slow the cattle producers association has complained that lower prices paid to producers have not benefited Consumers because of the retailers slow read live beef prices have dropped the equivalent of 12 to 14 cents a retail Pound since january a Large 10cent drop last i cant speak for the Mike Public relations manager for Canada but prices at Safeway have been dropping continually since prices have gone Down with the Market every week in the past three to four Bob meat merchandising manager for West fair Treyve gone Down a Good 20 Boak said he received the latest province offers to so by Richard Garlick cultural affairs minister Norma Price said yesterday the province is prepared to give the Winnipeg symphony orchestra a Grant of if that what it takes to Kielp the orchestra out of its current financial the would get them Ovar their Price said yester she said rhe which the symphony requested from the province last would be paid the crush the Manitoba arts and of course if the City can Clear the technicalities of the Cheque which they Are they the so should be off and she Price made her statements just prior to a meeting with mayor William Manitoba Council chair Man Julian and so Board member Graeme the minister called the meeting to discuss ways of helping the after the she say if had been a com but promised to make a state ment asked to explain mayor Nomes at the she said see Page 4 Price offers help to so cattle prices monday and our Price went Down but the cattlemen which monitors weekly prices at All major Chain said this week reduction has taken longer than the usual two to three weeks to be passed the March 19 retail Price for beef an average from the five stores was per an eight cent drop in a association spokesman Donna Cornell from the latest cattle they have not gone Down she they should have dropped More than they reduction just started reduction at the retail level has just started cattlemen presi Dent Norman Edie we feel Treyve been holding up any increase in beef consumption which could result because of lower Al association said an oversupply of pork and poultry has also had a dragging effect on beef pork and poultry Are cheap and there being Mildred meat buyer for merchants consolidate she said beef prices at family fare and Solo which her firm Are Down about 10 cents per Pound from transport minister Jeanluc Pepin said yesterday the Canadian National railways will double track 40 per cent of its mainline Between Winnipeg and probably by Pepin told a Winnipeg news Confer ence the Federal government is committed to the double tracking concept and will ensure that sufficient financial resources Are available for the double tracking the car mainline was proposed by prime minister tru Deau during the last Federal election but Many in the West did not take the Promise president and chief executive officer of told the news conference the entire Western route could be double tracked by the end of the depending on traffic de who did not give an Esti mate of the total Cost of the said the Cost of building each mile of track West of red pass Junction in British Columbia would be about each mile East of that Point would Cost about the double tracking proposal covers about 975 Pepin in now has double track from Winni Peg to Portage la and is work ing on 30 Miles Southwest of Edmon ton and 28 Miles in British Columbia to Iron out Pepin said double track from Winni Peg to Vancouver would ideally some Day be a perhaps by the end of the in the plans Call for in to twin the lines in key sections which will mean More than 600 Miles of double track on the line to the West coast by Bandeen said the project is needed to provide railway capacity for increased Pepin told reporters two ways of ensuring availability of funds for Dou ble tracking Are a Extension of capital see double Page 4 spill report Law changes promised by Ingeborg Boyens a three Day delay in the reporting of a Chromic acid spill at a Winnipeg foundry has prompted environment minister Warner Jorgenson to Promise changes to existing an amendment to the environment act requiring All companies to immediately report spills of any hazardous chemical will be introduced during this session of the Jorgenson said the ministers announcement Fol see spill Page 4 pcs consider plan to pay bail interest the Manitoba government will con Sider the return of bail Money with interest to persons cleared of Crimi Nal the legislature yesterday passed a private members Resolution from conservative la Bob Wilson that the innocent deserve compensation for having their Money tied up in the Resolution does not bind the government to pay interest on but Calls for it to be attorney general Gerry Mercier agreed those acquitted have their Money tied up in he said he needed More information before he could recommend interest be paid on bail who faces charges of conspiracy to import and traffic in is out of custody on his trial is to Start in Wilsons Resolution recommended in Terest be paid at a rate two per cent less than the prime interest Wilson said existing bail policies Are a he said repeat offenders Are often permitted to Post property in Stead of Cash they Are the most Likely ones to skip firs time offenders Are often forced to empty their family wallets to Post Wilson health study atomic Energy of Canada Ltd is considering a plan comparing the health of its employees with the health of the general tougher budget John Crosbie get Tough budget last december pales beside the one announced in Britain wife gets share for the first time in Ontario an estranged wife has been awarded a half share of no family assets swim in style swimsuits Are body and this colourful line paints bodies brightly and Western Index 39 28 30 70 39 41 18 Community 40 24 41 Doug 5 31 7 forum 6 7 28 Jumble 45 6 movies 59 sports 71 21 to ;