Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 11, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Charley Pride is looking toward a career in press Thompson Island take is giving up its my Mety of the Massif to a of Littely fifth Fin partnership Metis a Manitoba Hydro Engineer i a Day of rat Titi Nova Scotia and an old Ideal found a uyjk1 or Kofu Gonc emirate that Wuu Isth ibb to a Tel Wius a Scotia Fly this off Lind it is feet under fart of Island located about 420 with 500 Northeast of Traic been i so far Treyve might 19 Amit one take by a tractor ton and the Winnipeg firm Froin Garden Ine Tongas j take a file its Fol bom div Gas and have Naff ibb i sefr4finokpage 4 Clearing tonight 15 sunny tomorrow 28 final 200 with coloured comics for Home Sun r1609 Moon ris6fe set3 july after res flee from fire by Brian Cole Winnipeg free press Pelican fire fighters saved this Village of from destruction yesterday As they headed off a Blaze which forced women and children to flee to a mid Lake Island a controlled Backburn yesterday morning is being credited with saving the a Backburn is a Blaze started in the direction of the Forest fire to consume All the potential fuel in its thank goodness we decided to Backburn when we said Dick a fire control officer for Price War rages at Winnipeg gasoline pumps by Bob Armstrong a Price War at the gasoline pumps is under Way in Winnipeg again and so far Portage Avenue is the cheapest place to filler prices for regular gasoline have dropped from More than 25 cents a litre to cents a litre at some outlets a Permetric drop of about nine cents a at least two outlets in the City Are Selling regular gasoline at cents a litre a the two gasoline the Shell self serve at Portage Avenue and Maryland Street and the Esso self serve at Portage Avenue and Home Are Only seven blocks Bert an attendant at the Esso at Portage and said the Price has been dropping for about a last the Price was it then dropped to 24 and to cents on wednes unleaded gasoline Sells for cents a about a the Price is lower every said John another attendant at Tjie gasoline pretty soon be giving it since the decrease in business has Milberg the nearby Shell at Portage and Maryland has dropped from cents a litre to cents a litre a differ ence of nine cents a gallon in the last the Price at the Shell went Down to cents on but despite see War Page 4 hostage leaves Tehran Tehran Reuter hostage Richard his health damaged after eight months in left Tehran today for presidential aide Saeed Sanjabi he was in fair condition and wide Sanjabi told Reuters news Agency after accompanying the 28 year old new yorker from his Hospital to Tehran Mehraban Queen left on Board Swissair flight 363 to Zurich which took off just before 1 senior foreign affairs adviser to president Abolhassan Bani said the american was Able to walk i went on Board and asked him if he Celt up to the flight and he 1 Sanjabi he said the consular one of 53 americans held in Iran since last was a tall and robust Man who looked in Good shape Queen is the first hostage to be released since the hostages militant student captors released most of their female and Black captives during no As Well As the no american pare its Queen was reported by Hospital and presidential spokesmen As possibly being in need of psychiatric treat Sanjabi said a full statement on the medical reasons for the hostages release will be issued Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini office announced that Queen would be re leased in a Surprise statement shortly after this District of Northern Sas Katche if we haunt done the fire would have burned right through he Pelican located 90 kilo metres Northwest of flin was threatened by an out control fire that was burning on a six Kilometre front most of the towns women and Chil Dren were evacuated to nearby islands or neighbouring towns wednesday night As the fire moved to within a couple of Kilometres of the evacuees find although scattered showers were forecast Tor the Pelican Narrows flin flon area no rain has fallen in the fire it was rain ing in flin flon this morning and fire control officials Are hoping the Rains will come their you bet we could use said Hutchinson said an additional 120 firefighters thrived at Pelican Narrows were now about 250 and we Are fighting the fire on All were not confident enough to say we have the fire under but weve got it see Village Page 4 Homes raided for guns by John Sullivan Winnipeg have raided the Homes of a major firearms dealer and a provincial employee in their continuing search for guns missing from a City police sources close to the investigation As a number of local gun collectors and dealers said police Are trying to Trace up to 200 firearms which left official custody and either disappeared or were preregistered to outside per City police Are now running gun serial numbers through the ramps firearm computer in Ottawa to Check on they two Winnipeg both with the departments gun control were charged two weeks ago in connection with the missing guns and have been transferred to other although police chief Norm Stewart said information were sworn against the two officers in connection with Crown prosecutor Wayne mesh Kowsky has delayed court proceedings pending an internal police i Vestiga see police Page 4 firefighters Battle a Forest fire As u approaches the tiny Village of Pelican Narrows 400 workers to lose jobs at farm implement plants by Cecil Rosner More than 400 farm implement work ers Are being Laid off across Winnipeg As manufacturers respond to a massive decline in demand for versatile manufacturing company says it is laying off 200 temporary employees indefinitely effective today and has told another 160 full time staff they wont be needed uracil the Middle of september at the the layoffs Are in addition to the 45 office workers who were let go last Coop says it will Lay off 68 production workers in it says they will remain off the Job at least until december and possibly depending on the de Mand Tor versatile personnel spokesman lome Blue said the company hired about 200 men earlier this year to do work on a line of with the Swather production Complete by the end of the employees were no longer he Blue said the temporary workers were told when they were hired in March and april they Likely would be out of a Job in but the further Layoff of 160 full time staff is a result of slow sales and general Market he these workers will Likely All be called Back in mid september if production schedules Are he see despite Page 4 rate declines the Bank of Canada rate fell slightly yesterday to per cent and prompted the Bank of Montreal to Tower its own lending Norrie upset mayor Bill Norrie will petition the province to keep conflict of interest penalties in the City of Winnipeg unfriendly air relations Are being strained by the Garrison stalled fishing treaty and moves in Coal Aliene killed a smuggler killed four aliens lost in a desert after they begged him for death to escape their says a woman who 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