Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Offer ass of the Federal department Van puts not Srofe off tote legality of a satellite dish atop Winnipeg Tew Holiday the dish pulls in american television Nof it Flefil a Dent fall into present regu regional director William in soon said its unique its some tee Between the use by an individual and commercial Hie Pewna Highway hotel has had the dish Fot the past two weeks since opening to the to is the first hotel m Winnipeg to Prumis satellite att Mign 1mb capability to pick up 24 american not Cut gently broadcast through the Cable Only three ate now Avail Johnston said a variable at a Cost of about would enable patrons to tune their television sets to All the stationary dish is in diameter and picks up signals from an orbiting satellite which gets its signals from an Earth station in Randall the hotels Gener Al said yesterday he didst anticipate any or Owens with govern ment he said hed had ire Fucai Tim the Canadian and tons count Nession last week and expected to hear Tram die comm Mica Lions depart went Fiatt who checked out the equipment said that decision would probably not be made he said information on the size and the use of the equipment has been forwarded to Ottawa and a decision would be a Long time in he said the department wont interfere with the current service pending the Johnston said the crts Iff giving verbal approval was probably not cob seemed Abott me the concern is if there Are Theu Sands if every eve intent Attol every individual had it would destroy the Cable television i Johnston said a crts report on the use of satellites and Extension of ser vices is expected before the end of the problem is we can License but we cant License them to receive foreign said Stan a communications department Cloudy Clearing tonight 13 Winnipeg free press july n0192 Sun rises Seta rises sets final 200 for Home Call 5570550 join to protest rent Rise by Brian Cole and Cecil Rosner a protest against rising rents across Winnipeg is moving into High gear As thousands of tenants organize opposition to increases of 15 per cent and tenants Are circulating petitions in their blocks to oppose and already More than names have been collected on a petition opposing pcs alter Bill to Aid tenants landlords who refuse to submit to mediation or arbitration in disputes Bill which would replace the rent control so More than 70 people and organizations have indicated they will argue their Case before the govern ments Law amendments committee hearings on the legislation this consumer affairs minister Wanner Jorgenson is sticking to his prediction of an average but that is Little Comfort to thousands of tenants facing rises above what there asking for is totally said a Roslyn Road tenant whose rent is rising Many tenants in apartment blocks controlled by Globe general agencies Are facing sizable and Many Are organizing Saul president of the rental said increases Are being held to Between three and 10 per cent with very few there Are exceptions people who have been very cheap rents for the last few and now were bringing them in line with the said whose Agency manages 70 buildings and about suites their tenants moving con Sumer and corporate affairs minister Warner Jorgenson said the provision to be included in pro posed amendments to the landlord and tenant would allow the director of arbitration to order a landlord to pay up to one months rent toward a ten ants moving Jorgenson told the legislature during second Reading debate that the provi Sion would Only apply if a landlord refuses mediation by the rentals Man and voluntary arbitration by the director of he revealed the change after two weeks of discussion on Bill which would formally end five years of rent controls in More changes planned the minister said the proposed amendments to the act will be further changed to prohibit a landlord from discriminating against a tenant be cause of the tenants membership or participation in a tenants that is the one provision that is not contained in the human rights act and we intend to reintroduce it so that it is covered in this particular piece of legis Bill 83 would have repealed that but critics of the Bill said the changes didst go far tenant activist Vic Savino applauded the government for protecting tenants who belong to tenants but said in an interview the other changes really dont amount to that if a landlord can fill that suite with a paying hell gladly pay that see nip Page 4 Marantz said about 10 per cent of the tenants in his blocks could be in the cheap rent adding that some of them could be facing increases of up to 20 per tenants disagree but tenants in at least six blocks owned or controlled by Globe paint a different picture of the d Roslyn 105 Roslyn Road a majority of tenants have taken up a petition protesting the rent in creases imposed by tenant Bialy said she surveyed the suites and found increases ranging As High As 50 per with her own rent going up More than 20 per q Kelly 15 Carlton Street a Survey by Yvonne Carroll shows in creases ranging from 17 to per cent for residents who moved into the Block within the past her own rent increase amounts to per Janice a 22yearold City of Winnipeg said she will have to move As a result of her 27percent rent she said when she moved in May Globe agencies promised her the rent Rise by More than or a month in i believe i think its really she in not getting a raise anywhere near d Guelph 778 Mcmillan Avenue rent increases ranging from 15 to 50 per cent have been reported in some of the 44 and a petition protesting the proposed changes to the rent legislation has been c general Gram 1281 Grant Avenue a number of tenants see tenants Page 4 frat s Tricky Linda of practises trick Riding Pede at horses and riders will be competing for routine for her appearance today at the Manitoba Stam thousands of dollars in prizes in a variety of Massac the Washington Post Moscow Afghanistan disclosed yesterday that 19 members of its National Field hockey team were kid and probably massacred in april in the War torn it charged the United states with complicity in the the disclosure and denunciation of the Boycott of the soviet olympic games in Moscow emerged at a news conference in the Sovie garrisoned capital of Kabul and was reported Here yesterday by the soviet news it seemed carefully timed for maximum political four Days before the Boycott damaged summer olympic games open Here and with the 24member afghan team now in Resi Dence at the olympic in seclusion the team declined to meet with a reporter and speaking through a russian asked that All questions be submitted in and Vance in but confirming reports that circulated from Western sources sever Al months quoted three survivors who said their bus was stopped by four armed men outside the Northern afghan City of Gunduz while returning from matches in the soviet Union april the Driver fled and about 40 ban dits surrounded the 22 players and three according to the sur whom Tass identified As players Mahammed Rahmatullah and two team members tried to resist but were immediately killed by the Sirhan was quoted As he said another player was wounded and one of the three other passengers the attackers divided the survivors into Small groups and marched them into nearby there they were locked in a guarded and Sirhan an armed interrogator arrived and berated 5 police shot in Miami riots Miami a gangs of Black youths roamed the streets of Liberty City today after five White police offi cers were shot and wounded and 500 officers in riot gear cordoned off a 14squarekilometre area of Northwest Ern More than 25 people were reported injured during a night of Rock and sporadic firebombing and sniper seven people had been arrested by Early the nigh Long violence by hundreds of youths was triggered yesterday by a Pla clothes officers attempt to Slop two Black youths from robbing a White Motorist in the same neighbourhood devastated by race riots two months officials a smaller area in Coconut Grove in southwestern Miami also was sealed off by police carrying shotguns and Auto Matic were fighting one Black teenager Blacks have to stand said 17yearold Jerry the Way they the police handle things is ail its just a they come in Here bluffing somebody firefighters battled three including one at a gasoline service Sta weve had numerous sniping Inci dents reported throughout the said Jim Dade county Central District but for the most weve been trying to stay out of the see gangs Page 4 dont you know that America prohibited sportsmen from competing in the olympic games Why did you go to the Sirhan said when the guards fell asleep later that he and his two friends escaped and made their Way to the Tass believed in All probability their team mates have been in a separate Kabul Tass declared that the sportsmen of Afghanistan state in All firmness that the killing of our comrades is directly linked with the Carter administrations policy of boycotting the olympic we Are confident that the peo Ples of the world will Wrath fully condemn that vile innocent victims the blood of innocent victims is fully on the conscience of Carter and his it is perfectly Clear to everyone that no attempts and crimes by imperialism henchmen will hamper the Moscow the afghan olympians Here will compete in wrestling and other team including the soccer and basketball and seven of the 11 defected in recent in protest of the soviet invasion of their country that has so politicized these olympic games and left a huge ques Tion Mark Over the future of the olym Pic probe starts Mississauga officials yesterday began trying to determine what caused the fire that killed 21 nursing Home Britain parties Britain threw a birthday party for its favorite grandmother with the Queen Mother attending a special service in her Honor at Pauls frantic Pace the scramble for second place on a fall Campaign ticket with Ronald Reagan grew More frantic Ottawa mauled in the Cal last night Hamilton Tiger cats mauled Ottawa rough riders 4123 and Calgary stampedes stomped Montreal Alou ettes Index anytime bidge a Consino classified comics crossword Deams Doug Small 19 31 28 78 19 39 7 77 31 39 5 entertainment ctn Engham food go ice forum focus Horoscope Jumble Puzzle movies sports sports record stocks Bui Livan to listings 35 7 43 6 7 31 53 38 69 60 19 4 4 ;