Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Winnipeg free july b i Jim to boost defence London Reuter Britain Deci Sion to boy the Trident strategic mis Sile system from the United states will involve the country in its biggest single military production defence analysts said some arms Industry sources said Hospital copes with strike Thompson Thompson general Hospital continued operations at 25 per Cen capacity during the first full Day of a strike by 110 service staff employ administrator Ted Clifton said one new flown in from Lynn Lake was the total patient count in the 100bed Hospital was including six infants and one person in intensive said the amazing thing was that we came through the Day As Well As we All our 90 registered with the exception of a few who were away on took their regular As the lab and xray technicians were on the Clifton said he wound up making Toast at breakfast and washing dishes after every which began after one hours notice at had been threatened since the staff service members of Manitoba food and commercial local turned Down a Hospital offer in at that a strike deadline was set for july later the membership gave the Union executive the right to Call a strike on one hours Bernard president of local said the strike was triggered when number of employees were served the main outstanding Issue is More than jobs could by the million designed to keep Britain in the front ranks of nuclear Powers to the year de Fence Secretary Francis making the announcement in parliament said at least 70 per cent of the systems Cost would be spent in Brit but the decision to replace Britain Polaris Independent strategic rent with the most expensive option available to the conservative govern ment of prime minister Margaret Thatcher attracted some criticism in British newspapers the times questioned whether the in the throes of a recession which has brought severe cuts in civil Ian Public could afford such a very Superior the guardian accused the ment of going for the Finan Cial Vwe cautioned that Trident must not be purchased at the expense of Britain conventional billion the government said Britain will spend billion at Lockheed in the for 64 Trident each Capa ble of carrying up to eight Independent a targeted nuclear warheads More than nautical the rest of the Money will mostly be spent on British hardware and including four nuclear submarines and the warheads defence Industry sources said about jobs would be created in ship Yards in depressed British Industrial and More would go to about 120 subcontracting companies dealing with submarine and reactor components and other backup the decision the most important in defence terms taken by Britain since former prime minister Harold Macmil Lan bought the Polaris from the late president John Kennedy in 1962 was expected to plunge Britain into a deep debate on nuclear the opposition labor party has officially condemned the and left wingers have said a labor government will cancel the pm says mind still open on Gas pipeline Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau said that two Days before Cabinet is to make a decision on whether to permit construction of the Southern Canadian Section of the Alaska natural Gas he has not yet made up his and he said he is not familiar with a Section of Alaska pipeline legislation Cabinet decision on whether to give the godhead to construction boils Down to a judgment Call As to whether the Northern sections will eventually be i can be swayed either Way and i think people Are trying to Sway me both he told report during the daily commons rent Bill i s continued from Page i i 4 1 months said the Cali Flag the changes window dressing and in attempt to hide the real of unjustified rent opposition Leader Howard Palty said the amendments will give tie Public not the right to fair bit the right to for the most they will Only assist the moving Pally told the legislature shortly before tie government used its majority to Send the legislation to committee for de tailed study in a 2422 it was a straight government Tob position with no one breaking although six tory backbench ers earlier had publicly declared theft selves unhappy with the tory Bac Bencher ten Domino who had said he might vote against the legislation unless arbitration was and Bob wils6n were greeted with Calls of shame from opposition benches when they voted in favor of the legislation in Crescent Oft la Warren Steen was absent for tie and the three other tories Waco voted with the am gouging measure i Jorgenson vowed the government in tended to use arbitration provisions in the Bill to prevent gouging of the minister said tenants who sign leases or who receive rent increase notices to take place up to and including would be Given Threte months from the effective Date of the increase to protest to the tenants who receive rent increase notices which Are to take effect after 1 would have one month following the receipt of the landlords notice in which to launch a he and while the rent increase is be fore the rentals Man or the director of the tenant May remain in tenancy even though his or her tenancy agreement with the landlord May expire during if a landlord refuses to go to Media Tion or voluntary arbitration for rent increases which take effect up to the tenant shall have the right to terminate any signed lease with the landlord on one months the Bill would allow a director of arbitration to order a binding Rollback of rent but Only if mediation by the rentals Man fails and both land lord and tenant agree to opposition and tenant spokesmen As Well As a number of tory Back benches have been calling on Jorgen son to make arbitration Sidney president of the Manitoba landlords said yesterday the government would be penalizing landlords for opposing the arbitration process if they Are ordered to pay moving Janice Kran Burns her lease to protest rent increase that will Force her to leave he tenants protest rent jumps mama 1 could make such permission All work in the commons came to a temporary halt As the nip attempted to Force an adjournment after failing the get an emergency de Bate on the pipeline Trudeau told a news conference he could be swayed either Way on whether to approve construction this summer of Southern portions of the pipeline that would carry surplus Alberta Gas to the Well before the entire project is that Means exporting lowermost Al Berta Gas to the at the risk of saddling canadians with higher Cost natural Gas from less accessible sup plies later Trudeau reiterated that thursdays in party Leader de Broadbent he did not know whether legislation governing the project made financial guarantees for construction of the entire metre route Broadbent replied that was an in credible admission just two Days prior to a final decision and promptly sought permission for an emergency debate on the when speaker Jeanne Sauve rejected the request the second in one week from the nip on procedural Broadbent then moved adjournment of the which forced a recorded the progressive conservatives combined with the Liberal government to defeat the motion 192 to continued from Page 1 have reported increases in excess of 25 per with Frank Smith facing a 30percent increase and John Ston facing a Rise of 27 per o Romada 34 Morrow ave nue tenant Robert Cowan said he has organized All but a few of the tenants in the Block to sign a petition protesting the sizable Cowan said his rent is rising by about 15 per but added that it is frustrating to see virtually identical suites in neighbouring blocks going for its just too much of an increase for what weve got he every one is waiting until the last possible minute before signing their d Grenoble Manor 415 Jean Baptiste Street tenant Stuart gangs control streets continued from Page 1 area and let things Calm the tension from the May 17 riots has not it is still Dade county Robert Fortney said police reported More gunfire yesterday than in the May perhaps because of the looting of gunshots during the riots that left 18 people some of the victims were motorists caught in the bloody terrified White Drivers raced through Liberty City As bricks and rocks pelted their cars police fired tear Gas to disperse throngs of Black several peo including a seven Montgold were treated for Gas the area was devastated by three Days of rioting that broke out May 17 after an Allwhite jury acquitted four White former Dade police officers charged in the beating death of Black Miami businessman Arthur the which included brutal attacks on caused More than million in much of the violence yesterday was aimed at who were not calling it a racial said Peter Cuc the violence erupted late in the afternoon after three officers on a stakeout broke up the robbery of a White Fred and two police officers chased two suspects into a Liberty City housing they fought Penny they started hollering to the crowd and the crowd started coming and they started shooting at Pelny was shot in the Back As the officers retreated from a Rock throwing crowd of jeering he was in stable condition at Jackson memorial Motorist by a pair of woman by give first a after Ihfe its with i v Cohen Monakea presentation to int Taw amendments behalf of residents in the 39suite Frances who lives in a bulding owned by Baldry said yesterday Many tenants in her Block at 314 Broadway May have Trou ble making ends meet with rent in creases ranging to 40 per cent and my place is so Small the increase just int said whose rent will go from to 36 sign petition thirty six tenants in the Block signed a petition protesting the changes to the landlord and tenant they will present the petition when Harvich and another tenant appear before the Law amendments tenants at 28 Woodrow which is owned by the same Are in some cases facing increases As High As 46 and 54 per lawyer Vic who is organizing some tenant protest said he has received numerous letters and petitions from people who Are facing Large rent apartment blocks where tenants have signed petitions or written letters complaining about excessive increases include one Evergreen 415 Stra Brook 188 Roslyn 311 400 270 Roslyn 300 Roslyn and one of the cites Large rental Agen Samar investments said rent increases will exceed 15 per cent in 30 to 35 per cent of its 600 units across the in trying to be As fair As Karl Schoenherr said in an inter he added that rent increases for most people would be Between 10 and 15 Schoenherr said some tenants were handed rent increases of 25 per cent in Dies of gunshot wound a Leaf rapids boy died monday of an accidental gunshot wound to the ramp said last Kevin Alexander Reuben was playing in a friends House in Leaf rapids at about monday when toe shooting an attempt to bring them into line with the landlord was allowed to raise rents beyond the control Martin who Heads a group of companies that control More than said the average increase in his suites will be about per he a minority of people will face substantially higher by the average rent for a Range from to while a two bedroom apartment will Cost to he Ian spokesman for Smith said some tenants would be receiving increases As High As 13 per but the general average would be approximately per Iran travel ban trails coup bid from the news services Tehran All travel into and out of Iran has been banned for a 48hour the ruling revolutionary coun cil said the ban comes in the Wake of an attempted coup the government said it foiled last the revolutionary Council attended by president Abolhassan issued the communique after a prolonged whale bunt ban sought London the Greenpeace Conser vation group is urging the Canadian government to take a More aggressive stance during this years annual meet ing of the International whaling com Mission and support a three year ban on the Hunting 01 sperm the 1wc has been calling fora ban on commercial whaling for the past nine years but has never been Able to mus Ter enough support to pass the propos the commission needs the support of 18 of the 24 countries represented and Canadas position together with ice South Africa and Brazil is believed newspapers join forces Detroit Detroit two daily newspapers were to publish their Sec Ond consecutive joint edition today while negotiators for the morning free and striking truck Drivers were to meet for the first time in four newspaper officials said a 92page edition carrying the Mast head of the free press immediately news Roundup below that of the Detroit news was distributed by news congressman indicted Washington representative Richard Kelly of Florida yesterday became the sixth congressman am the first Republican indicted by a Federal grand jury in connection with the Bis much publicized a scam probe of political the five count charging Kelly and two other men with bribery and conspiracy was returned in District court the indictment also contained charges of interstate travel to Aid during the a scam Fri agents posed As representatives of fictional Arab businessmen who were willing to pay bribes to facilitate their investments and immigration to the United protester jail Terra fld sea Hunt protester Brian Davies has begun serv ing a two week jail correctional officials said executive director of the International fund for Ani Mal was convicted in a Newfoundland court in 1977 of violating sea Hunt he was convicted of flying a helicopter less than goo metres above a Seal of tfx Gruling within Hal of 3 Cai cult of a Seal ;