Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free August 3 firm revives claims of meat contamination John suf Van contaminated material could get into meat sold Tor human As Long As Manitoba packing houses Are allowed to Protess dead animals in the same the manager of a st Boni face rendering firm said but Federal Veteri nary director for meat Hygiene to win said the company just has its nose out of joint after losing out to a packing House on contracts with Union Stock Yards and the Manitoba hog marketing agriculture Canada officials in Ottawa had barred processing of dead Ani Mals in plants after 1 unless ruling sought on Beard the Manitoba food and commercial workers Union is asking the Manitoba court of Queens Bench to declare that a arbitration Board decision entitles a Safeway employee to Wear a in a notice of motion filed local 832 of the Union is asking the court to declare that Don Chapman May Wear his Beard on Day or night last an arbitration Board Orr dered Safeway to delete from its rec ords a written reprimand Given Chap Man following his refusal to shave off his ruling opposed the ruling was opposed by a later arbitration Board decision which said Safeway was justified in asking shelf Stocker Dennis last to shave his when the Union appealed the last the court of Queens Bench dismissed the saying the Board acted without Bias and within its Juris diction in making the no beards Deci Safeway lawyer Roger Hansel has said he expects Chapman will probably have to comply with the last court both Chapman and last work at the Safeway store on Lanark Street and Corydon the unions motion is expected to be heard next suspects return imminent two police officers Are expected to leave monday for Israel to bring Home two Winnipeg men who fled the country to evade rape the israeli department of Justice has authorized the deportation of Saul Edward and David Benjamin into custody by Israel who faces two counts of rape and one of indecent and Fried who is charged with one count each of rape and Gross fled to Israel after failing to appear in Manitoba court of Queens Bench in both Are charged with assaulting a 21yearold woman in a North Winnipeg Lane the provincial attorney generals department has been trying to have the two extradited since they went Jubilee to be closed Jubilee Avenue Between Pembina Highway and Osborne Street will be closed monday to through traffic to allow for a Neil boyhood Street local Access Between the hours of 10 and Midnight will be maintained on Jubilee Between Riverside drive and Cockburn the resurfacing of main Street be tween Alfred Avenue and Sutherland Avenue will begin 5 for about three during this time traffic and transit will be however parking will be restricted and the number of lanes reduced Between Rush separate facilities were but they the until often with a Law suit hmm a local packing Fabian manager of Midwest by deducts said Federal agriculture officials Are ignoring the potential danger to human health of allowing meat packers to Render dead animate into pet food and inedible meat he said the firm has been urging Ottawa for years to prohibit rendering by packers unless they have an entirely separate facility for that we think its pretty hard to keep the contaminated outside dead products from entering the human Toad Chain in the he we dont think its its not a Good Midwest lodged the same complaint in 1975 when the Swift Canadian Plant in Boniface held contracts to Render and process animals from the Stock Yards and marketing it also ran newspaper ads warning of the contamination the Issue simmered until Swift closed late last Midwest bid on the but was edged by East West Midwest renewed its protests after Ottawa finally barred packers from deals after l unless they had approved rendering by this Doyle and the government s regional Veteri nary inspection office in Winnipeg had approved the changeover to East faced with a lawsuit from East West if it revoked its Ottawa decided to allow the firm to process dead animals from the stockyards and hog marketing Board until the contracts expire in Arambasich said yesterday the Agri culture Canada decision is an affirmation that they intend to disregard the abundant danger signals inherent in just a couple of Cool cats while Winni Eggers were braving yesterdays these 15monthold twins found a Way to stay the youngsters heat the heat in a Cement Culvert at vital Park Camp offers special skills 53youngsters to learn How to Cope with their diabetes by Manfred Jager fifty three Winnipeg youngsters will spend 10 Days this month in a summer Camp which May affect them for the rest of their the ranging in age from seven to Are All victims of juvenile Onset it is the most complicated form of the diabetes because people who develop it stand to suffer More complications longer than those diagnosed As Pat executive director of the Winnipeg Branch of the Canadian diabetes said her organi in cooperation with the Young mens hebrew has operated toe childrens Camp Edu cation program for 22 usually without being ate to satisfy the de Mand for Camp the Nymha Camp is located on Towne Island in Lake of the Woods just East of Nymha camping officials Are in charge of regular outdoor activities such As Canoe hiking and White the diabetes association has organized a Complete self care program for the Young diabetics to help them learn How to live with their very important there Are three very important things which have to be taught right away after a youngster is diagnosed As a Wallace they in clude the skills to adm uster a dumber of dietary measures and exer the Point in the Camp program is to reinforce these skills and teach a num Ber of other things As including How to Deal with an sulm How to approach peer group differences Between diabetics and urine tests and injection site rotations and More knowledge about we want kids to for what to do if they get the flu and cant keep their food or when Pietr blood sugar is suddenly up and they go into a condition known As Keto Acido Wallace said this years Camp runs from aug 1424 will be the first such program involving a number of student nurses from Winnipeg hired to teach diabetic manage ment to the campers there will be nine such nursing students and Treyve had intensive preparation in the management of Dia we will also have a paediatrician at the Camp this the executive director diabetics there Are diagnosed diabetics in hundreds of them Chil with 50 More children diagnosed As diabetics each Wallace says there Are no estimates on How Many Manitoba diabetics Are there must be several Hundred Dia Betic she Camp costs about per she but much of this is subsidized and the official rate per camper was set at earlier the problems of maintaining High standards of sanitation i a food facility Are severe enough without voluntarily adding unnecessary but Doyle said the East West Render ing Plant is completely segregated from the food Chain of its packing Section except for Tje said Midwest is playing games because it lost Doyle said Midwest is Basing its complaint on a Federal inspection last december which found minor prob lems in East wests rendering Sec those problems a wooden roof in the dead animal receiving area and figs Between the edible and inedible departments have been largely he Arambasich admitted his firm has a vested interest in the Issue and believes rendering of dead animals should not be part of the meatpacking he said Midwest will discontinue its country pickup of dead animals on monday because its fee to Farmers will not cover rising seven opera tors in the rendering Plant will be Laid the company will also continue to Salvage meat and Bone scraps from waste restaurant grease and poultry viscera for the production of animal feed and 1 building violations testimony challenged by Cecil Rosner a lawyer representing the architect of the Fairlane Meadows townhouse which was gutted by fire May 20 has labelled As nonsensical and convoluted testimony which shows the Structure violated provincial building code Alan counsel for architect John made the comments while Cross examining provincial building standards officer Dennis Bea Cham at a Public inquiry into the fire he challenged a report Bea Cham prepared which showed the 32 unit townhouse violated building code regulations in a wide variety of Cate Macinnes took Issue with a number of definitions and judgments used by Beacham in his saying they didst coincide with common sense or Ordinary dictionary he suggested Many of the interpretations used we rent in accordance with other plan examiners a professional Engineer who has been with the labor depart ment for five defended his conclusions that the plans fell Short o required he said if he had examined the plans before the building was erected he would have required changes to be made and the Structure would have looked quite different in its Unal the inquiry has been told the building used a number of materials which we rent adequately Insu lation used in the attic had erratic resistance to flames and was not on a list of approved substances in the interpretations vary Beacham agreed that the building code was subject to different interpretations and it May be possible for there to be differing views on the propriety of aspects of the construct did you not think it might have been prudent to determine whether some of your interpretations were broadly held Macinnes Beacham re plied that he had been asked by the fire commissioners office to prepare a re port on the which he carried out without consulting anyone construction plans for the which is owned by metropolitan prop erties and managed by Castlewood we approved by the City of Winnipeg in the building was gutted in the Early hours of May 20 when fire rapidly consumed wooden balconies and the exterior of the Struc each upper Storey unit in the town House has just one exit leading to a Balcony which also serves a second there Are two staircases leading each Balcuns to the the design of the building was criticized by fire chef Jack who said there arthut enough exits for the upper a clams said it was nonsensical for Beacham la consider the Balcony railing As the buildings exterior and he said it was convoluted to Call the Balcony a Public As Bea Cham Nestor lawyer for the City of also disputed Bea Chams allegations and said the City has the authority to allow substitute materials in buildings As Long As the intent of the building code1 is the inquiry was told that Winnipeg follows the Manitoba building but reserves for itself ultimate author Ity in deciding How structures can be built in the Beacham replied that the building code sets out absolute minimum Stan Dards and an architect would have to provide substantial proof and documentation to convince a plans examiner that he could substitute another Materi Al for something required in the Regula disputes claim Bodnarchuk said it was All right for Loose fill insulation to be since the code makes mention of but Bea Cham replied it want listed in the category of approved Bodnarchuk also disputed Beachamp claim that the carpet covering the Balcony was deficient in that approved by the Canadian standards he said the building code nowhere requires such Doue lawyer for cast Lewood argued that an individuals interpretation is a Large Factor in determining whether aspects of construction plans comply with the build ing even Beacham and his imme Diate supervisor differed on their interpretation of the floor space in the he the inquiry was expected to continue today with further Cross examination of apology fails to halt charge a 21yearold Man has been charged following an incident in which a Mcarthur to truck Driver received an apology after he was mistaken for another Man and police said an altercation took place on Pembina Highway Between a couple of to truck Drivers and some motorists Over a car being hauled away Early july following the incident a Man placed a false Call to Mcarthur requesting a Towi Ruck come to the Back Lane of an address on Stafford there the 18yearold Driver was ambushed and assaulted by three adults and three police said the Driver suffered leg and Arm bruises after the the six men realized they had beaten the wrong Man and a police investigation has led to the arrest of one Man who has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and possessing a weapon danger Ous to the Public Videon restores Cable link Videon Cable to expects to restore full regular service by Plant manager Don Gordon said yesterday a contracting firm installing a Tran Canada pipelines i id pipe in st Norbert accidentally Cut Gideons per manent Cable about 4 tuesday Cable about Ruu outages lasted about 30 has been provided in an Manitoba Telephone system have a new permanent Cable in Gordon said ;