Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Good old picnic Trudeau saves wham Lemon then Clear tonight 12 Cloudy tomorrow 26 August vol ids no free press Sun rises sets Moon wises sets final 200 with coloured comics for Home Gail Carter mailed Billy Cable by Ronald Ostrow and Don Irwin the los Angeles times Washington president Jimmy Carter sent a confidential state depart ment Cable to Billy Carter regarding his Brothers 1978 trip to Libya and praised him for doing a Good Job on that the White House Dis closed last the disclosure revised the presi dents earlier statement that he had discussed cables concerning the libyan trip with his but had no recollection of turning Over any government documents to Billy White House press Secretary Jody Powell issued a statement on the development after Billy Carter once again changed his Story about the the presidents brother said in earlier yesterday that he thought some one from the White House had Given him a state department Cable regard ing his libyan but he didst re member who it totally not Long after statement by Billy his third version of the Cable Powell said that the presi dents counsel had been unable to find anyone who had turned Over the Docu in any Powell said the cables were totally innocuous and without much value to but at about 9 Powell informed reporters the president had indeed sent the Cable to Powell said the presidents memory was jogged when he was provided a copy of the Cable by Billy Carters Washington lawyers at his Brothers although Carter has said he tried to discourage his Brothers contacts with the ant israeli libyan he wrote an admiring note on the to Billy you did a Good Job under the dry circumstances said the Handwritten inscription from the joking reference the president made the joking refer ence to Billy Carters drinking habits at the time in his allusion to the strict dry Laws in following mos Lem which ban the use of since Billy Carter has received treatment for the Cable was sent to the state department by the acting head of the embassy in it described the visit of the presi dents brother to Libya in As a very positive event which lifted american morale in the capital City of Tripoli and opened some doors for the Powell said again last night that the contents of the Cable were innocuous and the president did nothing improper or unlawful in making it available to his the president has the authority if he chooses to declassify Powell said at an unusual night Brief he can do As Many other people in government in the action of relaying it to someone Powell rejected any suggestion that the presidents note was intended to encourage Billy Carters ties with its just As per haps More to interpret it As see Cable Page 4 Kwh free press Pioneer Days at Steinbach Mark of explores a makeup Wagon from a steam powered thrasher in one of the exhibits at a Reinbachs Pioneer Days festival being held this other exhibits and events include an antique car show and horse show and auction and a hog slaughtering liberals create Energy watchdog Petroleum Agency wont have the Power to Roll Back prices Ottawa up the government announced yesterday establishment of the Petroleum monitoring Agency to keep tabs on How the Oil and Gas Industry handles revenues now flowing to company coffers at record the new headed by former ant inflation Board chairman Harold is to collect information from throughout the Industry on prof use of re and the extent of Canadian and foreign Energy minis Ter Marc Lalonde the Agency will not have Powers to Roll Back excess profits and can Only make recommendations to the government on policy and prices governing the Lalonde said the idea is to keep a close watch on production expenditures and investment patterns within the Industry to give the govern ment a better idea of exactly How much Money should be channelled to Oil companies from higher Petroleum information gathered by the Agency is to be made Public and it will also Issue an annual report to the Energy minister said the govern ment already has information on Industry profits As required under the Petroleum corporation monitoring the new Agency is to look at the Industry As a whole rather than Roll Back individual profit announcement of the Agency was immediately attacked by Ian Energy critic for the new democratic who said the government has created a toothless the Agency should have the Power to dangerous design faults fire probe told Renouf to watch Oil Industry civic Holiday August 4 no paper will be published classified advertising office will be open monday evening from 6 to 9 30 to place an Call 9562330 for circulation Call by Cecil Rosner a fire that spread with shocking Speed through a James townhouse building last May could be repeated in other areas of the Winnipeg chief fire prevention officer warned Phillip Lyons told an inquiry into the May 20 fire at the Fairlane Meadows Complex that the incident has caused him considerable As have a number of aspects of the 32unit build Ings in shocked that a building of that nature can be destroyed in seven i Lyons he said there Are entire streets in particularly in the inner City where houses and buildings of similar construction Are touching each other and potentially subject to a similar earlier this week the inquiry was told there Are numerous similar townhouse developments in the City which do not provide enough escape routes in the event of a common design Winnipeg fire chief Jack Coulter said a common design in Winnipeg provides just one exit per suite in upper level townhouse a provincial labor department spokesman has told the inquiry that the 32unit townhouse owned by metropolitan properties and managed by Castlewood violated the provincial building code in a wide Vari Ety of it failed to provide proper fire resistant materials and used carpeting and insulation which we rent approved by the he con the part of a 208unit com plex in was destroyed by fire which started about May although the building had no fire alarm system or smoke All tenants escaped Lyons expressed concern about the buildings balconies which didst have the prescribed flame spread rating As required by the provincial code for see inquiry Page 4 Roll Back High prices and profits just As the no defunct ant inflation Board Waddell Lalonde also released a detailed assessment of the Federal Oil pricing proposal rejected last week by he said the package was fair and generous to the producing provinces and for the country As a country cant wait but he warned that Ottawa will not wait Long for Resolution of the impasse and he repeated the need for final decisions in the near the country cannot wait we will have a budget in the fall and we will be announcing a National Energy policy by the Agency will have the Powers of a Federal Royal commission under the inquiries it will have a staff of 25 he recommendations will be made to government on the Impact of Price increases and How the Industry handles new profits up 50 a Soontok released report shows that Overall Industry profits jumped by More than 50 per cent in the first six months of 1980 Over the same period last in the Industry will reap 90 cents per barrel from the increase announced thursday by but the Canadian Petroleum Asso representing the major multinational Oil said this week the Industry needs More Money to finance new exploration and develop ment in the next 10 it Esti mated Cash requirements of billion if the country is to become Oil serfs of Focient in the unite residents of Lake Winnipeg East Shore resort area plan to petition the provincial government to form a new standing tall Little minuts yifter of Ethiopia ran his taller opponents into the ground for his second olympic Gold medal in the last words in deathbed the deposed Shah of Iran asked that his remains be entombed with those of his slain generals after the liberation of time to speak columnist Paul Sullivan thinks its time Winnipeg business leaders took a stand on development and its Adverse effects on the Quality of 33 capital talk deaths entertainment focus 27 12 33 5 41 29 21 29 17 7 to meander Horoscope Jumble Puzzle Jumble entry sports sports record stocks to 6 57 27 34 27 6 24 33 73 76 13 3 33 ;