Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 6, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free August Canadian forces not ready for War Ottawa up fee Canadian Are not pre says Fie Tenee minis Wei i that there is threat of a major conflict at present to t n it we Lent take to get what we need to defend it Camoir Taufie awl termed de j minister Allan Mckimmon agree armed forces would be hard to uphold commitments or fend its territory in the face of major Albite Tovel 4m rib tit while Lamontagne says the coun acid rain talk set for 1981 Washington up Canada and the United states have moved tentatively closer to a treaty to curb Damag ing acid agreeing Asan interim measure to study the problem and enforce existing ant pollution at a state department ceremony marked by expressions of Hope and Mutual officials of both coun tries yesterday signed a memorandum of intent that Calls for forma negotiations on a treaty to begin by next june state Secretary de Muskie said the memorandum commits both coun tries to make our planet a safer place for All by agreeing to cooperatively work at reducing acid rain and other pollution crossing the Canada Canadian environment minister John Roberts said the signing marked a very significant step Forward to Ward a binding but conceded main immediate effect is a to apply ant pollution Laws on the the memorandum Falls Well Short of pfc formal backed by in to reduce so called trans foundry but it does pledge that the two governments will inform one another to Advance of develop to fiends Likely to make pollution it also makes formal a process last july by the two ments to develop a bilateral cooperative agreement on air Quality which i would Deal effectively with trans Boun air the memorandum comes at a time when scientific evidence is mounting that acid caused when Sulphur and nitrogen oxides mix with water vapor in the atmosphere before falling to is polluting damaging affecting drinking water acid corroding cars and Sherman dismisses decision continued from Page 1 the one identifiable error in this tragedy does not lie in the psychiatric the psychiatric facilities at the health sciences or even in mow huns diagnosis of March Sherman it lies in the procedures for transmittal and Obser Vance of instructions in Sherman said he would urge Hsc president Peter swerhon to examine the emergency departments admission procedures rather than procedures in the psychiatric Sherman said the facilities for Emer gency psychiatric treatment at the Hsc Are there was at any any question of availability of facilities in the Sherman except for the initial diagnosis of Angelakis by the psychiatric department had nothing to do with the Sherman try could respond Mck Timoti forecasts the next world War would be a affair Anu much wore Reffi diffs to of Dotts to bolster the country defences acid capabilities the military has gained added Public attention because of a wave of Sabre rattling after the soviet incursion in Afghanistan last Hie United states Congress is boost ing defence spending and its an Issue in the american election Rene Canadas newly appointed military representative at nato Headquarters in said in Montreal recently that Western a photo military strategists Are predicting a major armed confrontation with the soviet probably in there has been War talk before the cuban missile crisis of for exam tensions have later died but nato countries have begun modernizing their forces and nuclear arsenals in the face of what they say is growing soviet military Canadas re equipment program is already Well under the govern ment bought 128 new Leopard tanks from West Germany and has signed a contract to acquire 13 1m8a fighter planes from Mcdonnell Douglas i the Ottawa is also looking at bids to build six new naval after a steady manpower retune in the the government has authorized a increase by about Ramsey chief of defence says its Likely to take longer than that because the forces Are growing at a rate of Only 400 men a the forces Are recovering from a Long decline through the Era of detente in the late 1960s and Early but who was defence minister in the Short lived progressive conservative says a lot re Mains to be file Force Are terrible degree to a too Many assign ments overseas and in North America to handle in an he these firm commitments to ear allies for Norway 1 dont think Are capable of being carried out Canada is committed to sending about troops to Norway when that country is on the verge of a major con it also has a mechanized brigade and three fighter squad Rons in participates in the nato naval defence system and con Federal Protection service officers with clubs move into group of rioting cuban refugees 300 cubans storm barricades in riots at refugee Centre from the news services fort Indiantown two cubans were critically injured and about a dozen military police suffered minor injuries yesterday when More than 300 refugees stormed barricades and threw rocks and bottles in an a refugee Centre spokesman by 9 army troops had All of the cubans Back to their Normal living the riot was the Days Art Brill of the Federal Cuba haitian task Force said about 200 National guardsmen joined the 900 army personnel already stationed at the which houses about Refu automatic rifles were passed out to the but Camp officials said they did not know immediately if the rifles were Mark atomic blast Japan about people offered one minute of silent prayer at a memorial service today to Mark the 35th anniversary of the worlds first atomic the near the spot where the bomb fell at also heard Hiroshima mayor Takeshi Araki Call for a peace meeting Between the United states and the soviet a similar service will be held in Nagasaki on saturday to Mark the cites devastation by another atomic which killed people and prompted Japan to surrender on news Roundup White manager slain Salisbury police investigating the shooting death of a White farm manager said yesterday they have questioned a Radical Black Cabinet minister and 3 Man in prime minister Robert Mugabe Blackman Jority police sources said soviet made a 47 assault rifles taken from bodyguards at the Home of Edgar minister of manpower and Secretary general of Mugabe governing Zimbabwe african National Union would undergo ballistics armed men opened fire monday at the Stanford 32 Kilometres South West of and Gerald William the White was police Zia foes arrested Pakistan police arrested the Secretary general of Paki stans underground communist party and 10 party members authorities in a continuing crackdown on opponents of president Zia Ulhaas military Wiesenthal recognized Washington a president Carter presented a special Gold medal yesterday to Simon a 72 year old austrian survivor of the Holo Caust who has spent 30 years Hunting Wiesenthal founded and Heads the jewish documentation Centre in Vien where he has worked for 30 years gathering and analysing information about nazi his work led to the capture of More than fuel tank explodes an almost full fuel Oil storage tank on the Banks of the Cape cod canal burst into flames spewing fire Over a wide area and threatening five adjacent freed iranian demonstrators charge they were mistreated new York a almost 200 iranian whose detention brought threats of reprisals against the hostages in paid respects to a portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after they were released by officials who determined they Are in the United states at the the iranians paid respects to a portrait of Khomeini and said that they had been Tor tured and kidnapped during their de which began july 27 with a demonstration in officials have denied charges of after giving their names to 171 iranian men were taken tuesday night to an islamic Centre in the new York City Borough of they were joined later by 20 iranian those released included three who were treated a Hospital because of a hunger one demonstrator was transferred to Washington where he pleaded not guilty to charges of simple assault and Possession of an unlawful and was returned to jail after his in Iran Khomeini denounced the treatment of the the speaker of the iranian Hashemi had ordered Prepa rations made to try the 52 hostages As the iranian demonstrators had Origi Nally refused to identify making it impossible for officials to Check their immigration tributes to peacekeeping in Cyprus As Well As defending Canadian but when there is Chance of a conflict with the soviet Union in that precisely the time when we would have to enlarge the forces greatly and Send off ail our existing troops to All these commitments and leave no one to look after the and recruitment and training which has to go Mckinnon Terry new democratic de Fence suggests Canadas Europe an contribution should be More specialized Lalland or Ait air rather than a mixture of plans broke code continued from Page 1 among the deficiencies in the Origi Nal plans were combustible materials were placed along the buildings firewall Balcony exits did not meet Width or height requirements of the building code support beams for the Balcony didst have adequate firer Distant coverings and the firewall didst function As a Frye while Frye said Many of the building code violations directly cause or contribute to the spread of the he called on the appropriate authorities to review the entire question of exterior exits on buildings with a View to up grading the the inquiry has been told that upper Storey suites at the apartment have just one exit door leading to an outdoor wooden Balcony which serves As the Only Means to get to the the Balcony did not have the fire resistant rating and noncombustible construction required on similar indoor code requires the provincial building code requires that an exit not be used for any but its intended purpose of allowing people Access out of the but Frye said the Fairlane Balcony violated this part of the since it was used by tenants for Leisure activities and Barbe cuing among other Frye said his departments Normal procedure in going Over plans is to use a fou Page checklist to verify if there is compliance with the but the departments stamp of approval on the plans Doest guarantee that the build ing will be 100 per cent free of code he Doug counsel for cast be Wood Homes which manages the townhouse said it was rather untoward for the City to spend just three hours checking plans for a major 208unit building he said owners of buildings and architects look to the cites plans department to Lead the Way in instructing them what types of construction Are building permit but Frye said the reason owners and architects Deal with his department is so that they can secure the required building permit without which they be Able to begin he said City approval of an application Doest relieve the owner of responsibility to build and maintain the building in compliance with the after the Fairlane fire the owner applied to the same City department for permission to rebuild the the City outlined 14 areas which would have to be complied with before construction could including instal lation of smoke detectors in every the inquiry was told the Fairlane townhouse Structure had no smoke detectors or fire alarms when it was originally rain boosts crop yield projections ran Page 1 the City used billion Gallons from january to the end of up 600 Gallons from the previous rec Ord level set in average daily consumption during a single month hit a new record in june at million the recent showers have boosted projections for crop yields slightly especially for late seeded pasture and specially produce Nijor Grain crops Are beyond Suew improvement in rainfall exceeded the july rain count of 70 my and Brandon came within six my of its Normal my for the Gimli pc Alto doing reasonably recording it Stover 50 per cent of Normal for the april july but Portage had a disastrous month with less than a Quarter of its Normal rainfall 17 my and like had less than half its Normal precipitation during the last four latest report from Manitoba Pool i elevators predicted a very slight improvement in yields because of the rain and cooler temperatures but still said they would be Only 56 per cent of the Normal yield is about 23 bushels per added John director of weather and crop surveillance for the Canadian wheat Board the weather shift is too late for the majority of cereals but its helped a lot of other crops More than we the improvement in Hay and late seeded Green feed prospects have also boosted optimism in Manitoba livestock hard pressed by critical feed shortages in although the province still faces a serious depletion of cattle herds be cause of rampant marketing in june and Early receipts at Winnipeg Union Stock Yards Are moving Back to Normal culling said agriculture Canada markets coordinator Neil the Yards received cattle and calves for Slaughter last still Well above the marketed in the same week of Peterson the Previ Ous week saw received compared to during the same period last but Peterson said this is a far cry from the june feed when cattle were marketed through the Yards in a two week period up from just a year there Arent nearly As Many cows and calves coming in now and we expect receipts will be Down close to last years he the Rains have brought some optimism because banners were Able to put in Green feed reduces shortages planting of Grain such As Oats and Millet for feed use has been subsidized by the province under a million emergency plan which also sought to import tons of Ontario and other although the Hay lift has been suspended because of fears of pest infestation agriculture Canada crops Section chief Al Martin said the pro Gram has worked the Hay lift and the Green feed program have gone a Long Way to alleviate a potentially dangerous Situa Tion and reduce feed he a four month depression in sales of farm machinery and Garden equipment appears eased by the Rains As according to Industry spokes the rain and the decrease in inter est rates has definitely said Vic marketing director for versatile manufacturing our Harvest equipment sales have really picked up and should be very close to our original Kuffner said sales were running at 98 per cent above last year until the drought hit in from then until sales were very bad and june was a Complete he but things started to turn in july and the crop Are coming up much better than everybody missed out on the Spring tillage and seeding equipment sales but it really looks not Loo bad Walter marketing manager for Allied farm equipments production said sales Are Down about 25 per cent from last year because of a Waitan see attitude by equipment moving but Eldon Allied regional sales said haying equipment such As balers and rakes Are now moving Greg Schreyer of Schreyer equip a Masse Ferguson dealer in said the downward trend in sales of Large farm machinery has to some extent been he said sales of new tractors and combines Are still a bit depressed at about 10 per cent below last but must dealers were Hardes hit by High inventories of used equipment during the Spring drought no one was buying any kind of equipment since february because interest rates and then the but the Rains have brought some renewed a spokesman for yet mans a Large Winnipeg supplier of Lawn and Garden added that sales Are picking up now that the Rains been he said receipts during the drought were Down but not drastically and blamed the Media for creating panic among if the Media would just leave us alone and quit crying people would Start feeling sorry for them he business has been but some areas were never one area of the provincial Economy which shows no sign of drought sick Ness is with travel Manitoba saying earlier estimates of three Mil lion visitors and million in Revenue will Likely be surpassed Neil program manager for the renamed provincial tourism said the number of americans through Border Crossings was up per cent during the first five months of this year compared to the same period in 1979 this could indicate reversal of a trend which saw tourism decline per cent last year from ;