Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba R pay increases average aver age settlement highest since registered in 197s Mem 8w Wolos Ottawa average Canadian wage tries tinder both Federal and Hae risen Abate the 9pir car Fiete in me cent Towel for the first tune in of Tail mind Affe Imit Dof Fig aft a flow Crift Fidfl Fig was Job tend a set Fri is Fofi of foliated 17 and 35 of Tutsi a to Tom jew ill the second a Trotter of wide Tor an one inra of ave Tatge Anft Aal increase in Tese t of Osman fat6s of 66f of fief the Heffi of of Tai top if Mai t pet cent Fol the of test sett entente averaged of cent wit if and pet the figures Are based in contracts the Ian Peak in wage settled fleets oct tarted in Yutai average get Faal w per of Lublic pc Liting pm 4 were pm i Ivett had Cost of Irvin la Afton Atid these provided lot a pet cent average itt cease not cow Tiftz the Elzett of the the agree of fonts it Oitto ote now Annie provided Rof a Pef Petit Jurina Ihfe past 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toll is the worst Hes Ever All types of waterfowl seem to be affected by the Jiggens among Duck species affected Are Wood Duck and pin snipe have also been he different Story Jim head of Duck population management for the West Ern and Northern regions of the Canad an wildlife service in said in a Telephone interview the waterfowl population could sustain a oneyear if we experience another year or two like this it will be a different he Patterson said there is no need to shorten the Duck Hunting season this autumn or reduce the bag he said that although this years Junet september botulism season is potentially serious because of the so far the losses have not been Sandy chief biologist with ducks predicted More than Birds could die in the in the Beaver Hill Lake area of Al Berta about ducks have died and that May be the Start of something big when you can lose that Many Birds last week ducks unlimited reported finding 100 dead Birds in the Netley on the Southeast Edge of Lake see botulism Page 4 m v of tree press Glenn Sinclair of ducks unlimited carries ducks killed by botulism from Marsh near Oak Balcony exits called unsafe but architect defends building plan at probe into May 20 townhouse fire by Cecil Rosner Balcony exits which served As the Only escape routes for residents of the Fairlane Meadows townhouse were anything but Safe and could have led to Many deaths in the May 20 inquiry commissioner Hugh Macdiarmid said Macdiarmid made the comments to building architect John who testified that he considered the front door of each upper Storey suite in the Structure As a Safe exit which complied with the letter of the building the door leads to a wooden Balcony which was engulfed in flames in a matter of my understanding of the code is that once you arrive at an exit you should be Ata Safe Macdiarmid but the Balcony was anything but a Safe it was Only a matter of Luck that some upper Storey suites in the 32unit building were unoccupied at the time of the Early morning fire which gutted the Structure in less than 10 he if those suites had been they the tenants certainly have found themselves in a very Safe Macdiarmid said one family had to crawl out its bedroom window to escape the noting that if they had been infirm or incapacitated in any Way they might not have got Turner defended the design of the building and said he had planned five or six similar structures of its kind for Castlewood Homes in Winnipeg since he said the Garden apartment design featuring combustible wooden exteriors originated in he United states and is popular across West Ern outside the Turner said the buildings Are As Safe As they should he said the original concept for the design was accepted and approved by City officials when he planned the first of its Redfern seven years see Balcony Page 4 Hurricane gains fury heading for Texas Mexico a Hurricane Allen roared today toward the Texas less than 800 Kilometres gathering strength from warm Gulf of Mexico Waters after a Caribbean ram Page that left at least 72 a Hurricane watch was announced for the entire Texas and Northeast mexican and the National weather service said Alle could Cre ate Hurricane conditions to portions of the watch area within 36 hours if it continued its at 5 Allens Eye was near latitude North and Longitude West 800 Kilometres East Southeast of and travelling West Northwest at 30 packing winds up to the weather service warned to stay in port the weather service warned Small Craft from the Mouth of the Mississippi River Westward to the mexican Gulf including the Yucatan Peninsula and around extreme Western to stay in Gale warnings were discontinued in the Florida keys at Texas authorities planning ses Sions yesterday with representatives of 35 Federal and Volunteer Relief agencies that would go into emergency action if the storm thousands of Gulf homeowners stocked up on food and ply Wood to Hammer Down Hospi tals increased orders for bottled water and red Cross and salvation army officials prepared Relief centres and placed workers on insurance companies sent in teams to handle those who could be and Oil companies evacuated workers from offshore rigs and production helicopter crashes off coast one helicopter carrying 13 people from one platform crashed 100 pm off the Louisiana coast coast guard authorities said at least four of those on Board were found Allen buffeted Mexico Northern Yucatan Peninsula with Strong winds and five metre Waves but caused no injuries or serious government officials Mexico declared a state of emergency on the Peninsulas Eastern Side and red Cross authorities mobilized Relief thousands of people fled the including in the Lush resort on the Yucatan Mainland across from since becoming a Hurricane monday near the Eastern Caribbean Island of Allen has followed a basically West Northwest route in its killer Jour Ney across the through the Yucatan Channel and into the cuban authorities evacuated people and cows in seven prov inces because of the v Prensa the cuban news Agen reported that Allen battered Cubas Isla de la the Island of youth formerly called the Isle of off Cubas Western ruining Citrus and tobacco there was no word of any casualties on the hostage release set Back from the news services Washington pro Khomeini demonstrators May have thwarted a new diplomatic initiative to gain the release of the 52 americans held hos Tage in White House officials also Are Wor ried that a possible outbreak of Vio Lence Between the demonstrators and angry americans May mean trouble for the about 200 iranians gathered yester Day to protest the treatment of 192 iranians arrested 12 Days ago during a violence marred Celebration of the death of the deposed Shah of for nearly four ringed by Blu helmeted police officers on horseback and the gaunt faced iranians faced a barrage of garbage and insults from a much larger surrounding ulterior motives Abc quoting an unidentified state department reported last night it was hoped that some of the captives would be freed to coincide with the end of the moslem holy but it said the iranian Mili Tants Learned of what was happening and organized the demonstrations to provoke ant american feeling in the demonstration also provoked anti iranian feeling in the get out while you screamed a sweating we know who you As a ugly show of stripped Are human yesterday s protest be improved at the state duty officer Sondra Mccarty said she had nothing to say on any new diplomatic Ini the government is continuing to explore every every possibility toward gaining the hos tages she this swaggering legions of police carrying riot Sticks calmly gazed see releasing Page 4 out de Schreyer had a bad night at the plate during a Charity fastball game last night for a seven Earold Clande Boye boy stricken with Energy plan opposition Leader Joe Clark yesterday outlined a fou Point program he said will help Canada and the United states move toward Energy Bank rate up the Bank of Canada rate moved up yesterday to per cent from per the second increase in two big Day Neara hundreds of people Are doing touch up work on a Job that started months preparing for entertainment focus 29 13 Horoscope 13 Jumble Puzzle 47 letters 29 capita relax 26 7 sports record 30 stocks 13 Tempo 25 to listings 14 7 6 13 31 6 16 29 19 23 49 11 28 ;