Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba T pay increases average average settlement highest since registered in 1975 tvs vim l average Caw dial wage Teft Tofari Settle Fuents have risen Awve Fate if per i me a set the flt time Fri four Durf lifts of fuss Iff not t 4if4 uie 191 Setu Ennis auning me a Aliff Cimara it games released were Ter Day slim Large contracts negotiated 77 wry Eaf and m the second faster provided lot an year Fatiori to fam of average aft Rual increase in base wage the pro video Fot Cosof rates per shr Fate Lite Effie living a from 9 per cent in the first wage Lett events averaged per cent last year and pet cent in the figures Are based on contracts the last Peak in wage settlements i t if alb fit v incr cases biuuuiiuh1 to 17cl pc com pm Mac Sig fair settlements of fat 4r f were per cell Ana priv file had w my wig allow and to soft for a per Clun Rifg the Tro Rrt s Ftp ffffhf85 Feslis Refije w not Sescal Attock that will of tfl8 Tea tit sortie of ibs so Fiftal Najfi Scalfi Tiofio Mav w Sony what higher than of butt figures of the 151 settlements m the second of i out the allowance Fttie j8j per the past 12 Agios cents have pro an per cent increase while a Fob agreements which a for 65 per cent of All agree ments signed during the yielded a per cent ills p dec Chalk has Many ugly memories Cloudy tonight 12 sunny tomorrow 22 August vol free press Sun rises sets rises sets final 200 30ft Wutti coloured comics for Home Call Duck deaths mount by Ron Campbell and Ritchie Gage a fireman Crew picked up More than 800 dead ducks in an 80acre area of the Oak Lake wildlife Refuge yesterday in an operation some wildlife officials fear will be All too common in drought stricken areas of the Prairies this the ducks Are victims of botulism poisoning caused by Low water said Brent a habitat biologist with ducks along with three other ducks unlimited workers and local Farmer de waded through the Marsh yesterday to collect the Duck carcasses from an area on the East Side of Oak about 60 Kilometres Southwest of said his family has lived near the Marsh since and weve seen it botulism pretty bad before when the water goes he say this years toll is the worst Hes Ever a 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 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 s e botulism Page 4 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 at a 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 the 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 roared today toward the Texas less that 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 Allen 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 902 West 800 Kilometres East Southeast of and travelling West Northwest at 30 packing winds up to 230 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 held planning ses Sions yesterday with representatives of and Volunteer Relief agencies i hat 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 reson 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 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 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 surround dirty 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 i he demonstration also provoked anti iranian feeling in the get out while you screamed a we know who you As a ugly show of stripped Are human yesterdays 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 strikes 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 nears hundreds of people Are doing touch up work on a Job that started months preparing for anytime Bio Tex Bridge business Canso 29 13 13 47 29 capital talk 5 classified 25 cute Wertsey 7 comics 30 crossword 13 deaths 25 entertainment Jumble Puzzle sports record to 14 7 6 13 31 6 16 29 19 23 49 11 29 i ;