Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 13, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hot summer Coli Golden age is upon by Ron Campbell its been such a Good Samf frer for that workers in the construction Industry could be Laid off by the end of the or track president of the Manitoba heavy Clonaru Ctm association said this Summers dry weather has enabled contractors to finish scheduled projects in record but there is still a lot of time left in the building season and unless heavy construction companies obtain More they will have to Lay off workers by mid month and perhaps another by months Lee some larger contractors will have to let 100 to 175 people go All at one said layoffs of thir magnitude Are unprecedented in recent the workers could stay unemployed in or move to Alberta and More plentiful but Lee said that would deprive Manitoba of skilled which we like to see the Industry workers Are employed on Road and Street laying sewer and water heavy trucking and the association has appealed to prove trial highways minister Don Orchard to Advance projects to avoid the prospective although the departments roads budget increased nine per cent this year to million and about million of work has been tendered so inflation has meant the actual work to do has not increased much Over last Lee said Orchard was noncommittal about the but he Hast closed the door on and we Hope he he told us that his highways budget has beef spent and it looks like its going to be Lee also called for More heavy construction projects to be tendered by the Federal government and the City of Winnipeg to help the to keep their employees some contractors Are engaging in panic bidding bidding below operating Cost and this could Lead to some bankruptcies in the period from sep tember to Lee he said Competition for Manitoba Road contracts has been intense this particularly for projects of million or sunny today 23 showers tonight 10 press final 200 for Home Call 9570550 August Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Kennedy finest hour revitalizes democrats a photo from the news services in one of the most emotional demonstrations in recent political supporters of senator Edward Kennedy rocked Madison Square Garden yester Day for 45 minutes with a tremendous chanting and cheering for a for one shining it was almost Camelot in new York City the last of the three Kennedy Brothers human ass stolen a Michigan woman is offering a Reward for the return of her husbands cremated remains stolen from her car sunday Corrine formerly of re was visiting her husbands parents on Grosvenor Avenue on her Way Back to Saskatchewan to Bury her spouses ashes when her car was Bro Ken the remains of her who died last were packed in a cardboard Box inside a travel police Cameron said she was surprised the car was broken into because it was parked under a the thief used a coat Hanger to get into the car filled with her clothes and Christmas presents for her relatives in Winnipeg and Cameron Esti mated her loss at last request but it is the ashes she is anxious to have his last request was to go said we just dont want them dumped anywhere in Cameron is asking anyone with any information about the whereabouts of the ashes to Contact she is offering a Reward and stresses All information will be treated conf she plans to stay in Winnipeg a few More Days in the Hope the ashes will be she and her daughter will then continue on to but Are prepared to return foe her Hus bands remains any police have no leads in the Case so far and Are sure the thief didst know the ashes were among the things a police spokesman said he could not recall having to look for human ashes holding the democratic National convention some delegates wept tears streaming Down their men danced in the thousands waved their otherwise useless Kennedy 80 placards without several signs held nut a Promise Teddy firm on the finest hour for Kennedy and his supporters came one Day after the challenger for the 1980 presidential nomination had conceded to incumbent Jimmy but the heir to one of americas great political legacies did not go quietly into the Kennedy delivered his fighting speech passionate plea for social Justice a flawless style that echoed the sentiments of his older Brothers John and both assassinated in the 48yearold senator pledged that the cause the Hope still and the dream shall never Kennedy said he has Faith that the party will adopt a common vision that will feel and heal the suffering of our time and the division of our he glowed on the platform Ruddy his hair flecked with his Blu Egrey jacket a bit his Demeanour was solemn and gracious As he calmed the crowd with his opening Kennedy things out differently than 1 but let me Tell i still love new vision he came to speak on behalf of his economic program and he sold most of when he the delegates voted to give Carter a platform of Kennedy they left out Only wage and Price although his speech contained a word of congratulation for he stopped Short of endorsing the presidents Campaign for reelection in the great outpouring of affection and nostalgia for Kennedy came Only after he and his had left the platform and disappeared from the convention it lasted longer than his the democratic party just handed the election to Ronald said a weeping woman in the California where wildly cheering Ken Nedy delegates and quiet Carter Dele Gates made a Stark democratic National chairman John White had sent out word to the Carter majority make peace with to reporters he said its Kennedy its our Way of we love from the Carters son Chip waved a hand lettered sign Carter delegates love Kennedy the Georgia delegation flourished Ken Nedy victim of racial violence Frederick Jansen sits in a Pool of water at the Side of Kli Fontein Road outside Cape South minutes after his vehicle had been overturned and set afire earlier this Jansen received severe Burns during the attack and died in Hospital yesterday officers on duty despite charges by Cecil Rosner eight Winnipeg police officers Are facing criminal charges ranging from theft to assault causing bodily but the police commission is allowing All of them to remain on Active although six of the eight officers were suspended for Brief periods after charges against them were All were later reinstated by the Winnipeg they will remain on the Force with full pay until their cases Are cleared through the court system or charges Are police commission member Bill a Lonquist said yesterday the officers arc usually suspended for a few but then the suspensions Are almost automatically lifted in every he said years ago the commission used to sus Pend More officers charged with Crimi Nal but came full Circle to the conclusion that this was an imposition on the policemen and hard but Abe chairman of civic finance committee which oversees the police expressed Surprise at the number of officers facing charges and said the police commission should take a hard look at their policy of lifting Yanofsky Lee Jefferson said he was concerned that some of the cases Are taking so Long to come before the adding that perhaps some Crown prosecutor int being diligent enough in pressing the there should be a special Effort to bring these to trial As quickly As Possi some of the cases have been dragging on for years and one dates Back to an incident in mayor Bill norne said yesterday it was a Dicey situation to have officers facing charges remaining on the police but he said they should be considered innocent until proven he suggested officers facing charges who work in sensitive areas might be reassigned other other City now Are suspended immediately without pay when criminal charges against them Are this was the Case recently with a number of finance department employees charged with stealing see police Page 4 nuclear policy raises fears arms control backers shudder Over shift in strategy by George Wilson the Washington Post Washington president Carters approval of a nuclear strategy which would put More emphasis on Laig eting soviet command centres and other Mil itary installations has sent shudders of concern through the arms control com who would be there to turn off the War if we nuke soviet command Cen tres Jeremy director of the federation of american asked my said Sidney Deputy director of Stanford linear accelerator and a government Are focused on whether Carters embrace of a flexible nuclear policy will Lead to a massive civil defence How u might affect soviet conduct in time for crisis is the key said John an attorney and member of the delegation which negotiated the first strategic arms control treaty Salt the initial soviet reaction was Nega with russian news Agency Tass Labelling Carters strategy As an act of Tass said monday the essence of the strategy is the threat of striking a first blow at military instal lations in the soviet the reactions were based largely on descriptions of the new nuclear policy published last week in the washing ton pout and the new those based on interviews with Carter administration said the president had signed directive 59 which codifies a steady evolution of nuclear policy away from concentrating on destroying soviet cities if Russia attacks the United states the thanks largely to the advances in nuclear weapons making them deadly enough to destroy under ground command centres and other protected could opt for a limited Atiat on soviet military tar gets sparing vulnerable it would give him More advocates than the Mutual assured destruction policy in which both nations Imine cite each others administration briefer said specifically that directive 59 and targeting see nuclear Page 4 crowds tame Fol Lorama who keep a wary Eye out for the first signs of say rowdies Are rarely French upset delegates to the Canadian association of French language education conference Are upset by the Lack of French language services provided in the a of in guide 21 29 6 vie finance Leader h ints Khomeini jul Fuzail m i2 cruet clubs to plea yesterday for electing the 10percent Lus ement of understanding Cleverley Rixford is 76 24 3 t 1 i ;