Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 13, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Load your own ammo Mencken f said exactly what he Ballet Outlook Clear tonight 8 Cloudy tomorrow 19 september free final 200 with coloured for Home Call 9570550 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets taxpayers Are facing million crop Bill by Andy Blicq Manitoba Farmers stand to receive a record million in crop insurance payments this provincial insurers the payout dramatic increase from last years million would be the highest in the Manitoba crop insurance corporations 21year the payments will cover crop but not profit losses and million of it will be borne by the Hayden manager of the pro Reform talks from the new services Ottawa prime minister Trudeau and the 10 provincial premiers have failed to reach agreement on constitutional and sources close to the talks say British Columbia and Newfoundland Lougheed plays quiet Are to blame for scuttling a private bargaining session last night which could have brought a Premier Bill Davis of Ontario gave the first official notice that the talks had failed when he spoke to the constitutional conference in open session this see Peckford Page 4 Vinci Al crop insurance said yesterday the corporation will re quire million from the province and million from the Federal government to meet claims on the drought stricken or rain damaged As the corporation has been forced to hire an additional 75 insurance adjusters to keep up with an increase in he the Way things look Well be paying out 50 per cent of our total he if we get real Good harvesting conditions there could be a slight change in the amount Tolton said this years losses will mean the highest percentage of damaged or destroyed crops in the total insured the worst previous season was in when 25 per cent of the total coverage was paid he the corporation insures acres cultivated by Farmers about 70 per cent of the total producers in the so far it has paid out million in Tolton at least half of the insured farm ers will receive an indemnity on one crop or he at the beginning of the the corporation had million in the Bank to cover insurance the additional million required to meet the expected demand will be drawn from million the province is holding in a reinsurance million in a similar account held by the Federal plus million from Federal and provincial the heavy demand will have an effect on crop insurance but How much they will Rise wont be known until next Tolton Farmers who subscribe to the non compulsory insurance scheme pay be tween 50 cents and an acre for see record Page 4 local Stock Sale is under probe by Paul Moloney the investment dealers association is leading an investigation into the Sale of Stock by the Winnipeg office of Pitfield Mackay Ross after com plaints from clients who now face losses on the one of these buyers said he bought Stock in Scurry Rainbow Oil from Pitfield on without being required to pay for the shares were to have been sold later to allow amalgamation of Scurry with Home Oil in a Deal which would have yielded Large income tax benefits to the amalgamation has been held causing the Price of Scurry Stock to fall sharply on the Stock the investor said he has lost about because of the Price even though he didst pay for the shares in the first other investors Are also facing losses and the Manitoba securities commis Sion expects to receive at least 100 the investment dealers association which has the Power Torepi Fine or shut Down brokers for is investigating the mat Ter in conjunction with the Securi ties Al pit Fields Winnipeg refused to discuss the mat Pitfield will Deal directly with our clients and not with the he see brokerage Page 4 Anton Dueck works into the dark of night when weather con Dilons to Harvest his crop on his farm near bureaucrats get poor rating by Paul Moloney a help these descriptions of government and institutional bureaucracies and the people who work for them were sprinkled like confetti on questionnaires received from free press readers last month in answer to the newspapers Survey about Public answers Given to the questions in the the third in a were overwhelmingly negative on 32 questions respondents indicated dissatisfaction while satisfaction was expressed on Only 19 degree of bad feeling the degree of bad feeling showed up through a weighting system devised by free press pollster Arthur which indicated questions producing satisfaction with bureaucrats garnered Only Points while questions Indi Cating dissatisfaction scored Gillman said the findings Are statistically reliable although Only 124 readers responded to the the Survey int representative of the views of All the free press read pm forum is not a poll1 in any conventional but rather it comprises an attempt to establish the newspaper As a two Way communications conduit with its he according to Gill ans the Survey showed the most significant underlying reason for Public dissatisfaction with bureaucrats was that re sorry some subscribers May not get a today Magazine in their paper today because of circulation demands since the Winnipeg Tribune the magazines publishers require extra notice to provide additional copies we apologize for the bureaucracy a Reader poll respondents Felt Public ser vants just do not treat the Public on this 52 per cent of the people said they Felt unfairly treated and 24 per cent said the but More respondents indicated unfair treatment was the most relevant contributor to their Dis Satis generally unfair treatment in the View of respondents meant Public servants dont live up to their name by working for the the government is supposed to work and serve the in the people work for and serve our Allpow Erful wrote one respond said another emphasize the ser vant in civil head of Delphi consultative surveys and research of win said evidence supporting the conclusion that the Public is concerned about what it sees As unfair treatment was provided in answers to 17 of the 51 the major indicators of unfair treat ment by a civil in order of were d he uses his expert knowledge of rules and regulations to rather than the g he is g he is untruthful you cant Trust what he tells d he Doest respond favourably to hum Oring or g he is g he does personal business during work these complaints were borne out in written comments attached to ques for example g government rules Are too see readers Page 4 Iran sets terms for release by the associated press Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini listed four conditions for release of the 52 american hostages in Iran but did not mention a previous demand for a it was not Clear from the broadcast statement whether the omission was a change in Iran position or an the carried by the official radio came four Days after prime minister Mohammad Ali Rajai told the that Iran would discuss the hostages Fate if we were sure you had in president Carter told reporters weve observed carefully what has been said in Iran both today in past weve Learned to be very cautious about statements from but Well be monitoring whats going other officials said privately the Khomeini message could be a basis for consultations with Iran on the hostage the state department it could not draw definitive conclusions on either statement without further in his message to moslem Khomeini said in part that the hostages would be freed As soon As the deposed Shah wealth is All claims against Iran Are cancelled and there is a guarantee of no military or political intervention in and All our funds Are i have handed this Over to the islamic consultative Assembly so they can decide on any course of action in the interest of the he referring to the or parliament to which he delegated responsibility for the Fate of the the americans have been captives see demand Page 4 Welcome Leah and spider Man two columnists familiar to Winnipeg Tribune readers Start today in the free Frances whose analyses of provincial and National issues have appeared in the Globe and the Winnipeg free the Vancouver Sun and the trib rejoins the free press with a column on saturdays and wednes Vince Long a respected name in Winnipeg sports will write on old country soccer in a weekly column appearing Satur and on for kids of All spider Man will appear on the comic to make room for spider the Cathy comic strip moves to the Tempo expos climb Montreal trying to forget their dismal past against Pittsburgh took a two game Lead in the Pennant race by defeating the bucs fear overcome if you shake and shudder every time you get into the dentists psychologist Cyril lillies Auto hypnosis May help you sail through your next spending limit in an Effort to come to grips with its the provincial government has set eight per cent As the target limit for spending Aid for Poland Jimmy Carter has approved million in credit the largest Ever to help Poland buy farm Index Ann Landers anytime business careers clashed crossword deaths entertainment focus forum Jumble Puzzle Jumble entry letters 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