Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 23, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Federal clerks vote yes to strike by mite Doyle Winnipeg free press of Lawa Federal clerks have voted to Bat service Alliance of Canada president Andy Stewart says Union will take one a Rhone Stust at with the Feder Al government we Fote a nationwide walkout takes the strike could occur As Early As next monday tying up the family pension immigration passports and work in Canadian Stewar said the clerks will smite own As last he Mem with the Federal fre Sefy Board with a mandate to be Fec a pay Ift Fosse of Boms Tresi tote psf conf and Ziifle per to set two years commended by tote majority report of the Federal conciliation the clerks also want a Shorter work week and a Stewart also plans to meet with Post Al Union leaders to seek backing should the clerks walk pasties already have lost a weeks pay honouring an unsanctioned walkout by the Stewart will ask them to Honor new picket lines should talks with the Federal Guve Tameni the clerks earn average a year and have been offered an of Only seven per Cem by the f a Sassy if strike action is authorized it is because there is absolutely no other Stewart Federal clerks have been in a Legal position to strike since clerks Are most and Tous to continue their services provided they receive a just Stewart the clerks file and distribute records in every Federal government they collect and process Matton on programs seels As and family Ujj Jay a Sef tote pm Jour i flirt gear Tow they Are also Ait traffic control assistants and decision makers in programs such As unemployment negotiations Tomato Row Fli one occur be Fofe a of increasing Mili t n pm it elks Lead asked for resignation and suggested that the Union is tying too much attention to cml servants for whom the Utt Apfl also Tough Bosses crack the whip but they have a fatal Cloudy tonight 4 rain tomorrow 6 Winnipeg free september vol ios to Sun i 7 sets Nal 2cxd for Home Call 9570550 Sun of Trees sets Moon rises sets iraqi land forces Ottmar Bierwagen Winnipeg free press iranians deny radio report from Iraq that hostages have been released iraqi ground forces invaded Iran Baghdad As iranian Jet fighters bombed and strafed the iraqi capital and nine other targets in Iraq said its migs hit three More air bases in Iran following heavy raids across much of Iran the invasion came amid conflict ing reports concerning the 52 United states hostages being held in a radio Tehran broadcast monitored in Bahrain said the iranian parliament decided today to freeze the question of the but denied the hostages have been earlier Iraq official Baghdad radio reported that the revolutionary govern ment in Tehran had released the hos held in Iran since last Tehran radio said Carter thinks the cowardly iraqi attacks on Iran will be enough to convince the islamic Republic to free the parliament freezes question but the parliament decided today to freeze the question of the hostages for the time i added of Brave iraqi do hot let yourselves be used As the tools of Carters hellish do not kill yourselves for Carter or the Mas ters of iraqi president the earlier Baghdad radio report was monitored by the bbl in Lon the iraqi report said the release of the hostages clearly shows that the Tehran no matter How they brag about their will re main sincere agents of Imperial ism and its trying to Check in a state department official said the United states was trying to Check out the but expressed doubt Over the announce Iraq reported 47 iraqis killed and 116 wounded by Iran jets and claimed 20 were shot Down and Many of the pilots were taken Iran said All of its planes returned safely and its forces downed 16 iraqi migs yesterday and Iraq admitted the loss of three the invasion was reported in a com Munique broadcast by Baghdad which said iraqi ground forces advanced to take control of vital positions inside of Iran to break the racist government of Ayatollah Ruhollah the targets were not but radio Tehran said iranian armoured soldiers routed iraqi soldiers around Iran s main port on the disputed Shatt Alarab Estuary at the head of the persian reporting on the air the iraqi state radio said iranian jets struck All soviet Union Turkey alar saudi Arabia Over the attacking Basra and six air Fields and Many women and children were the broadcast the largest portion of casualties occurred among the workers of the petrochemical and fertilizer where 20 were killed and 50 wound damage at the airfields was limited to one runway that was quickly re the communique it said iraqi planes raided three air see iraqi Page a Gas zone okd for dwellings chasing a goal in the National hockey league is almost every Canadian boys to Bob Treidler of River Heights the difficulties of getting to the nil include pedalling to and from practice in goal Teniers the 13yearold is now tending goal for the tier 1 by Paul Moloney construction of a 48unit apartment part of which lies within a potential methane Gas could begin within one month because Winni pegs environment committee has approved the required land approval came yesterday after administration officials said the Deve Matheson Doest plan to build inside the potential Gas but will use this area for open space and the three Lourise apartment blocks of 16 units is at the South East Corner of Gateway Road and Blan Tyre Avenue near the former Kimberly Avenue Landfill about Square feet of the land in the development Falls inside the zone of concern which extends in a 700foot radius around the former said Tony the cites Landfill super i the zone of concern was identified by consultants Underwood Mclellan As an area which has the potential to be infiltrated by methane Kuluk said the danger will be minimized because the three blocks Are to be erected on that part of the land which is outside the safety measures will be taken to ensure Gas Doest seep into the he refused to say whether he would want to live calling this an unfair the which must still receive approval from City has been delayed since mid1977 because of the methane three other projects closer to the Landfill site a single family housing development and two other apartment blocks have been held up indefinite who Heads a City committee which last year embarked on a five year study of Gas at 36 former garbage he recommended the Matheson project go with the following safety conditions a Barrier be built to prevent Gas migration along a drainage Trench which extends from the development into the Landfill an airtight trap be installed to prevent Gas from seeping into the land drainage sewer connection to London r perforated pipes be placed in the ground so tests of Gas Levels can be the Developer must sign a Spe Cial City form to acknowledge that he is aware that there might be Sunn potential problem and that he might have to install other safety measures at a later 1 think were exercising prudence on Kuluk see Gas Page i policemen face charge Over missing firearms by Cecil Rosner the attorney generals department has decided to proceed with criminal charges against two Winnipeg police officers suspected of stealing firearms from the police formal theft charges will be brought against Gordon Pilcher and Constable William Broadberry with in the next two or three Crown counsel Wayne Moshkowsky said yes the officers were in charge of the City police departments gun control unit at the time of the alleged but were reassigned to other duties when the investigation into the thefts began in a summons for the arrest of the two officers might nut be necessary if a preliminary court Date can be arranged through Mutual mesh Kowsky both officers Are now working in suburban police the missing weapons investigation was touched off when an officer found a discrepancy in an inventory of firearms at the Public safety buildings vault in further checking revealed that a gun had disappeared from the storage since a number of other fire arms have been discovered missing and a Complete audit was undertaken of All weapons in police storage Moshkowsky said the audit has been completed and the Case can now come to court preliminary information were sworn against the officers More than two months but Moshkowsky delayed the Case until the investigation was some of the missing guns had been surrendered to police during a 1978 gun control amnesty Moshkowsky said full details of thu number of guns involved in the theft and the exact nature of the charges will be revealed when the officers make their first appearance in court police officers facing criminal charges normally have their status reviewed by the Winnipeg police chair Man at the earliest Opportunity Broadberry and Pilcher Are among eight City officers currently facing criminal All of them have been allowed to remain on Active duty pending disposition of the cases funds for Core representatives of the three Levels of government signed an agreement yesterday committing funds to a redevelopment of Winnipeg s Core 3 warning issued defence Secretary Harold Brown has warned that Salt ii must be ratified by or the arms control process May break safety ignored a decision to reduce maintenance on radar systems at Canadas airports is like playing russian Roulette with people s an inquiry was told expos drop the pirates doubled the expos 42 last night combined with the Phillies 32 win Over the dropped Montreal into second 67 Index forum Ann Landers answers Bridge business comic a crossword 31 Horoscope 41 Jumble Puzzle 3o to Vafes 26 Pec pie 73 41 Russell 42 72 sports a Pecoro 27 stocks 2 42 Tempo 32 to e 30 4b 34 4 41 f to ;