Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Now healthy Are the Public fear halts chemical blast by Laurie stretch the Springfield municipal Council has squelched a plan to have the ramp bomb disposal unit explode Drums of highly flammable chemicals at the Oak Bank municipal Reeve John Nicol said yesterday the plan was stopped because of Public alarm in Oak Bank and when they Start talking about exploding people get the Drums were to have been Deton ated today and tomorrow under a proposal by the provincial environmental control the Reeve said residents were concerned about the release of toxic sub stances into the air and possible cod Tariff Tafton of shelf will the dump is totalled Kilometres North of Oak Bank some residents live within Kilometres of the pour of the 170litre diff is contain toluene and 33 Are filled with Ron Lowe of the bomb disposal unit said one drum each of acetone and toluene were to be detonated at 1 today with a Light explosive to Cut the drum open and at the same time ignite the the cans were to be isolated and exploited in an abandoned 23metre deep gravel pit next to the Lowe disposal of the remaining Drums was to take place in 46 Drums have been stored at the site since last nine of those contain Aqua All three chemicals Are highly flammable and can be fatal if ingested in Large Larry chief of environmental control said the Aqua ammonia is not Safe to incinerate and its disposal is being handled by the City of the Aqua a mixture of water and will probably be flushed into the North end sewage disposal he the new Tefs of the Bill Clark and Wade received the Drums last year when they established Abc a company to Recycle waste but their efforts to set up the Compa at first in Dugald and then in Selkirk Industrial were reject an application to the provincial department of economic development for a loan or a Grant was denied after a study team decided the company could see Council Page 4 Clearing tonight 5 sunny tomorrow 15 september free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final for 9570550 or 9422161 gasoline prices up two cents per litre gasoline prices were up by As much As two cents a Tolian 10 cents a gallon at some Winnipeg outlets this the Price Rise reflects a unilateral increase by the Alberta government and a further increase imposed by Imperial a Berra raised its Price i after failing to reach an Oil pricing agree ment with the Federal prices could not go up until existing stocks purchased at the old Price were the Alberta which affects heating Oil and diesel fuel As Well As forces the retail Price up by cents a effective at the same Imperial Oil announced it has raised its gasoline Price by two cents a litre West of Quebec and cents a litre in Quebec and the Atlantic costs account for variations inflationary costs not related to the crude Oil Price account for the regional a Gulf Canada spokesman said his company will be increasing its Price but would not say by How much it was not immediately known whether other Oil companies would match the Imperial Imperial Oil self serve stations on Pembina Highway that had been sell ing gasoline at cents a litre yester Day had posted a Price of cents for regular leaded fuel Early this last the same stations were Selling gasoline for cents a the Price was the result of a gasoline Price War in the opera tors the Overall jump from last weeks prices Marks an increase in Winnipeg of More than 20 cents a gallon for regular leaded Alberta deciding today the Alberta government was to de cide today if it would raise crude Oil prices a further scheduled to take effect Alberta Energy minister me Leitch said yesterday the increase May be delayed until he has met his Federal Marc Leitch said earlier that Alberta would at a caucus meeting whether to raise Oil prices tomorrow without waiting for renewed negotiations with the Federal but he told reporters yesterday we May decide tomorrow to delay Leitch would not comment on reports that Ottawa was planning a National Petroleum Agency with the Power to Force Federal Energy policies on the provinces and the Oil the Alberta decision is just one aspect of the impasse that has developed with the Federal government Over Natu ral resource the question of what further increases will occur remains Lalonde is scheduled to meet his provincial counterpart Merv Leitch in on thursday to discuss Energy Pennant fever gets expo fans agitated Montreal up those baseball fans must have been expecting something big to happen in the Bottom of the eighth inning at olympic stadium last because that when they really got the suspense it didst matter How insignificant the a pitch to expos Batter Chris Speier that missed the outside Cor Ner was enough to draw a Roar of a soft throw to first base to hold expos Pinch runner Ron Leflore brought a noisy chorus of the fans were but they had to wait until the Bottom of the ninth inning with two men out before expos Pinch hitter John Tamargo came through with a Gam winning Home run to lift his team to a 52 Victory Over Louis cardinals and remain a 4garne ahead of Philadelphia in the National league East Pennant it was the first Home run of the season Tor and he belted it a few feet beyond the Brightfield scoring three runs to end the the crowd went and a backup Catcher who generally Doest get to play that became the hero of the for Many Tamargo Home run 157 games into the 162game National league season was Well Worth i he after last nights their magic number is Down to six that Means any combination of Montreal wins and Phil Adelphia losses adding up to six will Send them into the playoffs against the division were playing for a whole Pitcher Bill Lee weve go them going in and As soon As we pet them in the Northwest Well be just a striking Federal clerk ignores warning on a Mailbox As she pickets the main Post office on the first Day of the strike slows tax office by Glen Mackenzie and John Mcmanus hundreds of Federal clerks returned 10 picket line duty at about 20 Federal Wolfire buildings and other Sites in Winnipeg this morning As their first strike entered its second management spokesmen reported no major work disruptions by members of Oiler who crossed picket lines yesterday with the consent of the strik ers the Public service Alliance of one of the largest groups of pickets yesterday was at the taxation data Centre in where about 250 strikers Centre director David Green said 459 of the 485 clerical workers didst show up for clerks drop docile the Centre has stopped doing interest calculations for taxpayers still being the absence of 11 out of 32 mailing com personnel slowed inter Nal deluded and delivery of files to other taxation he but tax Nonoy deducted by employers for pm kept Green a Umipeg International ii Vitai manager George Elliott said the make Hud caused some Conven but no disruption of the opera 1 t he clerks employed at Thi Airport Are designated As essential employees Tor reasons of safety and Security and air prohibited from sink ing Larry a Sac representative for said about 100 Taxa Tion Centre workers were used As a flying squad to bolster picket lines at other government who receive a Day strike carried signs saying clerks Arent jerks and poverty stricken administrative the who Haven had a raise in two years and have been without a contract for almost a Are asking for a pay a Cost of living allowance and a reduced work the clerks earn an average of Ernie a Sac Manitoba said last week non striking unionists decisions on whether to Cross the picket line would largely determine the strikes but Jim president of the Sac local at the tax said yesterday clerks want to go it alone because if we give the Federal trea sury Hoard a Little room to they might come Gannon said picket lines we rent set up outside such Sites As the temporary Canada employment office at 4b main where workers who distribute Pic cheques Are All designated and must work during the officials said in a statement people eligible for unemployment cheques can pick them up at that office from 10 to 4 mondays to claim see few Page 4 crimes charged to five children new phone number a new Telephone line to reduce the waiting time for taller to the circulation department is in operation the new number 9422161 customers May also reach the department on the olo number 9570550 robbery and burglary big league hut Winnipeg police found themselves arresting Little league criminals during the week five children were arrested Between Friday and the oldest was the youngest eight Herb superintendent of the juvenile division of the Winnipeg police said the rash of kiddie rime was something we Arent usually dealing with them this he included in the Roundup was a 10 Earold observed by a neighbor in remove a storm window before enter ing a House on ii Beri Avenue last a Wallet containing was she was later charged with entering and theft in addition to a charge of an attempted breaking and she was turned Over to Juve Nile another 10yearold has been charged with after a 10yearold school patrol boy was beaten up and had his patrol Belt and three aged 10 and have been charged with robbing a Illy Earold police said they confronted their victim on Sargent Avenue and demanded during the Holdup the youngster was struck in the Slomach by one of the robbers who carried a Lead the buy was robbed of Money and food Worth action planned health minister Monique begin says she plans to introduce legislation to ease fee negotiations Between doctors and provinces 17 vindicated a report on the March 10 Macgregor vindicates the provincial says environment minister Warner o Jot Yenson 3 Mideast plans the May Send air Force radar and command and control planes to saudi Arabia As part of a plan to augment saudi defences 4 decision today Federal transport minister Jeanluc Pepin will decide today whether air controllers will be disciplined for their protest sunday 8 Index Ann lenders a oath bit Lex 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