Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 13, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Joe Louis dead at 66 Las vegas Nev. A former heavyweight boxing Champion Joseph Louis 66, who held the title for 12 years and ranked As one of history s greatest fighters died yesterday at his Home of cardiac he won the hearts of Louis s wife Martha and some immediate family members were with him when he died. Called the Brown bomber for his punch and string of knockout victories Louis was 23 when he won the title by knocking out 31-year-old James Braddock in the eighth round at Chicago in 1937. He had a 35-to-l record including 31 knockouts at the time he first won the heavyweight title. In 17 years As a Boxer he earned about million but had Little to show for it when he was through. He was a Host for Caesar s place in Las vegas at the time of his death. Wind propelled i by Joe Rubin Winnipeg free press twin lakes Beach quickly and without warning the ice age re turned to this Interlake resort Community Friday. Huge sheets of ice propelled by Strong Westerly winds Rose from Lake Manitoba crushing four cot tages and boathouses. On saturday some cottage owners drove the 65 Kilometres from Winni Peg to see if they had been spared or if not to determine How Busy their summer weekends would be. My god my said a woman shaking her head As she inspected John Bourbonnais cot Tage. The ice had Lorn the dwelling from its foundation leaving a Gap be tween the building and its Chimney. The roof above the Carport and boat House newly covered and trimmed with Vinyl last year was twisted out of shape. When i finished that roof last summer i said to my next door neighbor now i won t have any More work to said Bourbonnais smiling. Although the ice shifted tiie cot Tage and All but collapsed the boat House Bourbonnais was fatalistic about the whole thing. Of Well c est la he said. Now i can Clear out the stuff i be been shoving underneath the his sister Lorraine Wiiliams also accepted the situation. What can you she asked Bourbonnais. Even if anyone had been Here he could t have stopped it. Now you be got a project for All Spring and an insurance adjuster who visited the Beach saturday said it is unlikely that ice buildup is covered by sea Sonal dwelling insurance. Bourbonnais is confident he can have his cottage moved and repaired by summer s end. Hell Well have this thing rebuilt by fall. No doubt about he said. There s a he in of a Good of g jays Here help me no cottage emerged with Mere compared to his next door neighbor Germaine Cran pit Are 6-4, a widow who spends her sums i ices a Viii lakes Beach. According 10 her neighbors the ice pushed the cottage Back about six for its original silo. Did not move , he see it s Cloudy today -1 Clear tonight -1 5 free press Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Fires claim two lives Winnipeg firefighters Battle a Blaze in a vacant House on Bannatyne Avenue. Fires Over the weekend claimed two lives and sent three others to Hospital one is in critical my a dues proposal aimed at unionizing physicians by Joe Rubin the Manitoba medical association is proposing to collect dues from All Doc tors in the province a move which in effect would turn the voluntary association into a Union. The proposal is contained in a series of six resolutions aimed at strengthen ing the association s collective bar gaining position with the provincial government. Mma members Are expected to de Bate and vote on the resolutions at their annual meeting May 9. In a newsletter to the association s membership the Mma s executive committee says it is proposing the resolutions because it is dissatisfied with the history of collective begging under medicare and the ineffective negotiations which have resulted in severe manpower shortages in Many specialities creating a serious decline in the availability of medical care the association s membership will be asked to direct the executive com Mittee to have All doctors in Manitoba recognized under specific legislation As employees in name Only to facilitate although the Mma is currently the profession s Only bargaining agent and negotiate with the Manitoba health services commission the resolutions ask the membership to authorize the association s executive to work toward enshrining that position in legislation. As Well the membership will vote on whether to direct the Mma to press the government to enact legislation pro Viding for binding arbitration in negotiation disputes. The use of binding arbitration to Settle bargaining stalemate was re commended by former supreme court Justice Emmett Hall in his medicare review last year. While most provincial medic. Associations have rejected binding arbitration the Mma has said it favors the idea. But the Pivotal Resolution Calls for All doctors to contribute to the Cost of see Mma Page 4 Cape canaveral Fla. A rocket ship Columbia sailing along like a Champ in its first fight was under going extensive tests today before its pilots begin tomorrow s Glide to Earth concluding a Mission that thrust the United states Back into the space race. The vehicle is performing just beautifully much better than anyone Ever expected on the first John Young the space shuttle commander reported yesterday. It s performing like a said his Crew mate Robert Crippen. The spacemen relayed their Praise during a four minute telecast beamed to shuttle control in Houston nine hours after Columbia vaulted spectacularly off its launch pad at Cape canaveral. The Maiden flight of the world s first reusable spaceship was billed As a test flight and Young and Crippen were to make some of those tests today. Noth ing glamorous like Landing on the Moon. Just dogged checking and re checking of All the systems As they did yesterday after launch. From the moment of the fiery on time liftoff Columbia was almost a flawless machine bothered by Only a few niggling problems. A remarkable recovery for a Craft that Only a few months ago critics were calling such unflattering things As space Turkey and aluminium Columbia had fallen two years behind schedule bedevilled by technical troubles with its main engines and Thermal tiles. See space Page 4 race riots ravage London London Reuter one thousand police last night fought to contain renewed violence in the Spadon suburb of Brixton where weekend riots predominantly by Black Youts have left scenes of devastation unparalleled since the second world race relations Home Secretary William Whitelaw will make a statement to parliament today after a visit yesterday to the area Britain s biggest West Indian Community. Scotland Yard has begun its own investigation into the cause of the riot ing in which More than 200 policemen have been injured. London police chief sir David Mcnee has said the trouble May have been provoked by outside agitators. Rampaging youths mostly Black but with some Whites among them last night attacked shops with gasoline bombs overturned and burned cars and looted shops. Police crouching behind plastic riot Shields faced barrages of gasoline bombs bottles and stones As they attempted to disperse the youths. More than 60 people were arrested and 50 injured 26 of them police and 24 civil ians. On saturday night almost 200 people including 165 police were injured and 106 people arrested. After his tour through the rubble strewn streets of Brixton Whitelaw said his reaction was extreme Dis Tress and lost tiles create tense Roberl Crippen waited 15 years but John Young is already Wise old Man of shuttle launched on anniversary of first space flight by a spectators watch the . Space shuttle Columbia lift off. Montreal up the parti quebecois which stunned the country and even itself by sweeping to Power in 197g, stands today on the threshold of a second term that Only months ago seemed improbable. The party has apparently succeeded in repeating what it did so veil in 1976 temporarily shelving Kie Issue of sovereignty association until sonic future Dale. Premier Rene Levesque winding up his Campaign for today s vote said yesterday the turnaround in the party s fortunes after its stinging referendum defeat last May is because we kept our but Liberal Leader Claude Ryan waxing philosophic after polls saturday showed his party falling farther be Hind said the province s future is being decided by a Superior will. May the will of the father be both loaders remained at least pub abode two polls giving the pm an Edge of Between eight and 11 Points among decided voters. I have a word of Leves que told audiences All Day saturday. Forget the he cautioned sup porters no to become complacent and see Quebec 4 habs swept out oilers stun their Edmonton fans As Well As Montreal canadians with a three game sweep in the first round of the nil up to scratch the body work Quality of pm s highly touted a cars May not be As High As the company had claimed a pm report hard times As if working mothers Don t have it Tough enough a rising tide of conservative opinion is making it harder on China shift China s ideological winds Nave Oli Cru Luw cuu conservatism after a period of relative Raissez Faire that began after Mao s Index 29 a 35 30 r. 11 p. 3? 7 o no i 2. 33 i. 31 29 42 33 35 35 57 65 45 23 35 35 ;