Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 13, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba I i Vaii-2 i copy weekend fires claim 2 lives injure 3 others weekend fires in the City claimed the lives of two men and sent three other people to Hospital including one Man who is listed in critical condition at the health sciences Centre with Burns to 90 per cent of his body. Early saturday morning firefighters found the body of Perry Bradford Klas sen 17, in an apartment building at 1034 Brussels St. After a fire gutted the second Storey. The youth who lived on St. Claire Boulevard was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Boniface Hospi Tal police said. The victim was staying overnight in a suite in the building when the fire broke out and he was unable to flee the flames with four other residents police said. Damage there was damage to the Walls ceiling and contents of the Sec Ond floor of the two Storey Structure. The cause of the fire is under investigation said a fire department spokes Man. Earlier saturday Henry Dempster 62, of 957 Carter Avenue died and Wilham Jeffrey 52, suffered second and third degree Burns to his Chest and. Upper arms in a fire which broke out about in his House. The Blaze of undetermined origin caused about damage to the living room Kitchen and contents of the House. On saturday evening a Man whose name has not been released was rushed to health sciences Centre with second and third degree Burns to about 90 per Green offers end of fees to University by Brian Cole there s been no election Call progressive party of Manitoba chairman Sidney Green has thrown out the first Campaign Promise free University and Community College Educa Tion. The proposal has not received com plete endorsement from Green s col leagues but the party chairman said he is sure the plan would be accepted and introduced should the fledgling party Ever get elected. We have a great Opportunity to Lead the Way in removing the artificial distinction set up Between secondary Edu cation and Post secondary Green said. The proposal could be phased in several years with the first stage free first year tuition introduced at a Cost of about million. Total implementation would Cost about million annually amount which would hardly be noticed in the province s estimated budget said Green. The la for Inkster and former new Democrat said the program is one example of the imaginative polices the progressives will be coming up with before the next election. Green said the current system must be changed because it amounts to subsidized education for some groups in the province province pays 85% the system we have now has psychologically and economically kept Post secondary education particularly at the University level a Haven for people in the upper Middle and upper class income Green said the province now pays 85 per cent of million spent on Post secondary education with 15 per cent of the Cost collected through tuition the state is now financing education for the he said. You re asking the poor to pay for it but you re making the Barrier High enough to keep them out. I merely say if you re going to finance finance for considering the size of the province s budget Green said he knew he could easily find the Money to implement the program without raising taxes. But he also noted the program which has been adopted by Many european countries also could be implemented by adding a tax of about one cent on a of gasoline. It would not be the worst publicly spent cent. We increased our taxes by two cents on gasoline to relieve people from haying to pay succession Green said adding that Only three per cent of the population paid succession duties. However he noted his party would exercise fiscal responsibility in deter mining whether the program would be paid for by budget cuts or additional taxation. Cent of his body after a tire raced through an Alfred Avenue House. Bob Stowe was driving on Alfred Avenue at 6 . When he saw a Man whose clothes were on fire running into the Street from a burning House. There were flames on his and said Stowe watching firefighters Hose Down the House at 407 Alfred ave. "1 grabbed my sleeping bag from the of the truck and covered him smothering the the Man was burned so badly Stowe said it was impossible to determine his age. If he lives i la be he said. Firefighters arrived on the scene a few minutes later and soon had the Blaze under control. Two families lived in the two Storey Frame House. There were no other in juries. A fire department spokesman said two children in the Bottom suite saw the Blaze and ran out before it spread. The fire is under investigation by the fire commissioner s office but it is believed to have started Between 407 Alfred and the adjacent House. That s the first time since i m in Canada that i be had something like said Tom Schafer owner of the building who has lived there for 68 years. I Don t think i be got insure an estimated in damage was caused to Schafer s House and another to the vacant House next door fire officials said. Yesterday afternoon a woman at tempting to Rush burning Wax out of her House spilled it on herself scalding 30 per cent of her body police said. Making candles Sharon Wall 29, was making candles in her Goulding Street Home when the Wax boiled Over and caught fire on the Hotplate. As she ran to get rid of the burning Wax she accidentally spilled it on her face arms Chest and Abdomen. Wall is in stable condition in health sciences Centre with first and second degree Burns. The fire caused an Esti mated in damage. City firefighters also were called to extinguish a fire in a vacant House on Bannatyne Avenue yesterday after noon. Vandalism is believed the cause of the Blaze which caused dam age to the second floor and attic of the House fire officials said. There were no injuries. Meanwhile ramp Are investigating a House fire which claimed the life of a one year old boy in Cartwright Friday. Police have identified the boy As Roy. Jacob Hofer of the Willow Creek hut termite Colony. The victims Mother Sara Hofer suffered smoke inhalation and bruises while rescuing her son Leonard 4, and daughter Bernice 2, from the fire police said. The House was destroyed. Cartwright is about 145 Kilometres Southwest of Winnipeg. Auctioneer Ken Monck auction service main his Alcan officials of Alcan smelters run chemicals Ltd. Are optimistic a1 t their initial investigations in1. He r Sivility of building a san or in the area according t company spokesman. Alcan will decide in the next t weeks whether to undertake a million to million in depth it adv determine if the smelter do c strutted Terry Kirkman s p lie relations director said in a tit. Phone interview from toronto.-. Over All it looks optimistic Man said. Both Kirkman and Manitoba s Ergy minister Don Craik said no ment has been reached yet on Hyo rates a key element in determining i the smelter will go ahead. Alcan has said the heavy costs c transporting raw materials to n Toba smelter and moving finished c Minum ingots from the site must i offset by an economical Power rate smelter would require 400 of uninterrupted Power 24 a a or three billion kilowatt hour Alcan which has spent on its initial study now has i distal a radio and billboard Gram of about in to familiarize Manitoban with i Dian company and its product Man said. Kirkman denied As totally untrue rumours that Alcan had done seme ical polling indicating the Den t crafts would win 37 of the 57 seats in the next the Only study we be dire War year ago to determine How a note viewed Large the c suits showed they were fairly Tavui he said. Residents seek action it could be two years until Plescig Road residents go to court with civil suit Over the fish Sli Idre War backed up into their Homes ago the lawyer acting Foi he grieved homeowners said yest Day we want something to Nav said lawyer Norm Chucuy fir no City i Ca i Manitoba student Union officials across by Glen Mackenzie Manitoba s system of auditing University students who have received Loans and Grants appears to be the most stringent in Canada a free press Survey has found. Spokesmen for student unions in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario and Nova Scotia As Well As the National Union of Stu dents Nus said they have not heard of any province other than Manitoba which goes so far As to require Gro Cery receipts and Cheque stubs dating Many years. Nus statistics also show Manitoba has had the greatest drop in applications for student Aid in recent years. About 650 Manitoba students faced detailed audits this year. I can t imagine that. It sounds slightly said Jeff Cham Pion vice president of the Dalhousie student Union in Halifax. About five per cent of Nova Scotia students Are audited annually but the procedure in t nearly As thorough he said. But students and parents in Nova Scotia must provide Federal income tax forms to provincial authorities who administer the program which Champion said is bureaucracy ally James Hollis external affairs coordinator for the Alma mater society students Union at the University of British Columbia said some auditing is done in b.c., but nothing As bizarre As that in Manitoba quite civilized out Phil Soper president of e is i dents Union of the Alberta in Edmonton Shock at government after grocery receipts. Hau Stive he said Alberta go Vernon vials conduct spot checks. In the habit of spending your stereo you Are in i Janet Lewis past external sooner for the University of students Union said about is cent of Ontario students at but officials Check on come or whether students Home not Picky things i., very receipts she said. Pretty inbred Ink Jeff Parr a researcher at to Ottawa office said Manitoba ment officials Are Purser audit a lot More zealously to provinces. It s pretty inc Reci never heard of any other j i doing those Parr said statistics show student loan Cal Manitoba have dropped no i any other province in Only students applied in per cent less than the said. Manitoba s nearest rival d three your period was where applications dropped cent. Lii average drop cent while University Enron Cess Goi hat Mott d on by i Tim to h april 13, 1981 3 Shatar i me life raised of Ken s sea of faces not to on of up to the news Jers up to Date on stories geared in the free press. Diate approach is being action. 3yor Bill Norrie and my ident Are asking the City fish marketing damage compensation to first and Settle their own later. Said he will talk to the i possible for the Femc to silents Case. Cuddy said he has been y is preparing a charge fac under the City sewer executive policy commit March 5 meeting ordered of the Femc. Under the blames the Femc for the but the corporation ability so Iyces. At a City Sao out people signed i i of saturday. Iti rials. If indy he has not filed a stat it of Cluin on behalf of the iding Etsu that Nutter. If Ilia b charge was succe.-. That v of be the end of the cud y said and the Femc have to admit liability. N the hand if the resident i civil Sui for l Garrisi he City Fivi Coli take two years to get i. By and insurance compari and Here were examine s for disc set Downs and pc i motions Cuddy said. Jug Lover gets Winnipeg Man who sued the City fee his German Slier j without consent has settled Oil ourt. Ary Wachal said the City paid Hin 00 Jess than Iii original of Emit settlement offer. Be Doc d Caesar had Bee n to tiie Ogisi Avenue Pound la Rusi Ailer it bit a Man who a Nee while claiming a firm. Wachal had i the company to at night. In bylaw stipulates a person must be 10 Days Wachal destroyed on the in press in Gebru five years and i training the animal. suing the City for i Weltle out of court for countered with a Hal s lawyer advised v had raised its offer to that he would not Raehal refused and with the said he then told the m too and he would t or with no div agreed to paid him to Serge its abandon Range m n pc id. Winnipeg police patrol ser e abandoned attempts to new rank and system introduced Early its claimed that under the and promotion system con i contract signed last year Winnipeg ratio a and the City they in demoted to a lower rank my patrol sergeants were rank equivalent to the one Ler the old system. He change did not result in far the 20 men they said it them in future because need two promotions to of staff sergeant while other 32 need Only one in. Ion. A we k before the new Seysse imply tit Ted on March 2, the a ser gear. Circulated a Petite ing on the association s i a member hip meeting to vote on Ion direct no the executive to re the contract Claus. Aring the new system. Meet Jet lip meeting Reenberg. Lawyer for tin. Wants claimed at the time it 200 off Cen from All rank cd the about three week the Aiso a tin s executive held be ship leering to vote on to Ion. Last week however i men attended the Jority voted against f Matrol sergeants had lunching Legal action the police Assoc a in their bid to have mated Greenberg Ince decided not to in. Owned any idea of Gruenberg said Large chances of succeed i not that i push to have the i be next contract he probes Floc Iod Rose less than one per .454 from tics do not include que Joes not participate in the University of Manito Union president said Here dropped another ent in the last year and reputation of the pro is students is to blame. Inces allow students year in both Loans and recently increased its to j3.720 from a it As a Grant. But Egan a actually needs to t. 1 Manitoba government painting As abusers can t meet the govern is test when they the it could probably be mine More fruitfully Cost analysis to see How is Are living on the Money provincial governments its to earn a week to time during the school Adonis must project their tunings and anything from government students Are allowed to plus for Suni this is better than most expect students to r cent of their summer s 1 -1_ _ ii surprised ii pigs. No Icv c spec Poirer Emrih Jef Weir Hildri in s . Ion and that a. Iii re we he. The parents 3 Irr not. Ire is a Rothh win an exp 10 pay Ijo year toward i in s a. and those Eai ii Zorre expected to pay Ier Keith Cosens this month that rubber than assets consideration thus for Rural Stu .iti1? own farms Worth i. Ands of dollars but be Small. .1 Independent do whether their c1 them but criteria of vary.1 i Adeline guidelines say Dent if he or she is a it four years in uni i least two years in i e going to univer re not bound by the , Umsu vice Manitoba student i r out of High school t o be deemed inde the student has Niree years before program is but it contains such As the fact trussed when in essential transport a deals. Cur that there Are 1 for people like afford to under the current Uii said ;