Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press saturday april pasties Contact to be watchdogs for City residents of Rev free press by Steve Pona about 700 letter carriers and couriers Are to become part time watchdogs for Winnipeg residents who May have trouble looking after themselves. Under a free Community service pro Gram launched this week letters were delivered to households saying carriers making their regular Deli veries will watch for signs that Resi dents May need help. The signs cited include mail and newspapers piling up Snow not attended to no smoke from the Chimney on cold Harrison explains program under the program householders Are asked to fill in registration cards listing next of Kin which will be filed with Contact a publicly funded Community information and referral service. If a Carrier spots anything suspicious and gets no response after knocking on the door no explanation from neighbors he will notify the service volunteers will Check the Situa Tion and if need be arrange help. The letters say the program called Alert May help people difficult situations or even save their lives. Participation is voluntary. The program is open to anybody but is primarily geared to the elderly the handicapped and shut ins. There s no organization or service that goes on their property More often than a said Winnipeg police . Cal Hughes. It s a preventative Type of thing so that serious incidents Don t take place. Possibly this will help avoid Don Harrison president of the letter carriers Union of Canada. Local 7, said he Hopes the service never has to be used but want it in place in Case it is similar programs Are under Way in Windsor Calgary and part of Vancou ver. Interest has been expressed in bran Don Thomspon and Dauphin. Organizers said they Hope cities across the country eventually will become involved in the program. Hughes said police handle Only about 10 cases a year where people Are injured in their Homes without anybody knowing few of them serious. We Don t get a lot but do get a few who have fallen or taken sick or this sort of the Winnipeg carriers say that so far the program has been Well received. Yesterday s mail brought a stack of 200 to 300 registration cards. People have also been calling for More information. In particular the carriers said Call ers were worried about the confidentiality of the cards they Send in. Confidential service Helen Hayles of the Volunteer Centre said the cards will Only be handled by Contact coordinators and will be locked in a vault at night to prevent them from being stolen. Carriers will not know which houses on their route Are in the program but will keep an Eye on All of them. If they have Good grounds to believe there is anything suspicious naturally they will Call just As they do now or if a House is believed to have been unlawfully entered or what have Hughes said in an interview. Harrison said the carriers will not wait until they finish their routes to phone in their information but will do it As soon As possible. The program had been discussed in Winnipeg for the last 11 years but Only got off the ground in the last 11 months with the help of the Winnipeg labor Council. It has been endorsed by the police department and Canada Post. Harrison said the Start up Cost of the program was about which co Vered printing costs. North Dakota u. Gets its students off the ground letter carriers will Call in any information As soon As possible. By John Mcmanus the University of North Dakota appears to be an Ideal institution for students who May have their Heads in the Clouds. Operating More aircraft than Pacific Western airlines the institution claims to be the Only University in North America which can offer its 700 Stu dents science and business degrees with a major in aviation. More and More canadians Are Dis covering the grand Forks Campus where flying As a first love can be the platform for a career in commercial aviation Airport administration High Altitude meteorological research or aircraft manufacturing and sales. Don Smith a professor and aviation consultant on the University s faculty of aviation said yesterday students Are offered three degree choices Are science degrees with a major in Airport administration and another is a Bachelor of science in aeronautical Stu Dies. There Are 128 women enrolled in the curriculum including Karen Bandoff of Winnipeg an aviation administration student who Smith described As an upstanding member of the student Fly ing team. Job prospects Good Smith who was in Winnipeg yester Day said women Are very heavily into flying at the University. He said while the airline Industry is not in the Best of health Job prospects Are Good for Uno students because of the specialities taught. The course is expensive. Tuition including room and Board at grand Forks is a year not including flying time which can Cost to an hour. Despite the Cost there Are 25 canadians enrolled at Uno. Some canadians Haye been Able to finance their Educa Tion through student Aid because the degrees offered Are not available at Home. George Radley 23, one of 37 fourth year Uno students on the annual Winnipeg seminar and tour hosted by air port management was a graduate of Grant Park High school when he enrolled in Airport management. He took his private Pilot s licence at und and Hopes to return to Canada and work for transport Canada possibly in the administration of one of its Ontario airports where his family now lives. Smith said two new courses Are being added at und this year one for flight engineers on jetliners and and the other offering a degree in meteorological studies. Smith said there is no Pool of meteorologists qualified in High Altitude space research and the need for such experts has Only been realized. Founded in 1969 the aviation faculty was founded in 1969, by John Odegard an instructor in business administration with a flying background. He became chairman of the department which now has a staff of 181, 62 aircraft and three hangars and does All its own maintain ence. Former canadians make up 30 per cent of the staff. Western group to hold rally the Western Canada concept promoting Independence for the West will hold a rally tomorrow at . At the Viscount Gort motor hotel to Dis cuss Western Independence As an alter native to the Federal government s constitutional package. Doug Christie a Victoria lawyer Wiio founded the group in 1975, said yesterday the constitutional proposal will result in greater centralization of Politi Cal Power in Quebec and Ontario. He said the changes also would improve the two provinces veto Power already great because of their majority representation in the House of com Mons. Bilingualism would be entrenched and the Federal government alone could decide equalization formulas with Only federally appointed courts to inter Vene if they so chose he said. We Don t think Canada will last another five years with the Trudeau on the other hand the. West would be 30 to 50 per cent better off economically if it was Independent he said. Economically there is no reason for the West to remain in confederation Christie said. Christie also will speak monday at . At Brandon University. City Calendar Core area to be luncheon topic Len Vopnfjord City of Winnipeg chief planner will speak on development of the Core area at a luncheon meeting of the International right of Way association at noon monday at the Winnipeg Canoe club. River West Park school students will present the musical production Rock n Roll at . April 30 at the school. Minister of education Keith Cosens and mayor Bill Norrie will officiate at the official opening of the English ukrainian bilingual program at Margaret under Bill elementary school 25 Regina place at . April 30. The weather program includes a ribbon cutting ceremony and children singing songs. Unicof Manitoba will hold a Spring collection Sale of greeting cards from . To . April 30 and May 1 and to 6 . May 2 in Eaton place mall downtown. Proceeds will support Unicof s work with children in the developing countries of the world. Or. Carl Dauterman curator of decorative Art at the museum of Art in new York City will give a lecture and slide presentation in conjunction with the exhibition of soup tureens from the Campbell collection at . April 30 in the Winnipeg Art gallery s Muriel Richardson auditorium. Free admission. William Cox president of the Canadian bar association will speak on the Legal image justified or unjustified at the luncheon meeting of the Canadian club begin Ning at . May 1 in meeting room no. 5 of the convention Centre. Our mistake a Story yesterday said wrongly that a poetry Reading at Mary scorer Bookstore 121 Osborne Street would be Given sunday night. In fact the Reading will take place tonight at provincial Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy with a few showers today. Some Clearing this evening. High near 13. Low tonight near 1. Mainly sunny tomorrow with a High near 13. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny with temperatures near Normal readings of 12 and 0 monday tuesday and wednes Day. Northern Manitoba mainly sunny with near Normal temperature readings of 11 and -3 monday tuesday and Northwestern Ontario Cloudy monday sunny tuesday and wednesday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 12 and Zero. Temperatures Canada and the world the winning ticket number in Friday s weekly provincial lottery is 2407118. There Are also subsidiary prizes. Deaths classified death National Victoria. Vancouver. Calgary. Edmonton. Re Gina. Winnipeg. Thompson. Kenora. Brandon. Dauphin. Thunder Bay. Toronto. Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax. Chicago. Minneapolis. New York. Boston Athens. Berlin. Helsinki. Lisbon. London. Madrid. Moscow. Paris Rome. 23 12 Stockholm. 6 3 Tel Aviv. 36 20 resort spots los Angeles Cloudy Las vegas Clear Phoenix Clear Honolulu Tair Tampa partly Cloudy. Miami Clear Bermuda partly Cloudy Nassau fair Kingston fair Barbados Cloudy Havana fair Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Man. Mean april 23. 11.4 -5.j 3.0 last year. 16.3 -4.4 6.0 Normal. 12.2 0.0 6.1 highest on record 27.8 in 1891 lowest on record -11.l in 1867 precipitation total for april i to april 25 10.3 Millimetres. Normal 26.3mm. Braunstein Abraham 70. Of 1055 Grant Avenue husband of Minnie Braun Stein. Bromberg Bessie widow of Louis. Carriere Andre 82. Of Vancouver formerly of Ste. Anne widower of Mary Anne Carriere. Childerhose Muriel of 78 Agassiz drive wife of Sidney childerhose. Fieldman Marian Tadman of Evans Lon. Iii. Galbraith Isabel Eileen. 60. Of 335 Yale Avenue West wife of Douglas William Gal Braith. Goodman Thorbjorn Magnus 52. Of Vale Mon ., husband of Mary Goodman. Gough Elizabeth 78, of 467 Olive Street widow of William Gough. Hart Ishmael w., husband of Muriel Thora Hart. Hartwell Lawrence Barry 51, of Burnaby ., formerly of Winnipeg husband of Georgina Hartwell. Hryniuk Sophie Leila Avenue wife of Steve Hryniuk. Kay Hilda Margaret 61, of Carman formerly of Glenora wife of Lloyd Kay. Link Ernest Juliua 67, of Hodgson husband of Anne link. Lup Chow Fedor. 92. Wife of Maria Lup Chow. Metza Anne 63. Of Hudson ont., wife of Nick Metza. Morris Sadie. 85, widow of Robert g. Morris. Mcelroy Elsie Almira 79. Mckenzie Mary 87, of Pilot Mound formerly of Crystal City widow of Donald Dan Mckenzie. Nobbe Lisa. 87. Of Carman widow of Herman William Nobbe. Oleksuk Pauline. Paynter Tena 48, of Sica Mous ., formerly of Fra Serwood. Wife of Murray Payler. Powr07nik, Helen 78, of 101 Linden Avenue widow of John Powroznik. Rauch Adolf. 92. Of 805 Garwood Avenue husband of Pauline Rauch. Rowan William. 64, widower of Adeline Rowan. Roznowsky Onufrey nor husband of Scenie Roznowsky. Wickland Dorothy Anne 85, of West Vancouver Wolfman William a message about the intercity bus strike from greyhound lines of Canada Ltd and coach ways an explanation and an apology to our customers regret that our negotiations with the amalgamated transit Union have broken off after 5 months of bargaining. Our latest offer would have made our Drivers the highest paid in any private Enterprise intercity bus system in North America. However the Union has served strike notice resulting in All operations of greyhound lines of Canada Ltd., Canadian coach ways and alaskan coach ways being shut Down effective ., wednesday april 22. Ticket refunds major terminals will remain open to refund tickets of greyhound lines of Canada and coachways., however the company is not responsible for the Supply of alternative transportation. Service continues for customers of Eastern Canadian greyhound lines greyhound lines inc. And Brewster transport Eastern Canadian greyhound lines services from Toronto to London Windsor St. Thomas Detroit and Buffalo Are not affected by the strike. Services by greyhound lines inc. Are also unaffected and will operate As usual to Usa destinations from Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver. The services of Brewster transport in Western Canada also remain in operation. Greyhound apologize for inconvenience during the strike to passenger and package express customers of Grey hound lines of Canada Ltd. And coach ways and will continue to negotiate for restoration of service As quickly As possible ;