Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba King admits mistake entertainment life at the enquirer untold makeup artist magic the pc promises f. 1c11 1 it j sunny today 16 Clear tonight 3 saturday May 2, 1981 vol 109 no 129 free press Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets final with supplements for Home delivery 957-o550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 Vincenzo Viandante stands in his backyard As water gushes from his 43-metre residential Well City s first residential Well solves . Man s problem by Greg Bannister to Vincenzo Viandante not every Glass of water is the same. He says chlorinated City tap water makes him ill and it does t do much for his greenhouse plants or his be loved tomatoes and lettuce either. For those reasons Viandante who lives at 831 Simpson Avenue with his wife and teen age son had a 43.7 metre Well dug in his suburban East Kildonan backyard. According to the drilling contractor who did the work the residential Well is the first in the City but it might not be the last in View of rising municipal water rates. Yesterday standing just out of reach of the cold Spray rising out of his newly completed Well an exuberant Viandante said Wells were something he grew up with in his native Abuzz Italy. Everyone there had a he said As he watched the water shoot skyward. The water tastes better. It s always Cool and fresh not like the stuff from the an automobile body repairman who came to Canada in 1954, Vian Dante said he never had problems drinking Winnipeg s tap water until recently. Now i can t even stand a Glass of it. I be been drinking Only Tea or he was also displeased by recent increases in City water rates. Last month City councillors voted to raise water rates by 28 per cent. In 1980 municipal water rates Rose 10.5 per cent. As much water As i want every year it was getting More expensive and i use a lot of water. I like the grass to be Green and now i can use As much water As i he said the drilling of the Well Cost him a do it yourself Buff Viandante and a Friend will Complete the Job of installing a pump system. He Hopes this will save him some Money but candidly admits the entire project is costly. It s too much Money but it s something i he said. According to Harry Frederick a spokesman for Stonewall drilling in Terest in residential Wells has risen dramatically this year. We never got so much As one Call about residential Wells in the City in the past four years but i have had five in the past Frederick who was present at the Viandante site yesterday to observe the drilling procedure said All the City people who Call about Wells men Tion the rising Cost of water. That is what everybody has mentioned to me. They ail talk about the water he went on to say that drilling a Well in a residential area does not present any special prob lems beyond finding room to Maccomo Date the Putros equipment drilling Rig which was specially manufactured for the task Here in Winnipeg. Frederick said the Well dug for Viandante could last anywhere from 35 to 50 years depending on How Long the Metal casing lasts. Permission to Drill a backyard Well has to be obtained from the prov Ince s water resources department. An application to Drill is usually submitted on the client s behalf by the drilling company. If your Well water is eventually bound for the City s sewer system the municipal authorities will also have to be satisfied. Experts say water in Wells South of the Assiniboine River and West of the red River is Likely to be of poor Quality because of higher concentrations and Salt and Iron. Thomson Southam face 7 conspiracy monopoly charges from the news services Ottawa the Southam and Thom son newspaper chains have been charged by the Federal Justice depart ment with having violated conspiracy monopoly and merger provisions of the combines investigation act. Charges were sworn yesterday after noon in Toronto before a magistrate at the order of Justice minister Jean Chretien. The charges stemmed from closing last aug. 27 of the Winnipeg Tribune and the Ottawa journal the 1979 Clos ing of the Montreal Star and the Sale of Thomson s interests in the Vancouver Sun to Southam in 1980. Southam now owns the Sun and the province in Vancouver. Claude Thomson a Toronto lawyer retained by the Justice department to prosecute the Case said eight charges were Laid seven against the chains and one against an employee of Southam inc. Thomson said the charges were Laid under sections 32 and 33 of the com Bines investigation act. There Are three conspiracy charges and four merger and monopoly charges against the two chains and their nine subsidiaries he added. The principal conspiracy charge says that Between 1978 and 1980 the chains conspired to Lessen Competition in daily English language newspapers in Mon Treal Winnipeg Vancouver and Ottawa Thomson said. Conspiracy monopoly and merger charges were also Laid against the chains with regard to both the closing see 3 charges Page 4 unanimity not required Federal lawyers Tell court than a Legal problem whereas the should take some political realities into court is expected to Deal with the Legal consideration specifically that the question. Country has been in a constitutional Bik he also argued that the court see lawyers Page 4 target set for summer Camp Sunshine fund by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa parliament has the Legal authority to make Canada into a unitary state lawyers for the Federal and Ontario governments told the supreme court of Canada yesterday. That could even mean doing away with the Ontario legislature Ontario attorney general Royal Mcmurtry admitted under questioning from Justice Ronald Martland. But a move to a unitary state is politically unthinkable and would result in insurrection or unilateral declarations of Independence by the provinces Mcmurtry told reporters after he had argued Ontario s Case before the court. Mcmurtry and Federal lawyer Michel Robert also argued that unilateral fed eral action on the Constitution is closer to the real nature of federalism than the provincial demand for unanimity among Canada s 11 governments. No Federal state requires Complete unanimity but it is in the nature of the Federal system to seek a Way the paralysis created by Lack of a constitutional amending formula Robert said. Consent not needed the Federal lawyer was arguing that provincial consent for constitutional change is not needed when he told the nine justices that the House and Senate could go so far As to create a unitary state under present Law and conventions. Mcmurtry said the fact that Ottawa has this Power is an anomaly caused by Canada s evolution from a Colony to a nation. If the Federal proposal and its amending formula is adopted that Power will be removed because a de Gree of provincial consent will then be required he said. Mcmurtry took the same tack As Robert on the question of unilateral action. He said although the unilateral nature of the Federal move May be incompatible with the View of confederation put Forth by the provinces the unanimity requirements being urged on this court As a Basic element of Canad an federalism is much less Pompati Mcmurtry said the unilateral nature of the Federal move is a political rather by Andy Blicq the Manitoba camping association wants to Send 200 needy children to Camp this summer but it will need a Little help. Through the third annual Sunshine fund sponsored by the camping association and the free press is hoped will be. Raised to give kids camping experiences this summer. Inquiries Are already trickling in to the camping association from parents who need assistance to Send their Chil Dren to Camp said Rilla Seagroves chairman of the Sunshine fund. A camping experience is Proba Bly impossible for some people she said. Sunshine fund last year Manitoban donated 353 to the fund allowing the association to Send 115 children for 156 weeks at Camps. Choosing a summer about remains in the fund from last year and Seagroves said donations and applications from interested Camp ers Are needed immediately so reservations at Camps certified by the association can be made for this summer. This year tax deductible donations should be sent directly to the camping see Sunshine Page 4 Legionnaire s disease link news to family by Deborah read the family of a woman who died of pneumonia in february says it was never told Legionnaire s disease was suspected As the cause of death. Jessie Sinclair the daughter of the East Kildonan woman said the family first heard of the suspected link with Legionnaire s disease when Reading of it in a free press article wednesday. Everything in the article was just so said Sinclair i said my god it just sounds like they re talking about Sinclair said she phoned the medical examiner or. Gilbert Welch and was told her Mother also named Jessie was indeed the person suspected of having died of Legionnaire s disease. When my Mother died they told us she died of a massive heart said Sinclair. We weren t told any thing else. Here it is in the paper and we Don t know anything about or. Welch said yesterday he does t know How the news Media first found see family Page 4 end near Ira hunger striker Bobby Sands believes he May die today says the Man who masterminded the guerrilla s election to the British Bearskin furore the furore Over killing Black bears for the Royal Busby hat brigade is getting More attention in North America than it is in lower Quality Manitoba May have to lower its standards for bomber Deal the bombers have been offered a proposal which could Cut More than a million dollars off their stadium rent during the next three Index Ann Landers. 42 answers. 23 business. 16 careers. 85 classified. 43 crossword. 41 deattis.2, 43 editorials. 6 entertainment. 3t Home finder. 55 horoscope.41 Jumble entry.69 legals.24 letters. 7 Millroy on to. 39 movies.38 relax.23 Russell. 7 sports. 77 sports record.83 stocks. 17 sullivan.23 to listings.23 Werier. 6 ;