Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 4, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg August 100 Calls on Spray program continued from Page 1 said t dolt buy this guff about it being to stood outside during the spraying because 1 believed All this he for two months after wards he had respiratory said my doctor said it was a viral but i spelled it Bay both the province and City set up special phone lines to handle questions from the Public Over the Jim a provincial government employee answering one of the lines last said about 100 Calls were answered by four government employ tees Between 4 and most of the callers just wanted to know the time of the he Many of the callers opposing the spraying called shortly after 5 news and a fair number were from said Proko people have to show that they dont want said they the government think nobody after the chemical was used in she were 100 reported cases of chemical inoculating horses several of the people questioned Why Manitoba want inoculating horses against As is being done in the disease is spread from horses to humans by mosque Bill chairman of the Mani Toba naturalists society environmental said the society is preparing a statement on the although not yet approved by the society the statement says the Bay on will upset the entire eco sys All insects of a certain if they come in Contact with will be said Birds eating the insects will be and some Birds will starve because there will be no in said the fuel Oil emulsifier used with the chemical has been tentatively linked to cases of Reyes syn drome in new where the chemical has been used repeatedly in Spruce Bud worm Bay on will also kill the natural predators of such As drag he said making future control of mosquitoes More the threat of encephalitis is so infinitesimal compared to the sure effect of this chemical on our on All living said Winnipeg Ger vere i dont think it should be air strike has Little effect on City flights the air traffic controllers strike caused no major disruptions at Winni Peg International Airport last some of the flights from the were but nothing said Airport duty manager Bill Prokopes the repercussions of the strike Haven spread around that he i think the effect will be noticed in another Day 6f two if it keeps a Northwest airlines flight from Minneapolis was about 45 minutes As was an air Canada flight from an air Canada flight from san Francisco arrived without most of the flights departing for destinations were leaving on he and the number of people waiting in the Airport building was Normal throughout the the almost usual flow of air traffic occurred despite warnings by the Canadian air traffic control association that tourists should avoid travel through the United states be cause a contingency plan replacing the striking controllers was Brock manager of Public affairs for air Canada in said if we Felt the safety of our Crew and customers was being compromised or in jeopardy we would not be flying to the travellers in Montreal were experiencing More difficulties yesterday than those elsewhere in Canada Only two flights had left do Val air port by noon and two had said transport normally by 74 flights would have arrived or left for the United some flights bound for the United states from Europe with stopovers at Mirabel Airport were expected to Ter Minate the stat owned israeli Al had one flight from Tel Aviv to new York grounded at Mira in the there Are Only two flights daily to the United air Canada said the two flights both with one going to new York and the other to Boston operating Stewart said the strike was limited effect in with flights operating on All flights from Calgary and Vancouver into the were re ported As operating but airlines which Fly into Canada were experiencing More american which has Toron Tonew York and Toront Chicago said sizable delays were expected on All a Survey of airline offices else where in the world by the associated press showed most carriers were Tell ing passengers to expect departures to be delayed for several hours or More for flights to arrive late yesterday or Early today on the East dc9 jets miss each other by 400 metres goodbye Gibraltar the new couples through Princess of Wales Waves Farewell from the Royal yacht Britannia at the Start of the Royal honeymoon cruise Prince Charles and his Bride arrived by air and drove a joyous crowd to the new York a the Feder Al aviation administration says it will be several Days before it can determine who was at fault when two dc9 Jet liners came within 400 metres of each the incident Over Northern new Jer sey occurred just hours after air traffic controllers went on but the Faa said it is sure the flyby was not the fault of any control the Pilot of an air Canada Jet approaching Kennedy International air port at metres reported that a new York air Jet leaving la Guardia Airport came within 400 metres of his Craft at the same but the new York air Pilot denied leaving his assigned Alti said Faa spokesman Irving immediately after the incident was certified As a near miss by the new York air Vic president James Odonnell said the Pilot and first officer Are being grounded with pay until the airline completes its own i Vestiga a regional Vic president for the striking control said the incident was the fault of the substitute air controllers whose qualifications Are Moss said the Faa will study a computer tape of radar recordings be fore determining who was in an air Canada spokes said the airline has filed a report on the near and is assisting in a air Canada will submit the flight data from the Box of its which records the vital information of a moving air plane such As Pilot Tower Load and Algoma steel workers of new contract to end strike Sault up about workers at Algoma steel ended a weekend Long strike today by voting 58 per cent in favor of a new but the margin of Victory was smaller than Jack president of United steelworkers of local had confidently predicted that 70 per cent of workers would vote in favor of a Deal he called the largest settlement in any heavy Industry in North America in the last but the which gives work ers just under a 50percent increase in total wages and was by no Means a big of ballots were in were opposed and three were the contract will do the workers a Good service for the next three Ostroski said after votes were finally tallied at cd but we have to consider the fact that Many men were not Happy with the pack the company is going to have to consider that wages will increase an hour in the first year of the pact and 40 cents an hour in each of the following two plus a costo living the Union said that Means the average hourly wage will be at the end of the compared with the cur rent the settlement of the Algoma dispute still leaves about employees of Ste co on both sides in the now in its fourth appeared to be digging in for a Long no talks were scheduled and negotiators were gradually checking out of a Burlington hotel where talks have been held fruit Lessly for the last Cec president of local 1005 in said yesterday its up to Ste co to initiate talks by making a new contract but Vic Ste co general Man Ager of Industrial said the company is awaiting word from the Union on when to resume Harris said the Algoma contract can form the basis for resumed Neotia but Taylor said any new offer will have to be Superior to private companies replacing Federal weather forecasters Ottawa up frustration Over Federal weather forecasting has caused radio and to City govern even some Farmers and Fisher to turn to private forecasting despite criticism Over its own the environment department appears by the move to the private in it wants private forecasters to assume an even greater role in forecasting the whims of Mother nature in future while the department expands research into other responsibility for providing weather forecasts to the general Public As Well As those involved in Weathe Sensi Tive operations lies with the depart ments atmospheric environment ser the service has weathered much of the criticism levelled against it by in sisting expansion of its research into acid rain and other environmental Quality problems will not result in a deterioration of its forecasting ser budgetary cutbacks initiated throughout much of the Public service in 1978 and 1979 have resulted in a reduction in the Quantity of forecasts Deputy minister Jim Bruce conceded in a recent but Bruce denied there has been any reduction in Quality of the All of the verification information available to us would suggest that the Quality of the forecast has continued to Rise slowly but particularly As new computer capability comes he the department gives itself an accuracy rating of Between 75 and 85 per depending on the evaluation sys tem Many Lon term clients believe the service has declined in recent firm hired in Winnipeg Winnipeg and Hamilton have hired the services of private forecast ing Dave an Ottawa City Engi said the City dropped the Environ ment departments service two years ago after it could not provide the de tailed forecasts available from private the cities need detailed fore casts to plan Snow sewer maintenance and other Public works Currie said private forecasting companies Are Able to provide a better service even though they use information received from the environment both Ottawa and Hamilton offered to pay the Cost of additional staff for the departments service to enable it to provide custom the depart ment declined and recommended the cities consider private forecasting companies some of the toughest criticism has come from radio and to broadcasters who say they feel taxpayers Are no longer getting their moneys Worth from the Federal Al a spokesman for the radio and television news directors association of told Public hearings held by the environment department last fall that government Cut backs have led to deterioration of the departments forecasting Mackay gave examples such As a 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