Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 Winnipeg free August encephalitis ravaged City 40 years ago by Inge Coorg Boyens Bews mystery disease just one Brief item on the front Page of the press on my paid acts Short tribute to the two Wini speggers readers soon came to know the disease As Western Equine encephalitis and during the summer of Manitoban were those who Call the week Long sleeping sickness epidemic As frightening As the War there has been nothing like it be fore or recalls Winnipeg Trian Harry newspapers of the Day recorded the epidemic in chilling detail and each Days account added several More about the same approximately 790 children were stricken with polio or infanticide in one Day 14 new cases of sleeping sickness were identified and three people in two 50 mainly Young and were Laid by 425 Manitoba Resi dents had contracted the about 60 of those died and Many of those who survived were permanently said then la for Killar never survived the sleeping sick Ness Leo bursar of Boniface overcame the disease to live another 16 it want until late health professionals even suspected what caused the infectious before people were convinced the disease was transferred by Contact with sick at one stage during the some professionals thought the High population of Hungar Ian partridges that year was to Only the advice of several imported professionals from Yale University and Washington determined that sleeping sickness might be spread from Birds by mosquitoes to horses and because chemicals were either non existent or Mosquito fog Ging programs even be con the City of Winnipeg had in previous years initiated a Mosquito abatement program where ground Crews an Oil based substance on Ponds throughout the City to prevent Hatch ing of Mosquito the cites program was not effective and the Only precaution parents could take was keep their children said City ground Crews Spray Oil based substance on a Pond in to prevent hatching of Mosquito the 1941 epidemic want the first have hallucinations that you never for sign of in City she officials estimated 311 people had con doctors told her family she Likely tracked a Type of sleeping sickness contracted the disease at a circus she attended the Day before she fell if people understood How awful encephalitis they would never want to Chance the said the now healthy but she too has fears that the Aerial during the previous 22 Ruth was infected with encephalitis in then seven years she was bedridden for Only you Burn up with a fever and you spraying initiated by the province on tuesday May cause her breathing Medovoy said the severity of the disease be the facts Are that this is a serious disease and it has to be he although Aerial spraying with the pesticide Bay on is still the subject of controversy there has to be some Medovoy in when the province authorized Aerial spraying against in Cephalic 14 humans contracted the disease and four died of two years there were 17 but unconfirmed of sleeping sickness in the taxpayers million stake in Morris bus Plant by Andy Blicq Winnipeg free press Morris Canadian taxpayers have almost million staked on the Success of the Superior bus Plant Here which recently became the first wholly Canadia owned school bus provincial department of eco nomic development has agreed to add to a Federal depart ment of regional economic expansion Dree Grant Given to the company to assist in a takeover from its Ameri can official opening the company who Sev eral months ago faced losing their jobs after the former owner announced plans to close the were treated to a free lunch following an official opening of the Canadia owned Plant in this about 55 Kilometres South of economic development minister Frank Johnston said yesterday the provincial Grant is to assist in the develop ment of a new bus the company Hopes Are Riding the province is committed to the company to Supply in two payments toward the development of the new he sales manager Joe told a press conference the company saw a need for a vehicle which would Cater to special needs such As the Handi Bernard president of Supe rior and financial Pur chased the bus company from the Shelle Glebe of after the company announced it would cease operations in former manager of the Plant which built the buses used by Winnipeg hand transit buses for the said components for the new buses will be purchased by the new company As much As possible from Manitoba and the rest will be from the company raised including the government for the Shelle Globe made the decision to close the Plant even though the Morris Plant was a profitable Sabourin the Canadian takeover of the Plant has resulted in plans for expansion which would see the company running two shifts per Day and producing seven buses in the third the Morris Plant produces four buses per most of which go to Export the company has also been awarded the provincial governments school bus More than 40 Superior bus dealer ships in North America will be used by the new company to Market its school a government release the company does not manufacture bus Chassis and intends to explore the the possibility of mounting bodies on japanese or european Pierre Federal minister responsible was on hand for the opening and said the plants closure would have caused a hardship of great magnitude for the the company estimates 100 new jobs will be created by increased product raising the number of employees to 276 from along with its conventional school the Morris Plant introduced the Pioneer a vehicle with a Short nose and More convenient turning the Pioneer Model proved to the a Success for the Morris for the nine month 1 to units invoiced include 288 conventional buses and 414 Pioneer the Morris Plant was opened in 1970 by flyer industries to manufacture transit and school buses under licence from the Shelle Globe Coop wary of plan to raise Delta Marsh the Delta agricultural conservation cooperative plans to complain to the provincial government if ducks unlimited proceeds with proposals to have the level of Delta Marsh Ian Secretary treasurer of the said the group fears that raising the water level of Delta Marsh would have detrimental effects on Agri culture in the Wishart said a ducks unlimited proposal to raise Levels has not been forwarded to the provincial govern discussions Are continuing be tween Farmers and the conservationists on the level of the he said his group decided at a meet ing in Oakland this week to take Steps aimed at merging with the the Pas Farmers association and the Oak and Plum lakes Farmers James ducks unlimited project said the proposal raise the Marsh water level any higher than it is there is no proposal to add several feet of water to the he explaining that the plan involves just the every 10 years or compartments of the Marsh would be pumped out to allow re vegetation of depleted areas and then would be gradually re flood the water level in Delta a area at the South end of Lake is tied to that of the Fairford dam regulates the Lake be tween 247 and 248 metres above sea preventing the extremes of the drought flood Cycle Prairie marshes experience Over but the fluctuations of the Lake Arent enough for the to realize its fullest Woolison the provincial government in 1978 put together a plan for maximizing the use of the Marsh that had projections not based on Field ducks unlimited has taken that Basic plan and refined Woolison beginning to work intensively on the project in preliminary engineering studies have been but there is no deadline for completion of the full he the whole project would Cost about he said ducks a privately funded nonprofit National organization dedicated to preserving waterfowl would do the control works and repairs but would expect the province to pick up the Cost of pumping and control before it could go the project would require government which in turn would hinge on the feel Ings of local residents and the Woolison said that for the last couple of ducks unlimited has been meeting with area fishermen and attempting to satisfy As Many interests As possible under the there were a lot of concerns Gen he but most approved of a proposal to bring the Marsh up to its full potential As a conservation weather provincial m a l Tew cold front want front Toronto the winning ticket number in yesterdays weekly provincial draw is there Are also subsidiary tourist Alert Thomas Schumacher of West Germany who is driving a 1971 Volkswagen Van to Winnipeg from Toronto and then on to Calgary is asked to Contact the nearest ramp detachment on an urgent deaths classified death mainly sunny Winnipeg area forecast sunny Chance of a late afternoon or evening High today near Low tonight near mostly sunny highs sunday near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny Chance of a late afternoon or evening highs today 34 to tows tonight near mainly sunny highs near Northern Manitoba mainly Cloudy today and 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