Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, August 12, 1981

Issue date: Wednesday, August 12, 1981
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Previous edition: Tuesday, August 11, 1981

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dollars Best since july 29 a group of american girl guides stranded yesterday in London Heathrow Airport play cards to pass away the airline passengers sleep in terminals thousands around the world forced to endure delays or cancelled flights continued from Page 1 states in support of the australian controllers were seek ing a court injunction today to Stop flights Between Australia and the United portuguese controllers have voted a Boycott the International federation of controllers unions meets tomorrow in Amsterdam to discuss joint International and British air traffic personnel meet Friday to consider in thousands of homeward bound some of them broke and camped out at airports overnight after the Canadian Boycott Cut transatlantic air traffic by More than half during the Peak sea westbound flights were reduced yesterday to fewer than 100 from about three Winnipeg controllers Given Brief suspensions continued from Page 1 Winnipeg controller was suspended for half a Day yesterday and two were suspended from the night shift before reporting to flights from the were being handled of visual flight controllers he Donald transport Canada Public affairs manager for said yesterday about a dozen of the approximately 160 total daily take offs and landings from Winnipeg air port Are Canadian controllers have listed More than 41 flight incidents near the american Border they say were dangerous and caused by personnel replacing striking on the More than 20 incidents Al ready investigated by the transport the two groups will try to Complete the preliminary review by noon Pepins statement National coordinators appointed by the department and the Union will re View the reports by the unit teams and recommend remedial action As Pepin said air safety teams Are meant to reassure the controllers about the of the Canadian and air traffic sys the transport department has insisted throughout the three Day confrontation with the Union that Canadian con rollers cannot judge safety in american the department yesterday asked a Robertson development vital Federal court under the conditions of an injunction issued against the controllers in a work dispute last to order them into court to justify their disruption of the the judge did not Rule immediately on the govern ment said the agreement recognizes Canadian air controllers can make judgments on safety in this coun try and the Impact of developments in the the transport department has told controllers who refuse to handle flights into the they face possible fines to the British civil aviation authority some British vacationers on tight budgets wept when told their flights were a group of 139 britons booked through a travel Agency to los Angeles threatened to storm the plane at Gatwick Airport when told it was needed to Fly Home 200 the ruling was revoked after their but the plane was still delayed last London Heathrow the busiest in told passengers yesterday to go away and try Many diehards bedded Down wherever there was floor i dont mind being stuck Here at said Christine a student from Ive made a lot of friends already and were going to have a big we have some some duty free spirits and some at Romes Leonardo a Vinci delayed passengers were still stuck at flights that did take off last night were up to 30 hours Many passengers sat aboard their planes for hours before being told their flights were Many airlines refused to feed the stranded travellers or Supply hotel rooms for Toronto Airport jammed Toronto International Airport was jammed yesterday with passengers trying to reach destinations in the United Ive had the most uncomfortable night of my said Chicago Busi Nessman Warren people always walking around and one drunk woke me up at 4 to say Williams missed his scheduled flight to Chicago on monday night after his flight from Quebec City was delayed for five Ive been wearing the same clothes since yesterday and my Mouth feels like a Goat ran through he Eddie of his wife and their arrived in Toronto Early yesterday after their flight to Chicago Calgary was i think the Canadian controllers Are acting like Smith Joann Lowell of was stranded in Toronto after her air Canada flight to new York was can Lowell and a Friend were re turning Home from a convention in first postal now air traffic controllers Ive been through hell since i got Lowell i like but i dont think its controllers should sympathize with the United states this in beginning to really hate said Kenneth Creaser of Mon As he awaited a flight in Edmon i wish i had a few of those controllers right id like to smack them a few in addition to the stranded Passen there were innumerable hidden victims of the Boycott those who we rent flying because they knew they make connecting flights to their ultimate for the 16 girl guides and troop leaders from red the boy Cott meant a on Day wait for their mexican Holiday As they bused to the to catch a for Linda Bowman of the situation stirred her Boyfriend phoned her two weeks ago and asked her to marry him flight from California was Montreal the Canadian Dollar closed up More than half a cent yesterday at cents in heavy trading on foreign Exchange mondays closing quote was and the Dollar opened yesterday 3400 by mid morning it had reached the 81cent Mark and Rose higher in afternoon the Dollar remains in a pos depression Low although it now is almost cents above the Al time Bottom of and in its Best showing since july there was optimism on the Chicago futures Market yesterday As the Dollar closed up 63100 at for september in futures investors buy and sell dollars at prices set now for delivery traders agreed that yesterdays rally was due to the widening Gap Between Canadian and interest with interest rates in the declining overnight Bank deposits were paying 18 per cent while similar depos its in Canada were earning 24y8 per demand for Dollar that forced an increased demand for Canadian dollars so that investors could take advantage of the higher people started Selling their dollars and buying Gold because of uncertainty Over said trader Azim Haje of Nesbitt Thomson Bon Gard in offering another that depressed the value of the Dollar and helped our dollars but Haje cautioned the recovery could be a technical Blip and that the Canadian Dollar might fall another Ian Mackay of the Royal said the very substantial interest rate differential has caused buying of Mackay also cited two other factors to explain the rally yesterday the Dollar never reached its historic Low during the current slump and the out flow of Large amounts of Canadian funds to finance takeovers of companies has but another pointing out that the Dollar amount of yesterdays numerous transactions was very said the rally could be Short lived and that a lot of Sellers in yesterdays Market were taking advantage of the High quotes to unload the dollars they had bought for about at a George a trader with corp in said the Market May have jumped the gun in Antici Pating the Start of anything but a temporary decline in interest maybe this time there in going to wait and a new round of rate he could bring the Dollar right Back Down pm offers million More in Aid continued from Page 1 Ift addition to billion in bilateral Aid previously earmarked for similar Pur poses during the next five the new Money would be spent on Energy projects in developing countries to encourage Canadian companies to adapt new technology to needs of poor countries and to help Africa drought plagued Sahel Trudeau flies to neighbouring Tanza Nia today where he will hold talks with tanzanian president Julius he will visit a wheat farm supported by Canadian Aid he and his three sons will then wrap up their african safari with a visit to a Remote game returning to Canada in dealing with matters expected to come before the premiers Lyon said he does not expect the premiers will have any difficulty in reaching consensus on finances although Ontario has some rather Eso Teric ideas about but i think they can be made to see Lyon also said if the supreme court of Canada rules against the eight prov inces challenging Trudeau Constitution he expects those pre Miers will lobby the the All except Bill Davis of Ontario and Richard Hatfield of new Likely will meet during the three Day conference to plot strategy in anticipation of the quiet child has Given few clues since police found him continued from Page a childcare worker leaning Over a counter which formed one Wall of the play i think its he said weve been calling him that and Hes beginning Jaq respond it seems that what he was trying to say when we asked we his the search for the boys parents has been hampered Fey the fact that he says very grunting or gurgling periodically and pointing to a worker who rapped on a Glass partition to gain us Hes got the childcare worker said he said Bye to the ceiling Home stiff when we left this he said car on the Way police and the Cai know very Little it Tell the Hes of native origin with Brown and and packs kilograms 34 pounds m Ujj Guty chatty his age is estimated it l4to3 Cas officials said they could find no indications of parental neglect or Hes a healthy Bill Cas Public information of Hes a Good Little boy Hes very Well behaved very Obedi find from the Way the child Hes from a Well caring family Well brought remains mystery put where Dougie came from and Why he was wandering alone Down town in the Middle of a weeknight remain a police have been showing the boys picture to people in the neighbourhood where he was so far without we May be in the wrong area of Bill of the missing persons seen kids wander blocks and police and Cas officials said parents of missing children usually turn up within hours and no More than a few Days of a Childs disappear with this we Haven heard anything since july not one in Burdeyna society workers theorize doggies dilemma May be the product of conf his parents or guardians May think he is with friends or relatives who May believe Hes with the first set of that possibility and the police investigation Are the reasons Cas did not go Public about Dougie before yester Burdeyna if no one comes Forward by the end of the Dougie is expected to be removed from the receiving Home and placed in a temporary Foster his future May ultimately be decided by the he May be adopted or he could become a Cas Ward until he is 3urdeyny said the Cas has not encountered a similar Case for several that child was eventually put up for to this we dont know who Bis parents make vacations last pictures keep important memories Safe record picnics and backyard fun Sam the cameraman photographic counsellors Are trained to show you and to answer All photographic let Ken Loomes show you the fully automatic or matched Needle Nikon the be accepts a motor drive at for action pictures and several dedicated the be accepts telephoto lenses like the Nikko 135mm e at or the 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