Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Norrie pushing to Winnipeg free August City declared free Trade zone by Greg Blu twister mayor Bill Nome yesterday unveiled written proposal he Hopes will con Vince Ottawa to establish Canadas first free Trade zone in an advocate of a free Trade tone in the City for a number of succeeded in getting the executive policy committee to approve the Slickly 34page document and Send it to City Council for teenager survives sleeping sickness Manitoba first confirmed Case of Western Equine encephalitis was re ported but the a is now fully recovered and May no yet know he had the Deputy health minister George John son said three or four other who have symptoms which might been Cepha Litis Are under close health minister Bud Sher Man reported the confirmed Case yes the 15th Day of the provinces declared health it has prompted a spraying pro Gram with the pesticide Bay on against the virus carrying it took a month of exhaustive blood tests and Laboratory work to make it possible to give the final Sherman the boy developed the disease in Hes believed to have been bitten by a Mosquito Early in because the disease has a five to 15day incubation the last Case of human Equine encephalitis in Mani Toba was in 1977 when five cases were none of them Sherman refused to identify the teen who he said is from a Rural area just outside As his doctor had just been informed yesterday of the Laboratory findings and might not yet have told his the health minister and his Deputy said treatment of the disease is Impre Cise and is dictated by the such As stiff neck and some which can also be symptoms of other we dont have a we dont have a cure for in Cephalic Sherman the number of cases in horses has risen by seven to 74 confirmed cases with 14 he the province is continuing its spraying operation and officials expected spraying in the por Tion of the Winkle Morden area would be completed last weather per plans Are to Spray Brandon this morning and Virden later in the Winnipeg has ordered another be Spenton additional supplies of the controversial pesticide Bay on which May be sprayed later this the made by environment commissioner David was explained to the executive policy com Mittee Henderson said he authorized the expenditure because City supplies Are Down to such an extent that two additional nights of Mosquito should it be would exhaust the cites Henderson said the City has been carrying out its ground fogging pro Gram some 15 to 20 Kilometres out Side its boundaries due to the health emergency situation declared by Sher the province will be asked to reimburse the City for those extra he an additional has been set aside to provide for temporary labor which May be employed if the residential fogging program is restarted this he if it passes thai nor Rte he will then seek support for his idea front the labor and pm Sumer groups before going to according to the concept of a free Trade zone is extremely common in the United states and Many other but not in Norm planned the concept by saying it would allow manufacturers to import foreign raw materials into Winnipeg duty it would also allow manufacturers to Export finished goods out of the country without having to pay customs and Export it would be a great boost to the Economy of the Norrie told re porters moments after the executive policy committee approved Hie Mentec he said the duty free incentive would attract manufacturers to the City who would in turn create hundreds of new jobs for while admitting Canadian Law Dees not Ntow permit such a free Trade said he Felt Ottawa could be he said there Are about w similar my in operation in the United the m american foreign Trade tones exported some billion Worth of goods in he Nome said the free Trade if established in Winnipeg and other Western Canadian would attract International manufacturing interests and help the Western provinces develop the Industrial base which has so Long been enjoyed Only in Ontario ind when asked what he Felt his were of convincing Ottawa to surrender its import and Export Doty Norrie said Ottawa should be agree he said the Federal while losing one source of would be replacing it with income tax monies collected from the industries and the workers which would be created by the free he said the Only condition usually imposed on manufacturers who locate in free Trade zones is that they must expert the goods they it fact users sell the product on the Domestic Market they Are usually charged the import duties in the imported raw methane Gas leaks detected in 5 buildings Landau John Friesen says used car sales Are up 100 per cent and Are keeping his firm car dealers feeling bite of soaring interest rates by Maria Bohuslawsky after 48 years in Loewen Chevrolet Oldsmobile in Steinbach has declared owner Herman Loewen said it was High interest rates taking away customers while increasing the Cost of doing business which caused the firm to fold from january to april we participated in general motors program of reducing interest rates on vehicle Loans to per said at that time interest rates were 1819 per going got Tough up till april we were coming along real he but it got Tough when the subsidy dropped he said that because sales were quite Good Early in the year the company stocked up then sales slowed due to High interest interest rates Are now in the 2025 per cent he said the service department compensate for the drop in car sales because it too was slowing Down due to the improved Quality of new i know Many people will disagree with he but cars Are bet Ter made these we used to replace spark plugs every now its every you need More people to keep up he same amount of he other car dealerships in the Winnipeg area say used car sales Are saving their businesses from the ravages of High interest cutting Back Stock and working Long hours have also said Joe thieves football fans 0 Montreal Alou ettes we rent the Only people who came away empty handed from last saturdays football game at Winnipeg twelve fans who had reserved tickets to the foldout won 582 by the Blue also Drew a Blank after finding out their tickets had been the reservations were made at the Bays celebrity Box office and the tick ets were to be transferred to the stadium for pickup on the Day of the when the fans showed up to claim their reserved there were no co manager Riande gamier said police Are investigating the president of Eastern sales Ltd in Selling hew cars is a losing propose he you cant make a profit Selling new Ive stayed in business because in like a mixed Ive got used daily parts and services we do All these departments pay for the new car de used car sales Are up 20 per cent Over last he and each car is rebuilt because theres a Market for and i work Day and added who been in business 35 years and employs 110 John president of Landau Lincoln Mercury sales the biggest Mercury Dealership in Manitoba the Only thing that keeps us going is sales of used he said used car sales Are up 100 per cent Over last year and there Selling three used cars for every new Brian president of Colony Mercury Lincoln sales in Stein explained the demand for used cars this Way the average used car Sells for while the average new car Sells for about Consumers realize that paying about 23 per cent interest on is much less than on he said there Selling one used car for every new which is similar to last but could sell More if they had the Kliewer said theres a shortage of used cars because Many families pre Fer to keep several cars and hand old ones Down to their teenage this is an affluent he there Are Many three and even fou car its very easy for someone with a Good used car to sell it he dealers must recondition a car to meet provincial safety a procedure which costs about according to because a private seller is not gated to do he May sell his car cheaper than a dealer could afford the situation will improve when the government finally decides to make it illegal to sell cars privately without a safety he most dealers also reported Treyve Cut Back Stock because they cant afford the interest on Stock must be paid for immediately so dealers take Loans running into thousands and even millions of at Landau Lincoln Mercury sales business has dropped 60 per cent from 1979 said he said there paying about a month on a that what makes it so he Friesen carries about 300 cars and for which he pays from the average wholesale Price for a car is about he with less Stock consumer Choice is Kliewer said Consumers will have to get used to factory orders because dealers cant afford to Stock a Large i dont think Consumers Are used to this he by Joe Rubin methane Gas is seeping through the floors of five occupied commercial buildings located near former Winni Peg Landfill according to a City Landfill environmental Section the received without discus Sion by the civic executive policy com Mittee said the quantities of methane detected in the buildings were but did not pose any the report said the explosive Gas has been detected in 15 of 24 inactive land fill Gas concentrations in virtually All 15 areas were found to be in excess of the lower explosive level five per cent by volume of methane in works and operations commissioner Bill Finnbogason said concern is raised when the Gas concentration reaches 20 per cent of the lower explosive level or one per cent methane in former Sites which registered High Levels of the Gas included the Boni Bonner Elm cad Boro Road Mcphillips Street and Charleswood Road South and the River Shaftsbury Boulevard and lot 61 the City has also detected migration of methane from at least four inactive Finnbogason said two of these Sites the Kimberly and Margaret Park landfills will be fitted with containment membranes and surrounding Homes Are being monitored for Gas there is no need for concern by the people in these areas now that we have a program of he the City is also monitoring eight commercial Industrial buildings where Gas readings have been obtained at floor level Point although the report noted that significant readings Are still obtained at floor level in five of these Finnbogason concentrations Are not High enough to be of a building would be evacuated if the concentration of Gas in the air metres off the ground reached one per no such level has been detected in any of the Finnbogason would not identify the five buildings which Are located near the inactive Boni face i and cordite he said the occupants know of the situation and have been requested to Seal floor cracks where Gas is the commissioner said the City is trying to determine whether the meth Ane in these buildings is coming from organic material used for backfill or has migrated from adjacent the Landfill testing report also noted that a probe located outside the incan Arena rink on Kimberly Avenue has yielded High four under slab probes have been installed to deter mine the extent of the Gas accumulation under the building since Trace readings have already been no measurable Gas readings have been detected at the Northeast Brady Summit Road Active land fill site although readings above the lower explosive level have been obtained in probes in the no groundwater contamination has been seen in samples from Wells around these although some Lea chates tested exhibited Low concentrations of testing of the Boniface school Board located on a Landfill is being done the report two Tow firms dispute awarding of police pact despite objections from two rival towing City councils executive policy committee yesterday voted to recommend Hiway and metro towing services for the police towing contract for the coming which submitted the lowest schedule of towing fees of the three firms to submit had been re commended for the contract by both the chief of police and the finance decision disputed representatives of the two other firms appeared before the executive policy committee Cess fully attempting to reverse the commendation before it goes to Council for final Nick supervisor of Auto Cue which tendered the highest schedule of proposed towing Gued the contract should not be awarded solely on the basis of he argued that his which Flag steamers make police crime victims by Kevin Prokosh not even Winnipeg police Are thief exempt these nothing surprises us said acting Don Gibson of District u makes you wonder where respect for Law and order is headed in the Gibson was commenting on the theft of the Canadian Flag from in front of his police usually police Are out on the beat looking for but they cant be he he said the thieves were aided by a fir tree which partially bides the Flag pole from View the Flag wipers had their Day in Perry Clarke and Douglas both appeared in provincial judges court and pleaded guilty to stealing three one the property of the District 6 police station on Pembina Highway they were granted an absolute Dis charge after receiving a scolding from judge Howard is probably the last Chance youll the judge told come court was told the episode began june 4 when the two Windsor Park collegiate students saw a Canadian Flag fluttering in the Breeze on the Lawn of a fort Garry Clarke thought it would look Good banging in Bis two Days with to Jer resolve strengthened by eight or nine the pair set out for some Interior their first Stop was the Crescent drive Golf court was the pair uprooted the Metal Flag pole located in front of the clubhouse and took the Canadian they next visited a Home on cres cent drive to obtain the second Flag As they heading Down Pembina they passed the District 6 police station and saw their Flag and they decided to take that said Crown counsel Rick Scott and Clarke were Awe to Cut Down the Flag and make Good their escape right under the noses of Winni pegs All three on metre by two metre Worth c5 ended up hanging in Clarkes apart police got wind of where their miss ing Flag was hanging and on june h arrested the two teenagers and Recor Vered the three Flag defence lawyer Jim Macdonald told the court the City police must have been reasonably offended by the theft of their Flag and thoroughly investigated the Macdonald said his sheepish Young clients actions were More of a Drunken prank than a Macdonald said the two students were Young men of Good planning to go to University and not by nature criminals when asked by judge Kouerman for j j dont know Whai to i dont think we would have done anything if we we rent he claimed has the largest Fleet of trucks in was More than capable of handling the police Roscoe said despite his company contractual obligation to it was prepared to commit 11 trucks vely to the City police towing he noted the contract stipulated four trucks must be available for police Roscoe also defended his proposed rates calling them he said increases in fuel and interest rates Over the past year made it impossible to charge anything less than the 121 and fees his company suggested for towing cars without and with Hiway proposed fees of and for towing without and with Roscoe questioned the finance committees recommendation of Hiway saying the Hiway tender was com posed of the lowest rates and a hand nil of promises about what it will do if awarded the police he was referring to Hiway written commitment to open a third storage lot on water Street less than half a Kilometre from Portage Avenue and main Street if it is awarded the con Hiway has also committed it self to driving Motorist their once if no bus service is available and if the request is made at a reasonable has also promised there will be no charge to motorists who arrive in time to Patch Tow trucks hooking up their car if dollies have not been placed under the chiefs report rapped lawyer Ronald who appeared on behalf of Manitoba the company which succeeded United towing current Holder of the after United was placed in receivership earlier this said the report from police chief Ken Johnston contained in be noted the report Apt lauded Bis client Lor doing a satisfactory Job at but later concluded u should not be awarded the upcoming contract because it does not have proper the report seems to be saying they Are not capable of doing certain but then later says they Are doing them finance committee chairman Abe Yanofsky reminded the the committee that if the company awarded the towing contract did not live up to the contracts the police chief could Termi Nate the agreement within 24 hours and award it to another route 90 plan gets initial of executive policy committee Day gave its Blessing to a reconstruction project for route 90 from Pacific Avenue North to Inkster the which will Cost Mil lion for work on the King Edward Street underpass structures at the up rail Carberry subdivision and cars Oak Point still needs coun cil tentatively scheduled to begin Juji the reconstruction would see route 89 widened to a four Lane divided Street for some 64 metres under Federal such projects May he cos shared and the City plans to apply to the Canadian transport com Mission or according to the Ottawa Maxi mum snare for the work could reach h4 million and the railways Maxi mum portion could reach Leav ing the City with a million if Council approves the it will be sent to the province for concur rence and then sub rotted to the Cana Dian transport ;