Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba August voters Quarter floods strollers seek shelter from heavy afternoon Rains that flooded areas Many like the were also filled to French Quarter streets along Jackson Square in new Orleans overflowing but with dripping customers instead of most of the visitors headed for the nearest of the bumper Grain crop rescues farm Good Harvest needed to make up for crippling losses suffered last year continued from Page 1 combined the crop on his Field for malt or harder expected to get Between so and 60 bushels per acre from the Barley which he said is not i suspect some of the late seeded Grain Cereal crops they might do bet he Minnedosa area Farmers Are looking at an average to above average said Jim agriculture representative for that insects have affected some but the main damage we had Here was from a fairly serious he local Farmers submitted 400 crop insurance claims following the Hail As Farmers in the Minnedosa area have had difficulty getting Hay off the land in Good Quality because of frequent in the Altona Barley already combined seems to be very Light and insects have taken their toll on the Sunflower crop with 25 to 60 per cent of the crop in some Fields said a spokesman for the Manitoba Agri culture office wheat and Barley suffered some Leaf rust and although it appeared a Good year in the hot weather during the time the kernels were filling out has decreased the weight and he crops look promising in Carman area where Many Farmers faced Seri Ous crop failure last some Barley crop yields have been slightly on the lighter said de Manitoba agriculture representative for the and Farmers have had problems with weve had everything we could have had except i think what the Farmers would like to see is some dry Taillieu the Hay looks very he we should have adequate Hay for this the crop has to be Good this Taillieu theres no doubt about if they dont get this crop there wont be any next there wont be a shortage of Hay for feed in the Stonewall area this unless something Rotten Hap said Manitoba agriculture rep Andrew local Farmers Are in the process of scathing Early seeded and crops look like there going to be about he there have been a few isolated re ports of insect we had a lot of weeds this Dickson prims minister tra Dettis longtime political and Vitta and tha progressive conservative party last bastion in Quebec face the electorates today in two separate Federal in the downtown Toronto Riding of literal Jim Coutta attempts to make the switch from political Power broker to elected member of while in the Quebec Riding of Roch Lasalle Hopes to need himself As the Only tory my in the province after an unsuccessful fling As Leader of the Union National while the Quebec race is considered by some to be too close to most observers say the Toronto byc Lection will be a runaway Victory for the former principal Secretary to the by election was called and Coutts announced his candidacy july the same Day Trudeau appointed former my Peter Stollery to the touch ing off complaints of cynical some have even tagged As a future Liberal although the candidate shrugs off such suggestions by my aspiration is to be the member for Coutts is up against two Strong major party candidates and a flock of but the Ridings history Spadina has been Liberal 39 of the last 46 years and the Liberal candidates High profile make him the favor progressive conserva Tive candidate Laura Sabia and new Democrat Dan Heap have been running hoping voters will hold the ailing Economy against a former chairman of the Ontario status of women is a Well known but she might have Hurt herself with statements that immigrants should be brought into the mainstream of Canadian rather than cling to their own immigration policy is one of the major issues in with its Large number of ethnic Heap enters the Federal Arena As a 10year Alderman in the downtown Core making up part of the a former anglican minister who ran unsuccessfully three times federally and once he is feed one of City councils most in a from also have run unsuccessfully for Federal Coutts finished a Distant third in the Alberta Riding of Mac Tedd in 1m2 and Sabia lost in in in the 1980 the nip Drew about half the liberals sup porters and the tories were a Distant this time there Are about eligible r in a Rural Riding Northeast of Lasalles personal fiefdom is at Lasalie was Joliette my from 1mb until last when he quit to wide into provincial politics As Leader of the Union leaving the tories without a single Quebec now he Hopes to win Back his old seat after failing in the provincial toughest Challenge mounting the toughest Challenge to Lasalie is Liberal Michel a former member of the Quebec National a businessman who lives just outside the Denis has had the Active support of an army of Quebec maps and Liberal Cabinet min insiders say tory Leader Joe Clarks already tenuous hold on his caucus would be further weakened if Lasalie loses and the governing liberals have pulled out the financial stops to eliminate Lasalie fought Back by bringing in his Maureen for Mer party leadership candidate Brian Mulroney and other Well known con polls Are open in both Ridings fronts cd to 7 current standing in the House of commons Are liberals conserva Tives nip 32 and the two vacant 30 strike Date at food stores loan continued from Page 1 Farmers Are taking advantage of the corporations Low interest rates compared to the commercial which is creating greater uncertainty about Cash he the Cash flow from Farmers is less he Farmers have lower inventories and face higher inter est the Cost of Bank Loans has caused some Farmers to defer payment to the corporation and few Are prepaying their he its not too Long ago we were lending at less than 10 per he the corporation has loaned Money at 14 per cent interest since april and per cent before april the corporation will now be looking at a rate adjustment on the funds it will begin lending in about 65 per cent of the fecs capital comes from the government with the rest coming from loan the corporation Loans its Money for any farm but it takes a hard look at the viability of each opera said As part of the selection the corporation has been refusing Loans to Farmers who Are adequately Stab he the objective of private lenders is to fill 60 per cent of Farmers Long term credit while the acc provides the other 40 per exceed funds five years the corporation was fulfilling 70 per cent of the Farmers staggering increases in Farmers capital requirements has left the acc funding 40 per cent of Farmers despite increases in the Dollar amount of acc Mcruer Manitoba government officials re fused to disclose figures from the Manitoba agricultural credit saying the information was being com1 piled for a press release which could Only be released by agriculture min ister Jim Mcruer said the acc also has difficulty getting figures from the Manitoba agricultural credit by Manfred Jager Bernard president of the Manitoba food and commercial work ers today announced that food clerks and Cashiers employed by Canada Safeway and Dominion stores of Canada will strike at Midnight 30 if no contract settlement is reached with the the strike would affect 37 Safeway and 11 Dominion stores throughout Christophe contract interrupted since july resumed the workers have been without a collective bargaining agreement since May when their last pact with the supermarket chains under their last agreement Cashiers earned an food clerks made and Bakers and meat cutters were paid an the workers have been asking for wage parity with their counterparts in a move which would necessitate raises in the to the demand is this High because workers had accepted raises Well below the inflation rate for the past three Christophe in a prepared statement today Christophe said All workers will gather at the Winnipeg convention Centre 30 to vote on final company offers or prepare for the Union president said his groups strike fund stands at million and a walkout could last beyond police hold woman in Casino bombing affair official Ford factory outlet r your used car is Worth More than Ever at Tara i r i w from the news services authorities arrested a Man and a woman from Fresno yesterday in connection with the bombing of Harvey resort hotel Casino in Nevada a year an elaborate bomb destroyed much of the Casino during a extortion attempt last the Fri said then it was searching for three two men and a the two people were booked into the Fresno county the explosion caused damage Estu mated at the wast occurred during attempts by bomb squad experts to disarm the device with Mote control slide tracks a Glacier slide blocked rail tracks near this Southeast Ern British Columbia Community for 10 hours during the Earl a up bail spokesman in said the slide struck at 30 minutes after the Days Only eastbound passenger train passed the seamen plan to strike seamen in new zealand said today they will stage a 24hour strike later this month to protest a tour by the South african Rugby the National seamens Union said its members will Stop work when new zealand All Blacks team plays South Africa springboks in Welling polite clash Berlin about 100 people protest news Roundup ing the housing shortage in West Germany clashed with police today outside an apartment building scheduled for police at least eight of the Young stators forced their Way into ing and barricaded the door before they were forced out by a police Al relations Industry negotiator pick Lester said Union president Art Gruntman said if the agreement is ratified Mem he Hopes the Mills will be started up by v f earlier this the largest forestry the tonal woodworkers of signed a tentative agreement with the Forest Industrial relations Bureau for the same two year w b w i Price increase new a trucks to i prom prisoner joins in fast hostage drama ends Belfast Irish nationalist Rilla Jackie Mcmullen refused fast today at the Maze Britain Northern Ireland office joining other imprisoned hunger supporters of the protesting prison ers had announced earlier that Memula Len would take the place of the most recent fatality of the Thomas who died 8 in Bis 62n4 Day without nine Mage prisoners have on the hunger quads condition critical a qua Droplet bom two months premature re Mains in critical condition and on a University of hew Mexico Hospital official reported Carolyn tinker said the other three babies Are in stable although one is on a the four boys were Bora Friday afternoon to Edward Linda tentative past Rea ebed Vancouver r a tentative agree meat has been reached by the member paper workers Union and the pulp and paper Industry it Hulk twi our hostage drama ended peacefully saturday when Ottawa Man gave himself up to police and released unharmed the jail guard he had held at a police spokesman said Jeanpaul was transferred to Quebec police Headquarters in Allaire seized Roger at cot Friday and 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