Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, August 22, 1981

Issue date: Saturday, August 22, 1981
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Previous edition: Friday, August 21, 1981

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Teni fifth August 22 strike threats delay polish Price rises Warsaw a the polish ment delayed its proposed 300percent Price increase on agreeing first to consult with Solidarity members to head Oft threats social the plan to raise the Price of bread was announced yesterday and immediately touched off warnings of new strikes by the labor the Solidarity chapter in the Central City of Fca Dom called for a on hour transport strike on tuesday and a general strike it also demanded that government officials discuss grievances stemming from 1976 food proposed Price food Short Ages and meat ration cuts have led to protests and strikes during the past six the government said the Price of a khad Afy says Libya faces War continued from Page 1 allies of the soviet khad Afy has repeatedly charged that the Reagan administration is plotting to overthrow a claim once again denied thursday by Deputy de Fence Secretary Frank the two libyan planes were at tacked inside libyan air space by eight f14 american jets and were the libyan Leader adding that libyan fighters had shot Down one Jet in the the Ameri cans denied losing a khad Afy said the United states is threatening peace in the Mediterranean and added Libya accepts War face to face with the United states and if its Nat friends decide to come to its Libya could Call her numerous friends around the world for 793gram loaf of the coarsest Type of bread would jump to 16 zlotys from or to about so the Cost of cakes and cereals also would be in it further cuts in the three kilogram per person monthly meat ration were under the government Jan Solidarity negotiator for food yesterday said he met with Zdzislaw head of the state Price commission on the bread Rule ski said he was told the government delayed the bread Price in crease because the today printers strike this week prevented the increase from being announced most papers were Back on the streets yesterday after the walkout seeking More Union Access to the Krasinski appeared on polish television last night to explain the Price but said they were not set be cause Solidarity had not agreed to he expressed Hope that the prices would be approved this the Warsaw Solidarity chapter said in a statement that if there is not Broad agreement with the proposed Price they could Lead to an explosion of uncontrolled social the Price of bread in Poland has not changed for at least 20 several past attempts were met by work ers riots in Gdansk in 1970 and in Radom in an announcement of meat Price increases last summer led to countrywide strikes and launched the Only Independent Union in the soviet consultation a must some Obe servers said the bread Price increase alone May not be cause for another workers confrontation with the but the Union consid ers it essential it be news of the proposed increase sent some poles flocking to the stores to Stock a Hal dozen people at one Warsaw store were seen buying two kilogram loaves but others said they would accept the its difficult for people like but i have seen Days when 16 Kilos of stale and moldy bread has been thrown out said a 58yearold All in the name a firefighter hoses Down rubble on the Boardwalk in reveals was known As the hot before and several where fire destroyed a food stand which the sign so aptly other stands and a ballroom were also destroyed in the heritage funding lashed in study continued from Page 1 government and other sources granting full tax advantages in and would be in charge of program implementation and manage along with developing its own it would be made up of seven ram nominated by the mayor of the executive director of the Winnipeg the chief Justice of Manitoba and the president of the Union of Manitoba municipal the province would name four representatives to the the report also called for an immedi ate study of the archives of increased funds for Purchase of Docu ments relating to Manitoba and for cataloguing the rare Book collection of the legislative Winnipeg Art gallery director Roger a member of the heritage work ing said the Best aspect of the proposed new heritage commission is that it will pull together a coordinated and cooperative Effort by All these which now exist ind Epen Selby foresaw the proposed heritage commission As being of particular assistance to the Small Community Muse which there Are Over 120 in Public and the smaller ones really have a difficult time getting fund ing and general the criticism of provincial funding was the same As the cultural policy review committee made in its report and the heritage group was Only say ing the same thing on he said it is expected the province will respond to it in the same Way it did to the cultural by increasing Large institutions can petition the government and explain their medium and Small ones really do not have that inclusion under the commissions Aegis of the Art museum and archives reflected the concerns of those making submissions to the he they didst want a Lay commission sitting there determining professional matters without some professional Tim president of the association of Manitoba museums and curator of Macdonald House museum at 61 Carlton said he would have to read the report before commenting in Kent commission Bill million continued from Page 1 Dent Laurent Picard got a Day As All commissioners administrative travel and other expenses will come to by the time the commission finishes its final vol Umes by years commission Secre tary Nicholas Gwyn said yesterday in an the commission began work last 3 and Hopes to wrap up the final details by the end of the Gwyn estimates Are for the whole although there could be additional sex hearings across the including expenses associated with the Cost while research contracts and salaries for including salaries for administering the came to Gwyn said Legal Legal costs and fees for including com Mission counsel Donald came to office and operating including a grab bag of miscellaneous came to of some was capital spending on items such As desks and furniture which goes to the government when the com Mission reports and studies to including costs of translation and the services of contract editors amounts to Gwyn said he does not have a breakdown of expenses because they came through air the departments to the Money for the inquiry comes such As arranging for the hear Ings in from the privy Council office which is under the direction of the prime funds were spent under the supervision of pc which received estimates As the inquiry Gwyn does not have an exact Fig ure yet for air the people who worked for the inquiry because some were retained fora Short time for specific police Call off search for Clear continued from Page 1 Kilometres North of the Plaza and a few Hundred metres South of Ink Ster the stains match the missing mans blood and the Metal is from his police subsequently scoured the adjoining area and spot checked motorists in an unsuccessful Effort to turn up police towed dears red 1969 Volkswagen Type Iii Manitoba plate end 909 the site where the blood stains a turning Bay at Kinder television Crews and photographers were invited to take pictures of what police believe the scene looked like at about monday in the Hope that More witnesses will come police also wanted to show that the Volkswagen was not a but rather a British looking they theorize Clear stopped to Ward the South end of the Bay to allow another carrying at least two to pull in there is no evidence there was an it Doest appear he was forced off the Don who is investigating the nor did the car run out of Gas or break Down because of a mechanical apparently this is a common place for people to Stop and Murdoch he said he had no idea How Long the two vehicles were stopped police found traces of blood on the Volkswagen righthand door and on its Gas and Brake several bloodstained with Dis Tinct toe remain on the Road As does a Large Patch of dried a Broad smear Marks the curb on the North end of the less than a metre inside the Murdoch said the bloodied tire tracks do not belong to the Volk Swa but tests to determine their origin have yet to be he said the blood stains must have been caused by a blow from a Wear but there is no evidence to deter mine the Type there is no evidence there had been a fight inside the he what and remains a a Canadian company o Aqa specials Grain handlers conciliator named All popular Canadian cigarettes Carton of 200 limit 2 Cartons per family Purchase by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the Federal govern ment moved quickly yesterday in a bid to Avert a threatened strike by Thunder Bay Grain handlers a strike which could Cut by More than half the Export of Western can Adas bumper Grain labor minister Gerald Regan appointed his top Wil Liam to mediate Between the handlers and the association of Ter Minal Regan warned that a strike by the Grain handlers could have serious implications for the National econ omy and Canadian it would be extremely unfortunate for the parties and the country at Large to have to endure the serious socioeconomic repercussions and Adverse effects of a work stoppage in a very important Export Industry through failure to resolve the differences Between he told the Union and the Lakehead terminal elevators which represents the owner but Frank general manager for Lodge 650 of the brotherhood of steamship clerks and freight seemed to see the big crop As an Aid to especially since Ter Minal operators had used predictions of a poor crop against him in earlier bargaining to and what has happened is that we have a 95 per cent strike vote and a bumper crop on the he the terminal workers have been in a Legal strike position since thurs Day when Regan received a report by conciliator Jack the Union had earlier Given its Leader ship the 95percent strike Chapman suggested the two sides ignore two key issues that Divide them and continue to move Grain because the issues Are too Complex to Settle in the Short remaining Freshwater shipping the Man appointed by Regan to bring the two sides Ogeth is a Veteran of Many successful mediation he is senior assistant Deputy min ister of labor and head of the depart ments mediation and conciliation Kellys intervention comes weeks after a Federal mediator helped solve a similarly dangerous strike threat Regan appoints conciliator by members of the seafarers International the Tough Mon trea based Union managed to make a tentative pact 11 with an association representing 14 ship owners who carry Grain and Iron Ore Back and Forth through the great lakes talks have started be tween Saskatchewan wheat Pool and country elevator operators and other workers represented by the Grain services both sides Are keeping mum and Gnu assistant Secretary manager Marg Steffensen would Only say that the bargaining is in its preliminary stage and that an offer has not yet come in from sask talks Between the same Union and Manitoba Pool elevators Are scheduled to begin the Gnu represents 350 operators of country elevators dotted around the for the terminal workers in Thun Der the key issues Are hours of work and conciliator Chapman recommended that the government appoint an Industrial inquiry commissioner to conduct a full study of the hours question and he suggested the two sides set up a fou member pension committee to review the differing pension plans which the terminal operators get depending on which terminal operator employs Chapman sided with the compan ies rather than the Union by suggest ing a costo living formula which would be computed annually As the firms requested instead of monthly As the Union sunday photofinishing special 00 off photofinishing Colour print film c41 process this offer is available every sunday now open sundays 12 noon to 6 Supe Valu Northgate Plaza Gateway t Mcnod of Ingolt i Jujj Mcleoa 84 prices effective August Only we the right to limit ;