Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba James free press Winnipeg free october 1981 3 jetliner skids off runway a Northwest airlines Boeing 727 with 77 passengers aboard skidded off the end of a runway at Winnipeg International Airport during a Shower yester none of the passengers or Crew members aboard flight 403 from Minne Apolis were an eyewitness said the Gram plane seemed to run out of runway and came to rest about 24 metres beyond the runway threshold at the Southeast Corner of the the Jet was surrounded by Airport crash Crew vehicles within passengers were kept on the plane for about an hour before being taken by bus to the Northwest officials refused comment following the noon hour in which the aircraft Aqua planed on the wet warning markers passenger Bill a Cana Dian National railways conductor re turning from a visit to gave this account of the we had just touched Down and started to lose Speed when the Pilot put the engines into full reverse then pulled out of i could see the runway distance markers going by and we were getting Down to the warning markers when i thought maybe he had been Given instructions by control to turn off at a runway at John free press i could see we we rent going to Stop on the Bill Wackman a passenger on certain taxiway then i heard the full reverse again and looking out i could see we we rent going to Stop on the Pacific Western airlines ramp equipment was called to the mired aircraft and within an hour a Crew had managed to turn the aircraft around to face the it was late yesterday before the aircraft was air traffic who is also a said this is the season in which changing weather requires pilots to be be prepared for altered he said when an aircraft Aqua planes rides on top of the water lying on the runway the Pilot is Northwest transport Canada is investigating the there have been two similar Inci dents in the past 10 the last occurred several years ago when a up air dc8 ran off the same l m4a it ii 10 Winou Xii unc ii Iway Pic Piui id a1t jju0 ran 01 cleanup of contaminated site tied to new owner by David o Brien although Arpa Lufro o by David Obrien the site of a former Wood preserving Plant in Transcona will remain contaminated with toxic chemicals until the new owner decides to develop the prop Dom tar chemicals based in left the site in a polluted condition when it closed the Plant in the company is prepared to clean up the mess this but cant proceed until a development plan is filed by the new said Bob Domars supervisor of pollution earlier this year investigators disco Vered the site is contaminated with cancer causing dioxins and which can cause respiratory although area were alarmed by the company and provincial officials have reassured them there is no the property was bought by Imperial developments Canada with a Purchase agreement that it would develop the site Only if Dom tar restored the land to clean environment specific in interview from Montre said Domars rehabilitation plan includes filling the site with Earth and capping certain areas with he said it is necessary to know imperials plans before proceed ing to avoid disturbing the capped areas by a spokesman for Imperial could not be reached yesterday for but company president Gerald Libling said in a previous interview there were no immediate plans for Winnipeg who were called to put out 37 fires in and around the area last sought assurances from civic officials last month that the presence of chemicals would pose no added dangers to Doug the cites Deputy medical said were looking into but it Doest look like theres any provincial officials have also said there is Little added danger to the there have been no fires on the site this Carl provincial director of control said he agreed Dom tar would be unable to conduct a cleanup without imperials he said he was under the impression Imperial was prepared to propose a development Early next Orcutt refused to comment on what the province May do if Imperial decides to delay indefinitely a develop ment the clean environment act states that the province can order a cleanup of a contaminated area at the expense of the responsible Compa Orcutt said no action has been taken at the site during the last five years because officials didst believe there was a serious contamination problem and there was no perceived sense of the fear Only surfaced this Spring when the dioxins and pc were detect said he added that the sub few Winnipeg to first of 8 Public Norrie admits plan difficult for people to relate to sequent concerns of residents in the area were unwarranted because the contamination Levels Are very Low and dont represent a Watson said Dom tar has always Felt the place was youd have to eat 33 tons of Earth before youd suffer any toxic he last the City asked the province to test and rehabilitate the area and issued a 60day building permit freeze on about 90 lots surrounding the former Orcutt said that led the province to Contact Dom tar and request a meeting to discuss cleanup a 1977 consultants study commissioned by Dom tar recommended differ ent methods of site cleanup depending on the Type of development James free press by Ron Campbell the first of eight Public meetings to discuss plan Winnipeg the proposed City development plan for the next 20 years attracted about Only 30 people last including City mayor Bill Norrie blamed the Lack of Public response on the fact that plan Winnipeg is not in a it is a philosophical or a statement of direction or he told the it is not an action it in a make it difficult for people to relate there were three Public presenta one by sister Geraldine Mcna director of the Mossbrook House drop in Centre and a prime mover in the citizens committee for relocation of the up rail Midtown marshalling she called for coordination Between plan Winnipeg and the Core area initiative designed to revitalize the Central City during the next five and said the uncertainty Over the redevelopment proposal is of even greater concern to residents than the nature of the unless there is complimentary one thing cancels out the other right from the very Norrie said the Core area initiative Calls Only for gradual redevelopment of the Central its not going to be Ron Sawiak of 25 Knappen a member of the Wolseley residents said the character of the Wolseley Community should be preserved As a Lourise that the City should police the Absentee landlord problem there and there should be More Park and recreation statement of principles Vernon Gray of 625 Toronto Street said plan Winnipeg is a Good statement of principles for the next 20 but he would like to see it actually put into he said it did not recognize the blighting effect of the up rail the danger of derailment in the Yards or the residential and Light Industrial development on the 80 hectares that would be freed by their Harold Macdonald agreed plan Winnipeg tacitly accepts the status quo of the Yards and lacks that surge of vision that would motivate people to demand their in an Norrie said it is inevitable the Core area initiative will also be discussed at the plan Winnipeg people Are Able to relate More easily to Core because it is a specific he said he agreed with Mcnamara the two plans must be correlated or they could cancel each other he said the Core initiative recognizes the direction the development plan is plan Winnipeg Calls for a shift in development focus toward the downtown and an end to suburban sprawl on the Periphery of the it encompasses policy proposals for water works and waste Parks and first unveiled at civic executive policy committee the plan received first Reading in City Council Public hearings involving the six Community committee the additional zone around the City and a Gener Al wrap up hearing will continue until after further executive policy com Mittee it will go Back to Council for second possibly in january or Norrie then it will go to the Urban affairs who May also refer it to the municipal Board for the mayor said he Hopes this process can be completed and Council can get it for third Reading final approval by the end of next Norrie Hopes for final approval of plan by end of next year province finds big tax gaps disparities in City greater than thought by Paul Moloney a provincial government review committee has found that disparities in property taxes on Homes of equal value in Winnipeg Are even greater than those reported earlier this month by the free while the free press found taxes on Homes varied by hundreds of a study by the review commit tee showed that the Gap is wider for and Homes respect according to the owners of Homes in West Kildonan paid an average of More in taxes this year than their counterparts in East Only of this amount is due to the difference in tax rates Between the two areas and the rest of the discrepancy results from the cites outdated system of assessing Homes for tax the Story is the same for in this the average Bill for residents of James was More than for people living in East larger discrepancies the study revealed Only average discrepancies in specific cases there much for the free press found the average tax Bill on a Home in James is about More than in fort but taxes on specific 000 Homes in the two areas varied by As much As review set up two years ago to devise improve ments to the current assessment sys is fully aware of the committee chairman Walter Weir said Weir said the Root of the problem is that Homes Are assessed on the basis of what they would have Cost to build in 1949 and the does not reflect shifts in property values since that you have to stretch your imagination to think you can work in terms of 1949 values and have he a former Manitoba declined to outline specific changes the committee May but he did say the Overall objective is to eliminate the to be owners of equal value Homes should be assessed at the same level for tax he update assessments to accomplish its necessary to update assessments of the prop erties in Winnipeg every two years or by the last reassess ment in the City began in 1957 and it took until 1965 to he noted the cites assessment department has built up detailed information on each but its not possible to update the information quickly without the which Hopes to sub Mit its recommendations to the Provin Cial government by is also studying ways of providing Home owners with More information on How their assessments Are a typical assessment on a Home is because the City says this is what it would have Cost to build in but while most people know what their House is Worth they dont know what it would have been Worth 32 years As a homeowners have no easy Way of determining whether their assessment is the Weir is to Send out a yearly assessment notice to each Homeowner which includes the cites estimate of the actual current value of the this change is being studied by the the notice also May include a list of All factors which the City feels have a bearing on the Homes such As lot living area and amenities like fireplaces and rec he by providing this Home owners would have a better basis on which to compare their assessments with those of similar properties and launch an Appeal if it would also allow the Homeowner to Correct obvious such As being credited with two fireplaces when he Only has killed in collision with car a was killed yesterday after being struck by a car As she was walking across Mcphillips dead is Jean Mccullough of 1205 Troy she was struck by a southbound car on Mountain Avenue As she was crossing the Street Between Troy and Chamberlain avenues at police said she was not in a Cross walk at the the investigation is ;