Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october Road earned reputation As Highway of death crts t a Uto to o fat it a up the 50ki Lametre Road hugging Cliffs along Howe sound Between West Vancouver and where at least five died Early yesterday in a has earned a reputation As a Highway of carved out of the Steep sloped Rock Only 24 years it has been called one of the most dangerous stretches of Road in British yesterdays disaster on m normally a Small trickle of had a higher death toll than the Hope slide of East of which buried four victims under millions of tons of the twisting Highway a Branch Road off the Tran Canada Highway and route to the ski resort of is a two Lane Highway much of the Way and a bottleneck for people returning to Vancouver from weekend in Loose Rock is shored up by wire mesh and Cement sprayed on the Rock the Steep slopes of the coastal mountains offer splendid vistas of Howe sound for the but they Are also a Hazard that recall previous like the slide 60 years ago to the Day wednesday which killed 37 at Britannia North of this highways officials once counted 12 fatal accidents in an 18month period of 197576 on the nine were single vehicle accidents indicating motorists were probably driving too fast for in three were killed when a rolling Boulder sheared the top off their car near nine Kilometres South of Britannia five years six motorists and their Passen Gers missed death by seconds when tons of Granite loosened by erosion thundered on to the the Road is blocked periodically by end Walesa tells Solidarity slides caused by undermining of the the highways ministry is engaged in Rock scaling and replacement of lower level but in the past the Highway was blocked twice by slides for several Squamish Hugh who commutes daily to West said maintenance has improved Mark edly Over the past few theres not As much Rock coming Down As be he but he said Squamish residents will not rest easy until a safer High Way is built through watersheds North of Vancouver to link the town to the Vancouver the worst disaster along the course of the current Highway occurred in the midst of a Wall of water crashed Down on the tiny mining Community of Britannia in less than two 37 people were carried away to their another 15 were badly and 50 of the 110 houses were splintered and carried into the Waters of the the flood came from water impounded by a Landfill in the Hills be Hind the fed by the rain and several swollen and carrying logs and other broke through the fill and fell on the town without As one account described it words fail to describe the scene the wind and driving rain the Rush of the turbulent tearing and smashing All before them the sudden darkness As electric wires twisted and snarled in the tangle of and above All the sudden shrieks As women and children and the Calls of those injured and held in the Warsaw a Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa called for an end to nationwide strikes following an hour Long and a communist party Leader warned of far reaching Deci Sions if All demonstrations do not the soviet led Warsaw pacts Mili tary Council opened a regular ses Sion today in the hungarian news Agency Mai observers said it was billed As a Rou Tine but the situation in to premiers rift reported Edmonton up the eight prov inces opposing Federal constitutional plans May Alberta intergovernmental affairs minister Dick Johnston said but he said the eight Are sure to stay together for a first level of consensus when constitutional talks Start in Ottawa what would cause the Accord to break up he obviously its hot beyond anybody imagination to suggest that could but i am firm now that As we go into the at least the first the Accord will be his comment came after Saskatchewan attorney general Roy Romanow revealed his government Hopes to convince some of the other dissenting provinces to but Romanow expressed doubt that the other provinces will support a Compromise despite Saskatchewan seeming readiness to consider parts of the fed eral Johnston rejected a re port that British co Lumbia and Ontario Are developing a common position paper on possible land is expected to be the prime topic of officials of the Independent labor federation from the Baltic seaports to the silesian Coal mines reported wide spread support for the strike at noon the first nationwide demonstration in seven it was called to protest food police harassment and government refusal to share management of the near Bank rust Economy with i want this to be the last strike of this Walesa said during a tour of a Light bulb factory in he called for Active or selective strikes in which the workers would take Over their plants to remedy failures in production or distribution of there Are not enough panty Hose or detergent Walesa we should stage an Active strike at those factories and use the goods under our own direction and distribute them where there needed bargain predicted in this we will not be hurting ourselves when we Walesa predicted a bargain with the govern ment there will be Many difficulties but eventually we will reach he Wildcat strikes Contin miners in in the quit work to protest a Blister Gas attack tuesday from a passing car that sent to Hospital 62 people at a Union Satin in 17th Day twelve thousand women textile workers in by Zardow were in the 17th Day of a Satin strike protesting food and striking workers in Zelona Gora were demanding the dismissal of officials who fired a Soli Darity farm the manager was but the strike Contin Kazimierz a member of the communist party said the or polish would take a stand Friday on the continued legality of a right the workers won in the summer of 1980 As a result of the nationwide strike wave that also produced the legalization of solidary polish passengers on cruise ship Stefan Batory line up yesterday As customs officials in Montreal process poles opting for new life Here ships Captain will count Heads to see How Many passengers stayed Montr t a t to Senate okays Montreal up when the ish cruise ship Stefan Batory leaves Montreal Harbor the Captain will take a count to determine How Many of his passengers opted for a new life in the ship docked Here yesterday with 85 of its 690 passengers already holding valid immigration papers obtained in Canadian Immi Gration officials say another 271 Are eligible to request refugee for that the immigration department had four interpreters on hand at the ports passenger by the end of the spokesman Pierre Fallu 80 people had officially re Quested information on How to Settle in it was the fifth and last scheduled visit for the Batory this a total of 76 passengers had requested refugee status on previous including 54 on Federal immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy announced a new measure tuesday whereby poles without rela Tives in Canada Are entitled to a 12 month ministerial permits allowing them to stay and find their status will be reviewed when the per mits run poles with relatives in Canada can now request immigrant status while Here if their families agrees to sponsor weeping relatives greeted yester Days arrivals with traditional kisses on both but a 31yearold pole who has been in Canada for a had mixed emotions As he waited for his Sale Hal brother roman to yes i am pleased that he was Able to come he but they the polish authorities wont let my wife and two children out because they know that like they wont from the deck of the a 40year old woman passenger said she thought about 200 people would seek Refu gee the woman refused to give her name because her a prominent polish has been in the United states for a month now and authorities in Poland have yet to notice that he Hast Lottie Czaplicki got a letter a Cou ple of Days ago from her relatives in Poland advising her that her Cousin Christine would be arriving on Board the we drove All about 500 Miles 800 Kilometres from Niagara Falls to meet Czaplicki if we will hide her under a Blanket to keep her said she would ask for refugee status and hoped her Engineer husband and her two sons would be Able to join her As soon As Posi George president of the pol ish Canadian said members of the local polish Community Are prepared to take refugees into their he will be asking other Mon Trealer to do the father Simon of our lady of Czestochowa Church said his some of the new arrivals will be lodged and fed in his Parish continued from Page 1 Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker telephoned the president to re port the saying there Are More Brave souls in the Senate today than i Ever knew the saudis will pay billion for the biggest single arms Sale in the package includes five Azacs the worlds most advanced radar plus sidewinder fuel pods and flying tankers for 62 f15 jets already on the equipment is intended to guard against attacks on saudi Oil in his letter to the Reagan pledged that personnel will have the right to periodically inspect Security arrangements for the sophisticated weapons and that americans will be involved in saudi operation of the planes Well into the opponents said the saudi Sale will increase the Arab threat to intensify the Middle East arms race and risk compromising the secret Azacs and sidewinder technology if the saudi monarchy is we Are building a powder Keg in this Region with the same recklessness that plunged us deeper and deeper into the Vietnam said senator Don Ald Riegle from Reuter reported that the official soviet news Agency Tass said the Azacs Sale will Sharpen the arms race in the Middle East and boost the military presence federation of labor seeks probe a continued from Page 1 leased confidential medical inform a few top management people Stop employees from helping injured work he they throw bureaucratic red in the face of the injured he said five top level staff members inhibit the proper treatment of work who is at the top of the this i dont grits continued from Page 1 interests of he were not going to get elected try ing to run on the coattails of the National George a Liberal sup Porter All his operates the Olympia restaurant in Portage la Prairie and owns the building housing Liberal candidate Hugh morons Treyve got to Start from the Bot Tom and get people with both personal gathering in a darkened basement under the cloak of about 30 compensation Board employees held a press conference last night to voice support for the labor Ina letter to labor minister Ken has requested the provincial government to conduct a Complete Independent internal investigation of the Day operations of the establishment of Board relationship of Board members to the senior administration and the general administration of the workers compensation in Are requesting that Ken Carroll be immediately rein stated with full pay until at least the investigative report is published the labor federation also asked that the criminal injuries compensation Board administration be they suggested that the Lampe com which reported on the proce dures of the compensation Board last be called Back to conduct the in a report from Tass said the White House exerted unprecedented pressure on the Senate to get approval for the Sale of the five planes and other military the implementation of this Deal will signal a fresh round of the arms race in the Middle East and Lead to a further broadening of the military presence both in saudi Arabia and in that explosive Region As a Tass soviet newspapers have described the divisions in Congress Over the Sale As a simple split Between those want ing to see influence in the Middle East extended and those who want to preserve a special role for radio Moscow said the main aim of the United states in supplying arms to saudi Arabia is to gain a pretext to station soldiers and military equip ment in the Western diplomats said it is unlikely Moscow will launch fierce attacks on the Azacs Deal As it does not want to anger saudi the soviet leadership has intensified its efforts to win Arab support for its own Middle East peace initiative and saudi approval for its proposals would be vital for them to have any Chance of they Days left boots Knicker suits gloves underwear to and he said of the Liberal a local Hopes to re gain the Portage la Prairie Riding held by the liberals from 1962 to he said his Campaign is based on local issues and a Promise of Strong representation for his Abe a Grain and potato Fanner from is the Liberal party candidate in he says he is a small1 Liberal who is not running on the Liberal stand As much As on arty ail reduced for you i might get fireworks from the bigger but that Doest bother he Suderman is proposing provincial tax Revenue from Banks be loaned at Low interest rates to Farmers and Small businessmen suffering from the High Cost of there has been very poor Public relations work on behalf of the Federal liberals in Western he you might think my chances Are i dont i have nothing to Ken a Miami area farm will represent liberals in the Pem Bina we have to come off As a provincial he adding he will raise the loss of agricultural land to Industry and highways As an Issue in the elec running against progressive conservative Don Orchard has been likened to the biblical Battle Between David and Goliath a common joke around Here is you the conservatives could run a dog and youd Popkes up to 6o off Many More unadvertised specials open til saturday tit 6 411 Pembina 4752352 2037 Portage 8884586 485 marys 2330301 ;