Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Glaus Parade delayed for to Winnipeg free november 1981 3 Winnipeg 1981 Santa Claus Parade will be held instead of the traditional first or second sunday in Bruce one of several Winnipeg Jaycees responsible for organizing the annual said the decision postage the Parade in december was made to accommodate wanting television the ser vice club decided to agree to the net works request despite having initial he Are gambling on the weather we were a Little worried about Mazur said Csc producers con Vinced the service club they could not opinion the Manitoba health services com Mission has asked the medical profess Ion to comment on the possibility of extending medicare coverage for out province Misc executive director Edwards said yesterday he has asked the Manitoba medical association and col lege of physicians and surgeons for their reaction to a possible Extension of health service Edwards said the medical bodies have also been asked if they would be interested in providing the Misc with a panel of specialists to help the com Mission adjudicate medicare benefits for out province were not looking for specific he adding that a roster of doctors will not be assembled until the provincial government decides to proceed with the proposed this is not a program that has been sufficiently pushed up the line to get any end oration from implementation of the proposed expansion will depend on the health min ister and his discussions with net when he reviews the 198283 budget he said the Misc usually makes inquiries of the medical profess Ion before it approaches government with new and expanded its nothing More than that at this he Surprise Mil rep a Manitoba federation of labor representative on the workers compensation Board Board of commissioners said he had heard nothing about alleged web even though the Mil had such reports Sev eral months i was kind of said Bruno this really came up he said the Board of commissioners is a separate body from the it normally deals Only with senior staff but Zimmer said it would have listened to the Junior employees we Are there to represent the work he were not that much in touch with them the employees but they should know the setup he said he is a close associate of Mil president Dick Martin yet he heard none of web employee Ken carrots reports to Martin of intimidation and unfair practices by manage had or Carrol chosen to come to the commissioners we would have brought it to the attention of the the Board of commissioners yester Day called for a provincial inquiry into the allegations regarding various web aware of situation an Mil who preferred not to be said the Board of commissioners must have been aware of the situation at the i cant say that Treyve been ignored at he i think Treyve known very much of what has been going the Board of commissioners sees Appeal cases that have been rejected by the and he said the commissioners must have become aware of the bad they had some indication there were some the Mil source said reinstatement of the Lampe commission to investigate employees allegations against web management would be most Hie Lampe he had touched on some of those problems from 1979 to the summer of but haunt the Chance to Deal with them so the commission recommended corrections that were not taken up at the Zimmer int certain he wants to wait for a full commission to examine the i have my reservations about the Lampe he j think maybe a Oneman commis Sion May be More speedy i just dont want to be faced with another 300page guarantee the Mobile sports which handles All outdoor events would be free in november because of the possibility of the Winnipeg Blue bombers being involved in the Cal playoffs and because of other local sports we feel its television coverage the kids outside of Winni Peg in Northwestern Rural Saskatchewan and even parts of the states can enjoy the Parade if its said we have had mixed reaction to the 6 some people Are worried it will be too cold for the kids to be Mazur organizers have become less worried about the possibility of cold he noted that two years ago the Parade in Early november was cancelled due to a heavy he said it was eventually held in december with better weather and healthy crowds along its i would have to say that 85 to 95 per cent of the comments weve received on the new Date have been he said Many Large National corporations who will enter floats in the Grey cup Parade and other Santa Claus parades stand a better Chance of get Ting their floats in the Winnipeg Parade with its december he said people also have complimented the saying the later even if it brings Snow and cold will make the Parade More of a Christmas Mazur said organizers this year were hoping to put More color and sound into the he said negotiations Are under Way to have up to five singing groups take part in the Parade in Hopes of encouraging the crowd to sing he also said this year Ollie the safety owl would be the parades grand Mas this years Parade will also in clude a nativity there Are about 25 entries in the he said he expects Between 50 and 60 entries for the last 52 entries took Mazur a tall order a Workman puts the finishing touches to one of four giant crystallizes made by Acme welding of Winnipeg shortly before it leaves last night for delivery to the Potash corporation of Power and Telephone lines had to be clipped to allow the which took two to they Are the largest shop fabricated vessels Ever made in Winnipeg and Are Worth More than Cut in recreation budget of eight per cent rejected an eight per cent reduction which civic recreation and social services committee had contemplated making in the cites 1982 Parks and recreation budget proved too much the committee voted against the but reserved decision on a 10 per cent Cut in Parks and recreation administrative staff pending an administration report on the subject in Jan Parks and recreation general manager Swail told the committee his superiors had directed him to bring in a per cent increase to this years million departmental an eight per cent Cut would have reduced that figure to million for 1982 according to a report pre pared by the Parks and recreation would have severely Cut personnel and it would have meant laying off 135 temporary and 31 permanent closing the Sherbrook Pool and three Media Campaign on prenatal care launched to Aid expectant Mother the Community task Force on mater Nal and child health has launched a Media Campaign to educate expectant mothers on the merits of prenatal chairman Agnes Hall said the task Force has conceived a number of radio and television commercials which warn Mothe Stobe to avoid drugs and tobacco during the Campaign also includes the distribution of posters to hotels and other Public funding for the four week Campaign is derived from the task forces Public education established in 1979 for a three year the task Force was designed to tackle the problems of unnecessary disease and handicaps among pregnant women and their Hall said the task Force will heighten its profile in the last six months of its existence to make the Public More aware of its activities and outdoor elimination of Boulevard mowing and several other the report there would be increased vandalism in the cites an outcry from the reduced aesthetics and fewer recreational and Leisure opportunities for the the report the reductions were very severe and in some cases unwarranted and the report Strong objections to the proposed Sherbrook Pool closing a savings of came from Brian nip candidate in Ellice constituency in the 17 provincial and Myrna nip candidate in Wol Seley As Well As from Douglas president of the West end Community Centre and speaking on behalf of the chairman of the City Centre fort Rouge Community com Phillips and Corrin presented a 000name petition from Cor Earea Resi dents protesting the proposed closing of the recreation and social services com Mittee last 16 had requested the administration present it with a list of service and personnel cuts involved in an eight per cent reduction of the 1981 independents strike Deal with Cec by Ron Campbell the nine member caucus of Independent councillors at City Hall will not nominate candidates for Deputy mayor or chairman of executive policy com Mittee this the caucus has agreed to the Deal with the 11member Independent Citi Zens election committee caucus n return for approval of Phil Rizzuto Independent As chairman of recreation and social services commit tee and the appointment of independents to the Winnipeg police commis Winnipeg enterprises Board and possibly the Winnipeg convention Centre Deal made Public the Deal was made Public yesterday by Independent caucus chairman Don whether it will hold will be seen at tomorrows Council when the annual Board and com Mission changes Are voted one thing Mitchelson the support for Jim Ernst As both Deputy mayor and executive policy committee chairman is not unanimous among the both the independents and nip councillors say Ernst is on the ice slate for the two ice caucus chairman Larry Fleisher would neither confirm nor deny the except to say that and councillors John Angus and Bill Neville had been candidates for the combined the which decided on its slate was unanimous that one person should be both Deputy mayor and policy committee for reasons of Economy and to keep at tuned to the cites the seven nip councillors Are to meet tonight to decide on a slate of candidates for the civic boards and nip caucus whip Alf Skowron said if the nip councillors support people on the Independent it will Only happen by Skowron and caucus chairman Magnus Eliason expressed regret yesterday that the nip and the independents were not Able to make a Deal this they blamed pressure from actor Ney general Gerry Environ ment minister Gary Filmon and progressive conservative provincial president Harold Mitchelson denied any pressure from Mercier or Filmon but did not deny Skowrons assertion that at pierces nomination As the tory candidate in River East Piercy told Mitchel son he had to bring in the vote for Jim both Eliason and Skowron said if was not for the provincial election the and Independent Deal could have been they said yesterday the tory pres ence within the Independent caucus was Felt during negotiations Between the two sides at City Hall negotiations ended with the nip insisting on Alan Wade As finance committee chairman and Skowron As chairman of environment the independents would accept but not Skowron said he Felt it was an excuse for breaking off yet it was the independents who had approached the nip councillors about a he they wanted to break up ice Power on to split the Deputy mayor and policy committee chairman jobs and to Stop Ernst from being elected to they offered councillors Don Gerrie for Deputy Evelyne Reese for policy committee chairman and Rizzu to for recreation and social services committee plus candidates for membership on standing commit boards and from the Bill Chornopyski was nominated As Deputy Wade for policy committee and Skowron for environment committee the nip refused Gerrie and the independents refused both for political the inde Pendents refused Wade As fill committees the object had been to fill the five standing committee chairman ships and Deputy mayor Post with two two Dps and two but the independents offered the nip much less than Eliason the possibility of that Deal Mitchelson for the independents and Fleisher for the ice made their own arrangement last at least that How Fleisher sees we have reached an he said Mitchelson said there is no con there is no they presented a slate to us and we presented a slate to must pay for breach of verbal court tells millionaire by Pamela Fayerman Winnipeg millionaire Gerald Hechter has been ordered to pay his former 2 Man for breaking a verbal compensation William who worked for years for Low wages As manager of Hechter radio Oil said he was happier than a pig in mud with yesterdays Manitoba court of Appeal Zinman worked for Hechter until the businessman radio Oil in 1978 to husky Oil for for 10 to 15 he was manager of a business which had sales More than yet he was paid Only judge Joseph who Deli Vered the said Hechter induced the plaintiff to continue on working at substandard rates on the Promise that he would be looked after when the business was in an interview yesterday from his Roslyn Road Penthouse Hechter said he could not comment on the ruling because he had not conferred with his lawyer or seen the court disagrees Hechter had argued that if there was a verbal agreement to pay Zinman an additional sum As Well As the it be legally the court of a peal disagreed and judge Osullivan wrote if a person works under a void or unenforceable contract and if his ser vices Are accepted by his the employer cannot avoid the obligation to pay a reasonable remuneration for services once it is established that the Promise to pay the additional amount was an integral term of the contract of he plaintiff has proved his Case the judge the Appeal court ruling Only slightly alters a award made in May by judge Scott Wright of Manitoba court of Queens who now works for Carters auction said that whatever Way the court calculated his he is Happy because i put my life into that business for 35 Zinman said he has no plans to quit nor does he know How he will spend the my Only concern is my sick wife who is in the Hospital right not Zinman Zinman began in 1943 As a Salesman for radio in he became Field supervisor and in sales by the time the company was sold in 1978 he was general manager of sales and vinmans John said that in the Zinman repeatedly threatened to leave the but stayed Only because Hechter kept assuring him he would share in the Gravy when the company was in Zinman said he approached regarding the promises but he knew he was whistling Zinman promised his share ;