Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 6, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 1981 3 detective warns use of Lysol As Rubb dub drink on Rise by Murray Mcneill the number of Cor Earea derelicts drinking Lysol disinfectant for its Alco hol Content has risen dramatically in the last a Winnipeg police detective said testifying at an inquest into the Lysol related deaths of two Winnipeg men in Arnold Wolocatiuk said an increasing number of Rubby dubs began turning to Lysol for a cheap high1 after the Manitoba liquor control commission stopped sell ing fortified wines in they chose Lysol because it is Inex easily and is per cent pure Wolocatiuk a 350gram ounce can of Lysol when diluted with water or Orange has the same strength As five 2frounce bottles of the vice detective about 30 or 35 stores in the Core area sell the and the Price ranges from to a he Wolocatiuk was testifying at an in quest into the deaths of John Harris and Francis whose badly de composed bodies were found july 28 in their second floor apartment at 284 landside provincial court judge Howard col Lerman was told five empty cans of Lysol Spray were found in a bag of Maggo infested garbage near Heads the provinces acting chief medical Henry testified that tests on organs and urine samples taken from the bodies of both who Are believed to have been in their showed High Levels of Dirks said All the physical evidence pointed to alcohol poisoning As the cause of adding that the source appeared to be Lysol at the conclusion of the halfday judge Collerman said he wanted to review the evidence and the autopsy and medical examiners re ports before making a head journey the inquest to 17 when he will announce his both Dirks and Wolocatiuk were asked what recommendations they had to Deal with the growing use of Lysol As an alcoholic Dirks suggested that the manufacturers of such disinfectants be or dered to develop a product which does Ken free press firefighters Hose Down burning gasoline behind ambulance at Dufferin Avenue warehouse Blaze on faulty ambulances stay on Road tests under Way to find reason pressure causes Gas tank Cap to blow by David Obrien the City will continue to use five identical to one which caught fire sunday on Dufferin ave nue despite a design fault in the vehicles the ambulance was stationed about 60 metres from a warehouse fire when it was engulfed in Caus ing a crowd of terrified onlookers to firefighters doused the Blaze and no one was the ambulance was one of five identical Fords purchased by the City year in Saskatoon for 3 Rod director of the cites works and operations said yesterday the fire resulted when pressure in the Gas tank blew off the filler tube Cap an about 13 litres of Gas spewed on to the Mcrae said it is believed the Gaso line was ignited by the vehicles exhaust we know it was pressure that caused the Cap to but were still doing tests to find out what caused the he Mcrae said the same thing happened to an identical vehicle last summer when pressure blew off the Gas Cap while the ambulance was idling in front of a there was no fire in that he said the vehicles will continue to be but Drivers have been told not to fill the Gas tanks to allow room for Drivers warned asked if the Public should be assured of the vehicles safety before they Are Mcrae said the ambulance Fleet just int Large enough for us to take five ambulances out of he added that Drivers have been warned and Given appropriate in Ford officials and University experts Are conducting tests to pinpoint the he a City Mechanic who examined the vehicle said he Felt exhaust and engine heat caused the High pressure which led to the leak because Muf Flers on the vehicles Are located too close to the Gas the who said he want authorized to discuss the problem and didst want his name noted that ambulances Are left idling at scenes for radio and air conditioning Pur causing intense heat John manager of the Winnipeg ambulance said damage to the vehicle in sundays incident was estimated at Council endorses free parking trial by Ron Campbell a two month Experiment in free sat urday parking in downtown Winnipeg was endorsed yesterday by City coun but it May be a month before it City solicitor must first prepare an enabling bylaw which Council will consider at its next meeting during the experimental to will be Able to Park free for on hour or two hour Accord Frig to the designation on the would be 408 metered spaces in an area bounded by Ellice and Mary avenues and Colony and main Golf terms okayed Winnipeg Golf clubs will be Able to lease Cit owned land for Only a Dollar a year under terms approved yester Day by City the City would pay half the municipal and school taxes on All club owned and Cit owned land used by the Golf club and would defer All local improvement levies for the duration of the club would be responsible for the other half of the municipal and school taxes on the land and for All of it on the and for All water and sewer maintenance vat would also have to allow nonmembers to use the Golf course on a scheduled basis at prevailing Green fees for up Union protests beat change Union has complained the free press is discriminating against an employee for his Union a statement yesterday by the Winni Peg mailers an affiliate of the International typographical said free press reporter Greg Bannis Ter was removed from the labor beat 26 after becoming a member of the unions negotiating the Union said Bannister was transferred to general reporting after free press management told him he could no longer report on labor activities because of his Union City Hall notebook Grants policy changed an amount of or will be available next year for Grants to onetime applicants offering City Resi dents a service which does not duplicate a service already provided this was one of two changes to the cites Grants policy approved yester Day by City the other change would have the environment commissioner recon Ken free press mend on the worthiness of Grant applicants in the welfare and social development fire Hall study planned the cites 5 fire station at 845 Sargent Avenue will be examined by an architectural consultant to see what renovations would City Council decided last the study is to be completed in 60 a further proposal to spend to upgrade it to health department Stan Dards was tabled for two weeks to determine if department orders can be deferred until the consultants report is earlier this a senior Citi Zens group in the area fought to pre serve the fire Hall after plans were announced to demolish new Agency approved a relocation Agency to move Resi dents in the Way of the Logan Industrial Park proposed in the Core area initiative program was approved yesterday by City the Agency will be located in the area and will consist of a maximum staff of one project two social two aides and two there Are 110 residents in nine hectare site Between Logan and Hig gins avenues and Gunnel and Stanley getting on track George Isman of uses the evening hours yesterday to prepare his Tarzan for the renewal of harness racing at Assiniboia Downs on not contain a High alcohol he said alcohol is added because its an Ideal solvent and is suited for use an aerosol but Hes convinced manufacturers could produce an equally effective disinfectant with Little or no alcohol Content if they had he noted that several years ago detergent companies were ordered to reduce the phosphate Content in their products and it was amazing How quickly the manufacturers developed an he disagreed with Wolo Chatiuk suggestion that another Means of com bating the problem would be education of the Public on How lethal a product such As Lysol can be when consumed As a Wolocatiuk said the Manitoba liquor control act prohibits the Sale of disinfectants for use As an alcoholic but police find it difficult to enforce the Law because they must prove the merchant knew the customer was buying the disinfectant to he noted that since late july two Winnipeg grocery stores have been charged under the but the cases Are still before the Tow contract is awarded by Brian Cole a has won a lion aut Opac towing contract even though it lacks equipment necessary to do the Verne owner of 55757 Manitoba won the two year contract by bidding about less than the current contract Auto res Cue Auto Rescue owner Andy Maliken was shocked yesterday when informed of Nanosky successful bid and won dered How aut Opac could justify the they have Zero Zero com Pound space and Zero Sali Ken he also noted Nanosky was late in posting a bid Nanosky admitted in an interview that his firm does not meet the require ments of the aut Opac were working on he some towing Industry sources say 55757 Manitoba owns Only one but Nanosky refused to confirm or deny 21 trucks aut Opac spokesman Iain Grieve said terms of the contract stipulate the company must have 21 Tow trucks As Well As a compound located within the perimeter Highway Nanosky posted a bid Bond before competing for the contract and could lose the Money if he not fulfil the requirements by he must also Post a performance Bond when the new contract takes effect in aut Opac general manager Dut ton said it is not unusual for the Utility to give a company a fair amount of Lead time to obtain equipment specified in the As far As were he Nan Osky complied with All the terms of the Dutton they were the lowest what else could we do they we Are protected by the in some towing Industry sources also Are suspicious that there May be a relationship Between City police officer Gary former owner of United Rescue and Nanosky com they noted whose towing firm was placed in receivership and dissolved last was with Nan Osky the contract was but Nanosky denied he is in partner ship with Leach or that the Winnipeg police officer works for Leach could not for Dutton said aut Opac has investigated the company and is certain Nan Osky is the Only a police officer is prohibited from working for another Dutton said the police also have investigated Leach and have advised aut Opac there is no business connection Between the officer and Boundary dispute appealed the Boundary dispute Between River East and Transcona Springfield school divisions is headed for River East officials yesterday filed an Appeal of a provincial reference Board decision ordering a Boundary change which gives All of the taxation data Centre and Kildonan place shop Ping Centre areas with their tax Rev Enue about 95 per cent of the two proper ties had been within Al though River East collected taxes on its five per cent in at stake in the dispute is a year in tax or five per cent the taxes from the the to heard in county court said the reference Board failed to resolve the land assessment Issue in a fair and equitable River East school Board chairman Allen Rouse said yesterday the City of Winnipeg decided earlier this year that All the Revenue should go to Tran Why should River East taxpayers be penalized he Rouse said his division suggested to Transcona Springfield trustees that they give River East five per cent of the Money As but Transcona responded by asking for the Board of reference he Kenton Man gets life term in killing a Man from Kenton has been sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury convicted him of second degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in Jack was sentenced by Justice John Scollin following a three Assize court trial in which began Hunt must serve a minimum of 10 years before he becomes eligible for court was told Hunt shot his wife with a Shotgun while she slept in their Kenton Home on he shot her once in the Chest and again in the Back of the severing her spinal defence counsel Greg Brodsky said in an interview yesterday that Hunt and his wife had argued about who was to get a Hunt left the House to play then went to a hotel in Hunt drank at the hotel until about the following Brodsky the accused told two friends something strange is going to happen in Kenton the a Man and a followed Hunt Hunt took a Shotgun and shot his court was he came out of the House and shot three times from the Steps while the friends Brodsky they notified police and Hunt was Brodsky said Hunts two Young Chil who had been sleeping in the House at the time of the Are in the custody of the childrens Aid so Hunt received the minimum sen tence permitted under the criminal code of in judge Scollin ordered Hunt not to possess any weapons or ammunition for 10 years after his Kenton is about 220 Kilometres West of doctor dropped from civil suit a Winnipeg family has dropped its suit against a doctor who operated on their leaving the health sciences Centre As the sole the family had filed a statement of claim against David Mcqueen and the Hospital after the child developed an incurable form of tuberculosis Fol lowing a Bone the family alleges the Bone was a statement of claim filed by Anth ony Galbeck says the surgery was performed on his in sep a benign cyst and a portion of the Shin Bone were removed and replaced with a Bone made Avail Able by the it according to Randy Law yer for the suit has been dropped because the health sciences Centre and the parents have conceded the doctor did not know and could not have known the condition of the ;