Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november 1981 photo by Richard Fidler Bud Jobin elected to Board of firm to develop North Portage la Prairie fire fighters Battle a Blaze that followed an explosion Early today at a car fire damages car Dealership hundreds crowd portages main Street to watch spectacular Blaze by Tom Goldstein and Andy Blicq Winnipeg free press Portage la Prairie an explosion and spectacular fire Here late last night levelled part of a car dealer sending hundreds of residents out on to the main Street to see what had it was just like a Elaine a nurses aide at the Lions Prairie Manor senior citizens Home across the Street from the damaged said this in two Edmondson Olds was said Dyer who was on duty at the time of the its unreal every time i look Over i still cant believe she cause of the explosion which blew the roof off the showroom is under no estimate of damage to the build ing and its Content was i even begin to Dealership owner Earl Edmondson City Calendar adding nine including eight new were there were no a nearby building suffered a cracked an architect is to be called in to see if the nursing Home suffered any structural ramp Colin Wilcox smoke observed Dyer said police told her two men had seen smoke coming out the build ing moments before it exploded about it could have been soldering All she a 13bysix metre piece of the roof landed against a nearby Telephone pole following the resting like an unfolded flames shot More than 20 metres into the sky at the height of the Wilcox the min disaster which shattered the Midnight silence Drew about 300 people out into the subzero freelance photographer Richard Fidler three blocks of Saskatchewan ave nue the cites main were blocked off for several hours to allow firefighters to Battle the Blaze and to prevent motorists from driving Over the twisted Metal and broken Glass which littered the the left taillight of a new Chevrolet was visible from underneath the charred rubble while firefighters continued to Hose Down Small fires Early this six fire department vehicles and a Rescue assisted by Canadian armed forces personnel from the local air Force battled the a City fire department spokesman the which moved chairs slightly in the nursing could be heard 30 blocks Fidler i heard a helluva who lives 13 blocks i sort of looked around the House to see if something happened some close to the explosion when it went off thought a vehicle had struck their we thought a car had crashed through the front Dyer we have a Lane at the Back and we thought somebody rammed into the rear of the Sandy Van a clerk at the 7eleven store opposite the Dyer said the Only about 70 metres had Little effect on the 150 residents of the nursing theres Only a few that she a few of them got kind of scared because it was so loud and so they returned to their Beds after being reassured that everything was under she who has operated the Dealership for said it will continue to Well be working today to get Back into he he said the firms nearby body shop would be open today and salesmen would be on the Job Well be Back in business in a he but not to the same Thompson staff former lieu tenant governor Bud Jobin was elected to the Board of the Norman regional development corporation at its annual meeting Here who will serve As a director was the corporations first president when it was founded 10 years we value joins return to this said Vic president Percy Ijssel a of the few men have carried the concerns of the Horth Riviore consistently than he has and worked so Hafid to resolve other officers elected include presi Andy Champagne of Gillam Pielak second vice Walter mayor of Lynn Lake Bob of the mystery Lake local government District and Earl Sim Thompson the directors decided to make representations to Federal and provincial governments for financial assistance for Community airports at Snow Lake and Leaf Gerry of Snow said the which has no Airport facile has proposed to the provincial government that a min tailings Pond be drained to form a Engi Neering studies indicate the conversion would create an excellent Airport for about he Mac Leaf rapids local government said improve ments to the Community Airport Are needed because the provinces new citation aircraft purchased especially for medical evacuations can not land on the Hydro studies indicate an extensive draining system is needed before any improvements to the Airport would be Riddell he said one Side of the Airstrip is constructed partially on the existing Airport costs a year to the town receives in government assistance and the rest has to be raised from local we dont mind raising some of our own Money but we dislike being the Only Community up Here that has to do it Means we have practically Noth ing for capital improvements to the he Jobin return welcomed foreign ownership danger in expert says government must make it easier for Domestic computer companies to oper ate in and harder for the says computer expert Denzil of canadians May find themselves frantically trying to buy Back foreign computer Industry assets in the next the same Way Oil Industry control now is being he Doyle delivered a series of keynote addresses at a computer conference at the University of Manitoba on the who is president of a com Puter manufacturing company and has worked for the governments defence research said in an interview the Federal government missed the boat in the 1950s when Canadas Oil Industry became and its missing it now in the expanding computer i used to be an Optimist about government policies regarding at least moderate help for Canadian Doyle since 12 and the Federal budget of that Day i am a artisans to display crafts Western works will hold its second annual Manitoba Christmas Craft Sale from noon to 10 thursday and Friday and to 6 saturday and sunday at the Winnipeg convention artists and artisans will display and discuss their the vital child guidance clinic will offer evening sessions for parents of adolescents at 7 thursday at vital school Board Norbery 900 marys topics include adolescent depression teenage sexuality Parent adolescent conflict the adolescent in the and the out control weather High Tow cold from worm from to phone Pearl Wark at 2577827 will give a presentation of slides of his work and discuss the work and its development to the present time at 11 thursday in room 27 at the school of University of can div will assist the Christmas cheer Board with a special Nair Campaign for Public donation of canned and nonperishable foods to fill Christmas hampers for the people can deliver donations from 8 to 8 Friday to sunday at the hotel fort the hotel will establish a special reception depot at the motor Entrance on the South Side of the super loto Toronto up the million winning number in yesterdays super loto draw was five winning numbers were 996245 and the winning number was the winning number was the number was 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