Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 4, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2 Winnipeg free december 1981 Nasa honors Bristol designer by Andy Blicq the closest most Manitoban have come to a Black Brant rocket is a glance at the red and White projectile displayed in a showcase outside the Manitoba museum of Man and natures and that too during the last two the Canadian rockets have earned a solid International reputation As a Valu Able tool for now the Man responsible for the rockets development and his Compa Bristol aerospace Are to be honoured by the National aeronautics and space Albert and his flew to yesterday to receive a Nasa Public service medal the founder of the special projects group at Bristol May be the first Canadian to receive the Nasa is giving him the award for dynamic leadership in the develop ment of solid propellant motors and indispensable Nasa says the Black Brant Rock ets have been indispensable to the Agency research into Low Cost space sciences and space Applina Black Brant rockets Are not used for military Bristol represented in Washington by company president Robert is to receive a Nasa Public service group achievement Nasa is now Bristol big Gest customer and the company also supplies rockets to the National re search Council in Nasa officials say the Black Brant series rockets Are unequalled in performance and costed carrying scientific the Black Brant series of rockets has been used for hundreds of experiments since their development in 1958 when Fia was hired by Bris launched from Sites As far away As Kenya and the latest Black Glenn free press a proud Albert Fia holds letter received from Brant 10 rocket can carry Between and kilograms of scientific payload and is capable of reaching an Altitude of Fia said a Black Brant 10 rocket was used to test advanced Tele valued at More than Mil employed by nasal he said the handful of employees with whom he worked in 1958 has grown to 260 in the company rocket and space division and its propellant retired Fia retired in but continues on the firms Board of directors and As a he left the Canadian army to join Fia described the years he spent developing the Blank Brant series As extremely to have this recognition of my efforts is most said when asked How he Felt about receiving the Nasa for Nasa to recognize his skills and integrity Means As a i ask for anything we were quite gratified and pleased about the award i think its kind of a personal recognition of Industry and perseverance Over the said Murray past president of Bristol and now Deputy female labor lobby urged males paid More for similar professor says by Maureen Brosnahan women groups must become More vocal in lobbying for provincial Legisla Tion to ensure equal pay for work of equal a Winnipeg Law professor told a seminar on women and the Law jobs that Are traditionally done by women seem to be undervalued com pared to those done by said Marva a labor lawyer who teaches Law at the University of Mani she told about 45 women who attended the noon hour seminar at the Westich hotel that it is often difficult to deter mine equal value work in Many areas because they Are often dominated by either men or for she its Only since More men became librarians that the profession in general has been granted higher work value equal earlier this year the Canadian human rights commission ruled in favor of a group of federally employed mostly who complained they were being paid less than historical a predominately male the librarians Success fully argued the work of the two groups was of equal the settlement was the first of its kind in the country and was based on a comparison of Effort and working conditions also were taken into Smith said Manitoba newly elected nip government has promised to introduce legislation which would make it easier to Deal with similar we can Call upon them to implement she we need better legislation to get at the underly ing reason for Smith and labor lawyer Laurie Cher Niak also advised the women on their rights As employees and urged them to exert them if they believe they Are being discriminated against or sexually harassed by an both stressed that All including secretaries and clerical workers on Are entitled to overtime pay even if they do not belong to a Cherniak urged the group to keep notes of All incidents and of overtime in the event that a demand for overtime pay or Art incident of discrimination or harassment is con tested before the labor mistakes Are made by so Many people in not taking said Cher the worst thing in the world is when a lawyer is about to present a Case and has to rely on whats in your Cherniak also cautioned the women against waiting to Lodge complaints with the employment standards Divi Sion of the provincial labor depart in some there Are limits As Short As 60 Days within which a com plaint must be lodged if it is to be investigated by the he baby that touched heart of Thompson loses Battle for life by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson five Montgold Brandin Levesque died Here this week before he was old enough to undergo a liver transplant operation which May have saved his the plucky Little son of Darrel and Connie was buried at the Thompson cemetery yes arrangements had been made for a transplant operation at the University of Pittsburgh Hospital in Pennsylvania As soon As Brandin was nine he was suffering from a malfunction of the liver called biliary with the permission of his a hockey team on which branding father plays undertook to raise the needed for the Paul a member of the said we Felt was a goal we could have reached because of the tremendous but time ran he said More than already has been contributed in Money and contributions included from the Thompson Kinsmen other local service clubs Are from a Snow Lake service club and a from the Thompson youth and adult Bowling Molloy said Neihbors had run a bake Sale and the Friendship Centre had also had a fund raising contributions also came from Riverside school and from individuals As far away As Darrel Levesque said everybody really supported us its just too bad Brandin didst make it Long enough to have the Money for others he said that he and his wife have asked that the Trust fund be kept in place and be available for others who May find themselves in a similar my wife and i would like it that Way because we know what people go through when they face such Situa Levesque he added that he would like to see the Money Given directly to people with needs they Are unable to finance them selves rather than have it used in a larger research who is an Inco metals com Pany employee and currently on has worked full time for two months on the fundraising he said the response of the City was impressive in View of the difficult financial situation of so recount confirms Eyler Victory new Democrat Phil Eyler has been reaffirmed As the Winner in River East constituency in the 17 provincial according to unofficial results of a judicial recount completed yester the figures showed Eyler increased his Edge Over tory Harold Piercy by seven giving him a Victory mar mail destroyed As truck Burns Gin of 46 according to the mandatory recount conducted by county court chief judge Alan Eyler polled votes to pierces Liberal and progressive candidates received less than 500 votes Between a judicial recount is automatic if a candidate wins by less than 50 votes Over the nearest judge Philp must wait five Days before certifying the results to allow Piercy time to decide whether to ask the Manitoba court of Appeal for an other standings in the legislature Remali at 34 new democrats and 23 Progress Ive Wray Youmans was still shaking last night after a semitrailer truck carrying mail he was driving crashed and burst into flames just East of said the truck and trailer flipped Over on its Side and Slid about 16 metres in the ditch after the right front tire blew at about in an interview he said he could hear a hissing sound like hot water dripping on a stove As he wrestled with the Drivers door overhead to get out of the seconds after he flames appeared and quickly engulfed the truck and 15metre trailer destroying the mail he and another truck who rushed to the realized weather h High Preu Uri l Low Poi cute Coli front worm front they could not put out the fire with fire he the truck and trailer burned said who was not seriously Hurt in the the Accident occurred on the Tran Canada Highway five kilo metres East of the mail was in route from Winnipeg to Calgary and Swift a Post office spokesman said anything that can be salvaged will be sent to its although it May take two or three Days to Complete the Salvage and determine the who has been driving for a private trucking firm for about iy2 said the rear of the trailer swung into the ditch after the tire blew and he could not wrestle it out when the truck flipped Over he Hung on to the steering but slammed against the dashboard which left a Welt on his the truck was still running after the crash and he reached up and hit the kill switch shutting it City Calendar Dick director of the Tough love will give a workshop on How to be a Parent and survive from 7 to 10 tonight in the crib 1041 Portage the workshop is sponsored by interfaith pasto ral Institute and the alcoholism foundation of admission is the studio programs department of the Winnipeg Art Gal Lery will hold an open House from 1 to 5 sunday in the basement studio of the Winnipeg Art our mistake a Story monday said wrongly that the couple which runs a used clothing second Chance was Cut off City in the couple was Cut off provincial but was reinstated win Tario Winnipeg area forecast mostly Cloudy today becoming sunny later in the High near partly Cloudy tonight with a Low near mainly sunny tomorrow with a High near extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy sunday and mainly sunny temperatures above Northern Manitoba Cloudy sunday to tuesday with temperatures above Snow flurries Likely Northwestern Ontario mainly Cloudy sunday to tuesday with Snow 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