Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 11, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Food prices in Ottawa up Winnipeg grocery shoppers got a bigger break than most canadians last month As lower prices for fresh fruit and vegetables pushed average retail food costs Down for the third consecutive the agriculture department reported food prices in Winnipeg and Toronto last month were Down Between three and five per to Lead declines across the the report the departments food Thome Index says average retail food costs now stand per cent above the level sunny today 2 Clear tonight 15 Lead decline at the same time last which is about half the current inflation the Cost of a food Basket designed to meet the weekly nutritional needs of a family of four was in Down 73 earlier this agriculture department economists forecast food prices would increase Between eight and 10 per cent next again Well below the expected rate of Infra the slowdown was attributed to anticipated slower growth in farm prices for a number of commode a Sharp increase in the number of cattle sent to coupled with continued weak consumer pushed beef prices Down four per cent last pork mean declined nearly five per Price increases were recorded for Dairy products and fresh fruit prices Are expected to drop further in the coming weeks As imports of Citrus fruits reach their but higher labor and Energy costs Are expected to push up prices for Cereal and bakery beef prices dropped As Large imports of Slaughter cattle entered Cana Overall beef numbers Are expected to decline by Early next year leading to higher consumer pork prices also Are expected to Rise next year As Farmers reduce fresh fruit fanciers Are benefiting from Margerth abnormal supplies of Citrus fruit and a big crop is reducing prices to Farmers for potatoes with Prince Edward Island growers getting about half what they did last the spirit of Christmas the wave of support is growing each Day for the spirit of Christmas with single Day receipts reaching new highs but it appears a tidal wave of contributions is the answer to ensuring the Christmas cheer Board will be Able to help As Many needy Winnipeg families As december 1981 i 66 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 25c with supplements Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 tentative pact lifts Thompsons spirits Jim free press ring a Ding Ding at the convention Jast night Drew plenty of paraded around the ring with a card announcing the next judging but there was also a great Deal of interest in the Young lady who by the looks on the faces at the lady was a real judge urges probe of ambulance system inquest report highly critical of Cavalier treatment of incident in which youth died by Pamela Fayerman a provincial court judge said yester Day he was appalled at the Cavalier treatment by the Winnipeg ambulance service of an incident in which a 16yearold boy calling for an investigation into ambulance service practices to avoid future mishandling of judge Arnold Conner said the Atti tude of ambulance personnel in attend ing Timothy Sarna was the judge concluded in a lengthy and highly critical inquest report that Sarnas april 16 death did not result from the culpable negligence of any but he stressed that i am of the View that the Sarna emergency was handled in less than a satisfactory and efficient Sarna died after a homemade rocket Reagan exhorts americans to leave Libya Chicago Sun times Washington president Reagan has called for All citizens in Libya to leave As soon As possible and he invalidated for one year pass ports for travel to that an administration spokesman denounced libyan Leader Moa mar Kha Day accused by Reagan of plotting to kill for having behaved like an International out and said it is unsafe for Ameri cans to be in the state department issued a no Tice saying there is an imminent danger to the physical safety of Ameri cans travelling to or present in As for possible additional actions against the administration offi Cial said we Rule out nothing we plan Reagan did not move to Cut off Oil purchases from although the see columnist Page 4 Reagan Libya unsafe filled with Gunpowder and match Heads cutting his jugular the inquest held in the summer was told that the teenager was not taken to Hospital for at least 20 minutes because dispatchers had difficulty locating an available while other disciplines May permit error and delay without loss of it is my View that the medical treatment of a human life does not permit error and delay and any system established for the treatment of a human life must work perfectly or As close to Perfec Tion As is humanly judge Conners report the inquest was told that the first Call received by the 911 dispatcher came from Sarnas who was helping with the rocket but for nine minutes after the the dispatcher could not find an ambulance available to respond to the emerged the first ambulance contacted was Busy responding to an incident on the Salter a second ambulance was undergoing decal work in the body shop and the attendants assigned to that vehicle were reluctant to respond to the Call for that it is trite to say that ambulances require repairs and the judge the advisability of taking an on duty ambulance out of service to have decals put on is questionable and it was not of such a nature that it would have prevented unit 24 from responding to the Emer i conclude that Shaikoski the Driver had no reason for initially refusing to respond to the in fairness to him i note that he eventually agreed to respond if he had but his original refusal and attitude Are judge Conner said some blame for the death must be shouldered by Sarnas who have a duty to be aware of their childrens activities and Are responsible for their super i Al father of the said in an interview he Hopes the appropriate authorities will heed the judges criticisms because it could happen to anybody i know nothing will bring my son but every Day i struggle with i really feel Tim would still be alive if they had done everything a per son could die from a Heck of a less serious wound with the amount of time which elapsed in this Case before the ambulance judge Conner said that Sarnas in juries Likely would have caused his death even if an ambulance had arrived but because human life will again depend upon prompt and see ambulance Page 4 Maceachen promises More budget changes by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa canadians face their bleakest Christmas in recent opposition tories and nip Leader de Broadbent warned yesterday in the commons As they attacked the govern ment for the nations economic woes and Federal budget finance minister Allan Maceachen yesterday promised unspecific budget changes by years end he said would Aid Farmers and Small Busi but actual legislation will not come Down before the new he i would like to have an announce ment before the end of the Maceachen told at the same key economic ministers in the Trudeau Cabinet were meeting Canadas top labor Alberta senator Bud the pow Erful chairman of the Cabinet commit tee on economic emerged partway through the meeting to say that the labor leaders had few but plenty of complaints and legitimate ones at he said he could provide no immedi ate answers partly because the labor leaders had offered no specific propos als in Advance of the but Canadian labor Congress presi Dent Dennis Mcdermott said things Are so Tough there could be civil Dis Obedi almost walked out be Lucky if that All they the Csc Boss thirty two members of the Csc sex including provincial labor federation leaders and Heads of major almost walked out of the meet ing with eight Cabinet ministers be cause none of them were heavy Mcdermott almost every Cabinet member at the talks has responsibility for economic including employment minis Ter Lloyd but Union Mem Bers were angry that Maceachen was see budget Page 4 by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson a tentative agree ment signed Early this morning by Inco metals and United steel workers of America negotiators has put the spirit Back in agreement came in the 86dayold strike after three Days of Marathon a Haggard Union negotiator said Early this morning he had slept five hours during the Long bargaining local 6166 president Blake Mcgrath said a majority of the Union negotiating committee and Eugene steel workers area signed the agreement and will recommend its acceptance by the Union Mem he said he hoped a suitable Hall can be found for a membership meeting saturday and ratification vote Mon there was Relief and excitement on the picket lines As word on the agree ment reached the Best present one picket shouted with glee As he warmed himself in front of a Bonfire on the main Road leading to the Inco one of his comrades now i can Start paying some of my he said the strikes Impact had been hard on Many one of his friends would have lost his car if he didst get a pay Cheque in a another striker said this is the Best Damn Christmas present i could Possi Bly some of the pickets said they have been praying for a the in its 13th strained the finances of mine workers and Busi Ness people in this Northern Community of a Steelworker said that during the strike he had lost in wages and some mine workers said they were in debt for an amount about equal to the wages they have the walkout had a devastating Impact on local businesses As the cites Economy slowed to a there were fears Thompsons popu which already had declined by More than since the first cuts at the Inco operation five years would shrink even savings used up Many workers were forced to look elsewhere for work during the walk families used up their savings and some were forced to rely on the salvation army reported that re quests for Christmas hampers had Tri pled Over last comments As to whether the lengthy strike had been Worth it were one worker said if a Guy stays in Thompson for 20 hell certainly get plenty of benefits from the pack others reserved comment until they heard details of the agreement at the membership both Union and company officials refused to discuss the agreement until the proposed contract is explained to the following a company offer in Early the steelworkers were concerned most about having the costo living allowance reinstated linking wage increases to the 1961 consumer Price instead of the 1971 Index offered by the it appears this key Issue May have been resolved and additional benefits added to the Many pickets were anxious to know How soon they would be Back on the a company official had no but said plans were being worked out for a return to in a press conference last Bill president of incas Manitoba said no layoffs ramp liked the Good burghers of Selkirk like the mounties who police their but some have doubts about the judicial Rene wooed Premier Rene Levesque is looking less like a Leader about to resign in a Huff Over pm mortgage Bill about Saskatchewan homeowners will get special Protection 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