Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Top civil servant Michael Decter provinces Power i bomber Star credited with saving mans life by Brian Cole Winnipeg Blue bombers Star run Ning Back Willard Reaves was credited with saving the life of a Man who nearly drowned after bumping his head in a hotel swim Ming Pool last Viscount Gort spokesman Harvey Nairn said Reaves had just walked into the hotel and overheard a clerk talking about the which had occurred minutes after learning the Man had been pulled out of the Pool after bumping his Reaves dashed to the scene with the help of another began applying cardiopulmonary re he sure knew what he was Nairn there were two there applying but nothing was when Willard took Over you could see something the Guy started spitting and his complexion turned White from a bluish Willard must have worked on him for about five the Man was taken to health sciences Centre by ambulance where police said he was in serious condition with severe neck injuries last he apparently had jumped into the shallow end of the who is honorary chairman of the Canadian wheelchair Basket Ball was subdued when contacted last i overheard the clerk saying someone had drowned or so i asked what was going i told them i had training in car and i ran up poolside he want breathing and he had no i told one of them to blow in his lungs and i proceeded with com pression of his Chest until the Man showed signs of coming who wants to become a police officer after his football Ca reer is said he picked up car during his College in town to participate in Charity fundraising including Schmo key and to discuss a new contract with the was staying at the Cloudy tonight 18 flurries tomorrow 13 january free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class Mah registration number 0266 trustees approve pay raise by Julia Necheff Winnipeg school trustees voted themselves salary increases of per cent last night amid bitter crowd they voted 63 in favor of the increases after listening to four delegations urging them to throughout the trustees were subjected to loud heckling from the audience of about under the new trustees will receive instead of the Board chairman will get a cent increase to from and the vice chairman salary will Rise by per cent to from opponents said they will be Back to fight the increases when trustees debate the final 1985 budget next Well never accept the decision of those Joe of the citizens Alert committee and a for Mer City trustee Mary who voted against the said later she will not accept her salary but will turn it Over to the labor elec Tion the group which sponsored Zuken throughout his political Kardash charged the bylaw was pushed through with undue haste because the Board hear three Las minute the Board passed a Rule change in september that delegations must give fou Day notice of their intention to angry residents oppose trustees controversial raises at Board meeting last extra Billing of up to 80 found average markup for All fees by opted out doctors Misc finds by Maureen Brosnahan some Manitoba doctors who have opted out of medicare Are charging patients As much As 80 per cent More than the established according to Manitoba health services com Mission the information also shows there is Little difference Between the amount doctors Bill Young patients and senior health spokesmen say this Indi Cates some doctors who extra Bill do not consider a persons ability to Misc estimates opted out doctors Cost the province million an As Only three or four of the 75 opted out Manitoba doctors do not charge patients extra contrary to statements that Many doctors Are opted out on studies suggest that opting out costs the average doctor 15 per cent More since he has to incur the costs of sending and collecting patient but the Misc statistics show the average markup for All fees by opted out doctors is 28 per health minister Larry Desjardins confirmed last night the figures were there were some things that surprised i knew that we didst have that Many that were opted but 95 per cent Are extra Billing and some of them Are extra Billing quite a he said the major concern is that Morgentaler sprayed with Ketchup Calgary up abortionist Henry Morgentaler was sprayed in the face with Ketchup last night upon arriving at Calgary International Airport to Start a five Day whirlwind Western Canada police wrestled a Man to the ground after the incident before a crowd of 100 protesters and the Man was later identified As Larry president of the 350member Calgary association of christians concerned for guarded by rented Security was whisked to a waiting car after the incident and driven to a downtown Heather was held in custody for 45 minutes and an ramp spokesman at the Airport said no charges would be Laid unless Morgentaler filed a Morgentaler will leave Calgary for Edmonton today and then continue to Winnipeg later in the the trip is designed to win support for his Legal fight in in Winnipeg he will Likely announce plans to reopen his clinic which was closed after charges were Laid in june the charges Are on hold pending the outcome of Legal actions in during his thre City visit Morgen Taler faces a crowded schedule of news Public open line radio rallies and fundraising bouquet of roses the bearded doctor accepted a welcoming bouquet of roses from Kathy representing the 200member Calgary chapter of abortion by while in Morgentaler will assess support in Calgary and Edmonton for an abortion clinic he has proposed for later this Morgentaler said he is leaning to Ward Edmonton because it has three hospitals performing but Doest have a a clinic has Shorter waiting lists and More streamlined Calgary has two hospitals which perform More than 300 protes about 10 times the Normal marched in front of Morgentaler abortion clinic in downtown Toronto in what organizers say is a renewed Effort to close the this is what youre going to see from now on sporadic demonstrations of larger proportions be cause we have to get this place shut Laura president of the right to life said outside the Mcarthur said her association is trying to get the message across to Ontario attorney general Roy Mcmurtry that he should get a court injunction and close the since the clinic reopened on about 30 anti abortionists have been parading outside most of the opted out doctors Are in High demand such As psychiatry and Desjardins said the especially the 80percent extra Bill indicate there is obviously some he said he assumed More doctors were opted out on id taken at face value what they told i was a bit disappointed at some of the results we Derek president of the Manitoba medical said yesterday he was surprised by the we thought there was Only 50 per cent of the people who were opted out who were extra but Jeremy president of the association of Independent physicians of says extra Billing among opted out doctors is to be there int much Point having that Freedom if you dont exercise it at some time or he the province and the Mma have proposed an agreement which would see extra Billing outlawed in doctors would be granted a form of binding arbitration to Settle fee Gordons group is lobbying against the doctors from across the province Are voting on the proposal and a meeting of Winnipeg doctors has been called for this fewer said he cant understand Why some doctors would extra Bill patients As much As 80 per cent since there is no scale that ranks one doctors work above when you see a figure like it see my Page 4 bus fare rises in draft of City budget by Patrick Mckinley civic workers face bus fares and other user fees would and property taxes could increase by four per cent about for an average Home under a draft City budget unveiled this the preliminary draft budget Calls for elimination of 43 full time and 48 Par time together cutting the equivalent of 54 full time jobs from the City work these positions we Are eliminating could be picked up through Attri Tion by not replacing staff who said Gerry chairman of the cites executive policy but he warned layoffs cannot be ruled particularly in the fire department where the jobs of 24 Drivers who chauffeur senior offi cers Are being try to avoid layoffs Ducharme in Seine Valley said the City will try to avoid and in any event Noones Job will be terminated before the budget receives final approval in other areas Likely to feel the Brunt of staff cuts would be Winnipeg where the City Hopes to eliminate some meter Reading jobs by Reading meters every two months instead of every As the City would cancel plans to hire 11 added police consta Bles for foot he Ducharme said the City expects it May get some flak from the Public Over proposing to Cut police and fire but As two of the largest City departments it was inevitable they should feel the Pinch of increase positions simply have to be Cut to keep the tax increase for City Home owners within reasonable he today draft taxes for homeowners would go up adding an estimated to the tax Bill on the average which has a Market value of roughly and is assessed at a value for tax the increase takes the total City tax Bill on that average Home to about that does not include school still to be set by the various school divisions in different parts of the in addition the budget would in crease a Host of user fees a move Ducharme said is aimed at holding Down property taxes without any drastic cuts in the cites adult bus fares would go up March 1 to 80 cents from 75 cents for Cash and to from for a monthly childrens Cash fares would go up to 35 cents from 30 and passes to from senior citizens fares would be 30 up from 25 cents As a seniors pass would be Ducharme Bandit rant fares would go to so see higher Page 4 pension premiums to increase Montreal up Federal and provincial finance ministers yester Day agreed that canadians must pay significantly More in Canada pen Sion plan a decision on the level of increase will Likely be made within the Federal finance minister Michael Wilson told a news conference after a meeting of Federal and provincial finance investment Wilson said three options for in creases would be considered by fed eral and provincial but he refused to outline those of the increases will be he they would Likely be phased in sometime Between next year and 2000 or depending on the option that is projections have shown that unless premiums Are increased the Canada pension plan will be in a deficit position by the end of the Century because of the increase in the number of elderly Federal finance department officials somewhere Between seven and eight million canadians contribute to the Canada pension plan and the Quebec pension plan which is operated separately by the province of the maximum annual Premium is half of which is paid by employ ers and half by changes to the Canada pension plan require approval by Ottawa and by two thirds of the provinces with two thirds of the lenders balk at cutting interest rate to Farmers by Fred Youngs the provinces proposal for Low interest rates on agricultural Loans does not address the problems farm ers spokesmen for lending institutions said the net Impact will be to essentially help some financially pressed but i think it can do grave harm to Farmers who Are managing their Doug Vic president of the Royal Banks agriculture Doug manager of capital resources for credit Union Central of said i wonder if lenders could even afford to make agriculture Loans at lower it could be a penalty against the Indus agriculture minister Bill Uruski said that unless private lenders and the Federal farm credit re Duce interest on outstanding Agri cultural Loans to eight per cent and limit the rate for future Loans three per cent above the prov Ince will move to curb farm foreclosures through he said the Bill would be introduced in the next the minister estimated it would Cost lenders million a year in Manitoba to Cut existing loan rates see Uruski Page 4 benefits end a Man claims his workers compensation benefits were Cut off because he refused to join a Job Celebration brazilians celebrate the end of almost 21 years of military Rule As Tancredo Neves is chosen strike talk Canada Post workers have been told by their Union to prepare for a National strike to Back contract Price riots at least three people Are killed As jamaicans take part in violent demonstrations against increased fuel t Index Ann 17 51 37 50 37 6 34 7 Jumble 41 35 36 sports 49 62 29 to 17 ;