Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba City works upgrade priced at million by Gary Hunter the City of Winnipeg needs to spend almost million to bring its water and sewer systems up to according to information Given to a National sur in reply to a Survey undertaken by the federation of Canadian municipalities last Winnipeg Engi neers estimated that to bring the cites services up to an acceptable level will require million to replace kilo metres of deteriorating water lines million for the reconstruction of Kilometres of roads and lanes d million for the replacement of 150 Kilometres of sewer lines million to upgrade sanitary treatment plants d million to upgrade and repair some of the cites 123 vehicle and 58 pedestrian Bridges and overpasses million for upgrading the cites Shoal Lake Winnipeg water Supply Rod commissioner of works and said yester Day the figures gathered and submitted last april remain a valid reflection of the cites while million is needed for Basic physical Mcrae said allocations in recent years have been for less than 10 per cent of that definitely losing ground in our water system and roads and were falling to a lesser in our Bridges and sewer he Mcrae said in terms of compari son with other major Canadian Winnipeg in worse off than Southern Ontario and Alberta cities but better off than those in Atlantic in one water Mcrae said Winnipeg system is among the worst in the in 1984 we exceeded water main we were head Ohead with for having the worst breaker Kilometre rec Ord in see City Page 4 draft dodgers at Clear tonight 20 Cloudy tomorrow 10 january 1985 free press Sun rises sets Mon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 elms face City warns by Patrick Mckinley As Many As of Winnipeg Elm Trees could be Cut Down this year to halt the spread of dutch Elm City officials have a recent Survey has revealed Many More dying Elm Trees than previously John acting director of regional said doctors seek final of of plan by Maureen Brosnahan Winnipeg doctors voted last night not to accept any agreement on binding arbitration and a fee Settle ment with the province unless a final ratification vote is the 65 doctors who attended the District 1 meeting of the Manitoba medical association said if a statement of now being voted on by Manitoba is they want the Opportunity to vote on the final version of the that which is being voted on through a Mailin would see doctors give up their right to extra Bill out of medicare in Exchange for a form of binding arbitration to Settle fee deadline for voting is Many doctors at the meeting said they did not Trust the Mma executive to pull together a final agree ment that will satisfy All some said the statement of intent should not have been put to a vote until All the is Are dotted and the to Are some said while they supported the proposal for binding they objected to the fee increase which the government has offered for the coming As they objected to the word ing of the ballot which does not allow doctors to vote against the fee in crease and support binding arbitration at the same see Mma Page 4 a report says the Nurnberg of new cases showing up annually has grown from seven in 1975 the first year the disease appeared in Winni Peg to an expected Trees this Hreno said the spread has City officials unless More is done to fight the we Are basically concerned that we wont be Able to halt this he Hreno said officials fear the dying Trees estimated at about will provide a Home for Elm bark he said if that the insects will later spread the infection to healthy there Are some dynamics at work out there that sort of scare Hreno if we want to control the disease in what you could Call an acceptable we have to do a lot More to remove these Hazard funding share the City has been removing about dying but noninfected elms annually to prevent the tree infection from in another elms were removed last year after being found to be City officials now pro pose cutting Down and destroying dying but noninfected elms in 1985 times As Many As last the Trees that Are expected to develop the infection this year will also have to be City officials Hreno said efforts to step up the Battle will depend partly on the provincial governments willingness to increase its share of the City has budgeted an extra to fight the disease this but expects half the added funds to come from the provincial government which has yet to make a Don Mitchelson chairman of the cites recreation and social services commit said City officials will approach the province for the added funds at a meeting in the next few Mitchelson said he is hopeful the province will go along with the re even though it refused a Simi see provincial Page 4 a photo left and Amy Clark get taste of icicles near their 101 die in freeze by the associated press a Block of Arctic cold already blamed for at least 101 deaths across the United states boxed in the Eastern third of the country today after freezing Florida or Anges As hard As push ing the Mercury to new lows and playing a role in the collision of two commuter trains in Snow emergencies were declared in several Ohio counties and in the in 68 centimetres of Snow were on the ground or blowing around its All upside said Harry Gordon at the National severe storms forecast Centre in Kansas noting the temperature at International often the coldest spot in the was three degrees warmer than the 12 celsius re corded Early today in Farmers in Texas and Louisiana feared for their officials in Florida said they expected significant losses from the bitter cold that has chilled the East since the week in mayor Wilson Goode ordered police to take any homeless people on the streets past 4 to mayor Frank Graves ordered peo ple found on the streets to be housed and fed in the cites new detention nearly empty be cause in this bitter cold crime is at its Many utilities strained under an increased Load and tens of thou Sands of people were deprived of electric Power temporarily yester see Arctic Page 4 lotteries takeover Causin government control of commissions cuts service clubs say consultation promised on Coates says Ottawa up defence minis Ter Robert Coates said yesterday Canada now has assurances that the government will consult Ottawa about any future plans for Basing nuclear weapons in Canada in the event of International still attempting to play Down the importance of a document made Public in Washington 12 Days which indicated there were Ameri can contingency plans for placing 32 nuclear depth charges in Coates claimed it was an old Docu ment dating Back to at the time it was published by a defence Coates said he knew nothing about it but would try to get some later he said it was a plan conceived by the former Liberal government in 1967 and abandoned in according to William Arkin who Heads nuclear weapons research for the Washington based Institute for policy the classified nuclear weapons deployment plan was signed by presi Dent Reagan and is brought up to Date it indicates plans to ship 32 anti submarine nuclear depth charges to Likely for placement at Ca Nadian forces bases in and during times of International military see Page 4 by Tom Goldstein some charitable organizations and service clubs say the provinces takeover of the lottery business is costing them Revenue and reducing their and while Many say it is too soon to gauge the effects the change will have on projects in their commune some fear the worst is yet to come in funding As we go Down the its going to get said Don Beach of Winnipeg Blind the club was a member of total Community involvement a nonprofit organization representing More than 100 Community groups which sold 25 per cent of All Manitoba lottery the formed in 1976 by the Schreyer was eliminated when the government took direct control of the lottery business last under an agreement with the to member groups Are to receive a guaranteed level of fund ing until the fiscal year ending March the groups also have Access to funds allotted by the provincial Cabi net to eight umbrella groups which the government has designated to distribute Revenue to the Community from casinos and lottery and break open ticket said Garth general manager of the Manitoba lotteries the umbrella groups have received million since april including million from ticket he Don lottery chairman of the Garson Community Centen Nial said he has tried to get extra he said he was told his chances Are poor because the Centre is get Ting a guaranteed level of Bachewicz said the Centre received from Sci in under the guaranteed level of fund it is to receive for the fiscal year ending last March he he and spokesmen for other organizations complained a reduction in commissions from lottery ticket sales is not Only having an effect on see political Page 4 second Frenchman linked to spy ring new Delhi a a second Frenchman has been linked to the suspected Sale of Indian secrets to France and the a High govern ment official said adding that the Gandhi governments investigation of an alleged spy ring has been expanded to include possible soviet Indian Media reports said at least 15 people have been arrested and 60 More Are being questioned or Are under surveillance in the the first to confront prime minister Rajiv Gandhi administration since he succeeded his after her none of those reported arrested has been identified publicly and no one has yet been formally but the Indian express newspaper said today that Gandhi has ordered that no Stone be left unturned and no person be spared in the invest a government statement said highly sensitive documents were recovered in raids on Homes of the arrested who include employees of the prime ministers Sec the presidents office and defence and finance the High ranking government offi Cial today confirmed news reports that a Frenchman allegedly involved in the scandal fled the coun try last a Day before a French Diplomat was recalled to the United news of India news Agency and the Indian express newspaper both reported that a Sec Ond Frenchman was involved in the spy the Independent express described him As a uni reported that the second who it said is not a had been in touch with the French Diplomat to obtain defence secrets leaked through a business Man by Indian military the express said he was loosely connected to the French embassy and had links with Western Intelli gence agencies and the Central intelligence efforts to obtain comment from the embassy were not Success asked about the French embassy spokesman Chantal Haage said no the soviet embassy Nikolai said i dont know i have no Prauda made no mention of allegations of soviet bumped out bumping in the provincial civil service to make room for a ministers former political aide draws patriotism president Feagan evokes a patriotic vision of a better America in his second inaugural 13year Low the inflation rate hit a 13year Low in with Price increases averaging per statistics Canada deep secret even the launch time is top secret As the countdown begins for shuttle discovery military Index Ann 17 34 38 14 38 6 31 7 Jumble 47 32 33 17 17 sports record 35 27 to 17 ;