Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, January 30, 1985

Issue date: Wednesday, January 30, 1985
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Previous edition: Tuesday, January 29, 1985

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 30, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free january Lynn Lake fears end of town near by Cecil Rosner Lynn Lake residents fear their town is in serious danger of vanish ing from the map unless the prov Ince very quickly makes a Strong commitment to its Dennis economic develop ment officer for the town of said he was increasingly frustrated with a Lack of government support for plans to diversify the economic base of the mining i think the Community has come up with some very realistic object and yet we still have no major initiative started Sherritt Gordons Fox scheduled to close in Rob Bing the town of its major the current Low Price of Gold makes it unlikely that Sherritt will activate its nearby Agassiz depending on the rate at which people move out of Lynn the population would be expected to drop from to Between 600 and 700 people during the first year Fol lowing said Young in a detailed analysis of the towns pros without further development the population would gradually erode Over the next thereto five year with the most Likely end result being the end of Lynn Young and resident committees have come up with dozens of ideas for revitalizing the they Range from development of a Tannery and fish farming operation to construction of a privately operated one proposal was to have a Canada customs officer locate in Lynn Young said 248 american air Craft carrying More than Visi tors landed in the town last which makes tourism an important Factor for the allowing visitors to Clear customs at Lynn Lake would have permitted direct flights from Minneapolis and other Young said Ottawa killed the the proposal for the prison was killed by the provincial government before there was a serious Chance to study he Cabinet ministers Jay Cowan and Eugene Kostyra will be in Lynn Lake saturday to discuss the a elopement but residents fear the towns future will be in question unless they bring a positive Mes were not going there to make Cowan said yes were going to give them some initial feedback on their pro the Treasury Board minister con ceded that the towns future is in but said it is too Early to speculate on its ultimate we know theres going to be some but we dont know to what he we can Only do so much As a government to address the were pre pared to do what makes Cowan said the government has intensified exploration work in the Lynn Lake area in an Effort to find More Mineral Churchill my Rod Murphy said prospects for Federal assistance amid the Overall atmosphere of Fis Cal restraint Are Wayne free pre wrong turn a drive Auto gets towed away after mowing Down a traffic signal Standard yesterday on main Street at Higgins police and fire officials Ponder the incident As the car is pulled off the surface rights awards called pleasant by Laura Ranee recent rulings by the Battle scarred Manitoba surface rights Board have pleased Farmers in southwestern says the president of a group representing the three member which has faced court challenges and criticism since its inception in ruled on seven cases in Bob Andrew said last they the rulings were for All intents and purposes right in the he the outgoing president of the Manitoba surface rights Asso said compensation awarded to landowners was comparable to what land owners in other prov inces receive for allowing Oil companies to Drill Wells on their woefully inadequate said the decisions were a pleas ant Surprise for his which had advised its members to avoid the Board after its first major rulings were handed Down in sep Andrew said the decisions were too Low and did not take into account All factors listed in the boards governing statute As eligible for the which ranged from to a year for each Oil were deemed woefully inadequate by the accusations were made last fall that the Board was biased in favor of the Oil Indus try and politically this opinion was supported by a Manitoba judge in overturning a Board decision last called its actions inept and but Andrew said the most recent rulings awarded surface owners be tween and a year per and made awards in categories eligible for compensation that were ignored if its an indication of what they intend to do in the then Well be he Andrew said surface owners Are still being encouraged to try to negotiate a settlement without the Board whenever the association holds its annual meeting its two major tasks will be discussions on How to pay off a primarily caused by Legal and the elec Tion of a new said he is stepping Down after five years because he feels he has accomplished what he set out to do As the 400member association was instrumental in pressuring the prov Ince to pass legislation protecting the surface rights of he firm son urges safety after dad freezes John Stephenson Bailey froze to death 19 on a windswept stretch of Highway in Wes Central Mani ramp duly recorded the death of the 85yearold Manitoba dailies reported Bai Leys passing As one of two Fatali ties directly related to a to Voday it was also one of the col dest nights 6f the with temperatures of and wind chills that doubled the thermometer Baileys body was discovered by a passing Motorist on Highway 482 near about 15 Kilometres North of his Home in he had abandoned his Small compact car and was attempting to walk three Kilometres to a farm to get help for his the ramp officers directed to Baileys body recognized the re tired rail employee and Hobby police knew immediately his wife must be nearby because the couple had became inseparable after two minor strokes that had impaired her health and caused her mind to other officers found Baileys lat Model Ford Tempo with a broken front Axle in a Snowbank Kilometres from his his wife was she was not even son Wally Bailey after his fathers Bai Ley wrote letters to three Manitoba newspapers regarding the a sadness and a certain sense of frustration permeated the space Between each of the 47 lines in the copy of his who operates a radio and television service shop in asked for space and time for a few words i know have to be in a Telephone interview to Clar Ify his Wally said his father was out in the storm doing someone a favor by driving them Home around it was on the Way Back Home that Baileys car broke Wally said his father was a vigorous octogenarian who would have believed he could have Barry Muslin walked More than Kilometres for but he Only had Light clothes clothes that a younger Man have the son sex he said he wanted to Alert older people to the need for wearing warm Winter clothing at All times but also to prompt the manufacturer of the car to Check front ramp acknowledge the front Axle of Baileys car but Are unable to say if it broke before the vehicle Slid off the Road or snapped when the elder Bailey attempted to Back out of the in my my dad would be alive today had he been driving a larger Wally he said he has asked ramp to help him with information re Garding the broken he plans to use photos and his fathers Accident to convince the car maker to recheck compact front wheel were not out for any blood with Wariy but id like to see them keep it the broken Axle in heres another important element to the tragedy that befell John Stephenson the night of his known to friends As had spent the evening with his wife at a bar in the townspeople were regulars at the drinking it was their source of entertainment in their Twilight on that cold and Stormy january John Stephenson Bailey chose to ignore 50 years of experience with Manitoba win his own decisions put him at that Doest make it any easier for family and friends still asking themselves its a question that never can be proponents of a Farmer owned company that would sell a commonly used herbicide have decided to redraft their proposal and try again to sign up Farmer Barrie of said a redrafted and scaled Down prospectus for the trial agro will go to the Manitoba securities commission Minikel said the firm will be seeking fewer shareholders than the in its original but he say How As the new plan Call for a larger Board of making More room for Farmer he if the commission accepts the Minikel said he Hopes to be Selling shares by h High pro our l Low cold front warm front Winnipeg area forecast sunny with a few Cloudy periods today and moderate Westerly winds giving High windchill values and Drifting Snow High today near Low tonight near 34 High tomorrow near probability of precipitation is near 10 per cent tonight and extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly Clear Friday temperatures below Normal High is Northern Manitoba mainly Clear Friday temperatures below Normal High is Northwestern Ontario mainly Clear Friday temperatures below Normal High is ers to redraft plans trial agro was shares Short of Selling the required shares by its 15 Minikel and two other shareholders claim they can sell a generic form of the herbicide trial uralic at a lower Cost to Farmers than marketed by Eli Lilly Canada Minikel said they approached Farmers for ideas before starting to redraft the Farmers who invested in trial initially received their Money Back when the prospectus requirements were not and Minikel said this bolstered the company credibility damage in building fire firefighters fought flames and bitterly cold temperatures to douse a two alarm fire at a vacant apartment building at Ellice Avenue and Sherbrook Street this flames were shooting through second Story windows and up the Side of the three Storey building at 590 Ellice when firefighters arrived shortly after 4 the intersection turned into a skating rink in the damage was estimated at to the which also houses the Cam Kee grocery located on the main floor directly under the fire at the front of the the fire is under there were no our a Story monday wrongly attributed to Dave Chomiak a statement that Only two of the 100 constituents attending a meeting called by former Elmwood nip la Russ Doern after he left the party said they would not vote for him in the next add a Story saturday said wrongly that Jumble entries 9298 to 9303 should be submitted by in feb 1 is the deadline for entries 9310 to the deadline for 9298 to 9303 was deaths classified death through Normal Low is through Normal Low is through Normal Low is National 6 3 5 4 30 41 24 30 11 27 19 37 13 36 10 27 27 32 8 30 9 33 7 32 Thunder 10 13 5 10 19 9 19 1 h Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean 29 last highest on record in 1931 lowest on record in 1899 precipitation total from 1 to 28 Millimetres Normal yesterday International 6 6 14 new 2 4 2 1 14 10 4 5 3 4 16 10 12 6 12 1 1 19 9 5 11 1 5 18 Tel 20 12 0 4 resort spots los Cloudy 13 11 Las Clear 12 7 Cloudy 16 7 Cloudy 26 24 Clear 21 11 Clear 24 15 showers 20 15 fair 25 17 fair 31 22 fair 28 21 fair 25 20 William George of Marielucie of Winni of husband of Anna Margery wife of de George of husband of Jean Jac of Al husband of Tina Frie Alexander of White husband of Gowan widow of Percy widow of George Hofmeir widow of Albert 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