Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 31, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Clearing tonight 15 sunny tomorrow 8 december 1986 free press final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail number 02b6 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Pic to raise Home rates 9 to 30 by Radha Krishnan Thampi vehicle and Home insurance sold by Manitoba Public insurance is going to Cost a lot More in the new aut Opac Premium increases will Range from nine per cent for a Motorist with a Good drive its seeks 8 increase by Catherine Mitchell the Manitoba Telephone system has asked the Public utilities Board for an average rate increase of slightly More than eight per a senior Crown Agency source said the filed yesterday with the is in the Range of per cent and was to be made Public the source the increase would see Winnipeg subscribers paying an additional 90 cents and Rural subscribers paying 60 cents More on their monthly the source businesses face a monthly in crease of about under the pro posed its rate he the increase is about five per cent above last the source said its has seen some flattening of revenues this year because of increased Competition and capital expenses involved in expanding last its made million on operating revenues of Mil the source said the increase is not a reflection of recommendations made in a recent report by a consulting group which called for sub Stantial Telephone rate a division of Ontario based Bell said rates must go up considerably for its to meet its corporate mandate of financial the source said the consultants findings and recommendations will be filed with the pub along with mass Case for rate Gary minister responsible for confirmed the Agency has submitted its application to Well still have the lowest rates in doer i cant say what its doer reiterated a rate increase see fire Page 4 ing record to 30 per cent for to cabbies and Drivers with six or More Demerit John minister responsible for said pics general insurance premiums also could go up by As much As 20 per cent in the new presi Dent Robert Silver the higher rates for both types of coverage will take effect March a private insurance company spokesman said pics plan to in crease general insurance rates Fol lows the Lead set by private insurance Charles Dowling of Dowling insurance said companies have lost Money because of the higher volume and value of Pic actually has been the Trendsetter in keeping rates Dowling i Manitoba has been very Fortu Nate in the last few but our crime rate right now is the Odds of getting broken into is something like one in every four Pic has million in Reserve funds to handle fluctuations in Auto Pac the Reserve could have been higher if it had not been for a loss in 1986 from More frequent and More expensive Auto Silver last aut Opac had Mil lion in reserves gleaned from Overall the Reserve actually comprised three Reserve funds wrapped into Silver of the million was to offset a sudden catastrophe such As a major million was to Cushion rate increases and million was for he the aut Opac Premium increase is the first general increase in three premiums were Cut by two per cent in 198485 and were Frozen this Buck Laschuk said aut Opac premiums for cabs and motorcycles will Rise More than other vehicle cover age because they Are More prone to Ken general manager of uni City said the Premium in crease will Cost cab owners another a it now costs about a year to insure a taxi in he i dont like Chadwell adding he was expecting a 15per cent but it is a fact of Chadwell said the Auto insurance rate in Manitoba is still one of the country noting it costs about in Toronto and in see aut Opac Page 4 Canadian Export tax resolves lumber dispute Washington up an Lith hour Deal was struck yesterday to end a Long and bitter dispute Over lumber government and Industry officials an the negotiated breakthrough headed off a final Trade ruling due at Midnight last night that could have imposed a hefty duty on Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United under the Canada will impose an Export tax of 15 per cent on shipments of softwood lumber to the United Worth about billion can last officials Bill spokesman for a lumber and com Merce department spokesman de Siree Tucker said the lumber group agreed to withdraw its petition for a countervailing duty to offset alleged subsidization of Canadian Timber cutting Lange noted the agreement includes a provision designed to pre vent Canada from altering the Export tax in favor of higher provincial Timber cutting fees and other charges without government in forestry minister Gerald merrithew said the govern ment will introduce legislation to implement the Export tax when parliament resumes the tax see layoffs Page 4 Wayne free press three soviet hockey players Survey gift shop at hotel they were staying in the main task is to hockey official says by Catherine Bainbridge training eating sleep for 20 soviet Allstar hockey players who played in Winnipeg last that is about All they will experience of life in no nights on the town and no time for shopping or when the 16yearold youths and six team staff members stepped off the plane at Winnipeg International Airport at 10 yester coach Gennady Tsy Gurov Fer ried them directly to the Winnipeg Arena for an eight Kilometre after two hours of workouts and the athletes were taken to the Viscount Gort Flag inn for a meal and then two hours of rest in preparation for the game against team the Canadian composed of players under 17 from Manitoba and held the so Viets to a 6c tie last the main task for our ice hockey players is to succeed in this team manager Alexander Spirov if we spent More time on excursions about the we would fail to demonstrate a Good the soviet team is unbeaten on the first leg of its Canadian tour with three wins in Ontario last the team arrived in Canada 23 for the Nin City Tournai sponsored by Esso Petroleum their schedule takes them to Regina today and then to and Van Couver before heading Back to Moscow on Christmas eve they grabbed a bite to eat at the hotel and went right to the Mike the Canadian Amateur hockey association representative escorting the soviets on the they Practised on Christmas they really didst get a Chance to see the we have been terribly spi Radov if they were not if they had of course the boys could have but it is Murray said the team did get a Chance to see part of Ottawa during an afternoon bus they liked the Canadian mint and the ramp building the Murray when the external affairs guide said the ramp was the equivalent of the they All turned and stared at he said the players Are not Able to buy anything in Canada because they were not Given spending Money for the that just the Way the soviets he the Young players Are awed by see soviets Page 4 doctors win pay raise by Shane an arbitration panel has awarded a wage increase to Manitoba ending an 11month dispute Between the Mani Toba medical association and the lawyer Randy who re presented the Manitoba health ser vices commission on the three Mem Ber arbitration said the ruling binding on both sides was Given to both parties health minister Larry Desjardins refused to comment on the award last saying the ruling has yet to be made Desjardins is quoted in the Globe and mail As saying yesterday the award give a 10 percent increase in net income to doctors who Are earning an average of a he told the newspaper the Provin Cial government is concerned about the we just Haven got the Damn he is quoted As were certainly not Happy with i dont think its were going to find it hard to live Desjardins said he didst leak the Story to the Globe and adding he knew the medical association was to Call a news conference today and he didst want to Cut their press by making a in the Toronto newspaper Desjaroins said Cabinet will consider several opt Jons next including the possibility of imposing a smaller increase than awarded by the arbitration such a move would require special he conceding it would spark a War with the medical Desjardins said the government wants to end the arbitration process and has asked the Mma to extend today deadline on pulling out of see doctors Page 4 the free press will not publish new years the classified advertising department will be it will reopen Friday at Reagan aides plans to quit revealed los Angeles times Washington Mitchell Dan who clashed with White House chief of staff Donald Regan Over his handling of the iranian arms Sale plans to resign soon As president reagans chief political sources close to Daniels said Daniels position at the White House has become increasingly untenable since he told Regan privately 5 that he agreed with Republican congressional leaders that Regan had become a political liability and should resign to give the president a Chance for a fresh Start in the final two years of his although the president has said he will not fire and the chief of staff insists he will not some administration sources say regans delay in filling several other key White House offices Indi Cates he is Uncertain of his future or is planning to go the hypothesis is that Hes taking the responsible course by delaying choices until Hes Clear about what his own situation is going to one senior administration official vacationing in Florida during the was not Avail Able for Daniels refused to discuss details of the conversation in which he urged Regan to but said a report that Regan had countered that he himself should resign was totally we had an objective and Ive been treated very Well during and after that Epi Daniels the Daniel Regan conversation took place in regans White House office a month after a report on iranian arms dealings had appeared in a Beirut by that the arms Sale had mushroomed into a full blown with the presi Dent disclosing that million to million in funds from the arms sales had been diverted to Aid the Nicara Guan rebels and As a Vic Admiral John the National Security and one of his Marine Oliver had lost their see hostage Page 4 four hockey players killed in bus crash Capstaff Swift peo ple were flying around the vehicle when a team bus crashed on the Tran Canada Highway yester killing four members of the Swift current Broncos Junior hockey the four were killed instantly and 19 others were injured shortly after the bus left for a Western hockey league game against the pats in which was cancelled after the aboard the bus were 28 including the thrill killed were Trent Scott Chris 19 of Saskatoon and Brent of players Bob of and Kirk of and backup Trainer Doug leavens of Swift current were kept in Swift current Union Hospital with injuries described As but not the single vehicle less than 50 Kilometres from a 22death bus Accident six years occurred during treacherous Road conditions in approaching tempera Tures were hovering near Zero and wind gusts up to 55 were whipping freshly fallen a survivor said most of the play ers were talking about Christmas when the Accident sleeping pillows see four Page 4 rarity a beekeeper who contributes a month to a Christian talk show is a pleasant rarity in Church tile Queen Vanna idolized for her unerring ability to flip tiles on a game leads the pack of this years costly trip one of hundreds of turks who have flooded into Canada says he paid his lifes savings for the austere the japanese Cabinet approves an austere budget with a defence increase that draws opposition Index Ann 27 13 19 33 39 33 6 28 i 14 Jumble 42 30 13 13 sports 38 20 23 to 13 ;