Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 2, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Robson moving to Gas Post in Ottawa a press conference for monday of if the franchise will be Bant Orth cart no Ter Toon to formally Aih ounce Rob Ofaria Forth for new author Allan f aul general manager of the Winnipeg Blue will be named general manager of the Ottawa rough riders on Robson is the Choice of the com unit owned group taking Over the rough a source close to the Community group said this morning from what Ive there has been some pressure on Paul from the league to take this the rough riders have scheduled a press conference for monday afternoon to formally announce Rob sons at the same press Bruce an Ottawa will be named president of the completing a shift in the management the Ottawa citizen said today Robson hiring hinges on the rough riders raising enough capital for the 1987 season and winning approval for a fresh Start from the Canadian football leagues Boardo Gover nors later this if the franchise will be transferred from owner Allan Waters to the Community owned the citizen Robson first responsibility As general manager of the rough riders will be to represent the team at the american football coaches convention in san Diego sources close to the Blue bombers have said the team was to hold a see Robson Page 4 Robson a rough rider Arizona Oklahoma Lead Parade of or College football bowl Cloudy tonight 8 sunny tomorrow 6 january 1987 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 957o550 classified 9562330 second class registration number 0286 arson suspected in fatal fire san Juan up puerto Ricos governor said today that arson is suspected As the cause of the hotel fire that killed at least 60 including two and As firefighters continued their search today for a group of Canadian tourists who survived the new years eve Blaze said they Are bitter Over their treatment since the although Happy to be they said they Are angry with their tour for booking them into the Dupont Plaza hotel when the company knew of potential labor problems at the they knew of the strike Situa said Otto a Montral jewelry they should have Given us the option of coming or staying or going to a different puerto Ricos governor Rafael Hernandez in response to a question about the possibility of told abcs today show there Are certainly indications of the labor controversy in the hotel was very All sorts of information was going around that there was going to be a problem at the that there were going to be that there were going to be people were warned to stay away before this in fact actually he also we believe the dead will be going up to around 100 the debris is still being removed and More bodies Are being Union officials angrily rejected any suggestion of a link Between the fire and the contract dispute and offered a Reward for information about the fires Farkas and his wife Rose were among a group of 22 people rescued by helicopters from the roof of the 22storey hotel after a terrifying five hour wait after the fire broke it took too it was a life said who like his wife was wearing the red and White t shirt provided by the red Cross to people who were forced to get out with Only the clothes on their echoing the complaints of others on the Farkas said Ward air Hast provided the group with a cent and has not pushed hard enough to let some members reenter the hotel to at least collect their prize possessions and Money from safety Deposit boxes on the main floor of the i want to get that and go he nothing else George president of War Dair said in Toronto that the Fri had closed the hotel to investigate the cause of the fire and is not permitting anyone to retrieve their but Curley said most of the tourists preferred to continue with their vacation plans although special arrangements would be made if they wanted to return Home he comment on any plans to compensate the company also refused com ment when asked about booking the people into a hotel facing labor the fire broke out at about 10 minutes after teamsters members employed at the hotel rejected managements contract in san Monika of Montreal also said she is furious with Ward airs handling of the Situa see death Page 4 Phil free press homeless mends Tonya holds her pet Kitten while sitting in a transit bus that was used to shelter about 35 people who were forced from their suites when fire hit a Burrows Avenue apartment Block the tenants spent last night in province seeks 2point Cut in doctors salary award by Kathleen Engman the Manitoba government says it paid out million in unjustified Billings by doctors this year and the province wants it health minister Larry Desjardins said the Manitoba medical association will be asked to return the Money by relinquishing two per cent of a pay arbitration award announced this the volume of Billings filed by Manitoba doctors has risen by three per cent so far this fiscal but the adjudicator said Only an cent increase could be the minister the difference Between funding a three percent increase in claims and an Rise is about said David the health departments research and planning Desjardins said an increase for doctors will be hard to sell to his Cabinet Given wage freezes faced by other areas of the Public medicare coverage Cut weighed to rein costs by Heidi Graham Manitoban will eventually have to dig into their own pockets to pay for unnecessary health health minister Larry Desjardins said if the government is Ever to get soaring medical costs under con it must demand that patients pay for services judged to be nones he such a move could in itself topple a but i think its going to have to come that All there is to Desjardins cutting services from the medi care plan is one of Many options the nip is considering to Battle the rising Cost of health care now at billion a year or on third of the provinces total Desjardins stressed the decision to drop some services has not been made and May not be made for quite a were at Crossroads right we have to do something now or Well lose what we but we Haven decided if this is going to be the preliminary proposal to delete some services from medicare includes establishing an ethics com Mittee to decide which services Are essential and which Are one example of a service that could be dropped is tests that have a Small Chance of revealing any new Desjardins Organ transplants for elderly a see limit Page 4 we cant do that and Tell teachers they Arent going to have he the per cent is a better bargaining tool for if the Mma agrees to the reduced doctors will receive a net increase of about million in fiscal Pascoe stressing the figure is based on preliminary doctors received about Mil lion the previous Desjardins said the government expects some Rise in medicare claims by doctors to meet the needs of an aging but per cent is All that can be the Mma has granted the prov inces request for an Extension on the 31 deadline for opting out of the remaining two years of the bind ing arbitration the government has until 23 to opt out of the Manitoba was the first province to adopt binding arbitration for Doc tors and this weeks award was the first to be reached by such the ruling came after 11 months of with the Mma originally asking for per cent and the province offering per Mma president Suther land refused comment on the prov inces intention to seek a reduction in the except to say the association would do a lot of soul searching Over a lesser Sutherland said doctors Are not particularly ecstatic Over the percent but the Mma re Mains committed to the process of binding see Mma Page 4 doer concedes its rate bid understated by Radha Krishnan Thampi residential phone rates for a sin Gle line will climb an average per cent this year if a proposal by the Manitoba Telephone system is approved not per cent As announced by the Utility earlier this Gary minister responsible for the Crown conceded yesterday that an its statement wednesday announcing a request to the Public utilities Board for a rate increase of about per cent was As despite former minister Ai Mackling assurances future its rate applications would not seek to recoup the estimated loss of its ill fated Max telecoms this weeks request does just anticipated Max losses will initially be written off against its retained earnings of wednesdays statement the absorption of this write off into the Overall debt base will Lead to increased debt charges in this and subsequent these debt charges must be off set by increased if the rate requested is Winnipeg residential customers will have to pay another 90 cents for Basic monthly an cent jump from the current Rural residents will pay an extra 60 cents a month on top of existing rates which Range from in woo Dridge to in the aver age Rural rate increase for a single line would be about 11 per based on rates listed in the its the proposed increases for Rural and City residents average per business customers in the City would have to pay a month for Basic a Rise of or about 11 per the business rate in crease across the province would average per Winnipeg residents and businesses account for More than half of its doer denied that its officials were trying to hide i agree with you that it the statement is very he we have to find a better Way to communicate with the the minister noted the statement did include All the relevant he said the rate effective april 1 if approved by would boost its Revenue by per or about million a that what its officials were talking the pub traditionally goes by Revenue increase not the rate increase for custom see loan Page 4 its ventures reviewed by Catherine Mitchell a consulting group has been hired to scrutinize Manitoba Telephone system business ventures for signs of mismanagement found in its failed Max among the projects under review Are a Home and business emergency alarm called and hello a Telephone message tracking its sources said both projects were seen As losing propositions by the Utility economic analysts even before the products hit the Market in about fast was again tagged As a bad investment two years neither project Hais turned a profit and the financial exposure for its runs in the they the sources said Mike a former its employee and former general manager of its foreign sub Max telecoms services played a major role in launching the fast a san was fired along with four other senior its and Max officials after an audit by Coopers and by Brand consulting group advised the government to fold Coopers will review evaluations of the projects being done by its said Gary minister responsible for the Telephone reviews of All projects and products were ordered by doer and its president de Robertson in the Wake of the Maxim very concerned about the rest of the the minis Ter that Why i want an internal and external see study Page 4 at Odds Over new lumber pact Ottawa up the United states and Canada Are already at Odds Over the interpretation of an agreement signed less than three Days ago to Settle the bitter lumber Trade dispute Between senior government in a letter signed the same Day the agreement was reached on say the United states will have to approve any changes in the 15per cent Export tax Canada has agreed to impose on Canadian softwood lumber sold none of the million to million a year raised by the which Ottawa would can be used in any Way to Benefit Canadian softwood lumber pro Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige and Trade representative Clayton Yeutter say in the letter to the lumber that contradicts Canadian forestry minister Gerald merrithew and Treasury Board president Robert de who in announcing the agree ment at a Midnight news conference 30 said Ottawa alone will decide if changes would be made to eventually replace the merrithew and de Cotret said the Money raised by the tax would be Given Back to the producing provinces and they hoped the prov inces would use the Money to help the Forest Industry and reduce the Impact of jobs lost due to the see negotiator Page 4 Bright lights Box office Star Richard Gere feels trapped under a spotlight he says he does not always jailed former Winnipeg lawyer Nestor Kripp begins serving a prison term for stealing from clients Trust wage Gap the Gap Between full time and Par time earnings May not be As Large As generally a study lottery Western express 2009524 lotto West winning numbers 54 Bonus number 9 lotto winning numbers Bonus number 36 Index Ann 28 41 27 41 6 13 7 24 Jumble 45 18 our 14 25 25 sports 40 29 to 25 ;