Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 3, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free january survivors scoff at the Given by hotel guests unaware of labor strife until after fatal fire continued from Page 1 protruding from debris As police and emergency wearing White masks and rubber searched the Miguel executive director of the puerto Rico tourism said other hotels in this Commonwealth in the Caribbean were increasing Security after offi Cial suggestions the fire May have been set As a result of a labor dispute Between the Dupont Plaza and a teamsters there Are certainly indications of the labor controversy in the hotel was very Rafael Hernandez Colon said on abcs today 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 forty one people remained in Hospital two in critical condition with health Secre tary Luis Izquierdo Moro sixty eight others had been treated for minor injuries and Union officials rejected the suggestion of a link Between the fire and the contract a Union official offered a us Reward for information about the fires asked about reports that Rem Nants of three incendiary devices were found in the 21storey Justice Secretary Hector Rivera Cruz said in not denying we have some theory of the cause of the blast that cannot be released specifically at this to he told the new York daily Hernandez during an ecumenical memorial attended by about 200 government officials and a handful of said sadness fills the hearts of every puerto some of the canadians said they want to go Home but not until they reclaim their possessions from the fire scarred the Relief of surviving the fire has started to Wear they said they Are tired of living in the Bath ing shirts and shorts they escaped they scoff at the us the hotel has provided to each family to tide them i have All my papers and Money in a safety Deposit Box in the said a frustrated Otto a Montreal jewelry Ward air officials Here said no arrangements have been made for a special flight to take Home the theres no said Colin Ward air manager of product we dont have hundreds of people banging our door Down saying they want to go Michael a Canadian consulate official from Atlanta who flew to san Juan on said the 76 canadians who were staying at the hotel at the time of the fire including the two Toronto women killed have been accounted Rejean a Montreal Bank manager taken to Hospital for severe smoke also kept his criticism to a at 42 i was born a second he said Between coughing fits in his room at the Pavia Hospi i was born a second time on the 31st of think i will id like to be Good with people because i saw a lot of people who were Good with Lamarche was rescued about two hours after collapsing in the Stair Well of the hotel on the 19th unable to make it to the roof despite having a wet Towel Over his a heavy has said he will never touch a cigarette a major source of bitterness among Many of the survivors was the hotels failure to Tell them about the labor Hernandez Colon said it would have been most proper to Tell guests this was Wanda Paquette of told reporters the hotel had refused to address concerns expressed by several hotel guests about the bad feelings evident from the labor who arrived at the hotel last said rumours were flying All week end that the hotel was going to be there were Small fires spotted last she the fire broke out at about 10 minutes after teamsters members employed at the hotel ended a meeting in a hotel conference room where they rejected managements contract the which represents about 250 of the hotels 450 had said it would strike at Midnight if a settlement were not the 423room owned by hotel systems International of Ana was booked to capacity with 800 said hotel spokesman Rissick canadians Diana and Rejean Lamarche with Maria Teresa Jimenez after treatment for smoke for a it seemed to be his Lucky Day san Felipe Levant thought it was his Lucky Day when he hit a Jackpot in a Slot machine at the Casino in the Dupont Plaza hotel on new years but moments explosions rocked the Casino and he was separated from his wife As fire raged through the Levant and his son Salvatore though they believe they already know the still looking for we just want to know that said who flew to puerto Rico from new York on thursday to in the the who live in new were among Many people waiting for word about loved Salvatore Levant speaking for his who is a native of Italy and Speaks Little English yester Day explained How his father and on vacation in puerto had stopped at the hotel on new years eve to play in the Casino before their plane left for new Salvatore said that his father won a Jackpot in a Slot his Mother was elsewhere in the Casino when the room was rocked by a very Strong Salvatore said there was another explosion shortly afterwards and that his father had escaped from the room by jumping from a win he said his has not seen his wife Salvatore said his mothers name showed up on a list of survivors being treated at the City medical Centre but that she was not at the and she has not turned up at any other Hospital or he said he and his father had even looked at a body at the cites forensic medical but the woman there was much taller than his volunteers helping to locate people missing from the fire phoned a dentist who had treated the woman in new they were trying to obtain dental hotel Union says guards locked Casino san Juan a a Union offi Cial in puerto Rico charged yester Day that Security officers doors at the Casino in the Dupont Plaza hotel when fire was disco Vered new years contributing to the number of Victor president of the association of Casino employees at the called on Federal and Commonwealth Law enforcement agencies to investigate the Villalba said when the fire broke Security personnel locked the door to the Casino and another to a conference room where team sters Union members had just adjourned a meeting after noticing other Casino employees said ear Lier in the week it was common for the doors to be barred during emergencies to prevent Villalba said the locked doors prevented Many people from escaping the if those doors had been open or if the hotel Security services would not have controlled Access to Casino entranceway in the Way they the number of victims would not have been so Villalba told a news he said Many bodies were found up against a locked door leading to the Pool area on the West Side of the the hotel said yesterday that one Casino employee and three other hotel employees died in the abortion pleases Calgary but upset Mother Calls it murder Calgary up a Medicine hat teenager is tired but Resolute after having an abortion that was opposed by her mormon parents but approved by Albertas highest that was probably the hardest thing ill Ever have to but in glad i did it and i Hope it will make things easier for other teenagers who have the same the 16yearold said in a Telephone inter View the who cannot be named by court walked into Calgary general Hospital new years eve for the which resulted in a 16hour labor that ended her pregnancy in its 19th she expressed anger that she had to struggle against her Doc tors in Medicine and a lot of red tape for two months before obtaining the if i could have had it right it would have taken Only a few not 16 she the system is really the abortion took a Long time to Complete because of the advanced stage of the after 13 weeks of abortions Are performed by inducing labor through an injection of Saline solution into the the process can take up to 24 the who plans to be a hair said she realized from the beginning she be emotion ally prepared to have a baby and then surrender it for i knew i stand the men Tal Strain of but i also knew i afford to keep the baby and neither could my parents bitter she said she plans to return to the family Home in a few but int optimistic about the future with her the parents say they want her to return but they also acknowledge they Are bitter and upset after losing the court Battle to Stop the the girls mormon parents Al ready have eight including a 14yearold daughter who is preg Nant and plans to keep her of course we still Welcome her into our the teenagers Mother said in a Telephone inter but she added it will be difficult to live with the fact her Daugh Ter has murdered a the Mother also expressed concern that other families across the province will have to live through a similar Nightmare be cause of the courts every teenager All Over Alberta knows they can go against their parents now because its been proved in three members of the Alberta court of Appeal deliberated for nearly an hour wednesday before deciding the girl was mentally Capa ble of making the decision to have an the judges agreed to hear the Case on less than one Days notice because of a looming medical they were told that because a Calgary doctor believed the girl was about to enter her 20th week of the abortion be performed after Douglas Puttaert optometrist Portage thru 1o2 phone 9420059 vision Eye Contact Lens spectacle therapy vision training january specials just pick a color faculty in desperate Straits continued from Page 1 funds Seldom steal experienced professors because they cant afford Guelph made the Effort not Only to lure Henry but provide him with surroundings he says he Hast worked in for several the entire science faculty at Manitoba has a miscellaneous capital budget funds used to repair and replace equipment and buy supplies of replacing a single piece of equipment can sometimes Cost to we have very Good scientists Bigelow but every year were forced to Cut now were at the Point where life is very were now at a Point where we cant Cut Back without doing the Lack of Henry hurts All areas of the science he said the faculty must compete with other universities for Federal research with the Grants come modern but the Federal gov uncertainty eminent wants assurances the University also will invest in the new equipment Henry it int fifteen years it was accepted that the science faculty would provide adequate the people who would create new pieces and service the existing he Bun salary allocations in this area have been reduced and now the faculty no longer consid ers the support part of its response were becoming less competitive trying to get new equipment and we dont have the staff to maintain our Grant dollars from the Feder Al government Are being stretched further because we have to pay for things we never had to pay for Bigelow said the undergraduate student body has doubled and the Cost of supplies have but the chemistry department like others i the science faculty is expected to provide the same amount of supplies and Henry said the present Environ ment Means the Manitoba Campus cant compete any someone starting out in science Here Doest have As Many opportunities As they 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