Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 5, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Drive Consumers mad by Jane Armstrong there still May be a few Manito who would buy the Brooklyn but most complaining con sweets were duped on car lots or through the mail last the most common complaint received by harried advocates at the provinces Consumers Bureau came from the distressed who Likely discovered the warranty of his new or used car want written by an insurance Deputy director de Smith Many purchasers discovered the warranties had been issued by a no defunct company and not the he others found their two percent financing steal Fadeal had significantly raised the vehicles retail he Smith said 1966 also was a year for the Getrich Quick seminar offered primarily by out town salesmen who were somehow difficult to track if students had followup disgruntled Consumers of 1986 also included homeowners left with invoices for improvements they didst ask pay or consumer experts Bureau director Denis Robidoux said complaints by customers Mak ing mail order purchases also were common in the common thread among complainants was their failure to ask the right said whose office gets about 250 Calls a people make a lot of assumptions when there buying a product or he either there too trusting or there afraid to ask the seller to put something in writ Many people think if they de Mand a written agreement there somehow doubting the Sellers the customer who shies away from requesting a written con tract is often the angry complainant who later Calls the Bureau about the pricey Oak panelling installed in his basement instead of the Maple for which he had after the Bureau see Telephone Page 4 giants score lopsided playoff sunny today 3 Cloudy tonight14 free january Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number oj86 no photo rescuers scour the wreckage of the High Speed colonial which collided with three diesel engines a photo train crash leaves 12 dead App a High Speed Amtrak passenger train collided with three locomotives and derailed killing at least 12 injuring at least 160 and trapping passengers in the wreck authorities the death toll was expected to Rise As More bodies were pulled from the wreckage of the bound from for Boston and with about 350 people Rescue workers were still trying to Rescue trapped passengers More than nine hours after the which left three of the 12 passenger cars piled atop each the Bottommost car remained out of rescuers reach late twisted mess there All twisted in a said Jay a Baltimore county police spokesman at the scene of the about 10 kilo metres East of Harry at a news said at least 12 people died in the Frank a Baltimore county fire department battalion told the same news conference that eight of the bodies had been pulled from the railway officials still were com piling passenger lists late yesterday and there was no indication if any canadians were the death toll made the wreck the worst in the history of which began operations in ele Ven people died in the wreck of an Amtrak train in in june yesterdays was the worst train Accident since a commuter train Accident in Chicago killed 45 people the three Conrail diesels had apparently run a red Light to enter the main line heading in the same direction As the Amtrak officials it was not Clear if the freight engines had pulled completely on to the line before the collision or if the passenger train had time to slow Down before the they the Arn Trak Engineer was and the Conrail Engineer walked away from the said sue mar Amtrak spokesman at the the Conrail the Only other Crew member on the three die Sel suffered a broken Conrail spokesman Bob Lipkind authorities set up an emergency Centre at a fire and eight helicopters from the state police and air National guard flew victims to Conrail spokesmen Miller said a temporary morgue was set up at the at least 160 people were taken to said Chuck a see passenger Page 4 Aerial View illustrates extent of train Reagan medical tests Normal Washington a president Reagan is to undergo prostate sur Gery today following a physical examination his doctor said showed no new evidence of physicians at Bethesda naval Hospital immediately outside Washington found and removed four apparently benign polyps from Rea Gans Colon John the presidential lagging City assessors Are lagging behind in their inspections of Winnipeg residential properties for said the Small Fleshy growths taken from the inside of the presidents intestine appeared benign and were similar to several found and removed in earlier exam he said they would be checked in the Laboratory in a Brief written state said the president feels Good and immediately began read Church visit John Cardinal Oconnor is the highest ranking Vatican official to visit the office of an israeli Leader in ing briefing papers on items on the presidential decision making Agen during the 75ryearold presidents physical his third followup to Check for any recurrence of the Colon cancer discovered 18 months Reagan had a cardio vascular including a stress followed by pulmonary function tests and Chest All were Hutton the which is an internal examination of the full length of the Large went smooth he although a army sur is the presidents the special procedures involved in the checkup were performed by a civil Ian medical team flown in specific Al see Reagan Page 4 investigators confirm arson in hotel Blaze san Juan up arson was behind a new years eve fire at a luxury hotel in san Juan that killed 96 people including two puerto Ricos Justice Hector Rivera said yester he did not indicate whom officials suspect of being responsible for the Rivera Cruz said government and puerto rican investigators had discovered the origin of the Blaze and it did not involve an explosive device or a speaking in the Shadow of the 21storey Dupont Plaza Rivera Cruz said we have determined the Point of origin of the fire and How it we concluded that it was he said an incendiary sub stance was used to Start the but refused to give details on what the substance May have been Pend ing results of further survivors return Rivera Cruz said a team from the Treasury departments Bureau of tobacco and firearms has not determined specifically How the fire was they have not found evidence of explosives or evidence of he the bureaus along with Fri and puerto rican arson invest based their conclusions on examination of the physical Evi Dence found at the hotel which erupted in flames late wednesday Rivera Cruz he said some evidence will be shipped to the bureaus offices in the area for testing to determine what caused the Rivera Cruz the criminal investigation is continuing in puerto Rico to determine who May be we Are trying to establish responsibility in any group related with the we Are not dismissing any person or any More than 140 people suffered smoke inhalation and injuries sustained when they jumped through windows and off balconies to escape the smoke and about 20 remained in Hospital Many including some Cana were lifted to safety from the roof of the hotel by the probe from the Start had focused on the possibility of Rafael Hernandez governor of puerto a common wealth in the has cited a labor dispute at the hotel As a Possi ble though he had not blamed see lawyers Page 4 fight kills Canadian medal bid Czechoslovakia up head coach Bert Templeton says hell take the left Winger Scott Metcalfe says Canada was cheated and Canadian hockey executives agreed the concluding game of the world Junior hockey Champion ship was a in the most scandalous fiasco in the history of International where fighting draws automatic sex Canadian and soviet play ers dropped their Sticks and engaged in a 20minute Brawl that cleared the benches in the second the game never the International ice hockey federation convened one representative from each of the tournaments eight com Peting countries under president Guenther Babetzki of West Germany and disqualified the two combatants after a 35minute meeting while the teams sat in their dressing rooms and spectators awaited the outcome of the no Impact with the Best was awarded the Gold Czechoslovakia the Silver and Sweden the Finland had beaten Czecho Slovakia 53 earlier in the Day and the title was its first in the 11 years of the Canada was leading 42 at the time of the Brawl and needed to win by five goals to capture the Champion a win by any number of goals would have Given Canada the the most heavily penalized team in the were see team Page 4 hospitals ask province to help cover deficits by Kathleen Engman six Winnipeg hospitals Are Appeal ing to the province to cover expected deficits for the current fiscal year ranging from to Mil Hospital differ on whether the province will Grant their requests with some raising the spectre of layoffs and bed were All in a bind fiscally the whole province so it int said health sciences Centre pres ident Rod Boniface general Hospital president Tony Quaglia said he has no idea if his facility expected shortfall will be but warned the Hospital has no re serve funds to turn to if it Victoria general Hospital executive director Dieter Kuntz is count ing on the province to shoulder the Reform the time has come for provincial tories to come up with a plan to help Reform Canadas Federal sole result alzheimer disease still Only has one outcome super Index Ann 21 22 7 20 22 centres i dont think the government has any he we cant put a Cap on health sciences Centre is expect ing a shortfall for 1986 87 and Thorfinnson said staff layoffs would be one Way to Deal with the which is million higher than last More than 60 per cent of Boni faces expected deficit stems from Cost increases for with the rest due to an increase in obstetrical care and the Transfer of medical records to Quaglia bed closings would be one Way Boniface could Cope if the govern ment does not cover the but that depends on what the prov Ince he Kuntz said Victoria general has used the government approved num see hospitals Page 4 6 15 7 Jumble 26 17 19 19 sports record 36 11 to 19 ;