Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba D of a Portage jams bowl to Strawberry record by Shane Minkin after jamming pounds of strawberries into a Gigantic bowl Portage la Prairie Resi dents extracted the title of Strawberry capital of the and organizers of the which kicked off the towns annual Straw Berry say they Hope their world record status will be preserved for the printing of the new guinness Book of world later this i cant believe it actually Hap said Delia who dreamed up the idea for putting strawberries into a bowl to get por Tage a place in the record she said she bounced the idea off Dave president of the por Tage Kinsmen who started the Ball the original goal was 600 enough to beat a record of More than 500 pounds set in England in on a spokes Man for the guiness Book told Cogar that had broken that record in As Sydney record of 860 pounds was made with hulled Straw whereas Portage planned to leave the stems As had been the Case in the English when found that we called around for More berries in a Quinn about 30 people picked berries for More than eight hours wednes Day night and then about 50 people spent about three hours hulling and cleaning Cogar adding the berries came from local Doug Hydes Burnbank cheered on by More than 500 spec Quinn said he plunked the last pail of berries into the 160 gallon steel on loan from the cat Nybell soup i dont want to see another Straw Berry for at least a year and a he officials of the Federal weights and measures Manitoba agriculture department and an accounting firm were on hand to certify the he adding proof of the record will be Gui he said about was raised through the Sale of about 500 litres of which went to offset costs of breaking the Esti mated at about safety debate Whitewater rafting firm Bonef Calls fatal spill a Freak Accident 30 an agreement Between Westfa if foods and tote Union representing striking to outlaw mass pickets should be a starting Point for a judge Justice Sidney Schwartz accepted a negotiated picket order which als6 prohibits the impede fit of anyone trying enter or leave Supe Valu store Clear tonight 12 Clouds tomorrow 28 july 1987 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail w if Negis ration number 0286 Boxcar becomes coffin for aliens the Washington Post Border patrol agents in the West Texas town of Sierra Blanca made a routine Check of a freight train at Dawn yesterday and disco Vered a dark Little hell dead mexican men who had been trapped inside a Boxcar that was supposed to be their secret passage to work and Opportunity in they died of asphyxia said Border patrol spokesman Michael it was a horrendous Many of them had had heat and they ripped off their clothes in Desperak there was a lot of blood inside the one survivor the victims included 16 undocumented most from the adjacent states of Zacate Cas and Aguascalientes in sout Central and two other men who were said to be smugglers who were trying to sneak them into the one 24yearold Miguel but he has not recovered sufficiently to Tell his except to identify two of the men As freight trains Are among the common Means of transportation used by undocumented immigrants trying to Cross the according to the chief Border patrol agent in Sierra a town of about 110 kilo metres Southeast of Al the victims had been sealed in the Missouri Pacific Boxcar for about 14 they apparently entered the car at 5 met wednes Day in the Elpaso freight Yard about a mile from the Rio were locked in and were not discovered until about 7 when Dudley men checked the eastbound agents in Elpaso said see Lone Page 4 am delayed Delight although Canada Day celebrations in Assiniboine Park were delayed a Day because of wednesdays Erin Mccance left and Andrea Clements still managed to find the Energy for belated birthday handstands at the Parks fireworks display last West end booze can closes doors Mcgee Street residents celebrate after months of noise and fear by Gerald flood West end homeowners celebrated yesterday As a Parade cars and trucks removed the contents from what police have said was a known booze can on Mcgee the clearcut came three Days after news reports of the 10month old which first was re ported to police in that one Man that just were Happy that its said a you can Only take so the who asked not be have made repeated com plaints to police that the building was a Centre for prostitution and drug it would attract up to 200 cars a they and drunks leaving the building were causing noise and property damage that kept them awake and afraid until they said the Man they believed to be the operator of the booze can made repeated trips to the building yesterday and loaded Beer cases and other goods into cars and a As workers for Active Coin machines arrived with a pickup truck to take away a Pool table and two video he phoned us up and told us to clean the stuff Ted whose father owns Active Basset said when they first in stalled the equipment last they were told the building was going to become a mens weight see chief Page 4 via rail moves Cost City investment maintenance facility insult to Pawley says by Aldo Santin Winnipeg will lose 40 jobs and million Worth of investment because of via rail Canada decision to establish locomotive maintenance facilities in Vancouver and upgrade its passenger cars in the Mier Howard Pawley said yester Pawley said the decision Means Ottawa no longer consider Swinni Peg a major transportation in extremely Pawley Ontario is benefiting with the exception of people across the coun try Are moving into there appears be no plan to reverse this trend to via rail announced yesterday it plans to build a new maintenance facility at its fort Rouge via spokesman Mike Williams added that the regular maintenance of its transcontinental once done in Winnipeg in rails Symington locomotive will now be handled in Williams confirmed the change will mean a loss of 40 maintenance jobs at he said new locomotives have eliminated the need for any maintenance to be done in Winnipeg be cause they Are capable of travelling directly to past promises Pawley said via rail had promised to spend million in Winni Peg in he said the previous Federal Liberal government promised in 1984 to spend million Here and create an additional 75 jobs for via now were going to lose 40 jobs and million in infrastructure he in rail spokesman Leo Quigley denied 40 maintenance jobs would be lost at the Symington weve Only got 41 people at Symington doing via related Quigley we Haven issued any Layoff notices and were not aware of any changes because of via changing Pawley said via rail officials told transportation minister John plot Man on tuesday the switch to new locomotives would mean the loss of 40 in jobs at the Symington Vias new maintenance facility will concentrate on servicing trains on the and Winnipeg Churchill Williams and wont affect the 90 people who Are working at a smaller fort Rouge Pawley said Vias announcement of a new maintenance facility is an insult to the its just like the cf5 he were get Ting in on the maintaining the existing technology but were not included in the High technology that going East and to Van six weeks ago Federal transport minister John Crosbie announced that Ottawa would not provide fund ing to via for new passenger rail he said via would be upgrading its existing cars from steam to electric Williams said the upgrading work Musi be done at major car rail located at Thunder to Ronto and Winnipeg might get some smaller subcontracting Williams but no decision has been Pawley said Lohman has sent a telex to Crosbie asking him to re consider the decision on the Passen Ger and the location of the locomotive maintenance Williams said via will save million by shifting the maintenance of its transcontinental train to Van taxi Bill increase opposed by Gerald flood and Allison Bray the City faces a an Nual taxi Bill because of labor Law changes that mean workers get free cab rides Between Midnight and 6 a civic report said the changes to the provincial employment standards which took effect May require employers to provide transportation for male and female workers to or from work Between Midnight and 6 the act previously required Only females get free the report to executive policy committee yesterday said the City estimates it will have to pay an average of for one Way trips for employees this it says the total projected Cost will be about million this but it does not say what the Cost was prior see exemption Page 4 Grace cuts emergency Ward hours by Kathleen Engman Grace general Hospital will shut its emergency department nightly following the resignation of four emergency care officials said Alecs emergency department said the reduced hours Start today and will last As Long As it takes to find the Ward will close from 6 to 8 the reason weve reduced ser vice is to be Able to offer competent medical said in emergency when you get you get Sloppy and we want to avoid that Sheryl one of the four who said the difference be tween salaries for emergency work at Community hospitals and at win Nipges two teaching hospitals makes it difficult to get see pay Page 4 bailing out 14 the Federal farm credit suffers an operating loss and requires a bailout shakeup new soviet air defence chief is believed to be general in charge when a korean plane was downed Duran Duran the flashy pop group Duran now on a six month world tour that stops in Winnipeg with David Bowie is hoping to win critical acceptance that will match the wild enthusiasm the three British musicians already generate in their m audiences 8 Yeats poems found two previously unknown poems by William Butler Yeats have been uncovered Keener Competition Competition is expected to get Keener when a huge furniture Chain opens its Winnipeg Home win Tario winners winning number in last night s win Tario lottery is Square 324657 22 51 Index Ann 26 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