Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nation Taylor Dies famed for flair in on is dead at 88 Tempo managed Charity groups r x fist i employ High trained professional managers sports first round to flames canadians got off to Strong then Calgary went Clouds tonight 10 sunny tomorrow 28 May 1989 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets rnal25t out Job Home pm Hwy 9670660 a Tammy 96s2330 he Maton Nimby bomb part4 How Safe Are our skies deregulation of Canadas airline Industry has raised the and Many travellers fear the Dryden disaster two months ago Points to the free press reporter Ruth Teichroeb has spent several weeks examining the Here is the last Story in her Region tops list for air mishaps by Ruth Teichroeb everything from extreme weather to More risky agricultural and Bush operations Are to blame for this regions Large number of air accidents and for the third time in five air accidents were More numerous in the Central Region which includes Man Northwestern Saskatchewan and parts of the Northwest territories than in other parts of youre operating under More primitive like Shorter and have to Deal with extreme Norm pres ident of the Canadian airline pilots last the Canadian aviation safety Board investigated 107 air accidents which caused injury or sub Stantial damage to aircraft in this six of those crashes killed 13 while 19 people were eight of them serious in other past statistics show that about on third of this regions accidents occur in while the Region is geographically the largest of the country Don of transport Canadas aviation enforcement said other factors As Well help explain the number of Acci the Region is very prone to accidents because its All Bush Hiscock pilots for the areas almost 300 commercial operators have to land in Remote areas on rough Small lakes and gravel runways and in ail kinds of he one of the greatest causes of accidents was Landing on unprepared airstrips that they be Landing he one third of this re Gions 300 commercial air operations Are used for agriculture More than in any other part of the transport Canada statistics to flying crop dusters run a higher risk of accidents such As colliding with Power Hiscock see level Page 5 i to f i or n 5 1 9 in China for Summit a photo thousands of students Jam Tiana men where1 state visitors Are traditionally welcomed to China students wait in vain to Greet hero from the news services Beijing soviet president Mik Hail Gorbachev arrived today for a historic Summit overshadowed by the impasse Between chinese officials and thousands of students fast ing for democratic chinese authorities cancelled a welcoming ceremony for Gorbachev on Tiana men which has been occupied by the and moved it to the Hopes ride on tens of thousands of including hunger defied police orders to leave the Square they want talks with the government on democratic re Gorbachev arrived at Beijing old Airport at he was greeted by president Yang soviet press officer Aleksandr Isaev said he did not know Why the site of the welcoming ceremony had been chinese officials had no China ordinarily greets All dignitaries on the Steps of the great Hall of the facing the huge tens of thousands of students re see soviet Page 4 residents flee us Forest fire threatens hamlets near Swan River by Janet Mcfarland the provincial government has declared a state of emergency in Northwest Manitoba As a Forest fire swept by two Small communities near Swan River last approximately 100 people were told to leave their Homes in Cowan As Forest fires moved to within a Kilometre of the Community before being a natural resources department spokesman said the Blaze wiped out the entire Hamlet of Briggs which consists of about nine or 10 by last night a spokes Man for the emergency measures organization said Only one House in the Hamlet just North of Cowan had been the which was moving South from the area North of the town near Swan and Pelican was the worst burning in Manitoba yester in some flames from the fire Are leaping 150 feet in the Keith said by late it covered y resident stunned by Power of approaching flames by Janet Mcfarland Don Mccrea watched flames race toward his town yesterday and was stunned by the immense Power of i was just coming Home on the Highway and i saw the fire was just 100 metres away jumping like a big Ball along the tops of those 40foot Mccrea said last evening from his Home near it was coming just just like a Forest the Community of fewer than 100 people on the outskirts of Duck Mountain provincial Park was evacuated last evening As fire moved to within hundreds of metres of the v i they Are fighting it Rwjr to Flie Mccrea said around v its moving toward the them a big Arrow of Froit of t and the Reft oath fire is coming slower who runs trapper dons Lodge and outfitting service 16 Kilometres East of said people were Calm As they packed what they could of their belongings and went to stay with relatives or one of the Hunters staying at Mccrea Lodge told Mccrea he was moved by the sigh of several senior citizens from the Community climbing on to a school bus with their most valued possessions clutched in shop Ping that All they had and they dont know whether have anything when they come Mccrea at around the fire jumped Highway which had been acting As a natural fire and began to Speed toward the Mccrea the smoke Coyer was too thick for water bombers to continue flying Over the i Mccrea said people from the Community were pitch ing in to help fight tie fire and american Hunters stay ing at his Lodge r some from As far away As Hawaii joined see efforts Page 4 fire heading Cowa evacuated hectares and was within kilo metres of which is 50 kilo metres East of Swan River on the outskirts of Duck Mountain Provin Cial four water 10 Helicon about two dozen tractors and skidders were used to fight the about 100 some from local were combating the Blaze throughout the Keith residents were put on standby in the Early but were not told to leave until around fire closing in one town resident said Early in the afternoon she had not been notified to but the fire was drawing its right around us Lor Raine Campbell said from the towns Esso its Smoky and every within the fire was within a Kilometre of the town and one Arm of flame crossed Highway which had been acting As a fire officials Cut through Trees and burned an area Back to the Highway to try to establish a fire the town is not in any immediate Swan River ramp Rick Menzies said shortly after 7 Winnipeg free press see town Page 4 by Catherine Mitchell victims of crime will lose out if the govern ment proceeds with a proposal to make them compete with crime prevention programs for the president of the John Howard society Len Sawatsky said Justice minister Jim Mccrae proposal to meld funding for victim assistance with crime drug abuse and impaired driving will see the stronger voices win youre going to have four different political groups fighting for that Money and the loudest voice will get Sawatsky victims have always been out shouted and to be Odd men critics say the John Howard a nonprofit organization serving men running afoul of the is one of a Hal dozen groups that called a news conference for today to denounce Mccrae Steve chairman of the provincial victims assistance said the informal coalition feels Mccrae has his mind made up to Jet crime prevention interests dip into a fund fed by a 12percent surtax on provincial Brickeys committee reviews applications by groups wanting to use the surtax Money for projects to assist the committees decisions go to Cabinet for final approval before Money is our committee is an awkward position because were his Mccrae but our first interest is Brickey Mccrae Laid out the proposal to meld the approximately collected annually by the victims assistance surtax with another the government will put to crime prevention programs in a discussion paper released earlier this the paper was distributed to a number of Community groups involved in crime Preven victims impaired and drug and substance responses were to be in Mccrae said he heard the concerns from other groups during a he said their message will be taken into consideration along with the other Community groups Mccrae stressed the combining of the four areas Laid out in the discussion paper is Only a the minister expressed the need to meld the interests when he addressed criminologists in saying there were too few dollars set aside for crime prevention on the other he noted the 12percent surtax set up by the former Pawley administration was proving More lucrative than first he has repeatedly insisted crime prevention and victims assistance programs go Handin see victim Page 4 ;