Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba U Hong Kong betrayed China has no real claim to Britain longtime Colony Tempo stylish sport image driven skiers strive to stay in style 25 capital punishment jets move to third place in smythe by thrashing Caps 61 37 Clearing tonight 20 sunny tomorrow 15 second cuss mail registration number 0286 january free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets of Tokyo Winnipeg Wookey Hoium oof Ivory i Winnipeg outside Winnipeg switchboard 9434331 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 subsidy hastens closings rail lines doomed by Bill Redekop paying the subsidy to Farmers will Speed up the closing of nearly 140 Grain elevators and Over 480 Kilometres of rail line in says the final report of a three part study by Eloitte Haskins but the study says most communities should survive because Eleva tors and rail lines Are no longer the pillars of Rural Manitoba they although it is perceived by Many residents that a Community cannot exist once rail service is this is in reality a nostalgic hang Over of the Days when rail was the main Mode of transportation for people and the report it projects that paying the million Grain transport subsidy to Farmers instead of the will close Many rail lines and elevators within five five to 15 years sooner than would otherwise be the but while study author Brian Kelly played Down the importance of rail services and Many Farmers do theres so much uncertainty now with this method of payment re said Dennis Trinder of rus i think were in for a see glorious Page 4 cheap food policies blasted the Canadian press Canadian Farmers will continue to flounder in a sea of economic woe until governments in the West aban Don their cheap food the head of Manitoba largest farm group said Farmers will not be Able be Able to meet the worlds growing food needs As Long As they Are forced to depend on government handouts instead of the said Earl president of Keystone agricultural Geddes argues the handouts Are intended to keep food prices below the Cost of not to serve Grain transportation sup ply safety net pro Grams Are undoubtedly going to continue to fail to give the Protection and incentive required if you dont get Over the hurdle of a cheap food see income Page 4 classified 7 editorials letters 6 7 Sinclair sports record stocks to listings lotto winning nue Ntow 49 Bonne 44 plus winning Paw number be Wehby free press Dave free press damage inspection a Young resident of Kirkby Terrace on Kennedy Street looks out at damage caused to the exterior of the building in a fire Early yesterday morn arson is suspected in the in which 24 vehicles in the Street level Parade were gutted and others suffered smoke and water damage 3 Hsc Heads say Complex on last legs elevator called tip of iceberg by Patrick Mckinley and Nick Martin the entire health sciences Centre needs to be overhauled or the head of its emergency services said Lou Ludwig made the com ments one Day after it was revealed a Man being rushed to emergency died while stuck for 20 minutes in one of the hocs six the doctor said stuck elevators were just the the tip of the adding he was outraged by health minister Don Orchards apparent unwillingness to recognize the Hospi tals serious physical Plant prob Orchard said tuesday he would not provide special funding to Over haul the hocs elevators because the 81yearold victim would have died even if the elevator had not been stuck on its Way from the emergency room to the operating room seven floors what do we have to do get Orchards Mother in an elevator is he going to wait until someone salvageable Dies in an elevator before he provides adequate funding Ludwig repair approved later in the Day Hospital spokesman Jim Rodger told the free press he had received confirmation from Manitoba health services commission that it would provide funding to fix the elevators before the end of the Hospital which estimates the Cost of the overhaul at million has been seeking funding for the project since 1982 and submitted its most recent request last no Rodger said it is not known if William Edgar Smith would have survived a 30 Auto Accident had the has a history of getting stuck not he said details of the Misc Deci Sion were but he assumed the project will be funded from new Money rather than being taken from funds that would have gone to other Hsc Orchard said late yesterday he was not aware of the Misc decision and did not intervene to order the in an earlier Rodger echoed ludwigs concerns about the hocs physical adding the hospitals Patchwork repairs Are not but the Best that can be done under provincial Many of these buildings need to be torn Down or Rodger the medical Gas sys the electrical system and the nurse Call among other see elevator Page 4 go Home banners held High from the news services Moscow tens of thousands of lithuanians rallied in the streets of Vilnius yesterday to demonstrate their support for total Independence from Moscow on the eve of a crucial visit to the Baltic Republic by soviet Leader Mikhail slogans on the banners they car ried ranged from the Brazen Gorbachev go Home and take the red army with you to the aggressive we didst join the soviet you grabbed us As the boisterous crowd gathered outside the City Cathedral to hear speeches and wave the Green and yellow Flag of prewar Independent bigger rallies leaders of the grassroots Independence movement saudis said they expect much larger demonstrations in the and the rest of Lithuania when Gorbachev arrived today for the Start of his three Day saudis spokesmen said they had refused a request by Kremlin ideology chief Vadim Medvedev to cancel yesterdays Gorbachev and other leaders condemned and voided resolutions passed by Legislatures in Armenia and Azerbaijan making conflicting claims Over the Magorno Karabash most of peo ple Are but it has been under Azerbaijan control since the Row Over who should con see All Page 4 via axe chops 139 Winni Eggers 7 wont Ever vote conservative in my Porter pledges after Job derailed by David Roberts and John Mcphee via rail Porter Graham Gunhouse summed up his feelings after learn ing he and 138 other Winni Eggers Are among workers who will become officially jobless i wont Ever vote conservative in my a dejected Gunhouse said in via rail Canada offices across Canada lists of Laid off employees went up on Bulle tin spelling out the bad news in Black and White and giving the political Battle Over the cuts a human everyone from ticket agents to payroll clerks and office receptionists shuddered As the axe fell on employees belonging to via rails largest the Canadian brother Hood of transport and Gen eral Al regional Vic president of the said the cuts will Cost 139 people in Winnipeg their the figure Doest include displaced workers eligible for Cerilli estimated the layoffs and reduced rail service will Cost the Manitoba Economy million to million annually in lost ser vice contracts to local and eyeing the Layoff lists Many employees said their worst fears had come if i was id hang said Rachel a Montreal receptionist with two years experience in the finance where her husband is manager of her husband kept his now with less a year coming we wont be Able to make the mortgage payments on our new she told the Canadian loses a 000ayear Job Hes had for six in not too i might have see Union Page 4 cottagers urged to Start own rail service by John Douglas Winnipeg free press Ottawa Winni Eggers who own cottages at will have to Start their own railway if they want service to their summer it was suggested yester Mariejosep spokes Man for transport minister Benoit said budget cuts have forced the department to end the service used by More than 300 Mani to bans each weekend last the Cut is part of a massive restructuring of via rail Canada scheduled to take effect yesterdays decision follows a study Bouchard ordered last year after learning the isolated Community was inaccessible by any other Federal officials concluded a special weekend train into the North Ern Ontario Region would continue to lose the conclusion was that there was nothing the government could do to accommodate the cot Lapointe it would mean running another route and there just int the Money in the budget for a department official present at the interview with Lapointe suggested the Only Way weekend rail service could be extended to Farlane would be if the 150 cottage owners started their own see private Page 4 ;