Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 27, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Committed to kids pentium controversy Intel surrender on Chip starts new Era of consumer Power c6 40 Pattes vol 27 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press 4gst Post m4 get Post outside qty 75tf in Ontano weedy Home delivery 25 wkly 05 20 Post in winning 30 Way 09 21 Post outside Coly december son fight for lives Winni Eggers poisoned by Gas get treatment in Minneapolis Bugle Mackenzie staff reporter two Winni Eggers in serious condition from Carbon monoxide poisoning were flown to Minneapolis last night for treatment in a double decompression James District fire chief Earl Johnson said David and his Mother were found about yesterday when a family member stopped by the younger Mclntyre House on Sayer Johnson said when Mclntyre daughter entered the House she noticed that one of the family two cats appeared when she went she found her father and Johnson said the who lives in downtown Winnipeg and was visiting the had a very weak pulse and required emergency artificial respiration from firefighters at the As the two victims were a bit of a Pink color and were just he the two were rushed to Grace general Hospital in critical Condi a few hours they were flown to Hennepin county medical Centre in Minneapolis for oxygen infusion treatment in a double de compression their condition was upgraded to serious last Cathy Mclntyre and her Mother Ken Gigliotti Winnipeg free press Rescue workers remove one of the Carbon monoxide poisoning victims from Home on Sayer Avenue yesterday a nurse at Grace Gen eral who left the House about 8 yesterday to go to were treated briefly in Hospital and re Rob Vic president of customer service with Centra said it appeared the Carbon monoxide problem originated when one of two woo burning fireplace ducts became another possibility was some problem with the natural Gas fur but the Furnace was working properly when checked yesterday Fennell he said anyone using a fireplace should also open a and that residents should have their Gas fur Naces checked Richard Stan the City of Winnipeg medical officer of said Carbon monoxide starves a persons body of Stanwick said if an individuals face or Chest starts turning that indicates a fairly High dose of Carbon decompression Chambers drive oxygen into the body tissues faster than a person can he adding that the symptoms of Carbon monoxide poisoning in clude listlessness and Stanwick said he Hopes the Inci Dent will Lead More people to buy Carbon monoxide its a Small priced insurance he people can thank themselves for making a smart de he said he Hopes Carbon monoxide detectors will become As com Mon As smoke a Salesman with wifi mpg said Carbon Mon oxide which Emit a Buzz ing Cost about both of the family cats sur Vived with no ill terror ends in Hail of bullets route rap riverboat Gambler Rolls in the Cash Wayne Flett Hijack Ponwith Canada bus tour betting junkets Sybil Redekop staff reporter one part two parts riverboat that describes Wayne Flett and his rapid Rise to in just Over three has turned a investment into Canada touring the largest bus tour company in Western it will Gross close to million in Flett has done it almost solely by Selling gambling junkets to casinos in knocking out established names like Lou who once offered flight packages to Las Canada draws b2 nobody was doing buses to we revolutionized the Flett adding there Are now 15 similar tour companies in the United its Only fitting that who grew up in Norway has made his Mark in his scottish Donald used to Captain cargo boats Between Selkirk and Northern Manitoba in the late 1800s and Early and drove the last dogsled mail run from Winnipeg to Norway but the Latte Day a High roller on Blackjack tables in Las has a gamblers ambivalence about his Money never really meant a lot to its easier to make harder to keep that where i have i believe in taking you dont get anywhere without taking almost passengers took his bus Tours in that double the number from which was double the number of it All started after Flett and some friends rented a bus to go play Blackjack at Jackpot Junction Casino in word spread Back in and soon Flett was putting together More bus the Casino the lower Dakota Sioux began calling him he then offered to bring Down busloads of customers if the Casino chipped Flett began offering bus trips to Jackpot for on passengers would receive up to us from the he sold out 51 buses in 11 while Flett deals exclusively with Minnesota he first pitched his idea to Manitoba lotteries but it never instead of Canadian and Manitoban Money going Why we be bringing in american Money or outside dollars Here Flett believes in taking risks Marseille the dra Matic Christmas hijacking of a French Airliner ended in a Hail of bullets As French police stormed the killing the four algerian Muslim gunmen and Sav ing the lives of some 170 passengers and the hijackers killed three Passen Gers during the 54hour live television in France showed Antiterrorist gendarmes storming the air France Airbus a300 at Marseille Airport film of the raid was also shown on news broadcasts across North commandos a5 with guns the Blac Clad gendarmes attacked the cockpit where the hijackers were holed up while others opened the Side and rear doors to allow terrified passengers to slide Down escape chutes and run to the members of Alge Rias violent armed islamic group fired through the Bulkhead into the passenger but failed to kill any passengers As they crawled to the the French Interior ministry said three Crew including chief Pilot Bernard and 13 passengers were nine gendarmes were including one who lost a no canadians were believed on Board the the foreign affairs department said in passengers were questioned by a state prosecutor before flying to Pariss orly the original destination of flight of where government Doc tors and an emergency psychiatric counselling team were one hostage said today he was told by police the gunmen had planned to crash the plane on passengers on the plane said the hijackers had announced they would kill two other hostages and were preparing blankets for the the who were said to be Little More than had made various they dropped an Early demand for the re lease of jailed algerian Muslim fundamentalist but later demanded to hold a news conference and Fly to Par authorities in Marseille refused to refuel the a businessman passenger said the hijackers could have planned to blow up the plane Over Paris or crash from the time they killed three they knew there was no Way out for he Boom town of the 90s twin cities boast 34 Fortune per cent unemployment today by John Douglas business reporter David Jones strains to his toes in an Effort to look Over an old Stone Wall and get a glimpse of the look at the the eighty Earold pointing to the Anthony that what made this fathered Jones that water came Down and powered those flour Mills and big boats took the flour faraway to other pig the two Are standing on an old railway Bridge that linked the areas flour Mills with Eastern markets for nearly Jyo last it was reopened As a foot As Jones and his son from the James hj1 Bridge you can feel and see the regions past and its the powerful waterfalls that once powered 95 Waterwheel a or the twin cities of Minneapolis and Paul have developed a thriving business and economic in the free press looks at their Success to see what Winnipeg can wheat Boom sowed c7 j just like he q3 have been tamed with Concrete the five Mills below no longer Crank out barrels of flour a some have been damaged by others turned into across the the seven Storey Grain Exchange building once the Symbol of the cites commercial Success is now dwarfed by 40storey Glass banking structures that Glisten in the Sunwall that remain the same Are the Mississippi barges carrying freight to but this is a Boom town of the the twin cities Region is Home to 34 Fortune 500 Industrial and service companies and boasts a per cent unemployment j Call it cocky maybe just says Sandra economic development director at the greater Minneapolis chamber of speaking of the local business weve just really come into our own in the last Loor 15 an eight hour drive Southeast of the twin cities made up of Minneapolis Paul Tow and j95 suburban cities and townships is now the 16thlargest metropolitan area in the with million the Urban Institute of recently ranked the twin cities Quality of life As the Best in the several National including Fortune have declared it among the Best places to live and work in the if i were a Young entrepreneur looking for somewhere with id be looking to locate in the Paul said Bill who conducted the Fortune we offer two kinds of said Warren Mclean of the areas economic development Mif you locate your business we believe you have a better than Chance of attaining monetary Success and a 1qo per cent Chance of attaining a Quality of life unsurpassed by quote of the Day we saw the big lineup and wondered what was for we thought there must be something Good if All these people Are waiting out Mike Friesen merrily joined the boxing Day throngs in Winnipeg Page i1 the weather 40 change of Light Snow in the sunny Breaks in the after High Low i tonight the narrow mainly Cloudy with a 60 of Snow in the High Sun rites Ween Page 611 inside diversions far Side and Ann in sports to better than Bank foreign Exchange rates guaranteed corporate accounts custom House currency Exchange 987 6000 ;