Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Many voters in dark about where they vote By Ingeborg Community offices busy this morning informing an unusually high of residents who called iflg to know where they voted for a new Its been a hectic first said a woman who answered the telephone at the City Rouge Id say were in for a busy A worker in the Lord community office said phones were going Potting stations reported only a trick le of voters in the first hour after But its bound to pick up a tot during the it doesnt rain said one City Rouge polling station About are eli gible to vote to elect a new Advance vote down But chief returning officer Herb Sanger says advance pott voting indi cates less than onethird that number will actually make it to the polling stations up to 8 tonight tt was raining when the polls opened at 8 and the weather office said showers should continue for most of the the showers could keep voter turnout even lower than already pre by officials and candidates When advance polls closed residents had cast their fof mayor and for the council seat to this is less than advance poll turn outs in the 1977 general election when voters casts their votes before election In that which followed on the heels of a provincial or 40 per cent of the eligible residents cast In 35 per cent of voters turned out to vote in 61 per a said yesterday that advance polls indicated an election day turnout of about 28 per cent of eligible circus Only 200 incapacitated fewer than in previous applied to vote by said Both f rumrunners in the mayor alty campaign fear low turnouts will work against Norrie said yesterday that he may have more trouble than Joe Zuken getting people out to Zuken said those who would vote for a change at city hall may just stay residents queried yester day about the byelection indicated the campaign that generated only a modest supply of lawn signs and advertising billboards had done little to spark public This is rather What weve got is like a But thats Myrtle a house said I have seen nothing about the elec tion so I figured we werent eligi said in a telephone It just slipped my said Marge adding that she wasnt sure if she would vote Norrie warning Other factors that may contribute to a low turnout include the byelection occurring only four weeks after a feder al Residents in the civic ward Tache in already gone to the polls three times in the last nine MANY page 4 Showers tonight Cloudy tomorrow LOWit HIGH 21 June ee NO 221 FINAL 15 SUN Rises Sets MOON Rises Sets DAVE FREE oil price hikes fuel oil to rise 5 cents in August By Jeff Carruthers FP News Service OTTAWA Gasoline and heating oil prices will be going up between three and five cents a gallon at the end of and natural gas prices will be going up 15 cents per thousand cubic feet on federal Energy Minis ter Ray Hnatyshyn The federal and Alberta governments have agreed to proceed with a pre scheduled dollar a barrel increase in Alberta crude oil on July Retail impact will be deferred by 60 The governments have also agreed to consult on the extent of another a barrel increase scheduled for 1 and on a proposed incentive natural gas pricing scheme for next Under the incentive gas pricing Alberta would discount natu ral gas sold to markets east of its borders as a way of boosting domestic gas sales in Canada and displacing imported crude oil in eastern Under the agreement the ta wellhead price of crude oil will be a about a barrel below world and the new natu ral gas price in Toronto will per thousand cubic Saudi which supplies about 40 per cent of Canadas imported is expected to boost its prices by about a This would raise Cana das cost of imported oil by about a Canadas domestic oil price of a barrel at the wellhead plus transpor tation is already about a barrel below the price Canada is charging for the same oil sold to the United That export price will increase again this summer to reflect recent world price increases and the expected OPEC See PCs page 4 Arab bank boycott forces Canadas dollar to dip A baby died in this townhouse at 52 Rampart Bay yesterday after an explosion ripped through the The childs mother and brother are in Gas explosion blamed in fire that killed baby By Brian Cole A mother stood helplessly outside a Fort Garry home yes calling for her baby trapped on the second The midmorning which fol lowed an explosion at 52 Rampart left Tara Ackland The babys Linda and her son managed to es Assistant fire commissioner Leo Odette said the only thing that could have done it was the Fire investigator today are testing the natural gas lines in the townhouse complex for Police said the baby girl died in her crib on the second floor of the after suffocating from The mother was in fair condition at the Health Sciences Centre while her son was in fairly good condition at the Childrens Rory is reported to have burns to 25 per cent of his body while his mother is reported to have burns to her face and The home end unit on a row of four townhouses went up in flames seconds after an sion echoed through the at about 11 Diane of 42 Rampart said she heard a loud boom that shook everything and ran outside to find the Ackland home in She said she and neighbor Emile 48 Ram heard Ackland My my Lilke said they ran to the rear of the house but were unable to She said they then waited with Ack land and her son for Lilke said Ackland told her she had smelled something funny moments before the but had dismissed it as something burning on a neighbors Marjorie a neighbor at 54 said She heard a sound like a tap running earlier in the After the explosion she speculated it was the sound of escaping A fire department spokesman said cause of the fire is under Greater Winnipeg Gas Company per also went to the scene but a spokesman said there was noth ing on the outside of the house to See GAS page 4 OTTAWA CP The latest Arab move against Canadas plan to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem threatened the Canadian dollar and heightened concern in gov circles here In the dollar in terms of Canadian funds opened today up 110 at while in New the Canadian dollar was down 7100 at after closing yesterday at Despite the pressure on the Immigration Minister Ron a key adviser on the governments Jerusalem said he thinks the Arabs bark is worse than their If they want Canadian they will he Boycott His comments followed a decision by the Arab Monetary Fund AMF to stop all dealings with Canadian financial While Canada should be Atkey he is appalled by the way some people appear to be en by what is Industry Minister Robert de Cotret said after a cabinet meeting that Arab and business reaction to the Jerusalem plan warrant continued at He and other cabinet ministers re mained tight lipped about what the government intends to do about the latest Arab Prime Minister Clark has promised to shift the embassy to Jerusalem but External Affairs Minister Flora Mac Donald says this has been put off for a long The Arabs consider Israeli control of Jerusalem While bank and government officials indicated it is hard to estimate the of the Arab fund a Montreal bank trader said the AMF announcement was responsible for knocking the Canadian dollar below the 85cent level in early trading on New York money markets Other bank officials also speculated the AMF move would depress the Cana dian Doug chief economist at the said in Toron to that major Arab oil such as Saudi Arabia and may be using the AMF as a vehicle to pass on a warning to The big oil which control the are issuing a serious warning to Canada rather than taking major economic sanctions against the coun he Jawad Arab fund chair said in Bahrain yesterday that the fund would no longer deposit money in Canadian banks and would stop trading in Canadian bonds and end foreign exchange Hashem said he withdrew all AMF funds before making the decision pub A Royal Bank of Canada spokesman said in a telephone interview from Mon treal that the potential damage to the Canadian economy of the governments Jerusalem plan has been Hospital chief pleased expansion plan By Steve Whysall Provincial government approval yes of the first phase of a mil lion redevelopment program for the Health Sciences Centre has hospital administrators We got everything we said Peter hospital presi shortly after announcement of the which will add square feet to the complex and take 11 years to The government has not cut one thing from our said Its just The redevelopment program is basi cally designed to create better facilities along with more coordinated and logi cal locations for existing The first phase of the HSC which begins will cost million and will take years to It is aimed at improving ambulatory diagnostic and clinical facilities and support See HEALTH page 4 INSIDE TODAY Send in the clouds The next time a sudden summer thunderstorm soaks your sandwiches at a pic dont blame the weather forecaster who gave assurances of a cloudless In rant at the old prevailing westerlies that carry these fractious little weather sys tems into Manitoba and create all sorts of havoc for the hapless Located as it is the middle of the Winnipeg is at the mercy of a more changeable climate than cities along the where the climate is tempered by ocean says Jack regional director at the Winnipeg weather off No qualifying round Dan Halldorson of winner of 501 so far this season on the didnt have to worry about playing the qualifying round for a spot in Canadian Open which opens play tomorrow in The Royal Canadian Golf in charge of the and its Imperial Tobacco made the decision to give the Manitoban and seven other Canadian stars a free What Britain needs Britain needs more than North Sea Oil to stimulate a sense of national that new ambassador to Sir Nicholas Henderson Viewed from the continent our standing is But this is not for the first time in our and we can recover if the facts are known and Concern over abortion counsellors in Winnipeg are concerned that desperate women will turn to illegal abortion mills in the face of a drastic reduction in abortions at the Health Sciences Centre as of July The hospital has announced it will reduce abortions from 20 a week to Refugee quota raised The provinces have agreed that the federal government should increase the 1979 quota of refugees from Southeast Asia to from Immigration Minister Ron Atkey said Take a weed to lunch Before you attack your lawn with the weed Weed N or the Killer take a good You may be able to forage some of tonights dinner from that Many garden variety are edible 733 On the selling block Abacus Cities of Cal gary has placed its real estate holdings in the and Canadian Indemnity buildings near Portage and Main in Winni peg up for sale in a bid to raise ed SCORES FOOTBALL CFL Exhibition Edmonton 31 Toronto 16 16 Hamilton 11 BASEBALL American Toronto 5 New York 4 Detroit 10 Boston 4 Baltimore 6 Cleveland 4 Seattle 7 Chicago 2 Milwaukee 10 Minnesota 9 Texas 2 California 1 Oakland 6 Kansas City 5 National Montreal 3 Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 10 Philadelphia 4 Houston 3 New York 1 Louis 7 San Diego 2 Chicago 7 Los Angeles 4 Pittsburgh 9 San Francisco 4 INDEX 59 22 21 52 65 Food 6 7 58 Jumble 7 TV I
