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the examiner Friday July 29 1977 extr To resume talks in bid to end lengthy strike OTTAWA CP Economics rid shooting of eight for mer employees were major actors convincing Robin Hood Multifood Ltd to resume aining toward solution of bitter fivemonth strike eral labor officials said Thursday The decision followed meeting of more than two hours between Labor Minister John Munroand Logan Brown president of the Montreal flour mill Jacques Olivier Munros parliamentary secretary who also attended the meeting saidRobinfihoods main reason for resuming talks was that it wants to atroid further trouble on the picket lines Three employees of private securit irm hired by Robin Hood to protect the mill during the strike have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from eight strikers being shot and wounded at the mill last week Brown was also influenced by two Robin Hood competitors reaching contract agreements with their striking workers Olivier said RETURN TO WORK Workers at Phoenix Flour Ltd and Ogilvie Mills Ltd re turned to work Wednesday Maple Leaf Mills Ltd the fourth Montreal flour mill in volved in the dispute is also near settlement federal mediator Roland Doucet said Robin Hood has kept its plant open by using management personnel and nonunion workers hired since the start of the strike But its financial problems wereEaggravated Thurs day by the termination of special wheat board permits which had allowed the four mills to import US flour products during the dispute federal officials said Ending of controls the topic OTTAWA CPUBusiness and labor representatives meet tbday with Prime Minister Trudeau and other cabinet ministers for what will probably be the final joint consultation before the government announces ter mination date for wage and pricecontrols Finance Minister Donald Macdonald has said he will probablySet target for the end of controls early in August Both big business and labor have been pressing for quick end to the program at time when the economy is ailing But many of the provinces want controls to continue for time and public opinion polls have indicated the program is popular in spite of recent resurgence of in flation DONALD MACDONALD to set target Plant not dangerous right now OWEN SOUND Ont CP The giant hogweed is not danger at this time of year botanist at the University of Waterloo said Thursday Prof John Morton who has written an article on the weed said it can only cause blisters and rashes in June and early July He said the plant has been found in about dozen locations in the province but is not harmful now The plants pollen enters through the pores of perspiring person and causes discomfort which could last two months Prof Morton said there was problem in the Southampton area 20 miles south of here and children were treated in hospital in 1971 for blisters Dr VK Chaddah skin specialist here said he has not seen any cases this year The plant can grow between eight and 15 feet in height and has tw0foot wide flower shaped like an inverted umbrella CUPW to elect new leader HALIFAX iCPl The anadian Union of Postal Workers CUPW is to elect new leader today to suc ceed retiring president Joe Davidson Major contender is CUPW vicepresident JeanClaude Parrot who says that if elec ted he will follow the militant course set by Davidson Under Davidsons tough leadership the union has been in series of con frontations with the post of fice The 22000member union representing mail sorters and postal clerks already has given the new executive authority to call national strike it settlement is not reached with the govern ment The last contract expired June 30 but the union is not yet in legal strike position JOE DAVIDSON retiring Distance signs go metric TORONTO II The ministry of transportation will be gin changing highway distance signs to kilometres from miles Aug it was announced Thursday The ministry said speed limit signs will not be switched to metric measure until Sept About 30000 distance signs have to be changed on Ontario highways Signs bearing distances in kilometres will use lower case km When thc metric speed limits go into eff ct highways now posted for 60 miles an hour will be poted 100 kmph or slightly more than 62 mph City streets will have speed limits of 50 kmph 31mph instead of the present 30mph some souriri To Toronto We go times on Mon Tues Thurs and Fri times on Wed and Sat and once on Sun LOOK AT THESE RETURN FARES IORONIO from BARRIE $695 IORONTO from DRILLIA $905 Featuring Hostess Service tree coffee Snacks and much more roam orscouur connom rms rm nus PARCEL my TRY us YOULL LIKE us TRAVELWAY BARle i2ao7oo ORlLLlA 3267377 Free parking in our terminals First gush of black gold greeted by cheers sirens VALJEZ Alaska AP Si rens wailed horns honked cheers erupted in bars All sig nalled the first gush of black gold arriving from Alaskas Prudhoe Bay oil field The oil arrived Thursday at 1102 pm Alaskan time 402 am EDT Its here its in said technician in the control room of the transAlaska pipelines $1billion terminus across the harbor from this scenic town The oildiscovered nine years ago on the North Slope took 38 days 12 hours and 56 minutes to travel the 800mile 48inch $77billion pipeline The journey was interrupted by several mishaps including pump station explosion that killed one worker and reduced the lines pumping capacity by onethird An Atlantic Richfield super tanker the 120000ton Arco Juneau bound from the firms Cherry Point Wash refinery will be loaded about three days after oil begins filling storage tanks here The crude will be the first shipments from what is esti mated to be ninebillion bar rel field at Prudhoe Bay along the Arctic Ocean In the pipe lines current configuration Al yeska Pipeline Service Co ho es to deliver 800000 barrels ay to Valdez The pigeline startup ordeal which egan June 20 at Prudhoe Bay was as frustra ting for Alyeska as was con struction of the line he largest privately financed project in history Major and minor added 14 days to the ti to move the heated fields north of the Arctic Circle to Valdez an icefree port Pump Station No southeast of Fairbanks was destroyed in an explosion the line suffered its first sabotage attempt and one mishap spewed 42000 gallons of oil onto the tundra Construction began in 1974 only after years of haggling with environmentalists But Alyeska notes with pride that it is meeting its selfim posed Aug deadline for com pletion of the line The Odd Sgot Bill just another nuisance NEW YORK AP Ajudge ruling in favor of William Shakespeare decided Thur sday that all of New York is nuisance and all its men and women are subject to the citys disadvantages The William Shakespeare in the case was not the bard but guitarist whose neighbors wan ted him evicted for strumming at all hours and thus creating nuisance Living in an apartment house in New York City has its advantages as well as dis advantages the judge wrote We do not hear the bees bir ds or crickets but buses trucks 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