Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 3, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba N r Rison killing verdict is manslaughter Canada Usa local Ovus us moving Leaver 2nd class mail registration number 0286 by Esther Tennenhouse free press staff writer a 22-year-old inmate of Ston Mountain Penitentiary charge with non capital murder of a Fel Low prisoner was convicted of a reduced charge of manslaughter thursday in Manitoba court o Queen s Bench. R heal Thomas. La Marche found guilty by a 12-Man Assize court will be sentenced 9, before or. Justice , Solomon for the dec. 15 stabbing death of Jean Louis Drouin 43. Drouin was slain in the Penitentiary Kitchen where both inmates worked. Sentence for non capital murder is life imprisonment while sentence for manslaughter can Range from Ozment to a suspended sen tence. Defence counsel Roland pen Ner m his thurs told the jury How la to Marche had challenged and he said Tufe jury should weigh killed Drouin with a Kitchen m316 of these wit knife minutes after the older Man threatened him with the you have to decide same weapon How much of the Testi Drouin died in a Pool of blood Mony few minutes the issues of self through heart and la defence -and., provocation or foot Long Blade a Justice Solomon old the cording to evidence at the trial., f note the knife was driven nine fact that neither la Marche nor into Drouin s a. Throw High the medical wit at the the of the Stafe Nesses said. Days later la Marcher reviewed thursday killing in a 11 a dilated that according to la statement to Romp ? own statement he which was. Submitted in. Evil abandoned the accused had testified that he had told Drouin to go right Drouin. Put the knife Down recoiled and went to the Kitch according to la Marche s own testimony or. Justice so Lomon said. During the trial la Marche and others testified that Drouin was an animal and had threatened and insulted i Marche. Or. Justice Solomon twice told the jury that on All but one o c c a is o ii the older Man s treats. Were said to have consisted of gestures and swear words. V the Only evidence that he lad threatened la the Day f the killing came from la Marche and. Two other prison a e . Defence witnesses Ames Carter and Carl Robi Hadj or Justice Solomon on dress. Vav. S v a Many of the Birds and animals in Assiniboine Park zoo. Able to Fiir in fl5cklof wild fun keys struts around looking plump and copy in formal Black Able to Fly the turkeys take Short trips around the Park and occasionally visit outlying areas. 7 Dence. He subsequently followed Drouin across not guilty to a charge of non to bakery and Kitchen arid capital v challenged the. Older Man who bakery and Kitchen arid capital v Cha. _ charge to the for another weapon a-1-i1- defence maintained y out of his reach his 9b-Niinute summation Grants to hospitals worry Yanofsky in Uio la Agic in uie jury thursday or. Justice Solomonow Man had explained that la Marche l was a be. Declared guilty by Douglas Mackay free press Urban reporter the. Question of Hospital i has come up for review by Winnipeg City Council with civic committee hedging on voted to the Pas overheard moult Sion by the victim ins accused and calling him policy committee. Referred to the Board of commissioners a request from the Hospital for Nilson roughly 20 percent of the Cost of a new Power House for the Hospital Complex related sewer relocation a n d sterilizer acquisition. In an interview tuesday councillor d. A. Yan of sky election Independent committee citizens West Kildonan a member of executive policy committee who expressed misgivings about the Grant said he wants a Long hard look taken at the City s inherited policy of making Grants to hospitals to help cover capital costs. The Days of automatically making Grants because they were made in the past i think Are the policy began in 1964, when the province amended the metro act to allow metro to make Grants of up per cent of capital costs approved by tie Manitoba health services com that the deceased was mouthed Borish Type of person who often insulted and bullied the the judge said. According to evidence during the four Day trial la March had called Drouin s Bluff after the older Man holding., the knife told him la Marche that if he weren t out of the Kitchen next Day he d in my autopsy ordered an autopsy has been ordered following the death of a 19 month old girl thursday after noon in Winnipeg children s Hospital after an emergency operation tuesday. Ramp said the girl Karen Elaine Hutt of the Rural municipality of Franklin 15 Miles East of Emerson was taken to the Hospital with head injuries and broken ribs. The girl s father is Lloyd Hutt. The said investigation thus far has failed to establish the cause of the injuries. Meaning homosexual. The or. Penner said j o c cd r re d without conceal in tie presence of 231 other inmates and in full Tievy of the prison Steward s window. Crown. Counsel h. C. Coller Man later told the jury that it and not Drouin who was in fact the aggressor in the dec. 15 prison records of in a3 rime spanning years in deat a St. James Assiniboia cat Case a final bid by Bertha band to crime dictated that Drouin had been bylaw limiting the number of convicted of Only one crime of violence in the past. He was sent to Reform school for two James Assini Piai was quashed meeting March 14 to seek Way to recoup million by Bill Pethick free press staff writer the first meeting of five investigators named by 251 Credi tors against the Bali erupt Chur chill Forest industries Mani Toba Ltd. To look into ways of acut. Iii Reid rail Smuul Lor iwo 4uboucu vow Utu years after being convicted of it h u r s d a a by. The Manitoba recovering million in Back Irlo Ninf Apea Ulf i Coutt of Fujii. I a i it to _ of Cirals have made no decision to Date. They have 60 Days from feb. 3 to launch an Appeal. The five investigators named at the creditors meeting were William Harris president of pile foundation c. D. Gibson the largest creditor in the Pas area William Moore of Domin Ion Bridge co. George e. Whitbread president of metro p o 1 i t a n investigation and David Fenton of common wealth construction indecent assault when he was 14 years old. There is no evidence any where Drouin Ever attempted to carry out his threats he threatened or. Col Erman la March called Drouin s Bluff and Drouin backed Down the question of provocation ends la Marche egged Drouin on Drouin was attacked by la Marche unarmed and in expect or. Collerman said. Court of Appeal. The Appeal had been launched by the 77-year-old cat fancier s lawyer Harry Walsh. Dec. 3, the court of Queen s debts by Chi is scheduled for March 14. Sydney John Down a chartered accountant said thurs weather report morning bulletin Foi Fri Rit part Vince into newly com Arctic Fri if rip Over Prairies. Some while recorded in Southern Prairie under a Blanket of Cloud extending from weather Jyi pm the North Ern United at this system pro Freuer eastward some Light Snow is expected m Southern sections followed by a return to utterly temperatures in Manitoba and Saskatchewan tonight. Alberta if to have a a fight moderating trend As a disturbance now Over the Pacific edges Inland. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today Bench had granted an injun Day the meeting is slated to be Tion limiting the number of cats held in his office 220 Portage at miss Rand s Home to three. Avenue Koom 1200, to discover the injunction went into of what actions will be taken to feet feb. 1 and since that Date recover the Money for the cred St. James Assiniboia police tors in this action. Or. Down is have visited miss Rand s Resi the trustee in bankruptcy re-1 Dence to Check up on the placing the owners of Chi. Number of felines she is keep the five investigators were ing named wednesday at a meeting the elderly cat Lover s Battle of creditors before the registrar to keep her cats Many of of bankruptcy in Manitoba which she claims have been or Down said Fae d to abandoned in her Yard has t to investors cer. Taken several years both to courts and before St James-As-1 to recover trustees wonder if substitutes Worth their Salt Sini Boia City Council. Forecast for Winnipeg. Bisect a the Rnic Blakc and red River regions Clowd Clearing and Snow Flories ending this afternoon. Northeast wind at 15 to 2c mile pc Hon decreasing to 2c . Tonight. Low tonight 20 to 25 below. Mainly Sonny and com saturday. North wind at is . High saturday forc below to Zero. Of flowing Are High Fem Penteres recorded yesterday Lew temperatures Tor the Elwor period which ended at 6 an. Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Today Max. Min. 30 Amsterdam 50 34 it .01 Brussels i 36 -79 ,c2 Moscow 30 25 .61 32 17 52 36 steals 6 Heater cords a 19-year-old fort Garry Man was placed on a two year sus Pended sentence by magistrate John j. Enns in provincial magistrate s court thursday after he pleaded guilty to steal ing six Extension cords used to plug in car Heaters. Crown counsel John Guy said that residents of a fort Garry apartment Block noticed a youth taking an Extension Cord from a car the evening of . They seized the youth and found he had six Extension cords in his Possession. He told police he had trouble starting his car and was going to strip Reg the cords together to Span the distance from the Street to the Block. Max. Vancouver Al Calgary a Edmonton the creditors but added it was not the intention to Embarrass the provincial government the name of the game said or. Down is to get Money for the the March 14 meeting he said is scheduled for 9 . And would be Soin thing like a directors meeting of a com Pany. The investigators named by the creditors will have the Power to decide what action they will take to find out the financial status of Chi one of four owner firms at the forestry Complex at the Pas. The com plex received million in provincial government Aid. At wednesday s meeting of creditors lawyer William grim ble suggested that premiered Schreyer should be examined in the bankruptcy because of Public statements he made that All s Well at the Pas shortly before a government sought receiver was appointed by the courts on Jan. By Katie Fitzrandolph free press education reporte Winnipeg school trustees Are questioning if they get their Money s Worth from the the Board spends annually on substitute teachers. Trustee Don Reed raised the substitutes Issue during com Mittee of the whole discussion at thursday s special Board meeting and the Board approved his motion calling for an informal meeting with senior High school principals to discuss alternate Means of providing for Short term absenteeism by teachers. None of the trustees expressed any desire for change in the policy of hiring substitutes for fairly lengthy teacher absences whether from illness or other reason and Dis Cussion centred on covering teacher absences for one to i three Days. Trustee Reed said most High schools have programs to encourage Independent study by students and questioned the Board s paying for substitutes As basically a Cor. trustee Vic Pruden said Short term substitute teachers Are hired in a supervisory Ca earlier in the considerations even if the Board had no Defi Nite policy. Trustee Bob Cochrane said consultation with the High school principals should be merely a preliminary step in arriving at a Board policy. The question requires serious study he said indicating opposition to use of teacher aides or paraprofessionals in any situation which would involve working with students. Not All schools Are set up to Landle Independent study he said and policy on substitute teachers should be system wide without variation among the schools. School i spending still in air Mission. It was Felt this would help to equalize Hospital costs throughout greater Winnipeg. In 1968, metro gave to Victoria Hospital. In 1969, was Given general. And in 1971, was Given to St. Boniface hos Pital. Metro was not legally obligated to contribute but did so to Bear the City s share of Hospital building costs. The province puts up 80 per cent of capital costs and hospitals Are required to raise the rest said Peter swerhon executive director of Winnipeg general. Hospitals raise the rest by going to municipal government. The 20 per cent is called owner s the phrase owner s equity raises a Touchy Point with some City councillors. If the City is contributing owners equity Why is it not an owner or. Swerhon s View is that the City is making an outright Grant to help the Hospital raise its owner s equity. The Hospital is owned by the people he Sai in an interview. Its director arc elected at an annual Public meeting. Coun. Yanofsky indicated tuesday that if the City is sex peeled to donate Large sums i May want to investigate the possibility of ownership or at least a greater voice in the operation of non municipally owned hospitals. At present mayor Steve Juba and coun. Roy h. Parkhill ice Assiniboine Park sit on Winnipeg Jeneral s Board of directors. Also coun. Alan Wade new democratic party Centenni Al happens to sit As a citizen member. Winnipeg general and Victo Ria Are Public hospitals which submit their annual reports to the Manitoba health services commission a provincially appointed body. King George King Edward memorial and Princess Elizabeth hospitals Are j owned by the City of Winnipeg j other hospitals in the City arc privately owned by various or i land act changes urged Winnipeg civic legislation subcommittee thursday recommended several amendments to portions of the City of Winnipeg act dealing with property assessment. The subcommittee unanimously passed a motion in produced by councillor Joe Zuken labor election commit tee communist lord Selkirk calling for amendments to the act that would place the onus of proof in cases of assessment Appeal on the person who initially assessed the property. Thus in the Case of an Appeal against an increase in assessed property value it would be up to the City assessor to justify the increase instead of. Up to the property owner to argue against the Rise. The City of Winnipeg act which established the Cen trial City government Here rules that such appeals Are to be heard by a City appointed Board of revision. The subcommittee s recommendation also called for an expanded right of Appeal from a decision of the Board. The act allows an Appeal to either the Manitoba municipal Board or the court of Queen s Beach. The subcommittee recommended the Board of revision consider Only evidence presented at hearings where both Par ties Are present. Under the the Board can hold a hearing in the absence of either of the Par ies. Another clause in the recommendation Calls for written judgments in cases where the Oard of revision increases the assessment. However1, the Board is already required to mail copies of its decisions to All parties. The subcommittee recommendations will be considered by City Council before being handed to the provincial govern ment. The Winnipeg school Board held a special meeting thurs Day evening to give its draft budget a final work Over before sending it on to City Council for collection of the tax Levy but the Board found the draft still stated Case rejected the commission of inquiry into the Churchill Forest Indus tries Complex thursday turned Down a request by a lawyer hat it state a Case in writing to the Manitoba court of Appeal regarding Access to provincial Abinet documents relevant to be inquiry. The formal request for a stat d Case was made Jan. 22, by Keith Turner counsel for the Manitoba Liberal party. Commission chairman c. Rhodes Smith said thursday in View of the Steps already taken to obtain relevant Cabinet and government documents and assistance Given in this regard it would be pointless to serve subpoenas or Issue orders for the production of documents or to state a Case to the court of Appeal. Or. Smith said that after or. Turner made his original re quest in August 1371. The com a animations j Mission wrote All government ostensibly what the exec ministers and received replies tic policy committe wants said commission officials know from the Board of numerous Docu missioners is whether the City made available but found will be obligated to any further few that were relevant to the financing of Long term Hospital j inquiry. He said that of the expansion if it makes the ones that were relevant conies expansion million Grant to Winnipeg Gen he committee asked the to outline the ram Ifica 1 i tire Grant. S i n e such a he said the Public statements j preaches As using teacher aides b y the Premier May have j or paraprofessionals to fill in sucked in suppliers on uie for such teacher absences or j ones that were relevant copies of most of them already were on the commission s file. He said the clerk of the executive Council Uicon Cairn Recci Rily or. Swerhon said there is no that for the years 1965, 1966 comm ment beyond the Power i and 1967 no documents were House project each request for j found inquiry did to a Hospital Grant comes Individu-1 already have ally and on its own Merit civic i or. Smith said he doubted administrative sources con-1 the provincial Library would firmed there is no commitment i have any relevant documents unless the Cost of an individual j he said All the Manitoba devel for All Manitoba divisions and what areas of the project exceeds the estimate. In that Case the City might and did t time. Put them Back in the Pas Thompson to tender Kewa of trn Toranto 80 paintings on exhibition or. Down said later he doubted whether he would ask Mani Toba s first minister to testify on this matter. Or. Down s appointment As trustee in bankruptcy fall under a Federal statute and he can Ozment corporation files have seen and inquiry files built ass. Giaisi Suu Jun. Of jaw uus our i he a d there seemed to be 5ho-Jld be involved m considering i get should be Back in hands j the Long term development Little to be found in a search of the alternatives and the ques j of school by plans for the medical Complex i files for the three years men Xiv. Around general Are i nation should be examined on a system wide basis not Jast for senior High schools. T r n s t e e Michael Baragar questioned whether substitutes i is i of february so the boards general submit them to municipal gov i Rev Ifim a Era ments by March in so government i Gnu we it Ruivo t an exhibition of so chinese Call upon any person whom he were the answer on every oc-1 he paintings by Madame ,._. J Ara some budget to the Board considering Gerite to will be held monday the banker pacy to testify before suggested to thursday at the University a Coart examination. Of Manitoba in University Chi was confirmed a Ter tre bankrupt concern on feb. 3 by hours for the exhibition Are tace provincial court of Appeal 7 . To 9 . Man Day and 2. The three firms Elridi Suc p. M to 9 . To Esdar Ces Faby pet the company headed by Deputy Hea Luj min ister j. Andre one Hette or. To j t v. J few term cat no i i n Alico Fuciu. Mar believes to have knowledge of i Casion of teacher absence and plans a veiled a ld37 Oday the bankruptcy to testify before sons tested the Board s i i. L5umoer Call for More than s100 in redeve3opinerit arid expat Sion of facilities. They been review february it is these plans which wednesday and a were Dasse to also Derros Strain Jersig. Of Steps of teaming of Iveese Aist s 2 4 of 5 4 7 Pite s76.s32 metro a artist be Danese treat ii and secs rtt s Mauirne feits Xiii Tedis Malaysia see cry to of a m new to the Board s Liaison committee Irish the Winnipeg teachers association should be involved in considering the alternatives. Trustee Les sign Gaby chair Man of the Board Sejd fee Board discuss the possibilities or Kihns hear rec from the and Ritaa arid Ca cf7 if Board the Board Tysere in in secs of accounts reduced expected expenditures by a boat the result of assessing the 1972 figures a the Light of acti3a expend acres in 1571. Tutje actual 3s7i fibres urrere a Sheri the Board air p-7 oved its tiry to the of port oru v Jsse if ;