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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 14, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday March 14, 1975 maps keep digging Ottawa up solicitor general Warren Allmand came with answers and left with questions thursday night As progressive conservative maps dug More deeply into the Ori gins of the alleged Hamilton Harbor scandal. Or. Allmand told the com Mons Justice and Legal affairs committee that his predecessor a s solicitor general Jean Pierre Goyer had advised him he had never heard of the affair while solicitor general. James Mcgrath pc St. John s West quoted Hamilton City controller James Campbell As saying he had taken copies of documents alleging corruption in Hamilton Harbor to or. Goyer in september 1972 at the same time Allen Lawrence pc Northum Berland Durham quoted or. Campbell As saying sept. 14, 1972, that a Federal inquiry had been under Way for 14 Days at that time into dredging con tracts in Hamilton. M r. Allmand and ramp commissioner Maurice Nadon Shook their Heads at this. The solicitor general said he would Check with or. Goyer now Supply and services min ister again. Or. Allmand said the invest Sion. The official was told the ramp was not investigating. A t the same time Ken Barfknecht a Hamilton Sal Vage dealer had told the a Milton ramp detachment that the commission member was accepting bribes. Or. Allmand said or. Barf Knecht who divulged this week that his life has been threat ened As a result of the affair was told to take the matter to the Hamilton City police or on Tario provincial police who normally have jurisdiction in such cases. Within a week Hamilton Al Derman Herman Turkstra had gone to ramp to urge an investigation into widespread corruption among individuals concerned with Hamilton har Bor. He also was told to go to the City or provincial police. Or. Allmand said the Moun ties discussed the matter with Hamilton City police and the City police assigned one Man to investigate possible criminal code violations. Hamilton police said they would not touch the political Side. A Federal election Campaign was under Way at the time with the voting Date oct. 30. Kasser charges quashed one interview. She said on Canada am she went to or. Munro in or. Lawrence said. Did the information go to the ramp in or. Allmand said the first the commissioner had heard of the affair was in 1972. If a citizen went to their member of parliament at that Lime i want to find out where it went from or. Lawrence said. Or. Allmand said that neither or. Gocr nor the Deputy solicitor general Roger Tasse had any knowledge of or. Tasse succeeded Ernest Cote now ambassador to Fin land As Deputy in september 1972. Or. Mcgrath moved that or. Goyer be called to testify but the motion was ruled out of order. He then moved that or. Campbell be called and this too was ruled out. However the steering com Mittee was to discuss the mat Ter. By their agreement with the Mac. In addition to or. Kasser who is believed to be living in Switzerland although . Officials were unable to locate ligation had t been stalled As news reports had suggested. He maintained that an honest uncertainty Over who had jurisdiction kept the ramp out of it. The ramp had been asked sept. 18, 1972, by a ministry of transport official whether an investigation was under Way into an unidentified member of the Hamilton Harbor commis Goyer wants inquiry continued which or. Campbell says was sent to Ottawa. He. Said at , wanted a Complete and thorough investigation made of the whole business. Later after Confer ring with acting prime min ister Mitchel Sharp he said he had been misunderstood and he wanted to conduct his own inquiry into the files of the solicitor general s department. Or. Sharp said there had been a misunderstanding of or. Gayer s intentions. Opposition House Leader Jed Baldwin immediately jumped to his feet to say the opposition had been calling for such an inquiry for Days without Success. He asked if or. Goyer was speaking for the govern ment. He called on acting prime minister Mitchell Sharp to Grant immediately or. Goyer s demand for a Complete Public or. Sharp made no reply or. Sharp has rebuffed opposition demands for such an in Quiry during the past week. The House Decarne embroiled in a procedural Wrangle As to opposition members should be allowed to Cross examine a Cabinet minister on matters Over which he no longer has jurisdiction or. Goyer is now services and Supply minister. 1972 he was solicitor general. In the House thursday when or. Sharp rejected demands for such an inquiry there was an uproar. The mounties offered any help they could give or. All Mand said. In december they advised the transport ministry that nothing was happening in the investigation. On Jan. 16, 1973, transport minister Jean Marchand asked m r. Allmand to have the ramp begin an investigation. Or. Allmand asked them to do so. Feb. 5 and they advised him feb. 19 they were prepared to investigate the investigation began feb. 22, five months utter the first Date in or. All Mand s file. Hamilton West and or Lawrence As Well As or. Mcgrath and John Gilbert nip Broadview followed or. Allmand s chronology with volleys of questions. Or. Alexender elicited that there was no record of an official approach before sept. 18, 1972. Or. Gilbert asked whether or. Allmand had checked with or. Goyer and Don Jamieson transport minister in 1972. Or. Allmand said he asked or. Goyer who said he had t heard about it and or. Jamie son who said he read some thing about it in the news papers at the time. Commissioner n a do n said the investigation began after it became Clear it Yas an inter provincial and International matter within ramp jurisdiction. Or. Lawrence asked whether Ellen Reinke who he de scribed As the wife of a former Liberal member of parliament had Given John Munro information in 1969 about Hamliton Harbor irregularities. The name puzzled or. All Mand who said he could not recall any Reinke in Parlia ment at that time. M r. Lawrence said mrs. Reinke was interviewed on the ctr television program Canada am two weeks ago. The ramp interviewed mrs. Reinke the same Day he said. Commissioner Nadon said mrs. Reinke s name came up during the investigation and she was interviewed in 1973. For your information you interviewed her two weeks or. Lawrence retorted. The commissioner said there probably had been More than demand pay hike Ottawa up a 71-per cent pay increase in a one year contract is the demand the Ca Union of postal workers expects to make in coming negotiations with the Federal government. Davidson confirmed Union pres that figure cheaper by the ton. Today saying he expects his members to approve that demand in referendums during the next few. Days. The present maximum hourly pay for most postal clerks and Sorters is the Union wants an increase of to bring the rate to an hour. In addition the Gupt seeks special premiums for night work higher overtime pay and a reduction in the work week. I think most of our members Are going to approve these or. Davidson said and Tell us to go ahead and get results of local referendums Are expected to be Complete by March 30, he said. The Union has announced plans to pro Mote a country wide Boycott of the postal code starting on that Date. A pay boost would bring the average pay of a mail sorter to about a week under present working hours. However the Union seeks a reduction in working time to six hours a Day and 30 hours a week. This is the year to share in the benefits of the Union says referring to the equipment that has triggered installation o f mail handling labor unrest in the Post office for several years. In addition to the Basic pay increase the postal workers want a Premium of an hour for work Between mid night and 7 . And a Premium of an hour Between 5 . And Midnight. Such premiums would continue when an employee is on vacation. Other demands Are double pay for overtime on weekdays and triple pay for sundays. If the workers got their Basic pay demand of an hour that would raise the sunday rate to an hour. But before the Union will even negotiate with Federal Treasury Board representatives or. Davidson has set out prior demands. These include that the Post office be made a Crown corporation that technological changes and every other aspect of postal working conditions be made negotiable and that a special allowance of an hour be paid to compensate for the effect of inflation on purchasing Power since the 1972 postal contract was signed. Liquor change hinted tourism minister Rene Tou pin of Manitoba said thursday he favors having wine served in All the province s restau rants. This would be part of a pro Gram to encourage sensible and moderate drinking or Toupin told about 200 people attending a dinner held by the Canadian restaurant association in the Northstar inn. The minister hinted a change in liquor licensing was being considered by his department. Maybe this the change is something we can look Forward to he. Said but did not elaborate. Or. Toupin s Short speech was followed by one from Brian Cooper National pres ident of the restaurant association. Or. Cooper said the minister would probably need to Consul with Frank Syms chairman of the Manitoba liquor Contro commission. Or. Syms was considering the removal of cabaret Licens ing in Manitoba although other provinces such As on Tario were considering the establish ent of such licensing based on the Manitoba Model. I would not like to see a retrogressive step in some o these areas of liquor Licens or. Cooper said of or Syms s possible actions the restaurateur then com merited about the current sue Cess of the tourist Industry an its effects on the restaurant business. In spite of recession people were still travelling and Goin to dining establishments. Why because the Mothe in a family is working of or. Cooper said. In to serve a summons de naming his appearance in ourt the other corporations and individuals whose charges Ere dismissed arc techno pulp inc., of Mont Lair . A firm now said to e run by or. Kasser s son Mihael. Stephen e. Mochary a Mont Lair lawyer and or. Kasser s on in Law. Churchill Forest industries Manitoba Ltd. Churchill pulp Mill Ltd. James m. Brown jr., a wealthy Timber Baron from Spokane Washington Board chairman of pack River co. Chester Chastecka Spokane Washington executive vice president and Secretary measurer of pack River. River sawmills company of Delaware. Blue construction corp. Of Delaware turnkey Contr Cloi or the River sawmills project. In his 2 2 p a g e decision judge Whipple noted that he Felt the charges should be Dis missed because of Lack of jurisdiction. He said he Mccog Niz cd the seriousness of the charges. He said his dismissal of the Case did not reflect a feeling that there was no legitimate government interest in such cases which Are Essen Jally foreign. An aide to the judge Don Ross said in a Telephone inter View that the Case was no entirely foreign in that meet Ings and at least one contract involved in the Chi Deal was signed in the . However or. Ross pointed out that no Chi securities were Ever offered for Sale in the . And therefore did not directly constitute a fraud perpetrated on . Citizens. William p. Sullivan these purities and Exchange lawyer who argued the Case before judge Whipple in january said Friday that no Derisio has been reached on Whethe continued Blair red from key figures be ind the Complex during the securities. And Exchange com Mission s investigations. Also turned Over were about pages of documents. A Manitoba commission of inquiry lawyer said in Jan uary 1974, it was a matter of record before the Manitoba in Quiry that the development und How development corporation paid out million n Loans to Chi and million n Loans to River sawmills. The Chi Complex was placed in receivership Jan. 8, 1971. The Complex now is operated by Manitoba forestry re so u r c e s Ltd., a Manitoba Crown corporation. Lusaka Zambia a the Zarobian government has ordered newspapers to Stop printing letters or articles on sex advertisements for skin lightening creams and pictures of scantily Clad women. Shootings stabbings kill five continued dance of Manitoba in room 201. Police found or. And mrs. Novak in the room. A police spokesman said it appeared or. Novak shot his wife and turned a gun on himself. A .303 calibre Rifle was found near or. Novak s body. A police spokesman said it appeared the Man shot the woman and then turned the gun on himself. The spokesman said the woman was shot in the head and the hand. It appeared the woman was trying to shield her face with her hand when she was shot the spokesman said.1.- the Man was also shot in the head the spokesman added. Staff Insp. Carpick said police found a Cote at 400 Green Avenue addressed to whom it May but refused to say what the note said. Neighbors of the Jankovic family said in interviews that to Appeal the ruling in a higher they heard nothing thursday court or. Sullivan who was night. A woman at 63 Marlow first informed of the decision said she did t know anything by a free press reporter said until Winnipeg police knocked the Sec would study the Situa on her door about 10 am in Tion first. Last year the United states securities and Exchange com Mission brought about a dra Matic turn of events in the then simmering Churchill Forest industries controversy Day. A neighbor across the Street police car but noticed said she a about . Nothing else. A neighbor at 67 Marlow said he slept through the whole thing. Detectives at the scene Fri deaths Baldwin mrs. John of Toronto. Berg Melvin Eber 40, of Mather Man. Cameron Kathryn Lydia 85, of 6 Eastgate retired from Manitoba government. Courteau Germaise of 204 Enfield Crescent St. Boni face widow of Laurent Cour teau. Dickey Lilly Agnes 98, of m o r d e n Man., widow of Hugh Dickey. Drzew1ecki, Anthony 68, of 450 Manitoba Avenue. Foubert Josephine 82, of Carman Man., widow of Zeb Foubert. 1iendkikson, Fred 74, of 329 St. Anne s Road suite 114, St. Vital. Higgins Frerick 89, of 107 Balmoral Street retired from the Marlborough hotel. Holl1nger, Kathleen 94, of 535 Henderson Highway East Kildonan. Krajewski Stanley 72, of 424 Victoria Avenue West Transcona retired from up rail. Krawec mrs. Dmytro Pau 89, of St. Benedict s Manor Gimli Man., formerly of Arborg Man. Lamb mrs. George h. Ethel 78, of 880 Arlington Street suite 601. Lockhart Aimie j., 103, of 29 Blackmore Avenue St. Vital widow of Andrew Lockhart. Matthys Leon Cyriel 70, of Swan Lake Man. Swirski Walter 60, of 1115 Spruce Street formerly of Matlock Man., retired from Eaton s. For further information please see classified death notices by the a n d r i c 82, yugoslav Winner of the 1961 Nobel prize for literature. 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