Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 12, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Man of tit 84 36 novt str with tutored comics final edition land hearings possible Tuben named wednesday the provincial governments Oneman com Mission to probe All aspects of land development costs in the City of said he int sure yet if the hearings will be open to the a widely known economist with the University of was cautious about How he would approach the hearings because he said he didst have much time to think about the Job he said he didst want to blurt out specious Generali ties about the which he had agreed to accept Only a couple of Days before the an Urban affairs minister Saul Miller said Friday he want sure what Bellan meant by Public Muler made the distinction Between hearings where the Public could sit and listen and those at which the Public could make pre the minister emphasized that the inquiry was into Cost components and Bellan would be seeking hard info he suggested that in some cases a commissioner might feel he could get More open and Frank discussion if some hearings Erent he said he knew the Taraska commission on the City of Winnipeg act had been approached by some who asked for private discussions and the commission had if youre going to try to get a full you cant do everything in a fish Miller Bellamy first step will be to look at All available material and to talk to a number of people before he deter mines How to conduct the who m a d e the announcement following wednesdays Cabinet meet said Bellans terms of reference Are very Gen the Miller would allow Bellan to look at All aspects of land costs and elements affecting they include examination of the proportion of the total Cost of housing formed by the Cost of serviced component parts of serviced and a serviced land and the fac tors causing escalation of serviced lot prices and Unser vice land Bellan will have Powers under the Manitoba evidence act to subpoena both people and the government appointed the commissioner in response to a request from Winnipeg City Council for a study into land speculation in the the appointment of who lectures in Urban economics at the University and is former Dean of studies at Johns was welcomed by both progressive conservative and Liber Al opposition in the Legisla i think Bellan will do an objective Job of that kind of conserva Tive House Leader Warner Jorgenson see secret Page 4 dead of three wars remembered in the thursdays cold Mani to bans paid Honor to the dead of three Bud Jobin of Manitoba left lays a Wreath at the Cenotaph in a Short ceremony after remembrance Day of 2441 Portage suite right lays a Wreath on behalf of Silver Cross mothers whose children died in by Gerry Cairns copyright violation in tape duplication brings 2 firms in fines by Scott Edmonds two men and the Busin esses they set up in Winnipeg t o duplicate eight track stereo tapes were fined a total of wednes Day after pleading guilty to a charge of violating Canadas copyright Federal prosecutor Bruce Macfarlane said after the hearing in Boniface provincial judges court that this was the first Case of its kind to arise in Al though he had heard of a similar one in British Colum Thomas Gilmour and Richard Whittington As Well As als audio Ware House and the factory tape club were each fined the maximum allowed under the 52yearold Federal copyright m Macfarlane complained that the Law was completely inadequate and didst contemplate the kind of modern operation that could net thousands of Dol Lars in although it want mentioned at the court Canadas copyright Law is based on an even earlier 1911 British statute and is being a working paper on proposed changes in the Law is being prepared and will probably be presented to parliament next Gilmour and Whittington went into business together last year and opened a store at 498 Portage be sides Selling stereo equip the men had a High eight track tape duplicator manufactured in Cali court was in one or two minutes the machine could duplicate a prerecorded stereo Mac Farlane memberships in the factory tape club were offered for and included two Blank tapes along with use of the duplicating machine and a selection of 400 to 500 pre recorded additional Blank tapes could be bought for for use on the a Macfarlane contrasted those prices with the suggested retail Price of most which even when on Sale Sel Dom Cost less than about audio was obviously under cutting legitimate retail the Federal attorney and no royalties were paid to store employees would get tapes ready and prepare the duplicating but the Button that actually activated it would always be pressed by the club in when members of the commercial crime Section of the ramp see copyright Page 4 Oil hike will fan stall warns Washington a p anticipating plans for a Price increase by the Oil exporting Are warning that such a move would seriously Hurt economies around the world by fan Ning inflation and stalling members of the Organiza Tion of Petroleum exporting countries open Are scheduled to meet 15 ill Qatar in the persian Gulf and prices Are expected to be High on the diplomats say if open boosts prices by 15 per for it would mean a billion increase in the country annual Oil that in turn would raise the cur rent six per cent inflation rate seven per cent and Cut the present four per cent economic growth rate to per although the open coun tries have not announced what Price decisions will be made next there has been speculation Price in creases could go As High As 20 per the Shah of Iran has suggested a 15percent officials say they Are unwilling to concede there will definitely be a Price Rise and that the economic Impact of such a step May persuade open countries to recon government economic projections indicate the most serious effects of big Price boost would be Felt in eng land and which Are Al ready suffering inflationary the financial times of London reported today that the 24nation organization for economic Coop e r a t i o n and development 0 e c d is forecasting a world recession for these cond hah of next Bonanza business for lbs the Manitoba housing and corporation has awarded building con tracts Worth More than million in the past 12 months to a Small win nip e g development and construction the lbs construction company picked up More than five times the total amount of work Given by the Marc to other firms during the same Peter a director of said that his company got the Busi Ness because it was pre pared to sell land to the Marc at Cost or even the contracts were obtained through the corporations proposal Call system by which Marc seeks package bids from builders to include both land and business on Page looks at proposal Calls and the Bonanza business they have earned jails want Only favourable news today business i jct out death of a Grain sales Man first of a Page Diefenbaker a offer of a new Frontier is an election Page will try again for More inside classified 7881 51 53 sports 6m7 Detevis Johb Toronto up Henry n e u f e 1 d Deputy regional director for Security in on says reporters May interview convicts in Federal prisons Only if they Are work ing on a Story that will Bene fit the Penitentiary he said in an interview that a directive issued in 1973 by the commissioner of penitentiaries says prisoners Are not to be interviewed except under special Neufeld said he interprets this to mean that a Story must Benefit a penitent a reporter May write about an improved prison Neufeld said he has overturned a decision by Pris on officials in about 25 Miles Southeast of the officials had granted a Globe and mail reporter permission interview a we could see no particular advantage in 14m interview ing the prisoner at this Neufeld he said there Are convicts in Federal prisons in on Tario and that it would be impossible to keep track of All requests from reporters to interview the Globe and mail reporter should wait for the prison ers release before interview ing Neufeld adding that reporters May correspond with prisoners through the Levesque rules out coalition Montreal up parti quebecois Leader Rene Leves que began talking like a win Ner thursday after both the pm and liberals spent much of this provincial elec Tion Campaign poor mouthing their chances of soothing voter fears that a pm government might mean Quick separation of the prov Ince from the 54 year old Levesque said that if he is elected Premier Mon he would attend a Dera provincial constitutional conference later this if Only because the Federal government owes Quebec a lot of he rejected a suggestion by Liberal candidate Bryce Mac Kasey that the pm might ally itself with the Union Fri Tio Nale party to form a minor Ity logically i dont see that any coalition is Possi Levesque said in an it would mean that they accept our program and our and i doubt that they will do the Union a p a r e n 11 y gaining strength under new Leader Rodrigue has been running As a federalist alternative to the Levesque fended off As ridiculous a n let hour Challenge by Liberal Premier Robert Bourassa to a Broad cast debate on the economic effect that separation from Canada would have on que that int what were deciding Leves que he has said the if it forms a govern would hold a referendum within two years on whether or not to in where the pm Hopes to pick up seats in the strike bound Lac Jean Levesque said thursday federalism Hast been All he pointed to the payments the Federal government makes to keep Down the Price of gasoline and Home heating Oil in Cost Rise blamed on self serve Gas the Manitoba motor leagues service department costs have jumped by almost to annually and motorists who use the convenience of self service Gas stations Are partly to the leagues president Malcom told the leagues annual meeting that Lack of Normal maintenance inspection is being reflected in the frequency of motor vehicle breakdowns requiring the use of the leagues Emer gency service its debatable whether the saving of a few cents i the Price of gasoline justifies the increasing costs of Malcom said executive Vic president of the motor said today a number of factors have contributed to the increase in service department last was spent on provid ing service for Emmett said inflation and the need for More staff and vehicles have meant larger but we cant Overlook the fact that it the use of self serve Gas bars has an effect on our increased costs now because people just dont get the under Hegood treatment like they used that has to have an effect on car Emmett Malcom said people buying Gas at self serve stations dont have Oil radiators or batteries All of those checks used to be automatic at traditional Gas he they who use self serve bars Are driving their cars on borrowed the motor league is handling a greater number of breakdowns that happen if cars were properly be pact disappoints Cable companies Coin via a new Federal provincial agreement regulating Cable television in Manitoba was greeted Friday with Surprise and disappointment by win Nipges two Cable the ratified earlier this week by the provincial deals with regulation and supervision of Cable television systems and services in the it gives the province responsibility for providing Cable hardware through Manitoba Telephone and Means Cable operators will have to lease the necessary equipment from Hugh Cablevision general said Bis firm had been dealing with its Over the last four or five Mouths to come to some agreement on the hardware Issue but there was no indication this was happening and no consultation on Comack said he had not seen a copy of the be Dera provincial but he didst expect any immediate effects for the Cable both Cable firms have leasing contracts with its which dont expire until Videon president Ronald Mitchell said he was not sur prised by the cancellation of the Portage and Selkirk licences but added he is disappointed the govern ment didst find in favor of the crts ownership it Means we will be rent ing the entire system and its will also be taking Over the Day today maintenance of the he my main concern is what happens to our technicians Here if there going to take Over the ample i Hope they do it in an orderly drunk Driver killed two motorcyclists dentist sentenced to treat elderly free a a dentist whose Drunken ant ing caused the deaths of two persons has been sentenced to spend one Day a week for a year providing tree dental care to the these is a Way we can bring Back these but perhaps we can put your talents to use and get some in unusual sentence for sugar judge Yencopal said who pleaded guilty to negligent could Nave been sentenced to 10 years in agreed to set aside one Day each week to treat any elderly person who walks through Bis office door and provide even expensive items like denial be estimated the free dentistry could be the judge Are a lot of senior titans said judge a Yenc Opfel us Beaton county Superior court and cant i wet those course of a the judge said Mays Wust get the word out to senior of Mai theft Wea Ftp Tern he said be wants office fitted on Days set aside for the and Witt Check to see that it he also ordered Mays not to drink during a fou year probaus Tow pleaded guilty toe deaths of Fred and of tuft who were killed May after Bis car struck the motorcycle on which Tny were can measure Bis Squaw to and tie responsibility a Teete in consequences of his Mays lawyer told the court his mistake was not intentional hell carry the tragedy with him until the Day the meets his Mays declined to comment on the unusual but Rex Man Ager of the Kennewick senior citizens said this is a wonderful we All know prices for dental work Are sight Lor most of our senior Cir 1 to Feck Yea Copal for at of ;