Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Alice Krueger on truth telling at last comes the Gadget no reporter should be without especially when interviewing politicians. It s a Little Black machine that will see red when someone is telling a Little White lie. A real whopper sets the entire panel flashing like crazy. The invention is called the Hagold voice stress analyser and it s just been introduced on the Canadian Market. The machine is being pushed As the business Man s lie Detector but its application to the Field of journalism will be immediately obvious to most report ers. Advertising literature for the device says intelligence operations during the second world War verified the fact than an eight to a Cycle modulation in the human voice disappears when the speaker experiences stress. Because lying generally causes guilt and because guilt will generally induce stress the device allows one to pinpoint deception in the voice of any sane adult speaker. Its Canadian distributor. Interconnect communications Ltd. Of Thornhill ont., says the unit determines the Validity of information supplied at the time of an interview either personally or Over the Telephone. Optimum use however the voice analyser was designed for optimum use Over the Telephone. In this Way the subject will not be aware he is being Analysed and he will be less Likely to employ emotional countermeasures successfully. Unlike the polygraph the Aagoth does not require the knowledge and consent of the subject being tested. Other suggested applications lawyers May use it on recorded depositions obtained from hostile witnesses. Psychiatrists can use it to find their patients emotional hot businessmen can be assured prospective partners have genuine Confidence in proposed new ventures. 9 voters May evaluate a Candor. Employers concerned with theft by employees can identify and keep a closer Eye on High stress reactors to questions regarding pilfering. It retails for in Canada in the . When Winni Eggers went to he polls in last fall s civic elections Hopes were High for a new Era of co operation at City Hall. Many Felt the former 50-Mcmbcr Council was at to Root of the problem that it was too Large and unwieldy a setup and the reason Why Council was unable to get Down to dealing with some of the major problems facing the City. Thus Many were optimistic hat a smaller Council was the answer. But after four months under the reorganized system the Power plays the posturing and quarrelling continue. If anything they have multiplied. From Day 1, the Independent citizens election com Mittee has been exercising its majority on Council resulting in the usual clashes with Independent and new democratic party councillors. Added to that now is the spectacle of an open feud Between the and mayor Robert Stern with the City s administration getting into the act As Well. Olcen fell out of favor with the ice several years ago and it now is Chipping away at what vestiges of Power the mayor has left. Mini legislature what the ice is doing in effect is setting up a mini legislature at cily Hail by attempting to make its chairman. Councillor Bob Bockstael a voting member of the civic Board of commissioners. Such a move would firmly establish Bock Slack As the most powerful Mem Ber of City Council if he in t already. Steen sees it As a move to reduce him to nothing More than a picture on the Wall and has vowed to fight the matter All the Way to the legislature. It s not very Likely the ice would Ever have at tempted to undermine the Powers of former mayor Steve Juba in such a Way. His clout with the elector ate was such hat no one would have dared to run roughshod Over him. However the ice May be pushing its Luck and underestimating the reaction of the Public in trying to emasculate the Powers of mayor Sleen. He has already begun enlisting the support of Winni Eggers Many of whom still feel the mayor s Job should be one of leadership and authority. Whether City voters will rally to his Rescue remains to be seen. But if there s one tiling Winni Eggers have made Clear Over the years it is that they do not want to see partisan politics at he civic level. Norrie stays on Council councillor Bill Norrie said tuesday he has decided to slay on As Winnipeg s Deputy mayor and Council representative for Tuxedo Heights Ward. The -19-year-old lawyer said in a Telephone interview he Lias not fully recovered from the alack of fatigue and exhaustion but intends to resume most of his Council responsibilities immediately. Norrie had been rumoured to be considering a judicial position in Brandon. He said he. Will be meeting soon with the Independent citizens election committee caucus of which he is a Mem Berlo discuss the future of he Deputy mayor s position. Winnipeg free press wednesday March 1, 1978 City news it leaves you breathless 2nd class mall registration number 0286 a a City employee adjusts a Barrier this morning at a Watermain break on the South Side of Portage Avenue Between Garry and Smith streets. Water backed up along the curbs flowing onto the two Side streets. Chief electoral officer praises new rules for Campaign finances by Robert Willaard new amendments to the Canada elections act have made the legislation second to none particularly in the area of Campaign financing lean Marc Hamel Canada s chief electoral officer said tuesday. Ila Mel said until now per cent of candidates losing in a Federal election never filed a statement of Campa Ign funds. But recent amendments which also raise the number of Manitoba members of parliament to m from 13, allow for fines of up in and jail terms of up to five years for such offences he said. As Well his office now has a commissioner of elections who will Monitor All Finan Cial statements from Candi dates after an election he said. The deadline for paying All election Bills under the new legislation expires four months after the polling Date while creditors have until three months after that Date to Bill candidates. Hamel said if contributions and the reimbursement received by a candidate exceed the candidate s Cost at inc election the surplus must be paid to he party or o the government. This major new provision provides for the disposal of Money left Over after a candidate has paid All his Bills. Ila Mel said the changes in the Canada elections act Are facing implemented so they will be in place in Case prime minister Trudeau Calls an election this Spring. Trudeau has until the Spring of 1979 to Call the vote. The amendments to simplify the voting process for the electorate As Well As the government by cutting Down on red tape Hamel said. Canada s political parties Are limited to spend 30 cents per elector in the next elec Tion. This Means if every party has a candidate in each of the 282 Ridings 18 More than currently the parties Murray Park or Flussi Wiborne River blvd four mile Road Finklestein re the map shows the new Federal constituencies in Winnipeg 1 St. Boniface 2 Winnipeg Assiniboine 3 Winnipeg Birds Hill 4 Winnipeg fort Garry 5 Winnipeg North 6 Winnipeg North Centre 7 Winnipeg St. James. Can spend a maximum of s l.2 million on campaigning. Disclosure requirements of the act already stipulate candidates Musl reveal the names of supporters who contribute More than to their campaigns. Hamel said the elections act changes fall roughly in three categories administration voting procedure and election financing. The following changes Are now living implemented voters will no longer have to give their occupation. Hamel said it was Felt after the last Federal election this was an invasion of privacy and a source of com plaints. Voters will have from 9 . Until 8 . To exercise their right in the past polls were open from 8 . Until 7 . Standard Lime which has led to confusion. Least one Advance poll in an Urban area must have level Access for the Handi capped. Previously such a Cess was t required. In Case such Access is required and the applicable poll does t provide level Access the voter will get a Transfer certificate from the returning officer to Vole at a poll with the required Access. In advertising Advance polls the government must indicate which ones have level there la be three in Stead of two Advance polling Dales on the Stii 7th. And 6th Day before voting Day. In Case an elector can t make in on the Advance poll ing Dale or the actual voting Day he or she May Casl his or her ballot Al the office of inc returning officer on any Day beginning monday the Mph Day before polling Day and ending on the last Friday before polling Day except on a sunday or any Advance polling hours Are limited to Between noon and 6 . And Between 7 and 9 . Hamel said tuesday this change will avoid voting by proxy which makes Many people feel uncomfortable. The new provision is based on similar legislation in new zealand he added. Halt urged to Riverbank acquisitions by Steve Pona a special three member committee of Winnipeg City councillors studying civic property mailers has recommended cily Council slap a temporary freeze on its ambitious Riverbank acquisition program. In a report endorsed by civic finance committee tuesday the group also recommends inc cily develop a first stage program for the development of inc Riverbank properties arid a budget to cover All costs of acquisition maintenance and costs of the program have been escalating rapidly since the policy of acquiring Riverbank properties As they be come available for Sale or development was adopted by Council in late 1972, councillors said after inc meeting. One member of the Irio coun. Don Crrie ind Epen said the cily has spent millions on the project to Date nearly million in 1977 alone leaving both it and the provincial government which has undertaken a similar project will an unbelievable but scattered inventory of Riverbank properties. Some of them should be consolidated Inlo Riverbank Parkland while others would Best be sold Gerric said. It costs Al least five times As much to acquire a single Riverbank property today than in did five years ago Crrie said adding the acquisition policy May have a ready outstripped he City s limited capacity in pay for in. But in addition to the High costs of acquisition commit tee s report says it is also concerned with inc present level of maintenance of the properties acquired for Riverbank As Well As for he Cost of their planned future for example it will Cost an estimated to fully develop a i.2. I acre lol on Wellington arc scene donated to inc City by the Richardson family Gerric said. Council has to reassess the amount of Money it can realistically afford to spend on Riverbank programs keeping in mind other City programs where land acquisition is involved and i hair various Hie committee report says. One of these is inc regional streets land acquisition pro Gram the special committee s next target Orrie said. A local of million has been earmarked for in in hip 1978 capital estimates which will be considered at a Spe Cial meeting of Council today. That program has come under fire recently from number of cily councillors who argue much of the land acquired for now abandoned transportation projects has become surplus o inc City s needs and should either be developed or sold. The special committee recommends the City delay any further acquisitions of properly under its Riverbank acquisition policies until civic executive policy committee has completed its review established priorities and made its recommendations to Council. Decision reserved on Hydro Appeal a decision was reserved tuesday when Manitoba Hydro applied to the Manitoba court of Appeal to be Al Lowed to Appeal a recent rate increase Rollback. Before being allowed to Appeal he ruling of he pub Lic utilities Board which rolled Back a Rale increase to 11.9 per cent from the pro Posoa 20.8 per cent Hydro must get permission to a peal. Tuesday afternoon or. Justice a. M. Moriniti heard Hydro s application to make that Appeal but he reserved his decision on whether to allow the Utility to proceed. No Date set for his Deci Sion. The Rale increase was trimmed in january tic first time the Board had altered increases proposed by inc Utility. Police Issue warning on tax rebate thefts Winnipeg police Are warning people not to leave their income lax rebates in he mail Box longer than necessary to prevent them from being stolen. Every year about this time we gel a rash of rebates thefts acting superintendent of detectives Herb Stephen said tuesday. One person has been charged with stealing an income lax rebate this year. The thieves usually prefer apartment mail boxes to houses but have been known to steal from both Stephen said. Stephen urged people to watch for the mailman and colled their rebates immediately. Sanford sentenced to four years for rape of Divorcee a Man described by a Friend As considering himself god s gift to has been sentenced to four years in jail for the rape of a Young Divorcee last june. Richard Lawrence Sanford pleaded guilty to a charge of raping the 25-year-old woman in her Guelph Street apartment june 2. He broke into her apart ment about 3 ., held a Sharp nine Inch knife Blade to her Throat after waking her from her sleep and threatened her and her iwo children if she did l co operate. County court judge Gerald Jowers said he had to Ducler others from contemplating breaking Inlo a. Defenceless woman s Home to rape her. Sanford was apprehended three Days Afler the first at tick when he returned to the woman s apartment Early in the morning of june 5. He was Mel at the suite door by a City police detective with his gun drawn. Afler his entry into the woman s apartment by forcing open a window he went to inc bedroom she shared Wilh her seven year old daughter. Asleep in another room was her four year old son. He put his hand Over the woman s eyes As she awoke holding the knife at her Throat. During the next two or three hours he forced her to Commil various sexual acts including i rec acts of Intercourse. After the sexual assaults he said he d like to take her out for dinner and show her a Good time. He wrote her first name address and phone number in his address Book. He also told her that Chil Dren were his weakness and his wife did t give him enough affection. But the woman phoned her brother a cily police officer immediately Afler the attack and a stakeout was set up. Relating the crime to the judge Crown attorney David Lla Persad read a statement to the court from a Friend of san Ford a co truck Driver. The Man said Sanford and he had each drunk two Beers and about three ounces of liquor Afler a truck haul from Thunder Bay but Hal Sanford had seemed sober. Sanford Lold his Friend nol to phone his Home because he d met a Divorcee but Lold his wife he was Oul on a trip. The Friend said Sanford had always fell he was god s gift to Rampersad called the attack calculated and said there could be no excuse that liquor played any part. And although Sanford had told police he d returned to apologize Rampersad called Hal defence counsel Ken Zaifman noted Sanford s clean criminal record. Judge Jewers rejected Zaif Man s Conle lion that the return trip had been to apologize bul accepted the letters of reference attesting to Sanford s previously Good character and the presence of his wife and friends in court for the sentencing ;