Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Alice Krueger on truth telling at last comes the Gadget in 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 Aagoth 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 report ers. Advertising literature for the device says intelligence operations during the second world War verified the fact than an eight to 1 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 Thornhiill 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 he aware he is being Analysed and lie will be less Likely to employ emotional countermeasures successfully. Unlike the polygraph the Lla Goth does not require the knowledge and consent of the subject being tested. Other suggested applications o lawyers May use in on recorded depositions obtained from hostile witnesses. Psychiatrists can use in to find their patients emotional hoi businessmen can be assured prospective partners have genuine Confidence in proposed new ventures. Voters May evaluate a politician s Candor. Employers concerned Ullh Shefl by employees can identify and keep a closer Eye on High stress reactors in questions regarding pilfering. It retails for in Canada in the . When Winnipeg Gers went to the polls in lust fall s civic elections Hopes were High for a new Era of co operation at City Hall. Many fell the former fill member Council was at Hie Rool of Hie problem that in was Loo Large and unwieldy a setup and the reason Why Council was unable in gel Down to dealing with some of Hie major problems facing the Eily. Thus Many were optimistic that a smaller Council was Hie answer. But after four months under the reorganized system the Power plays the posturing and quarrelling co Qiliu be. If anything they have multiplied. From Day i the Independent citizens Klc Clion com Millie has been exercising ils majority in 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 Chc and mayor Robert Sleen with Hie City s administration gelling into the act As Well. Sleep fell out of favor with the ice several years ago and in now is Chipping away at what vestiges of Power the mayor has left. Mini legislature what the icky is doing in effect is setting up a Niini legislature at Eily Hall by All Empting to make its chairman councillor Hob rocks Laos. A voting member of the civic Board of commissioners. Such a move would firmly establish Bockstael As the most powerful Mem Ber of City Council if he Iii t already. Sleen sees it As a move to reduce him to nothing More than a picture on the Wall and has vowed to fight the Mailer All the Way to the legislature. It s Mil very Likely the ice would Ever have at tempted to undermine the Powers of former mayor Steve Juba in such a Way. His clout Wilh the elector ate was such that no one would have dared to run roughshod Over him. However. The ice May he pushing its Luck and underestimating the reaction of the Public in Irving to emasculate he Powers of mayor Sleen. He has already begun enlisting Hie support of Umipeg Gers 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 thing Winni Eggers have made Clear Over the years in is that they do not want to see partisan politics Al the civic level. Norrie decides to stay on Council councillor Rill Norrie said tuesday he has decided to slay on As Winnipeg s Deputy mayor and Council representative for Tuxedo Heights Ward. The ill year old lawyer said in a Telephone interview that while he has not fully recovered from the attack of fatigue and exhaustion he suffered in january he in tends to resume most of his Council responsibilities immediately. Norric who was rumoured to be considering a judicial position in Brandon said he has nol yet decided his professional fun Liiro whether to return to private practice on a full or part Lime basis if Al All. Ill be slaying in Winnipeg and on Council Laking it fairly easy for the a Cal few months to see just How things shake Norrie said he will be meeting soon with the hide pendent citizens election committee caucus of which he is a member to discuss the future of the Deputy mayor s position which some councillors have suggested be Given the chairman of executive policy committee. Well have to take a close look Al in. The whole thing May need to he he said. Norrie added he will be on hand for tonight s meeting of Council which will consider the first of Many changes expected to its organization and Structure a proposal to make the chairman of policy committee a voting member of the powerful civic Board of commissioners. Winnipeg free press wednesday March 1, 1978 City news 2nd class mail registration number 0286 mirth it leaves tight Campaign financing Law vote chief lauds new act by Robert Wield web new amendments to the Canada elections act have made the legislation second none particularly in the area of Campaign financing Jean Marc Ila Mel Canada s chief electoral officer said tuesday. Hamel said until now 30 per cent of candidates losing in a Federal election never filed a statement of Campa Ign funds. Bui recent amendments which also raise the number of Manitoba members of parliament to 14 from 13, allow for fines of up to 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 the election the surplus must be paid to the party or to the government. This major new provision provides for the disposal of Money left Over after a candidate has paid All his Bills. Ila Mcl said the changes in the Canada elections act Are being 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 arc 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 parcs can spend a maximum of million on campaigning. Disclosure Recti rents of the act already stipulate candidates must 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 being implemented voters will no longer have to give their occupy Murav Park Oft Assiniboine Raker blvd four mile Hoad i Mij Lestein the map shows the new Federal constituencies in Winnipeg 1 St. Beni face 2 Winnipeg Assiniboine 3 Winnipeg Birds Hill 4 Winnipeg fort Garry 5 Winnipeg North 6 Winnipeg North Centre 7 Winnipeg St. James. Jean Marc Hamel Hon. Ila Mel 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 k . 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 vote Al a poll with Hie required Access. In advertising Advance polls the government must indicate which ones have level there la be three in Stead of two Advance polling dates on the 9th, 7th and 6th Day before voting Day. In Case an elector can t make it on the Advance poll ing Dale or the actual voting Day he or she May Casl his or her ballot Al the office of the returning officer on any Day beginning monday the Mth 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 i . And Between 7 and a . God s gift to women sentenced to four years in prison for rape a Man described by a Friend As considering himself cod s gift to has been sentenced to four years in jail for the rape of a Young Divorcee last june. Richard Lawrence Sanford 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of raping the 25-year-old woman in her Guelph Surcel apartment june 2. Lie broke into her apartment about 3 ., held a Sharp nine Inch knife Blade to her Throat after waking her from her sleep and threatened her and her two children if she did t co operate. County court judge Gerald Jewers said lie had to Deler others from contemplating breaking into a defenceless woman s Home to rape her. Sanford was apprehended three Days Afler the first alack when he returned in the woman s apartment Early in the june 5. Met at the suite door by a City police Riel Clive Wilh his gun drawn he tried unsuccessfully to flee. After his entry into the woman s apart Mcnol by forcing open a window june 2, he went to the bedroom she shared with her seven year old Daugh Ter. Asleep in another room was her four year old son. He Pul his hand Over the woman s eyes As she awoke holding the knife at Hei Throat. During the next two or three hours he forced her to Commil various sexual acts including three acts of Intercourse. During the sequence of events the knife was on a nearby Dresser and he warned her to Coop Erate telling her his the knife was within reach. 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 left making her kiss him goodbye and telling her. It s fun to he also told her thai children were his weakness and his wife did l give him enough affection. Bui the woman phoned her brother a City police officer immediately after the attack and a stake out was set up. Relating the crime to the judge Crown attorney David Rampersad read a statement to the court from a Friend of Sanford a co truck Driver. The Man said Sanford and he had each drunk two Beers and Aboul three ounces of liquor after a truck haul from Thunder Bay but Hal Sanford had seemed sober. Sanford Lold his Friend not to phone his Home because he d met a Divorcee but told his wife he was out on a trip. The Friend said Sanford had Al ways Felt he was god s gift to women. He was conceived when he talked of his exploits with Rampersad read the Sla Lement to the judge Over the objections of defence counsel Ken but the judge said the Friend s statement could be read with the same consideration that letters of reference about Sanford would receive from the court. Rampersad called the alack Cal culled and said Here could be no excuse that liquor played any part. And although Sanford had Lold police he d returned to apologize Rampersad called that he went Back for a repeat perform the Crown attorney said the woman had been so upset she needed tranquil to Calm Down. Zaifman noted Sanford s clean Crimi Nal record and called the attack on the woman an isolated incident that occurred judge Jewers rejected Zaifman s Contention that the return trip had been to apologize Noling the time of the Visil. But he accepted the letters of refer ence attesting to Sanford s previously Good character and the presence of his wife and friends in court for Hie sentencing. Speaking on his own behalf san Ford asked Hie judge for leniency nol just for myself i deserve what i get but for my he told the judge that Bis wife with his one child had stood by him during the ordeal since his arrest and he asked to be sent to prison near her family s Home in Hull p.q., where she was returning Afler his sentencing. Judge Jewers granted Hal request and made the recommendation after imposing the four year term. Halt urged to Riverbank acquisitions by Steve i Ona a special three member committee of Winnipeg City councillors studying civic property matters has recommended City Council slap a temporary freeze on ils ambitious Riverbank acquisition program. In a report endorsed by civic finance committee tuesday. The group also recommends the City develop a first stage program for the development of the Riverbank properties and a by decl 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 the meeting. One member of the Trio Conn. Don Terrie ind Epen said the Eily has spent millions on the project to Date nearly million in 11177 alone leaving both it and the provincial government which has undertaken a similar project Wilh an unbelievable bin scattered inventory of Riverbank properties. Some of them should he consolidated Irilan Riverbank Parkland while others would Best be sold Terrie said. Ii at least five limes As much to acquire a Riverbank property today than it did five years ago. Gerric said adding the acquis lion policy May hau1 Al ready outstripped the City s limited capacity to pay for in. But in addition to the High costs of acquisition commit Lee s report says it is also concerned with the present level of maintenance of the properties acquired for Riverbank As Well As for the Cost of their planned future Tor example it will Cost an estimated to fully develop a lot on Wellington Crescent Dnn aled to the Eily by the Richardson family Ferric said. Council has to reassess the Ami in of Money in can realistically afford to spend on Riverbank programs keeping in mind Oiler Eily programs where land acquisition is involved and heir various the co Minillo resin re says. One of these is the regional streets land acquisition pro Gram the special committee s next target. Gerric said. A total of million has been earmarked for in in ilii1 197s capital Esli males which will be considered Al a Spe Cial meeting of Council today. That program has come under fire recently from a number of Eily councillors who argue much of the land. Acquired for now abandoned transportation projects has become surplus to the City s needs and should either be developed or sold. The special committee recommends the Eily delay any further acquisitions of property under its Riverbank acquisition policies until civic executive policy committee Hajj a completed its review established priorities and made ils recommendations to Council. Police Issue warning on tax rebate thefts Winnipeg police arc warning people not Luu ave Ilii in income tax rebates in the mail Box Lunger necessary to prevent them from being stolen. Every year Aboul this time we gel a rash of rebates thefts acting superintendent of Del dives Herb Stephen said tuesday. One person has been charged with stealing an income tax rebate this year. The thieves usually prefer apartment mail boxes to houses hut have been known to steal from both. Slip Hen said. Stephen urged people to watch for the mailman and collect their rebates immediately. Decision reserved on Hydro Appeal a decision was reserved tuesday when Manitoba Hydro applied to the Manitoba court of Appeal to be allowed to Appeal a recent rate increase Rollback. Before being allowed to Appeal the ruling of the Public utilities Board which rolled Back a Rale increase to per cent from the proposed 20.8 per cent Hydro must get permission to Appeal. Tuesday afternoon or. Justice a. M. Munnin heard Hydro s application to make Hal Appeal Bill he reserved his decision on whether to allow the Utility to proceed. No Date was Sel for his decision. The Rale increase was trimmed in january the first time the Board had altered increases proposed by the Utility. Police commission probe can go on judge rules a Manitoba police commission inquiry into allegations that two Winnipeg police detectives beat a rape suspect in july 1976, will be allowed to continue March 16. Or. Justice j. Ii. Solomon of court of Queen s Bench allowed the continuation by quashing an order that had stopped the inquiry. Al the same time As the judge rescinded the stay order he granted a 15-Day delay for the resumption of the inquiry at the request of Rory Edge the lawyer represent ing the two police detectives. Edge asked for the delay to study the written decision of the judge Deli Vered orally in court tuesday morning. The police commission is investigating claims by John Francis Frampton who says he was beaten july 18, 1976, by the detectives during the course of a rape investigation. Frampton was subsequently convicted of the rape of a 11 year old and sentenced to three years in jail. The police commission inquiry had been stopped after its first Day on an application by Edge who challenged the commission s Juris diction to hold the inquiry. Judge Solomon said he would t consider the Challenge because the proper course for any argument against a police commission inquiry is to take that argument to the Manitoba court of Appeal for its decision. Judge Solomon rejected Edge s argument that evidence on the actual circumstances under investigation would have to come before the Appeal court. He said he wanted the inquiry to proceed As quickly As possible be cause of the Public interest and to remove any possible prejudice that could develop against the police by delay. At the same Lime the judge said he would allow lawyers for the detectives to continue Wilh state ments of claim about the inquiry filed in he court of Queen s Bench. Edge and Marvin Samphire acl ing for the commission and the attorney general s department said taking the Case to the court of Appeal could Resuli in still further delays of the com Mission inquiry pending any a peal court decision. T ;