Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 14, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free press tuesday March 14, 1978 Centre wins year Long Battle Home for Retar dates Given Okay to by Ingeborg Boyens six retarded girls Between the Ages of 10 and 14, will stay in their group Home in residential St. Vital after a year Long Battle with local residents to remove them. St. Amant Centre 440 Hiver Road will continue to operate the Home at 47 Tracy Crescent As result of a Deci Sion monday by the St. Boni fact St. Vital Community committee. The comi Nitich. Approved the special zoning variance on the House for the second time despite continued oppo burning or Cal Ilch relieved in minnies exclusive in a line substance a Lek Vest Ain As it shrinks Llu Morr holds. A clinic Kim no Fri. A i turn int in Irwi Icli Hileri Inry i Iii fount a unit Ito lk-a1ink mib my of months he i which Rin Irkle n. rom a refunded. Preparation sit Ion by about 45 residents who said in a Elilion they opposed any group Home in their neighbourhood. St. Amana be narc was permitted to operate the Home last March. However local residents obtained a court of Queen s Bench ruling which referred the Mailer Back to the Community committee on a technicality and fit. Amana was forced to appear again Mon Day night. Sisler Bertha Bowman he executive director of the Centre said the girls Progress had been remark Able. She said icy Are Well integrated Inlo a special program Al or. . Penner elementary school. She said that it was Good for Normal children to have Afflic cd children in their Frank m. Lechner who presented a Brief on behalf of residents in opposition said the group Home would set a precedent and thai other group Homes for drug addicts and alcoholics could come into the neighbourhood. He added that the quiet Safe Ideal environment for the local families was altered because of increased traffic visiting the Home. He claimed that the Home had been thrust into the settled areas again the wishes stay of Lechner said that St. Anant showed Little con Tern for the residents of Tracy Crescent. Tom Macquarrie another visiting soviet dissident likens communist party to the mafia tic in group Home said St. Amana Hud made a mistake by not conducting sufficient ground work to have the Home in the area. Don t make it seem As if we were against the he said. Mrs. Dave Mccrac who lives beside the group Home said that she and her family had a Good neighbourly relationship with the children and that the girls had visited their Home. John Prall of 50 Victoria Crescent who does t live in the the area said had to speak on the matter. What Are we supposed to do take those kids out into the Middle of he Prairie those kids need All he help from people hey can he said. Grant Tichenko a Mem Ber of the Midland residents advisory group conducted a study on group Homes. Tichenko said group Homes Are a right not a Privi me said he matter was not simply a zoning Issue bul de livery of a social service which is the responsibility of a Community committee. Or. Gwynn Nettler a noted psychologist and professor of sociology at the University of Alberta will deliver the fourth an Nual Elizabeth Laird lec Ture at 8 . March 16 at the University of Winni Peg. Nettler s topic Wii be thinking about the future. By Debbie Lyon Igor a. Mel Cuk disclaims any prophetic Powers. But this leading russian linguist Speaks from painful experience when he likens the soviet communist party to the mafia and warns it threatens Western existence. The soviet communist party is a big mafioso said Mel Cuk who was fired from his Job harassed and threatened with imprison ment after a i cur he wrote in support of two soviet dissidents was published in the West. It if Only because of West Ern Public opinion that rus Sia has not become a this intense animated mid aged Man now a visiting professor at the University de Montreal commented in a Winnipeg interview. He urged westerners to continue pressure o squeeze out of he soviet government All the civil liberties possible for the russian people. Past pressure has been effective since soviet tics Are afraid of publicity the Only thing which can help is Western pressure. The higher the source of the the Mel Cuk who was on a Brief visit to the University of Manitoba said it is Only through increased civil Liber ties that the eyes of the so Viet people will be opened. Otherwise a Nalion of doctor "cleared9 by ramp but closing practice anyway ramp in Winnipeg have resumed patient files to a City physician and will not Lay charges against him i was seamed today. The physician or. Carlos Huerto says however he still plans in close his practice at the end of today and is not Likely to remain in Hie province. The mounties had raided Herlo s office in the Boyd building in Winnipeg in january and seized All his files. Ii was reported at the time there was a Post Bilky fraud charges were being considered. Huerto was suspended from practice by he College of physicians and surgeons of Mani Toba for professional infractions connected to surgery he performed outside the confines of a Hospital. The suspension Lasu off month and the doctor paid a Penally and costs of the inquiry against him amounting to almost notified thai he was to have been charged with another infraction by lie College late last year Hurlo asked he licensing and policing body no o proceed Wilh More charges. In return for the Concession the physician undertook to have his name erased from the Manitoba medical Register which is kept by the College As of Midnight tonight. The College of physicians and surgeons agreed. However a group of Huerto s patients has been collecting names for a petition to he College in recent weeks and spokesmen have recused unnamed interests of using the Ollige to run the physician out of prov Ince. The petition Lias yet o reach the College. Ride the wind without blowing your budget. The mystique of grand luxury infused with the pure enjoyment of s something you can almost feel just by looking at it. And it s something you can possess for less than you might imagine. The 1978 edition of the grand prix continues the legend of its proud predecessors. Yet within the new trim exterior exists a totally unexpected spaciousness. More headroom than last year More legroom. Even More trunk space. Grand prix offers you three stunning versions. The base grand prix features a Standard 3.8 litre 231 Cid v6. In the grand prix la you la find a 4.9 litre 301 Cid 2-bbl.v8, automatic transmission Power steering and Power brakes All Standard. 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H is on an other Mel Cuk having been away from his native land since last May finds in Al most impossible to now explain what in was like to live there. He joined amnesty inner National a privately funded human rights organization after coming u Canada bul appears disappointed Al a Lack of action to Back up concerns Over violation of rights in the soviet Union. The Case of an orthodox jewish family weighs on his conscience Al present. The family an elderly couple their son his wife and Daugh unsuccessfully have sought five times in the past three years to leave Russia. The father like his forefathers suffered Al the hands of authorities for his religious views. The son a physics professor was fired when he family applied o Emi grate. Mel Cuk has tried to gel Job fans give blood a to tent Chou sponsored blood Donot clinic no Leto Rod Cross Rumill Frt in 220 Luton info Oul to ulivo Moil of ill fluid Moud. C j zip Lof Ilii him Lomci my . Lor Ilio l Robinson liar Goth cont Bulion. 00 1.1ns who Honvo do mod anywhere from 31 to 57 pints of blood Woie. K. Oxtoby to. Mrs. M. I room i. Black join Mortimer i. Hums 31, i Tarry Jones i1, Dennis mind hum is David Mellon 117. .1. W. Yare its w. A. I Rieson Dills Amos Iii Swimly Mil in ii. Pm Dun ii. Tall bit i i. A Miles w. .1. Care less Maurice Tryhuk 17. Jack a c Dyt a Harry h. is w. S. Mark 55. Sieve Llu Hins kiss it. In enl 57. Here Aro some More Job blood boosters. They be Given blood from 21 to 30 times Abe Poilu scr. Lloyd Han son o. .1. Nawrocki g. Bar Ric stocks. Mrs. A. M. Mar Lin. Edward Hal Luray. Terrance w. Crue Nlay Ailsa Crunk. Stephen i. A bronc. Arl Chiniak vim i Bram Billa. Krank .1. A. Simpson. .1. Alrh Sun. In soph Iti ski Maria hip u in mum Smillir. K. C. Kently. These Poepl have cared enough to contribute blood 11 to 20 times mrs. K. Maw and Dania haul Bill Keimer. Lohn Hal pm. Lena Hankin Manns k. Clary Swan Zahnke. I Corgi Braun. Kos Lenir. Anthony l. Obs Ink Harry in Sennati Angela shipper Lyle Hyall Linda fish. Wally Funk. Birnice Stroul or. T. Gun miss a. L. Sleep parcel Frank Wiebe Andy . Carl Riceci. Hoe Goodman. Ted Sidloski. Donors who have Given up to 10 pints o blood wore Audrey i of Kivor David k. Sni Lalsingh in w. Lin Kif incr ii. Kelcil. William Kushner. Miss Priscilla Sci uru Domitala Bank Gutner w. Kle Duic Gerald , Ici Canoni Knapp p. Friedler. Pal Kwen s. Christina Carrier Mary flagman mrs. M. Churney Janice hair Ken sue Kendall. Cart Pinr Ilore Wayne Moody w. Brace in Ehen. Erika App i Brit Wil Liam a nine. Mrs. Grenn. Mrs. Shelley Luvall Karen Lunnie. Muur Lre Pratl. L. P. And in Colleen Chopek mrs. Sadie Huszar Dennis vial let Sharron Obsniuk m. Anneler Ian Fardy Gwyllt marions Clara Imi Lerck. It. Ferens Bren Dii Wedlake Lames sin Clair Nave Whalley Vern Bijj Rstom. Todd Penn Ell Ste Ven Nowaczok Judith Gra Ham c. To shrew John their Peter Johnson. Gor Don Thiessen mrs. Kilton Susan Cook. Shelley wire Helen Frieson. K. Taback. Mrs. Bonnie Giles. J. To Wickiewicz Valeric Sankar Lla Anderson. Audiences interested in Tele phoning the family and in a Leuer Campaign bul o Little Avail. Yet he said such activities would protect the fam ily from further persecution and put pressure on authorities to act. When a family has been Lor lured their lives spoiled Al least the old people could be let go. Why it was this Type of moral indignation that got Mel Cuk into trouble with the authorities. A father of three children. Mel Cuk is considered a Lead ing linguistic theoretician who has made a number of original contributions o he study of the Structure and development of languages. Since 1956, lie was a senior research fellow Al the Zinsli tule of linguistics in the Academy of sciences in Moscow the Best position lie could Hope to hold without administrative responsibilities. Lie came in conflict he said Wilh his new Boss conflict which led to postponements of his Recert Ifica Ion normally a run line Mailer required every live years for senior r e searchers and Slig Lils such As the cancellation of his appearance at a National con Ference on linguistics. In january lie new York times published a Mel Cuk letter smuggled out of the soviet Union by a foreigner. In in. The professor protested the events sur rounding the imprisonment of biophysicist Sergey Kova Lov and expressed stip Perl for dissident nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov. His action he said was of a moral not a political nature. He was not politically Active although he had assisted dissidents who were. He in t certain what made him speak Oul in Kovalov s defence. Bul he was More Hail is locked by the absolute Lack of concern surround ing the Case of this renowned soviet researcher imprisoned while ill with a tumor. Kovalov was connected Wilh the Helsinki watch commit Leo and was accused of participating in Hie under ground publication Chroni Cle of current Bolh of which Monitor soviet in fractions of the human rights provisions of the Hel Senki agreement. He was haled by authorities for ills work in freeing from prison a Lithuania ii Fisherman who tried to jump ship and live in he United states. I decided i could not he silent any Mure i knew i was silent Many limes when i actually saw that i should have spoken Mel Cuk said. A secret Vole on his Recer Tif cation was held. He lost in although he protested thai under new soviet Law the publication of the idler was Legal. He was unable to gel full Lime work found his family harassed by authorities and his Many articles and books removed from study. Slaying trial postponed the trial of three men on charges of murder has been postponed until May because one of the accused has been found to be mentally incompetent. Leonard Joseph Prescott is unfit to instruct his counsel As the result of an incident shortly before a preliminary hearing last fall Crown at Torney John Guy said in ask ing for the postponement. The preliminary hearing against his two co accused Lloyd James Appleyard. 20, and James Victor Vawryk 20, continued with Prescott being ordered to irial along with Appleyard and Vawryk. Ail three arc charged wit i the murder last oct. 22 of Laurence Smith 43, who was found dead oct. 25 in his Bachelor apartment on Stra Brook Avenue. Or. Justice Peter Morse tentatively scheduled trial for the three men for the May Assize list in the court of Queen s Bench ;