Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Wednesday september 27, 1978 briefly 8 die in puerto Rico crash san Juan eight persons died and six were injured tuesday night when a twin engined Beech Craft crashed and burned in a crowded residential Street in san Juan s Obrero District. Six of the dead were aboard the plane and two were in a car crushed by falling debris san Juan s civil defence director David Baez said. Davis appeals conviction Vancouver Davis former Federal and British Columbia Cabinet minister filed notice of Appeal tuesday against both his conviction and sentence for fraud. The notice says he is appealing solely on questions of Law and claims that the. Trial judge erred in his interpretation of the . Financial control act and orders in Council covering expenses allowed Cabinet ministers while travelling on government business. He was sentenced sept. 18 to two months probation and a Fine. Ottawa fraud suspect in Rio Ottawa a Man being held in a Rio do Jan Eiro jail has been identified As a disbarred Ottawa lawyer accused of fleeing Canada May 31 with in swindled Money but can t be extradited to Canada to stand trial an external affairs depart ment spokesman said tuesday. The official said that because there is no extradition treaty Between Canada and Brazil Yves Pari Sien 45, who faces 30 fraud charges Here cannot legally be extradited. One Way of facilitating his return is to convince brazilian authorities to Deport him to another coun try from which he May then be extradited. Skeletons remain mystery Montreal Quebec provincial police have so far been unable to identify two skeletons dressed in summer pants and shirts which were found monday along a country Road near Wickham 80 Kilometres East of Montreal. An autopsy performed on tues Day yielded no details about the sex height weight or age of the deceased police reported. Grand prix race to go ahead Toronto Gosport Park Ltd. And its major shareholder. Canadian racing Drivers association failed tuesday in a bid to Stop the Canadian grand prix Auto race scheduled for thanksgiving sunday in Montreal. Or. Justice Jean Marc Labrosse of Ontario supreme court refused an injunction application by Gosport which claimed it had the contractual right to hold the race. Gosport alleged that race organizers and sponsors conspired with the race s International sanctioning body to take the race away. Court gives Farber reprieve Washington new York times reporter Myron Farber won a last minute reprieve tuesday from his scheduled return to a new Jersey jail for refusing to disclose his confidential files. Supreme court Justice Potter Stewart ordered new Jersey authorities to allow Farber to remain free until they further from him or the full court. Ship passengers stranded Messina Sicily a Wildcat strike by nine engine room officers stranded 450 passengers aboard the liner italia in Messina tuesday port authorities said. The passengers most of them North americans on a Mediterranean cruise were asked to remain aboard while the liner s agents discussed with the strikers their demands for higher wages. End of last Refuge frustrates waiters and customers of the City s men Only taverns had mixed reactions tuesday to a recent provincial study group recommendation that the All men establishments be phased out Over the next three years. Where is a Man to go to be lamented waiter Germain Lussier. Women Are nothing but he said men should have a Sanctuary where they can blow off newspaper talks continue Washington two Days of talks aimed at finding a Way around the impasse that has deprived new York of its three major newspapers for the last 49 Days ended tuesday with no indication of Progress. A spokesman for the Federal mediation and conciliation service which had invited representatives of the publishers association of new York and the striking printing Pressman to washing ton said the talks will resume today in new York. Frisco trigger Man convicted san Francisco the second of three trigger men accused in last fall s gang related massacre at the Golden dragon restaurant in Chinatown was convicted tuesday on five counts of first degree murder and 11 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. A jury of six men and six women returned the verdict against Melvin you 18. Sentencing will be after oct. 30. Compiled front dispatches eternal Triangle behind murder Crown by Glen Mackenzie summarizing his Case to an Assize court jury tuesday Crown counsel George Dangerfield called the relationship Between John Bruce Down his wife Katie and Sandy Harper whom Katie later married a Triangle. If you re looking for motive this is a he said. Dangerfield said even if Katie and Sandy Harper both participated in Down s death mrs. Harper was the prime mover because she drugged Down. He suggested if Sandy Harper was involved Katie phoned him after Down was almost in a coma to Tell him it was time to kill Down. Otherwise How would Harper know no one would Stop him from coming to the House going upstairs and smothering Down he said. Mrs. Harper is charged with first degree in connection with the death of Down whose nude body was found on the sidewalk next to their Parkhill Road Home about . June 2, 1959. Mrs. Harper told an. Ramp sergeant in 1976 that she slipped sleeping pills into her then husband John Down s Coffee the night he died the Manitoba court of Queen s Bench jury was told tuesday. Costs less at 1300 Portage 786-6541 38 a i p h High forecast for Winnipeg. Bissett Interlake and red River re Gions mainly sunny today with moderate South wind in the afternoon. High near c to c. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba showers in a few localities thursday. Sunny Friday. Mostly sunny saturday. Sea Sonal temperatures. Northern Manitoba showers thursday. Mostly Cloudy Friday and saturday. Seasonable temperatures. Temperatures following Are the minimum temperatures for the 12 hour period that ended at 7 . Tuesday and the Maxi mum temperatures for the 12-hour period that ended at 7 . Max. Man. Max. Man. Victoria 19 10 Hal ilex 16 9 s w. Winnipeg temperature Edmonton 17 Max. My. Mean Winnipeg Thompson 13 26 13.9 2.3 8.1 2 list year 11.3 9.0 10.2 Normal 15.6 2.8 9.4 Kerford Brandon it highest on record Dauphin Thunder Bay Toronto Ottawa 24 20 13 lowest on record -7 2 in 1965 b precipitation 0 Tomi for april to sept. 26 353.5mflll-? metres Normal 370.0 out of respect for the memory of our founder Howard f. Powell All departments of Howard f. Powell 1975 Ltd. Will be closed All Day thursday sept. Jim s meat Market 544 Rosedale ave. Pm. 453-2300 jub1lee i wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Mom City wide delivery minimum Grade a steer beef Canada a1-a2 steer beef beef Hinds in. Cut and wrapped cooked Ham freshly sliced i Burns 94 smoked Ham j avg.4-5lbs. I u. Sides of veal avg. 1oo lbs. T i la. Back spare ribs 5149 1 new York strips o u. Kal shoulder roast i la. Veal shoulder is 49 steaks i i 1129 roasts Blade roast a in Boneless Cross rib go Bonuro i Avo. 14 lbs. Al u. Veal is 99 cutlets i pork 1 12 of. Frozen pizza 79 f in. Re 26 of. Cola of plus Deposit we Reserve the right to limit quantities prices in effect till sept. 30 j she said she gave him three sleeping pills in his Coffee without his knowing ramp sgt. Charles Koppang told the jury. Koppang testified that mrs. Harper made the statement when he questioned her right after a polygraph test administered on March 1, 1976. A few minutes later she was interviewed by two other ramp officers. A written account of that interview was read to the jury monday by former ramp Constable Ray Thi Beau one of the interviewers. In it mrs. Harper said she gave her husband the sleeping pills because he wanted to go to there was no indication in the account of How she had Given him the pills. In statements to police in 1959 and in february 1976, mrs. Harper said she did t know where her husband got the pills. That was a lie in August of 1959. It was a lie in Dangerfield told the jury. In the March 1 statement to ramp officers read to the jury monday mrs. Harper said Sandy Harper forced her to help him throw Down s body out the window and then raped her. Dangerfield said if this were True Why did t mrs. Harper Tell any of the numerous policemen friends and neighbors who gathered in the Middle of the night after Down s body was found he also said mrs. Harper could have moved Down s body from the bed and thrown it from the window because in her work As a licenced practical nurse she had moved people around before. As Well Down was Only five feet eight inches tall and weighed Only about 140 pounds he said. Dangerfield told jurors they had a right to wonder Why Sandy Harper did t appear in court but should t consider this in reaching a verdict. The Only evidence that Sandy had anything to do with this Case comes from the accused an acknowledged he said. Defence counsel Lawrence Greenberg said the evidence showed there was no doubt mrs. Harper lied to police in 1959. But he said a reasonable doubt is raised by inconsistent medical evidence As to whether Down died from Barbiturate poisoning and the fall As the 1959 inquest from asphyxiation or from something else. None of the medical experts who testified was sure he said. Greenberg told the jury mrs. Harper went to the police in february 1976, at her own initiative and that she agreed readily to take a lie Detector test. Her action contrasted with Sandy Harper who ramp officials Testi fied was hostile he said. Greenberg said there was no doubt in his mind mrs. Harper helped throw Down s body out the win Dow. But no evidence established she gave Down the sleeping pills in his Coffee As part of a predetermined plan to kill him the defence counsel said. She had no part in the killing until after Down was smothered he said. Anderson John Samuel 69, of 103 Inkster Boulevard husband of Lorraine Anderson. Ashcroft Wallace Wally Livingstone 71, of 234 Moray Street suite 301, St. James Assini Boia husband of Rose Ashcroft. Baldwin Albert Martin 79, formerly of Kenville Man., husband of Mary Baldwin. Bars Edward Curtis 65, of 89 Royal Salinger Road St. Boniface Hus band of Mattie bars. Boyd Mabel a., 73, widow of Arthur Boyd. 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