Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba The history of animation cartoon Art makes revival after a postwar decline Hollywood at 75 Tinseltown zooms in on a big Boom Kropt gtd 9m Jolk Viot e jumbl6 Leisure sundays Are for losers and you can bet on that Snow High Low Iun Rise Moon Winnipeg free press november final 18 cents with cot often comics action queried maps allege budget leak Ottawa up Al leptons have swirled around finance minister Jean Chretien last two budgets that secret economic information got into the hands of those who could use it to their advantage before budget on Friday Chretien faced opposition questions about a possible link Between a tax change in thursdays budget and last weeks pet Ocanada decision to speedily Complete Chase of Pacific Petroleum opposition Leader Joe Clark said in the commons the budget conferred a special advantage on the Crown Energy corporation in its billion Purchase of More budget reaction and pet scans growth see Page 8 last the new democratic party demanded an investigation of the possibility of a budget leak after the key provision of Chretien budget appeared in published reports two Days before the release of the Docu Little came of the Dps attempt to prove inside knowledge of the which could have affected Commer Cial was available to cer Tain people before budget the party said word of a special arrangement Between Chretien and the provinces to Cut retail sales taxes was known in some but Chretien assured the House that if any of the provincial leaders had hinted the measure was he did so Only on the basis of Chretien said the final decision had been his the minister gave critics the same assurances me said he made his decision to close a tax Hole in full knowledge that the new arrangement could have an important bearing on Petro Canadas but denied this had any ing on his final Chretien gave maps a glance into the planning and decision making which preceded the budget in an Effort to convince them there was no see Chretien Page 4 photo by Wayne Glowacky a member of the posse tries to Chase a Deer from the Bush area near the Winnipeg International Bush Herd considered Hazard to aircraft Airport posse outfoxed by Deer by John Mcmanus a posse of civilians and military personnel failed Friday morning to disperse a Herd of 15 Deer from a Bush area near Winnipeg International Airport officials said Friday an other Effort will be made to Force the Deer from the where they Are considered a Hazard to aircraft takeoffs and if that a decision May have to be made to bring in Hunters to shoot the Ani the Deer Colony is considered a Hazard to the runways a couple of Hundred Yards from the stand of Poplar and scrub officials fear the animals May move onto the Grassy areas be tween runways in Winter in search of about 35 men took part in the which was called off about 75 minutes after it at that time about six of the Herd had found their Way Back into the Airport wildlife three were driven through a break in the nine foot Hainlink Fence on the West Side of the property and two apparently injured Deer broke through a Fence near Brook Side cemetery after running across Airport runways and the drive was organized like a Tiger Lawrence manager of engineering and led the drive from a helicopter that served As a spotting platform to locate the Deer and drive them through lines of beaters toward three open Gates and Fence the military had supplied 20 men from the second battalion of Prin Cess Patricia Canadian Light in Fantry and 12 from cab Winnipeg Airport with Airport wildlife Branch officers from the provincial govern ramp and Airport fire see Deer Page 4 policeman fined for having gun by Glen Mackenzie a Winnipeg police detective convicted last month of possessing a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the Public peace was fined Fri Day in Manitoba court of Queens Justice James Wilson said he saw no reason to Send Archibald Hugh Gerrard to you have already paid financial and other he judge Wilson also gave Mctaggart a two year suspended sentence and prohibited him from possessing weapons for five the criminal code requires the weapons prohibit a 19year Veteran of the was convicted by g jury witnesses testified that while in a Transcona legion beverage room the evening of March he confronted a Man his estranged wife was picked him up by the Collar and said in going to get Fay Mctaggart testified she was in her apartment playing cribbage about 3 March 8 when she heard g very loud followed by also in the apartment was the Man she was dating and her who was married to Fay for a year and a Day before she left testified he had had about eight Beers in the legion a few hours judge Wilson said Friday Many things could explain Mctaggart s a but drinking had a great Deal to with Crown counsel Wayne mesh see policeman Page 4 cabbies increase in fares Winnipeg taxi operators Are look ing for a per cent increase in fares when cabs Are moving and a 25 per cent fare boost for holding Peter president of the greater Winnipeg taxicab Assoc a says the requests Are were just trying to keep weve got All the Cost figures to Back our he said it has been two years since fares were raised in Winnipeg and costs have steadily a car we could have got two years ago for now costs he the association wants to have the meters turn Over 10 cents every one seventh rather than the current change every on sixth Kapusta said they were not propos ing to increase the minimum charge of for waiting the association is asking that the meter Roll Over 10 cents every 36 seconds rather than the current 45 second this would increase the Cost of holding a cab from to per were asking that a Man with a car gets an hour we have to pay an hour for someone to re pair our car Kapusta said the taxi Industry is largely self regulated because they offer a you can do without a he 20 phone rate Rise requested by Cecil Rosner the Manitoba Telephone system is seeking an increase of More than 20 per cent in Telephone rates and related service charges throughout the the Telephone system filed an application with the Public utilities Board Friday which asks for a increase in monthly individual residential rates from to in Winnipeg and similar increases in Rural service connection charges will jump from to for Home residents and from to for foal Lount see Telephone Page 4 Constable prayed for dead colleague by Brian Cole Brandon ramp Constable Joe Macdougall testified Friday he said a prayer for fellow officer Dennis Ono Frey upon finding his body in a Pool of after a gun Battle at the Countryside inn last Macro Mali told the jury he found Onofrey lying face up beside a Van near room 30 of the Motel shortly alter 1 10 upon seeing Onofrey lying in the Snow Macdougal testified he called is and then i he had no no body move he was cold and his eyes and Mouth were the Constable knowing Dennis to he roman i said an act of contrition Over his Macdougall said As he almost broke into the evidence was heard during the fifth Day of testimony at the first degree murder trial of Herbert and Dorothy Herbert and Dorothy have been jointly charged with first degree Mur Der stemming from the shooting death of Onofrey during a gun Battle at the Countryside inn last they were arrested after a subsequent hostage taking incident at Oak Macdow Gau said he stood watch Over no Greys body until a doctor pronounced him dead and subsequently placed a yellow plastic Blanket aver Macdougall testified he was awakened about 1 by a person telephoning him about trouble at the Countryside he also testified he saw Constable Candace Smith crawling along the ground before he saw Onofrey hut was certain Constable John who was also at the was taking care of see Motel 4 the past follows him like an iou behind prison bars with Mack Herron by Phil Hersh the Kun flux klan was founded a Century ago at the base of the Stone a Granite Outcrop Ping 15 Miles Northeast of the site is a state Park its prime attraction the monumental carving of Confederate heroes Robert Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis on one Side of the at the base of the other on Par owned is the Stone Mountain correctional inst its purpose hooded by a sign that construction maintenance Park personnel James a country Law yer and Imperial wizard of the lives in this town which honors his but the thou Sands of tourists who come to Stone Mountain cannot perceive the Spe Cial irony of having 140 Black men imprisoned in buildings on Venable the tourists do not know that five details of the Parks work Crew come from the other Side of the Only two dozen of the prisons 220 inmates work under the supervision of a Deputy Warden Bob Townsend sees men cutting grass and id have to look hard to see whether they Are free world or our driving 3 visitor around the Waves at g Man sitting alone in a see that old boy Over Hes just an old country boy from North i believe hed sell his soul for g bottle of the tractor Driver is doing time for this place is part part one inmate a dozen decaying army bases in the South look no the prison is lightly fenced into two football Fields Worth of red la the main of Stone Mountain Granite painted an inoffensive Yel is a Fife bed the rest of the inmates live in five Metal Xiv Vered one trailer is for special people like says who persistently mispronounced Mack Herrons first Townsend shows Bis visitor her Rons request to move from the lockup to the trailers Lor convenience and because of the privacy to relate better to my her Ron went onto the recreational de Tail a week after his Only four years ago he had made National football league history with a record Yards of punt and Kickoff that is special he has spent three seasons out of football and five months in jail Fol lowing a May trial on two charges Possession of half a Pound of co Caine and improper use of an tired certificate of title for a Mer cede Benz it was his fifth arrest and second the for Possession of two Mari Juana joints at Winnipeg in Cost him this sentence is five but he will be eligible for parole in 16 it Hast been hard on doing Herron he is dressed in faded Blue a fuzzy Blue Blue Canvas shoes and no the Scruff of a Beard swells an already full and his thick body belies a diet of one vegetarian meal a there is a languor in Herrons manner that Quick muscled ath letes rarely his heavy lidded eyes suggest passivity As he listens to Townsend explain the relaxed prison conditions for the i was Herron says to see Bow you were react he wants you to realize that this minimum Security prison has put a Deadbolt lock on his that it will be harder to open that than it was to escape Chicago West Side he has never been Able to make a clean break from a past that follows him like an Mack Herron and his wife moved to Chicago from in with Notkins but their i dont know How my Mother made Herron her Mother had seven children and lost ail but she always beat the Effie who still lives in was not even 16 when Mack was born 30 years the family was As financially unstable As the her husband had to formal education Tad the jobs he found did not provide sae Page 14 ;