Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, November 23, 1978

Issue date: Thursday, November 23, 1978
Pages available: 118

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 23, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wynm freq Wei photo Grey cup fever is growing rapidly in Toronto As the big Day approaches for the annual football Gordon Wilson arrives in grand style at the Toronto Airport with a plan Load of other Alberta fans eager to cheer on their Home province Edmonton eskimos in the teams Battle sunday against the Montreal rent rebate order lawyer claims continued fishing War end expected by 1 ment after the Day rent controls were removed on some vacant when you Are moving into a unit make sure it is eligible for rent Savino it has to be cleared by the rent review the landlord has to show Hes complied with the he landlords who owe tenants rent rebate Money or have breached other areas of rental legislation Are prohibited from de controlling their prop he the conservative government is absolutely not enforcing the act and it is up to tenants to pursue their although rent controls have not always adequately dealt with rental housing problems in this at least under rent controls there Are some rules to the Savino said Manitoban Are suffer ing a housing with students and Low income families particularly in the North bearing the Brunt of the he also told the students that re cent criticism he has levelled at at Torne general Gerry Mercier and the rent review Board for allowing some landlords to possibly act Ille Gally in not notifying tenants of up coming rent is not politic ally my criticism is not a partisan he he said he was also very critical of the program in the first three phases of rent controls under the new democratic party continued child abuse cited in daycare probe continued a Good concept and recommended service be expanded in that Gallagher said there Are about 100 licensed family care Homes in where there is a Maxi mum of five children looked after per she unlicensed Homes have no restrictions on the number they take and unregulated Homes need not heed the daily fee per child established by the provincial government for Day the committee received one Tele phone Call from a woman who claimed her children were being Tranquilli Zed at their Day care while evidence showed that in an other Home children would not be treated for injuries they committee member Aleda turn Bull said Only the flagrant cases of abuse Ever get reported to the Chil Drens Aid with Many minor infractions going children Are not in a position to Tell others that they Are being improperly treated in such she whats raises fuel costs and blood pressure together continued adequately he he said several engineering Stu Dies show that fou Way stops Are not effective in controlling except close to the the safety of stops is not Well established especially if there is truth to the idea that Stop sign Observance and Driver performance is deteriorating at two Way he said in bus a number of studies on How effective Stop signs Are for Speed control show they dont Jar Dine said in an interview wednes As far As safety there a bit if we keep putting More and More fou Way stops in you can imagine the he another unknown said Jar is the waste of time and the frustration suffered by Drivers who frequent the fou Way Stop riddled Westminster and Wolseley ave if you added up every Cost it would be he on the Issue of Quebec separa Vance reiterated that the United states was very much interested in Canada remaining a United coun on the Auto pact Between Canada and the Vance said there were lengthy discussions Between himself and members of the Canadian Cabi net on the operation of that agree the will await the report on the automotive Industry prepared by Simon Reisman which is to be tabled in the commons after Stu dying his talks will be resumed Between the two the fish War began on june 2 this year when Canada suspended the provisional implementation of a reciprocal fisheries agreement that had been entered into in Canada acted to suspend it because the under its existing appeared unable to give full effect to All of its terms and to the detriment of Canadian fisheries inter Canada made it Clear at the that reciprocal fishing could be resumed when sufficient Progress was achieved on the Long term fisheries elements of a comprehensive maritime both Vance and Jamieson told the press conference that the negotiations appeared to be making Good they expect a final Settle ment before the years the definition of the maritime boundaries in dispute will have significant consequences for the manage ment and conservation of important fisheries resources and for the Possi ble exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in some of the Boundary hundreds pay last respects Ryan compassionate Man san fat Anetsko a tentative Leo Ryan served when the need was colleague said wednesday at the funeral of the forma congressman gunned Down by religious zealots in a Jungle in Leo Ryan was a compassionate Man who always followed his own said representative Jim House of natives majority me served when the need was More than 900 mourners witnessed the sad Farewell to the California Democrat while a quiet crowd of several Hundred stood in the rain outside a souls roman Catholic a contingent of More than so con Gressmen sat to the left of the Flag draped also at the service were president Carters son Chip and California Edmund ryans family sat in a front quietly they were his Dren and in the same Pew sat his 83yearold Mother autumn his first wife of More than 20 years Margaret Ryan Williams and his sister diet Wright recalled that who died at spent More than a week at Folsom prison to see what it was like and How he went to Watts after the riots for the same Ryan went to see and and in a Remote Jungle helping to free met his Leo Ryan throughout his life was in the process of giving his life to he was a Martyr to the the service was delayed for the arrival of some after Wrights another Eulogy was delivered by ryans administrative aide Joe who was almost in tears throughout his entire half hour Leo Ryan was a National hero who gave his life for his Holsinger throughout his life in the Holsinger i never heard him put anyone in Abc reporter Don killed with was de scribed at a memorial service As a truth seeker with insatiable curios about 500 persons filled the first Baptist Church in the Southeastern Georgia where was born and raised and As a he began his broadcast career at radio station Ryan had been investigating charges that some of the per sons in the Peoples Temple cult at were being held against their Harris and Ryan were among the five persons shot to death on a Guya Nese later the bodies of More than 400 of the cult members were most of whom committed suicide by drinking a photo cultist Larry Layton is brought to a court in cult suicide victims airlifted to continued abuses at the Jonestown Settle but the search for the missing cultists was taking a backseat to the our Mission in Guyana is to support and assist the govern ment of Guyana and the Ameri can embassy Here in the recovery of the remains of the citizens who died a said to that our primary mis we can perform some limited reconnaissance with the aircraft we have he if we spot individuals on the we will make an attempt to identify them and see if they need Assis the Guyana government has made Only minor efforts to search for the missing cultists in the Tropi Cal cultist Larry of san was charged Here wednesday with the murder of Ryan and the four other Ameri he also was charged with the attempted murders of four other members of the no pleas were two other citizens arrested after the murder and Michael of and Tim 30 of Gar Den did not appear a hearing for Leyton was scheduled for 15 at Mathews the court nearest to the site of the Ryan killing at a Jungle Airstrip at port near he faces a death sen tence if found guilty of first de Gree Mercier requests police probe into reports of strike incidents continued Gerry Mergler liquor strike violence probed Bill president of the Mani Toba government employees Asso said Merciers statement was inflammatory and a method of casting aspersions and doubts on the integrity and intentions of the 390 striking liquor he said the Mega has reported any incidents of violence against its own members whom he says have been physically assaulted by Mem Bers of the Public and struck by vehicles entering the picket Sites to police so they could in he the acc management has gone to their chief management who also Hap pens to be the at his news Mercier encouraged members of the Public not to be intimidated or reluctant to come Forward to report such incidents to the in not suggesting at this moment that these incidents have been committed by members of the he in just saying that concurrently with the strike these incidents have happened which did not happen prior to the Jackson said the conduct of the striking liquor workers thus far has been adding that Mer Ciers statement goes to show a group of reasonable men and women who have gone All the Way to the supreme court to get Justice can still have their rights the workers reaction to the state ment is probably going to be far More Strong than my in trying to remain Calm but its he he said hed have to discuss with his lawyer the possibility of taking any action in connection with Mer Ciers gun drawn if life in danger ramp the archers were staying at the according to previous Evi Dence Given during the under Cross examination by Hersh acting on behalf of Herbert Westerson also testified that any officer accompanying him on an investigation would not be sur prised that he had drawn his gun because the reason would be Obi earlier in the trial Candace Smith and John Oray Testi fied they saw Onofrey with his gun drawn prior to another officer Knock ing on the door of archers Motel they also testified they were continued surprised to see Onofrey with his gun Garry has also Testi fied that Archer said he fired at an officer at his Motel room doorway after one officer pulled Back the Hammer on his Harrison said Archer made the statement while giving a 30nninute disjointed account of the shooting incident while being driven to bran Don shortly after his arrest at the conclusion of a hostage taking Inci Dent at Oak Lake last most of wednesday was taken up by the tendering of several exhibits which Are being used to help con firm testimony previously chief among these exhibits were 62 photographs of the Oak Lake House of Marcus where Archer was spent Shotgun and Shell casings discovered in and around roam 20 of the and several credit cards and an Alberta Drivers licence bearing the name of Maurice two ramp identification experts from the ramp crime Laboratory in Ottawa testified that paint from a White which ramp rus sell Hornest testified Archer said was matched a can of Spray paint with archers Finger prints on under Cross examination ramp chemistry specialist Linda Cartwright testified that paint used to cover the Stencilling on the Van want necessarily from the Spray paint can with archers prints the trial before Justice John Hunt of Manitoba court of Queens Bench ;