Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday december 5, 1978 ramp Veteran testifies at Archer trial by Brian Cole Brandon Man. An ramp fire arms expert testified monday he would hold a service revolver pointed upwards before bringing it Down to Bear on the target he intended to shout. Staff sgt. Ken Warrendorf demonstrated to a Brandon murder trial How he might cock a gun while in the upward position before bring ing it Down and cupping the butt of the gun with two hands and lining up the target. He explained he would t put his Finger on the trigger unless he intended to shoot. The evidence was heard during the 16th Day of testimony at the trial of Herbert and Dorothy Archer on a charge of first degree murder. Her Bert Archer 42, and Dorothy Archer 28, have pleaded not guilty to the charge in connection with the shoot ing death of const. Dennis Onofrey at the Countryside inn in Virden Man., last Jan. 23. Warrendorf a 16-year Veteran of the ramp emphasized that his use of the gun was his own preference. Under Cross examination by Hersh Wolch who is defending Herbert a Cher Warrendorf said he was t familiar with ramp regulations concerning the use of guns. He told the court he did t carry a revolver and worked mainly in the ramp crime detection laboratories. Later const. William Hiney of Coquitlam ., ramp told the court a warrant for the arrest of Dorothy Archer was ordered by a Provincial judge after mrs. A Cher failed to appear in court last december. But he could t say whether the judge s order was car ried out or whether mrs. Archer subsequently appeared on her own. Earlier defence counsel Jay Prober representing Dorothy a Cher asked the court to order Crown counsel to produce As evidence a Bullet removed from mrs. Archer following the Virden shootout. He also asked that the doctor who preformed the surgery be called to testify As to what condition mrs. Archer would be in after being shot. Crown counsel Lawrence Macon Ness argued that the Bullet and the doctor s evidence were irrelevant to the Case. However or. Justice John Hunt of Manitoba court of Queen s Bench ruled that the Bullet should be produced and thai the doctor could testify As to whether he had removed the Bullet from mrs. Archer. But the doctor would not be Able to testify As to mrs. Archer s condition immediately before surgery the judge ruled. The judge said that if Prober wanted the doctor s evidence As to the condition of mrs. Archer he should Call the doctor As a defence witness. Prober then decided to accept the Crown s statement that the Bullet produced in court Mon Day was removed from mrs. A Cher. The trial continues. Towing pact continued damages illegal towing or non pay ment of Bills to suppliers had been filed against Mcarthur s holding company or one of its six towing subsidiaries in the last three years most of them successful. This is about three times As Many As the other four contract bidders combined. Finance chairman Yanofsky said growing Public furore Over the con tract prompted his suggestion of a delay to other councillors. Head fitted that a number of questions have been raised by the police recommendation and press i know some of the councillors Are very concerned about this and want to make their feelings he said. It s a very sensitive Issue be cause our citizens Are the ones who Are directly affected by who gets the Yanofsky also said he would like to hear comments from civic works and operations committee and the Winnipeg police commission the two bodies who thrashed out tighter con tract restrictions on towing in octo Ber. He suggested a joint meeting could be held. Councillor Harold Piercy who spearheaded the City s towing re forms As a member of works com Mittee said he is flabbergasted by Stewart s recommendation and sup ports the idea of a special delayed meeting on the Issue. With All the evidence that s been unearthed about How Mcarthur s has handled that contract there s no Way we should give it to them again unless Stewart has conclusive evidence that the other firms can t do the said Piercy if anyone else is Able to do it then my position is that they be Given a Chance at it i be never seen an Issue that has brought so Many com finance committee member Don Smith said he was not too Happy with Mcarthur s Atti tude toward the general Public in the past year calling it too much of a Jack Boot this is not stalag 17, you know. I think a lot of them Tow truck opera tors Are a Little too officious. They could use a softer approach and not run around with a baseball Bat when a Shorter swagger stick is Suffi Smith added however that chief Stewart May have Little Choice but to recommend Mcarthur s because it had quoted the lowest Basic towing fee instead of the City maximum. S continued a a sunny Day and a Patch of ice were All these youngsters needed monday to enjoy a Day of outdoor skating in the St. Charles the Dollar s going Down no ques Tion about said one trader in Mon Treal who added the currency May drop below 85 . Cents before the end of the week. He noted that some profit taking and commercial demand for . Dollars to meet interest payments in december also contributed to the currency s decline. Government intervention in the Money markets during november was much smaller than amounts spent in late summer. In september the government spent billion and in August More than million. Despite this the continued Dollar has fallen More than one and a half cents . Since sept. 1. Meanwhile statistics Canada officials say inaccurate monthly Trade figures have been helping drive Down the value of the Dollar prompt ing them to consider delaying their release until they Are More up to Date. Officials at the Federal Agency Kingman Ariz. A Charles Dederich founder of the syn anon alcohol and drug rehabilitation pro Gram has been arraigned while in a Hospital bed on a fugitive charge a Justice of the peace said monday. Gene Milam Lake Hatasu City i k to Justice of the peace said Dederich was represented by his lawyers. The associated press reported erroneously sunday that Dederich had been arraigned on charges connected with attempted murder. Blame slow reporting of Export Fig ures for the wide differences Between the preliminary figures released about four weeks after the end of the month and revised figure re leased several weeks later. The situation was particularly had during the summer when edgy Trad ers in foreign currency markets were seizing on any piece of bad news to soil Canadian dollars driving Down their value. To monthly reports showed incorrectly that there had been Trade toll estimates vary in violence City seemed generally in control. The government reported its troops killed 17 persons and wounded 50 in Tehran and the Southern City of Isfahan since the latest violence exploded Friday night. But diplomatic sources put the death toll at More than 30 Here and in provincial cities and some of the Shah s opponents claim As Many As continued persons have been killed a figure most observers believe to be wildly exaggerated. We re fighting to the death now we have shed too much blood to one militant who identified himself Only As Hassan told a reporter at the burial of a half dozen slain protesters in a Tehran cemetery. The Shah is the enemy of in people and of he said. We will kill All who support him the opposition is both religious and political orthodox moslem who w it to the Inah r sources who asked not to be Niemi tied said the new slowdown by Many of the work Force in i an s southwestern Khz Stan Oil f i k1 Imi Irdi u ii in s u i i p i it irn b to ii b u 1 c n find of he Ion in u two of the companies implicated have been drummed out of Southern California the spokesman added. Information released by Drea Indi Cates that some franchised transmission repair shops in Ontario May have charged customers millions of dollars for unnecessary or non exis tent repairs. Drea said the study says that some Ontario repair dealers have among other things 6 charged customers As much As for repairs when none were necessary. Lured customers to their shops with such things As Low Cost special deals then manipulated them into paying for major but non existent repairs. Us Samv n o b i jul k n i n n l n u r h t it t bit 1 Oitim n u e 1 in i i Mil Niit r Lull 11 i i i n i 11 i n 1.0 Down 11 Mioi Ido p k s 1 11 my 1 n n i i irn i in ii i t Poh it u Iii 1 i w t in ii o in i 1 i n m it i nip n n i f in i i Ith Ich for what should have i Etc flight across the 1 1e 10 Denver. Aboard p Hii Villand dec fit win the Pilot and co Pilot 19 11 i and an infant. N plot Scott Klopstein of t c1 if 0 15 minutes on of i i i u rugs that he was hav i h1 ill ice and was turning l 1 in h w concentrated in an t f a Linen 256 Kilometres i Denver and -10 Kiln t i i i the Wyoming Border. I t mountains separate to i lines from Walden and i 1 i v filed North Park. Erb by Ron Campbell a total of 57 members of local 2693, lumber and Sawmill workers Union appeared in provincial court in fort Frances monday on criminal charges arising from their five month strike a paint Boise Cascade Canada Ltd s in per punt. I or of them charged with intimidation in connection with an aug. 13 March on the company s Vanasse construction Camp near Here a Jan. 30 Date was set to hear a defence motion to quash the information. In Case the motion to quash is unsuccessful the court set tentative trial dates of feb. 19 and 20. For 11 others variously charged with mischief trespass assault and Possession of an offensive weapon trial dates of Jan. 30, feb. 13 and feb. 26 were set. A Union representative said these charges resulted from incidents at various times in the last two or three weeks. He said the offensive weapon Charpes Laid against three of the 11. Involve Possession of a Slingshot. As their men were in court about 30 of the strikers wives took Over picket line duty at the Mill Start ing Early in the morning and continuing into the late afternoon. Boise Cascade started up operations at the for Frances Mill nov. 15 using about 203 of its non Union employees from Newcastle. New Bruns Wick and from Sonora where the Union is also striking. The announcement brought on a round of vandalism the Mil itself and the Homes of management employees and the company brought in More than 60 private Security guards from Southern Ontario to guard Mill property and escort non Union workers. The company plans to restart operations at the newsprint Mill later this week using members of local 1330, United paperwork is International Union which voted last Jarst j3.jl h a week and a iia f ago. Labor minister Robert g investigate the cd spa p. Vol pcs about i so men representatives in kviior.1 on wednesday. Meanwhile. 12 Union members in k Nora. Charged with a total of 21 counts of obstruction of Justice As and wilful damage As a refill a picket line Brawl last Rico in provincial court dec. 11. Mii manager William Wesley has in Ornu d sinkers by mail that they la be fired if they do anything illegal on the picket line. 4 ;