Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 15, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 1978 illegal weapons seized police thwart plot to raid detachment Toronto up an Ontario provincial police officer says that Canadas biggest crackdown on gun smuggling was put in jeopardy when two men planned to raid an Opp detachment and kill any offi cers who tried to Stop staff Jeff who leads the Opp criminal investigations said in an interview thursday that the men planned several months ago to destroy weapons being held As evidence in the twelve persons were arrested this week following a six month Long investigation that resulted in the seizure of what police called enough prohibited weapons to Start a Small staff Cooper said a Conser vation officer accidentally saw a rocket a pistol and a machine gun in the Home of an Espanola Man who was dealing in weapons with one of the 12 persons provincial police there were unaware of the investigation and charged the Man who had the the Man and two friends then planned to raid the provincial police staff Cooper they were Gorig to seize and destroy the evidence and we also heard them say they were going to kill any Opp officer on duty who got in their the men were arrested while going to the provincial police of one of the 12 charged with conspiracy to traffic in prohibited weapons was a former provincial police 6 machine guns among weapons seized in raids continued police described the police action As Canadas biggest crackdown on gun guns from the United the so Viet and Spain were All taken in a single raid at police figures released by police show almost weapons seized in on Nova Quebec and some of the weapons seized Are in Standard Issue in the Canadian police also found israeli Uzi machine guns and a10 and a15 machine guns used by the United states the us army a15 machine guns were the models found in Winni police say they believe some of the weapons were intended for criminals and gangs fighting for control of the illegal drug Trade and others for gun in 10 tons of weapons were seized from one Ware House and two truckloads were picked up at a Kirkland area mine where sales records also were police Hope the rec ords will give them new leads in the two three others injured in collision of three vehicles continued travelling West on Regent apparently went out of control Between Chris Lind Street and Bienvenue Collid ing with an oncoming car carrying four the rented trucks Gas tank then trapping the Driver and his male a second eastbound truck then collided with the two Lehi the male Driver of the rented truck was dead on arrival at Concordia Hospital and a female passenger in the second truck died in route to Boniface general the second Man in the rented truck is in critical condition at the health sciences Centre with Burns to 95 per cent of his two other female passengers of the car were taken to Boniface Hospi one was reported in critical condition and the other no one in the second truck was Quebec liberals split by dislike of Ryan by Peter Hadekel staff correspondent Quebec the recent resignation by Liberal Man Zoel Sindon to open up a seat for party Leader Claude Ryan could trigger a series of Resig nations from the Liberal the National Assembly is Rife with rumours that several leading liberals will be resigning either because they cant get along with Claude Ryan or for personal one Man who is certain to go is Raymond whom Ryan Defeated at last aprils leadership con he is considering a Job offers in private two men have failed to Patch up the differences created by the leadership and Many liberals feel Ryan is to blame for the graceless Way he treated his oppo Rient on the Victory the Only reason Garneau has wait Elf this Long to tender his resignation Jas to let Ryan and a suitable Riding in which to had Garneau re signed his seat in the Quebec City Riding of Jean Ryan would have been under pressure to run in a Riding which would have been difficult for him to another Garneau loyalist on the verge of resigning is Montreal doctor Victor who has scarcely concealed his dislike for Goldbloom vigorously denied the Rumor this but apparently the Only reason he has been holding onto his seat is so that Ryan cant have now that Ryan is set to run in the Riding of Argenteuil other Mas who want to get of politics for personal reasons May seize the mentioned in this category Are Laval Man Jean Noel Lavoie and Man Jean Guy the resignations would afford Ryan the Opportunity to beef up his caucus with his own handpicked computerized payment systems threaten cac charges Ottawa up computerized payments systems operated by Banks and other financial institutions represent a new threat to individual privacy and should be rigidly the Consumers association of Canada cac said the cac said in a Brief to the commons finance which is examining new banking that a new National payments system envisaged in the Bill will mean Mas Sive volumes of information on individuals will be accessible in com Puter its 1984 staring us in the said Helen a member of the cac committee which developed the its big she said that future electronic pay ments systems could mean virtually every financial transaction would be done with a card instead of All details of those financial transactions could be accessible through one number typed into a i think we will lose the Battle by default unless we All stand very firm on this she she said the legislation should allow for four members of the Gener Al Public to sit on the Board of directors of the proposed Canadian payments association the Central Clearing House for cheques and financial transactions Between Trust companies and credit unions that the new Bill would Cre the proposed legislation now pro Vides for the Board of directors to consist of representatives of these financial institutions with a chairman appointed by the governor of the Bank of there would be no consumer the under terms of the legis is to be Given responsibility to plan the evolution of the National payments the cac said that National system will eventually be an electronic system with centralized computer the potential for abuse of this information by financial or no Finan Cial business govern ment agencies or other individuals must be firmly recognized by the the cac in addition to invasion of electronic payments systems pose other threats to Consumers through errors and the cac Power component failures and faulty programming of computers could mean financial losses to the we believe that under no Circum stances should an individuals pay ment card code or other electronic payment system information be Cor related with his or her social insurance the cac some progressive conservative members of the whose party has recently attacked the government Over the increased use of social insurance numbers for Ridenti said they thought the cac had overreacted to the potential Dan i think youre blowing up a bogey said Bill Kempling he said the spa was a mechanism to Transfer funds be tween Banks More Kempling said he under stood the cacs Point about the social insurance he said a constituent had incorrectly been Given a criminal record after his social insurance card was stolen and another Man had assumed his the Man had been convicted of various offences and had used the name of the it had taken three years to straighten it photo Pope John Paul an avid receives a gift to pursue his the pontiff received the skis from members of an italian ski school during a weekly audience wednesday at Vatican Brando sues film studio los a actor Marlon Brando and his production company have filed a million lawsuit against producers and distributors of the movie Superman for allegedly violating terms of an agreement for Brandos services in the in addition to the suit filed in los Angeles Superior court seeks that the defendants been joined from showing the film or using the a voice Andor other person Al attributes of the which names film pro Ducer Alexander Warner distributors and a string of corporations As alleges some of them have undertaken to deprive Penny poke production company of its proper share of Gross receipts from Canadian and other foreign and asks for an accounting and appointment of a the based on the comic strip is scheduled to open in local theatres its pre Miere in the United states was sunday at the Kennedy Centre in it was a special Benefit performance attended by president Carter and his Bay amends bid to takeover Simpsons said thursday his company didst agree with hornets he said Ottawa decision clobbered the Bays prospects of acquiring Simpsons and the decision has therefore denied Simp sons shareholders the Freedom to choose Between the two competing he indicated there had been a change of heart and Simpsons shareholders Are again to receive a Choice Between the two competing were Back in the its really up to the Simpsons shareholders now As to whether they want to accept the Bays offer or opt for a he Donald president of the said in a statement thurs Day he was surprised and disappointed by the Cabinet Blessing for a Mcgiverin added he re Grets that yet another Canadian Industry appears to be falling under foreign the hitherto Canadia owned Simpsons would fall under the grip of control under a with Roebuck holding the largest Block of voting the Cabinet ruling ratified the Posi Tion of the Federal foreign invest ment review Agency which granted an Al Clear to the proposed Homer said Fira had determined that foreign ownership implications of a merger were offset by significant benefits to canadians which would be he listed several benefits which continued and Simpsons ears had promised to provide following a merger including creation of additional opening of new stores and reduction of Roebuck Vot ing control in the merged Huband said these promises were a joke when compared to benefits promised by the Bay had a takeover of Simpsons gone the Bay Dis closed wednesday that it had committed itself to far More generous undertakings in terms of both new Job creation and investment in new store he the Bay was in no Way impressed by the justification Cabinet gave for its he said Simp sons and under a would join woolco and k Mart As american controlled out combined sales significantly greater than those of the major Canadian full line department the Eaton and Wood shareholders of both Simpsons and Simpsons ears Are scheduled to meet in Toronto sometime in january to vote on the merger these meetings would become if holders of More than 60 per cent of Simpsons Stock tender those holdings to the Bay by next while Simpsons officials said thursday the company would make a statement this their Posi Tion was not known at press Huband of the Bay appeared heartened earlier thursday by news that Toronto Stock Exchange said Simp sons had breached a dividend bylaw by not giving the required seven Days notice of the Simpsons ears share distribution to the Simpsons the tse suspended trading inde finitely in Simpsons Stock Huband initially suggested thurs Day the tse might Block the Simp sons merger proceedings for the time and allow the Bay a Chance to it was subsequently Learned the share distribution could go ahead despite the tse trading Bateman deplores politics in Hydro continued cameramen were attempting to film Bateman and Hydro lawyers in a corridor outside the hearing room in the Manitoba legislative Smellie angrily shouted somebody is going to eliminate you bloody Vul Manitoba finance minister Donald who responsible for said thursday he didst want to com ment on Bateman s future As Hydro chairman following Bateman admission he had Given incorrect information to legislative committees and government officials to protect his weve sort of Bent Over Back wards to serve the principal of fail British any comment i might make at this time might tip the i want to remain at some arms length until All the stuff is Craik Bateman told the inquiry the task Force into Hydro future Northern which he headed in was limited by constraints set Down by the chairman even though the estimated value of imports and exports of Energy was an important Factor to consider in evaluating different development Cas Beggs told the task Force to ignore this they were also instructed to Overlook the value of surplus Energy which various pro posed schemes would inquiry lawyer Richard Scott pointed out that Hydro was very conscious of developing its Export Ca and in 1969 had already mapped out a plan eventually to have three transmission lines to the United the first such line was energized in and proved very by the beginning of Cass Beggs was advocating stepped up exports of Power to the for this the Kettle and Kelsey stations were installed before they were strictly necessary for Manitoba and the Jenpeo generating Sta Tion was accelerated by three Bateman conceded that the task Force received instructions not to con Sider the Export possibilities because this would have favored immediate construction of the Churchill River diversion while Cas Beggs had already made his mind up on proceeding with regulation of Lake Winnipeg for the same Cas Beggs also told the task Force to base its assumptions on an annual Load growth of 10 per rather than Hydro official six per cent de Mand for Energy in the ensuing years never reached such a High the inquiry was Bateman also told the inquiry he was against awarding a contract to the Vancouver dredging firm of sceptre Dillingham in 1972 because the company had been Given an unfavourable engineering but he said they were advised by Cass Beggs to recommend awarding the contract to the the which submitted the lowest bid for the dredging completed the Job two years behind schedule and spent about million Over ;