Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March Lane Tot preliminary hearing Cross kidnapping relived by courtroom audience Montreal up a hushed courtroom audience relived the agony of former British Trade com missioner James Cross kidnapping during a preliminary hearing Friday for Jacques charged with the abduction that helped spark the 1970 october the court heard a statement to police by Cross in which he gave details of his 59 Days at the hands of a front de liberation do Quebec Fly the wiry 33yearold who recently returned from exile in is charged with forcible detention and for the in his read by Andre Cross said his most terrible night during the kid napping came after he Learned of the murder of Pierre then que becs labor his captors had no sense of Shock when they heard of the death seemed to be expecting before his hearing got under lancets Robert presented a motion challenging the courts right to try his client on grounds that the British North America act was the result of colonialism and the judges had been named by a Power foreign to que sessions judge Maurice Rousseau rejected this and ruled after a 90mi Nute preliminary hearing that Crown prosecutors have enough evidence for a Case against who has so fir entered no a Date for his trial before a Superior court judge and jury will be decided Povi when assizes open in Lanctott brother inlaw Jacques and Louise who also entered no plea to the same Are to stand trial by judge on May who is free on bail and is working As an assistant to writer Victor Levy sat attentively next to his lawyer at Fri Days hearing while Crown prosecutor Jeanpierre Benin called on eight police and expert witnesses to his argument centred on an anal Ysis of Fly communiques and the statement to police by handwriting expert Michele Lang Loi Sarrasin said the lettering on two communiques matched that on a list of Telephone numbers found on Lanc Tot when he was arrested in connection with another incident in one of written on Fly featured an outline drawing of a gun wielding 1837 Patriot and was delivered 12 to radio reporter Pierre the written in the final was packed into a Metal pipe and thrown at policemen who surrounded the Northend apartment where Cross was being warning them that the building was dynamited and their captive would be the first to go if they attempted to crash the sworn police made by Cross the Day after he was identifies Lanctot As one of the participants in the but virtually All of its contents have been pub lic knowledge from interviews Cross a lengthy trial May reveal pre piously unknown information about the events surrounding the october unless Lanctot forfeits his trial by pleading Lanctot also faces two other along with Pierre another former Fly of conspiring to Kidnap former israeli Trade commissioner Moshe Golem in feb and Possession of a concealed Marlin photo president Carter addresses the egyptian parliament in Cairo today As Day to meet with prime minister begin and continue the american peace president Anwar Sadat of a crypt looks Carter flew to Israel later in the Effort in the Middle peace Carter tells Egypt who also addressed the Par praised Carter and called him a Man of values and Sadat said we Are exerting All efforts and cooperation and faithful commitment to gain Carter spent the night in the Mediterranean port of Alexandria before flying by helicopter today to Cairo to address the Peoples he planned More today with Sadat and a Quick visit to the pyramids before flying to arriving in Tel Aviv after the end of the jewish Sabbath at Carter told the Peoples Assembly that he remains committed to a comprehensive peace that would recognize the legitimate rights of the palestinian Carter said he is personally committed to follow up a Hope for million to be paid to amputee Houston a a Federal court jury has ordered the maker of a Hay Baler to pay a Man million in connection with a farm ing Accident in which the Man lost his left the six person Federal court jury ruled thursday in favor of Victor in his suit against Hesston based in Wright said he was trying to re move Loose Hay from a Baler made by the company when his left hand got caught and his Arm was squeezed Between the machines Wrights Arm had to be amputated above the and he blamed the manufacturer for alleged defects in the construction of the Baler and for absence of adequate John lawyer for the Compa said it will ask for a new trial because the jury based its verdict on prejudice and continued peace treaty Between Egypt and Israel by tackling other issues of con Cern to the palestinians and to future negotiations with other neigh Bors of speaking sharply of Arab hard Carter said Only the path of negotiation and accommodation can Lead to the fulfilment of the Hopes of the palestinian people for peaceful the negotiations pro posed in the Camp David agreement will provide them with an Opportunity to participate in the determination of their own in the army announced today its Security forces killed four members of a palestinian guerrilla Force that tried to infiltrate via the Jordan River on the eve of Carters an israeli army spokesman said the four carried explosives and Sabo Tage but their specific objective was All the infiltrators were killed and there were no israeli the army from Tel Carter planned to travel to Jerusalem for ceremonial bread Antwine greetings from the then have dinner at prime minister Menachem begins we will go to Israel with some differences faster predicted saying he would not know what our chances Are until he talks to i think we Are on the verge of an Sadat told adding that Only misunderstanding about the main issues and a word a word there stand in the Way of a the main remaining obstacle is believed to be disagreement Over setting a timetable for setting up the self governing authority which begin has promised to palestinians in israe a occupied lesser problems include israels demand that Egypt Promise to sell Sinai Oil to Jerusalem and that the treaty with Israel take priority Over Egypt commitments to defend other Arab two asking to remain cautioned against excessive they said it was too Early to Tell whether Carter will be Able to conclude his visit with an doctors say child wins grim fight for life after in icy water Victoria up Patsy vis heard a voice from the dead this i said her old daughter the two words marked the Cli Max of a medical struggle that began when Kimberley fell into a ditch 7 near her port by All she was dead when a neighbor pulled her from the water below the ice in the she had been under water for be tween 15 and 30 it was an additional 10 misites before resuscitation efforts began in port Alberni Hospital and More than eight hours before the girl arrived at Royal Jubilee Hospital at doctors in port Alberni could Only Tell Corrie and Patsy vis that they haunt Given up they reported that they had a but the Little girl still faced a Battle in her fight for a team of physic ians Here now say they were ready to give up in their fight to save the unconscious youngster her brain starved for her lungs filled with fluid and her kidneys even if she they feared her brain tissues would not have survived the time they had gone without but what almost every doctor involved with the Case Calls a Miracle Kimberley now is Alert and her personality and brain function appear to have been virtually Young children retain a capability the dive reflex first discovered in seagoing Mam Mals which can dive to great Depths and stay there for extended periods before surfacing for when Kimberley at first eventually opened her she did not respond to those around in Ever time she was touched or she would strike out or thrash about As though she was reliving trying to fight her Way through said one As her parents were leaning Over the bed As her eyes filled with looked then suddenly seemed to i told her to stick out her Tongue if she could hear and she said it just popped then we knew that she could com Oil independents May get supplies Ottawa up All minister of consumer and corporate said Friday the Oil Industry May be ordered to provide supplies to Independent retailers who May have been Cut off by the Large Allmand told the commons he has asked his departments Bureau of Competition policy to apply if Neces sary to the restrictive Trade practices commission for an order direct ing the Oil companies to provide Oil supplies to Allmand said the Competition Bureau has been monitoring the Oil Industry behaviour with respect to Supply under the combines investigation act at his but a spokesman for the Bureau said he could not say whether an investigation has been launched or whether the Bureau will apply to the commission for an order directing the maintenance of the release of such information is forbidden by he the matter was raised by Quebec Liberal Francis Fox Argenteuil Deux-Montagnes who asked what action Allmand planned to ensure that Independent Oil operators in the province would continue to be Able to Supply their Quebec maps have complained that Large refiners Are supplying their own retailers first with supplies of stove and Home heating threaten ing to put Independent retailers out of Energy minister Alastair Gillespie announced earlier this week that subsidies on imported kerosene and Home heating Oil would be increased by a barrel to about j9 a barrel until the end of the year to pro vide companies with an the new subsidies and the Monitor ing Are aimed at helping to protect the Small the Trade practices a quasi judicial would hear Evi Dence from the Competition Bureau and Industry before its ringing up phone Bill hike of monthly continued less than 24 but increases in the Cost of Calls of 25 Miles or the utilities Board decision also called on its to Speed up the expansion and amalgamation of Rural sex the size of Boundary sex the area in which a Telephone user can dial toll were one of the main concerns of Rural representations to the the Board called on its to make a More meaningful beginning on Boundary modification and said Progress in Rural service improve ment will be monitored by the the system should be Able to demonstrate specific Progress in the Exchange Boundary modification when it next appears before the the decision a government owned Cor filed an application to the Board for a general rate increase last november to prevent a projected net loss of million for there were 15 submissions made at Public hearings held in Thomp Brandon and Dauphin from mid december to Early an application by its for an interim increase in until a final decision was was rejected by the one by Winnipeg i Deon opposed the rate charging its with wasting Telephone customer Revenue on an Experiment to introduce fire and burglary alarm and computer services into 200 Winnipeg linkage would be provided by coaxial some of it owned by the Board concluded in its decision that the Telephone systems application for a rate increase was not related to an its the Board is that the Mani Toba Telephone systems involve ment with coaxial Cable utilization does not give and has not Given Rise for a general service rate adjust the Board concluded that because Videon intervention did not directly involve the application it did not require adjudication by the Board in order to reach a decision on the current rate the Telephone company last in creased its rates in 1976 first time in 18 it is estimated that 96 per cent of Manitoba House holds now have ramp file probe continued illegally continued Nadon was told that employees in Winnipeg and Edmonton were giving the ramp Winnipeg ramp said they had a confidential source in the family Al Lowance old age pension office there who provided despite warnings from the office director to the staff of dire results if there was any breach of the Johns detachment said the office there had always cooperate Edmonton ramp told Headquarters that at present we experience no difficulty in acquiring information through confidential sources in the family allowance and old age Security this assistance is provided by these divisions without the knowledge of their National Headquarters any official approach along these lines in Ottawa would Only serve eliminate these the Montreal office reported Good Liaison with family allowance old age pension offices in Hyacinthe and Jean but difficulties with the Jerome the Toronto office of the ramp said department employees there were rigidly adhering to the policy against releasing confidential information to the commission counsel Ross Goodwin said the ramp had informed the commission that since data from family allowance and old age pension files had been Given the Force in a limited number of judge urges course in Pursuit driving continued emendations following an inquest into the death of 28yearold Russell Des of 20209 Colony who died in Hospital two Days after he was injured in an automobile Accident july before colliding with a vehicle parked in a curb Lane near the in trance to Assiniboine Des Laurier was being pursued by a police car and attained speeds of 84 Miles an hour and passed through four red evidence at the inquest showed that before the Chase Deslaurier had been with his shopping for a ring at a jewelry store in the Wes Twood shopping Centre in in the Deslaurier had reached behind a counter and touched a a female Sale clerk then approached who put the watch and after exchanging words with the left the judge Ubienski said after Des Laurier left the the clerk called police and reported an attempted when Deslaurier and his Fiancee returned to their they found a police car parked in front of a policeman on the passengers Side just wiggled his Finger at Deslaurier waved climbed in the car and drove off with the Chase judge Ubienski testimony disclosed that Des Laurier was a suspended Driver at the judge Ubienski said there was insufficient evidence for him to make a finding of negligence on behalf of any party that was up to another judge Ubienski noted that police knew during the Chase that the Man was Only wanted for questioning and had a description of the the licence number and a probable description of the judge Ubienski recommended the provincial government consider in creasing court penalties under the Highway traffic act for refusing a police order to ;