Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March 1979 Lanctot preliminary hear 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 extortion for the in his read by Andre Cross said his most terrible night during kid napping came after he Learned of the murder of Pierre then que becs labor captors had no sense of Shock when they heard of the death they 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 far entered no a Date for his trial before a Superior court judge and jury will be decided upon when assizes open in Lanctott brother inlaw and 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 Bonin 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 peace initiative has Egypt worried of consequences continued cause the Accord to be viewed As a separate egyptian israeli agree which is what the palestinians and other Arab nations have feared All Well informed sources said committed to concluding a appeared willing to agree to the general basis of the proposals Carter handed begin last but some of Sadat top including prime minister Mustaka were said to be holding Khalil and Secretary of state Cyrus Vance met several times Friday seeking the acceptable Carter and Sadat also Are scheduled for another round of talks today in addition to Carters address to the egyptian parliament and a look at the pyramids before the presi Dent Heads for other american it was were discussing with egyptian officials proposals for an in creased naval presence in the Middle East As a Way of Demon Strating increased american commitment to the Security of the re Egypt wants to hold to the position stated in a Side letter to the draft treaty that negotiations for establishing election ground rules should begin one month after the treaty is and that the elections them selves should be held within one under the Camp David agree ments of last a five year transition period to local self govern ment in the occupied territories Only begins after these elections Are the want to pinpoint the Date for Sadat advisers also say Egypt does not want to accede to israels insistence that an Exchange of ambassadors take place right after israeli troops withdraw from the that would Grant full egyptian recognition to Israel before establishment of palestinian Egypt wants to specify in the treaty Only that diplomatic relations will be in this Egypt could Point to the Promise of an Exchange of ambassadors As a lever for holding Israel to its commitments to Auton omy for the the egyptian advisers main israels reemphasized demand for guarantees on purchases of All Oil produced by the Sinai Wells it will turn Back to Egypt is not even a matter that should be discussed Oil sales from the Sinai Wells should be negotiated Only after a treaty is signed and Normal diplomatic relations have been Khalil Sadat advisers made it Clear they feared a hostile reaction from the Arab world if Sadat yields on these especially the question of a target Date for elections on the West Bank and this could result in Arab economic sanctions against Egypt and even Egypt ouster from the Arab saudi Arabia also could slow delivery of its billion year eco nomic Aid to up photo Justice followed by commissioner Donald arrives for session of inquiry into ramp Mcdonald expects to Call solicitor general Warren Allmand to the stand in extra ramp sent to Seal Hunt site Halifax up Canadian authorities sent additional police and fisheries officers into the ice covered Gulf of Lawrence Friday after a clash at Daybreak with protesters who tried to thwart the annual Gulf Seal eight protesters ended up under arrest aboard the Canadian coast guard icebreaker the clash came on the eve of the official opening of the other Section of the East coast Hunt today off the Labrador the from the trawler sea had stolen out onto the ice before Dawn and were dyeing the pelts of Newborn seals with a red stain when enforcement authorities moved in to arrest they resisted every Way they said Stan Federal fisheries officer in Dudka said he suffered a blow to the head from one Man he wrestled to the he estimated it took 15 or 16 fisheries officers and members of the ramp 90 minutes to subdue and arrest the eight protesters and take them aboard the a fisheries spokesman in Quebec City said the some in Handcuffs and All under constant surveillance aboard the Wolfe because of continued would be flown to to face formal charges when a magistrate could be flown Dudka said the All violated fisheries regulations by coming within half a nautical mite of a Seal Herd without a Federal permit and some also will face charges of resisting arrest and carry ing concealed nobody was seriously Dudka extra fisheries officers and Mem Bers of the ramp were being flown to the Gulf from Quebec City and Dudka said he personally warned Captain few Ter of the sea Shep Herd in a message after the clash that few Ter was in Canadian Territo rial Waters and had been a party to violations of Canadian any further such actions would result in the arrest of few Ter and his Dukas message the sea Shepherd acknowledged the Mes Sage but gave no immediate Indica Tion of her fisheries authorities said there was some indication she might be intending to leave the she had asked for assistance in moving through the who did not want to be indicated that barring an emergency they were in no hurry to Rush to the assistance of sea Shep a War of nerves lasted for several Days As the sea Shepherd approached the Herd and protesters kept their specific plans secret until they actually moved into the Seal up photo sealers attempt to free ship stuck in thick ice stuck off Oil independents May get us 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 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 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 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 told it was ramp continued using private files continued Nipes 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 to 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 slightly lower rate for Short distance Call continued monthly charges and 100 per cent of the connection fee increase the utilities Board decision also allows for some adjustment to Long distance rates within the with slightly lower rates for Calls 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 u 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 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 the 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 the first time in 18 it is estimated that 96 per cent of Manitoba House holds now have 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 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 t a jewelry store in the Wes Twood shopping Centre in in the Deslaurier had reached behind a counter and touched a a female Saie 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 ;