Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Slow police response rapped by Ingeborg the Winnipeg poll1 new computerized system is doing More City councillors said Phil Rizzuto he has received nume departments Tomun cations irm than Council that complaints from residents who their Calls to the police cars Arent even showing when there said Rizzuto ind one restaurant who called the 911 emergency number last week to report a breaking in was put on hold for several it took 5v4 minutes from the time Arnold Petraus co owner of the Nia Kwa first called the emergency number for a car to be police chief Norman Stewart after calling for help with a a Homeowner waited on his front porch for three hours before the police said Eldon Ross Independent Citi Zens election committee Deer Lodge also said he had received Calls from according to one the burglar could have carried the House away by the time the police got said police commission chairman lome Leech conceded the communications system that has been in use since june 24 is not All there the multichannel radio computer aided dispatch and Centre Telephone system is still missing some software said Leech ice Seine a largely inexperienced civilian Force of which took Over the Job previously manned by police offi is also having troubles handling and processing while the department Hast had com plaints about delayed response it As been questioned about the Way callers Are handled on the said the complaint handlers Are supposed to Send out a car immediately before obtaining other background inform for was asked How to spell his name before his Call was put some workers have been reprimand and in the More experienced men have been put Back on the the big m Stampede at the biggest pro Rodeo in is on with More than in prizes at Clear tonight sunny tomorrow Low 17 High 32 july 1979 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final inflation expected to hit 10 Paris the Industrial countries were warned wednesday to avoid major shifts in economic policies while the world adjusts to a new Era of slower higher inflation and reduced issuing its midyear forecast for the world the organization for economic cooperation and develop ment said its 24 members would have a collective growth rate of Only two per cent in the next 12 and an inflation rate of nearly 10 per Britain and the United which account for nearly two fifths of the total Recd will suffer recessions in that and contribute no the Recd study the five other major Recd economies West France and Canada will average rebels control Managua Managua Reuter sandinista guerrillas marched triumphantly to Ward the Centre of the nicaraguan capital today As president Francisco Urcuyo fled the country after less than 48 hours in government sources said Urcuyo and several aides left on Board planes sent from Guatemala and Al we Are the radio we have won our let us now defend it to the the full Force of the sandinista Law will be imposed to defend the National guard garrisons throughout the country have been ordered to sur Render to the military sources As the guerrillas were reported to be taking up positions in an orderly manner in outlying Urcuyo became interim head of state after Anastasio Somoza fled to the United states on he was expected to hold office briefly until Power could be handed Over to the but he announced he would stay angering other Central Ameri can nations and the United states which had worked for Somoza Resig the Junta established a provisional seat of government in Nicara guas second largest which they said was their temporary about three per cent according to the Recd economic staff headed by John a in describing the Recd Fay warned reporters that it was purely a mechanical or computer compilation of statistics and contained no allowance for further deterioration of business and consumer Confidence which could push us further into recessionary the analysis was adjusted to take into account the increase in Oil prices levied in june by the organization of Petroleum exporting according to the the last Oil Price hike put the Cost of Petroleum 60 per cent above last december when it made its last forecast and 17 percent above its original estimates for the new Long Road to slow growth the effect of the open increase was to reduce potential growth for the Recd area by nearly one percent age Point and raise inflation by nearly one percentage we have a Long Road of slow growth ahead of Fay we have a Choice of travelling slowly and hopefully and reaching our destination or running faster and not the race car that goes too fast ends up in the in the next six months Fay governments should neither attempt to inflate their slow moving economies to reduce unemployment nor deflate them further to break Infra a policy of stimulation in the United states for would push inflation higher and make a bigger recess Ion later on More prudent policies the Recd advice to members was to engage in extremely prudent eco nomic demand to adopt Strong Energy policies emphasizing conserva to avoid trying to cover the higher Price of Oil by wage increases or higher Export prices and to coordinate their economic policies better than in 1973 and when the first wave of big open increases this years Oil Price increase is about half As Large As the 197374 the Recd the Industrial world did not reduce its consumption of Oil after the first round of Price the increase got swamped by the general atmosphere of it because of that earlier the Industrial world now faces High inflation and slower growth and a Long period of adjustment before see slower Page 4 dont forget behind his ears to seems like a Case of a thoroughbred looking hellbent for at Assiniboia the Chestnut owned by Stone things were soapy indeed for victors Pride when Pony acres will be seeking his fourth straight win in the firl Nancy Zwarich washed him Down after a Gallop yesterday added Agassiz stakes tomorrow free press fined for contempt by Cecil Rosner the Winnipeg free Winnipeg radio station Krc and some of their employees were fined from to each yesterday for contempt of court in their reporting of a fatal shoot ing incident last Justice John Hunt fined the free press a total of the Tribune a total of and Krc a total of lawyers for the both the free press and the Tribune said their clients Are planning to Appeal the judge Hunt said All three Media outlets published or broadcast prejudicial material which included hearsay and evidence that would have been entirely inadmissible in any fair he said the which concerned a Fata shooting of a 16yearold boy at a school last tended to prejudice others against the individual who is now i do not approve of trial by new spa the court of Queens Bench judge said in passing Freedom of the press is not an unconditional Liberty and must be limited by Laws of slander and the right of people to a fair he i am of the opinion that while free Dom of speech is of great importance to our the right to a just and unprejudiced trial must be maintained and must be judge Hunt the judge agreed the shooting was an extremely newsworthy event and said the Media didst intentionally or maliciously prejudice the person who has been but he said it must be brought Home that these Are serious and rejected suggestions from defence counsel that no fines be judge Hunt didst respond to suggestions by defence lawyers that the fail ure of the Crown to proceed against All Media outlets for using similar Materi Al should be a mitigating Factor in determining the amount of the the judge levied the heaviest fines against Armadale communications owner of which he said was by far the most out of line in its see papers Page 4 province gets out of lottery operation by John Sullivan the Manitoba government should be out of Day today management of lotteries by the end of the legislation setting up a lotteries and gaming commission to take Over from the government distribution of lottery profits is being prepared and should be ready by fitness and Amateur sport minister Bob Banman said the new first proposed in february by the Haig lottery Inqui would also replace the Manitoba lottery commission in setting policy on lotteries and gambling in the prov Winnipeg lawyer Graeme Haig was appointed last year by the Provin Cial government As a Oneman Royal commission to investigate Manitoba lottery Haig said in his subsequent report the government should simply appoint the new nine member Issue Broad policy and step like the the Board would buy Western express and provincial tickets from the Western Canada lottery foundation and resell them see government Page 4 inside today eve your average hero Man and Superman at with one Superman behind him and one More to Christopher Reeve can have his pick of his Relief that he and the film Are a Success is considerable and not just for professional a profile shows the future is Bright for the Man who lives in the Shadow of Superman bombed Willie Armstead caught two first Quarter touchdown passes from quarterback Ken Johnson to Lead Calgary stampedes to a 357 win Over Winnipeg Blue bombers in a Canadian football league game last All the Winnipeg scoring came off the foot of Bernie who booted Field goals of 31 and 51 Yards and added a 90yard bomber quarterback Dieter Brock was shaken up on the last play of the half when he was dropped by exbom Ber Lyall Billy Troup came in to replace Brock for the ers but had no Luck getting the offence bombers also lost wide receiver Joe his leg injury May keep him sidelined for about six beat the Price Index Many people assume any Price increase reflected in the consumer Price Index automatically finds its Way into their household in the Index includes Many items that can easily be avoided such As jogging disposable diapers and the imaginary statistics Canada shopper has to Purchase the same products every but not the real sights set on Admiral York Lambton of Montreal confirmed yesterday it was seeking to buy Canadian Admiral of Toronto from its american accentuating a trend toward greater concentration in the Canadian electric appliance an end to isolation the architects of foreign policy in the South Africa Are designing a Radical new approach to the outside world a plan to shake the country free of 30 years of growing according to correspondent Carl they face daunting obstacles in the distaste abroad for South Africa race separation policies and conservative suspicions at Mother Ireland Irish Are known for their open acceptance of writes Belfast born poet and journalist Jack who now lives in new York Holland reflects on the unhappy decade that began with the riots in Holland writes about people and events in Mother his country he is that it is now a society in which the dead console the scores football Cal Calgary 35 Winnipeg 7 Toronto 18 Hamilton 11 Page 5562 Index Western express for 3777130 2681556 for 1819634 3098825 3130785 1220892 2551026 1954167 1156573 other 22 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