Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 1, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fife j w my v 1 i i t j if f a i m to turf u id s May i Winnipeg free february 1980 Purchase of hotel at hand by Pamela Fayert Nan the City Centre motor Motel at Ellice ave tie and Carlton Street is being sold Ernest an owner of the said an offer to Purchase has been made by the owners of the Gay Cava Lief motor he said negotiations have been under Way for the past month and the Sale should be completed in March when the liquor control commission Board considers the change of ownership Green the Purchase Price amounted to about a sum which is lower than what he and his for the 140room hotel in 1977 in a joint venture with Nathanson of United equities Green said Sale is a great Relief because the hotel suffered from a bad the beverage room caused most of the problems because it attracted the wrong Type of he built in 1958 by United the hotel was sold in after negotiations which lasted almost 12 the Escana hotel operated by Marcel bought the hotel for More than it is being sold at in the hotel was put into chartier cited declining profits As one of the major reasons for closing the doors of the downtown a month the hotel re opened under the management of the International and in Nathan sons real estate development company bought Back the hotel which was then operating at a breakeven basis for a sum which was less than the property was sold for in Gerry wife local news City to base funds claim on tax data that All she wrote British vice Consul Brian Cavanagh holds the last telex message received yesterday As Britain closed its consulate in Winnipeg after 50 the move puts about five including out of a the closing was one of several by the British government to Cut British subjects in Winnipeg needing help with passports or other information Are now asked to Contact the British High commissioners office in incumbent maps enjoy an Edge Knowles Davis Fletcher Singh Kerr Winnipeg North Centre Selkirk g Winnipeg North Winnipeg North Centre nip Stanley Knowles is a United Church but most of his preachings been of a political Hes been on a leave of absence since surely one for the record first elected to parliament in 1942 As a he was a City Alder Man before Knowles has won every election except for the die sweep of increasing his vote margin in 1974 to in he has two both and five Liberal Harold is the latest sacrificial Lamb to be sent in by the liberals to tackle his City councillor Frank Johnson received ballots or 20 per cent of the vote in a commodities analyst with Richardson he has one election 80 pc Joe a introduced the firearm safety program into Manitoba Public he also ran third in 21 votes behind 48v has two communist Paula Fletcher received 183 votes for the communist party in Fletcher has worked in the textile Industry and As an educational Consul Tant on underdeveloped Manjit a 24yearold garment takes Over from Marnie Frain in the Frain ran last with 91 votes in Singh came from India in 1974 and is Active in the East Indian defence nip an my since exp Harma Cist David Orlikov has held Public office in Winnipeg since has served As a school City Alderman and despite being touted As soft on abortion by the right to lifers last he beat righting tory Anne Steen for a third time with a margin of he is married and has one pc with Steens businessman Roy Kozluk has a Long Way to go to beat has served As coordinator of a number of past Federal and provincial tory he is married with two Liberal making his second bid for the Winnipeg North seat is Walter a 54yearold anthropologist who been with the Federal Secretary of state and immigration departments for 17 Hlady ran third with votes last an author of several books on ethnic groups in Hlady helped organize the India Metis Friendship Centre and is past chair Man of the Manitoba human rights he and wife Ora have eight communist William Ross attracted 230 votes in the Riding in Down from 390 in the 1974 the party Manitoba he was a member of the Winnipeg Public school Board from 1937 to marxist Leninist Brian Ostrow finished behind Ross in winning just 128 is a physician and resident surgeon at Winnipeg health sciences fourth in a series of profiles of Manitoba Orkow Ross Winnipeg North by Tom Goldstein the cites official which expects to meet with the provincial Cabinet next will use tax Revenue statistics to bolster councils argument that Winnipeg deserves More according to figures prepared by the cites Winnipeg provides two thirds of provincial reve nue in four key areas individual in come retail sales Manitoba liquor control commission profits and gasoline the City has per cent of the provinces population As of june according to Manitoba health services corporation fair share urged i see nothing wrong with raising 67 per cent of the providing we get our fair share lome Leech ice Seine Valley told executive policy committee although no figures available of How much of that Revenue is returned to the committee members estimated it would be less than 40 per cent Leech said it was closer to 30 per the research department has been instructed to compile such similar studies done for the fiscal years ending March and show Winnipeg Contri buted 65 per cent and per of the provinces Revenue in those four plus tobacco tax and motor vehicle licence the City had 54 per cent and per cent of Manitoba population at those respective according to the cites Manitoba will collect million from individual income retail sales liquor commission profits and gasoline tax for the current fiscal year which ends March a breakdown of those estimates shows Winnipeg will contribute million of the million 69 per cent to be collected in individual in come tax million of the million per cent of the retail sales tax million of the million per cent of liquor commission profits and million of million 59 per cent of gasoline i think its got to be brought Home that there killing the Goose that laying the Golden said if the City was left we could reduce of that Leech also said the million Block which includes million to help cover unfinished capital the province will provide Winnipeg this year is councils Resolution to ask the government to increase the annual bloc funding level to at least million is not out of he Urban affairs minister Gerry Mer Cir said the passed month before the 1980 Grant was an must have been passed in notice changes sought new procedures in implementing the cites Street reconstruction notification policy Are councillor Harold Macdonald ice Corydon told civic executive policy committee the new adopted by Council requires property owners to be notified of possible Street closings shortly after the reconstruction is pro posed in the annual capital budget in november of the preceding Drew publicity when the policy got its first workout 22 at City Centre fort Rouge Community the including voted 4 to 2 to delete the proposed Edmon ton Street reconstruction the action received prominent publicity and Macdonald told com Mittee there should be prior private negotiations Between affected business councillors and administrative officials before the Community com Mittee makes its Bill Mcgarva ice Sargent Park told freshman Macdonald not to worry about the dont worry too much what they say about dont worry if they use your As Long As they spell it the senior councillor Eldon Ross ice Deer chairman of civic works and operations said there have been three meetings Between affected businessmen and administration officials since 22 and the agreed solution on the Street together with will be presented to the next meeting of works and operations Bawdy House trial motion rejected Oil Row Ksiuk holidy lawyers in the Ken Kerr Bawdy House trial Are scheduled to present their closing arguments today after a motion to dismiss the charges against the accused was rejected yesterday by judge Arnold also known As Richard James is charged with four counts of keeping a common Bawdy he was arrested after police raided four downtown Massage Parlours he told them he bought the Parlours in Early defence counsel Jay Prober argued the charges did not disclose a criminal offence and were not supported by but the provincial judge ruled against saying there was evidence Kerr participated in the operation of the Massage claims he paid for sex there is also some evidence the court can infer the four Massage Par lors May have been common Bawdy he judge Conner earlier heard from a witness who testified he paid a woman in one of the Massage Parlours for the Roland of Winni was the last witness to testify for the he told the court he went to playgirl studios on Kennedy Street Massinon said he paid the receptionist for a on hour nude he said he was introduced to a Black girl who led him to a room where they took off their he said he Lay on a table and she massaged his Massinon said he asked the girl what she did and for How he didst recall her Massinon told judge Conner he asked for Oral sex but the girl replied she didst like she told him she charged j150 for Massinon said he Only had she took it and left the room for a Massinon said the girl put the contraceptive on him and they had sex on the Massinon told Prober that his paid for the Massage and nothing he also said he initiated the discussion about Prober said he would Call no evidence for the he said he wanted to review ran scripts from the first part of the trial before closing his Crown counsel Stu Whitley agreed to the adjournment and asked the judge to Indi Cate his areas of judge Conner said the Crown must establish whether the four Massage Parlours were used As common Bawdy houses and whether the accused was their keeper and actively participated in their the judge said if he were satisfied they were Bawdy there was some evidence that people in author Ity did not permit illegal activities on the yet there was Alsot i Dence of sex he were these activities carried on contrary to the instructions of persons in authority at the four establishments or was it just a subterfuge to avoid prosecution of the owners or occupiers of these four premises the trial Man charged in abduction a 25yearold Man was charged yesterday with unlawful confinement and Possession of a dangerous weapon Fol lowing the abduction of a Winnipeg taxi Driver police say the incident began when the Driver picked up a customer who then pulled a knife and ordered the Driver to proceed to Portage la Prai during the the Passen Ger Lold the Driver to pull alongside the Highway so he could relieve both men got out of the but the Driver quickly jumped Back into the car and drove a Short distance before getting he then left the vehicle and ran to a nearby the passenger fled in the other the Driver returned to his car and drove Back to ;