Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 8, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free lawyers alarmed by Bill continued from Page 1 Mercier said in aft interview the commission would screen complaints so prosecutions would be confined to pretty blatant chief judge Harold Gyles of Provin Cial judges court said he didst think the clause would put the courts in the position of adjudicating on political Given the the mat Ter would become a judicial exercise and not a political judge Gyles said in an said if the intent of the legislation is to curb maliciously false and fraudulent statements it should be such statements would be largely covered by the Defa mation act or the criminal he there Are some loopholes which re quire but this weapon is much too sweeping and Mercier had promised Protection against false statements in the course of the 1979 provincial by election Campaign when he accused nip Ross Mere candidate Vic Schroeder of using smear tactics and blatant lies in his Campaign at the he said he would be very reluctant to impose any restrictions on political the Law Reform commission of Manitoba made no such recommendation in its reports on election proce and cautioned about restraint in that near air collisions probed new York Federal Avia Tion administration officials say they Are investigating two possible system errors in the new York area flight control system which air traffic con trollers said might have resulted in midair collisions of two jetliners and two Small private one incident involved an air Canada the Faa also confirmed a Down in the computer system used to guide planes through the metropolitan areas Busy the breakdown lasted for 21 minutes at about noon yester the possible system errors occurred at about 9 this was the third time in a week that the computer system broke it failed twice during Peak traffic hours on the evening of july resulting in what air traffic controllers called a hairy provinces abandon restraint t promises daredevil stunt fails daredevil Steve Lewis of san Calif bounces off the second of two cars sunday after attempting to jump Over them in the cars were travelling toward him at an of 160 Kilometres an underwent surgery yesterday and May lose his left Legac he was filming the stunt for a television show called that jul directors step Down six member Board named arid How faces the possibility of losing a from the Canada Council which has threatened to Stop funding if the orchestras accumulated deficit needs 30 per cent of its operating Bud by the end of next the symphony was recently unsuccessful in getting the Toronto Dominion Bank to forgive interest charges on an the so has been criticized recently having an unwieldy organization of the size of the Board of directors and the Lack of definition of Tony general manager of recently threatened to resign unless conductor Piero Gamba of his Powers As music director of the he said Adverse publicity about the symphony direct Ion was Havinga harmful effect on subscription in making the announcement this Price said she wanted to publicly commit the support of the government to the new Board of Trust she also asked that the news v Media and the Public lend their support to see the symphony out of its financial Price said the announcement did not reflect adversely on the performance on the Board of the minister said she was confident to new Board of trustees would be Able to wipe out the symphony deficits because these people Are going to go in and run it she said the interim boded would Likely be in existence for Between three and six i think this is a very positive Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie it Only enhance the reputation of the symphony president Mcfallon said the symphony accumulated deficit to Date stands at Ottawa up provincial govern ments have abandoned their commit ments to hold spending increases below the level of inflation this the conference Board of Canada they have increased spend ing in Hopes of stimulating the Economy and hastening recovery from the re economist Marie Burrows said in a study of the provinces 1980 budgets published by the an ind Epen nonprofit research the organization legally changed its name from the conference Board in Canada last spending is budgeted to increase by per compared with one of the most commonly used indicators of in the consumer Price which has gone up per cent this revenues Are projected to increase by Only per cent and the widening Gap Between revenues and spending will have to be made up in future the report it expresses concern at the Large proportion of provincial budgets six cents of every Dollar spent already used to pay interest on these debt charges will grow a further 17 per cent this crippling in a Burrows said in an interview it is considered Wise for a government to go into debt to stimulate the Economy if the Economy recovers quickly and revenues pick up the debt is then paid Back in dollars devalued by she this kind of debt can be quite crippling in a although finance minister Allan Maceachen has said the Federal budget deficit of billion is stimulating the Burrows said it is hard to Tell whether the Federal and provincial governments Are working in the same direction because there has not been a Federal budget adopted since no five two More than in will have budget deficits this Quebec billion deficit is More than three times the deficits of the other four provinces Nova Manitoba and British Colum Bia fire forces hundreds to evacuate from the news services Perth smoke from a fire that incinerated Drums of hazardous solvents and destroyed a Square Block of Industrial buildings forced officials to ask several Hundred people to evacuate their Homes twice in 10 police chief Paul Jankovich said policemen went door to door on two streets beginning at warning residents of about 40 Homes after state department of environmental Protection officials became concerned that the Drifting smoke might shift direction and spread Over the residents were asked to evacuate and stay overnight with relatives or at two emergency centres being operated by the they were part of a larger group that had been asked to leave for several hours during the after a Blaze erupted just before 9 in a building at the Perth Amboy Industrial the officials feared there might be toxic fumes in the although they said late monday tests showed the fire did not pose a serious health soviets fear takeover Moscow the soviet say ing its Tehran embassy might suffer the same Fate As the occupied has called on Iran to prevent attempts to seize it by elements hos tile to a Surprise statement from the soviet unions Tehran reported by lass news Agency in said there is information to the effect that elements hostile to the soviet Union intend to carry out provocative acts against the embassy in the islamic Republic of even going so far As to seize the Agency gave no details of the alleged plan to seize the but in foreign minister Sadegh Ghori Zadeh said All necessary Steps have been taken to ensure the missions the announcement by the who had until recently kept their Deal Ings with Iran marked the lowest Point in relations Between the Kremlin and Tehran since the islamic revolution in february last news Roundup East Beirut a Bloodbath Beirut at least 60 people were killed yesterday and dozens More wounded As rival righting Leba Nese factions fought a pitched Battle in a mostly Christian area of East rightist sources the sources said Many of those who died in the which involved rockets and heavy machine were women and russians mine passes Washington soviet troops have started mining the Mountain passes Between Afghanistan and administration officials claimed yester the soviets Are said to Hope land mines will slow the traffic of islamic guerrillas and arms Between the two Jerusalem Bill cleared Jerusalem a parliamentary committee yesterday cleared the controversial Jerusalem Bill that would make the ancient City the indivisible capital of 55 killed in Salvador san Salvador fifty five civil ians died during the weekend in Salvador 11 of them when unidentified gunmen opened fire in a crowded Coffee shop in this police reported new casualty figures released by the local human rights commission Esti mate civilians died since the4 beginning of the year in shootings and bombings and terrorist attacks be tween the leftist squads of rightist gunmen and government Secu Rity heat wave continues a death dealing heat wave that has claimed at least 142 lives during the last 15 Days in the Southern and South Western United states continued yesterday but without reports of new fatalities because of the temperatures Are expected to soar Back near 43 c later in the firemen look Over the smouldering ruins of an Industrial Complex in Perth end sought to penalties in interest conflict cases continued from Page 1 despite the proposed a City Council and hoc committee com posed of mayor Bill Deputy mayor Pearl and Council tors Al and Bill Neville will continue to examine changes to the act which would define and propose sanctions against conflict of Neville said last Neville 1c said he was surprised the provincial government would consider removing the Section dealing with disqualification of officials convicted of conflict of in the absence of any other Way to enforce conflict the change could tend to reduce the Force of conflict of interest he Ducharme said he didst think re Moval of the Section dealing with Dis qualification of officials was a Good i dont really think it makes a Ducharme said he agrees with Mercier that theres always a a councillor who wants to get a vote to go his Way can use his influence without voting or joining in the he the change prohibiting councillors from voting in committees on issues in which they have financial interests will give councillors a Chance to pull out of its often what you dont say that Yanofsky said changes to the rules governing conflict of interest would clarify the but added its difficult to know if it will improve the removal of the Section requiring officials who violate conflict of interim rules to be disqualified from holding office for three years is consistent with democratic he if a councillor decides to run for office after resigning because of a conflict of the Public can de cide How serious the conflict Yanofsky Neville said the City committee will be dealing with conflict of interest in a much broader sense than the proposed amendments to the the amendments would Only remedy one particular aspect of the City of Winnipeg Neville the committee will be working on a definition of conflict of As Well As guidelines for councillors in order to avoid and possible sanctions against councillors guilty of conflict of by Albertas balance Sheet of revenues and operating expenses shows a billion surplus than enough to cover the billion deficit of those five provinces com inquest ordered in farm death by Cecil Rosner and Laurie Streich an inquest has been ordered into the death of a 61yearold Manitoba Farmer who died shortly after handling a wide loused traces of a common pesticide used on rapeseed crops were found in body tissue of Donald who died May a provincial medical examiner said who Farmed near about 50 Kilometres Northeast of bran died of kidney failure nine Days after showing symptoms of Chemi Cal chief provincial medical examiner Henry Dirks said yesterday an inquest will be held to determine the exact cause of death and to assess the wider question of precautions and safety in the handling of various farm big increase in chemicals he said there has been a Large in crease in the number of crop Chemi insecticides and fungicides used in the province and it is necessary to know whether adequate precautions Are being no Date has been set for the which is to be held in forensic tests showed traces of Lin a constituent of Vita Vax of Pes a rapeseed were found in kerrs liver and kidney tis Nicholas Petronack of bran Don while Petronack said it appeared that Kerr had used the chemical without taking recommended safety Pecau Kerr said they had followed directions on the he took All the safety but he probably breathed it Petronack said a goggles and rubber gloves must be used when mix ing and applying the a lot of fumes its a there must be a lot of fumes from it sure Doest say a word about a mask on the Kerr it seems a mask is More important than she said she thought the direct ions could be More but added there Are lots of Farmers getting sick from All kinds of there All the which is manufactured by uniroyal contains seed protestant and Petronack said the Pesti cide first entered the Farmers body through the pores in his skin and later advanced to his precautions listed Cleo the company general said precautions Are listed on the chemical Container advising users to Wear properly ventilated masks and to use rubber there is also a warning to avoid Bubble said the who Chi comes four litre containers As Well As 25and 45gallon can prod uce nontoxic Side he said the chemical is widely used on rapeseed and there have been no previous reported cases of illness or death associated with its Dirks also said he want aware of any previous deaths the chemical May but the possibility cant be ruled and this is one of the issues the inquest May shed Light heed who attended Kerr in the Hamiota said Kerr had a but didst appear to be too Kerr spent about five Days there and was transferred to the Brandon Gener Al Hospital when it was discovered his kidneys were ;