Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg pm july its lends private firm by Paul Moloney Manitoba Telephone system has gone into the banking business by lend ing to inter Iscom systems a private company which is sup plying technology to the publicly owned the debenture loan is meant to tide enter disco Over until it establishes a track record needed in order to raise funds from conventional Glover its assistant Gener Al manager said the founded in is developing the Cable system for project an experimental information ser vice being provided through television sets in 100 heading Ley the the first by its to a private is to help them along with their product Anderson at the its is inter discos Only a year it moved to Winnipeg from Montreal after signing a contract Worth Mil lion to design project idas Cable the work is expected to end in sep by which time have a demonstrable product and be in a Ter position to arrange other Anderson noted emerging research companies like inter Iscom have difficulty raising Money until Treyve Deve loped a proven you cant get a lot of people interested in putting Iff venture capital until Yew surface with a he added the to be paid Back by the end of the greatly benefits Intel disco but it will also pay dividends to the its being done to secure a company which is developing a concept Benefi Cial to Manitoba and in turn beneficial to we have a stake in making sure the project int interrupted and comes to fruition and helps them through the difficult Norman enter disco said the Money alleviated the danger of enter disco being forced to pull out of project if enter disco could not have raised the Money from some a pull wit would have been a the backing by its gave the company credibility and helped it negotiate a greater amount of credit from the Toronto Dominion i think see ing that level of support did help us considerably with the the headed by Thomas had been attempting to sell shares to other investors but prices offered were too at the inter discos outstanding Stock is owned by its 30 the company is now negotiating with other firms interested in buying into inter Iscom because of expertise it gained through project he added the company needs several millions project in new we do not see its As our sole it is also attempting to interest other by any Toms said Canadian and United states concerns in the company Hopes to its technology and Hopes this year to expand into manufacturing of Elm sign contracts for trials similar to Wayne of summer in the City with temperatures soaring to in Winnipeg this elderly gentleman treated himself to a dose of Sunshine on a Bench in memorial the hot weather will continue fou time sex offender gets five year sentence by Tom Goldstein a 21yearold previously convicted sex described As a walking time has been sentenced to five years in prison with a Strong recommendation that he receive psychiatric Robert James Veley of Lumsden Avenue pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted it was his fourth sex related conviction in three none of his previous sentences exceeded two years less a Day in the maximum penalty for an at tempted rape conviction is 10 years in whose first sex related conviction was As a had been out of jail one Day after serving 16 months for forcible seizure and indecent assault when he attacked a 22yearold woman 12 in a Portage Avenue apartment Block near uni City fashion Veley told police he had become aroused by women on the but resisted a desire earlier in the Day to he said he remembered passing some female in a Lane about then some Guy was pushing me around a hallway and Down a stairwell where i was kept until the police a the Guy was one of two building responding to who found Veley atop the her panties pushed Down around her Knees and Blouse passing county court judge Patrick Ferg accepted a joint recommendation by Crown counsel David Rampersad and defence counsel Richard Wolson that Veley serve his term in the year old Federal psychiatric in liquor Board probes hotel party the Manitoba liquor control commis Sion is investigating reports that an All night drinking party was held at the Royal Albert arms hotel during last weeks Liberal party assistant commission manager Barry cracks on said there Are reports an Al night drinking session was held saturday evening and sunday morning at the which is owned by Mem Bers of Federal immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy cracks on said the beverage room normally must Stop serving liquor at 1 and have everyone cleared out by he said it is Stilt a contravention of the liquor control act to continue serving even if a private party is being held in the beverage Axworthy said in Ottawa yesterday he attended the lengthy party along with other Liberal convention Dele but feels it was a private gathering that didst break the liquor cracks on said his investigation will take about two and if the reports Are substantiated a disciplinary hear ing May be action which could result include the issuing of a warning or temporary suspension of liquor i he Axworthy has a investment in the now held in a Blind the hotel is partly owned and managed by his cracks on said he was informed of the party when reporters from Ottawa called him asking whether the drinking which was also reportedly at tended by members of the contravened liquor Axworthy private gathering Stit ution in but he did so noting there were conflicting psychiatric assessments of Feleys chances for rehabilitation and that Federal Penitentiary services authorities and not himself would determine where the offender does his Only by a stroke of Fortune was a ugly debilitating rape it could have been worse except for the propitious help that came along during the Middle of the judge Ferg what happens if he Doest get psychiatric treatment and is released after a walking time bomb no the judge said Feleys thoughts of rape almost immediately after being released from jail make it obvious to any intelligent person that he has absolutely no control Over his i would think that any firs year psychology student could diagnose this he recommended Veley not be Given Early parole unless he was Given psychiatric the accused would then have to serve at least 40 months of his rather than a minimum of 20 Wolson said he would Knock on every door i have to to ensure his client received the recommended he has received psychiatric treatment periodically since but usually quit on his his prob lems began a few years before with the divorce of his parents and with his inability to compete with his severely physically handicapped brother for at Wolson said treatment was urged after Feleys last conviction in septem but he saw a psychiatrist Only once or twice during the 16 months he spent in the heading Ley correctional one has to wonder at the value of that one has to wonder if it was a waste 16 months a waste of time for the Wolson Job counsellor says coworker made advances curb on civic politicians hit opposition Las chided the govern ment yesterday for its proposal to bar mayoralty candidates in Winnipeg from simultaneously seeking a Council proposed amendments to the City of Winnipeg act would make it illegal for a candidate to run for mayor and Council in the same at pres the mayor is allowed to represent one of the cites 29 wards if he so Saul Miller Oaks called the proposal a retrogressive step which would discourage potentially Strong candidates from taking part in the mayoralty and he said it would mean losing Able politicians who Are unsuccessful in their bid to become its wrong to suggest we must turf people out because they lose that elec Miller he cited the example of former metro chairman Jack who lost the 1971 mayoralty race and was left out of Public Miller said that allowing a mayoralty candidate to run for Council encourages More candidates to enter and makes for a better on the other the proposed amendment can Only be of Benefit to the incumbent he june Westbury Rouge agreed with and suggested the government consider an amendment which would have the Deputy mayor elected at Large As in the 1977 civic Robert Steen was elected mayor but lost the race in his own Ward of Redbone to Cyril when mayor Bill Nome took office last year in a Bielec he continued serving As councillor for Tuxedo Heights he later resigned As a Sidney Green said it was Good for the mayor to also act As a councillor since it kept him in touch with the he said the Previ Ous nip administration introduced amendments to allow mayoralty Candi dates to run for Council so that Good men be lost to Public office merely because they aspired to be Gary Filmon Heights said the amendment was introduced because occupying two posts places too great a Burden on the he said that when he served As a councillor on the same Community committee As the mayor often had to miss meetings because of other commit this often caused meetings to be cancelled for Lack of a Filmon a Man appealing a five Day suspension from his Job at the Canada employment Centre for allegedly harassing a receptionist in his office says the woman stroked his hair when the incident in question Gordon a Job counsellor at the centres special programs and counselling testified at a Federal Public service grievance forum yester Day that on he went into the unit supervisors office for a after a moment in the Lilitka said he noticed the units Florence standing at the win he closed the office door and she turned the Job counsellor said he asked the receptionist what she was and she Lilitka said Gould then approached ruffled his hair and placed his hands on her Shoul youre turning me was Libit Kas response to Goulds alleged the 37yearold Man testified that he then slapped the Wall several at which Point Elizabeth another Job knocked on the he opened it and both occupants left the alleges pushing in her testimony Gould told the inquiry Lilitka pulled her into the supervisors empty office door and pushed her against the the receptionist said she asked Libit a to open the door upon receiving no pounded on the Wall to attract she said Lilitka grinned and shouted help when she banged on the Gryte told the inquiry tuesday that the banging and tie Calls for help prompted her to Knock on the after the door she a flushed Gould walk from Gryte said Lilitka jokingly told her he had been molesting the under Cross examination yesterday by department of Justice counsel Craig Lilitka was asked Why he slapped the office i dont it was Henderson then suggested to Lilitka that not pounded on the the counsel then asked Lilitka Why he yelled for help after telling Gould he was becoming aroused by coverup claimed it was Henderson disa i put it to that the reason you yelled help was that she banged on the Wall and you had to cover it the lawyer the Job counsellor testified he and Gould engaged in similar horseplay on several when the lawyer asked the Job counsellor Why Goulds version of the Wall banging incident Story differed from his Lilitka replied that she was embarrassed she was in a room with a married in his Henderson noted testimony by witnesses who said Gould was not the Type to entice a Man into a compromising the lawyer said Libit Kas allegations that the Board which gave him the five Day suspension was biased against him were he noted the Job counsellor was Given Many opportunities to respond to the allegations against him but refused to do who acted on his own said in his summation that he was not asked for his version before the unit supervisor sent him a Lilitka said he believes there is every likelihood Gould was encouraged and coaxed to file a Wentlen complaint against Michelle the adjudicator from the Public service staff relations Board in reserved her decision on Libit Kas the Deci son May Lake from one to six ;