Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 21, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba P s we i Winnipeg free july f police cite numbers in refusing unit trained constables available to handle Domestic disputes because theft have been complaints that regular officers have shown insensitivity when responding to such there is often a reluctance on the part of police to get involved in domes tic she adding that there is very definitely a problem of apathy on the part of regular consta Booden would not comment on an Drichas he said most Calls police respond to Are what so often happens is that they resolve their differences a half hour after the police arrive and m charges Are the trouble is that we an called again the next time the old Man goes out on a drinking but for them to us to babysit is the problem of Domestic assaults on women by their husbands or liven companions has received much Atten Tion of late because the phenomenon has been found to be More widespread than previously a report by the Federal advisory Council on the status of women this year estimated that about one in 10 women in Canada is assaulted by their spouse each in Winnipeg last More than m women sought temporary Refuge at the Osborne House shelter Tor battered police Nave a program where officers Are available to Osborne House for sharing information and handling com police sergeants of three Core area divisions drop into the shelter on a regular we an excellent relationship with the said the Osborne House she explained that the average Eon stable May want to stay out of Domestic these situations where most deaths and disputes because statistically it is in injuries to police officers Kyff Fless the sheer volume of Domestic As saults on women prevents City police from establishing a special unit to Deal with the says a Winnipeg police we get a dozen or More of those Calls a said division 11 we Haven got the manpower to set up a special unit which would be answering three or four Calls at a local police have special teams to Deal with child abuse and Judy chairman of the battered women said the Winnipeg police should have specially swinger claims record by Nelle Ooster Orfi with Folk guitarists serenading him and his Mother cheering him 16 year old Warren Kowalson his Way into what May be a new world record at noon Warren says he spent 192 hours on the swing at fort Rouge break ing the previous record by six Hes had to endure occasional rain Media spies and the rubble regulars who frequent the Park at there was a Guy up in a tree watching me last another Guy asked me if i had any he vehemently denies reacting to a news Story earlier which stated that observers had noted that he took 15minute Breaks instead of the five minute Breaks allowed every hour and that sometimes the swing remained empty for Long periods of he referred to a free and a Csc reporter who had been keeping tabs on his Progress As saw no motion other observers said they saw no motion in the swing for Short periods saturday a free employee who lives near the said he timed Warren taking an eight i Nute it was also reported earlier that neither nor any of the people with had a watch to time his he said he used the radio he did have a which he produced from his Ive got about 20 signatures Here from people who saw to swing Warren pulling out a Blackim going to take make photo copies of the newspaper reports except the one which questioned his authenticity and gut a doctors report and Send them All in to that Standard procedure As far As i time saved he said the 15minute Breaks he took i i to i i j m were from time saved on the hours he he and Rob dancers Evelyn Hart left and David Peregrine returned to the City saturday with the first Gold medals won by four medals the Royal Winnipeg ballets artistic Norbert wesak and principal pianist Earl Stafford left rear captured at the 10th holds up four fingers to signify the combined number of medals three International dance competitions in july the group didst take a practice which is allowed under the guinness Regula Warren said he wrote to guinness about a month informing them about his but he Hast heard from them while he said earlier that he was raising Money for muscular he doubts he will collect any of the pledges i dont not pm Many people knew i was doing this for so i didst get Many his pledges come to about we Yeihei lie succeeded in getting into the Ciui Nom air urls or Warren has at least been successful in establishing himself As a temporary children have asked him to autograph news Fiorit s reporting the and by the Elul i i the week he had collected quite a rape suspects trial expected soon pair wanted in Winnipeg lose Battle to avoid extradition from Israel two Winnipeg men who unsuccessfully attempted to evade rape charges by to Israel almost three years Are expected to be returned to Manitoba soon to stand Saul Edward and David were taken custody by israeli police recently losing an extradition Battle with provincial attorney generals de Manitoba Deputy Ilia stir of criminal said update u of w students withdraw in protest to Bank in protest of what they say is the Royal Bank of Canadas Prairie of granting Loans to repressive the University of Winnipeg student Union has closed its with hut in a letter to the Genera manage the Royal Banks main Winnipeg student Union president Pannell said the funds will be transit r red to a credit Union we have no Confidence in Throval Banks lending particularly in regimes of the Itter naming South Africa and Chile Pannell said the Royal other lending institutions banker Chent confidentiality to Grain Kun which would otherwise not be f the Public was aware of their act inns he said fluids to such it me governments to funnel other Tea into maintaining oppressive Agen cies Jack Vic president and manager of the Royal Bank for and Northwestern n to that International banking income impossible if the Bank opted the premise that lending Liin countries constitutes support for regimes of those is a International Winch has dealings in practically eve i v i Nui itry of the Mcdonald in the area of respect for human governments policies and practices Range from exemplary to clearly a weekly followup to the bringing readers up to Date on stories that have appeared in the free recently that he want sure when the pair would arrive in the but it had better be t who faces two counts of rape and one of indecent and Fried who is charged with one count each of rape and Gross fled to Israel after failing to appear in Manitoba court of Queens Bench in both men Are charged with assault ing a 21yearold woman in a Northend Winnipeg Back Lane Engel is also wanted for two other incidents later that the provincial attorney generals department has been trying to have the two returned since the incident of despite the Long delay in proceed Morton said All witnesses Are still in Winnipeg and Are aware the Case is about to come to Likely this dont anticipate any prob detention permissible in the soviet but not judge Marantz made the comments while dismissing a charge of resisting arrest Laid against Richard Lavallee of Lavallee was arrested under the act by two ramp in his judge Marantz said the act is beyond provincial Powers of using it to protect he Eric the Legal Aid lawyer who defended said he agreed with the judges decision because being drunk int illegal and you cant put people in jail on the presumption there doing something councillor predicts the attorney generals department transit St adv of Fly referred the legislation to the court of the provincial and Federal govern ments will Likely consent within about six weeks to help finance a study on an electric powered rapid transit system for Harold Piercy Piercy proposed in april that a study look into building a Light rail transit system similar to that operating in Edmonton and under construction in he said he favors use of existing railway tracks and construction of a Appeal in March to determine whether the act is a decision is still police say they use the act to protect people too drunk to care for them about people were detained under the act in Many of them were arrested during the Winter and were taken in so they surfer frostbite or die of a police spokesman were not using it for were subway under Portage Avenue from main Street to Polo Park shopping Piercy also said he opposes installing electric trolley buses or streetcars be cause he believes the overhead wires would look City Council voted last week to spend on the study if the senior governments go Piercy said that under the Manitoba Canada agree negotiated earlier this the City could ask the other governments to each pay he said he is confident both senior governments will give their consent by City Council also stipulated it wants the study finished within six it Means it should be finished by the study group will look into the viability and adaptability of Vari Ous forms of electrified Piercy on Bank examines each loan request individual he in the of South a new loan has not made to that government or to to agencies for four in Bank will not make Loans to any Ati South Africa where the x that the funds would sup 1 i f the application of the policy or that country we totalitarian Law still used by police nearly a after a provincial court judge labelled it a totalitarian Manitoba police officers Are still detaining people under the intoxicated persons detention the legislation allows police to arrest and detain for 24 hours anyone drunk in a panic during a trial in Dauphin last a provincial court judge William Marantz called the Law a form of builder warns of jump in Price of new houses Winnipeg shortage of new houses has become More acute the past three months and buyers could face major Price increases in the next few a housing and Urban development association of Manitoba also president of Ken Sington Homes said buyers Are finding u More and More difficult to find the Type of new House they want in the area they want because few Are being he said new housing units were built in Winnipeg in about were sold in the average number sold Here in a but by i the Supply had dropped to about Spano he told a news conference at the time that people delaying purchases of new houses because of nigh interest rates May face a shortage when there ready to because few builders will erect houses without being fairly certain of Selling agents did Well when people Stop buying other people Stop building he Bob president of the Winni Peg real estate said recently real estate agents did Well in May and june As mortgage interest rates Spano said fewer than 400 of the 700 units available in april Are still Uno about 400 construction permits have been taken out since including 100 in but statistics Are not Avail Able on How Many houses have been built or will be in the near he Spano said it appears unlikely there will be a great upsurge in new House building later this year or in inflation in housing construction is running at 12 to 15 per cent a so the longer demand remains Tow the More the Purchase Price will be ;