Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 7, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Gift tripe Pree att sgt 1990 i bizarre escapades result in suspended sentence to As the defence front straight oat of Oeor Bifia Thomas was arrested of driving a stolen with it 23afowwide disc if Dowel it 24wotwtde Highway at a fort switching or the an incident three months the 19yeafold Roseau Indian Reserve woman was arrested again Tot holding of a it map store armed with a loaded a provincial judges court was told yesterday Thomas was intoxicated when she committed both she was charged with driving while in taking a vehicle without con armed robbery and failing to make it court tight other charges were judge Ian Sobienski gave the woman a suspended noting that her alcoholism problem posted her beyond the Range of any either White or despite the commissions and reports on the the judge native people have not maintained agencies of any consequence to Deal with these and now the court is confronted with what to Crown prosecutor Marvin Stem told the court Thomas stole the tractor and double disc from a Field Andrews Airport will get Tower by John Mcmanus the Federal Treasury Board has approved a expenditure for a new control Tower at Andrews air but transport minister Jeanluc Pepin said yesterday he can give no Assurance there will be any improve ments at Winnipeg International air port in the next five the new control Tower at Andrews will bring a unused since it was built in into operation next Norm regional superintendent of air traffic for transport Cana said the project has been approved sealant protects Young Teeth parents who Are concerned about protecting their childrens Teeth can now have them sealed in a Tough plastic the procedure is Only re commended for children whose Teeth Are particularly prone to cavities or who Tyve in areas not served by fluoridated water says Colin professor of Oral biology at the University of Dawes said in an interview yester Day the Tough sealant has come into common use Here during the last year or but while the applied to the natural grooves and pits of the Teeth in a 20mlnute protects the tops of Teeth for up to three Dawes said cos Benefit still has not been clearly the problem is that much decay starts on the surfaces Between the where the sealant cannot be he said there is no question that the inexpensive material works where it is put on what we dont know is the extent to which it affords additional Protection Over and beyond what is already provided by water fluoridation and typical application of fluoride to in the 198182 but some funds May be available this year and tenders May be called this the new control Tower will be located on the Field Between with additional staff operating from the old Tower on the Southwest Corner of the the unused runway will be used for flight training beginning Addaway at a news conference yesterday at Winnipeg International Pepin said the whole question of Airport fund ing is a balancing i cant give any commitment that Treasury Board will approve funds for Winnipeg expansion in the next or the next or the Pepins gloomy forecast comes de spite a recommendation by the Winni Peg area airports systems study three years ago that expansion at Winnipeg International be a suggestion accepted by former transport minister Otto the demand for funds is Ineatia Pepin in doing the Best i terminal inadequate concerning Winnipeg the Wass found main Airport run ways should be displaced to the North a new control Tower is the passenger terminal can handle the two million passengers a and the Lack of Public parking is creating chaos As Large aircraft arrive and depart with hundreds of my Bob Bockstael who joined Pepin at the news said he has recently taken a close interest in operations at Winnipeg he said he keeps raising the matter with his col leagues in but until it is funded nothing will Pepin avoided saying which air ports in other major Canadian cities had higher priority to receive funds for airports in several major cities have been expanded or Are being and some airports not on Canadas main air routes have also been expand when the Wass recommendations were the Cost of expansion and rebuilding at Winnipeg International was in the an Airport official estimates a delay until the mid1980s will increase costs by at least outside Letellier at about april since the Highway was 24feet Stem said motorists were forced to take evasive Thomas drove the lights to the Roseau Indian Reserve where the disc caught a bring ing the Worth of farm equipment to a after her arrest by the woman blood was found to have a blood alcohol Reading of above the Legal on july Thomas walked into a Dominion City Coop store and demanded Money from a Stem said the woman was armed with a Slingshot loaded with a the customer fled the ran Down the towns main Street and told police was trying to Rob the the police went to the Stori saw the accused and told her she was under Stern said the who was under the influence of Thomas was apprehended by police and put into the then escaped with a policeman hat after her brother opened the car door when the officers were occupied with another the woman was caught Aga Wand pot in jail where she broke the handle of a chamber pot and spilled the contents on the defence counsel Ron Allard said Thomas has had an alcohol problem since she was and noted that a personality change comes Over the woman when she she is a product of an environment so its not surprising Shes turned out the Way she Allard the charges against Thomas were of a nuisance variety but were not Dan the lawyer although she was armed with a heinous weapon in tie City Aliard sub people in the store could Sun run for Thomas the defence counsel firc something oot of a Cir he added that Thomas spent More than three weeks in custody on these judge Inbi Enslid said it would not be useful to Send Thomas to noting that she must rehabilitate he gave the woman a two year suspended sentence with supervised probation by the Manitoba alcoholism and ordered her not to be intoxicant Carey met Mas just monkeying around Tim of Las monkeys around with to ride a bicycle and Scooter and perform gymnastics Friend the two were in Winnipeg As part of the Priestley started training chimps at 17 and has now trained Canadian International Priestley has taught the Chimp including Priestley still performs with its contradicts crts edict with few no telephones other than those owned and distributed by Manitoba Telephone system can be used on an its spokes Man said Dennis director of corporate development for the Public was commenting on the decision by the Canadian radio television and Tele communications commission which Cut Metis federation audit fourth in four months a planned Federal government audit of the Manitoba Metis federation will be the fourth in four emf president John Morrisseau said yester he said he received a letter july 18 from Jeanpaul assistant undersecretary of saying the audit would be conducted because of accusations about How the emf runs its the provincial government announced in May that it would with hold its annual Grant be cause of objections to the Way emf Money was being Morrisseau said in an interview the emf was audited twice this year the provincial government and no irregularities were the federation also audited he governments Are using audits to harass the Morrisseau the emf had a deficit for the year ending in but that was reduced a year later to he expenditures this year Are expected to local he the Emfs three Day annual meet ing opens tomorrow in Marcel spokesman for the provincial action committee of Metis and no status told a press conference yesterday his group Hopes 750 no delegates will attend the meet ing to help try to change the rules so any emf member May be a Dele repeats charges he repeated charges levelled last fall by Walter president of the Metis confederacy of who said the emf operates As an exclusive club to Benefit a few Milvor also claimed the emf has become a delivery agent for government programs and Little More than a sub civil service of the Federal and provincial govern he cited a recent task Force report which recommended the emf be relieved of responsibility for any further deliveries of the local employment Morrisseau said the emf played Only an advisory role on leap projects but received considerable unjustified criticism for program he also said the emf convention is organized democratically because each of the 131 represented communities elects three allowing any emf member to be a Delegate would give an unfair advantage to the geographic area where the convention is held because it would be so convenient for people there to he Morrisseau said he would be pleased if 750 extra people turn out because the emf needs the they would have to sit As observers rather than voting delegates but the convention could vote to change the he Morisseau announced in that he run for president but said yesterday he has changed his mind because of the accusations made about the such accusations play into the hands of governments which want to divert attention from the needs of the Marisseau Bell telephones monopoly in Ontario and Quebec on Bell wanted to charge a plus line charges for non Ell the decision of the Federal regulatory released says Bell must allow subscribers to link their own private Branch sex Chaji Ges or key systems to Bell lines if their equipment is produced by Bell or meets existing standards set by it or the Federal communications As a Crown oper ates under the Public utilities and not crts Wardrop anyone wanting to Challenge the present Structure for consumer Tele phone use could apply to the Public utilities he All rulings affecting major Telephone companies Are taken note special cases he said that telephones other than its Issue can be used in Winnipeg under special circumstances such As Antiques or unusual telephones of sentimental this May be done after permission has been received from the there is no fee for the Tele Only a charge for the commission spokesman Ken Wyrian said in an interview that the decision is an interim one and May be overturned when the Agency reaches a final Deci Sion on the Issue after Public hearings in the Spring of he also said Bell May not charge subscribers for the use of Bell lines connected to non Ell Wyman said such interconnections have been the subject of discussion and concern in Canada for about 10 but Only has been actively debated since last november when Bell Canada asked for a ruling on whether they were Bell rules says its equipment and wiring May not be rearranged or attached to anything but company pro video equipment except by special agreement or unless specified in its but the company asked to Amend the Rule so that Only equipment approved by the Federal communications department could be hooked up to Bell in a letter to the commission in Bell said it wanted a ruling on whether easing the rules would be in the Public interest but wanted the Power to decide each application for interconnection on it own the decision says All interconnections will be governed by special written one for single line service and one for Exchange ser Between the Montrea based Tel Ephone monopoly and the company must also give sub scribers two years notice of major technical changes and six months no Tice of minor changes Likely to affect equipment it May not be held responsible for subscribe provided equipment failure As a result of such Bubble gum lure lands cabbie in jail a Winnipeg taxi Driver who gave juvenile girls Bubble gum in return for sexual favors in his cab was sentenced in provincial judges court yesterday to nine months in Earl Wayne Forbister pleaded guilty last week to five counts of Gross indecency and one count of indecent assault arising from incidents Between and one count of indecent assault was court was told Forbister picked up the seven Between the Ages of 12 and outside a billiard the acts took place in the 32yearold taxi Drivers judge Arnold Conner said although such sexual practices were not unknown to the the Law must protect those who have not yet achieved sexual he quoted from a Law Reform commission report which stated that the development of sexuality is a gradual process which presupposes physical and emotional although both Crown and defence counsels last week recommended a nine month sentence for judge Conner said he decided to adjourn the matter until the judge said the recommended penalty was too Low in his opinion and be wanted to review other judge Conner said Crown prosecutor Robert Gasman came to his office during the week and told him he had accepted a nine month sentence be cause the Crown anticipated trouble in obtaining evidence from the juvenile while the court is not bound to follow the results of plea judge Conner said he would follow the recommendation and sentenced Forbister to concurrent oin month jail terms for each 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