Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 11, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Court puts god on Side of police Vancouver up be cafe Al what you say to god British at the deity is not a person and anything you spill to him in prayer can be used against you by that what Morris Davie of Prince discovered yesterday when the Appeal court ruled that the contents of a prayer in a police station can be used against him in a new Davie had earlier been acquitted on charges of setting a Forest part of the evidence against him was that police had seen him drop to his Knees in the police raise his hands and of please let me get away with just this his defence lawyer argued that the prayer was a privileged Communia meant to be heard by not the judge Ross Lander agreed and granted the acquittal in county but in the Appeal court the Crown countered that under a Pri vate communication is Between two persons and that god is not a but a or if god was a the Crown he could be charged under the criminal code because some of his acts end in and that either murder or Justice Hutcheon said that Davie believed he was flown from the Remote visage of fort Ware to Prince George to undergo a lie Detector test and was not aware that the room in the police station was monitored by a close circuit television camera and a hidden it was in this room that he sought gods in my the word person is used in the statutes of Canada to de scribe someone to whom rights Are granted and upon whom obligations Are he there is no earthly authority which can Grant rights or impose duties on he said the sections of the criminal code dealing with Protection of privacy offer no indication that a speakers statements to a family pet or his dead Mother Are due the same Protection As those Between two Justice Peter Seaton agreed with judge but chief Justice Nathan Nemetz he said the statement was made under circumstances in which Davie had reasonable grounds to expect it would not be heard by any other person than for whom it was it is not necessary to decide whether the term person includes a theological person or is limited to the chief Justice Kristofferson says Hes More of a songwriter than a sunny today 26 Cloudy tonight 10 september free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 200 for Home Call 9570550 herbicide under ban across sold Here by Cecil Rosner a herbicide banned in California and removed from store shelves across the United states because of its potential cancer causing properties still is being sold to Manitoba shipments of the herbicide Tok were suspended across Canada in but the Federal agriculture department allowed distributors to sell any remain ing sales will be illegal after 31 when the chemicals registration but Industry spokesmen say Manitoba Farmers have bought and used hundreds of Gallons of the herbicide this season Many of them possibly unaware of the potential the chemicals Rohm Iran rift grows by the associated press the Power struggle Between Iran president and parliament has intense promising further delays in action on a Host of problems including the 52 hostages spending their 313th Day in Captivity the or gave prime minister Mohammad a Rajai an overwhelming vote of Confidence yesterday after he attacked president Abolhassan Banisadr for the second time this week for refusing seven of the prime ministers 21 nominees for his the vote was 169 to 14 with 10 Absten it emphasized once again the Hartline islamic Republican party solid control of the Rajai told the deputies who forced see struggle Page 4 and mass agreed to voluntarily withdraw the herbicide Early this year when new Laboratory tests showed exposed animals were developing birth defects and genetic Tok use has been largely As a Post emergent herbicide for rapeseed and Mustard for almost 20 Jack Public relations spokes Man for Rohm and Hass head office in said studies have shown no danger to crops sprayed with but a potential Hazard exists for anyone spraying the Chemi Cal or handling when California officials expressed concern about the herbicide Early this Rohm and Haas suggested the state prohibit its use among women because of the potential birth defect California rejected the recommendation and banned toys in the company agreed to withdraw the chemical from Sale across the United states and pounds said he would be surprised to see it on any store shelves but he said the Canadian government allowed its Sale through Wayne spokesman for the Federal agriculture departments quarantine said Tok is a Small volume product and the division thought it want necessary to ban sales of remaining Stock difficulties cited on paper it sounds quite simple just to ban but there Are practical imply it would have been very difficult to bring everything to a general halt to get the Stock he Ormrod said the decision was a judg ment Call and he considered the course of action taken to be he said he didst feel undue concern that farm ers have been using Tok this although its a difficult question to answer As to whether handling the product can be considered there have been no recorded cases of people suffering ill effects from pounds but anyone spraying the substance must use rubber boots and adequate facial and breath ing earlier this a Manitoba Farmer died several Days after handling an other widely used rapeseed see inquest Page 4 Albertas incomes highest in Canada Ottawa up albertan had the highest average income of All canadians in confirming the Oil Rich provinces Rise to the top income spot in recent statistics Canada reported for the first Alberta had the highest average income both for individuals and for individuals and families preliminary figures in 1977 the Agency Survey ranked Alberta first for average incomes for and behind on for combined average incomes of families and trying his Luck with summer fast slipping last nights warm weather this silhouetted against the setting Sun and provided one of the last opportunities for summer fishing at stood knee deep in the water to cast for the language plea opposed 7premiers reject Trudeau Call for rights charter by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa a discouraged prime minister Trudeau warned yesterday that the nation is at a Crossroads and will be in danger of breaking up if language assimilation Trudeau comments were part of a plea to the premiers to have language rights included in a charter of rights in a new seven premiers led by Manitoba Sterling Lyon opposed who was backed by new Bruns Wick and Western front the seven opposed the principle of a charter of rights on the grounds it would serve to limit traditional free Doms rather than enhance give excessive Power to the supreme court and move Canada toward a re pub Lica style but sensing that he was unlikely to get agreement for the full scale charter of made a plea on behalf of language the country can develop into one where both French and English Are accepted and or it can evolve into a nation where the French Are mainly in Quebec and the rest of the country is the latter is one direction in which we have been going and perhaps will continue to Trudeau if such thinking there is no doubt this country will end in two these Are two conceptions and i think were at a Crossroads the main objections of the provinces did not involve language it is the principle of a charter that bothers Lyon in a lengthy submission on the third Day of the constitutional the Manitoba Premier contended that setting Down rights on paper would serve to limit them to a specific greater Freedom could be had by sticking to he an entrenched charter of rights would remove the supremacy of Par leaving constitutional interpretation to the supreme he and parliament and Legisla Tures Are better equipped to Deal with such matters because they Are accountable to the Lyon predicted a loss of judicial impartiality and he said a charter of rights entrenched in the Constitution would encourage litigation and limit new weve got a great system in place at the present Lyon were not going to have any entrenched Bill of Ontario Premier William newfoundlands Brian Peckford and new Bun Swicks Richard Hatfield lined up with and Alan Blakeney said Saskatchewan would be generally responsive to the idea of incorporating some Lan Guage guarantees in a doctors earning but they take Home less by Joe Rubin Manitoba doctors have the second highest Gross incomes in but when it comes to take Home pay they rank second according to the most recent Statis tics Only doctors in Prince Edward Island have lower net in the 1977 Federal figures show that self employed Manitoba doctors grossed an average of in ranking them second to their Alberta colleagues and about Over the National yet Manitoba doctors placed second last in average net earnings this was almost lower than the Canadian Omer manager of the Manitoba medical associations economics said yesterday Manitoba place in the National rank Ings has Likely remained unchanged in the past three based on the fee increases Given to doctors in other Manitoba position has remained pretty Well parallel with the rest of the he Ouellette attributed the discrepancy Between Gross and net incomes to the fact that Manitoba has a higher proper Tion of clinical practices than Many other doctors who practice in clinics Nave higher overhead costs than those working in he also attributed Manitoba larger overhead currently about 44 per cent of the average doctors Gross earn Ings to the nature of the provinces medicare medicare in As in Ottar is one of the most restrictive pro Grams across the he if a doctor wants to extra he must opt out of the entire in British Alberta and doctors have the option of charging More fur a procedure with out opting a Manitoba doctor who opts out adds significantly to his overhead by Hir ing extra staff to Bill his Ouellette see Manitoba Page 4 two winners Winnipeg warriors worked hard last night in a loss to Winnipeg jets but both teams won by raising Money for the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope 769 move baffling Tony Damato says he still Doest know Why he was fired As general manager of the Winnipeg symphony Energy saved versatile manufacturing and its out town employees have joined in a unique Energy conservation project Van chair a Symbol a symbolic empty chair will represent Jimmy Carter at the televised Campaign debate he has decided to Western Index Ann Landers anytime Bridge classified comics crossword deaths entertainment 31 45 29 31 46 53 39 30 i3 32 focus forum Horoscope jul Muse Puzzle letters movies people relax sports sports record stocks Tempo 7 6 29 57 6 36 45 45 69 76 47 25 45 ;