Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Life with doomsday trigger at fingertip seeks by Pamela Fayerman t. Eaton co. Security officials made a Public spectacle of a Winnipeg youth they apprehended and handcuffed by mistake a jury in a civil Case was told yesterday. In the first jury trial for a civil matter in five years Eaton has been accused of falsely imprisoning Edward Marks in 1977 when the plaintiff tried to Cash a payroll Cheque from his employer the Keg n Cleaver. An Eaton Security official testified handcuffing suspects is a routine procedure and most suspects arrested by store officials Are handcuffed. Outlining the Case to the six Man jury or. Justice j. E. Wilson said Marks feels entitled to compensation in an unspecified amount because he was allegedly embarrassed and deprived of his Liberty. He told the jury Eaton feels it had reasonable and probable grounds for detaining the Man because the store had been informed by police Days be fore the incident that a Large number of cheques had been stolen from the restaurant and Eaton believed the youth s could be one of them. Named As a third parly in the action is the City of Winnipeg. Eaton claims it merely acted on information provided by police. The City denies any responsibility in the matter. Marks who was then 16, said he went to the Cheque cashing wicket on the eighth floor of the downtown store on aug. 25, 1977. Minutes later he was apprehended by store detectives who handcuffed and questioned him and then took him to a Security office despite his claims of innocence. Marks said the Handcuffs were re moved once police arrived. His inno Cence was verified within 30 minutes but Marks said the store erred in Noi telephoning his Mother or employer and in using he Handcuffs. Under Cross examination Marks said no Eaton employee actually accused him of anything and no Force was used to detain him. When the incident ended police apologized to him on behalf of the store and he was allowed to Cash his Che que. Albert rid Eloch an Eaton Security officer for the last 12 years testified he handcuffed Marks As he hand cuffs most suspects because he did not think he could hold him. He said he uses his own discretion with Handcuffs be cause the store has no specific policy on their use. The trial continues today. Sunny today -1 Clear tonight -10 tuesday april 14, 198 Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises final for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 Liberal Leader Ryan background comforts Young supporter. Alberta Ottawa Energy ministers pleased with talks by Michael Doyle Alberta and Ottawa for the first time yesterday gave Strong signs of being on the Road to a breakthrough in the protracted and bitter Federal provincial Energy dispute. Ottawa to Appeal Gas Federal Energy minister Marc la Londe and his Alberta counterpart Merv Leitch emerged from a Day of talks in Winnipeg their first meeting in six months pronounce them selves pleased with the results. They both said precisely the same thing they achieved some Progress and they will meet again toward the end of May. Each revealed that he had made an offer but both said they made a pact not to reveal the guts of their discussions. And both ministers qualified their enthusiasm by saying that despite a Good first round of discussions agree ment Between the two warring govern ments is by no Means certain. We accomplished today As much As we could Hope to accomplish in the Lalonde said at the end of a Day Long meeting Over Perrier water in Winnipeg inn s baroque top of the inn banquet room. One should not assume a Resolution see Energy Page 4 1 9 i solid vie Montreal up the parti quebecois floored a year ago by the voters convincing rejection of sovereignty association got Back up with a vengeance yesterday sweeping 80 of the 122 seats in the Quebec National Assembly. Loss Clouds Ryan s Liberal Leader Claude Ryan whose Victory seemed certain Only a few months ago after winning 11 straight by elections and the referendum was left with Little More than the Consola Tion that he had at least improved the party s share of the popular Vole and added a few seats. The liberals 42 seats were limited mainly to the Eastern townships the Ottawa Valley and the traditionally Liberal Western half of Montreal is land where anglophone votes Are concentrated. The rest went to the pm. The Union National already Deci mated by defections and resignations was wiped out. With 12 seats added under redistribution standing in the Assembly com pared with dissolution March 12 and the 1976 election is As follows today Diss. 76 parti quebecois 80 67 71 liberals 42 34 26 Union National o 5 11 other 022 vacant 0 2 o the vote suspended at least temporarily the polarization Over sovereignty association that reached its Peak in the 60 per cent to 40 per cent federalist Victory in the referendum last May. The turnaround was immediately hailed by some pm spokesmen As an other step towards the creation of their Long held dream of a new coun try. But Premier Rene Levesque pointedly made no reference to that in his Short speech to deliriously Happy Flag waving supporters crammed into a Montreal hockey Arena. Instead he pledged the government would keep each and every one of its promises one of which was not to hold another referendum in its second term. The pm also ruled out an election on sovereignty association for at least three years. The Premier noted that while the pm boosted its share of the popular vote to 49 per cent from 41 per cent in 1976, the opposition still represents a Large num Ber of people 46 per cent and must be respected. Levesque switching briefly to English offered special thanks to Anglo phone and ethnic voters who in Many see leadership Page 4 Corinne Levesque raises the hand of her husband Rene in Victory after pm wins yesterday. Shuttle astronauts prepare by Rudy Abramson and George Alexander the los Angeles times Cape canaveral Fla. Astro nauts John Young and Robert Crippen turned somersaults in the weightless Ness of the space shuttle Columbia s Cabin yesterday chatted with vice president Bush by radio Telephone and began preparing to land their spa Replane today. If All goes according to plan the space shuttle will touch Down at about . Cost on Rogers dry Lake at Edwards air base North of l of an Geles. As the flight neared its end yester Day officials of the National aeronautics and space administration said that damaged protective tiles near the shuttle s cargo compartment would pose no danger to the spaceship and its Crew during the fiery now comes hardest although they were not totally cer Tain Nasa officials expressed Confidence that the tiles protecting Colum Bia s Flat Underbelly were All intact. Young 50, and Crippen 43, will plunge out of the skies about big sur near California s Monterey Peninsula a Little after 12 . Crossing the three firms negotiating by Mary Ann Fitzgerald three companies have been negotiating with the for the partial or outright Purchase of the Manitoba forestry resources Complex at the Pas the free has Learned. But lawyers representing Alexander Kasser have warned that any company buying the debt Ridden forestry re sources Complex could find itself ens Nared in further court action in the continuing Saga of the Churchill Forest industries affair. It would be a risk to whoever might be willing to Purchase it not to know where we Laurence Slous a lawyer for Kasser warned in a Tele phone interview from Montclair . Last year an austrian court of a peal quashed an indictment against Kasser on seven year old charges Aris ing from an alleged Multi million Chi fraud. Last june a Settle ment of civil claims against Kasser and 22 other people and companies associated with the Complex was reached. Under the civil settlement Assum ing it is binding we have no claims on that Slous said. But in there were litigation concerning the breach of the civil settlement i would not want to predict the the lawyer said. Winnipeg lawyer Paul Walsh who also acts for Kasser said legally there Are possible avenues of recourse that Haven t been resorted to As yet and any prospective purchaser would have to take that into neither lawyer would elaborate on possible Legal courses of action. Meanwhile officials of Noranda mines Ltd. In Toronto and Macmillan Bloedel Ltd. In Vancouver have con firmed that they have been holding discussions with the government re Garding the Manfor Complex Joseph Kass president of Montre Al based Recap enterprises has declined comment but sources confirm the company also has been holding discussions with the government. Recap s chairman and chief executive officer is George Petty of Tembeck inc., located in Temiscaming que., and of Niter paper corporation in Ontario. He is also a leading shareholder in Acadia Forest products of Mon Treal and mixtec paper Ltd. Of Kimberly wis., which recently completed an expansion. Deputy Premier Don Craik minister responsible for Manfor has said the provincial government will make a final decision by the Middle of this year on whether to sell the operation. We Haven to in any Way shape or form said Sale is the sole option. We Are More interested in getting the product line Craik said in an interview. The government has vowed to preserve Manfor s jobs. If a buyer or partner is not found by mid Vear the Plant Likely will continue with its own modest expansion something less than s10 million he said. It would not involve change in the main product line unbleached Kraft paper used for paper bags. Tariffs on United states pulp and paper products coming into Canada Are being phased out during the next eight years cutting into Manfor s competitive advantage. The major changeover for which the government is looking for a partner see Manfor Page 4 coastline More than metres up at a Speed 6.6 times that of sound approximately then Fly a gentle curve across Central California con stantly losing Speed and Altitude. Young could decide to take manual control of the spacecraft As High As metres on the Way Down to the desert runway diving seven times As steeply As a commercial Airliner on its Way to a Landing the space shuttle will have dropped to an Altitude of metre s Over the town of Mojave calif., still at a Speed More than twice that of sound. It will Cross Edwards air Force base More than metres High and continue toward the Eastern part of the desert. Young a Pilot with More than hours of flight time and four previous space missions to his credit will then Bank to the left to line up the space Piane with the Landing strip on the dry Lake bed. The astronauts will extend their Landing gear when they Are Only 76 metres off the ground and just 19 seconds from touchdown. It will be what pilots Call a dead stick Landing the spacecraft gliding to Earth without Power to control its approach. As Columbia s wheels hit the hard packed Clay of the dry Lake it will be travelling at 333 somewhat faster than commercial jetliners land. Yesterday was a relatively uneventful Day for the astronauts and their new space machine since everything went about As planned except for a few minor see shuttle Page 4 living in fear peasants of Al Salvador live in fear not of so called terrorists but of government Security Kent hearings Media magnate Kenneth Thomson defends his newspaper holdings before Kent hard Luck team Canada had no problems in world hockey championship action yesterday except for Guy Lafleur who was flattened after 41 seconds in the cram time for Many students exam time is Nightmare time and time and time and time Index Horoscope. 27 Jumble Puzzle. 52 Ann Landers. 24 32 answers. 39 letters. 6 Bill Koff. 7 movies.34 Bridge 28 people. 39 business. 43 relax 39 48 sports. S9 comics. 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