Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Life with doomsday trigger at i youth seeks damage 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 s 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 s 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 in Manitoba court of Queen s Bench or. Justice j. E. Wilson said Marks Feck entitled to compensation in an unspecified amount because he was allegedly embarrassed and deprived of his Liberty. He told the jury Eaton s 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 s believed the youth s could be one of them. Named As a third party in the action is the City of Winnipeg. T the store 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 innocence was verified within 30 minutes but Marks said the store erred in not telephoning his Mother or employer and in using the Handcuffs. Under Cross examination Marks said no Eaton s 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 s 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. Clear tonight -1 0 sunny tomorrow 8 i tuesday april 14, 1981 Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Final 200 for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 Corinne Levesque raises the hand of her husband Rene in Victory after parti quebecois wins yesterday s provincial election. Oil talks please Lalonde Leitch Alberta Ottawa show Strong signs of being on the Road to breakthrough 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. Federal Energy minister Marc la Londe and his Alberta counterpart Merv Leitch emerged from a Day if talks in Winnipeg their first meeting in six months to 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 10 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. Ottawa to Appeal Gas 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 is just around the although Alberta was in a receptive mood discussions were constructive and officials have been designated to work out i i details Lalonde said. The discussions Are Complex and involve Large sums of Money the Energy minister added. Leitch was in a particularly upbeat mood coming out of the i feel that we made some or said. Alberta proposed some new asked if Ottawa s shifts in attitude could be termed significant he re plied i would describe them As however Leitch added a caution to his comments on the Success of the talks. I be said i Felt we made some he said. It would be wrong 10 infer we be reached consensus. There s still a Way to the two governments have been unable to agree for More than a year on 011 and natural Gas pricing and How revenues resulting from increased prices should be shared among Ottawa the producing provinces and Industry. The oct. Budget and National Energy program imposed new Oil and Gas prices and taxation measures As Well As a significantly restructured Revenue sharing formula to More than double Ottawa s take. Alberta retaliated by cutting Oil production by an average of barrels a Day or five per cent of its productive capacity starting March 1. It also successfully challenged in the Alberta court of Appeal a new excise tax on natural Gas exports from provincially owned Wells and refused to give the final go ahead to two Alberta Oil Sands projects. The province has said the cuts will be increased by about barrels on june 1 and a final barrels a Day on sept. 1 if there still is no agreement. As the talks were in Progress Justice minister Jean Chretian announced in Ottawa the Federal government is seek ing permission from the supreme court of Canada to Appeal the natural Gas decision handed Down by the Alberta court of Appeal. Leitch said he does not anticipate the Appeal will interfere with the negotiations although some of the principles involved in the Case have a bearing on elements of the Energy package. Alberta challenged the tax on ground it is an invasion of provincial jurisdiction. Pm scores solid win in Quebec Montreal up the parti quebecois floored a year ago by the voters convincing rejection of sovereignty association got Back up Vith a vengeance yesterday sweeping 80 of the 122 seats in the Quebec National Assembly. 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 vote 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. Loss Clouds Ryan s 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 see pm Page 4 Quebec result with 12 seats added under redistribution party standings in the Quebec Assembly compared with dissolution March 12 and the 1976 election Are Paris Union Columbia prepares for Landing Cape canaveral Fla. A rocket ship Columbia and her two pilots face their final and most dangerous test today with a blazing hypersonic de scent through the atmosphere to at tempt an Airliner like Landing on a Sun baked desert runway in califor Nia. There Are risks never has a winged vehicle returned from orbit at 25 times the Speed of sound. There Are nagging questions about the integrity of the Craft s heat shielding tiles. But there is also Confidence enough to go around. Commander John Young five times up in space and four times Down was looking Forward to a drink on Terra Firma and told capsule communicator Henry Hartsfield i understand you re Pilot Robert Crippen now a space Veteran but anticipating his first re turn said he was so confident he did t need a sleeping Pill. Sec Craft Page 4 3 firms offer to buy forestry Complex Marc Lalonde and Merv Leitch shake hands at Winnipeg meeting yesterday. By Mary Ann Fitzgerald three companies have been negotiating with the Manitoba government for the partial or outright Purchase of the Manitoba forestry resources Complex at the Pas the free has Learned. The three companies Are Noranda mines ltd., Macmillan Bloedel ltd., and Recap enterprises. However lawyers representing Alex Ander Kasser have warned that any company buying the debt Ridden forestry resources Complex could find itself ensnared 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 sinus 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 million 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 if there were litigation concerning the breach of the civil settlement 1 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. Officials of Noranda in Toronto and Macmillan Bloedel in Vancouver have see three Page 4 hard Luck earn Canada had no Tob lems in world hockey championship action esterday except for Guy Afleur who was aligned after 41 seconds n the Asper offered to buy free press Izzy Asper offered to buy the Winnipeg free press but declined Media magnate Kenneth Thomson s counter offer to sell the Ottawa journal. Thomson told the Kent commission yesterday he had no Choice but to close the journal after eight organizations rejected the Chance to buy 19 cram time for Many students exam time is Nightmare time and time and time and time Index Ann Landers answers. Billinkoff. Bridge. Business. Classified. Comics. Crossword. Deaths. 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