Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press tuesday. April 21.1981 alias is the name of game in pm the los Angeles times i. The los Angeles times los Angeles it s getting hard to Tell who s who in the Wells Fargo Bank embezzlement Case. First boxing promoter Harold j. Smith revealed in Federal court on april 6 that his True name was Ross Eugene Fields. Later prosecutors disclosed that his common Law wife Barbara Newman Smith was actually Alice Vicki Dar Row. Yesterday further complicating the Case Fields attorney Jennifer j. King said that is not her real name either. She told . Magistrate John r. Kronenberg that her Legal name is Bonita Schinnerer and her Maiden name was Bonita Maria Johnson. It really made me feel said Fields outside Federal court Here when he Learned of his attorney s other name. The Way things were going i thought i was the Only person in the world who had changed his the defence attorney told reporters that she adopted the stage name Jennifer j. King when she worked As a weather Caster at local to station Knic in the Early 1970s. She kept the name after she decided to change Ca Reers and passed the state bar exam. I be utilized the name Jennifer King for the last i Wasa newscaster at Knic and nobody could pronounce King was arraigned yesterday on charges that she lied to a los an Geles Federal grand jury investigating the Al eged embezzlement of Wells Fargo. She also was accused of telling a key witness to give false testimony before the panel. While King was being arraigned. Fields wife Darrow ended three months of hiding and surrendered to Fri agents Here. Stylishly dressed and wearing a wide brimmed hat and sunglasses Darrow 40 youths arrested As Blacks run amok walked into Fri offices at accompanied by her attorney Howard Moore. Darrow was arraigned on charges of interstate transportation of stolen prop erty and unlawful flight to avoid prose cution for forgery. Both Fields and Darrow had been in seclusion since late january when the alleged Wells Fargo embezzlement was disclosed. Fields was arrested april 4 by the Fri on charges that he submitted false information on an application for a . Passport. He was released on bail last thursday and faces Federal and state charges. Ement Case his wife refused to surrender until Fields was bailed out. Fields also appeared for arraign ment in Federal court yesterday plead Ang innocent to the passport charge . District judge Manuel real scheduled a trial Date for May 12. The one time boxing promoter said he also plans to meet with television network executives in new York later in the week to discuss promoting future bouts. Although he said he probably will not be a licensed pro Moter he will act As a consultant to a new organization he to Call a. J. Smith and son productions Fields As Harold j. Smith be came of America s leading Box ing promoters heading Muhammad Ali professional sports inc. Robert Michaels one of Fields attorneys said he would file papers in court later this week to legally change Fields name to Harold j. Smith. It was a confusing Day in court yesterday As attorney King appeared with her client before Kronenberg and real and also appeared As a defendant before Kronenberg and . District judge Mariana Pfaelzer. King maintained that she has the right to practise Law under her assumed name even though she said that she never had it legally changed. From the news services London Black youths hurled stones at police last night during an easter fair in a North London suburb and another fair in West London was closed after about 300 Blacks ran police reported. They said 40 Young people mainly Blacks of West Indian descent were arrested and More than 20 people including eight police officers were injured when violence erupted during a fair organized by Blacks in Finsbury Park North London. In the West London District of baling 16 Kilometres from Finsbury Park police said the regular easter fair there organized mainly by Whites was closed Early after trouble flared. Some 300 Black youths ran amok through the said a police spokesman. Baling and Finsbury Park Are both predominantly White Middle class districts. Farmers paid to kill hens Toronto Canadian egg Farmers Are being paid to kill 1.5 million hens to reduce the number of eggs going to Market says an official of the Canad an egg marketing Agency. Harold Crossman says it is the Quick est Way to Cut Back on the surpluses. It is the fifth Slaughter program in 10 years. Professor suspended Ottawa Ian Prattis an anthropology professor at Carleton universe news Roundup to has been suspended from teaching for six months for using verbatim Pas sages of students essays in his own articles. Prattis has. Also been put on Proba Tion for four years with no Chance of a salary increase or promotion and suspended from teaching graduate Stu dents. But Prattis said the mistake was a human error and his punishment is the result of jealousy by colleagues and superiors Over his publishing and teaching record. Battles rage in Lebanon Beirut heavy artillery Battles raged in South Lebanon Early today following israeli air strikes against palestinian guerrilla positions the offi Cial Palestine news Agency Wafa re ported. Arrest claims denied la Paz Bolivia s president Gen. Luis Garcia Meza yesterday disputed reports his government had arrested two former military presidents for allegedly conspiring to overthrow his nine month old regime. But Garcia Meza said one of the sex presidents retired general Hugo Alcan president Patrick Rich left and Deputy Premier Don Craik discuss mean s planned study of a smelter in Manitoba. Alcan smelter technology will be state of the art9 continued from Page 1 environmental studies and Public hearings could be completed before the year Long feasibility study is finished. The letter of intent contains a provi Sion for a further 15-year renewal of Alcan s 35-year water licence. Opposition Leader Howard Pawley said yesterday he supports the establishment of an Alcan smelter in the province if it can be negotiated of reasonable terms. But he said it would set a bad precedent to allow any privatization of Hydro. We think the government is going to have to do a better Job of Pawley said. He said the nip will not make a final decision on whether to support the proposed legislative changes facilitating the agreement until it scrutinizes them in detail. Pawley wrote to Alcan in february requesting a meeting Between company officials and the nip. Alcan said it would be pleased to Convene such a meeting and expects to hold it in the near future. Len Evans East said nip members welcomed the announcement and Are pleased with the Progress in discussions with Alcan. Certainly everyone knows in this province that we do need develop Evans said. He said the smelter could not even have been considered if the Nelson River had not been developed under the nip administration. Craik stressed that the letter of intent is just that and does not have binding effect on the parties. The smelter would import raw materials from overseas to a Canadian Ocean port and then ship the material by rail to Manitoba. Most of the production would be exported to the ,. Market. Banzer Suarez has voluntarily agreed to remain at Home on his ranch. The other col. Alberto Natusch Busch appeared at a news conference with Garcia Meza and denied he has been arrested. Tagan Bunny torched Niles Ohio three Church Mem Bers were charged with disorderly con duct and violating open burning Laws after a 1.6-metre stuffed easter Bunny was burned As a Pagan idol on the Church Lawn. Police in this Northern Ohio town said the elder of the truth Tabernacle and two members set the stuffed Rabbit ablaze in an afternoon ceremony on easter sunday. Cuba releases sailors Havana a cuban naval patrol vessel seized four . Sailors when their recreation boats strayed into cuban Waters near the . Naval base at Guantanamo on Cuba s Southern coast but american diplomats gained their release yesterday afternoon officials reported. The sailors were seized sunday after noon. Sanction drive Likely United nations african nations have threatened to launch a drive in the Security Council to impose mandatory sanctions on South Africa to try to Force it out of Namibia. If the proposed sanctions go to a vote the United states Britain and possibly France Are Likely to exercise vetoes creating the first direct confrontation Between african nations and the new Reagan administration diplomats say. Ira prisoner near coma continued from Page 1 army land Rover during Street clashes. The army and the police said they were killed accidentally but their fathers said it was a Clear Case of Sands who is serving a 14-year sen tence on gun charges has vowed to fast to his death unless the government concedes that the Ira fight against British Rule in Northern Ireland is political and gives imprisoned guerrillas political status. This would entitle them to Wear their own clothes instead of prison uniforms do no prison work mingle freely while in custody and have More visitors. Regarded As criminals the government takes the position that they Are criminals convicted of crimes of violence. It says to give them political status would lend legitimacy to the Ira s guerrilla War to reunite Northern Ireland with the Irish re Public which is 97 per cent Catholic. The Irish parliamentary delegation spent 80 minutes with Sands and told a news conference they wanted a meet ing with British prime minister mar Garet Thatcher before it is too they also asked for the european com Mission of human rights to intervene on Sands behalf and warned that Vio Lence in the province would escalate if he died. Thatcher visiting India Thatcher returns saturday from a visit to India and persian Gulf coun tries. Her office said any request for a meeting would be sources close to Northern Ireland s militant protestant organizations re ported they were on a War footing in expectation of Sands death and Retalia tory Ira attacks. Rev. Ian Paisley the most vocal and visible of the hard line protestant Lead ers told a rally sunday night let the Ira men know that the protestants of Northern Ireland do not require the British army to defend them. They will defend at least 10 Ira hunger strikers have died in British prisons since 1920, including two in the last decade. Philip couture tries to part the Waters of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal All to no Avail. Cyclists take complaint to the top Montreal up members of a local cycling organization with the Lack of response from City authorities to their request to allow bicycles on Bridges and the subway turned to god for help yesterday. He did t answer. Dressed As Moses cyclist Philippe couture tried parting the Waters of the St. Lawrence River to make a bicycle path. About 30 members of citizens on cycles dressed As ancient hebrews watched but the River just kept on flowing. Undaunted the demonstrating cyclists under the Eye of several har Bors Board police set up a bucket brigade to try emptying the River but that did t work either. Cyclists Are permitted on Only one of four major Bridges linking Montre Al Island with suburbs on the South Shore and Are not allowed to fake their bicycles on the subway As an alternative Way of crossing the River. Other cities including Seattle and los Angeles allow cyclists on sub ways or have installed Bike Racks on buses said cyclist Bob Silverman. Transit commissions in Montreal and on the South Shore have put the brakes on both ideas however say ing they would inconvenience non cycling passengers. Indians Metis inuit oppose rights charter in Constitution continued from Page 1 their rights Daniels said. Justice min ister Jean Chretien has already rejected the proposal. The proposed charter of human rights states that anyone can go to court if convinced his constitutional rights Are being violated. But Daniels said it is not Clear whether that applies to the Section containing aboriginal rights. And the aboriginal rights Section which recognizes and affirms yet to be defined rights does not clearly state that these Constitution rights clauses take priority Over Federal and Provin Cial rights legislation As they do in the rest of the charter Daniels said. Daniels suggested 53 changes in the charter of rights but the major ones include having aboriginal rights guaranteed instead of Daniels said he wants an enforce ment clause because the history of broken deals by non indians in Canada is extensive. Daniels said he earlier agreed to support the Federal proposal but now thinks it is too weak. But with three Days to go before the end of constitutional debate he said he is not expect ing much. After the debate Only a supreme court judgment on Manitoba s Appeal can Stop the proposal going to London. Daniels said that if the rights pack age is not improved the Metis group if it can raise the Money will Send representatives to London to oppose the package there. Daniels described a Stark contrast Between the High ideals set Forth by Trudeau on the rights of Man and his treatment of the indians and said this contrast was based on two factors. We live in a racist Daniels said. Native people Are being offered selective rights. The second Rea son he said is that the land grab is going on right cites James Bay pact he cited As examples violations of the Manitoba act by Federal and provincial governments and Federal attempts to renege on the James Bay agreement once heralded As a far sighted and generous settlement. Now officials Are saying Ottawa cannot afford to live up to terms hammered out with Quebec indians. Manitoba act violations Are being pressed before Manitoba court of Queen s Bench but Daniels said a decision is unlikely before september Long alter the constitutional proposal is dealt with. The National Indian brotherhood rejected the constitutional package last week after various regional chiefs including Lyle Long claws of the four nations confederacy in Manitoba objected to the National organization s endorsement of the charter and the Deal worked out Between the liberals and the nip. The Nib now wants a requirement for Indian consent and an Indian referendum under the amending formula before any constitutional changes could affect indians. Meanwhile the inuit will reluctantly stick by the Federal government Al though they also want to have a say in future amendments to the Constitution. Well still stand by it but we re not satisfied with the amending said Eric Kagoona co chairman of the inuit Tapir sat committee on National issues. We would prefer an amending formula to require native consent. We asked for native consent but that was something we had to Compromise however when the Constitution is returned the inuit will pick up the fight again he said. Indian Metis and inuit leaders have at various times protested that it was Only under duress during the Long constitutional Battle that the Federal Liber als gave them any recognition at All. Daniels said the Federal government and its officials treat native representatives As suckers be dealt with briefly and ushered quickly out of their offices ;