Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Aus is name of game in embezzlement Case my Jim Geles it s getting hard to ids 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 View Darrow. Yesterday further complicating the Case Fields attorney Jennifer j. King said that is not her real name either. She told . Magistrate John r. Kron Enberg 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 careers and passed the state bar exam. I be utilized the name Jennifer King for the last 10 she said. I was a 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 alleged j21.3-million 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 walked into Fri offices at . Accompanied by her attorney Howard Moore. Darrow was arraigned on charges of interstate transportation of stolen property and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution 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 see Fields Page 4 fugitive Alice View Darrow turns herself in. Windy today 22 Cloudy tonight 4 Winnipeg free press Morll 21. 1981 Ira to Eijiu Dirac. Coc 7-q-t Yunnu n m Cir. M Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Final 200 for Home delivers. 957-0550 or classified 956-2330 smelter plan forges Alcan Hydro link by Cecil Rosner the aluminium company of Canada Alcan has decided to immediately launch a million feasibility study to determine whether it will build a million plus smelter within commuting distance of Winnipeg. In a letter of intent signed by Alcan officials and the provincial government yesterday the province agreed to give the company minority undivided ownership interest in a Manitoba Hydro Ira prisoner near coma riots persist Belfast a Ira hunger striker Bobby Sands was reported about to go into a coma in Belfast s Maze prison yesterday As Young roman catholics rioted in Londonderry for the sixth night. Sands 27, was in the 52nd Day of a fast demanding political status for jailed members of the Irish Republican army. Government officials said he was growing progressively weaker and his family said he could no longer keep water Down about to lose consciousness. John a doctor who with two other members of the Irish Republic s parliament visited Sands yester Day estimated that he had five to six Days to live. O Connell said a prison doctor told him the starving Man was in danger of a cardiac arrest. Another visitor said although Sands was suffering from headaches and fail ing eyesight he was Lucid and Resolute. I got the impression that or. Sands was determined to said o con Nell. See Britain Page 4 generating station along with water rights for 35 years if agreement is reached to build the smelter. The agreement would make Alcan the biggest consumer of hydroelectric Power in Manitoba and the Only private company to own a piece of the Crown corporation. Alcan president and chief executive officer Patrick Rich said yesterday the agreement to give the company part ownership of a Hydro Plant was a prerequisite in discussions to build the smelter. Securing a Long term Sta ble and Cost effective source of hydroelectric Power the most essential component in a smelter operation will offset the disadvantages of locating a Plant so far Inland he said. Employees he also noted the political stability Here was a favourable Factor for the company which has employees and wide ranging corporate activities worldwide. A final decision on whether to build the Plant which would produce tonnes of aluminium annually will not be made for another year or so. The letter of intent Calls for the two parties to reach an agreement by july 1982. Although Alcan will pay for and own a portion of a Hydro will be charged for water rights and Power transmission at rates yet to be negotiated. It will need about kilo Watts of firm Power 24 hours a Day represents about 10 per cent of the province s current installed Power capacity. Rich did not Rule out the possibility that Alcan would want a company representative on the government appointed Hydro Board. He said it May be an item for discussion in further negotiations but added he did not consider it a fundamental Factor in the agree ment. This is a major step Forward in this see smelter Page 4 artillery Battles rage in Lebanon Beirut Reuter heavy artillery Battles raged in South Lebanon Early today following israeli air strikes against palestinian guerrilla positions the official Palestine news Agency Wafa reported. Wafa said israeli and rightist militia gunners were concentrating artillery fire on an area around the palestinian lebanese leftist stronghold of Naba Atiyeh. They were also hitting Dier Bahrani to the North As israeli planes flew repeated night missions Over the Sec Tor dropping flares the Agency added. It quoted a spokesman for the joint palestinian leftist forces As saying israeli gunboats had also been sighted cruising off the lebanese coast. The latest action followed yester Day s israeli air bombardment of the palestinian stronghold of Beaufort Castle about 10 Kilometres North of the israeli Border. A Squadron of six israeli planes were reported to have blasted guerrilla targets for More than an hour. Palestinian guerrillas said they responded with a rocket attack on North pm Israel. At least 21 people were killed and 70 wounded in fighting yesterday and Sun Day. The bloodshed has capped three weeks of renewed fighting in Lebanon described As among the most serious since the 1975-76 civil War lebanese Security sources said. Yesterday s air attack coincided with a major flare up in Beirut Between troops from the All syrian Arab deter rent Force and militiamen from the right Wing Phala Gist party. Syrian forces blasted predominantly Christian East Beirut with salvos of rockets. A Phala Gist spokesman de scribed the action As open As shells rained Down during a Battle lasting More than two hours. At least four people were killed by Phala Gist fire on moslem West Beirut see syrian Page 4 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 fed up 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 take 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. Natives oppose charter by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa As the constitutional Battle enters its final three Days of debate today prime minister Trudeau can count on almost no support among indians Metis and inuit for his charter of rights and freedoms. Talks go into d the native Council of Canada with its 1 million members in Manitoba said yesterday it will oppose the charter unless key changes Are made. D the National Indian brotherhood representing status indians has withdrawn its support. D the inuit Tapir sat of Canada rep resenting eskimos in the North West territories Quebec and Labrador is still holding to an agreement to support the charter. But it is deeply upset because the amending formula does not require agreement from aboriginal Peoples for changes in the Constitution. Rights amendment the commons is to consider today an amendment strengthening aboriginal rights that was forced out of the Federal liberals by the new democrats who sought that measure and provincial resources ownership clauses As their Price for support of the Trudeau pack age. Harry Daniels native Council of Canada president said yesterday the Amend int is very Bland very Ane Mic and will not be supported unless it is further improved. Calling Canada a racist country Daniels demanded clauses be added to the proposed charter of human rights to clearly state that aboriginal rights take priority Over Federal and provincial Laws and that native Peoples can seek court action if they feel their constitutional rights Are being violated. Native Peoples should also be Given a veto on constitutional changes affecting 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. Section unclear 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 see natives Page 4 upset in works in one week the new York rangers have gone from also rans to the threshold of upsetting St. Louis . Goofed an american historian claims the . 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