Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Trudeau grits find nationalism sex politics Alda hates being called new York islanders new York rangers and Minnesota North stars can relax As Philadelphia flyers and Calgary flames Battle it out for the final Semi final playoff Clearing tonight 1 sunny tomorrow 13 saturday april Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets final 200 with supplements for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 Grain sales Likely by Jack Francis president Reagan s decision to lift the . Grain embargo on the soviet Union will have Little effect on Canad an Grain business because . Sales to Russia were already at record Levels last year prime minister Trudeau said yesterday. But Canadian wheat Board commissioner Charles Gibbings says the end of the embargo will have positive ramifications for Canada. Haig i Don t know of any Case where they have sacrificed Many the prime minister said at a news conference. He was reacting to Reagan s announcement in Washington earlier in the Day that the . Government is removing the embargo imposed by for Mer president Jimmy Carter after the soviet incursion in Afghanistan. Trudeau said the . Had a record year of sales in the soviet Union despite the embargo. So he expected Little change with the official removal of the ban. In an interview yesterday Gibbings said while there is a Competition Factor involved there would be a Bull ish effect on world Grain prices that would mean higher prices for exports from he said the wheat Board anticipated the . Decision. While he had no comment on negotiations with the so see Grain Page 4 move your clocks ahead one hour it s that time of year again when the Days get longer and the evenings get brighter As Manitoban move from Central Standard time and to Daylight saving time. In order to keeps clocks synchronized with the rest of the world they will have to be moved one hour ahead before you go to bed tonight. Daylight saving time officially starts at . Tomorrow. Spring cleanup the sparkling water of a run off Pond helps Kitchener ont., Parks employee Christi Zyma clean up the twigs and debris that have accumulated during the Winter. The circles in the background of the water were created with a Long mirrored lense. Manitoban getting better tax Deal by Ingeborg Boyens Manitoban who still face filing their 1980 income tax can take Solace in knowing their tax Bills would have been higher in most other provinces. Several generous provincial tax cred it programs ensure Manitoban get a better Deal an accountants review commissioned by the free press has determined. Thanks to the tax credits initiated by the nip in 1972 and improved by the conservatives in 1980, elderly Manito bans receive a larger tax rebate than the elderly in other provinces. The review by accountants of Price waterhouse and co. Of four Sepa rate Case examples for the 1980 tax year found Low income residents paid the second lowest taxes in Canada. As income increases however Mani Toba tax rates compare less favourably with other provinces. Taxes charged for those earning or More a year were the fourth lowest. In 1977, the new progressive conservative government committed itself to lowering personal income taxes to Levels comparable with rates in other provinces. Within months of its election the new administration announced a two per cent drop in its share of the National War near. Ulster protestants say Belfast a protestant extremists warned yesterday that North Ern Ireland is on the Brink of civil War and that More than loyalists will take to the streets with guns to counter roman Catholic violence if jailed Ira terrorist Bobby Sands Dies from fast ing. Sammy Duddy spokesman for the Ulster defence association issued the warning As two members of the euro Pean commission for human rights flew to London amid Hopes they could break the deadlock Over Sands 55 Day old hunger strike. There is a very real danger that if Sands Dies Well be in a civil War Duddy declared. The Uda is the biggest of the pro Vince s protestant Street armies and has been blamed for the murders of several leading Irish Republican army activists in recent months. Police reported no new trouble yesterday following nine Days of clashes Between Security forces and Ira sympathizers supporting Sands demands that jailed terrorists be treated As Polit ical prisoners rather than criminals. But As tension simmered Duddy noted that upwards of men prepared to use will take to the streets if roman Catholic violence Trig gered by the hunger strike increases. The Ira s provisional Wing has threatened to unleash a new Campaign of terror if Sands Dies. That warning was underlined thursday night when gunmen believed to be provisional murdered former militiaman John Robinson a 38-year-old protestant in Armagh. Personal income tax. The government now charges taxpayers 54 per cent of the amount billed by the Federal government. In 1977, a Manitoba resident earning was charged in Provin Cial tax compared with now. The tory government also eliminated the income surtax on earnings of More than at 54 percentage Points Manitoba s direct share fit taxes is higher than that charged by every province except Newfoundland. Chartered accountants Tom Wilson and Corey Anders said Newfoundland Bills its residents 58 per cent of the Federal tax. Alberta on the other end of the scale Calls for Only 38.5 per cent of the Standard Federal amount. However the comparative review found the Manitoba tax credit pro Grams first implemented by the nip have served the province Well. Lola and Jim two retired West end homeowners earned a refund of through the tax credit program. See Manitoban Page 4 did i do that to my Mother cries by Maureen Brosnahan and Greg Bannister when Tanya 22, walked into Chil Dren s Hospital with her seven week old child she was scared. She knew Little Jeremy was Hurt but when doctors told her the child had eight separate fractures i just about she said. I thought my god did i do that to my Tanya not her real name was a child abuser one of a growing num ber showing up in statistics compiled by police and social agencies in Winnipeg. Last year the Winnipeg children s Aid society which covers the inner City and about half the suburban areas investigated or was consulted in 382 cases of child abuse. City police investigated 135 cases of child abuse last year involving 144 children. That s almost double the 72 cases brought to their attention in 1979. 21 More cases for the first three months of 1981, police have dealt with 21 More cases than during the same period last year. But behind the statistics Are the real stories like Tanya s. During the first seven weeks of Jeremy s life Tanya said she struck the child on a number of occasions. Why would she strike a Small baby helpless and unable to comprehend the discipline most times she said it was in anger and frustration. I Felt cramped said Tanya who married at 21, leaving a Job and Active social life to become a full time Mother a few months later. I tried to talk to my husband so Many times but he would not listen. I knew something was happening to me but i did t know where to go who to turn to. When the baby cried i hit broke his leg one Day Tanya a Large woman struck the child a hefty blow break ing his leg. She said she knew some thing was wrong when the swelling persisted. Frightened and alone she took the child to the Hospital. Tanya was what child care work ers refer to As a classic child abuser. When confronted about what she had done to her son she denied it. She claimed she was dressing her child in pyjamas when she heard his leg snap. But a rays showed the child also had a Frac tured Skull a broken and a number of broken ribs. Some of the injuries were old and had received no medical attention. I was scared frightened for my self frightened for Jeremy fright ened my husband would find out and he would leave me. I was denying that i hit him but after a while i broke Down. I could not lie she said. The Day i hit him i was so scared i wanted to Tell somebody but who could i it took almost a month of psychiatric counselling before Tanya child abuse parti would admit she hit Jeremy. I Felt so relieved after telling the truth. I Felt that i was free finally from Tanya s confession was the first step on her Road to recovery. Jeremy was placed in the custody of a Foster Home for nine months. During that time Tanya and her husband under went intensive counselling a. Court and custody Battle. But it paid off. The family was reunited no criminal charges were Laid and the couple is now planning a second child. Not All abuse cases end like this. In another Case it took criminal a trial to make a father realize he did not have the right to whip his 16-year-old daughter with a wire clothesline because she was late coming Home. He was disciplining his child and there was nothing wrong with what he was doing. He could not accept said sgt. Dave Allen of the Winnipeg police child abuse unit. See parents Page 4 damage in t All visible bruises Burns welts and fractures Are the most visible effects of child abuse but not necessarily the most damaging. There is often extensive emotional damage which is harder to detect and treat child care experts say. In Manitoba cases of physical abuse have included damage to the brain vital organs eyes ears arms and legs and has also resulted in mental retardation blindness and deafness. Emotional abuse is always a part of sexual and physical child abuse cases but it can occur on its own. You re just As deprived but you re not getting clobbered that said or. Ken Mccrae director of the child development clinic at children s Hospital. A child abuse Case based solely on emotional abuse has never been taken to court although it does fall within the Law said Crown attorney Gregg Lawlor. Parents can emotionally abuse their children through name calling and continual putdown a Lack of recognition and by isolating them for prolonged periods. See damage Page 4 Fence mending As the proposed new Constitution passed out of parliament and into the courts prime minister Trudeau said it is time to mend fences with the watchdogs about 700 letter carriers and couriers Are to become part time watchdogs for Winnipeg dead a former Afghanistan official says afghans have died either fighting to overthrow the regime and its marxist predecessors or before execution new arrival the latest arrival in the Well to do enclave of doctors lawyers and Stock brokers in North River Heights is an Index Ann Landers. 42 answers. 25 business.16 careers. 57 classified.44 crossword. 42 deaths.2, 44 editorials. 6 entertainment.33 Home finder. 89 horoscope.42 Jumble puzzle.48 Jumble entry.5 legals.26 letters.7 movies.38 relax.25 Russell. 7 sports. 81 sports record.87 stocks. 17 sullivan.25 to listings.25 Werier. 6 ;