Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ways of old West Don t work anymore by Murray Mcneil two Shotgun toting Winnipeg men one upset with pigeons Messing up his Balcony and the other with his lot in life chose the wrong method monday for venting their frustrations. A police spokesman said yesterday one of the men tried to cure his Pigeon problem by blasting one of the Birds off his apartment Balcony while the other climbed onto the roof of his House and fired a blast into the air. As a result two men one 32 and the other 24, were in court yesterday each charged with careless use of a fire and possessing a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the Public peace. The police spokesman said the Pigeon shooting incidents began at about . When a tenant of an Eric Street apartment Block was sitting in his living room when one of the Birds landed on his Balcony railing. The Man apparently had a Long standing problem with pigeons leaving their droppings All Over his Balcony and in a fit of anger he allegedly shot the Pigeon with a 12-gauge Shotgun the spokesman said. The Man left his apartment a Short time later but neighbouring tenants who heard the blast called police and a suspect was arrested a Short time later at another Home in the area. In the other incident a Man arrived at is Rosebe Rry Street Home at about . And apparently feeling that All was not right with the allegedly got his 12-gauge Shotgun climbed onto the roof and fired a blast into the air the police spokesman said. A startled neighbor called police who arrived a Short time later and found the Man still perched on the roof. The Man agreed to come Down and was taken into custody the spokesman said. Both men appeared yesterday before provincial court judge Mike Baryluk. They were remanded without plea to May 5 and released on their own Bond of As a condition of their bail judge Baryluk ordered that neither could own nor possess fire arms until their cases Are settled in court. Crown attorney Robin Finlayson said later he is considering charges against the men under a City of Winnipeg bylaw which prohibits people discharging fire arms within the City limits w Finlayson said a decision on whether to Lay the additional charge will be made before the men s next court appearance. . Economy is the one that is sick not me Reagan showers tonight 2 Cloudy tomorrow 10 wednesday april Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Provincial consent vital court told by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa Canada is a voluntary Union of autonomous provinces whose consent is needed for constitutional change affecting them Manitoba argued yesterday during the opening round of a Legal Battle which will make premiers attack Ottawa by Cecil Rosner Winnipeg free press Thompson premiers of the four Western provinces put aside their poli tical differences yesterday and launched a joint attack on the Federal government s constitutional Energy and Cost sharing programs. In a bluntly worded communique the premiers attacked the Federal govern ment s approach of division and confrontation on these and other key issues. The Federal constitutional proposal is the most visible example of this new Federal government s attitude and is the most flagrant denial of the spirit of Canadian the premiers said shortly after the opening of their two Day closed annual meeting. Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed said prime minister Trudeau has no mandate from canadians to negotiate his unilateral constitutional package and he warned of a great division which this and other Federal actions could see premiers Page 4 or break the new Constitution. Manitoba chief counsel Kerr twaddle made a lengthy Complex and frequently forceful Case before the supreme court of Canada which lasted most of the Day and was to continue this morn ing. But he was under Tough no non sense questioning from several among the nine justices and he crossed swords with chief Justice Bora Laskin on Sev eral issues. Laskin at one Point forced twaddle to admit that Manitoba will accept Only unanimous agreement among the 11 governments As a method of amending the new Constitution or an amending formula that does not necessarily re quire unanimous agreement but which the 11 governments agreed to in the first place. Prime minister Trudeau has said the idea of getting All the premiers to agree is hopeless and Laskin made various comments that could indicate he also sees the problem As one of getting the country Dut of a deadlock. Approval rights the basis of Manitoba s Case yester Day was that either legally or by convention the provinces should have had the right to approve or disapprove of a new Constitution. In the process of making its Case Manitoba also said d it is illegal for a Federal minister to counsel the Queen to pass the Constitution through the British House of com Mons without provincial consent. D although provinces Are Sovereign and autonomous and in All but two cases joined Canada under a voluntary compact they Are constituent parts of the nation and the province is not making any kind of a Case for separa Tion. See provincial Page 4 israeli planes blast palestinian bases Beirut a israeli planes blasted palestinian guerrilla Strong holds in Southern Lebanon today a Day after shooting Down two syrian helicopter gunships near the Christian City of Zahl 50 Kilometres East of Beirut. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The governor s office in the port of Sidon provincial capital of Southern Lebanon said the Beaufort Castle Jar Mak Mountain and the town of Aisheh were the main targets of the mid Day air raid in the Green Valley area. A military spokesman in Tel Aviv confirmed the planes attacked bases near the Beaufort Castle about 8.5 Kilometres North of the israeli Border. Pilots reported accurate hits and All israeli planes returned safely to base he said. Israel shot Down the two syrian Heli copter gunships yesterday As a warning to Syrja to Stop its Campaign to wrest Contro Rof Central Lebanon s Mountain tops from the Phalanx its. Israeli Deputy defence minister Mordechai zip Pori said his government was making it Clear that in lebanese skies there will be no syrian the israeli intervention yesterday its first since the syrians attacked the christians on april 1 brought Syria and Israel closer to the Brink of War than at any time since the 1973 Arab israeli War. Syria vowed to meet this grave escalation with utmost israeli prime minister Menachem begin promising More strikes to help the lebanese christians said we will not suffice ourselves with this the lebanese government of Chris Tian president Elias Sarkis and moslem prime minister Shafik Wazzan denounced the israeli intervention As an attempt to sabotage current efforts to bring about National reconciliation in the Phalanx its withheld comment on the intervention. But their Leader 76-year-old Pierre Gemayel was optimistic about the outcome of his lengthy talks with syrian foreign minister Abdul Halim Haddam at the lebanese presidential Palace. What s the use of winning the world s Friendship if we lose Gemayel told reporters. Funeral passes riot scene final 200 for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 cottage tax Rise feared by Kevin Prokosh the Long awaited master plan for the White Shell provincial Park received a Stormy reception last night from cot Tage owners who could face stiff tax increases. The draft proposal for Manitoba s largest provincial Park was unveiled by the department of natural resources Parks Branch and featured a new tax Structure and an assignment fee which some people called nothing More than an inheritance other aspects of the draft plan Call for the Park which encompasses approximately Square Kilometres of land and water to be zoned into four specific uses. Activities or uses not expressly identified As permitted in a particular zone Are excluded. Eagle nest Lake would be an area for Village development featuring a 300 site transient Campground a 50-site trailer Village and a 200-lot cottage sub division. The master plan recommends 200 cottage lots 319 transient and 160 sea Sonal campsites and 40 trailer Sites be developed along with three visitor in formation centres. Fears justified few of the 400 people who came to hear the presentation for the five year Multi million Dollar project had kind words for it. We Are very unhappy with some of the said. Jim Ernst chair Man of the White Shell District association. It s a 300 per cent increase Over existing Levels of payment. That in itself May not be necessarily wrong but the system they be set up is said the City councillor. Their system is wide open for abuse and arbitrary change at any time in the future. It leaves us extremely Vulner Herb Dubowitz president of the association which represents cottage owners and Between and people told director of Parks Derek Doyle his worst fears about the plan had been justified. Even though some of your suggestions Are very attractive it is very questionable whether we can afford he told Doyle. Who the Heck is going to pay for that extravaganza i m telling you right now we have some real concerns with the draft plan proposes annual land rental be two per cent of the appraised Market value of the land As determined by the Crown. The assessment can be no less than nor greater than the average fee residents of the White see cottage Page 4 against the foreground of a truck Burnt out during recent riots in Londonderry passes the funeral procession of another riot victim. Paul Witters 15, died after being struck by a plastic Yorkshire Ripper admits killings Sutcliffe pleads guilty to manslaughter charge at opening of his trial London poor _ a truck Driver Peter Sutcliffe admitted today he was the Yorkshire Ripper who killed 13 women in the North of England Between 1975 and 1980 but pleaded not guilty to charges of murder. Instead the 34-year-old Yorkshire Man pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished Respo Sibil or Lack of full mental competence at the opening of his trial in London s old Bailey criminal court. Sutcliffe also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of seven other women. The maximum penalty for All three charges is life imprisonment the death penalty having been abolished in 1965. In the Case of a murder conviction a life sentence is mandatory and the judge can recommend a minimum number of years to be served. The sentence for manslaughter and at tempted murder is to the discretion of the judge and defendants Seldom receive the maximum penalty. The judge sir Leslie bore Harn told the chief prosecutor attorney general sir Michael Havers that he has grave anxieties about Sutcliffe s pleas. He asked for an explanation in greater detail than usual if the prosecution accepts the pleas to the reduced charges. The turnout for the Resolution of Brit Ain s most notorious criminal Case of the 20th Century was Only 60 people twice the number of seats available to the Public. More than 80 seats were reserved for the press. The intense feeling aroused in North Ern England by the killings during a five year period caused the Transfer of the trial from Yorkshire where most of the slayings occurred. Police Security was tight but there was no repetition of the ugly scene at Sutcliffe s first court appearance Jan. 3, when a mob shouted obscenities and Lynch threats outside the court at Dews Bury Yorkshire. Sutcliffe who lives in Bradford was brought to London yesterday from a High Security prison in the Yorkshire City of Leeds the base for the police Hunt for the mass murderer named after the Jack the Ripper of the Victori an age. Before he left his czechoslovakian bom wife Sonia visited him and a seat in the courtroom was reserved. The accused Man was brought to the old Bailey in a Green armoured policed Van escorted by two police cars with sirens blaring and lights flashing. Police held up other traffic in the Vicinity and kept members of the press and Public away from him. 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