Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba King admits lesbian just Over half the pc promises have been. Life at the enquirer the untold makeup artist magic sunny today 16 Clear tonight 3 saturday May 109 no 129 free press Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets 0 final 200 v30e with supplements for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 Ken free press Vincenzo Viandante stands in his backyard As water gushes from his 43-metre residential Well. Winnipeg Ger digs for purer water by Greg Bannister to Vincenzo Viandante not every Glass of water is the same. He says chlorinated City tap water makes him ill and it does t do much for his greenhouse plants or his be loved tomatoes and lettuce either. For those reasons Viandante who lives at 831 Simpson Avenue with his wife and teen age son had a 43.7 metre Well dug in his suburban East Kildonan backyard. Yesterday standing just out of reach of the cold Spray rising out of his newly completed Well an exuberant Viandante said Wells were something he grew up with in his native Abuzz Italy. Everyone there had a he said As he watched the water shoot skyward. The water tastes better. It s always Cool and fresh not like the stuff from the an automobile body repairman who came to Canada in 1954, Vian Dante said he never had problems drinking Winnipeg s tap water until recently. Now i can t even stand a Glass of it. I be been drinking Only Tea or he was also displeased by recent increases in City water rates. Last month City councillors voted to raise water rates by 28 per cent. In 1980 municipal water rates Rose 10.5 per cent. Every year it was getting More expensive and i use a lot of water. I like the grass to be Green and now i can use As much water As i he said drilling the Well Cost a do it yourself Buff Vian Dante and a Friend will Complete see digs Page 4 target for summer Camp by Andy Blicq the Manitoba camping association wants to Send 200 needy children to Camp this summer but it will need a Little help. Through the third annual Sunshine fund sponsored by the camping association and the free it is hoped will be raised to give kids camping experiences this summer. Inquiries Are already trickling in to the camping association from parents who need assistance to Send their Chil Dren to Camp said Rilla Seagroves chairman of the Sunshine fund. A camping experience is Proba Bly impossible for some she said. Sunshine fund last year Manitoban donated 353 to the fund allowing the association to Send 115 children for 156 weeks at Camps. Choosing a summer about remains in the fund from last year and Seagroves said donations and applications from interested Camp ers Are needed immediately so reservations at Camps certified by the association can be made for this summer. This year tax deductible donations should be sent directly to the camping association. Cheques should be made payable to the Manitoba camping. Association and sent to the Manitoba camping association Sunshine fund 1700 Ellice Avenue r3h Obi. Donations May also be dropped off at the classified and department on the main floor of the free press building 300 Carlton Street. Parents interested in sending their children to Camp should Telephone the camping association at 786-5641, Exten Sion 253. Following the initial Telephone inquiry an application for assistance and information on the different Camps see Page 4 p Thomson Southam face 7 conspiracy monopoly charges from the news services Ottawa the Southam and Thom son newspaper chains have been charged by the Federal government with having violated conspiracy monopoly and merger provisions of the combines investigation act. Charges were sworn yesterday after noon in Toronto before a magistrate at the order of Justice minister Jean Chretien. The charges stemmed from the Clos ing last aug. 27 of the Winnipeg trib Une and the Ottawa journal the 1979 closing of the Montreal Star and the Sale of Thomson s interests in the Van Couver Sun to Southam in 1980. Southam now owns the Sun and the province in Vancouver. Claude Thomson a Toronto lawyer retained by the Justice department to prosecute the Case said eight charges were Laid seven against the chains and one against a Southam employee. Thomson said the charges were Laid under sections 32 and 33 of the com Bines investigation act. There Are three conspiracy charges and four merger and monopoly charges against the two chains and their nine subsidiaries he added. The principal conspiracy charge says that Between 1978 and 1980 the chains conspired to Lessen Competition in daily English language newspapers in Mon Treal Winnipeg Vancouver and Ottawa Thomson said. Conspiracy monopoly and merger charges were also Laid against the chains with regard to both the closing of the Montreal Star in 1979 and the Winnipeg Tribune in 1980. Essentially the Crown s Case will be would it be practical to open an English language newspaper in an of those cities Winnipeg and Vancouver the Federal lawyer explained. Charged with attempting to impede the inquiry by tearing mutilating or attempting to hide documents is Wil Iam Carradine senior vice president of Southam inc. The charge relates to an incident that is said to have occurred sept. 9, 1980. On that Date Southam and Thomson offices and newspapers were raided by ederal combines investigators who were searching for documents. Three officials Are named As Unin diced co conspirators. The Crown Al eyes the three Gordon Fisher presi ent of Southam John tory a Thomson director and George Currie who was president of up publications Ltd. When t was absorbed by the Thomson organization in 1980 part in the conspiracy activities. In the three conspiracy charges the corporations named Are liable to Maxi mum fines of million per count. In the four merger and monopoly charges there is no stated maximum penalty. The charge against Carradine car Ries a maximum Fine of or two years in jail or both. Ken Thomson chairman of Thomson newspapers was neither charged nor named As a co conspirator and Federal officials declined to explain Why. A Thomson spokesman said last night the charges against the Chain Are completely unfounded. The company is confident it will be completely the Winnipeg free press was owned by up publications until its Purchase by Thomson on Jan. 11, 1980. Donald Christie associate Deputy Justice minister said last night he expects a Date for the Start of preliminary hearings and a trial Date for Carradine to be set june 3 in Toronto Thomson newspapers in terms of profit is the fourth largest newspaper Chain in North America. It owns 127 daily and weekly newspapers in Canada and the United states with a combined circulation of 2.4 million. The charges result from an investigation by the Federal department of consumer and corporate affairs into the newspaper closings in Ottawa Winnipeg and Montreal. The Crown alleges Competition was lessened in Montreal by the closing in 1979 of the Star by up publications and the acquisition one year later of the paper s assets by the Southam owned Montreal Gazette. When me Thomson owned Ottawa journal closed the City was left with one English daily the citizen which is owned by Southam. When the Southam owned Winnipeg Tribune closed and Thomson Pur chased some of its assets the City was left with the Thomson owned free press As its sole daily newspaper. Although there was no shutdown in Vancouver Thomson agreed to sell its 50 per cent share in Pacific press Ltd. To Southam. Before the Deal Pacific press published both the Thomson owned Sun and the Southam owned province. The charges say that after the Moh Treal Star was closed Thomson and Southam collaborated on a Deal that allowed Southam to buy certain assets in Montreal and later allowed Thomson to buy some Southam assets in Winni Peg. The two mergers lessened com petition to the detriment of interest of the Public in Montreal and Winnipeg. Ottawa underlines unilateral Powers by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa parliament has the Legal authority to make Canada into a unitary state lawyers for the Federal and Ontario governments told the supreme court of Canada yesterday. That could even mean doing away with the Ontario legislature Ontario attorney general Roy Mcmurtry admitted under questioning from or. Justice Ronald Martland. But a move to a unitary state is politically unthinkable and would result in insurrection or unilateral declarations of Independence by the provinces Mcmurtry told reporters after he had argued Ontario s Case before the court. Mcmurtry and Federal lawyer Michel Robert also argued that unilateral fed eral action on the Constitution is closer to the real nature of federalism than the provincial demand for unanimity among Canada s 11 governments. No Federal state requires Complete unanimity but it is in the nature of the Federal system to seek a Way out of the paralysis created by Lack of a constitutional amending formula Robert said. The Federal lawyer was arguing that provincial consent for constitutional change is not needed when he told the nine justices that the House and Senate could go so far As to create a unitary state under present Law and conventions. Mcmurtry said the fact that Ottawa has this Power is an anomaly caused by Canada s evolution from a Colony to a nation. If the Federal proposal and its amending formula Are adopted that Power will be removed because a de Gree of provincial consent will then be required he said. See court Page 4 use of non medical anaesthetists hinted by Mary Ann Manitoba May have to lower its Stan Dards by training people who Aren t doctors to be anaesthetists in an Effort to ease the acute anaesthetist shortage health minister . Bud Sherman told reporters yesterday. The free press reported yesterday the shortage in Winnipeg was endangering patient safety and forcing some hospitals to reduce surgery. Training of paramedics is one of four or five Steps which have to be examined Sherman said. We would want to ensure the qualifications and standards for the paramedics were very in High risk situations the paramedical anaesthetists would be supervised by a qualified anaesthetist who could serve three operating theatres at once he said. Specialist anaesthetists receive four years training after medical courses and internship. General practitioners with six months further training can also give aesthetics. But any move to have paramedics give aesthetics could Lead to a clash with the specialists and possibly with the Manitoba College of physicians and surgeons. For the safety of the patient an anaesthetist can devote time to Only one patient at one time. He can t ride Herd on a stable of or. Peter Duncan head of the Manitoba anaesthetist society said. And or. Jim Morison College of physicians registrar said the College would have to take a Strong look at any such proposal. Both Morison and Duncan said the u. S. Some years ago had trained nurse anaesthetists but were returning to doctor anaesthetists. Sherman told reporters there is no evidence that any emergency surgery is being affected but there is no question some elective surgery would be rescheduled end near Ira hunger striker Bobby Sands believes he May die today says the Man who masterminded the guerrilla s election to the British Bearskin furore the furore Over killing Black bears for the Royal Busby hat brigade is getting More attention in North America than it is in startled relatives of a woman who died of pneumonia in february say they were never told Legionnaire s disease was suspected As the cause of bomber Deal the bombers have been offered a proposal which could Cut More than a million dollars off their stadium rent during the next three entry 69 Landers editorials 2, 43 record stocks 83 17 Horoscope 55 listings 23 5 ;