Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Choice imported Floribunda Row special 24 50 Complete of Advance orders to stay 6 14 blooms expertly arranged in a footed bowl. Choose from Orange red and White. For delivery May 9. Remember our annual Rose Safe Fri. Nile sat. May 8-9 while 99 cd. Up Cash Curry Nofu alleges mounties tried to color it red i Winnipeg free press saturday. May 2, 1981 13 Edmonton up two executives of the National Farmers Union said yesterday the Nofu was once targeted by the ramp Security service which wanted to portray the Union As a communist front. At Issue Are two letters allegedly forged by the ramp which were distributed to Farmers and at an Nofu convention in Winni Peg. Both letters carried the signature of William Tuomi Secretary of the Alberta Branch of the communist party of Canada. Tuomi insists he did t write the letters and that they were both ramp forgeries. The alleged forgeries Are said to be part of the Security service s operation Check mate the ramp s program to discredit organizations posing a threat to National Security. Nofu past president Roy Atkinson and Nofu executive Secretary Stuart Theisson confirmed the existence of at least one of the letters yesterday and appeared to support Tuomi s View that they were either ramp inspired or written or both. It did t talk about subversion but it implied that the president Roy Atkinson and the vice president Walter Miller were sympathetic to the communist Theisson said in an interview of the Winnipeg letter. Of course that was he said two Alberta Nofu members suspected of aiding the ramp later left the Union. Atkinson said in a Telephone interview from Saskatoon that the forged letters were Canada s exclusive courier airline has arrived one of a Chain of ramp activities aimed at discrediting the Nofu. He said he was under ramp surveillance and other Nofu members were harassed by meanwhile the Alberta attorney general Neil Crawford decided not to Lay Crimi Nal charges against the ramp As a result of Tuomi s complaints. Tuomi however said that Crawford s description of an ramp dirty trick in the Early 1970s is a composite of two separate incidents both of them involving the forged letters with his signature. Tuomi said in a Telephone interview his name was forged at the Bottom of two documents in late 1972 or Early 1973. I said then it was a forgery a rather crude forgery but nothing was done about Tuomi said. About the same time he said a letter was sent to the Nofu with with my name attached to the Bottom of it a crude forgery purportedly giving instructions to party members on How to act within the farm Union. Nofu officials in Saskatoon sent him a photocopy of the letter and asked him to explain it. They were Tuomi said. I promised that we would investigate it. We did and we found out where it came Tuomi said the letter was inspired by unhappy Nofu members and by the ramp. Threatens suicide for nearly two hours yesterday John Williams 35 threatened to kill himself with a revolver outside his Home in Lubbock Tex Wuhan was finally subdued by sheriffs deputies and no one was injured Canadian intercity Speed courier Ltd. Therall Canadian Lair courier with lots own aircraft offering High priority Over Nisei door to do or service available All locations downtown.310 Donald St. St. James-assiniboia.3064 Portage fort Garry. 1501 Pembina North Winnipeg.989 Mcphillips South Winnipeg.310 St. Anne s re. St. Vital centre.1225 St. Mary s re. Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver Edmonton Regina Saskatoon for 0-2 ibs. Plus each additional in thereafter to a maximum of 110 ibs. Per item. Specializing in the movement offt me packages shipments radio dispatched units 632-9410oa-oint office 632-9401 a company owned by canadians time for a heartworm Check. And Good Tastin Good Lastarr fila bits Fil Ribits citrate Norden Stu Hearty tasting heartworm tablets for veterinary use Only Norden sex Canad air official accused of perjury in Alaska scandal by Allan Campbell special to the free press Juno Alaska a former representative of Canad air Ltd. Has been indicted Here by a grand jury investigating allegations that one or More Alaska state legislators had been offered bribes to use their influence in securing a appropriation to buy two aircraft. Arthur f. Kelly a Long time alaskan resident must now face a Superior court on six charges of perjury Stem Ming from testimony before the grand jury Kelly s exact duties for the aircraft firm Federal Crown corporation Are unclear. He was not available for comment Here after the grand jury report became Public. His wife in an chorale confirmed that he worked for Canad air in 1980, but was no longer connected with it. Spokesmen for Canad air in Montreal denied any wrongdoing by employees and when the investigation began Al most a year ago. News of the grand jury probe rocked the Halls of the legislature in May of 1980, when state rep. Russ Meekins reported to the state attorney general that state sen. George Hohman had offered him from to 000 for his vote to buy two cl-215 water bomber aircraft for use in firefighting on state Forest lands. Pair on committee Meekins and Hohman were at that time members of a joint House Senate committee advising on state govern ment purchases. Meekins made the charges on Public television Here and later testified in the secret grand jury proceedings. According to the indictment the per jury charges against Kelly Stem from a series of statements he made to the grand jury in which he denied any knowledge of marketing efforts made Here by Sigurd Larsen Canad air s Salesman based in Pasadena Calif. Larsen was in Juno during the 1980 legislative session working on the Sale of the two aircraft which had been recommended for Purchase by the state division of lands and forests. The Purchase had been requested in the 1980 budget submitted to the Legisla Ture by gov. Jay Hammond. Ironically the million Sale was considered by stale officials to be ail but final before Meekins made Public his allegations of bribery. After the charges were aired the Purchase proposal was withdrawn from consideration at the request of the Hammond administration. Kelly and Hohman Are expected to be arraigned in Superior court next week when they May plead to the felony charges. They Are not in custody. Or. 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