Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 23, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Park fee proposal scrapped faced with Strong Public opposition the Manitoba government has scrapped a proposal to Levy an assignment fee when cottage lot owners in White Shell provincial Park transferred the prop 6rty to their children or sold it. 1 has also delayed changes in other cottage fees until further Public opinion has been sought. Natural resources minister Harry Enns who made it Clear a couple of months ago that he objected to the assignment an inherit Ance tax by angry White Shell cottage owners announced its rejection in a statement. The fee was to have been set at 50 per cent of the increase in Market value of the land Between 1980 and the year of Transfer. Enns also announced the delay in changing other fees dealing with land rental and maintenance. We congratulate him for commented Jim Ernst White Shell District association chairman. It was very prudent very Long awaited plan proposals for the new fee Structure were part of the Long awaited master plan for the White Shell provincial Park unveiled in april. The master plan proposal suggested annual land rental of two per cent of the appraised Market value of the land with a minimum assessment of and a maximum of the average fee White Shell cottagers would pay would be plan also proposed a general Levy estimated at annually to cover 25 per cent of All the Park s branches actual operating and maintenance costs. The land rent and maintenance fees added up to an average of a year under the proposal compared with the current All inclusive fee which aver Ages about Parks director Derek Doyle said at current rates cottagers pay about eight per cent of the Cost of operating the Park. In his statement Enns said he has directed his officials to drop further consideration of an assignment fee be cause continued discussion of this matter would Only detract from discus sing other aspects of the draft master the final master plan for the White Shell will focus primarily on land use with the question of fees to be publicly discussed later As master plans Are prepared for other Parks in Manitoba. G6hhy free mess Winnipeg free press tuesday june 23, 1981 3 protest for Ida Nudel Deputy mayor Pearl Mcgonigal listens to speeches yesterday at a rally in memorial Park to protest the continuing imprisonment in Siberia of soviet jewish activist Ida Nudel about 75 persons at the rally were told that Nudel whose health is failing was convicted of hooliganism after she applied to emigrate. Representatives of several women s groups took part in the event sponsored by the soviet jewry committee of the Winnipeg jewish Community Council. Book stores to drop comic books by Andy Blicq several Christian Book stores in Winnipeg will Stop Selling a series of controversial evangelical comic books or Only take special orders for them be cause of extreme anti Catholic Content in some issues. While roman Catholic Church officials in Toronto have asked the Ontario attorney general s office to determine whether the crusaders comic books Are hate literature local Catholic Church officials said yesterday they had not heard of the publication. The free press yesterday purchased several different issues of the comic Book from two religious Book stores in Winnipeg and one comic Book distributor but were unable to find the two controversial volumes containing the anti Catholic sentiments. However one volume obtained says satan is behind Eastern religions islam and Liberal christianity. The Angel of Light comic Book says it is recommended Reading for adults and the publication attacks the mormon religion saying satan is the author of All false teachings. Beware of mormon As Well it says the Illuminati who work for satan Are involved in world finance and politics at All Levels. Another Issue dismisses evolution theories As a worthless Hodgepodge of some of the comics depict the evangelical efforts of two crusaders one a born again Vietnam Veteran the other a Black Street fighter who resort to prayer in tight situations. Religious Book store owners and managers contacted expressed concern Over some Content in the-13 volumes published by Jack t. Chick of Chino Calif. Quit buying the comics Kay Dick of Hull publishing co. Ltd., said she quit buying the comics in Light of the controversy Over the books which attacked the Catholic Church in an unkind however she said the store receives other Good religious booklets from Chick publications. Some Content in an Issue of the comic Book was causing a lot of concern to Many of our she said. According to a Toronto Globe and mail Story Alberto and double Cross the two most controversial comic books present the confessions of an sex Jesuit priest and depict roman Catholic Church leaders As intent on subverting protestantism. The two controversial comics contain a number of allegations including d a Vatican computer contains the names of every protestant Church member in preparation for a new inquisition. D eighty six per cent of those in the Priesthood Are undergoing psychological and psychiatric treatments. D Jesuit priests Are trained As spies to infiltrate and subvert protestant churches and seminaries. D Rev. Jim Jones of the Jonestown massacre in Guyana was a powerful Warlock and Well trained d the Irish Republican army is commanded by jesuits under oath. D Catholic girls sleep with protestant pastors to discredit and subvert protestantism. The allegations have raised a storm of controversy in Toronto. Dick said Hull publishing returned All the copies of the controversial comic books with a protest to the company. Rev. Jim Neale of Christ is the answer sole distributor for Chick publications in Canada was unavailable yesterday at his Toronto office. Not on display Ron Friesen co owner of covenant books on Henderson Highway said his company did not display the last four volumes of the comic Book because of its Content. The six copies of each he received he sold Only when they were requested by customers. Doug Tulipa of comic world a store specializing in comic books said his customers would t be buying the publication for its Content. Most of my customers would t buy it for the religious he said adding that the detailed drawings in the crusaders comics Are of particular interest to comic collectors. Although Tulipa did not have either of the controversial titles in Stock he said he would continue to sell issues As Long As they re Henry Armstrong owner of the inspirational Corner on main Street said the comic Book issues which ran Down the Catholic Church were removed from his shelves. If somebody wants to place an order for it Well get the exact Quantity for said Abe Reimer of the Bible House. He said the Bible House has had harassing phone Calls from one or two people for not carrying the controversial comic issues. Residents plan to fight ruling on sludge Beds by Joe Rubin residents living near the City s West St. Paul sludge Beds plan to Appeal a clean environment commission order which asks for yearly reports on management of the sewage. Max Saper spokesman for the West Kildonan residents advisory group said yesterday the order does not tackle the odor problem presented by the sludge Beds. He said the clean environment com Mission is accepting the situation As is. They re not doing anything different than they did in he said refer ring to a previous commission order asking the City to Monitor the sewage Beds. Saper also criticized the order for not recommending that the Beds be relocated or the sewage be piped away. He said he knows of about three Resi dents who will Appeal the Cec order. Appeals must be filed within 30 Days of the june 16 Date of Issue. The City on the other hand has no immediate plans to Appeal the order. John Angus chairman of the works and operations committee said yester Day that the order won t make Resi dents subjected to the sewage doors Happy but there Are no easy solutions Given the state of the the City s administration was asked to review the order and make recommendations on it. The commission has ordered the City to test the sewage for microscopic organisms and impurities take Mea sures to protect the contamination of groundwater and minimize the release of offensive doors. The Cec asked for a report by dec. On the microbiological characteristics of treated and untreated sew age. The City has until june 1, 1983. To establish a landscaping program including a shelter Belt of Trees around the operation. Saper said the Trees won t Deal with the problem. Landscaping does t take care of the he said. Cec asked the City for annual re ports to be filed by nov. 30, on the sludge distribution program car ried out in the previous year and for details on program plans for the year following the report. The report would also include results of research undertaken to develop alternative methods of sewage treatment and disposal. The Cec did not countermand a decision made May 12 by the works and operations committee to enlarge the Beds. We gambled and said Angus. West St. Paul Reeve j. C. Balder Stone received a letter from the City saying it would continue to enlarge the sludge Beds regardless of what the Cec ordered. Saper has said the odor from the 88 acres of sludge Beds outside the Perim Eter at Mcphillips Street is offensive to Between to people living in the adjoining areas. Works and operations commissioner Bill Finnbogason has said there is no Way to Stop the sewage until an alter native method is found. The City has examined costlier meth ods such As incineration and Landfill he said but practically speaking those sludge Beds Are there for some time to Man charged in rape remanded in custody a 20-year-old female Motorist told police she was raped Early saturday after she picked up a male hitch hiker on her Way Home from the red River exhibition. The woman and two younger Sisters were driving on St. James Street shortly after Midnight when they stopped to pick up a Man said police. The four bought some Beer and went to a Park to drink it. Later the woman s two Sisters left and the couple continued on to the complainant s Home. Police said for the next five hours the woman was raped and forced to commit inde cent acts. On saturday a 24-year-old suspect was arrested by police on the grounds of the exhibition. He appeared in court yesterday and was remanded in custody until today after being charged with rape buggery Gross indecency and forcible confinement. Free Coffee preserved the Public s right to a free cup of Coffee at City Hall appears to have been preserved. Thanks to some shuffling of offices on the lower Levels of City Hall a temporary lounge for City councillors will be available in a couple of weeks eliminating the threat of councillors expropriating a Public reception room on the second floor of City Hall. The Issue arose earlier this month when coun. Jae Eadie proposed councillors expropriate the second floor Public reception room because they had no office space available to them. Winnipeg water Safe radioactive particles contained in Winnipeg s drinking water Are within established Safe guidelines according to the Federal government s radiation Protection Bureau. The radiation report tabled yester Day at the City s works and operations committee meeting listed several parameters including strontium 90, strontium 89, cerium 137 and tritium. Coun. Alf Skowron asked that the City s medical health officer and Mani Toba s environmental control services Branch to report Back on the cumulative effect of water s radioactive parti cles on the human body Over Long periods. Gerry free press woman floored by honesty of Man by Paul Moloney to Nadya Kamienski Rick Wangen is More than just another honest Citi zen. One night about two weeks ago three men robbed Kamienski of her Cash credit cards and briefcase near main Street and Anderson Avenue. The Dis carded briefcase was found shortly afterwards by Wangen who returned it the next Day. It contained six Gold rings and 24 other pieces of jewelry valued at about which had apparently been Over looked by the robbers. I still can t believe it actually happened and i got it Back. It was some thing he Wangen did t have to Kamienski said yesterday. When he came into my office i threw my arms around him and hugged Kamienski said the valuables were in her briefcase because she had gotten them Back from the appraiser that Day. The six rings were appraised at and while the jeweller did t put a Price tag on the other pieces she valued the whole package at about Kamienski said the assailants came up behind her and demanded Money. She handed Over the briefcase As Well As credit cards identification and about in Cash from her purse. She said she chased after them until one of the Trio slapped her and took her shoes. She said the men must have discarded the briefcase without noticing the jewelry which was in a Small card Board Box with her business card taped on it. Wangen said he found the briefcase in a phone Booth about four blocks from the robbery. Kamienski who plans to take wan Gen arts his wife out to dinner said the mayor s office has promised to look into her request that Wangen s action be officially recognized. 750 Bristol workers end four week strike about 750 employees of Bristol Aero space limited have ended their four week strike and ratified a new collective bargaining agreement calling for a 31.5-per-cent pay increase Over two years. The workers members of the canal an association of Industrial mechanical and Allied workers had gone on strike at Bristol on May 25, seeking higher wages and an improved Job classification system. Henry Ross chairman of Caiman s negotiating committee said yesterday the Union s new collective bargaining agreement gives workers 15.5 per cent More pay this year with another 16 per cent during the pact s second year. The first increase is retroactive to april 1, Ross said. He said settlement talks Between Bristol and the strikers were held last thursday and Friday. The tentative agreement was ratified yesterday by a near unanimous vote. All outstanding issues regarding Job classification were resolved. The Union withdrew picket lines from the Sstorm weekend pendin8 Normal work at the Plant was to resume today. 1 j. lout been Tempelaar leads the Canadian forces Sta Acona band through a number on the Steps legislative building yesterday. The Halifax based band in Winnipeg to play at the red Kiver exhibition is on a Cross Canada tour which allows it to unveil new Blue dress uniforms ;