Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Berlins deadly by Pamela Fayerman w7 h h v the w Abr lawyer files seized Al a Wiff Fiig lawyer has us Spe tided by the Law society of mafia of a and sheriffs have been ordered to seize his records and files after an audit turned up apparent with his clients Mist Ace Eum William Abs Afflis a lawyer since in of Vatie Praet Iee Regent was suspended by the Law society on the directions of its Pline after the be Manittee formulated a complaint alleging Fessio fial misconduct on the part of among allegations in the Law society complaint Are that a Rares Drew a Cheque on his Trust account it favour of himself for for m personal failed to regard receipts and disbursements of wast Money in proper and failed to give prompt explanations to the Law society Tor pertaining to the Trust Abrams could not be reached for last v night Graeme chief executive Del cer of the Law said yesterday the accounting firm of touche Ross has been retained for a detailed inspection of we want to give the inv pression weve come to any kind of conclusion because it could turn that there is no problem As we initially Gars ii on a court of Queens Bench judge will hear arguments on the merits of an order the Law society obtained yesterday from Justice Wilson which gives Garson Tody of practice until the investigation is the order also allows Varsos to Dis pose of the Money in Trust accounts into a Bank where it is protected until the audit is Garson said he does not know How much Money is in the Trust auditors on routine checks first noticed the if regularities on july 30 and made a second visit to Abrams office on Post to was on that Date that Abrams was the suspension prevents him from practising if it is not Abrams faces two weeks the Law society Dis barred Lawrence who was tended to four years in prison last month for stealing a total of in Trust funds from another Winnipeg Jack was disbarred in november after it concluded he had misappropriated 500 of a clients Trust Bass has appealed his Clear tonight 15 sunny tomorrow 30 free August Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 Home delivery 957o550 classified second class mail registration number 0286 air service to u returning to Normal Wayne free press from staff and news services air operations to the United states were returning to Normal today follow ing an agreement reached Between transport minister Jeanluc Pepin and leaders of the Canadian air traffic control a transport department spokesman said full service resuming As morning reported to work across the when Canadian air traffic controllers resumed work today at backlogged flights began Europe for the at a sluggish Pepin said Early today the agreement includes establishment of fac finding teams to look into air safety complaints by the Canadian he announced the decision just after 1 cd following almost 10 hours of talks with leaders of the Union president Bill Robertson said the which brought the three Day disruption of air traffic to an end at is a very important most hopeless a signed by Pepin and said the special teams will be set up at each trans order air traffic unit handling instrument flights including big commercial each investigative which will include one transport department offi Cial and one Union Wayne free press Dougie was found wandering the streets in Bare authorities seek bogies parents by Tom Goldstein Dougie sat quietly on the carpeted a healthy Tot playing contentedly with the plastic toys ing a Telephone which rang each time he dialled a digit seemed to be his he was aware of All the attention being focused on him the shining the whirring the watching Clad in borrowed Blue shirt and White socks and White Blue he seemed to take it All in some times even pausing in his play to sit Cross legged and stare into a he never smiled not so much As a Dougie was brought to the Winnipeg childrens Aid society head quarters yesterday in the Hope that publicity would bring someone Forward who knew the child has been in Cas care for almost two Ever since police found him july 30 wandering Bare foot on Young Street Between por Tage and Ellice avenues about he has been staying at a receiving Home with several other Chil Dren while in see authorities Page 4 will operate 16 hours a Day for 90 they will look at alleged irregular including reported near misses in the and assess them to make the communique the Canadian controllers have been refusing to handle aircraft flying to or from the this brought chaos to terminal sin the and can in 12 of114 air controllers who reported for work yesterday morn ing refused to handle flights to or from the authorities allowed them to handle Domestic flights while two others took care of air see flights Page 4 round from the Canadian press the Canadian Dollar continued to rally opening up 3100 at cents on the new York Money yesterday the Dollar gained More than half a closing in new York at cents in heavy mondays closing quote was and the Dollar opened yesterday 3100 by mid morning it had reached the 81cent Mark and Rose higher in afternoon still Low the Dollar remains in a pos depression Low although it now is almost cents above the Al time Bottom of and in its Best showing since july there was optimism on the Chicago futures Market yesterday As the Dollar closed up 63100 at exactly 81 for september in futures Trad investors buy and sell dollars at prices set now for delivery traders agreed that yesterdays rally was due to the widening Gap Between Canadian and interest with interest rates in the declining overnight Bank deposits were paying 18 per cent while similar depos its in Canada were earning 24vs per increased demand that forced an increased demand for Canadian dollars so that investors could take advantage of the higher people started Selling their dollars and buying Gold because of uncertainty Over said trader Azim Haje of Nesbitt Thomson Bon Gard in offering another that depressed the value of the Dollar and helped our dollars but Haje cautioned the recovery could be a technical Blip and that the Canadian Dollar might fall another Ian Mackay of the Royal said the very substantial interest rate differential has caused buying of George a trader with Citi corp in said the Market May have Jum Pecl the gun in Antici Pating the Start of anything but a temporary decline in interest bikers pay tribute local bikers in a funeral procession on the perimeter Highway pay dramatic tribute yesterday to Roy pretty boy the popular a biker who won his third heavyweight title in the hard times boding Competition in died last Friday in a traffic Accident West of Lyon unhappy wit pm from the news services prime minister Trudeau offered the worlds poor a helping hand but it earned him Little Praise from Manitoba Premier Sterling who announced a lion increase in Canadian Aid while addressing a United nations Energy conference in he would be very surprised if he was criticized at Home for promising millions of dollars to developing countries while canadians endure record interest rates and a faltering i dont think ill have much criticism along those he said As he brushed aside opposition Leader Joe Clarks demand that he recall Parlia ment Early to Deal with economic prob cant be tolerated but half Way around the world in Lyon said inflation and est rates in Canada just cant be tolerated much the Federal government really has got to get Down to cases with respect to the economic situation in Lyon said in an interview As the 10 provincial premiers arrived Here for their 22nd annual to Point in going to Energy conferences in making big Fel lows of ourselves and offering million which we Haven got and will have to add to the and trying to pretend that we can Tell the third anything about he said Canada must resolve its own Energy and we Haven done a Good Job of it largely because of the exacerbation of the situation caused by the wrong headed and single minded policies of the Federal see Trudeau Page 4 flyers Sells buses to Boston 1 flyer industries of Winnipeg has received a contract to build 168 diesel buses for the City of the company tendered the Low bid for the vehicles in Competition against All major North american transit bus flyer president Las Mckay said in making the an the bid was accepted at the tender opening last delivery of the buses is scheduled to begin in Mckay said the contract now fills the company order Book for that flyer has about million Worth of orders for diesel and trolley buses scheduled for delivery by the end of next Mckay said the company is consider ing increasing production capabilities because of the Large volume of business in recent in the provincially owned bus manufacturer doubled sales to minion from million in 1979 and As a result of this and Cost reduction programs recorded a profit of after several years of flyer employs almost 600 people at its three locations in starting slow the Post office ii refusing mail from other countries until next week in order to flush out1 the system plugged by the 4 strike by inside Connors upset Jimmy Connors became the first major casualty of the Canadian open Tennis losing in action free flight the emotional and physical High of free flight makes Winnipeg sliding club a thriving nostalgia trip polio victims of the 1950s epidemic which swept Manitoba were reunited yesterday at King George Ann 42 23 41 food Jumble 7 57 sports to i ;