Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba To Fries Over m by Penn Mitchell a Manitoba fundamentalist my has taken a Leaf in the m6ral to in the Meed Stales and plans to Issue Sere cards in candidates in the next pro Victal the provincial Branch of Sanee s Hardin native interest group Eton posed largely of will Sefoid questionnaires to candidates and publish the results in local said Terry a consultant to the groups former Western regional said the report cards will be desired to Weed out the less morally desirable candidates and claim the Superior Virtues of the he said candidates would score High Marks on the moral exam if they oppose favor capital Mem and support More Public funding for private they would also get the Renaissance nod if they oppose legalized sex education in the classroom and Equality for women and Gay Renaissance Bills itself As a nonpartisan organization out any religious or political but Lewis admitted that the vast Jority of members Are a Chaitee Tansy mid even vote and maybe f doubt it vote he Renaissance toasts members in chapters from Vancouver to Nova Scotia and its Manitoba Campaign will be part of a National Effort to bring evangelical Christian values to Bearen electoral although Renaissance has largely restricted its lobbying activities to National issues since its 1974 birth in Lewis dismissed any notion of impropriety in the groups decision to mix religion and the Tion of Church and state is a he All Tso Hizeal leaders religious leaders he Ken Campbell of president and founder of Renaissance echoed Lewis the function of religion in a free society is to act As a conscience of that he the question is not whether religion and politics can be nicely Renaissance gets the bulk of its Money in charitable nations from businesses and not from Church the Manitoba chapter of Renais Sance claims to have the support of see group Page 4 sunny today 29 Clear tonight 14 August Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 by by election losses 9r 9r by the Canadian press prime minister Trudeau liberals took a stunning Jolt yesterday As voters elected a new Democrat and a progressive in Bielec tons to fill two vacant commons new Democrat Dan Heap shocked himself and his party by slicing a narrow Victory former Trudeau Wayne free press aide Jim Coutts in Toronto Spadina a Liberal stronghold for 39 the last 46 and Roch a Cabinet minister in the Brief tory government of Joe swept aside a powerful Chal Lenge from Liberal Michel Denis in the Quebec Riding of Joliette by More than nip Leader de Broadbent and tory Leader both showing signs of wading Home a woman dashes across Webb place on her Way Home yesterday during storm that flattened crops and flooded City Dollar gains strength Montreal up the Canadian Dollar flirted near the level at the close of trading on North american Money markets gaining More than half a cent in Active the beleaguered currency opened at cents after closing at last Friday and continued a sometimes tenuous Progress yesterday to close at traders attributed mondays showing to reports that the United states Federal Reserve Bank May reduce the surcharge on its discount rate by one percentage the trendsetting charged on Federal Reserve Loans to american is currently 14 per cent plus a four percent a drop in the rate would signal a decline in Short term interest rates and increased investment in Canada where interest rates Are still near rec Ord elation and Surprise Over the called them a signal that Trudeau has been ignoring the real concerns facing if there was a National election today there would be a protest vote that would change Clark told reporters in his parliament Hill who was preparing yes see Dps Page Reagan lifts Jet embargo the Washington Post los Angeles president Reagan yesterday lifted the suspension of Mili tary aircraft deliveries to Israel with out having made a finding whether Israel violated its agreements with the United states when it bombed a nuclear Plant in Iraq on june Secretary of state Alexander Haig said that the 16 warplanes affected by the suspension would be on their Way to Israel in a matter of Days or hours but said that the intensive government review had failed to deter mine whether israels bombing raid had been defensive or the decision came at a three hour National Security Council the bulk of which was devoted to discus Sion of strategic defence including the my missile and by bomb according to White House counsellor Edwin who explains decision Meese refused to indicate How Rea Gan is leaning on the crucial defence questions and said his decisions will be made in Threet five in explaining the warplane Haig told i think in a subjective can argue to eternity As to whether or not a military action May be defensive or offensive in Char Israel had pledged not to use weapons for offensive Haig indicated that the administration by israels willing Ness to enter into the current ceasefire in withheld after raid delivery of four f46s was withheld june 10 after the raid in just As the administration was preparing to lift the embargo in an israeli air raid on palestinian guerrilla Headquarters in Beirut Drew widespread critic and the embargo was extended to six additional f46s for last four More and two were withheld As the suspension Reagan has been under intense israeli pressure to resume the aircraft Deli last israeli prime minister Menachem begin the suspension unjustified and the planes being withheld Are israeli begin Haig said the review of the implications of the israeli raid in Iraq included candid discussions with begin and Ephr Airo israeli ambassador to the United up photo wildlife control officer takes aim at female Cougar on the Loose in new curiosity killed the cat new up a 34kilogram female Cougar trapped in the receiving room of a brewery was shot and killed yester Day by a wildlife control Cliff manager of the la Batts said he was talking to employees about reports of a Cougar in the area when he turned around and saw the Twoy Earold cat wander into the wildlife control officer Dennis Pemble said he had no Choice but to kill the animal because it could have been dangerous while a Tracq Milizer was taking and Ive never been very Good at wrestling he the Cougar probably came from nearby Coquitlam along railway he when the cat was spotted in the six policemen and members of the provincial wildlife Protection Branch were sent to the area with a tracking dog and tranquil Izer regional conservation officer Bert Wilson said he didst know Why the Cougar entered a densely populated if there old and starving and not Able to survive the they might come he he said he will examine the Corpse before speculating newspaper report today Kent expected to recommend less Media concentration staf Canadian press the Kent Royal commission on papers delivers its report today amidst speculation the chief recommendation will be that Canadas major newspaper chains be forced to reduce their Stang behold on the nip consumer affairs critic Ray who claims to have been told of the reports said yesterday in an interview with the free press the report will urge major newspaper chains be forced to reduce their hold Ings of Media tax incentives to Aid Independent press councils for Public complaints ant a Strong newspaper according to other Paranthy based on leaks of the reports the three member Sion headed by Tom Kent will also recommend barring newspapers from controlling radio or television stations within their main circulation and will propose a ban on future Pership of Community weeklies by a daily newspaper in the same existing ownership would not be a other reports indicate the Sion will also recommend the Federal government prohibit publication of National newspapers by existing a Story published today in the Mon Treal Gazette says the if acted on by the government would Force son newspapers to give up the National edition of the Globe and mail or divest itself of the Thomson would have to get rid of its other Canadian newspaper holdings if it wished to continue Lishing the National the Trudeau government May pirate the commissions suggestions into an overhaul of Competition Slation planned for this fall or ignore them completely As it did a similar warning u years ago from a committee headed by Liberal senator Keith the Davey alarmed at see rent Page 4 deadly enemy iranian firing squads executed 25 people yesterday while Khomeini supporters Rogn elect up 160 More enemies of god and to cos to a simple lift i Champ returns fringe a Coward Island Premier Angus Maclean plans to retire to farm soon for a More simple life after 30 years in 25 of them in the House of Only woman to have won the Canadian udies Golf championship while representing Manitoba will be the special guest at the opening of this years a new Berlin West at one time the wests show window pehinr4 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