Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Man foul play feared by Murray Mcnull arid Tom Gill police sus pwt Tad play m the apm Araimis of a Labatos breweries worker Mossl Fig since Midnight monday when he tailed a Repett to the missing Man has been identified As Paul of 23 play Feen tire were found at the scene which is located on dears Normal route w work from his Home in the Stephen said the blood was disco grime Herb Stephen said dears disappearance is believed netted with a Pool of blood police examined for several hours Day on the West Side of Keewatin Street South of Inkster several including footprints and who informed it would certainly feel with what weve found so far that there was definitely foul play of some kind Stephen or would not say whether the blood Type matched me said analysis was not Stephen also said an extensive was made of the area where the blood was police cadets combed an adjacent Tot found no am to clears dear s said he left for work attn Jet she said she Al ref teamed of her husbands Arance about an hour later when his ii Cheui Leie Nonea to Hsk any a bottle shop was net at Flie ear fee has is not the Best of ears so thought hed had car she she said she called the brewery a few times jute wards to see if had and cheeked hospitals in ease he had been in an see Man Page 4 Clear missing Clear tonight 14 sunny tomorrow 30 August free press Sun rises sets Moon of loses i final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 Secor class mail number 0286 sons grip on papers key target of Kent report wayn6 Pree press by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the Kent Royal commis Sion on newspapers has proposed that the Thomson newspaper group be forced by parliament to sell either the Globe and mail or its 39 other Canad an daily including its Sec the Winnipeg free the 296page report also includes provisions to decrease ownership of broadcast and television by newspapers and it includes a series of Mea sures designed to increase the Freedom of editors and journalists from the business Side of newspapers and to increase Public involvement in newspaper the strongest recommendation con corned Thomson and the a National printed at several should not be owned by a company that owns other daily the commission Thom son would therefore be required to at its either the Globe and or its other Canadian daily the would also Force the 14newspaper Southam Chain to get rid of its radio and television interests held through its 30percent voting share of Selkirk communications while the Irving family Domi Nance of radio and television in new Brunswick and similar newspaper control in Saskatchewan by the Sifton family would the breakup provisions Are among a series designed to secure for the press of Canada the Freedom that is essential to a democratic society from coast to the three commissioners led by former free press editor Tom Kent said in a joint Kent suggests parliament bring Down a newspaper act to implement the the act would also give a newspapers editor chief Independent contract rights from the business Side of a give journalists and members of the Public seats on editorial advisory set up tax incentives for newspaper owner ship or creation similar to those of the film Industry and set up a press rights panel associated with the Canadian human rights it would give tax credits to newspapers which increase editorial spending and hit those who fall below the nation Al average with penalties and it would provide Matching Grants to the wire services to improve foreign French language and other the act also would require newspapers to give their employees and Poten tial buyers 60 Days notice of intention to close and would limit daily newspapers from buying a weeklies or dailies which publish in the circulation areas of the this would not apply to existing sys tems and therefore lets the Toronto Star off the to Star owns a variety of smaller newspapers publish ing in Toronto the commission says nothing can be done about the massive monopoly in the newspaper sector besides Correct ing its worst abuses and it warns that the same could be coming in the new generation of it would prohibit news papers from owning videotex television screen news systems although it would not prohibit newspapers from Selling news to such commission lawyer Donald Affleck said everything proposed in the report is constitutionally Legal and a Sugges Tion that parliament insert a clause making the act unchangeable for five years would decrease the danger of government he said a clause see Thomson Page 4 Kent report highlights d creation of a Canada newspaper act to reduce strength of newspaper d have Large chains make some d forbid ownership of newspapers and weeklies in the same circulation d prohibit chains larger than five More than daily circulation or with newspapers that Are geographically d make newspapers with editorial expenses less than Industry average pay a surtax of 25 per cent of the d award newspapers with editorial expenses above the National average a tax credit of 25 per cent of the d provide capital Cost allowances for Purchase of up to five per cent of a newspapers shares to encourage widespread ownership of newspaper d establish a press rights panel to Monitor Kent commission proposals and act As a press q creation of National journalism training d appoint Many under p give Grants to news 9 free press Given Low Mark for new gathering budget by John Sullivan the free press ranked 55th out of 82 daily newspapers in Canada in the amount of Money it spent on news Gath ering compared with revenues taken in during the last three according to a study for the Kent the paper is one of 40 dailies owned by Thomson newspapers which was accused by the commission of putting profits ahead of its responsibility to ensure that the Public is fully and fairly the Souther owned Winnipeg trib whose death last August gave birth to the Royal ranked fourth in average editorial spending As a percentage of advertising and circulation Revenue from 1978 to the newspapers surveyed spent an average of 15 per cent of their Revenue on news with the Levels ranging from below 10 per cent to More than 20 per but Thomson fared miserably against the rival Southam hav ing 29 dailies below the average and just eight above Southam had 11 papers above the average and three which fell but Only its Edmonton ranked lower than the free free press publisher Don Nicol and managing editor Murray Burt both dismissed the papers ranking As mis Nicol attributed it to Tough financial times brought on by a circulation War with the adding that the rival paper received massive infusions of Money from at that the free press was having a great Deal of difficulty keep ing its head above he and we were not being subsidized to the tune of we had to find our own but we spent More than the Tribune on editorial and we were offering free classified ads and giving the paper away at half Price at the same one of those years we lost were spending More now Well be spending More in the i Hope till be a lot Burt stressed that he had received almost All of the editorial budget hed requested from adding that the commission report failed to give the Range Between the first ranking paper on the spending list and the free press at the 1978 to 1980 period was hardly a Normal situation because the Tribune had thrown All their chips Down in a see free press Page 4 planes shoot Down attacking libyan jets Washington up defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger said Navy planes shot Down two libyan fighters Over the Mediterranean Early today after the libyan planes opened fire on american he told a news conference at the Pentagon that president who is in los has been notified and approved of the the Bahrain based Gulf news by quoted radio Libya As saying eight planes attacked two libyan jets Early today Over libyan territorial the the broadcast did not say what happened to the the Pentagon said earlier in the first announcement of the incident that it occurred when two Navy f14 jets from the aircraft Carrier Nimitz were attacked by soviet built libyan fighters during routine asked to describe what Weinberger said two libyan fighter planes came out and fired at the american he said the two planes returned see Page 4 premiers poll backs provincial stand by Mary Ann Fitzgerald sixty per cent of canadians Tione in a confidential Gallup poll think the Federal governments attempt to unilaterally Patriate the Constitution is dividing the country but Only 21 per cent say Patr tation requires unanimous consent of the results of the by eight premiers opposed to the Al Constitution were released the Noil of conducted by Telephone july found that 74 per cent of canadians in the Prairie provinces think unilateral Patria Tion is compared with 67 per cent in British 59 per cent in per cent in the Atlantic provinces and 51 per cent in the poll also shows that 54 per cent of canadians have not been following the constitutional Issue another 28 per cent said they had followed what closely while i pair cent said they were fairly familiar with the almost 90 per cent of those polled said prime minister Trudeau should meet the premiers to try to reach agreement on the and 90 per cent said All constitutional changes except those which affect the amending formula should be made in Canada by the poll 77 per cent of Canada ans support the claims of the eight that changes affecting the Powers and rights of the provinces As defined under the British North Ameri Ca act should require the consent of those of those agreeing that provincial consent is 48 cent said majority consent should be while 31 per cent said Mous consent of All provinces should be there was Little regional difference on the subject of provincial with put Arian least Likely to agree 72 per cent and British columbian showing a High of 86 per cent Manitoban showed almost 75 per cent support for provincial poll Page 4 r f of Luck runs out Wes Pastuszenko trudges across what was a Field of prime wheat until a fierce thunderstorm with hailstones the size of walnuts completely wiped it put the pasture nos were among those Adolph Earea residents who Felt Lucky in the past at always being sidestepped by such 10 seconds ten fee fire twp Small planet to judged san calif1 an air traffic controller warned one Pilot there a Cessna in your to you see him730 Doad Ravl alted spectators at the trial of Harry onetime aide to Peoples Temple cult Leader Jim yesterday saw videotapes of Leo ryans i mated visit to v errors found police chief Ken Johnston has admitted that a report which recommended that the cites towing contract be awarded to Htway and metro towing Pontal Ned inaccurate struck again in a move without precedent inthe soviet printers throughout Poland have gone on strike to prevent publication of All daily newspapers in the Index Ann 29 17 30 32 41 of Cpd Jumble 7 17 65 sports to ;