Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Still sports Nice Guy by Mamy Mcneill and Tom mite suspect Toul appear fan of a u Vorker since Midnight monday weft in fail Etc to report w thai stiff Man has Tenert id lifted As Paul of 23 Herb with a Judd a Wolfl Foj Wicks examined for several hours yester fit Ftera Oay or Ine w68t 91116 01 my Wall calf we South of Inkster including footprint and tire wire Fern at the scene which is locate to in Normal route to wer k Man his Home in the mantes t stent isaid the blood was Diser Vered the morning by a passerby who informed w i would certainly fat with what1 weve found tar that there was definitely foot play of Sony kind in to Khmur if the blood Tyr analysis was Stephen a search was the blood Eom Ted an adjacent but found no to dears tears said he left for wort she said she first Learned of her husbands Digap e about an hour later when his j telephoned task Why a strop was not at the car he has is not the Best 6f cars so f thought hed had tar she we had and checked hospitals in Case he had been in an about 1120 she and her Bennis a Aliuk began searching for he following the route he maily took to Hariok spotted Theca a red Volkswagen about 15 years parked under a Light Standard in a lot behind bans master the store is Loea Teh in a commercial Piara about two of where the blood Ito Tai i Wos discover Guj police also investigated the area Sun rounding the we drove up to the 1 got out right away and opened the Clear and everything were 4 29 Clear tonight 14 final 250 Home Dot livery 9574sso clarified 9562330 Sun Riata August Way Fife wee pflfe88 by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the Kent Royal commis Sion on newspapers has proposed 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 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 editor Sand journalists from the business Side of newspapers and to increase Public involvement in newspaper the strongest recommendation concerned Thomson and the a National printed at several should not be owned by a company thai owns other daily the commission Thom son would therefore be required to at its either the Globe and or its other1 Canadian daily the recommendations would also 14newspaper Southam Chain to get rid of its radio and television interests held through its 30percent voting share of Selkirk commutations while the Irving family dominance of radio an television in new Brunswick and similar new spa control in Saskatchewan by the Sifton family would go Down the 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 free Low Mark for news by John Sullivan the free press ranked 55th out of 82 daily newspapers Canada in the amount of Money it spent on hews Gath ering compared with revenues taken in during the last three according to a study for 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 Tjie Southa owned Winnipeg trib whose death last August gave birth to the Royal fourth in average editorial spending As a percentage of advertising and circulation Revenue from 1978 to the newspapers surveyed spent Art average of 15 per cent of their on news with the Levels ranging from below 10 per cent to More than 20 per but Thomson fared miserably against the rival Southam Hay ing 29 dailies below the average and just eight above Southam had 11 papers above the average which fell but Only its Edmonton journal 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 the1 rival paper received massive infusions Orooney from at that the free press was having a great Deal of difficulty ing its head above he Kent report highlights 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 of take newspapers with editorial expenses less than the average pay a surtax of 25iper cent of the 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 d creation of a National journalism training d appoint Many editors chief under d live Grants to news 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 setup tax incentives for newspaper owner ship or to those of the film Industry arid set up a press rights panel associated with the human rights it would give tax credits to newspapers which increase editorial spending and hit those who fall below the nation 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 see Kent Page 4 stalls on pages 8 and 9 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 spending More now Well be spending More in the i Hope till be a lot Burt stressed that he had received almost allow 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 980 period was hardly a Normal situation because the Tribune had thrown All their chips Down in a Gamble for supremacy in said i really cant give much credence to that Chart As being a valuable Mea sure of Burt i know see Thomson Page 4 Libya jets Washington a two Navy f14 fighter planes shot Down two soviet built libyan slj22 fighters Early today after the libyan planes fired on the aircraft in an unprovoked attack in International airspace Over the Mediterranean the Pentagon Navy Larry a Penta gon said he did not know immediately whether any air Crew members were injured or even the fighters were Hamilton said he also did not know the Fate of the libyan the f14s were attacked during what the Pentagon called a previously announced routine exercise in International airspace Over International Waters about 60 nautical Miles from the nearest the libyans have claimed sovereignty Over Waters air space reaching out 200 Miles from their but the United states recognizes Only the traditional poll finds constitutional Issue divisive 60 by Mary Ann Fiti Terald sixty percent of canadians toned Ina inf identical Gallup Pell think the Federal governments attempt to unilaterally Patriate the Constitution is dividing the country but Only 21 per cent say Patria Uon requires unanimous consent of the results of the commissioned by the eight premiers of pied the the Al Constitution were if yesterday to the Globe and a Fth ill free the poll of pon4utt r commissioned by premiers provinces unilateral Patria Tion is except those which affect the amending compared with 87 per cent in formula should be made in Canada by British 99 per cent in Ottar 56 per cent in the Atlantic provinces the poll says 77 per cent of Canad and 51 per cent in ans support the claims of the eight the poll also shows that per cent provinces that changes affecting the canadians have not been following the Powers and rights of the provinces As constitutional Issue another 29 defined under the British North Amer per cent said they had followed Ca act should re Luire the consent of Whit closely while 17 per cent saw those of these agreeing that they were fairly familiar with the provincial consent the necessary i 4 cent said majority consent should be almost 90 per cent of those polled wife 21 per cent said said prime minister Trudeau should Mous consent of All provinces should be meet the premiers to try to reach sure Umeju on tit and w there Wai Little regional difference he Fwy ssh nor wms Naomi per cent of in the Prairie per pen said All changes on die of with ontarian least Likely to agree 72 per cent and British columbian showing a High of per cent Manitoban showed almost 75 per cent support for a requirement of provincial the results of the received by the eight at their meeting in Vancouver were expected to be released today by British Columbia Premier Bill chairman of the conference of the poll results come As canadians await the supreme court of Canada decision on whether the Federal govern see Page 4 Luck took a Holiday Wes Pastu Zenku trudges across what was a stare Field of prime wheat until a fierce thunderstorm with hailstones the swe of walnuts completely wiped it out the were among those residents who Felt Lucky in the past at always being sidestepped by such 1 0 seconds ten Vesg Nijs before two Small plants soul did san on but twi i Cessna in your pm you him7it dead the trial of Larry aide pts Piti the inels Leader of Jim yesterday saw of up i errors found Ken admitted that a report which that taking of awarded to and Mir cd sewing Gant inf d struck again in a move with put precedent in the soviet the printers throughout Poland have gone in strike prevent publication of All Kajjy newspaper in the Index Ann Bridge 17 30 71 classified 41 a 32 Bearhs pct trials 6 entertainment 33 guide 57 Jumble 3j5 17 66 sports to i i ;