Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, August 19, 1981

Issue date: Wednesday, August 19, 1981
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Previous edition: Tuesday, August 18, 1981

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Poll finds 95 m m m Psge h we Back Home if my icons motion am timed he pit i Mem can act Milat Talty to Patriate the with substantive amendments and Withum consent of the thu death has lifted the support of Ontario Weff Liet William Davis and new Brunswick pee Clef Richard half tend Tor his pee Milf Sterling who led the court Challenge o the Federal was still in British Columbia yesterday Ami Cmil flt provincial sources say the eight pee Mien Felt the wiling results Demon Strates their Side of the Story is getting throw High to canadians and Art a very Strong argument in favor of their Lyon has said that the Legal Issue is before the but regardless of the political and moral merits must still be if the supreme court Dawn on the Side of the Federal the dissenting plan to lobby the Botish parliament not to aet on the Federal give moments opposition Leader Howard who tends to Side with National a Ftp Leader de bad Bents support of the Federal is away on the poll shows Strong support across the country for Tut ional except for an Iulg support ranges front a Tow of to per cent in the Atlantic provinces to a High of 93 per cent on the the strongest support for Canadian constitutional amendment came in Manitoba with 95 per cent in favor Ontario support was per while of Quebe cers surveyed wanted changes made in this the Federal Bini Ateyat Tion to the Constitution Dpi in is said it while 31 per cent said if was in Ontario 89 per cent considered Aito Ertan voiced a stronger claim than Marti zobans that Federal Patria Tion without agreement of the provinces was slightly More than three quarters of the Alec trans said it was while pet cwt of Manitoban said it the poll showed almost seven out of 10 canadians believe the More appropriate form of government for Canada is a federation of two Federal and about one out of opted for one Central government to be located in Grain police officers spent several hours yesterday examining site where a Pool of blood was found on Keewatin foul play suspected after Man vanishes continued from Page 1 in the car but the keys were the car didst look like it had been forced or the doors were closed it was parked there was a truck parked beside she she said her brother told her to get Back in their and they drove to Lavatts and called the there were about 17 bloodstained footprints at the spot that police Exa Small turning Bay at Kinder there were also four bloody tire with two Blacks Idline Marks closer to the the Well lighted site is located about 15 metres North of a bus Clear said her husband never picked up he also would not Chase after Drivers who Cut him she she dismissed the possibility that he would simply run when he left he was in a very Good he wanted to get to work Early to talk to his Friend about going to the Doobie Brothers concert on she she also said she did not know of anyone who would want to Hurt i didst know anybody who disliked he was a Friendly very he had a lot of Clear has worked for Lavatts for about seven the last five full she the couple were Sweet hearts who lived a Block apart the West they dated for seven years before marrying in their Only was born four months Clear was joined in her Vigil yesterday by members of her immedi ate including her Moth sister inlaw and its a Long she Thunder Oft Cana Dian prospects for exports this year hangs lit the balance As handlers voted to strike in this Gateway to world markets through the great lakes hut More optimistic Industry leaders still Hope a disruption at the Lake Superior port can be despite a 95percent vote in favor of a strike announced yesterday by the Grain handlers local of the brotherhood of airline and steamship clerks the of one Prairie wide Farmers cooperative said the strike vote by the local had been scheduled Long before contract negotiations with the Lakehead Termi Nal elevators association ended last so it want an immediate reaction to those talks added much will depend on what is contained in Federal commissioners report prepared by Jack Chapman who sat in on the most recent contract Chapman said in an interview his conciliation report should have been in the hands of labor minister Gerald Regan yesterday Union is in a Legal position to strike seven Days after Regan acknowledges receipt of the but Union spokesman Frank Mazur warned that the membership will not tolerate any delays in that legally we cant do anything until seven Days after release of the conciliators Mazur but any delay in releasing the report could spawn some illegal in hoping were not faced with that but when you have or so people who have been without a Coti tract for half a fear sometimes anything h once a backlog occurs in a systems working to it can never be caught and Prairie Farmers Are petting near record crops this year More than half of the country Grain exports go through Thunder Bay in the 198081 crop year ended july for 15 million tonnes of Export and Domestic through the Lakehead Canadian exports last year about 24 million re neither Mazur or Presil Dent of the employers would discuss Points of in the contract talks beyond overtime was one of j refusing overtime the Union has been refusing to work overtime since Early in the panics want shifts scheduled seven Days a 24 hours a one source who did not want to be identified said the main Point of Dis agreement apparently involves a Cost of living the situation also May have been inflamed by some reports that the Federal government has contingency plans in the event of a i legislation was threatened the Liao time the Grain handlers went of Strikel in said but a tinted settlement was reached Ive been Down that Road said Ive been blackmailed by the establishment Here and i spent time in so if i have to go that route so be in trying to keep these people within the if i i Kent commission study to new Tec continued from Page 1 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 in the new Constitution specifying press and Media Freedom would do the rest to keep government control at the press rights panel would consist of a chairman and two members who would Monitor implementation of the new newspaper act while minimizing administrative overhead and avoiding any impression of a closely regulatory it would report to the minister of provide guidance to newspaper advisory receive reports of those committees from All newspapers including a full copy of the editor chiefs contract and commit tee comments upon it would certify to the Federal tax department whether a newspaper proprietor is in full compliance with the Thomson blasted for spending less Bonnew Heathc continued from Page 1 our Effort in those and i know the Tribune didst fare As Well As we in covering the so either theres a great weakness in the Forn Nila Treyve used ejjwi1aj spending to Revenue or the Tribune spent a lot of Money and i dont think they did former Tribune editor Dona Harvey agreed the papers editorial budget was quite disproportionate to its Revenue and was fattened up by the Tribune was not profitable Dur those and if Southam hid us to get More on we would have been forced to slash she the Kent commission blasted Thom the country most profitable newspaper for spending 34 per cent below the Industry average on news and editorial Content in terms of concluding that the varying Levels of eds Tourtel spending reflect the diff Errol they weigh Agana of the report saw tit works wet Erin scale of the Jymm the commission report argued that the newspaper Industry can easily Ford to boost its editorial return on net assets Rose to per cent in the j97480 period from 26 per cent during and the business is More profitable than the Manu retailing and service Indus it Poth Burt and Harvey had mixed feelings about the commissions proposal to encourage higher editorial budgets by offering a tax credit to papers spending More than the National a tax surcharge on those that spend Burt said he agreed that dailies should declare their editorial expenditures and said he initially considered the tax incentive a Good Way to see far greater resources spent on news Gath but he also opposed legislation of essentially private decisions and said the measure stimulate Finan Cial Harvey said she liked the Reward aspect the measure an4 agreed that the threat of a surcharge could Spur More but she also warned that it could cause More news papers to newspaper act would Rule on Media at intervals of not More than five years it would review Media traction of newspaper ownership and could order further on Rel Evant the panel would have the Power of a court of rec the tax system would be used to Reward newspapers which More on the average newspaper 15 per cent of its revenues on news and those which fell below the National average would be hit with a tax surcharge while those who exceeded it would get a 25pefcent break on any extra amount the news services would get match ing Grants to improve Canadian news and International news written radians stationed or travelling but the Grant would com Vij so that the Able to influence what is written Blithe v for the commission his a Tough protective would1 apply to All papers whose owners had substantial other holdings or More than one contract for editor the package would provide for appointment of the editor4nchief under a written contract and give him Complete control of his salaries and subject to Union if the editor got Power aver news would still not revert to the who in most cases represents the owners of a it would go to an acting pointed from the editorial the Canada newspaper act would set up an advisory committee for newspapers which represent less than 50 per cent of the total business assets of the ultimate this would see newsroom journalists electing two members to the seven per son committee by secret the owner appointing two and the Public represented by the three members of the general Public could not be newspaper owners or connected by business with newspaper owners and would be picked by the four inhouse members if they cowed otherwise the chief Justice of the province would choose the commissioners say they Gre under no illusion that their proposals will be Quick even divestment by the major chains comes 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