Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, August 29, 1981

Issue date: Saturday, August 29, 1981
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Previous edition: Friday, August 28, 1981

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Paa 1981 clean As far As n is aware by Mary Ann flt Gerald Winnipeg free press Morden the Manitoba has no been advised of any wrongdoing by the ramp in Pursuit of matters in the pre it Tiger Sterling Lyon said the Premier said he has not yet read the Mcdonald commissions Lume report on the National police Force released earlier this which slammed the ramp for lawbreaking and recommended the country Security services be stripped away from the Force and put into the hands of a new civilian dodged questions attorney general Gerry Mercier has not commented on the report and its Host of Lyon told a press conference during a Cabinet tour of sout Central he could Only make general observations based on Media he said Mercier had told him he haunt been advised of ramp wrong doings m but he dodged questions about whether he approved of Security services out of the hands of the ramp a recommendation already being acted upon by the government with the appoint ment of 46yearold lawyer Fred Gibson head the new civilian Security Agen there May be Merit to setting up a separate Security but it is important to note that while the report 1 criticizes the ramp for illegal the report also says actions now illegal should be made he referred to the commissions recommendations that Federal and Provin Cial Laws be changed to allow the ramp to use such investigative tools As physical undercover electronic surreptitious mail opening and Access to personal information in government information Lyon said the fundamental role of Security forces was to prevent people from subverting the government of a country and the Only such service that can operate in Complete Freedom is the Lyon said he would regret if criticism of the Force for wrongdoing in the Pursuit of Security services damaged its reputation or its ability to carry out its primary role of protecting lives and Security was Only a Small part of the ramps he adding the Force has worldwide re Lyon also defended the recent Gallup poll commissioned by eight premiers who oppose Federal plans for constitutional the which showed 60 per cent of canadians feel the Feder Al governments unilateral action to Patriate the Constitution is dividing the has been criticized for failing to Deal with the substance of constitutional such As entrenchment of a charter of Lyon maintained the process by which the Federal government is unilaterally taking Powers from the prov inces int a minor i regard it As he also denied that British Columbia Premier Bill his successor As of the conference of pre is showing a More cooperative spirit toward the Federal i dont detect a different we some things have to brought Home to the Federal government very sometimes they do act like the army mule and have to be beaten Over the the Premier described the poll As a snapshot which confirmed the pre Miers views of Public police investigating separate holdups a gun toting robber made off with two Money bags full of Cash yesterday after holding up the Dakota Street offices of Lance citywide distributors 1 the robbery was one of two holdups in the City yesterday another Young girls a diversion in breaking police have issued a warning for Winni Eggers to be on the Lookout for a team of with a somewhat novel approach to stealing from Winnipeg police crime Des Depourcq said yesterday a pair of Young females convinced a Basswood place resident to allow them into his House and once inside diverted his attention while an accomplice or accomplices sneaked in and ransacked his Depourcq said the two Young both described As being about 16 to 18 knocked on a Home owners door at about and asked to be allowed in to use the washroom and get a drink of the and took them into the once in the Kitchen one of the women diverted his attention by dropping her purse on the while she was taking her time picking up the someone got into the House and ransacked a it want until after the women left that the Homeowner realized hed been nothing was taken Depourcq Bandit escaped with an undisclosed amount of Cash after robbing the Cana Dian Imperial Bank of Commerce Branch at 500 police the Dakota Street Holdup occurred at about when a Man wearing a Toque and armed with a handgun walked through the Back door of the distributing company offices at 620 Dakota Street and two male police said the assailant scooped up two Money bags from a desk in the office and ran no shots were fired and no one was a detective spokesman said it looks like they Lance officials were getting ready for the employees payroll and maybe to make a although there is no evidence to show the robber had Advance knowledge that yesterday would be a Good Day to stage1 the he certainly seemed to know what was the detectives spokesman he declined to reveal Bow much Money was taken in the he said the robber was described As 25 to 29 five feet 10 inches in 160 to 165 with a medium dark complexion and Black he was wearing a Brown a Tanco lored and Brown the Bank robbery occurred at about when a Man walked into the gave a Teller a Holdup and was Given undisclosed1 amount of no weapon was seen and no one was the Man was described As about 20 six feet in with Dar Brown and he was wearing a Brown coloured jacket and beige coloured Man gets 7year term for brutal rape a Winnipeg Man sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday for what a Crown prosecutor described As a brutal beating and rape of a woman in his West end apartment last David Ernest was sentenced by county court judge Keith after he was convicted at the conclusion of a iy2 Day trial on charges of choking and assault causing bodily court was told the approached Nicholson at a main Street hotel at about 8 they had a few did some and went to Nicholson apartment to get once inside the front the woman said she was pushed to the floor and beaten on the head and the accused pulled off her pants chocked and raped Crown counsel Don Melnyk a woman who lived in the suite below testified she heard a loud bang and a scream which went right to the pit of my police were notified and broke Down the apartment Melny said the accused told them my wife and i were just having an no need for you to he said the woman was hysterical and bleeding from the Mouth and she told police she had been she was taken to where she was found to have a fractured Melnyk Melnyk said there was no justification for raping the complainant or for the brutal beating Nicholson he told the court the accused has a criminal record dating Back to Ive been told you still have a Chance to experience cancer victim Lawrence Anonychuk a Chance to Correct wrongs in your life continued from Page 1 i know better in six months after he talks washing Down his lunch with a Glass of he asks whether a chunk of cheese is processed or while undergoing Hes prohibited from eating Chicken livers and Lima my family took it worse than i everyone i dont know whether they Felt sorry for me or Felt sorry for knowing that i might not be they know cancer is a main cause of death so they associate you with being a dead if there going to do they should cheer you he says he Felt a Lump in his right armpit several years ago but thought nothing of especially since his friends said they had six months lumps appeared under his but he didst see a doctor until he began feeling tired and he wonders whether his is connected to a death wish he had almost two years ago after police found the body of realtor Irene Pear son with multiple Stab Lawrence had been deeply in love with her for two years and life seemed to lose its value after her in some it the cancer is a it gives you a Chance to Correct the wrongs in your life to do the things in your life you should have if you die in a car Accident or have a heart you have a Chance to make changes that would make you a better he says which consists of weekly two hour intravenous sessions at the Hospital and daily Pill is making him feel if i lose my ill shave it off and sport the Yul Bryner look for if it has to it has to in not afraid of i feel Ive sort of been told still have a Chance to experience if you dont Correct youll have to come Back and do it Over Nan a baby is a Goose is squawk a dozen dogs Are horses Are galloping and a pet Wolf begs for attention All at the same time in close theres no time for boredom and certainly not for thinking about can lawrences 10acre spread a Kilometre North of the perimeter on Highway the sign at the Entrance reads can sphere but it might More appropriately say Ringling presents Dallas an attractive woman is cleaning out the Bam before heading out to Assini Boia Downs where she grooms lawrences former Mother of two and partner in his stable she lives with lawrences Mother in the City but her two children live on the Lawrence states Mattero factly that he has five children from four its a soap daughter states lawrences current common Law wife bottle feeds their Fourmont hold in a Grassy Clear ing while the other kids cuddle inspect Guinea pigs and fetch two show dogs so their father can Demon trate his attack Lawrence has trained German Shep herds for the Winnipeg and Saskatoon police forces including one dog which was awarded the esteemed Bankers Gold medal for the dog saved a policeman life by seizing the gun carrying hand of a Bank causing the robber to shoot himself during the attack Lawrence makes a wrong move and the dog gashes his he wonders whether the cancer drugs Are causing his reaction to slow As he goes off to pose for pictures with the foal of two outstanding race horses Island fling and runaway his former Lover bursts into she says about Lawrence it Hast hit him it might take seven months Hes been through right he thinks its the most exciting thing that has happened to you should see the people at the track following after him thinking they might be around when he Falls she dabs out the replaces her sunglasses and roars off in the station Wagon to ready two horses for the nights More cancer experts than cures around everyone an expert on that the first thing a cancer Vic Tim finds says Lawrence Anonychuk who was told two weeks ago that he has cancer in his Lymphatic system and May live Only 18 everybody has a theory about what they just read everything from Faith Healing to going off to a Jungle and getting healed by psychic his wrote him a letter suggesting he unconsciously wanted to die because he want will ing to face the truth about death is no she death will entail old Karma being planned to work off in a new life his Mother brought him some her bal teas from a health food he sniffing a particular concoction his Girlfriend had brewed which smelted like hot mus but he discovered that one made from red Clover was mild and sooth he believes his doctor is the Best prescriber of just in Hes gulping extra Vitamin c and multivitamin capsules and he stopped if in going to fight this and be positive about ill do everything i can to Lead a clean but he wont give up marijuana be As everyone it counteracts the nausea caused by anticancer Anonychuk be positive Canada cup games stay in City Eagleson arranges promotional partnership with Winnipeg enterprises by Gregg Shiu iday despite to apathy and sagging ticket Canada cup director Alan now it is up to Eagleson announced yesterday that the series games scheduled for Winnipeg would remain Here under a new promotional partnership with Winnipeg Eagleson also told a press conference yesterday afternoon that an agreement has been reached with Winnipeg in operators of the which would end the package Sale of one of the factors blamed for poor ticket was not a the package sales forced fans interested in Canada games to also buy tickets for no Canada As an added promotional tick ets for today game Are being sold on a 2 for i this applies As Well to persons who have already purchased Eagleson said his earlier references to pulling the remaining games out of Winnipeg and transferring them to Ottawa was not he said Bis comments were merely intended to warn Winni Eggers that ticket sales had to we have Given the people of Winni Peg an Opportunity to see the Best hockey in the world Eagleson said the agreement reached with Winnipeg enterprises did not affect rental he said the two sides had changed their promotional relationship so that they were now Par Nersas opposed to landlord ten were giving up Worth of tickets tomorrow in the 2 for j give away so it has to be a Winnipeg enterprises assistant Gen eral manager George Sinclair didst quite agree with Eagle sons interpretation of the new partnership and its financial these Are empty seats Hes talking i dont think you can talk in terms of losing Money we were never going to sell out a game what we Are doing is giving up these empty seats Asa pro motion to get the fans Sinclair said negotiations with Eagleson were amiable but he suggested Noone took the threat of moving the games too he didst want to move them out anymore than we it would have been embarrassing for him and he knew Eagleson said in an interview that the experience of organizing the Canada cup this year had been draining and that it would be difficult to conceive of it happening again if the series loses a lot of he said if the Canada cup is held again he would prefer it to be played in Only Edmonton and but then i have to Deal with Harold Ballard so who knows if that will Ever Minaki Lodge contract Calls for 120room Wing up the Ontario government has awarded a contract for the construction of bed room wings at Minaki Lodge to Gate Way construction of Thunder Northern affairs minister Leo Ber Nier said yesterday the Tward is the final major construction contract of the Minaki Lodge if no major obstacles Are enc Oun the Lodge will be completed in the summer of he the three Storey bedroom wings will complement the Logan Stone construction of the main Lodge building under the bedrooms will All face the Lake and will have patios on the ground balconies on the second and Pic Ture windows on the a num Ber of suites Are incorporated in the 120room including four two Storey suites with a massive log Cabin of Cedar and the Lodge site on the Edge of the Winnipeg River and Sand once a playground for the it was built in 1926 by the Canadian National railways for the province took Over the resort us 1974 to Rescue to mostly from the Northern Ontario development work costing million is done to repair the 50kilometre Road to from the Tran Canada ;