Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, August 31, 1981

Issue date: Monday, August 31, 1981
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Previous edition: Saturday, August 29, 1981

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 31, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg gets to try it Wax in Mai chw6 to Dre lit the print Eton student conceived an elaborate suicide plan at Hoite in Newark new Jewey fld flew to Eai Iida to carry it the american is one of at least m people in manitoba44 men and u women who have deliberately ended their lives in the first eight months of every year we have a number of students who decide to kill them said Henry the pro Vinces chief medical in always amazed at the people from every social and religious thank you Tor your the commit tie whom identity we not released by arrived in the City april 16 and registered at the Sheraton inn on Carlton Street under the false name of Alex from he wrote a suicide note telling authorities that he had used an assumed name and that his fingerprints would Lead nowhere since they had never been taken fein instructed that in due course someone would come to inquire about him and Only then would his identity be the Pong my asked that his organs to donated to Organ Banks and an his possessions Given to Tut salvation army after the Witt completed he tip for mis final act tag to Piet Inen plastic bag comaling a Carton Dux de Over his he two a Worms wad with a and Ogoki the a Man sucked up oxygen in fein lapsed into a coma and died of he was found april my the Bathtub by hotel housekeeping staff and police had an Topse on their tie few Foft noted the suicide victim was a Man in tin tarty 20s and in Good physical mis Mack hair was slightly m m 1 greying and both his fingernails and Tom wins were there was no quest my that the Elde victim had come from a Welt Toto but an investigation of the Case Drew a More than six weeks Best Friend in new Jersey opened a letter hed been Given by fein months with instructions to open it Only see suicide Page 4 Clearing tonight 9 sunny tomorrow 22 August final 250 957osso 9862330 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Secor cuss mail Benist Botlon number 0286 thousands mourn of Ransom Beirut a chanting death to an estimated one million mourners jammed the streets of Tehran today for the funeral of iran president and prime killed by foes of the moslem fundamentalist re reports from iran striking at the heart of the clergy led government for the second time in two dissidents exploded a powerful bomb yesterday afternoon that killed president Mohammad Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad Javad a Rajai had been president for 27 Bah Onar was prime minister for in former iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr called today on Oil talks adjourn after Dayis by Joel Ruimy Montreal up Oil pricing talks Between Alberta and the Federal government adjourned today after five Days of As Federal in Gergy minister Marc Lalonde and the rest of the 20member Federal delegation headed Back to Ottawa to Brief prime minister Trudeau on develop an aide to Alberta Energy minister Merv Leitch said Leitch is staying in Montreal for the time being to Confer with Premier Peter who arrived Here late sunday night to cuss Progress in the the Leitch aide said it is Safe to say there will probably be no meetings today Between the two Energy minis Lalonde was not planning to re turn to Montreal an aide to the Federal minister there conferring Over what happened in the last five the Federal aide referring to the ministers briefing with Trudeau later there was a report from Edmonton that the Alberta delegation had re served hotel rooms in and that negotiations might move to the National capital after Lalonde discussions with spokesmen for the Alberta delegation Here said there were no immediate plans to leave the negotiations Between Leitch and which began last were scheduled to last Only two the fact that they continued past that and the arrival of Lougheed in were seen As positive signs that Progress was being a reminder of How serious the Dis agreement has been Between the two governments is that Oil Rich Alberta is scheduled tuesday to Cut its daily production by another barrels a Alberta trimmed its Oil production by barrels a Day last March and by a further barrels a Day june vowing it would implement a third Cut i unless an agreement material see Ottawa Page 4 the iranian people to form a new government and take the affairs of the country in their the deposed president said iranians should not let what he described As the dangerous crisis in iran continue any who fled to France after losing a Power struggle with the Domi Nant islamic Republican party in was succeeded by Banisadr following offi Cial announcement of the deaths of the Rajai also called for dissolution of the majlis where his fundamentalist political foes Are in the the former said yester Days incident was a violent reaction to a recent government crackdown on leftist activists and their execution after Swift about 600 mainly leftist Diss have been put to death since Banisadr dismissal two months the former presidents statement said it is now the time for All the iranian people who Are concerned about the critical situation of the coun try to take their affairs into their you should demand that the fake majlis be dissolved and a new govern ment be formed on the basis of new the which said the Victory was imminent in called for prose cution of the country judicial authorities for ordering illegal it said revolutionary courts should be forced to close and political prisoners should be Banisadr blamed the islamic Funda mentalists for the political and economic crises in the country and said their destructive and idiotic policies should be replaced with those promoting Independence and mourners in Tehran demanded Bani Sadr death As the funeral procession wound through the streets of the Capi carrying the bodies of Rajai and Ohonar from the or Parlia to the Behest Zahra cemetery on the outskirts of the the official pars news Agency the Tehran newspaper Kayhan said and were burned beyond recognition by the incendiary that set fire to the prime ministers it said the bodies were identified last night through Den Tal a spokesman for iran revolutionary Ayatollah Ruhollah reported by Telephone from the iranian capital that Rajai and Bah Onar died in a Tehran Hospital of Burns and smoke inhalation suffered in the blast and Khomeini who asked not be be said five other people were killed and 15 were How Tehran radio reported a total of four fatalities Mas Soud an employee of the prime ministers and an elderly woman who was walking past the building at the no group immediately claimed responsibility for the but there was speculation that it was the work of the islamic marxist Mujahideen which was blamed for the bombing june 28 that killed Ayatollah see iranian Page 4 a vehicle bearing the coffins of the iranian president and pm makes its Way through a crowd of mourners in Tehran strike at supermarkets averted by Cecil Rosner supermarket workers at Safeway and Dominion voted overwhelmingly to accept a new two year contract last but not before bitter words were exchanged Between Union members and their president at a mass meet the workers voted 90 per cent in favor of an agreement giving them wage increases of Between and an hour Over two retroactive to May the agreement averts a strike by about employees at Safeway and Dominion stores across Manitoba which was scheduled to begin this prior to the top hourly rates for the employees were an hour for for food clerks and for meat cutters and at a convention Centre meeting last night attended by More than ber Nard president of the Mani Toba food and commercial Drew loud jeers and Boos from Mem Bers who Felt the negotiating committee haunt improved the wage offer since workers approved strike action last you asked us to strike for five cents shouted one referring to the new wage offer which was five cents higher than the one which Mem Bers rejected july i knew wed be getting the Shaft said a Safeway who added that the Union should spend More Money improving strike pay so Bers would not be financially Des troyed by a lengthy he said some members found it difficult to survive on the a week strikers received during the eight week walkout at Safeway in after issuing a press release a few Days ago saying a strike appears the Union negotiating com Mittee conducted Roundt Hemlock talks with the companies Friday and Satur Day to achieve a the Union negotiators unanimously recommended Christophe replied to the criticism by calling the new contract one of the Best agreements we have Ever Nego while conceding that the wage package was not greatly improved Over initial he pointed to additional benefits such As a on hour Shorter work week beginning in 1983 As Benefi Cial to the but Christophe and other members of the Union negotiating team later admit Ted that the contract was not As Good As it could have and they blamed the workers themselves for not backing their leaders he said the unions position was weakened when Many employees agreed to Cross picket lines if a strike Safeway had announced it would keep All stores open despite a sixty six per cent of Safeway workers voted on july 26 to strike while 73 per cent of Dominion staff also approved a the vote followed an Over whelming rejection of the companies last had you Given me a 94perceht strike vote and meant you probably would have got a lot More than you got Christophe you have to have Faith and not run like rabbits just before the Battle has in an interview after the Christophe conceded the Union had failed in its bid to win some of what it considered to be major including equal pay for female sick pay for Par time workers and elimination of student wage but he said the which increases wages Between 34 and 57 per cent in some categories Over two is an excellent also improved Are night shift company contributions to the dental sick pay disability benefits and numer Ous other he although equal pay was not achieved for female Christophe said the wage Gap has been narrowed to 48 cents from 51 ten killed in Highway crashes ten Manitoban died and three were seriously injured in two separate High Way accidents during the three men and two women died in a trocar Headon crash saturday on Highway 44 near about 40 Kilometres Northeast of an ramp spokesman in Beausejour said one of the cars was headed to Point Dubois for a wild Rice picking expedit while the other was apparently on the Way to Winnipeg for an dead Are d Stanley of Winnipeg d Margaret of Winnipeg d John of Winnipeg d Arthur 72 of Beausejour p Edith of Beausejour Randy and Morris pm who were Riding in the Dorries were reported in critical condition in a Winnipeg ramp said the Langes were believed headed for Winnipeg and the domes vehicle to Point Dubois when they collided at the time of the Accident there was Little traffic on the Highway and the weather was ramp in the second Accident five persons died when their two vehicles collided Headon five Miles South of Laurent on Highway the Accident occurred about police say one of the victims was driving a pickup truck which collided with a car with four people in three of the victims have been idea tidied As Allan Lavallee of Driver of the and Joanne Comeau and Kim both of the women were in a car returning Home from a Day at the police have refused to disclose the names of the other two Pend ing notification of next of a woman passenger in the truck is in serious condition in a Winnipeg woman died yesterday from injuries she suffered in an Acci Dent police said Heather suffered severe head injuries when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger collided with a taxi which was turning left from Higgins Avenue on to Maple her James Sidney sustained a fractured right knee when the motorcycle hews driving slammed into the Side of the the cab Driver was a 29yearold Winnipeg Man drowned in the Winnipeg River saturday ramp said John Russell of Westminster was swimming in the River near Lac Dubonnet about 4 when he experienced some diff police said a witness to the incident tried unsuccessfully to save on epee Canadas new Security and intelligence which is soon to be will require a great Deal of parliamentary still suffering three weeks after being admitted to Hospital with suspected a Transcona Mother two is still suffering nausea comeback year Montreal canadians right Winger qty who suffered a disastrous season last is looking to 198182 As his year come Solidarity one the polish Trade Union Solidarity Marks its first anniversary 1i Ann 29 20 30 30 Jumble 24 29 sports to 29 ;