Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Be co bail decision a Challenge Law by Joe Rubin tit a precedent setting decision which challenges the authority of the National defence the Alberta court of a peal has permitted a Manitoba Soldier to apply for bail pending his Appeal of a court David Edward was found guilty in March of trafficking in the Soldier was sentenced to a year in jail at the Canadian forces service detention Centre in Edmonton after a on Day court martial hearing at cab Hicks sought to Appeal his but was unable to apply for bail Pend ing a hearing because the National defence act prohibits bail applications pending Appeal Are permitted in civilian because Hicks was serving his sen tence in Winnipeg lawyer Hersh Wolch applied for bail to the Alberta court of Queens Bench in the court ruled it did not have jurisdiction to hear the Wolch appealed the Queens Bench decision to the Alberta court of Appeal and presented Hicks Case the Alberta High court handed Down a 21 Oral decision in Hicks favor yesterday and a written judgment is expected today or Early next in his Wolch invoked the British principle of Hareas which requires a court to ask that a detained Man appear before it and hear reasons for his Wolch argued the Law allows Hicks to invoke Hareas Corpus to apply for bail pending his because the defence act makes no such Wolch said a member of the armed forces can serve his sentence before he has a Chance to win his Hicks is eligible for release in octo because half his sentence would be remitted for Good his a peal be heard in David the Edmonton yer representing said if a Tele phone interview yesterday that the National defence acts self contained authority has been challenged now that a civilian court has been allowed to hear a bail application from an individual convicted under the the decision is important for the said the military is no longer an autonomous Tion subject to its own rules and Regula Schwartz expects the fillings implications will prompt the Crown to a peal the High court decision to the supreme court of Kurt Waldheim still wants worlds most possible Clear tonight 6 sunny tomorrow 20 september free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 with supplements delivery 957655o 9562330 second class mail trophy tickles soviets by Brian Cole the soviet unions National hockey team will happily accept a Winnipeg manufactured copy of the Canada cup a soviet embassy spokesman said the copy is the idea of local Busi Nessman George who says the soviet team legitimately won the six nation hockey tournament and de serves to have a trophy As a Symbol of its owner of Smith transportation at 1975 Brookside said yesterday he has raised about toward the estimated Cost of the duplicate mainly from donations from people who agree with a spokesman for the soviet embassy in Ottawa said yesterday that the National team would be Happy to accept the i think they Are not be cause of the but because it is Good to know there Are people in Canada who Are real fans of Hock said Igor real hockey fans this kind of thing could Only come from real hockey he Smith said he decided to have the trophy made after tournament Orga Nizer Alan Eagleson prevented the soviet team from leaving the Mon Treal forum with the Canada cup following its 81 Victory Over team Canada in the final tournament game i was brought up to know that when you win a trophy you take it he said although Eagleson now says he would be willing to loan the soviets the trophy if he receives an official Smith said he is still going ahead with his you dont loan the you give it to Smith it was embarrassing enough for them to fight Over the thing in the forum you think they want to put in an official request he i dont think they soviets will want it the official cup Smith said two soviet officials have contacted him to ask if Hes serious about presenting the team with a he said they seemed pleased when he said he the Smith proves that the people of Winnipeg appreciate Good hockey and they Arent free press trucking company owner George Smith plans to offer the soviets a copy of the Canada As cheap As the tournament organic the trophy has already been de signed and will be manufactured within the next few hockey Canada has threatened to sue Smith for copying the design of the but Smith said he int the controversy Over whether the soviets should get the Canada cup began when team members attempted to leave the forum with the trophy after the final the tournaments Orga discovered the soviets had put the trophy in an equipment bag and called in Montreal Eagleson first argued that the cup belonged to the Canadian people and it would be on permanent display in the governor generals residence at Rideau but he later offered to loan it to the soviets upon Smith said he was embarrassed by the Way Eagleson handled the mat he noted that Eagleson and prime minister Trudeau made a Point of calling players from the soviet team to Centre ice to present them with the Smith noted that it was rather ironic that hockey fans of Winnipeg would donate Money toward a re placement trophy after Eagleson had criticized the same people for not buying enough tournament City lands million air Canada expansion by John Mcmanus plans for a million expansion of air Canadas maintenance and com Puter operations in Winnipeg were announced today by airline president Claude Taylor said there will be two major parts to the airlines expansion plans in Winnipeg first a maintenance and stores hangar of about Square feet will be added to the existing foot Winnipeg maintenance base at the West Side of Winnipeg International Airport near Saskatchewan this million project is in Addi Tion to a million expansion at the airlines main base at Dorval in Mon the new Winnipeg along with the existing will allow the airline to perform Complete overhaul of air Canadas 727 aircraft As the expansion in Winnipeg will allow the airline to increase its ability to under take maintenance and overhaul of jets for other the second part of the plan involves a new million computer and systems service Centre to House about Mil lion Worth of new computer it will be the Centre for air Canadas passenger reservation the new computer Centre is to be available by the fall of Taylor said the computer Centre will be fully operational in expansion of the computer operation will provide 100 new this program is not intended to be nor should it be viewed As relocation or delusion of work or jobs from air Canadas major maintenance and computer installations in Montreal and Taylor he said it illustrates the airlines major participation and growth in the rapidly progressing Field of computer technology and the need to supplement operation at Dorval which will increase its servicing contracts for other air consumer prices Rise cent from the Canadian press consumer prices across Canada were an average of per cent higher in August than they were a year ear statistics Canada said Winnipeg prices were 12 per cent higher than they were a year the figure was Down from the 13 per cent reported in july when the highest rate in More than 30 years was the Overall Price Index was in up from in july and in the increase Means that a Standard Basket of goods and services which Cost in 1971 Cost in it also Means that the buying Power of a Dollar now is 42 compared 4 with in see consumer Page 4 anger Reagan warns pm executive defies teachers wishes sent to Al Salvador despite society membership objections by Glen Mackenzie the Manitoba teachers society executive has sent a donation to an underground group in strife torn Al Salvador despite overwhelming rejection of the move at its last annual a Large majority of about 300 Dele Gates to the its annual meeting in april voted against a proposal to Send to Andes an organization of exiled Al Salvador teachers based in but the society 19member Provin Cial executive reversed the decision in May and sent a donation to the exile group through the Canadian teachers Dorothy president of the defended the executives action saying teachers received Little information about Andes 21 and the situation in Al Salvador at the annual Young said the executive approved the donation after hearing an extensive Brief from the Winnipeg teachers she said she had also had lunch with a representative of the underground group which was travelling across Canada to seek we had information the annual meeting did not Young according to its the executive has the Power to supervise the society business Between annual meetings of the provincial Young said this provides authority for the executive to act Between meet you elect an executive to do what they think is she the its president said she has received about 20 letters from teachers on the about two thirds of them critical of the executives Sheldon a Kamesas Sini Boia appeared before the an its executive meeting in june to voice his Why should others whose motions Are Defeated at the annual meeting not try to get their Way by going to the executive Goldberg said in an inter View if its done it May be done if its True that the annual meeting is the final authority and sets policy for the the executive must not contravene or appear to contravene the wishes of the delegates at the annual see executive Page 4 grand up prime minister Trudeau and president Reagan agreed yesterday that differences Over nationalist Canadian Energy policies should not permanently sour but failed to come up with specific plans to head off growing congressional demands for the anger generated by business interests on Capitol Hill has become a serious Reagan told Trudeau during a 45minute private a Canadian official described the situation As a creeping confrontation not a but it has to be the talks proceeded a session today with mexican president Jose Lopez Portillo at which the coming sum Mit of the worlds Rich and poor coun tries in is expected to be Reagan has refused to say whether his administration will support any of several proposals for legislative retaliation for what Congress views As discriminatory Canadian commercial Canadian officials said Trudeau reminded the president that Canadas National Energy program is the heart and soul of his Liberal governments they said Trudeau told Reagan no policy has More support among canadians than Ottawa objective of increasing Canadian ownership of the minted Petroleum americans should recognize that he won an election in 1980 because he promised to advocate Canad Aniza Tion of the Oil and natural Gas Indus the prime minister although no Progress was reported on easing tensions Over the officials described the meeting As a Friendly american spokesmen called it a meeting of convenience because the see Page 4 lunch Hunch tired of Brown bagging it Winnipeg abounds with places concentrating on the lunch Diana bored after seven weeks of Princess Diana is reported to be bored and tired with being a tory hopeful broadcaster John Robertson has quit Csc to seek the provincial conservative nomination in ceiling sought a Winnipeg bankruptcy trustee thinks the government should place a ceiling on interest Index Ann 23 37 23 7 32 24 38 Jumble 57 sports to i ;