Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fashion buying a tight Home finder meryl Streep reluctant saturday plus entertainment pick your judge jail term suspended in tax fraud Fly Pamela Fayerman a Winnipeg taxation Centre employee who tried to steal nearly Mil lion by filing phoney tax returns was Given a three year suspended sentence yesterday after the judge accepted Tes Timony that he is suicidal provincial court judge Ian Ubienski decided against sending Michael Hugh hurl to jail after hearing that he suffers from schizophrenia and would Likely commit suicide if he went to Susan the accused Testi fied that he operates like Hes under a death sentence and has warped Pat terns of the woman read letters the accused had written to his family be fore two suicide in which he asks for forgiveness for his court was told As head of the initial tax processing had Access to confidential tax during he began compiling a list of about 270 Peoples along with their social insurance using that he filled out tax re turns with bogus the re which he worked on at were then smuggled into the hurl stood to gain at least 346 if his plan had been court was Crown counsel Bruce Mellon said hurl opened Bank account and rented a Post office Box april All the tax returns he completed were intended to go to that Box but two weeks employees at the taxation Centre see million Page 4 sunny today 23 Clear tonight 6 september free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets n final 250 j with supplements Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 is mail Gist ration number 0266 massive increase in rents forecast by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the average renter in a modern building will see the amount he pays each month virtually double in the next 18 according to a Back ground report prepared by senior offi Cial Stor housing minister Paul gos the report says an average Canadian renter in a modern building pays a month and will have to pay a month in 18 months As current interest rates hit owners of apartment buildings who Are forced to Roll Over their own the same family would pay a month to buy a the report predicts that Canada will have a vacancy rate for rental accommodation of almost Zero by it foresees Long lineups for families forced into sharing the same apartments and Young people left with no Choice but to stay at Home longer than Normal for Lack of anywhere else to a backbench Liberal Little known in English put the Issue before the Liberal caucus and Cabinet ministers earlier this week and later followed up in a private meeting with finance minister Allan Maceachen and Jean Lapierre la Shefford told his Bosses that the liberals will look like hypocrites if they ignore the vast majority of canadians who Are renters in favor of upper Middle class see report Page 4 shooting charges pondered by Murray Mcneill the attorney generals department is reviewing police reports to determine if criminal charges should be Laid against two police officers involved in the shooting of a Stonewall youth last week end outside a Winnipeg Wayne senior Crown attorney at the Public safety said in an interview yesterday he plans to review the police reports on the shooting and then consult John director of criminal prosecutions for the before deciding whether criminal charges Are Moshkowsky said it will probably be late next week before a decision is Tom of Stonewall was shot in the Back last saturday by the police officers outside the Stock Exchange hotel in a Case of mistaken Winnipeg police had converged on the hotel minutes earlier after receiving a report of a Man with a gun in the hotels Beer Vendor when they arrived they saw the youths Dennis run from the outlet and jump into his nephews police apparently thought the elder Sanderson was the Man with the and two of the detectives opened fire As see police Page 4 Dave free press Donald Johnson feels Hes getting dinged on his vital huge tax disparities found in City by Paul Moloney Winnipeg free press 1981 Many Winnipeg homeowners Are paying hundreds of dollars More in municipal property taxes than neigh Bors with comparable in an examination of the cites taxation the free press found such disparities to be As High As 300 per even though City assessors say they should Beno More than 10 per in its the free press looked at 100 Homes which sold this year for Between and it revealed that disparities exist throughout the City because of the method of assessing Homes for tax while City officials say the differ ence should be no More than 10 per not counting extra they admit this is not the see saturday the examination of property taxes showed that d in the Central City within Winni Peg school 1981 combined City and school taxes on Homes of equal value vary by d discrepancies exist even among Homes on the same for exam a House on Fleming Avenue in East Kildonan was charged while another Home of the same value four doors away on Flem ing was levied d almost no one attempts to lower his taxes by appealing the assess tax experts say this is be cause people cant easily find out whether Treyve been treated q in newly developed extra charges to pay for new local improvements such As Street paving can dramatically increase tax one House on Emerson Avenue was billed in local improvements in Addi Tion to the Basic the system is supposed to ensure that the assessment on one property bears a fair and just relation to that of homeowners inter viewed by the free press wonder if this principle is being upheld for example in Don Johnson paid 500 for an 11yearold Home at 98 Michael Road near Vita shop Ping about the same Doug Morris spent for a new Home at 61 Maitland also close to the shopping in Early the City sent out the 1981 property tax the Johnsons were billed the about a Kilometre were charged a difference of both paid the same rate of Munici pal school tax rates were also identical because the properties Are located in the same school there were no additional charges in either Case for extras such As Orna mental the Johnsons paid 50 per cent higher taxes because the cites assessment system is out of says James a University of Manitoba economist who studies property assessment and see cites Page 4 a photo in Manitoba Are eligible for insulation compensation Friendly talks no Power on Earth should interfere in Friendly Canadian american prime minister Trudeau said yesterday at the opening of a museum dedicated to former president Gerald about Manitoban who insulated their Homes with urea formaldehyde foam will be eligible for compensation from the Federal Liberal my Serge parliamentary Secretary to Treasury Board pres ident Donald said yesterday the government has decided to compensate victims of the controversial insulation urea formaldehyde was used to Insu late Homes until it was taken off the Market last Spring it had been blamed for allergic reactions and respiratory problems and linked with an estimated Homes in Canada have been insulated with the about on third of them with Federal Grants under the Canadian Home Insu lation in about Home owners have taken advantage of Feder Al and provincial insulation of about had urea formaldehyde Manitoba government officials said last month in tests of Homes with the people living in 60 to 70 of 100 Homes with vapor problems from the insulation were having health prob Joyal told reporters the Treasury Board has accepted the principle of evaluating damages and of compensating Joyal said the Treasury Board also has approved the hiring of four firms to damage caused by the foam because it considers the matter so he did not know How compensation will be no figures have been put Forward nor has a ceiling been for we wont say that after Well turn off the tap some homeowners have had to move out of their houses because they Felt their health was being affected by formaldehyde Gas leaking from the insulation As it broke experts estimate the Cost of opening up the Walls in a Home to remove the installing new insulation and replacing the Walls could amount to As much As a the Manitoba housing and renewal corporation estimates Only a handful of Manitoban have so far torn out Walls and removed the the corporation has intervened on be half of homeowners to press insulation firms to redo basements and the province has tested 400 Homes for formaldehyde vapor Levels since last november and another 150 Are on a waiting about one in four Homes tested so far have had Levels considered royals remarks came several Days after a Federal review Board concluded hearings in Ottawa to gather testimony from homeowners about the effects of the foam and to recommend whether the ban should be the Board continues to hold Public hearings across the country and expects to wrap up its work in Early last the Manitoba insulation contractors association blamed Feder Al inaction on the urea formaldehyde Issue for the closing of about 180 insula Tion firms in the province the past four new Coin toss a Gambler has the answer to Canadas economic woes he wants to take the governor of the Bank of Canada to court for operating a gaming Clark worried Joe Clark says recommendations of the Kent commission echoed previous attempts to control and censure the Hornet May Fly a group of Canadian maps now believes the f18 Hornet project will poles warned the soviets have issued their sternest warning yet since Poland embarked on its unique social and political Index Ann 47 25 37 14 57 26 47 49 6 33 89 47 Jumble 53 Jumble 74 7 relax Russell 7 25 81 16 to 6 ;