Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Elieser co court escape bid raises Security concerns by Kevin Prokosh an attempted escape from a Public safety building courtroom was stopped yesterday when a Crown attorney tack led the fleeing the incident demonstrates the need for adequate courtroom provincial judge Sam Minuk senior Crown counsel Wayne mesh Kowsky pursued and caught Darrell Robert after Bates jumped from the prisoners Dock and ran Down the Moshkowsky shouted for someone to Stop that but a Spectator who stepped into the escapes oath pushed aside and a court clerk was pushed Bates had barely got out the before grabbed him from behind arid subdued him until a Security officer could be As you can see Kom what happened we need some judge Minuk said we Arent a Bunch of alarmists who dont know what we Are talking we get the Dregs of society before to judge Minuk and judge Charles Rubin spoke out against plans by court administrators to replace Mer police officers who functioned As clerks and Security officers with female a floating sheriffs officer would Monitor Security in the four third floor judge Minuk said yesterday that the escape attempt could have involved the taking of Bates and three other co accused were waiting for the drown to set a Date for a preliminary what would have happened if the other three decided to take the judge hostage he said the incident could have been a lot More what bothers me is what would have happened if All four o the accused started to Bolt said we need a better line of communication Between the Crown and to on the incident Moshkowsky said it might have teen better if let someone else handle the Job of tackling the but f there and let the Guy Bates is charged with Tow counts of six counts of possessing a weapon dangerous to the Public two counts of possessing a firearm Ift the commission of an House break and and escaping lawful i escaped from heading Ley jail in june but was recaptured fashion adds sparkle to fall m Cloudy tonight 5 Cloudy tomorrow 1 6 free press 23 Moon rises final 250 Home delivery 957o550 classified 956233o second class mail registration number 0286 owners first to gain in Alcan plan Balmoral area Farmer Elmer Strong says his retirement life will be a lot easier if Alcan buys his land for the official critical of via rail cuts unidentified bureaucrat Calls cutbacks a tale of uninformed judgments by Carol Goar special to the Winnipeg free press Ottawa the inside Story of the governments decision to chop on fifth of the country passenger rail network is a tale of uninformed judgments and obsessive says a bureaucrat who played a key role in the the Federal a transportation economist who would almost certainly lose his Job if his identity were delivered his devastating criticism to the Toronto Star in an unmarked Brown the conclusion of the 21page Cri Tique this represents As uninformed and inconsistent an exercise in transportation planning As could be he says the government is vastly overestimating the million in Sav Ings it says it can and charges that transport minister Jeanluc Pepin deliberately held up his announcement of the via rail cuts until members of parliament had gone Home for the the bureaucrat and four colleagues were so upset by the Way the govern ment hacked huge chunks out of the Canadian passenger rail system that they sat Down a month ago and came up with their own plan to redesign the to Pepin has not seen their their like would can cel the commuter lines into Toronto from Stouffville and but it would considerably alter the ministers announced cutbacks in other the decision to eliminate 15 via rail routes is almost two months and the outrage which first greeted the july 27 announcement shows no signs of dying the cuts Are to be made without Public hearings and without parliamentary debate in most cases by to give citizens a Chance to express their a committee of conservative maps has spent the last month touring the country holding its Edmonton my David says it will have a report ready by the opening of parliament on urging the government to re consider its the bureaucrat says Cabinet was presented with three choices before it made its decision d let via rail continue All existing piling up loss of million a this was labelled the status quo d chop Only the obvious losers from see bureaucrat Page 4 by Ingeborg Boyens several dozen property owners were the immediate beneficiaries yesterday of Al cans decision to consider a site Between Teulon and Stonewall As the future Home of its proposed aluminium but other Manitoban eagerly maintained yesterday they too will Benefit from the jobs a smelter would Price level we have been rejuvenated because at least we will be Able to keep our youngsters from leaving said rens Reeve of the Rural municipality of where the site is in very excited this even Selkirk mayor Bill who lost his bid to have a site near his town said a smelter in the Interlake would Benefit Job hungry Selkirk Resi the company announced yesterday it selected a preferred 50square Kilometre site in about 40 kilo metres Northwest of Winnipeg on the West Side of Highway even As the announcement was Al cans seven real estate agents were trying to convince Between 25 and 35 property owners to sign options to fair Market value the options wont be exercised until the company decides whether it will build in the although he say what the realtors have been authorized to Jacques Al cans director of development for said the offers would be More than fair Market Alcan officials stressed yesterday the selection of the site Doest mean the company will actually build the much touted alumni num smelter in becoming sit specific does not mean that the final decision on the smelter project has been Bou Gie it is simply the next stage of the feasibility enabling us to conduct environmental and studies in an area which to provide the most suitable under an agreement with the prov Alcan must decide by if it intends to Settle in Bougie said it would be premature to speculate what the company might do if a provincial election put the nip in Manitoba official opposition party has denounced a Deal signed by the progressive conservative govern ment that would give Alcan minority ownership of the Limestone Hydro generating Bourgie added building a smelter today without having an ownership position in a Power station would be like having a car without a the selection of a site will immediately translate into some spinoff Bene fits for local land and technical special Alcan has already hired two Winnipeg companies to conduct Sci eco see Rockwood Page 4 fight police urge hotels envoy urges to end threats from Canadian press Washington Canadian Ambas Sador Peter Towe appealed on National radio yesterday for an end to exaggerated allegations about unjust and Una Merican Canadian poli referring to american criticism and warnings against nationalist Canadian Energy and investment Towe said the present situation Calls for Cool an open attitude and flexibility towards Towe cited political pressures by Oil companies when he was asked Why the Long simmering after months of private talks Between gov has become a Public argue congressmen Are respond ing to some american Oil companies who Felt Canadian takeovers of certain of their properties were unfair and the ambassador i say with no sense of smugness that it is not in the National interest to take measures or threaten to take measures which would weaken your Best politically or economic Towe said in an interview taped for later broadcast yesterday on the 240station network of National Public the interview followed a Public warning tuesday by myer undersecretary of state for eco nomic that relations Are Slid ing dangerously towards crisis and the dangers of retaliation against Canada Are in his new York listed objections to Canadia ownership incentives and pricing policies in Canadas National Energy Ottawa is publicly tight lipped about this latest american at tacks on Canadian Energy and eco nomic but government officials Are privately a Well informed who asked not to be said the latest american criticism this week reflects a traditional insensitivity to Canadian policies and Canadian re it comes at the wrong time from our he it is unjust Towe makes radio Appeal prostitutes could become a bigger headache for Winnipeg hotels if plans to Force them off the streets go the head cites vice squad said staff Clark Peckover told Mani Toba hotel association delegates the police department has urged City coun cil to pass a bylaw similar to one in Calgary which would get hookers off Winnipeg he said prostitutes have moved Here from other cities with Tough Laws and wed like to Send them Back where they came but Peckover conceded that this will inevitably drive them into not ing that three juvenile girls were charged last week with soliciting in a Winnipeg Peckover asked hotel owners to co operate with Bullice in dealing with the problem particularly the Tion of cards by representatives of escort services which he said Are often fronts for Herb general manager of the Northstar said he and other major Winnipeg hotel owners have been trying for about two years to Stop escort service employees from slipping cards under hotel room Lagrange said guests often blame management for the problem and have said they wont Stayat the hotel the Northstar has hired two Security but Lagrange said they cant thoroughly police a 30storey hotel All the he said boys As Young As As Well As have been caught leaving he said most Are men aged Between 25 and Peckover said police have been Lay ing charges against the card Dis Tribu but Are not proceeding with them until the supreme court of Canada see prostitutes Page 4 flaming terror after dozing for 50 the Calgary flames Kent Nilsson turned into a firing two goals to give Calgary a 55 tie that frustrated the Winnipeg jets and Clark Victory Joe Clark has received a vote of Confidence As progressive conservative party defence costly efforts by nato and the Warsaw pact to modernize and expand their defence forces Are being complicated by High costs and Competition to sell arms to the third plot thickens intergovernmental affairs ministers from the eight provinces challenging the Federal constitutional package plan two Western Index Ann 28 39 7 29 66 30 51 8 28 Jumble 39 59 sports to i i i ;