Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Court escape bid raises Security concerns by Kevin Prokosh aft attempted escape from a Public safety building courtroom was stopped yesterday when a growth 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 path was pushed aside and a court clerk was pushed Bates had barely got out the door before Moshkowsky grabbed him from behind and subdued him until a Security officer could be As you can see from 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 in judge Minuk and judge Charles Rubin spoke out against plans by court administrators to replace for 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 Crown to set 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 of 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 been better if hed let someone else handle the Job of tackling the but t just stand there and let the Guy Bates is charged with four counts of six counts of possessing a weapon dangerous to the Public two counts of possessing a firearm in the commission of an indictable House break and and escaping lawful he escaped from Headin Giey jail in june but was recaptured Siw Kyj de surfaces to haunt sunny today 18 Cloudy tonight 5 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Smau Alif Jim free press Balmoral area Farmer Elmer Strong says his retirement life will be a lot easier if Alcan buys his land for the smelter plans get guarded approval 7 think its fantastic so Long As it Doest end up in our backyard by Brian Cole Elmer Strong says he Doest have any immediate plans for the Deposit he received from Alcan yester Day for an option on land earmarked for its proposed aluminium but who farms near said theres no doubt his retirement life will be a lot easier if Alcan exercises its option and buys his land for the id like to see it come Strong said about an hour after Alcan representative Lou Levine handed him the option in confident id get a Good but in not too he explaining that another land Deal ear Lier this year has left him with a Nice nest Alcan has acquired an option to Pur Chase 68 hectares of marginal pasture land from Strong about 11 Kilometres West of Balmoral near the Boundary separating the Rural municipalities of Rockwood and Strong is one of about 30 people who own land in the Al cans preferred a 50square Kilometre area Between Stonewall and Alcan real estate agents were scram bling yesterday to acquire options from the land owners in the site Al though they have a list of people they want to Deal the company Hast named Strong said the Money is just a Deposit and that he and Alcan will have to discuss the actual Price for the land in the near another area land Jim have said he was approached by Alcan yesterday of an option on 16 hectares of but Hes not sure that hell id rather not comment on its a big Havelock adding that he was hesitant to discuss details of the Alcan Havelock said he Farmed his property and worked for another Farmer As Selling the land might give him enough Money to buy a larger farm for him its hard to say what were going to he asked whether he liked the idea of a smelter in the Havelock replied i have my opinions on but id rather not reaction of people in the site area in interview yesterday was most the smelter would provide financial but some worried about pollution and other problems if it is located near their i think its fantastic so Long As it Doest end up in our san dra who lives just North of bal said interview it will mean More jobs and it will up the wages paid by other businesses in she i think its a Good there Are so Towe urges to end its threats Washington up Canadian ambassador Peter Towe appealed on National radio yesterday for an end to exaggerated allegations about unjust and Una Merican Cana Dian 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 1 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 Towe acknowledged that there is sentiment i think there is Clear sen favor of some form of and that sentiment becomes stronger every time someone makes exaggerated allegations about unjust and Una Merican Canadian poli Towe without naming in his new York listed objections to Canadia now Pership incentives and pricing policies in Canadas National Energy he said elements Are highly discriminatory toward proposals to ensure Oil company benefits for Canada would give us additional cause for Rashish without referring directly to the Rashish speech or similar comments in the administration and Towe said this is a time for both canadians and americans to Cool the i do believe that responsible leaders recognize the importance of avoiding actions or words that would Lead us Down a Slippery slope towards retaliations and defending the Canadian Towe said it would have been difficult see Oil Page 4 first to gain in Alcan t Many Young people who dont have a Balmor Alarea Farmer Bill Mcknight if they Tell them i want an acre about a laughed Mike Mandziuk of who owns land just North of the proposed said he favors the adding that he would probably sell land to Alcan for a bit but Stonewall area Farmer George Willis was More cautious about the smelter although the Plant int Likely to be located very close to his Willis still had some fears about potential pollution id like to have a Little More re search done on the environmental in he said during a break from Field he said that although everyone is saying there wont be any environmental he has heard that similar promises were broken in Towe topic 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 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 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 the offers would be More than fair Market no final decision 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 socioeconomic studies in an area which appears 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 Tjie 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 v Alcan has already hired two Winnipeg companies to conduct socioeconomic and environmental the Geo technical and geophysical work is still to be Alcan Public affairs manager de Martens said several other Manitoba including a Law a printing company and a real estate have already benefited from Alcan five Winnipeg re Lac dents have also taken jobs with the aluminium the Rockwood site was selected Dur ing the course of a study into the feasibility of establishing a Smeiter in Bougie said the positive reaction from All 33 municipalities acted was see Alcan Page 4 critical of via cuts by Carol Goar special to the Winnipeg free press Ottawa the inside Story of governments decision to of the country passenger rail network is a tale of uninformed judgments Uaje obsessive says a bureaus it who played a key role in the Plai Migaki the Federal a Tion economist who would almost certainly lose his Job if his identity delivered his criticism to the Toronto Slor in a unmarked Brown the conclusion of the 21pan Tique this represents As uninformed in and inconsistent an exercise por tation planning As could be he says the government is vastly overestimating the of Liq million in Ings it says it can and Chai Jujic that transport minister Jean Ute Pepin deliberately held up his nou Cement of the via rail cuts Umil members of parliament bad tone for the the bureaucrat and four colleague were so upset by the Way the ment hacked huge chunks out of Canadian passenger rail system that they sat Down a month ago and up with their own plan to redesign w to Pepin has not their proposal their like would Oak eel the commuter lines into from Stouffville and but it would considerably alter ministers announced cutbacks w oath of see official 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 intergovernmental affairs ministers from the eight provinces challenging the Federal constitutional package plan two Western Ann 28 Jumble 39 7 29 99 sports fit to 3t ;