Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday plus learning to live in the Arctic Home finder four houses rated careers take a shot at Cariou Man for All entertainment i p i i h h in raw to i Knowles surgery Ottawa staff Democrat House Leader Stanley Knowles has undergone emergency brain surgery and is in intensive care in Hospital he is in stable condition but still a spokesman for the Hospital said Early this the Winnipeg North Centre my was admitted to Ottawa civic Hospital about yesterday with a brain he was described at As being in stable and fair Condi but about an hour later his Condi Tion or Knowles condition has deteriorated and Hes now listed in critical Ian director of communications at the said at about 6 Hes currently undergoing Emer gency surgery to remove a blood clot and to release the pressure on his Lithgow said by 9 his condition had improved he was described As critical but is one of the Deans of the House of one of its longest sunny today 1 7 Clouds tonight 7 october 1981 109 no 257 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets serving members and one whose deep knowledge of House of commons pro practises and conventions has earned him the open respect of maps from All Knowles has served in the House of commons from 1943 except for a Brief stint out of office during the sweep years of former prime minister John from 1958 to prime minister Trudeau was alerted in Australia about Knowles condition and his office sent a private message to Knowles son at the final 250 with supplements Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail it gis i ration number 0886 of Bra free press Downey firm Bill Bennett and Manitoba Sterling Lyon take a stroll to discuss constitutional Putos for Patri from the news services prime minister Trudeau said today he will seek final approval for his constitutional package in parliament immediately after the House resumes there is no need to wait a second Trudeau said interviews with the ctr television network and the French language Tva and radio our plan is to go ahead with it just As soon As parliament is brought who is attending the Commonwealth Summit qualified his remarks Only saying he would be willing to delay the debate a few Days if the eight dissenting provinces come up with Concrete proposals to improve the Patria Tion the Are saying it is up to the prime minister to offer Compro Trudeau offered to meet next Friday with Premier Bill Bennett of Brit ish Columbia to discuss results of Ben Netts talks with other premiers aimed at achieving some sort of consensus after the recent supreme court Rul ing on the but Bennett expressed saying he will not have completed his consultations by that he is scheduled to meet that Day with Alberta Premier now in West Ger Trudeau earlier described the offer As a trial said yesterday in Winnipeg it is up to Trudeau to Forward new proposals on How to bring Home the Constitution from formula developed and if Trudeau cant develop any new he should Patriate the Constitution under the formula developed by the eight dissenting provinces last Bennett the Premier didst Rule out the possibility of a Compromise in some he refused to elaborate saying he will discuss the prov inces constitutional position with tru probably within the next two property purchased after study started Bennett spoke at a press conference yesterday after a breakfast business meeting with Premier Sterling Lyon at the hotel fort the meeting was part of Bennetts Cross country Bennett emphasized to reporters that the dissenting provinces were standing together on the constitutional he also noted that All the premiers he talked to wanted to end the debate soon and turn their attention to solving the country economic nip Leader de Broadbent announced last week that he would with draw his party support for the pack age unless Trudeau agrees to meet again with the Trudeau has said he is willing to do that but Only if the provinces have any proposals to he said today he is not willing to engage in a series of open ended consultations with the provinces and that the matter has been dragged out Long under an Al party agreement last Trudeau which pro see pm Page 4 by Ingeborg Boyens copyright Winnipeg free press 1981 Manitoba agriculture minister Jim Downey owns a company which controls hectares Southwest of Teu located Kilometres from the proposed Alcan smelter it is one of the largest landholdings in the Downey purchased the property through a company called Prairie Grassland on May three months after Alcan began its pref Easi ability studies into locating a Mil lion smelter in the ministers land interest in Prai Rie Grassland is held by another Melita auction Mart that is not registered in Downey said it was just coincidence that Alcan had decided to situate there was nobody More shocked then i was when we saw it he i make no apologies that i be involved in i feel pleased that i am Able to be a part of above suspicion opposition Leader Howard Pawley said Downey should have declared his interests right from the a Cabinet minister must be above he Pawley said the Purchase seemed Peculiar because Downey lives about 400 Kilometres away in and the Purchase was made after Alcan had begun looking at Manitoba As a Poten tial Home for its aluminium this Points to the increased need for conflict of interest Pawley although Downers property is not within the Borders of Al cans preferred the minister could Benefit from rising land costs in the Teulon real estate insurance agent Roger grif Fin Griffin said he Doest expect local land prices to jump but he predicted they will scrub land in the area now Sells for about to per hectare to an pastureland Alex a map craftsman in the municipal planning said Downers holding is one of the largest singly held in the Rural Munici nobody else owns quite that much he Albert Secretary Treasur or of the Rockwood said Downers land May be under future pressure for but most growth will be channelled to existing towns in the Downey said he purchased the prop erty with the intent of using it As pastureland for his cattle and cow he said he now has about 100 head of cattle on the sections of the minister is an auctioneer by avocation and he also has a horse ranch and a feedlot operation near which is in the Southwest Corner of 30 Kilometres from the Downey said he was interested in the Teulon area property because it was cheaper than any available land near his he paid an or a total of for the Interlake land Transfer documents see Downers Page 4 Prairie Grassland holdings at wifi sife Teulon i Gunton Balmoral 0 pm 3 Stonewall 03 cd of o o co of c co t3 of c co o map pinpoints land purchased by Prairie grasslands and inset map a general View of the proposed Alcan site in rela Tion to the City of Winnipeg Alcan to test site West of Balmoral the future Home of Al cans proposed aluminium smelter was identified today As a metre site just West of company spokesmen said the Eastern Boundary of Al cans preferred site lies Kilometres West of the situated half Way Between Stonewall and the preferred area is Kilometres wide and Kilometres with its most southerly Boundary at Highway Jacques Al cans director of development for said the company has successfully negotiated rights Access agreements with 34 the agreements will give Alcan the right to test water and other samples in preparation for further Stu and under the the Landown ers agree to enter into sales negotiations Only with the aluminium Bougie said there should be no land speculation or now that rights Access papers have been each of the landowners was paid at the rate of for each Quarter options to Purchase should be negotiated before the end of the there was not one said de Public affairs the agreements made with local landowners affect about hectares not just the hectares acres needed for the smelter and its Buffer Martens said the extra acreage is required for Al cans Access to rail lines and Power transmission 3o for expos Montreal expos blanked new York mets 30 yesterday and moved 1 v games ahead of Louis cardinals in the East division of the National financial times raising Money has become such a headache for corporations that Many firms have had to sweeten recent Stock issues in order to sell Index Ann Landers Bridge entertainment 51 32 Jumble 33 Jumble 43 31 82 69 34 7 44 43 33 93 34 6 to 19 6 ;