Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 5, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free october 1981 polish Union i kicks officials out of meeting the Washington Post Poland delegates to the Congress of the Independent Trade Union Solidarity voted Early this morning 10 evict two government ministers who had come to the meeting to defend controversial Price and Soli Darity Leader Lech Walesa warned of possible brawls unless the govern ment immediately froze the planned my Knowles better but still critical Stanley Veteran new Democrat my who entered Hospital Friday after brain was in improved but still critical condition Early a spokesman at Ottawa civic Hospi Tal said the 73yearold new democratic party House Leader remained under intensive Knowles condition was described As Knowles underwent surgery for about three hours Friday to ease pressure on his prime minister Trudeau sent a Tele Gram to Knowles family from a meet ing of Commonwealth leaders in Australia wishing him a speedy and Quick As a result of Knowles Feder Al nip Leader de Broadbent cancelled plans to attend a weekend party meet ing in Thunder Bay and stayed in a United Church minister representing Winnipeg North is parliaments acknowledged procedural expert and among the most respected Federal first elected in a 1942 he was reelected in All subsequent elections except for the landslide Victory of John Diefenbaker conservatives in Walesa warning came at the end of a dramatic debate at Solidarity first National Congress Here during which the government delegation had sought to justify the increases in the prices of cigarettes and other products As economically angry Solidarity delegates insisted that the increases be withdrawn to avoid a new wave of labor unrest around the the who spoke of the bitterness of Rankan file members Over the rejected a suggestion by finance minister Marian Krzak to open negotiations to Settle the overwhelming they approved a motion by Walesa to evict the govern ment delegation from the Congress Hall until the Price hikes were earlier accompanied by the minister for Zdzislaw Rasins had flown to Gdansk in an Effort to explain Why the Price increases in the governments economic ally their arrival was greeted with applause from the Dele Gates who interpreted it As a sign that the government was prepared to climb defended the governments arguing that the Medicine is bitter but the operation must be undertaken even though it there Are not enough cigarettes to meet demand at current prices and therefore we must take these measures to stabilize the he said a Miner from the Industrial Region of Silesia said about 20 mines and steel works were ready to strike unless the decision was reversed when Krzak refused to give an imme Diate undertaking that the Price in creases would not go into effect today As Walesa intervened in the debate and demanded that the minister leave the Hall until the Issue was re it is a simple matter for you to go on television and suspend the Price in otherwise there will be and we will be Able to control them while you he Hearse carrying remains of accused Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald passes former Texas school Book depository in the Hearse is in about the same position the Dejavu limousine of president John Kennedy was in Kennedy was shot in Oswalds Rifle was found near fart right window on second floor from the top of Premier silent on Noni child advocacy push lauded by doctor continued from Page 1 ians Are not prepared to provide Testi Mony in court and Are often surprised by the adversary Legal system in which a lawyer will question their Allan a paediatrician frequently called to testify in sexual abuse said the ignorance of Basic human Anatomy among some lawyers and police officers is often he said in one Case a police officer thought a girl could not be a Virgin because she was but Mcrae said things Are improving in the courts As judges come to realize the importance of the Childs position in a court he said lawyers and judges Are slowly learning i hat terms such As failure to thrive and intellectual blunting Are measurable quantities used to deter mine the degree of emotional abuse by a he said they Are also beginning to realize that such abuse can be far More damaging than visible bruises and Burns presented As Evi Dence in physical abuse this was a tremendous step Forward in terms of child advocacy in the court and has made it possible to Deal with emotional As Well As physical child Mcrae this was something that was unthinkable in the late 60s and Early Mcrae and Cameron both said it was important for doctors to appreciate the difference in perspective and the difference in ethics of the medical and Legal Mcrae said lawyers will try to use diverting tactics and question the credibility of a doctors it takes a while to appreciate the game that being he Premier Sterling Lyon does not plan to comment on land purchases made by agriculture minister Jim Downey near the proposed Alcan smelter according to an aide who called the subject a through the Jim Lyon said he would have no statement to make on a free press Story saturday which reported that Downey owns a company which controls hectares Southwest of Teulon about kilo metres from the proposed site of the aluminium Downey bought the land on May 14 last three months after Alcan began its pre feasibility studies into locating its smelter in i have no intention of contacting the Premier Over this said the aide said he see anything wrong in the agriculture min ister owning land near the proposed Alcan theres no theres nothing Jim Downey has done except in the eyes of free press managing Edi Tor Murray Armit he said the newspaper was trying to make the minister and other govern ment members look bad by getting them to deny allegations which have no foundation in the first he said the process amounted to a Type of Armit refused comment when asked when the Premier first became aware of Downers land holdings in the the land was bought on May 1980 for through a company called Prairie Grassland All shares is sued by the company Are held by Melita auction Mart which in turn is owned by the agriculture the Purchase was made three months after announcement by Alcan of the Start of feasibility Downey said it was coincidence that Alcan decided to locate near his recently purchased which he uses As pasture for his nip Leader Howard Pawley was to comment on the Downey land Pur chases at a press conference Farmers near Downers Balmoral land holdings said yesterday they were surprised to learn he owned so much land close to the Alcan Ken who lives just South of Downers said he thought Balmoral was a pretty strange and Distant place for the Meli abased Downey to buy so much marginal but another local who re fused to Jive his said he want going to throw the Hammer at Down Neys the free press just wants to slam the this whole area is grazing Why he Downey cattle land Here theres no Way in going to say anything against him so you Guys can slam most Balmoral area Farmers like Prospect of Selling land to Alcan continued from Page 1 want my Hibbett said he was told the proximity of nearby Hydro transmission lines and a Creek running through his land were factors in Alcan choosing the Balmoral site for its Hibbett said that while the Prospect of moving saddened him he was prepared for the we go right Back to when my great Grandfather moved out but you cant stand in the Way of he that Alcan had better come up with a pretty Good Price if they decide they want my another local Henry said he was also Happy to sell part of his land to i think its it Means a lot of jobs for Young people in this with the High Cost of fuel these it Doest pay to have to drive All the Way into Winnipeg for your main added that he under stand some Balmoral residents opposition to the Alcan were not if we find out that there problems with pollution or our water being we wont go along with nobody Here is going to Rush into this with their eyes but Doris a neighbor of said yesterday that there is no Way were going to sell our Butler said that she and her husband have lived on their farm since 1947 and have no intention of giving it weve always planned to keep this place in the in in no Rush to go anywhere and in not afraid to Tell them Alcan Butler said she and her husband hunger strike leaves bitter legacy seven month fast but More martyrs haunt Northern Ireland agreed to sell Alcan a rights Access for but she now wishes they i think that May have been a i should have just Given them their Cheque right Back to local cattle Farmer Vern Croy said a research committee of concerned residents been formed to examine the smelters Impact on the you say were against we just want More information and accurate he Croy said Many people were unsure about the project and had decided to look into the situation More we dont want to just blindly accept everything Alcan theres pros and the social Impact of such a big operation will be very All we want to do is look very carefully at both sides of the if it goes Well have to live with this for a very Long London a the hunger strike by jailed Irish nationalists failed to win them political prisoner bul it leaves a legacy of with More martyrs to haunt another generation of Irish roman catholics opposed to Brit ish Rule in Northern Northern Ireland feuding protes Tants and roman catholics Are More deeply divided than with moderates on both sides isolated and the almost exclusively roman Catholic Irish Republican army stronger than it has been for a some British Security officials say one effect of the seven month hunger strikes collapse could be an in crease in the streets of Belfast were quiet after it was announced saturday night that the six men on hunger strike had ended their Security was tightened yesterday in London where roman Catholic and hotel night clerk scores shutout the night clerk at the Polo Park inn registered a shutout Early today against two would be including one wearing a goalie police say two men walked into the located at 1405 Matthews Avenue across from the about and grabbed the female night the two would be robbers demanded the night clerk re police said she began screaming and the men made a Quick exist from the protestant groups conducted Sepa rate but no violence was the strikers cited their families vows not to let them die of starvation As grounds for their which removed a major obstacle to initiatives in this British capital and in the Irish Republic for a settlement on the Long running the British government said yesterday it is standing by a previous commitment that if the fast it would make make limited improve ments in conditions at the Maze prison outside where 600 members of the provisional Ira and the Irish National liberation a marxist Are the guerrillas still refused to Wear prison uniforms continuing their Blanket protest which began in the prisoners wrap themselves in blankets instead of prison but with the end of the hunger James the Cabinet minister responsible for Northern hurried to Belfast to discuss plans for limited prison reforms for All the government had said it would make changes after the hunger strike prior refused to say what changes would be made or when they would be its important to get it right rather than hurry any he priors lord was expected to meet with leaders of the prisoners at the Maze today or to Denis a Catholic Chap lain at the Maze who was accused by prior plans for reforms the Ira of persuading the hunger strikers families to undermine the warned that if the British do not do the prison protest will drag on miserably and youll have another hunger the government reported All six men who abandoned the fast were in satisfactory one of Patrick was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital on saturday but was re ported in stable he was the longest surviving hunger striker after 54 Days without prison sources said All the men were fed nourishing liquids i Hope there will now be a Resolution of the demands behind the Hun Ger Danny Morrison of sinn the outlawed iras Legal Politi Cal said after the fast if there the seeds will have been sown for a new hunger he did not threaten any violence and it want Clear whether the jailed nationalists would accept equal treatment for All ten men died in the starvation Campaign for rights to refuse to Wear prison garb and do prison to get More mail and to have time Cut from their sentences and to associate freely within the prison prime minister Garret Fitzgerald of the Irish Republic is scheduled to meet with prime minister Margaret Thatcher next month on his moves to rewrite the republics his aim is to make reunification of Northern Ireland with the roman Catholic dominated Republic More palatable to the protestant majority in the Fitzgerald proposes eliminating the constitutional ban on divorce and the republics claim of sovereignty Over the British ruled Northern prov stiff opposition he faces stiff opposition from his roman Catholic constituency and there has been Little support for his the Ira is involved in its own dispute with the Irish roman Catho Lic it accused it of helping Britain by encouraging distressed relatives of the hunger strikers to make them abandon their the British government had re fused to consider the jailed nationalists demands while the fast was on and the end to the hunger strike could be considered a Victory for l Molnar Earl president and chief executive officer of voyager Petroleum is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward l Molnar to the position of executive vice president of the Molnar will immediately assume responsibility for directing the company extensive Oil and Gas exploration and production associated with voyager for the past five years As vice pro he previously held senior management and engineering positions in the Canadian Oil and Gas in Molnar holds a Bachelor of science degree in chemical graduating from the University of 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