Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bombers finish with a Book stores delete contested passage by Greg Bannister most Winnipeg booksellers say they will have no trouble complying with an Ontario supreme court ruling on deletions to Peter newmans new Book the spokesmen for some local bookstores said saturday they had received and Vance warning from their head or had already been contacted by the publisher Mcclelland and Stewart regarding the deletions or dered Al owner of the Book and Brier Patch in the Grant Park said he received a Call saturday morning from the publishers representative advising him of the he said its so i have to com the controversy Over the some copies of which have been Distri buted across Rose from a pending libel action filed by Carol Rapp of the wife of a Toronto million claims statements made in new mans Book about her Are untrue and could hold her and her family up to she had earlier sought an injunction to halt the Sale or distribution of the Book pending outcome of the libel but settled on the Compro Mise proposal of blacking out references in the who has about 100 copies of the hardcover Book in his said he anticipated the Book would be an even larger seller new with the i went big on it because i plan to have Newman Here for an autograph session with All this it will be even More people will be in scrambling to get a a spokesman for the classic Book shops Chain in the City said they were already Busy saturday with Felt pens blacking out the controversial refer the spokesman said the chains head office had notified the four stores in the City of the court ruling on Friday we had about 115 copies in at the see Book Page 4 Clear tonight 2 sunny tomorrow 15 november 1981 b vol 109 free pres final 250 Home delivery 9570550 9562330 second class mail Sun rises sets Moon rises sets rb3istration number pm proposes new referendum plan Jim free press staff and Canadian press Ottawa prime minister Trudeau opened a constitutional conference with the 10 premiers today by propos ing a new method for holding a National referendum to find an amending for addressing a National television a Trudeau suggested that a referendum be held within two years to chose Between his favored amending formula and any other formula sup ported by a majority of the under Trudeau current constitutional proposals before such a referendum could be held Only if seven provinces representing 80 per cent of the country population jointly sponsored an alternative to the Federal Trudeau new proposal could help him win More support for his Patria Tion for has walked at supporting the Federal pack age because of the original referendum although Trudeau stated a willing Ness to Compromise on the timing and substance of his cherished charter of the principles now contained in that charter must remain a conciliator sounding Ontario pre Mier William one of Trudeau two provincial announced that he would be willing to give up the veto his province would have under the Federal governments proposed Amend ing that commonly called the Victoria requires the consent of two Atlantic provinces and two Western provinces to ratify future Amend the Western provinces especially oppose the formula because Quebec and Ontario would have a perpetual veto Davis said he would be making More substantial Compromise proposals on the formula when Trudeau and the 10 premiers met privately after the morn ing Quebec Premier Rene remaining firm in his opposition to the Federal said a Federal elec Tion should be held on the whole constitutional Issue so the people can de Levesque said there was one Way to reach an agreement at this conference if Trudeau and his two provincial allies Davis and new Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield would endorse an agreement signed last april by eight asking that the Constitution be Patriate with an amending formula opposed by the Federal government and without a charter of the alternative amending formula favored by the so called gang of who oppose the Trudeau is known As the Vancouver it would require the consent of any seven provinces representing 50 pent of the National population to ratify Amend Levesque accused Trudeau of at tempting to take away provincial Powers by including a rights charter in his constitutional he uses the charter of rights As a see compromises Page 4 testimony defies says commission r by Steve Pona previously unpublished portions of a Manitoba police commission report into an assault allegation against two City police officers said some of their testimony at a 1979 inquiry defies belief there was evidence against the offi the report which could support a conviction of the report reveals the commission rejected the evidence of the accused Charles Baranetski and Constable Douglas and said they know More about what happened on the Day in question than they have chosen to relate to the commission said after having All the it found John Francis Frampton suffered his injuries while in police the report also said the commission considered the possibility that Framp a rape suspect time of the alleged inflicted his injuries on but the commission rejected the possibility As speculation and con the fou member commission held an exhaustive Public inquiry into Frampton allegations at the request of the provincial commissioners heard from 32 witnesses and deliberated three months before issuing its the 26pages of the made Public at the request of the free press last had been excised from the commissions original report listed in 1979 on the ground that the information excised would prejudice the a charge of assault causing bodily swedish tugs float stranded soviet sub Stockholm Reuter swedish tugs today pulled a soviet submarine off a mud Bank where it had been stranded since last tuesday and towed it further a defence staff spokesman the submarine is Clear of the rocks and the mud where it has been stuck and it is the spokesman the action was taken for safety Rea sons because of near Gal Force winds in the the spokesman earlier the commander of the submarine left the vessel to be questioned aboard a swedish warship about his two soviet diplomats jointed the commander during the the submarine ran aground on a mud Bank last tuesday in restricted Waters near the Karl Krona base on the Baltic Sweden had refused to let the submarine be towed off the mud Bank until the ships Captain is the foreign ministry said today that soviet authorities agreed to this after diplomatic the soviet Captain boarded a swed ish torpedo boat accompanied by Karl the swedish officer in charge of the soviet Pyotr go had refused to leave the submarine until instructed to do so by Sweden insisted on the interrogation despite an apology from Moscow for the which has prompted suspicions the submarine was swedish military personnel stepped up Security around the vessel when its engines roared into life fear ing that the Captain was trying to work the vessel Loose from where it was stranded in a defence staff spokesman said that the Captain explained that he was merely testing the harm arising out of the alleged beating was Laid against Baran Keiski and but was stayed by Crown counsel John Guy last week Midway through their the which recommended the charge be also urged the 1 police department to discipline the two it said they had abused their Powers and their actions reflect upon the police department and the administration of Justice in the decision this week police chief Ken Johnston said the department is still considering the recommendation and he expects to make a decision this in staying the assault Guy told the five woman jury he found too Many inconsistencies in Frampton and he did not be Lieve he could prove the charge beyond reasonable who said Frampton credibility was a key added in an inter View we want anyone to be convicted on that Type of evidence its extremely the newly published portions of the police commission report reveal the commissioners also had grave doubts about the truthfulness of Frampton but instead of focusing on Framp tons our approach to his evidence is that we do not make any findings of fact based upon his Evi Dence unless it is confirmed by some other credible Guy stayed proceedings after hear ing from three of 13 scheduled wit neither of the two lawyers who visited Frampton in the Public safety building within an hour of the alleged assault lawyer Hersh who defended Frampton on his rape said that making Frampton credibility the big Deal at the trial was really focus ing in the wrong Frampton character and credibility were assailed during defence coun Sel Ken Houston lengthy and free Wheeling see police Page 4 smoke signals the across the firefighter treated in r j f 3t 5 Avenue warehouse yesterday afternoon Billows City the fire destroyed the which was rented by Gateway one suffered a slight shoulder injury when part of the Structure fell on him he was Hospital and 3 poles to As Many As 500 polish refugees flee ing political uncertainty in their Home land Are Likely to Settle in Winnipeg Over the next couple of Donald chairman of the Winnipeg Relief fund for to got the figure from Federal Immi Gration officials last week when he attended refugee meetings in Malinowski said he met members of the inter parliamentary polish Emer gency a group of politicians and Community leaders from around the to determine poli cies for handling the Fate of thou Sands of polish refugees wanting to Settle in Malinowski said the group had received assurances from immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy that even refugees without relatives Here would be Able to obtain special permits allow ing them to live and work in Canada for one at the end of that time their status would be presume Day with the intention of letting them stay permanently in this it is a very important thing because now those people who come Here directly can be processed Here instead of in refugee Camps in about 271 poles left a tour ship in Montreal last week and were allowed to remain in Canada despite lacking proper Malinowski said he was sure Winni Eggers and especially the sizable pol ish Community in this City would Wel come the refugees with open veto Power China is wielding its veto Power and pushing for a third world candidate in the United nations election for a Secretary beef woes increased costs coupled with consumer resistance against higher beef prices Are adding up to a dim future for the Manitoba cattle open control the saudis have regained control of open and Sheik Yamani got everything he asked for after a two year Battle with militants in the Oil decision time Lloyd Axworthy faces some Tough decisions after months of listening to interest groups telling him what to do about the 18 33 19 37 7 28 22 37 23 8 20 Jumble 41 21 49 sports 35 17 to ;