Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bombers finish with 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 now 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 sunny today 12 Clear tonight 2 november 1981 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail 0286 Jim free fress Constitution showdown smoke signals smoke from a fire at a Dufferin Avenue one firefighter suffered a slight shoulder in Surv warehouse yesterday afternoon Billows across the the when part of the Structure fell on he was treated in fire destroyed the which was rented by Gateway Hospital and police testimony defies belief officers knew More than they chose to report on assault says by Steve Pona previously unpublished portions of a Manitoba police commission report into an assault allegation against two City police officers said some of their testimony at a 1979 commission inquiry defies and there was evidence against them which could support an assault 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 reviewed All the it found Frampton suffered his injuries while in police the report also said the commission considered the possibility that John Francis a rape suspect at the time of the alleged inflicted his injuries on but the commission rejected the possibility As speculation and 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 their the 26pages of the made Public at the request of the free press last had been excised from the commissions original report published in 1979 on the ground that the information excised would prejudice the lawyer claims Frampton charges should have been decided by jury by Steve Pona two Winnipeg lawyers who inter viewed John Francis Frampton within an hour of his alleged beating in the Public safety building in told a preliminary hearing last sum Mer Frampton was obviously ill and injured when they saw Frampton indicated to me that he was continually beaten lawyer Jay Prober told the three Day preliminary hearing into an assault charge against Charles Baranetski and Douglas he didst know the cops As he put and he showed us some bruises on his Prober said the which were photographed by lawyer Robert appeared to be Carr testified Frampton was continually complaining that he was very ill he had terrible stomach and during the interview he vomited into a wastepaper Carr said he clearly recalled a number of Long red Marks on Framp tons and described other Marks on his Chest and Sharon Frampton testified that when the officers came to arrest her Hus Johnson searched their bedroom and found an apparently bloodstained he turned to John and said we have got you she Baranetski started calling her she and at one Point he raised his arms in a backhand motion to slap me provincial court judge Lawrie Mit Chell committed the officers to stand saying there was evidence to support the but whether it is believed is up to somebody the charge was stayed by Crown John Guy last week at the outset of the fifth Day of their Assize court Guy told the jury he did not believe he could prove the charge beyond a reasonable he said in an interview there was no other evidence to support Frampton allegations in a definitive Way the two hour beating and the medical evidence Doest accused the officers of kicking and whipping him in an interview and forcing him to sign a statement confessing to the rape of a the Manitoba police which investigated Frampton Allega ruled Frampton was injured while in police custody by Baranetski and see Wolch Page 4 a charge of assault causing bodily 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 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 police chief Ken Johnston said the department is still considering the recommendation and he expects to make a decision this inconsistencies 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 see credibility Page 4 by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the stage is set for the final showdown in the Federal pro Vinci Al Constitution the eight dissident premiers met Here last night in a closed session to plot Advance tactics for a final Constitution conference with prime minister Trudeau beginning today and there were conflicting signals about whether their common front will Trudeau met with Ontario Premier Bill Davis to plot strategy for the Federal Trudeau other ally is new Brunswick Premier Richard the 11 leaders Are to sit Down and keep talking Over several Days until a Compromise is reached or it becomes Clear no Compromise is Premier Bill Bennett seemed optimistic last weve got a number of Good ideas floating i Ben Nett said prior to the strategy separate talks he said he wanted to talk separately with All 10 premiers by Telephone before this mornings but he would not say whether he has come up with a Compromise pro Bennett is chairman for the Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon one of the dissident premiers most opposed to the Trudeau plan said in an interview with the free press after last nights session that his Bottom line is still Patria Tion of the 1867 British North America act and an amending other changes would have to come that position rules out a Char Ter of rights which Trudeau is Adamant must be Lyon last night stopped Short of say ing that the common front of the eight dissident premiers would Defini Tely hold he said he is satisfied that the april Accord will be the main position of the it will be up to Trudeau to make he i would expect going into the what the eight provinces will be looking for is a position from Trudeau that would come close to the Accord signed by the provinces in Lyon it offers an Honor Able Way out of the Dilem riia he tru Deau has found himself in and it is in Accord with the views of the majority of the people of if Trudeau were to sign that Accord the conference could end very see Lyon Page 4 tentative Inco pact reached by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson a majority of the Union negotiating committee has signed a memorandum of agreement with Inco metals paving the Way for a vote thursday on a tentative settlement in a strike which began the employees Are members of local 6166 of the United steelworkers of the tentative settlement was reached Early saturday morning after two Days of discussions with the Assis Tance of a provincial the signing took place even though All shop committee men and picket captains rejected the tentative six of the nine members on the Union bargaining committee signed the the offer is similar to one turned Down by a majority of the Union negotiators on this offer was never presented to the membership because Inco insisted that it be recommended by a majority of the negotiating committee before the proposal would be made soviets of swedes quizzing sub Captain Stockholm soviet Union has agreed to let Sweden ques Tion the Captain of a soviet submarine that has been aground in swedish Waters since last the foreign ministry said the Captain will be taken aboard a swedish Navy ship to explain what the submarine was doing in a restricted zone near Sweden Baltic naval base at Karl Krona when it became stuck on a the soviet Pyotr go had refused to leave the submarine until instructed to do so by the ministry spokesman said Gushin and any officers who accompanied him will be guaranteed Natu they will not be detained against their will after the she Sweden has 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 fearing that the Captain was trying to work the vessel Loose from where it was stranded in a swedish defence staff spokesman said that the Captain explained that he was merely testing the television film showed exhaust Bil lowing from soviet submarines cowl the propellers but the Captain explained to a swedish Navy officer on Board the vessel afterwards that it was a the spokesman the swedish officer boarded the Marine twice yesterday to talk with the but both times left the soviet Union has expressed its regret for the but Sweden says this is not the submarine Captain has said he will not explain his presence unless soviet diplomats Are there and will not leave his Craft without orders from 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 has gotten 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 Index Ann 18 33 18 7 28 22 37 8 20 Jumble 21 49 sports 17 to ;