Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Friend ready to return wife to amnesia victim from the news services Johannesburg not come much better than Bowie after nearly 12 years of marriage to his missing Best friends he told his you can have her the Friend is Len a building contractor who vanished in 1966 after he went fishing along the Rocky sea Shore near Cape he was presumed drowned and was declared officially dead by an inquest in and that same his Clear tonight 5 sunny tomorrow 14 a photo now married Len Roos old a a few weeks Len Roos turned up very much police Ricky Roos confirmed in a Telephone interview yesterday that his Bowie had agreed to give up his marriage to Thelma roos0neill the woman first husband were not actually surprised by it because my mom was always attached to my Roos and they had an agreement that if my father Ever returned she would go Back to Roos discovered his Lon lost father while checking out a routine inquiry about a Downan Dout who was trying to rediscover his lost Len Roos said he lost his memory after falling on rocks but suddenly regained it two weeks lawyers have begun Legal moves to have Roos declared legally alive and Clear the Way for him to return to his wife in suburban the trouble according to a Legal that Len Roos would have to be declared a live person again by court and once he was proclaimed legally his wife would be guilty of bigamy unless procedures were set in motion simultaneously to have one of the marriages declared Oneill decided to step i knew that i could never fill Lens place in her he whatever happens Bowie will never be thrown away like an old roos0neill told the afrikaans an Guage newspaper rapport he is a wonderful Man and father Unger Merle knows prison m november 1981 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 Columbia astronauts Richard truly right and Joe Engle arrive at Cape canaveral More than ready for Columbia astronaut weather poses Only worry for shuttles launch tomorrow Cape a Columbi stands ready for a second triumphant tour of awaiting the super cold fuel that will Power her pulsating Orbital her astronauts pronounced themselves All set More than ready for a launch Joe Engle and Richard truly arranged a Sunrise visit to the launch just hours after a Large service Structure had been rolled Leav ing Columbia bathed in a glistening Bird poised for countdown for the launch continued As smooth As columbian Maiden flight last aiming for a tomorrow of the first spaceship Ever ticketed for a return trip to officials foresaw no problems but fretted Over the uncertainties of weath the launch Day weather forecast was with scattered winds of visibility at 11 Kilometres and a temperature of 23degrees several hours were blocked out on the astronauts schedule today to prac Tise emergency landings in a modified Jet plane on a runway near the they would use the strip tomorrow Only if their shuttle engines quit Early and they cannot get into since we got into the every thing has gone said shuttle test manager Donald Deke he said it was smoother than preparations for columbian Maiden flight in the launch pad was Busy Early today transit to tighten Security after boy drives off with bus by Murray Mcneill City transit officials Are looking into ways of tightening Security at the three transit garages after a 15yearold boy walked undetected into the Osborne Street garage sunday and drove off with a we Are reviewing our procedures to see if we need to make transit director Rick Borland said in an interview its not the sort of thing we like to see happen very often and it certainly concerns Borland he said the boy apparently walked into the transit garage at 421 Osborne Street about 2 being a there was Only a Small staff on duty and no one noticed the the boy climbed aboard a 30foot started it and drove out the Borland in the he struck two other parked buses in the knocking off some mirrors and causing minor no one was As the boy was driving the bus on to Osborne another bus Driver spotted him and notified work ers at the by that the boy was already on his Way Down Osborne so workers called the police and radioed other bus Drivers and traffic supervisors to be on the Lookout for the stolen Borland the boy apparently headed for Down town and along the Way hit two parked causing minor a transit supervisor finally caught up with the bus near the Corner of Portage Avenue and main Street and another supervisor who was stationed near the Corner ran out and signalled the boy to Borland said the boy voluntarily stopped and let the supervisor the supervisor then held him until police the boy was taken into charged with theft and he is to appear in juvenile at a later Borland admitted Security can be a problem at the transit particularly during he said because buses Are always entering and leaving the the doors Are left during the week there is a fairly Large staff on so its unlikely someone could walk in and not be transit officials first began looking at ways to improve Security several see boy Page 4 As work Crews checked in navigation and communications removed unnecessary equipment and made the cockpit ready for the the schedule called for a 12hour 10minute hold beginning in the with the countdown re suming in the Early the Crews will Load the ships huge external tank with million litres of volatile fuels to drive the three main Engle and truly Are to Pilot the spacecraft for five four 10 minutes More than twice the Dura Tion of the first they have a flight plan that is More ambitious than the As they conduct tests carefully designed to stretch the limits of the ships the who have waited years for their first space demonstrated their eagerness when they arrived at Cape canaveral Mon Day after piloting separate t38 Jet planes from the Johnson space Centre in air Force the com stepped to a microphone on the Tarmac and said weve been looking Forward to it for a Long were ready to were going to tune up and polish up Tinor Row with the Sta out on the and Day after tomorrow were going to do the real the Sta is the shuttle training air a Jet modified to handle like the shuttle during approach and columbian and Joe and i Are More than ready were All set to said a Navy the three major television net works will provide live coverage of the pm willing to negotiate on charter by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa prime minister Trudeau and his allies appeared ready yester Day to modify the human rights charter in their Constitution but the concessions May not go far enough to satisfy the Charters strongest oppo after sleeping on offers made by Trudeau and his two provincial allies Ontario and new Brunswick the other eight premiers met for breakfast today to plan strategy for the continuing we should be Able to agree on an amending formula but i doubt the Federal government would be satisfied with Prince Edward Island pre Mier Angus Maclean said As he entered a breakfast an agreement on entrenching a Char Ter of rights in the Constitution is still far he Trudeau appeared ready yesterday to risk losing major parts of his cherished charter including key protections against and handicapped discrimination to get More provinces to Back his constitutional the eight dissident premiers pledged themselves to the notion of but remained unspecific at the opening Day of the after an afternoon of private talks with the Trudeau said he thought there was a Good Chance that agreement might be and Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon one of Trudeau strongest opponents not publicly Rule out the possibility that Trudeau might be after a Trudeau said he could accept changes in the charter of rights and was flexible on timing of its implement he also said he was willing to accept changes in an amending forum but argued strenuously for the one that is already in his constitutional new Brunswick Premier Richard one of Only two premiers who support proposed that the charter be split in two with the first including minority language economic mobility rights and fundamental to be implemented As soon As the Constitution is brought Home from the including Legal rights and the Section dealing with see premiers Page 4 election Pawley vows Job reforms Manitoba election Campaign was on the quiet Side yesterday with progressive party Leader Sid Green urging canadians to form committees to press for simple Patria Tion of the cons Titu nip Leader Howard Paw Ley promised improvements to Manitoba pension and work place safety Premier Lyon took time out from campaigning to attend constitutional talks in Canada to admit More immigrants Ottawa up Canada plans to take in Between and 000 immigrants annually for the next three a slight increase from the number admitted in Immi Gration minister Lloyd Axworthy announced projections tabled in the commons also show Canada Aims to admit refugees in 1982 including 000 More East europeans and half As Many indochinese As last for the first this years project Ion covers three years instead of plans will be adjusted each depending on this conforms to the wishes of the provinces and will help in our labor Market Axworthy said in a stressing that the figures Are planned not firm the minister said Canada will admit from to persons in to in 1983 and to in Over that canadians Are expected to emigrate each aimed to take in Between and Immi Grants in but preliminary Esti mates show the total will really be about opposition immigration critic John Mcdermid called the proposed quotas a realistic program and said he is pleased with the Mcdermid expressed some concern that the government might not be Able to fulfil the quotas just As they were not filled this even though there Are unemployed Between and workers will be allowed in each year for areas where there is a Short age of skilled such As Large Energy projects in Western about government sponsored refugees will be admitted next about the same As last there is no on the number of refugees that could be admitted under sponsorship who recently announced special measures to allow More poles to come to Canada after pressure by opposition said refugees from Eastern Europe will be admitted next up by from this the planned intake of indochinese refugees for 1982 has been Cut in half to Canada is also willing to take in refugees from latin 500 400 from the Middle East and 100 from other soviet arms Jordans King on a visit to tells president Reagan he is serious about buying soviet Captain talks swedish authorities Grill soviet Pyotr Gushin on Why he was sneaking his submarine around in military sensitive swedish Schenley list herculean efforts have won Western conference Schenley award nominations for Blue bombers Dieter Joe Poplawski and Larry coup plans an inquiry into the slaying of Anwar Sadat reveals a Well known and popular egyptian was to have been named figurehead Index 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