Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, November 24, 1981

Issue date: Tuesday, November 24, 1981
Pages available: 91

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba One year after Italy Many people dying to get in the last word by David Obrien he take it with so a Winnipeg truck Driver who died recently did the next Best thing had an exact replica of his Tanker truck engraved in his Winnipeg Monument builders say they regularly get unusual requests for epitaphs from families who want their relatives remembered for what they were in others want epitaphs that talk to the like the inscription on one local Tombstone that says get off my this is my Home and youre just a Wayne owner of Larsen said some families have requested epitaphs that were off color and in bad he said they were so bad he reveal their Content for one family with a sense of humor requested this inscription on the fathers Gravestone once i then i now i aint no Industry spokesman re called requests for tombstones engraved with a Royal flush in the Case of an Indian who worked with dog dog tracks running across the the spokesmen said in interviews yesterday the traditional rest in peace epitaph Hast but they pointed out that unusual re quests have been around for a Long Herb owner of Westwood memorials and president of the Manitoba Monument said he sees nothing wrong with personalized monuments and encourages people to think of something to reflect the persons Cloudy tonight 5 Cloudy tomorrow 1 final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 november 1981 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets women to get their rights second class mail registration number 0286 James free press by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa native people and women will get their the Federal government and premiers of the nine provinces have finally Justice minister Jean Chretien told the commons late last night that the Federal government and the nine prov inces which originally signed the new constitutional Accord have agreed to include native rights and strengthen women native rights had been dropped from the charter of rights and women rights had been weakened by subject ing the latter to an override clause at the insistence of the opposition who had been seek ing guarantees for both women rights and native pronounced them selves pleased last night with the latest round of Federal provincial bargain a 5 Accord Between Trudeau and the nine English speaking pre Miers dropped a clause specifying native rights and made rights of sexual Equality subject to a Nono Stante clause which would allow provincial Legislatures to pass discriminatory leg watered Down the new clause on native rights is weaker than that in the original Char Ter watered Down As a result of the 5 agreement Between Ottawa and most of the the newest version now guarantees existing native rights and Chretien argued last night that it clarifies the meaning rather than changes what natives will City told to clean sewage in the red by Ritchie Gage the Manitoba clean environment commission says sewage from the City of Winnipeg is infecting the red causing a possible health and Calls for a disinfection process which could Cost the City million to put in in a 79page report on the to be released in a few the commis Sion rejects opinions by City sewage and recommends a trial pro Gram of disinfecting sewage by Chlori nation at the South end sewage treat ment Plant in the free press obtained a copy of the report the report and recommendations Are the results of submissions made in february at Public hearings into the Quality of the red ordered by the provincial the commission called for a Trievel committee including a member of the commission to Monitor the trial and study possible treatment the City has argued its present water pollution control program is adequate and has opposed bacteria limits pro posed by the environment manage ment the commission rejected this stance calling the cites sewage system far from water Quality standards enforced everywhere else in the province do not allow the discharge of raw sewage into surface Waters As a matter of Normal operating the Winnipeg sewage dumps raw sewage into the River approximately 30 times each open water season and the discharge May last up to several see City Page 4 teacher found guilty of murdering woman by Andy Blicq an Assize court jury yesterday found a Macgregor collegiate school teacher guilty of second degree murder of his former defence lawyer Hymie Weinstein said his Harvey Edward faces a mandatory sentence of life although Justice Guy Kroft decided Hart would become eligible for parole in 10 during testimony 19 the seven five woman jury heard graphic detail from a Winnipeg Man who witnessed most of the brutal Gerald Hawkins told court he intervened on the last june on Patricia of Portage la Hawkins said Hart repeatedly jumped on Ellwood head with both feet and kicked her in the Ellwood taught school just outside of Portage la Hawkins testified that he had struck up a Friendship with Ellwood last May and decided to visit her in Portage late in while working on Ellwood Hawkins said he saw Hart appear from behind a shed adjacent to Ell Woods Home and Beckon to seconds Hawkins said he heard moans coming from near Ellwood Home and rushed to the scene to find the brutal assault in i saw him Hart jumping up and Down with both feet on Ellwood Hawkins he said he attempted to Stop the assault but was struck by a science teacher at the Macgregor High school for the last 10 died next Day Hawkins said he struck Knock ing him to the then called Hart was arrested at the scene and Ellwood was rushed to she died the next last court was told Hart stated to police he wanted to Patch up their relationship on the night of the i remember kicking her in the head a few Hart told i dont know Why i kicked i loved Hart told police he had made a on june to leave work in Macgregor Early so he could go to the after he had a few Beers and then drove to Ellwood he said he had been quite affected by the under Chretien announcement this would be inserted into the Constitution the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal Peoples of Canada Are hereby recognized and native groups have said the wording is they say it leaves them with fishing and trapping rights but does nothing to ensure rights to land and Oil or natural Gas underneath Chretien said the government might drop the idea if natives dont accept a spokesman for one of the few native groups that has previously sup ported the Federal government on the Issue said prime minister Trudeau and the premiers have screwed the natives by narrowing the definition of their All i know is that weve been said Charlie chief constitutional negotiator for the inuit Tapir sat of on the new Deal does not allow provinces the right to use an override clause to abridge okayed by Epp under the old sexual Equality could be abridged by Parlia ment or the Legislatures if they passed specific progressive conservative constitutional spokesman Jake Epp proven Cher approved of the decision while spokesmen for the new democrats said they want to give More thought to the question of native although both opposition parties had spoken strongly in favor of native rights and sexual Equality the rhetoric had been stronger on the Side of women rights for native people could Cost extra Money because the lands they Are claiming Are Rich in native leaders last night were play ing a cautious they said they wanted to study the implications of the new Treyve been under criticism from Ottawa for opposing the original constitutional clause which would have guaranteed their rights subject to future definition without Canada has about million inuit or Metis five liberals have said they will vote against the proposal or abstain because it would harm Frenchman Guage legislation in Quebec or does not do enough to Force bilingualism in the new democrats claim they Are not United on the Constitution opposing it without guarantees of rights for natives and women at least one Edmonton my Bill will vote with the government because he believes in the principle of a charter of keep the lights shining Hector Ducharne replaces Burntout bulbs on Christmas lights at the Richardson building the Christmas tree at 375 main consists of approximately first trial in French double Victory by Glen Mackenzie the first Manitoba trial conducted in French in More than 90 years ended yesterday in a double Victory for Pierre son of French Lan Guage activist Georges the Crown counsel and de Fence lawyer All were court documents were in and Forest was acquitted on a charge of driving through a red Light in connection with a March traffic Justice was said who waived his right to simultaneous trans lation because he is we now have a French so Justice was he said in an the Accident want my fault Justice was done of the five witnesses who testified Only Forest and his Lise spoke in but court officials were prepared to con duct All proceedings in provid ing simultaneous translation if Neces the trial was held in judge Robert the Only one of Manitoba 20odd provincial judges fluent in addressed the court and its Small group of spectators in French and English throughout the Crown prosecutor Georges de Mois Sac and defence lawyer Vaughn Baird also switched easily from one Tongue to the often in the same for the right to a French Forest can thank his a Boniface insurance agent who watched the proceedings from the front Row of the Public the senior Forest fought an English Only ticket All the Way to the supreme court of Canada and in the court struck Down Law making English the Only official language of the courts and legislature of Forest said that while Crown wit Nesses spoke the Only other English statements came at the begin Ning of the when the clerk asked him in English for his plea and with out thinking replied not after a couple of Long seconds and proding from defence counsel he also said Pas Trudel said he expects to be inundate see trial Page 4 Ulster strike thousands of protestants respond to Ian Paisley Call for a Ulster wide general fleeting Fame bombers wide receiver Mike Holmes is oddly detached about an Achilles Tendon injury that could end his pro football hard times police say Tough economic times Are partly to blame for a 70 per cent increase in the number of Bank and credit Union holdups in fiscal fight finance minister Maceachen and his provincial counterparts Battle Over Federal plans to Cut Aid to the provinces by Index Ann 8 23 23 Jumble 33 26 7 26 20 28 33 36 49 27 sports 21 36 6 to ;