Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 1981 3 filipino tells court ethnic Pride made him stay in Brawl by Tom Goldstein a filipino Man convicted for his part in an interracial Brawl last year said his ethnic Pride prevented him from running away from the youre not a filipino being insulted there All the Dennis de Leon Arabe told court yesterday before he was convicted on two counts of if i just go Home and then go Back another there going to Bug us told Crown prosecutor Don the charges against Arabe and two other filipino men arose from an Donnybrook in the parking lot of the saints roller skating Ken free press 2401 Mcphillips three Bonfili Pino men needed Hospital treatment for including broken suffered in the also convicted were Nicholas Abella who turned 20 on two counts of and Joseph Polintan on one count each of common assault and Possession of a weapon dangerous to the Public sentencing was put off pending preparation of pre sentence in her Naomi Nacionales said the Brawl was the result of the Kettle finally hav ing brewed too she said the reason the filipinos were criminally charged was because they fared better in the fight than the court was told the fight erupted after three filipino girls and Black girl accused a White girl of tripping a filipino at least 10 some armed with baseball bats and tire were involved with three Whites who were Arabe said he intervened in the argument involving the girls because he believed Dale Ernest the White girls was going to fight the Black he said he was challenged by Brian Paul who intervened on Clarks Ive had it with them Whites at the skating there pushing us around All the Arabe explaining Why he simply didst walk away from the Arabe said there had been other occasions when Whites and filipinos fought at the roller he suggested filipinos were always blamed for the there being prejudiced All the he every time theres a fight Between a filipino Guy and a White Guy they throw the filipino Guy out and let the White Guy testifying in his own defence admitted hitting Buchan with a baseball but said the com Christmas Appeal begins Pearl Mcgonigal initiates the salvation army police Dennis salvation army capt Christmas Appeal yesterday Over a collection pot in front of George Gary Krc general manager the Winnipeg helping Mcgonigal Are clockwise and Timothy Westin inn general manager if the paddle reads pull Over if the pingpong paddle says better pull the Winnipeg police department has decided to use red and yellow Ping Pong Type paddles with printed on them As identification for Plain clothes policemen in unmarked when stopping a the Plain clothes policeman will hold up the paddle to identify chief Ken Johnston said yesterday on an open line radio Johnston said the department or dered the paddles he said they will have markings on them that mischievous civilians wont be Able to on another Johnston said the Winnipeg police department has no recruiting in Happy to say judge dismisses charge against ice Cream firm we Are the Only department in Canada with a waiting Johnston answered callers questions on whether there should be an Independent Board to investigate complaints against policemen he favors High Speed police chases Only if they dont endanger life and when a policeman should fire his the gun should be fired Only if a life is in Johnston or if the policeman or someone else is in danger of grievous bodily if you can Only shoot on those two everything else is he but if they Are going into a danger Ous there is no restriction on them drawing their he a charge of Selling ice Cream con Taining bacteria Over the permissible limit against dutch maid Dairy and ice Cream was dismissed yester Day after a judge ruled the Crown had presented insufficient provincial court judge Ian Ubienski agreed with dutch maids Greg that the Crown failed to establish that the ice Cream sampled april by Federal inspectors was for Sale to the Brodsky conceded throughout the trial that the Vanilla ice Cream did contain High col form but he said that the Crown could not prove that the manufacturing process had been completed at the time of the disappearance of Van puzzles Federal official police Are investigating the theft of a Federal communications department Van that went missing in Broad Daylight after it was parked on a Street beside the legislative Bob regional superintendent of enforcement for the Federal communications said yesterday he was baffled Over Why anyone would want to steal equipment designed solely to inspect and Correct defects on broadcasting signals sent through the air from television and radio Poirier said employees parked and locked the nine metre Van about 11 wednesday on Kennedy Street next to the legislative building grounds and across the Street from the departments four hours it was discovered he he said the department bought the a stripped Down Mobile and the equipment in 1976 for about but replacing it today would Cost about he he said the Van bears the communications departments logo and that the Only other vehicle like it in town is a duplicate owned by television station sampling because the inspectors took samples from the rear of the store at 197 Osome not from the area where the Public makes Pur Federal prosecutor David prayer said the food and drug act states that the word sell includes offer for expose for have in Possession for Sale and in this prayer said dutch maid had in its Possession the contaminated ice Cream to sell to the evidence during the trial indicated that inspectors from the department of health and welfare now take samples from the front of the Ken giouott1 free press clothing depot inundated with warm wishes Winni Eggers opened their hearts and clothes closets inundating the women building cloth ing depot with Calls and offers of used Roxanne Hamilton said she spent most of the Day answering Calls from sympathetic people who had read in yesterdays free press the depot was Short of by she already had received six huge boxes of one woman called us almost in tears i hear you need she said they already have had numerous offers of cloth in sure by the time the depot opens next thursday Well have at least seven new tables filled with the depot was running Short of used especially childrens after growing numbers of needy families came looking for Winter Wear for their the at 730 Alexander is open from to 4 through the Hamilton said clothing donations will be gladly accepted and can be dropped off but she asked that donors Telephone Plain ant had a similar other witnesses testified Buchan refused the offer of a baseball Arabe said he acting in self de Fence when he swung at Barry the third who was kicking at him from the Hood of a parked who also took the wit Ness stand said he entered the fight Only after he was punched by a White he admitted carrying a tire but denied using it As a weapon or striking he also denied assaulting who testified the accused kicked him when he tried to get up after being knocked county court judge Patrick Ferg convicted Capistrano of common As saying he believed evidence that the accused landed one blow when a group of filipino men jumped Buchan As he fought the accused was seen carrying a tire Iron in the area of the fight although no witnesses testified they saw him using it As a judge Ferg said Given the surrounding he believed Capistrano was carrying the Iron As a Capistrano did not testify on his own but told police shortly after the incident he was at the skating rink on the night in question but did not participate in the Zero interest Home buyers plan unveiled by Paul Moloney to stimulate condominium sales in a Market strangled by High interest Adway marketing has unveiled a plan where buyers who pay on third Down can remit the balance Over five years at Zero on a the Down payment is and the balance is paid off at monthly for five at which time the buyer owns the property free and said Gary maintenance fees and taxes Are about a month Adams said potential Home buyers have been waiting for such a and Are prepared to raise the hefty Down payment by deferring major purchases or asking their parents or employers for the people Are going to pay More Down and make higher monthly payments in order to own their own if they want something badly find a Way to do Adams said his company is subsidizing buyers by agreeing to wait five years for the Money rather than the Normal practice of receiving the full Sale Price thus eliminating the need for the buyer to take out a mortgage in Adway is providing a five no interest loan of to the buyer of the the same Deal is offered on larger Condo which Range up to sounds the company has up to 250 con Dominium units for he of which 60 to 70 Are currently the financing plan will be available at 55 Nassau 188 and 246 Roslyn Road and 375 Wellington it sounds like a Good proposition for the purchaser if the Deve Loper can finance said Reg of investors Syndicate realty it sounds almost too Good to be Friend said that in order to make the plan financially Adway has probably inflated the Sale if you paid All they would in sure reduce the Price by or added Wayne of the Mort Gage insurance of Canada be cause Adway Doest receive its Money right but gets a portion today and the rest Over five that Cost would have to be reflected in the even if the Price is the plan has the Benefit of making Home ownership More Friend from the viewpoint of the buying it would seem to me to be an attractive customer other mortgage lenders and to who asked to remain anon also said always Cost of Money must have been built in through higher Selling prices of the somewhere along the the Cus Tomer is paying the you cant ignore the Cost of said one said the company has not inflated its but rather is willing to accept a lower profit in order to avoid the Cost of carrying the vacant theres no we have decided to take our profit in the fifth he if the plan takes off and the inventory is Adway would begin devel Oping new condominiums in the form of townhouse and Toto three Storey Adams he added the no interest units will be offered both to owner occupiers and who would then rent them Mccomb doubted builders of new Homes would provide similar schemes because they must recover All of their investment immediately in order to have Money with which to build More were not Likely to see a Home builder willing to accept the proceeds Over a period of he must be paid now so he can build for next Ami of shelter of Canada said the plan could be attractive to investors in View of provi Sions in this months Federal because interest payments on Money borrowed for investments can no longer be deducted from salary in theres no incentive to borrow for investment he an investment such As always no interest condominiums could be he he added that shelter which also Sells May offer a similar if there was investor and own Eroc copier demand for wed offer Well certainly look at generally Home buyers have become More interested in Mak ing Large Dow payments to save inter est expense and in Many cases simply to qualify for a mortgage he police lecture one Day late ramada inn robbed As id expert sleeps peacefully Jack explains his identification by Murray Mcneill an expert police hired by a local hotel to teach staff How to eyeball Holdup was asleep in his hotel room yesterday As a Bandit robbed the inns night Jack wishes hed been in the lobby of the ramada inn Early yesterday when a robber made off with about the Wisconsin resident is no Hes just a Guy who spent More than 50 years teaching including How to note and remember criminals facial i wish i had been Cormack said in an interview i would have liked to take a look at the the longtime executive director of the International police artists Guild was staying at the ramada because he was to give a lecture later yesterday to hotel staff on what to look for if they Are the victims of attending Cormack on hour lec Ture was the hotel Minir he said the night clerk was Able to provide police with a sketchy description of the masked robber his approximate height and weight but Little Cormack teaches people to notice facial features or the shape of his head things the criminal cant Winnipeg native with five identifying characteristics you can pick one person out of a Cormack if we get five Good plus the persons weve got it some examples of features to watch for Are the shape of the persons eyebrows the shape of his head Trianu the size and shape of lips thin upper wide lower and the ears close to the pro Cormack noted that the shape of the inside of an ear can be As telltale As a persons a native of Winnipeg but a resident of for the last 50 Cormack explained in an inter View that the techniques he now teaches others he developed himself Over the hed been interested in drawing since he was a and in 1926 a Winnipeg magistrate who saw a Sam ple of his drawings in a hymn Book told him to put his Talent to Good use and Volunteer his services to he the first Case he worked on involved a series of brutal murders by a Man known to police As the Gorilla the Strangler was a menace to Winnipeg women during the and based on descriptions provided by some of the Cor Mack Drew a composite sketch of the the sketch was later instrumental in helping police apprehend the in the 50odd years since Hes become an internationally known police artist and i i ;