Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba O Rocky horror cultists Chain selves to seats at least a dozen moviegoers chained themselves to theatre seats saturday night to protest an end to showings of the Rocky horror picture show at Winnipeg epic epic manager Richard Falk was initially amused by the fans move when the lights went up for the last time on the cult film a Midnight tradition at the theatre every second saturday for More than four you of that theatres have he told the dressed As movie characters with blackened fishnet Gar Cloudy today 10 Cloudy tonight 20 Ter belts and other but when it became apparent that the fans were serious about staying All Falk called in the after officers arrived and told the protesters they would be arrested for trespassing if they didst the cult members used hidden keys to free themselves and the movies Astral films of withdrew Rocky horror from the epic because Bozof fice returns were we dont want to get Richard in one fan said of the groups decision to leave i guess our next move will be some sort of demonstration at Astral films of falk9 said the movie will probably be rerelease by Astral at a later but he noted that in Vancou ver and Edmonton the film was went to larger Chain the epic is an Independent operation and Falk said Rocky horrors loss will definitely Hurt it be the same anywhere said one we Are a family and you cant Cut a family apart that cult followers came close to tears As they paid tribute to Falk As their they joined in a chorus of we love to the tune of one of the songs from the some Rocky horror aficionados claimed there not alone in their obsession with the saying their parents Are behind them As my Mother just bought me a new pair of High heels and nylons for said one heartbroken fan free december vol 110 no 13 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 Home delivery9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 02b6 strikes begin in Poland in spite of martial Law Ken free press Warsaw up polish workers were reported to have begun occupation strikes in at least three big plants in the Warsaw area today after the communist authorities imposed mar tial Law and suspended Union although some workers also remained at other factories in the City Solidarity free Trade Union activists told reporters outside the Huta wars Zawa steel the Ursus tractor Plant and the Swierczewski tool factory that workers were on strike Solidarity leaders still at Large after a Roundup when the military took Over Power in Poland sunday had called for 300 hold Vigil in protest by Andy Blicq the polish National Anthem echoed Down the empty Halls of the Manitoba legislative building last Sung by More than 300 angry polish canadians and supporters who Gath ered for a candlelight Vigil to protest martial Law in their world 1214 Many cried openly and others fought Back tears As the crowd Sang the Anthem and later a patriotic song associated with the polish Solidarity Trade declaring yesterday Black Sun Day following the arrest of More than Solidarity leaders and supporters and imposition of martial the grimaced demonstrators unanimously a Resolution demanding Freedom for Poland and the imprisoned Union the declaration from the Canadian polish Congress expressed great moral outrage Over imposition of martial Law by a regime which it said has neither moral nor Legal justification to Rule in the Congress supports Solidarity objective of establishing free protesters interviewed expressed concern for the welfare of friends and relatives under the new military this is a Day weve been expecting would come for some said Richard were joining our minds and our hearts with the 35 million people who has a sister and other relatives in expressed con Cern that food parcels from Canada and other countries which the poles desperately need will not reach them now that martial Law has been in while outraged by the some of the polish canadians inter viewed were not surprised by the turn of citing the increasing pressure on the polish government brought to Bear by observers believe a Resolution passed at the unions weekend Confer ence in Gdansk calling for a referendum on Poland political future was responsible for the government crack brightly decorated Christmas Trees on the Marble Steps of the legislature foyer seemed out of place a sombre see Winni Eggers Page 4 a general Union sources said the leaders of most factory strike committees were among those seized in the initial government Roundup government officials said arrests will be an ongoing but Soli Darity sources said some detainees have already been there was no information immediately available on the situation outside the Warsaw but Warsaw radio said Coal Power stations and heating plants have been militarized and failure to obey orders at such plants might result in penalties rang ing from prison terms to a photo Solidarity sources said As Many As members of the Union May have been rounded up in the capital earlier estimates put the total number interned in the entire country at about in addition to Solidarity the government also detained a num Ber of officials of past governments blamed for Poland current economic including former communist party chief Edward members of the labor federation distributed leaflets in Warsaw calling for a nationwide walkout in Defiance of the communist governments proclamation of martial Law and suspension of the right to strike and of government leaders conferred with Solidarity chief Lech Walesa in an attempt to Avert a general but Warsaw radio carried no word from him the new martial Law regime led by Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski warned soldiers and government workers they could face the death penalty for Refus ing to obey the authorities said that anyone in the army or government service who refused to obey orders would be subject to penalties of from two years in prison to see Solidarity Page 4 photograph at left the first to be transmitted from Poland since martial Law was imposed shows troops surrounding Solidarity offices in wroclaw at the legislative building last night 300 supporters of the polish Trade Union gathered to sing the polish National Levesque to stay on pending referendum Montreal up Rene Levesque will stay on As president of the parti quebecois and Premier of Quebec at least until a party referendum Indi Cates whether he has Rankan file support on the referendum will be carried out 30 and 31 in the Quebec City Region and 6 and 7 elsewhere in the Levesques Levesque told reporters yesterday that party members will be asked Clear and Well delineated questions on How a pm government should go about attaining Independence for que Bec and whether a Concrete offer of economic association with the rest of Canada should be included in the party As they will be asked for a Clear statement that the pm will respect the diversity of Levesque fell out with delegates to the party general convention at which economic association was All but eliminated from the pcs main Plank sovereignty association he was also angered when the Dele Gates resolved to hold a pm government to declaring sovereignty after winning a majority of National Assem Bly seats in an election where the main Issue would be asked yesterday what sort of result he expected from the Levesque said he believed he would get overwhelming support from the grass but he refused to say How Strong a majority would be needed to convince him to stay on As president and coming out of a 4vzhour meeting of the party Levesque said at a news conference that since the convention he had been trying to decide whether to return to private life after 21 years or if his duties toward the state should take Priori he came to the conclusion no one is indispensable but in the Circum Many people underlined the fact that to leave now would be to give up at the worst moment for the government and certainly for our Polit ical Levesque said the party must go though a a Quick and real redress ment of the positions adopted at the convention if he is to it would be he for the government and caucus to tackle the unprecedented mass of financial and federa Provin constitutional and social difficulties they now face with the party shooting at us from he added that if his stand int endorsed by the i go on As president and it would soon be see pm Page 4 chemical leak sends 3 to Hospital by Andy Blicq three men were examined in Hospi Tal after being exposed to a corrosive and highly flammable liquid chemical which leaked inside a Semi trailer at a Brookside Boulevard truck depot last police cordoned off direct transportation systems 1991 Brookside Boulevard while firefighters isolated the trailer and pumped it full of foam to neutralize the volatile Cycle Hexyl police at the scene said the contents of one of More than Drums leaked inside the trailer which Ontario truck Driver Dick Martin was trans porting from Toronto to shortly before going to Hospital for an examination Early another Dennis said a Mechanic was examining the truck in a garage at the depot when the leak of boiler cleaner was police said a company dispatcher contacted a local chemical firm which referred the caller to the fire depart Mechanic Walter of Norbert and 38 of Winni were examined at health sciences assistant Deputy fire chief Vince Mcgavock said the trailer was moved by employees out into the Yard in Between a whole Bunch of and the fire department was called at ambulance Crews and provincial environmental officials stood by while nearby trailers were removed and the trailer with the leak isolated and pumped full of Mcgavock said four fire trucks responded to the scene and firefighters discovered one barrel had leaked see toxic Page 4 jets bruised As if it want pain enough to lose to Detroit red wings 21 last Winnipeg jets suffered verbal bruises from unhappy Spring vote Sterling Lyon would have rather gone to the polls next but was persuaded by most of his caucus and confidantes to go on death threats soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner were threatened with death during their hunger strike and each was told the other was Riddle what has billion and vanishes faster than Liberal politicians during an Index Ann 19 31 18 7 16 36 6 8 16 Jumble 22 23 16 31 45 sports to i ;