Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Penner cautious in noting drop in crime Christmas by Doug Speirs an unofficial statistics Canada re port indicates Canada has had its first general decline in crime since when uniform crime reporting attorney general Roland Penner said the comparing crime data for the first six months of 1982 with the same period for shows an Overall decline of about seven per cent in confirmed Penner told about people attending a meeting of the Manitoba society of to Many this will come As an astonishing and unexpected develop Penner adding we have to be wary that things might he said the decrease will Surprise Many because of the prevalence of rather simplistic theories about the relationship Between High unemployment and the report also found a drop of about 30 per cent in marijuana per cent in most other drug percent in of motor vehicle thefts and about 10 pet cent in break and Penner despite this remarkable decrease in crime for the first six months of he warned a continuation of the or its deepening into a depression could create an explosive mixture of and cynicism with disastrous of Penner devoted much of his speech to what he termed the discrepancy be tween the reality of crime in Canada and what Many canadians perceive it to quoting from a recent Ner said most canadians overestimate the proportion of crime which involves Only six to eight per cent of All crimes known or reported to police involves whereas the average Canadian thinks that Over 50 per cent of All crime involves he see Metha Page 4 Clear tonight 22 sunny tomorrow 12 m m pm m Omni november free 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 Sun of cases sets Moon f3jj6s sets 12j58 second class mail registration number 0286 James free face censure in massacre the los Angeles times Jerusalem the judicial com Mission investigating the Beirut Refu gee Camp massacre yesterday warned prime minister Menachem de Fence minister Ariel Sharon and seven other ranking officials that the panel was considering accusing them of dereliction of in addition to begin and the warnings were sent to foreign minis Ter Yitzhak Shamir army chief of staff Rafael Eitan director of military intelligence Yeho Shua saggy the israeli commander in Amir Drori the division commander in Amos Yaron Sharon personal Avi Dudai and the director of the Mossad intelligence service whose identity is considered a state in a three Page the com Mission summarized the evidence against each of the nine and said it was considering conclusion of Norful filament of duty in each under israeli judicial commis Sions of inquiry Are required to Send such notices to All persons who Are Likely to be harmed by the panels the individuals Are Given 15 Days in which to examine the Evi Dence and attempt to refute it either by supplying additional information or by Cross examining witnesses who Testi fied the nine also were notified that they have a right to a the Law does not permit the Corn see massacre Page 4 praying for support Mary Kohut believes she is not alone in her struggle to have a historic ukrainian Catholic Church in Portage la into a the Church is slated for demolition to make Way for a parking police errors cited for a suspects in attacks on women cleared due to lineup procedures Norrie reversal on Logan hinted by Paula Martin two men were acquitted on Sere lated charges yesterday in separate hearings in which police methods of identifying suspects were criticized by the courts mental act overhaul advocated by Cecil Rosner sections of Manitoba mental health act would almost certainly be declared invalid if in a constitutional expert Dale Gibki of the University of Manitoba said he has identified a number of pretty Clear breaches of the charter of rights in the there also Are Many More a lawyer could argue Are unconstitutional As its a drafts ans dogs Gibson said of the he called tin fee province to rewrite the Law clarifying the language and ing the apparent charter although Gibson said he want familiar with the Way the act was put into practice on a Day today Saia Many sections left the Legal door open to tremendous potential v Gibson told a group of mental health professionals at Victoria see professor Page 4 in a split the Manitoba court of Appeal acquitted Ronald Ken Neth convicted previously on two counts of indecent assault because it found his identification by a female complainant was fatally weakened by the conduct of the police chief judge Alan Philp of county court acquitted vietnamese refugee that dihn ton on several charges including rape after Rul ing the complainants facet face identification of the accused at the police station destroyed its the acquittal came after a three Day in the Appeal court Justice Charles Huband said it was Clear the police lineup in the Faryna investigation was anything but noting trial evidence that said not Only did the majority of those in the lineup not Bear any resemblance to the a but for the most they were police officers suits or sports jackets consider ably in height and weight the lawyer John Scurfield the police procedure Shappro but added the using detectives whores Erble a suspect is hot in an Scurfield in his Vii ends Anfe lineup included officers who were much Teller and different hair colouring Rohany do Nepf follow the proper procedures that r have been letdown time time again by the its of Cove if the police Are pressed about on just say who got the time and go mpg to get the Guys he it would be an incredibly Wise in vestment for the attorney generals department to create a Pool of civil who would make themselves available to participate in lineups for a Small Scurfield police lineups must be properly con ducted if they Are to be Given any weight As evidence in court proceed judge Huband commented in the courts written noting previous court he said the selection of individuals for lineups should be made fairly so the suspect see suspects Page 4 sour Gas Courtesy of Alberta Blowout by Ritchie Gage the smell of Rotten eggs that pervaded Winnipeg yesterday was Hydrogen Sulphide Gas from a run away Well at provincial environmental control officials Sulphide Gas was monitored 10 times Normal Winnipeg Levels said Adrian Jack head of air pollution control for the Manitoba environmental control Poison Gas its usually arid there is no other place in Manitoba that it could have come so the source is easy to he Jackson said he could not be Posi Tive the Gas was from the Alberta but the likelihood was the sour although toxic in High was thoroughly diluted by the time Strong atmospheric winds carried it Lere he the environmental control Branch had taken no action until it was called by the free press about the odor in the cites South after the checks were made on the Tran Canada pipeline and a greater Winnipeg Gas Hookup South of the where the company adds a distinctive odor to natural Gas so leaks can be nothing unusual was found shortly air monitoring equip ment in Boniface used to Moni Tor the Shell Oil refinery showed a High Reading of Hydrogen the smell eventually pervaded the City and both the environmental control department and the Federal environmental Protection service received inquiries about the the smell was detected As far East 35 White Shell and As far North As Lac do Jackson the Lodgepole Well blew out of control Crews Are attempting to Cap the escaping reports of the smell in Winnipeg Early yesterday sent Gas company workers but within the company ruled out any local by Fred Youngs and Andy Blicq Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie is ready to allow a residential area in the pro posed Logan Industrial Deputy mayor Bill Chornopyski said yester chomp ski said Norries proposal would create an area of housing sur rounded by Light commercial enter Prises on the East Side of the Salter Street but Norrie said yesterday he has not discussed his proposal with Chornopyski and had no comment on the mat were still in the process of negotiating and i dont want to jeopardize what is happening at the Norrie he Sard he expects to hold further negotiations on his propos Al with other parties to the Core area initiative program before the next Council Norrie has resisted a housing ele ment in the proposed which was slated to be an Industrial Park aimed at High technology the Industrial Park was a major part of the five year Core area initiative chomp ski said Norrie is willing to relent on the residential component because there was some fear of the whole thing falling apart completely and Hes ready to unlike plans accepted by the other two partners in the Core area initiative policy committee the province and Federal governments the mayors proposal would not include Industrial Sites around the that area would be set aside for Light com Mercial Chornopyski new democratic end of the world nothing special England renter a mag Istrate refused a lat night drinking licence for a doomsday party planned by the local Branch of the end of the world society by ruling the end of the world is not a special Chornopyski was Uncertain How Many Homes would be saved or How Many jobs would be created under the mayors Urban affairs minister Eugene Kos tyra said yesterday he was unaware of any new City i have no idea what plans he nor Rie is taking to City he Hast told he the proposal Chorno see Chornopyski Page 4 Core plan finds Only 16 jobs by Patrick Mckinley the Core area initiative program has found Only 16 of the Perma nent jobs it is to provide for inner City residents by the director of the programs employment Agency confirmed Dennis Micknak said the program has found no new work since lining up its first 16 jobs with the Winnipeg transit system in Early the Core program is nearly on third of the Way through its five year although the employ ment Agency Only began work in sep it is still pretty much up in the air where the jobs will come Mack Nak said in an adding that whether the Agency can find the jobs is an iffy there Arent As Many jobs around As there were two years ago when the agreement was he the Core program came under fire for its Job creation record yesterday As a group of intercity agencies and residents sponsored a conference on the employment the group see official Page 4 h utter ites Rural politicians voted Resolution yesterday that would have sought limits on Hutt Erite land holdings in Yule like it the annual Manitoba v Sale will be a showcase for a Range of unique items handmade by artisans in Western encouraging falling interest rates homeowners to grab longer term mortgages once explosive Toronto argonauts offence can be winners 1332751 3448322 1843148 1785789 3051028 Index Ann 7 49 53 67 53 6 44 7 Jumble 52 47 17 17 sports 66 50 to 17 ;