Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cd n re i v v to cautious in noting 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 60 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 come As a Surprise for Many because of the prevalence of rather simplistic theories about the relationship Between High unemployment and other statistics from the report revealed of about 30 per cent in marijuana per cent in most other drug per cent in motor vehicle thefts and about 10 per 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 despair and cynicism with disastrous of Penner devoted much of his speech to what he termed the discrepancy be mme tween the reality of crime in Canada and what Many canadians perceive it to quoting from a recent pen 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 press Page 4 sunny today 12 Clear tonight 22 m my Omni november Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 James free press praying for support Mary Kohut believes she is not alone in her struggle to have a historic ukrainian Catholic Church in Portage la Prairie turned into a the Church is slated for demolition to make Way for a parking suspects in attacks on women cleared due to lineup procedures 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 in a split the Manitoba court of Appeal acquitted Ronald Ken Neth convicted previous Hutt Erite Resolution crushed by Tom Goldstein the Union of Manitoba municipalities will not ask the Federal and provincial governments to restrict land ownership by Hutt Erite delegates to the unions 79th annual convention overwhelmingly showed their distaste yesterday for a Resolution which would have put limits on the amount of land colonies could possess and require there be at least 56 kilo metres Between the Headquarters of one Colony and the Only a handful of the 500delegates voted for the the vote put an end least for this year the which brought cries of racism and discrimination from its opponents and of equal Justice from its it came after Reeve Willard Mcfarland of the Rural municipality of Oak land tried unsuccessfully to withdraw the Resolution which Drew considerable see Hutt Erite Page 4 y 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 in identification of the accused at the police station destroyed its the acquittal came after a three Day lineup invalid 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 dressed in suits or sports jackets and consider ably in height and weight from the lawyer John Scurfield called the police procedure totally Ina pro but added the practice of using detectives and officers who resemble a suspect is not Scurfield said in an interview that in his clients clearcut officers who were much taller and had different hair colouring from were in the the on Many do not follow the proper procedures that have been set Down time and time again by the its a matter of Cove i the police Are pressed about lineups on Cross examination just say who got the time and where Are we going to get the Guys he it would be an incredibly Wise in vestment for the attorney generals department to create a Pool of civil ians 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 denoted from previous court cases the selection of individuals for lineups should be made fairly so the suspect see suspects Page sour Gas Courtesy of Alberta by o wout by Ritchie Gage the smell of Rotten eggs which pervaded Winnipeg yesterday was Hydrogen Sulphide Gas from a run away Sou Gas Well at provincial environmental control officials Hydrogen Sulphide Gas was monitored at 10 times Normal Winnipeg Levels said Adrian Jack head of air pollution control for the Manitoba environmental control its usually and there is no other place in Manitoba thai 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 he the environmental control Branch had taken no action until it was called by the free about the odor in the cites South after the checks were1 made on the Tran Canada pipeline and at greater Winnipeg Gas Hookup South of the where the company adds a distinctive odor to natural Gas so leaks can be nothing unusual was but shortly air monitoring equip ment in Boniface used to Moni Tor the Shell Oil refinery showed a High Reading of the Hydrogen sul 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 As 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 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 a 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 clays 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 Coin see massacre Page 4 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 Chornopyski said Norries proposal would create an area of housing sur rounded by Light commercial enter Prises on the East Side of the Sailer 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 1 dont want to jeopardize what is happening at the Norrie he said he expects to hold further negotiating meetings on his proposal with other parties to the Core area initiative program be fore the next Council Norrie has resisted including housing 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 Chornopyski 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 the plans accepted by the other two partners in the Core area initiative policy committee the pro Vince and Federal government 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 England Reuter 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 Kostyra he the proposal Chorno see Chornopyski Page 4 finds Only by Patrick Mckinley the Core area initiative program has found Only 16 of the Perma nent jobs it is to find for inner City residents by the director of the programs employment Agency confirmed Dennis Micknak said the program has found no new jobs 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 thai 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 Bird in hand a former Trudeau aide has been named president of a Federal Crown corporation created to sell four existing Crown Yule like it the annual Manitoba Christmas Craft Sale will be a showcase for a wide Range of unique items handmade by artisans in Western encouraging falling interest rates Are encouraging homeowners to again grab longer term explosive Toronto argonauts Runan shoot offence can be Western winners 1332751 3448322 1843148 1785789 3051028 Index Ann 41 17 7 40 49 53 67 42 53 6 44 7 Horoscope 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