Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Christinas gift Penner cautious in Arop in crime 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 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 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 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 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 Mfd a Page 4 Clear tonight 22 sunny tomorrow 1 2 november 1982 250 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 errors suspects in attacks on women cleaved due to lineup procedures by Martin two Jikien were acquitted on Sere lated charges yesterday in separate hearings in which police methods of identifying suspects were criticized by the mental act overhaul advocated by Cecil Rosner sections of Manitoba mental health act would almost certainly be declared invalid if challenged in a constitutional expert said Dale Gibson of the University of Manitoba faculty said he has identified a number of pretty Clear breaches of the charter of rights in the there also Are Many More sections which a lawyer could easily argue Are unconstitutional As its a drafts ans dogs Gibson said of the he called on the province to rewrite the Law clarifying the language and eliminating the apparent charter although Gibson said he want familiar with the Way the act was put into practice on a Day today basis he said Many sections left the Legal door open to tremendous potential Gibson told a group of mental health professionals at Victoria general hos 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 no Bedr 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 in Scurfield said that in his clients the lineup included clearcut officers who were much taller and had different hair colouring than the on Many do follow the proper procedures that have been set Down time and time again by the its a matter of Cove if 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 a Small Scurfield police 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 Sou Gas Well at provincial environmental control officials Hydrogen Sulphide Gas was monitored at 10times Normal Winnipeg Levels said Adrian Jack head of air pollution control for the Manitoba environmental f control Poison Gas its usually and 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 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 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 As 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 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 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 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 Coin see massacre Page 4 Norrie reversal t 1 1 1 to on Ninteau 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 Nomes 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 i dont want to jeopardize what is happening at the Norrie he said 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 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 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 Router a mag Istrate refused a lat night drinking licence for a doomsday party planned by the local Branch of the end of thu 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 1 have no idea what plans he nor Rie is taking to City he Hast told Kostyra he the proposal Chorno see Chornopyski Page 4 Core plan finds Only 16 jobs i by Patrick Mckinley the Core area initiative program has found Only 16 of the Perma nent jobs it is to provide for inner City resides 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 he 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 Hutte rites Rural politicians voted Down a Resolution yesterday that would have sought limits on Hutt Erite land holdings in 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 grab longer term mortgages once explosive Toronto argonauts Runan shoot offence can be Western winners 1332751 3448322 1843148 1785789 3051028 Index Ann 17 7 49 53 67 53 6 44 7 Jumble 52 47 17 17 sports 66 50 37 to 17 t 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