Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 26, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free november italian police smash arms traders up photo Milan Reuter italian police have broken up what they described As one of the worlds biggest arms trafficking trading helicopters to the Middle East for heroin from premises owned by the failed Banco ambro two years of investigations involving Interpol and drug and with stretching to Bulgaria and led to the arrest of More than 200 people arts the confiscation of drugs Worth about investigating magistrate Carlo Palermo said the disclosure the Vatican acknowledged for the first time that members of its sacred College of Cardi nals had examined the links Between the Vatican Bank and Banco ambro Italy largest private Bank which collapsed amid the announcements about the ring triggered fresh controversy about the competence of the country secret services and socialist Deputy Franco accame submitted a parliamentary question asking How the vast traffic escaped the attention of italian Intel three suitcases of papers found in an apartment in nearby Varese documented a Trade in huge quantities of arms including armoured cars and cobra 209 assault Helicon Palermo told a news conference the which supplied huge quantities of arms to unnamed Middle Eastern who paid with dollars and fronted by an import Export company based in a building owned by Banco Stidam made financial transactions through the Bank but no irregularities had he the investigations culminated this week in Varese with the arrest of syrian Henry described by police As the brains of the organization and head of with offices inner York and names nine to commission continued from Page 1 one of the Central issues the com Mission will tackle is How to bal Ance the provinces Freedom to take economic action with the National in Macdonald he said Senate Federal pro Vinci Al Power sharing and complaints that Western views Are not heard loud enough in Ottawa Are also on the one of Ottawa hired guns is Michel a Well known Liberal in que Bec and Montreal lawyer specializing in constitutional he headed Otta was Legal team that battled Quebec on the the commission executive director will be Gerald a Halifax lawyer and specialist in offshore min eral Godsoe was Ottawa Legal bulgarian held in murder plot continued from Page 1 police allege that who was is conspirator Hapiot to assassinate the italian news Agency Agi reported thursday that Antonov booked Aga into pension a Small hotel near the and then drove him to Peters Square on the Day of the police sources claimed Antonov played a very Active role and helped Aga in a material but would not give As head of the Balkan air lines office at Romes Leonardo a Vinci was Able to go to and from parked airliners at and could avoid passport control at the official Bulgaria expressed indignation for the unfounded and illegal arrest of Antonov and denounced the charges As absurd and Mustafic girl Dies of wounds Emina has died from gunshot wounds in what police have called an attempted double murder suicide last the girl had been declared clinically dead and was reportedly re moved from a life support system her Ramiz is reported in critical condition at Boniface also with gunshot wounds to the her is now listed in serious but stable condition at childrens with similar head police say they believe the Man shot his two children before turning the gun on adviser during the Federal provincial fights Over offshore Mineral rights in 198081 and More recently acted As the Federal lawyer in the Energy dispute with but with the exception of Jean a former High commissioner to there Are no nationally known personalities among the nine members or the executive they represent a variety of political views and they come from every re Gion of Macdonald they have skills and experience that cover a Range of Canadian enter they Are men and women different Ages and who carry a commitment to Canadas future health As a one or two More members will be named in the next few said noting he is searching for somebody with ties to the new demo cratic party to round out the two of the members appointed thus far to examine the country economic prospects and problems have de scribed their new jobs As challenging and a very a of Manitoba economics pro adding that there has not been a thorough of the Economy since the previously served on a Oneman Royal commission assigned to a fou year study in 1966 of farm machinery and also headed a Provin Cial welfare commission in and Bill president of the employers Council of British Colum said he is thrilled to be a part of the i depth its one of the most exciting Chal Lenges that anyone with my qualifications could be of was postmaster general in John die Fen Bakers conservative other of the Royal com Mission on the economic Union and development prospects for Canada in clude d Albert University of Toronto economics who has written almost 50 articles on Public economic d Catherine Wallace of former chairman of the maritime provinces higher education commis d Daryl a Calgary business chairman and president of Bow Valley industries and part owner of the Calgary flames of the National hockey d Angela director of the retail Council of Canada and chairman and chief executive officer of Bowring Brothers a National retail organi d Gerard National director for Canada of the United steelworkers of America and a Vic president of the Canadian labor Indian 1 Hunting i attacked continued from Page f because they have a stake in Ying adequate animal he Mac Klitte said that in the past five1 years his department has Jbf Only five farm Artl Mals which have been both in arid out of Hunting the municipal delegates passed a number of other resolutions before their convention ended yester included were proposals to ask Ottawa to outlaw strikes and lockouts in the Grain handling Industry or to have it pay All costs incurred for having Grain cargo ships wait empty in port because of a labor the municipal organization will also ask Ottawa to retain the Crow nest pass freight delegates also passed a Resolution to ask the province to withdraw the percent payroll tax it passed this or to at least exempt and school divisions from paying political donation by France denied i Montreal the widow of former Union National minister Guy Cardinal has denied that her band Ever received a financial Contti from the French re Loci to an Edmonton firefighter dangles from a line in an Effort to Rescue a occupant truck Syi that fell 24 metres 80 feet from a Bridge into frigid North Saskatchewan the she never heard of any con Man was sent to Hospital but occupant was missing feared drowned Tributino her husbands elect fat the investors trusted elderly woman sent accused after hearing him on radio show z by Kevin Prokosh four people who each lost in a Syndicate Deal set up by former lawyer Jack Bass testified yesterday their Trust in lawyers prompted them to become shareholders in the apartment Block i relied wholly on said Dora being a i put my Trust in Bass and two of his dal Las enterprises and Omar hold Ings face 32 charges of theft and criminal breach of the charges arise from business dealings he had with 14 complainants who allege Bass misappropriated More than Between 1977 and Bass has pleaded not elderly woman who a be virtually had to told first heard of in on a Winnipeg open line radio Bass was speaking about investment she said she called Bass and agreed Minneapolis fire hits threatens plane Minneapolis a flames raged today through the upper floors of a High Rise Bank building where Charles Lindbergh first air plane is on and the spectacular fire caused up to damage to two buildings before being the fire burned out of control for 12 hours destroying the vacant Donald sons department store in the heart of and burning the top 12 storeys of the adjacent 16floor North Western National Bank the aviation pioneers Curtiss Jenny biplane is hanging in the Banks assistant fire chief Allan Wold said it want damaged by but fire officials said the Craft sustained smoke and water about 10 firefighters were treated for minor injuries at the five alarm Blaze covered a full Square Block of the Nicollet a closed 13block stretch that is the main shopping the cause of the fire was under in Minneapolis How said they were looking for a Man and woman who witnesses said fled from the area shortly after the fire was fire officials estimated the damage at up to to join a Syndicate of 10 investors to Purchase a Maryland Street apartment court was told she sent to the accused Trust the woman said Bass told her she could pull her Money out any time and the following january she said she wanted her investment she was told by Bass he didst have the but might get it if the Block were sold to other she never received any Barry a Farmer from Haz said he became a shareholder in the Winnipeg apartment Deal after hearing Bass on a re Tija radio talk show in i mostly on the fact he was a he i never had any reason not to Trust a he wrote Bass and decided to join the venture after being told the Syndicate Likely double its Money in two or three said he testified he didst receive the monthly building statements Bass had promised or the signed Syndicate apartment Oil Bill Stock said he never got his invest ment including a further he wired Bass to pay his share an Oil Bill for apartment Malkit Thal iof Vancouver also heard contacting sent the lawyer his we thought theres a lot of people with he Why not we take a Chance y Thali said after he sent his Money he had trouble contacting Bass and finally he and his wife sent the lawyer a asking for the Money to be Thali said Bass told him when 1 have the Money ill Send it to but he never received Robert a data analyst now living in said he became a shareholder after meeting the accused through a Mutual Money a if Flat off off Mijc Seffl you can order your new 1983 Model now for delivery when you would at these fantastic prices 1983 Pontiac 2000 4 door not exactly As illustrated 1983 acadian Scooter Yuskiw expects government will introduce Seatbelt legislation not exactly As illustrated plus freight Ancl options of your choosing by Tom Goldstein requiring motorists to Wear seat belts makes highways minister Sam Yuskiw i myself quite frankly dont feel comfortable wearing a says the Man who will probably be charged with the task of steering through mandatory Seatbelt legislation which is expected to be presented to the Legisla Ture in its coming but if i pass a then in going to do it buckle Yuskiw told the Union of Manitoba municipalities 79th annual convention the minister said the government is close to reaching a final decision on whether legislation requiring motorists to Wear Seatbelt will be but if i had to i would Ime to guess we will be proceeding with he the proposed legislation would also require motorcyclists to Wear safety he it is also expected to include provi Sions for restraining devices for Chil Dren in motor the1 Prospect of mandatory Legisla Tion Drew criticism from convention Harold Jones of the Rural municipal Ity of Woodlands received applause when he said the use of Seatbelt should be left up to the individual he added that although there Are statistics on the number of lives Seatbelt have there Are none on the number saved As a result of not using the Yuskiw said jurisdictions with mandatory Seatbelt legislation have found the initial opposition generally wanes after the first year and the safety devices become there is ample evidence there is a massive safety element in the use of he the municipal organizations Dele Gates avoided formal debate on the Issue yesterday when the convention refused to Deal with a Resolution urging the province to implement mandatory Seatbelt and safety helmet legislation because it was submitted too if the legislation is Manitoba will become the fifth province to require motorists to Wear the others Are British 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