Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dave Offlee Wlmes by gun by Doug Speirs reclining in his Boniface Hospi Tal warehouse worker Rick Jones quietly says he Doest feel much like a t dont know Why there calling me said who was shot sunday after chasing two masked robbers who held up a Marion Street Chicken Delight somebody else would probably have done the same thing we added who underwent sur Gery late sunday to remove Shotgun pellets from both married with an eight Mont hold said he expects to be Laid up for about two he said if he and his Darcy had known one of the men was carrying a they would have stayed behind and just followed them to where they were Morden saying if we had known there was a we woul Dve just looked like pipe but Jones said the pair didst real ize one of the men it looked like he just had a pipe but like i we found out pretty the incident began shortly after Jones and Morden stopped at the restaurant for a cup of Coffee and a visit with friends employed two masked men entered the restaurant about they demanded and received a Small amount of Money and Jones so me and Darcy decided we should try to do something at the Morden recalled turning to Jones and you want to go for it and away we Morden chased Down the unarmed Man and dragged him to the Jones adding that he pursued the other who produced a gun and threatened to shoot if he didst at that Jones said he went and helped Morden pin the other Man against a nearby the one we were holding kept saying shoot shoot Jones the armed Man then approached them and shooting victim Rick Jones says he had hoped his armed assailant was Only threatened to shoot if they didst release his we were just hoping that the Guy was i was going to take a dive at he but a split second after the unarmed Man slipped from his Jones said the armed Man pulled the trigger at Pointblank when it hit i went backwards and fell against the he a police spokesman said Early today that while police appreciate All the assistance we get from the he personally would have serious second thoughts about Citi Zens risking injury to apprehend potentially dangerous two men have been charged with attempted murder and robbery in connection with the Terrance Joseph of 265 Young and Raymond in of 331 Marion suite were also charged with Possession of a prohibited pointing a using a disguise and using a firearm in the commission of an two other men and a Young All of 331 suite were charged As material witnesses in the Winnipeg free november abortion my meeting Penner Morgentaler seeking Freedom from prosecution Over proposed clinic by Mary Ann Fitzgerald Henry determined to set up Manitoba first abortion was to try to persuade attorney general Roland Penner today not to prosecute him if he i will try to persuade him it is not in the Best interests of the people of Manitoba to prosecute a doctor who is bringing essential medical services to citizens of which they presently do not Morgentaler said in an interview in an Exchange of letters with Morgentaler in said he stay proceedings if the Mon Treal doctor was Penner seemed unlikely to change his it is not legally possible and not legally desirable to interfere with the Normal processes of the Penner said in an he acknowledged the so there is no ques Tion of him being unaware of my but he said he was willing to meet with who is in Winnipeg to look for a location and staff for his proposed a meeting was arranged for Morgentaler says he has already been acquitted by three juries in que Bec on charges of performing abortions illegal under the criminal it states that abortions can be performed Only with the consent of a therapeutic abortion committee in an accredited if i am prosecuted i have absolute Faith in the jury he the Montreal doctor says Manitoba women Are flouting the Law by seeking abortions in his Montreal clinic or travelling to North Dakota for the medical owner of escort service charged in police drive against prostitutes by David Obrien police charged 16 people on the including the owner of win Nipges largest female escort with prostitution related offences Fol lowing a three month investigation by the staff Clarke Peckover called the operation the biggest take Down of a suspected prostitution operation in the City in Many Joceyln of Furby was charged with three counts under 195 of the criminal including procuring women to have sexual inter course with another aiding and abetting women to engage in prostitution and living off the avails of Bauml is the owner of Job which controls escort services advertised under four different names lady Janes is Janiss out Calls and Cham pagne the business operates out of 695 Wolseley Peckover said the others arrested on the weekend women and four men All charged with procuring women to have sexual Intercourse with another big operation they were employees who worked Drivers and Peckover said Job enterprises is the largest of about 10 businesses in the City which advertise As Massage Par lors escort undercover female and male Detec Tives have worked on the Case since he no customers have been Cha Gedas material but they could be subpoenaed to testify at any Peckover refused to release further details because the investigation is continuing and More charges May asked Why police decided to focus the investigation on just one of the Many businesses they claim provide sex for Peckover said the others Are constantly under investigation and he didst Rule out further he said police have decided to concentrate on the procuring sections of the criminal code because the solicit ing Section is weak and difficult to prostitution is not illegal and a woman can Only be charged with Solic iting if she pressing and persistent in her approach to a i All 16 accused appeared in court yesterday and were remanded to 13 in provincial judges the Law is obsolete because there is no respect for it from the Morgentaler As Morgentaler Points out that the Quebec government now allows about eight private clinics to provide abortions on demand and that pro Vinces medicare plan pays doctors working there for their medical ser the corporation operating the clinic charges the College of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba says it will refuse to licence Morgentaler pro posed clinic As Long As it is against the criminal the College bylaws prohibit abortions in no Hospital James its said yes the College has the authority to suspend a doctors licence if an inquiry reveals he has broken the Desjardins opposed health minister Larry Desjardins is on record As opposing a clinic which conflicts with the Federal on the question of whether hell be Able to find doctors to work in his Morgentaler said someone has to Start i am willing to be the sacrificial once it is established and there is no threat of i am sure there will be no problem in locating doctors to train to provide this he said its an outrage that Mani Toba women Are unable to obtain an abortion if Are More than 12 weeks into their Morgentaler said he will put up the initial to to establish the abortion but eventually will offer it to the government or to women groups to operate As a Public final offer to ads sets limit on fees by Manfred Jager health minister Larry Desjardins yesterday offered physicians working outside of medicare the right to extra Bill their patients 15 per cent above medicare the Board of directors of the Manitoba medical association was reported meeting to discuss the proposal late official said there would be to immediate the doctors Are to meet Desjardins again on the minister told a news conference he made the offer to the Mma during a 90minute meeting de by the he rejected reporters suggestions the new offer was made to help the medical association save face after its intermittent strike Calls Between 10 and 22 started fizzling out when the number of doctors participating de and about half returned to Normal office strikes cancelled the association had originally scheduled the last two Days of last week and today and tomorrow As strike cancelled All strike action after at the Start of the Mma officials said 75 to 80 per cent of members took strike the dispute is Over Mma demands for binding arbitration when collective bargaining for fees Breaks strike action ensued after the association rejected a government proposal that opting out of medicare during an initial two year arbitration trial period should Only be possible if doctors Are prevented from final offer proposals Desjardins said his final offer includes the following proposals d opted out physicians who were extra Billing their patients As of 22 May continue As Long As they dont charge More than 15 per cent Over medicare and if they dont extra Bill More of their patients than they did before doctors will be required to report extra d doctors will have the Choice of opting out of d doctors who have opted out of medicare since 22 can stay but wont be Able to extra Bill new medical school graduates or Doc tors moving Here from outside Manitoba will not be allowed to d if collective bargaining Breaks Down and an arbitration award is it will be binding on All physicians in and on those who have opted out but do not d the Mma must satisfy the ment that Manitoba residents have Access to medical services from a physician who does not extra Bill and the Mma must guarantee that not All doctors in a specially or in a location in Manitoba will Only about 85 physicians work out Side of medicare in and half of them extra Bill their new repair plan could raise rates by Patrick Mckinley a scheme to greatly reduce delays in repairing weekend water main Breaks was added to the cites 1983 spending plans but the if approved by City would mean a further boost in water rates and a freeze in repairs to the Shoal Lake works and operations committee voted yesterday to introduce a full sunday repair service to Deal with Watermain City works director Rod Mcrae said the City is now carry ing out someday repairs on Only about 50 of the 250 Breaks that occur on sundays throughout the under the five repair Crews would be kept on standby each sunday during the when most Breaks the City now keeps Only a Skeleton repair staff on Mcrae said the program would re sult in most sunday Breaks being re paired the same to pay for full sunday re pair service the committee voted to boost the water rates charged to Homes and businesses by six per cent instead of approving a five percent increase recommended earlier by the cites Board of the committee also voted to eliminate the the City was to spend next year repairing the Shoal Lake the revised waterworks budget must still be approved by City Core lacks enough space for business says by Fred Youngs development wont be attracted to the downtown area until parking space increases and taxes Are businessmen warned Core area initiative officials i hear the message loud and Larry general manager of the said after a num Ber of downtown retailers hammered Home their concerns about the Lack of who had outlined the five year program to about 100 members of the downtown Winnipeg said officials Are certainly prepared to look at on a net parking facilities but while Boland offered encourage ment on he could Only Promise to bring businessmen concerns about inequities in tax assessment Between the North and South sides of Portage to the three members of the Core area policy they should use that million to get people said Alex Mit who has extensive Portage prop erty Mitchell argued that taxes on the North Side of the Street Are three to four times higher than on the and if developers Are going to be attracted to the North Side then incentive programs will have to be Boland said the Core program has set aside million to provide incentives to developers which could include priced Grants to equalize tax Levels and lower rates to a Point where people will want to develop North of Deer Lodge to province for plans for Lodge Hospital Call or a new i by Manfred Jager Manitoba reached into its pocket yesterday and bought Deer Lodge hos Pital from Ottawa department of veterans the Purchase Price for the 303bed institution health minister Larry Desjardins completed the necessary documents for the april 1 Transfer of the Hospital with Bennett Ottawa min ister of veterans Desjardins said at a news conference and signing ceremony Ottawa will pay the million Cost of redevelopment of the which will be changed into an extended care and Persona care Hospital during the next five operating costs of the remodelled Complex will run to about million a year after it is fully a asked Why negotiations for the take Over had taken since Desjardins said talks were stalled on several Occar Sions because Manitoba had certain plans for the health Complex and needed Federal cos sharing for the longer we the More Money the feds were prepared to give the minister said with a the Transfer agreement turning the Hospital Over to Manitoba Calls for construction of a new Hospital Tower for 233 lon term with 93 of the Beds being set aside for veterans use and 140 open to the As the new Beer Lodge Hospital will retain 63 veterans Beds in its existing South the government also plans construe Tion of a Jet med personal care under the agreement with 50 acute care Beds Are to be set aside for the use of veterans in other Winni Peg Asa Hospital said Only about 255 of the hospitals 303 Beds now Are she said plans Are being developed to phase new programs in and old ones out when construction among the first programs to Start at Deer Lodge under provincial jurisdiction in april will be a modern assess ment and reactivation Macdonell she said the Hospital will also retain its Day Hospital and Home care pro about 660 health professionals and support workers Are employed at Deer and an undetermined number of them will lose their jobs As a result of the Desjardins said he does not expect Normal attrition to take care of the reduced manpower demand at the both the minister and Macdonell said government and Deer Lodge will make efforts to help workers find new positions in the Winnipeg health the first Structure on the Deer Lodge Hospital site was the Home of retired Hudson Bay officer John Rowand in the Early the Canadian department of sol Diers civil acquired Deer Lodge in and by 1930 there was room for 250 the Hospital was expanded to Beds after the second world but because of demand patients received treatment during the late ;