Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba B donation to Casino group under review by Mike Ward the general manager of the Manitoba lotteries and gaming licensing Board said yesterday Casino licences Are issued on the Clear understand ing that funds Are raised for a specific Charity or Steve Adams said the Manitoba wildlife federation should not have Given to help a Casino labor organization form an he said he will take another look at the federations audited statement to see if the donation was we Are still trying to locate the original application to see what it he he added he believes did go to the Assoc Tion from that but i am not sure if the Board was aware of the general principle involved Here is that on the application they have to stipulate what the Money is to be raised we do require them to verify disposition of proceeds just to prove to us that the Money did go where it was supposed to Adams said he was reluctant to com ment about newly appointed vice pres ident of the association of Casino employees Harold Swick operating a Casino management As Well As holding a financial interest in two other Casino companies owned by festival do Voyageur general manager Gerald Turenne and festival Casino consultant Don the Board has concerns they dont want to see anything or unethical or any conflict of interest he Board chairman Ike Toews said he finds the donation highly Irreg had the Board been made aware of we would have had serious discussions with Richard the associations for Mer said it want unusual for licensed Casino organizers to do Nate Charity funds to the Kaye said the Money was used by the association to buy food and liquor for members after casinos they just wanted to express their gratitude at a Job Well he l Cloudy today 2 Cloudy tonight 12 3 1 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 december 1982 vol 1 n no 4 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Job program pledged in modest speech helping hardest hit All we can Pawley declares Ken Giuliotti Winnipeg Tiet press by Mary Ann Fitzgerald Only about of Manitoba unemployed will Benefit from a modest package of Job creation programs unveiled yesterday in the speech from the throne opening a new session of the provincial Many of the programs Are redesigns or extensions of existing Odd bedfellows the package includes a lion Home insulation Grant million to match Ottawa employ men expansion and Extension to the end of april of the Low mortgage rate affordable new Homes that program was to expire the previously announced additional million for capital works in Winni to Speed up a program of school renovation in and a acceleration in provincial Public works in about 70 projects also were included in the As the government promises to Transfer about left in special employment funds for Short term win Ter jobs in Northern the insulation program will replace one now operated by Manitoba government officials they have no estimate of the number of new jobs it will officials vague the government insists the Mil lion is new but officials Are vague about the number of jobs which will actually result because some of the programs Are still on the drawing Board they estimate about new jobs will be provided on top of the jobs they say have been created by this years pro this years program includes the million for the affordable Lewinter est Home of which Only million has so far been committed for 200 labor and the opposition say the governments Job thrust is temporary but nowhere near enough to stimulate the Premier Howard defended the claiming Mani Toba cannot assume All the responsibility for National and International tight Money and High interest rate which Are strangling the neither nor any government in can commit itself to finding every unemployed person a All that we can do is attempt to help targeted areas such As the Northern mining areas communities and individuals that Are hardest Paw Ley told a press he brushed off suggestions the government is not being bold enough in its economic perhaps at the Cost of increasing its Al ready at More than accuse us of being too Cau some accuse us of being too so we must be about he these Are difficult times and the fact of limited provincial revenues de mands Tough said the throne read by Pearl although unemployment has reached pos depression records and bankruptcy rates Are the Pawley government characterizes its plans for next year As a genuine commitment to a responsible and Active role by the Public sector within the limits to the provinces financial despite repeated opposition taunts see financial Page 4 throne speech highlights highlights of the speech from the opening the second session of Manitoba 32nd legislature yesterday include d a study of the possible entry of the Manitoba Public insurance corporation into the Field of life insurance and pension d legislation requiring motorists to use seat d Freedom of information d a loan program for Home d million to match Federal funding for work d a speedup in provincial capital d deadline for Low mortgage rate program d Transfer of about projects in Remote d a provision to remodel seven schools in d provision of million in venture capital for Small and medium sized d creation of a government Oil d reintroduction of a new farmlands ownership d legislation to control hazardous d conflict of interest o amalgamation of the court of Queens Bench of Manitoba and the county court into one trial nip life insurance plans leave executives puzzled by Ingeborg Boyens life insurance executives were puzzled yesterday with the announcement the province Hopes to get into the life insurance and pension Manitoba Public insurance Corpora Tion would have to compete with the 113 companies licensed in Manitoba and would have to suffer inevitable losses in the first years of they i think its a Success the first recipient of a permanent mechanical heart regained consciousness nodded his recognized his wife and indicated to doctors he was not in i think its a declared William who during a seven hour gave retired dentist Barney Clark a if somewhat tenuous lease on life by implanting a cloth and Metal heart in the 61yearold mans describing the implantation As almost a spiritual Devries it int Over its just a Clark will spend the rest of his life connected by two metre hoses to 170 kilograms of equipment mounted on a wheeled cart and plugged into an electrical outlet with a backup Power Hambleton claims French connection London up former nato economist Hugh described by his lawyer As a double agent spying on the soviet Union for both Canada and says at his espionage trial that a French intelligence officer was his control Contact or in ramp commissioner Robert Simmonds yesterday told the commons Justice committee an ramp travelling to Britain on other will consult with British prosecutors at the London trial and bring Back some documents the mounties might find solicitor general Robert Kaplan told the same committee earlier that Brit ish prosecutors have asked informally whether Canadian Security service officials might be available to testify at Hambleton trial at the old Baily Central criminal court in he could not confirm or deny whether Britain has sent a formal but said if a subpoena is Cana Dian Security service officials will be available to serve the interests of in another related development in see spy Page 4 the insurance company spokesmen were reacting to yesterdays throne speech announcement that the govern ment would empower mp1c to provide life insurance and pension manage ment the proposal for a life insurance Arm of which could be done on a National was the sole Surprise in the speech which opened a new session of the government involvement in life insurance would Cost a lot of Monarch life Assurance president Harold Thompson Why dont they get into the milk business in Stead greatest life president Kevin Kavanagh said the initial step into the life insurance Market was bound to Cost the government Kavanagh said Pic would have to get government assistance or do Busi Ness beyond Manitoba Borders if it hoped to log very Little Prospect unless the gives to itself some competitive advantage at the taxpayers expectation for growth would be quite he Kavanagh said greatest life does Only a Small proportion of its business in there is very Little Prospect of profit for a life insurance company if it confines its operations to he suggested the government would be better off simply regulating the Industry to ensure the interests of the Public Are Well Thompson agreed companies would tolerate Competition from Manitoba Public insurance corporation Only if the Crown Agency works without government we have no concern about Pic getting into the Market As Long As we Are on the same he Thompson noted the Saskatchewan Public insurance corporation has had the legislative authority for years to move into the life insurance but it has chosen not to take the the move into life insurance would see Pic Page 4 sober looking Pearl Mcgonigal leaves legislative chamber after delivering throne speech Industrial Park change seen As threat to plan by Patrick Mckinley the proposal to scale Down the Logan Industrial Park would cripple the Core area initiative program and could re sult in the entire redevelopment agree ment collapsing in some City councillors said residents tired of 1 think if there was a vote last night on withdrawing from the Core area it would have been very close to passing if it haunt said Al Ducharme Council refused wednesday night to endorse the new which would allow housing on some land for Arterly slated for the Industrial Ducharme said councils insistence on first taking a closer look at the plan underlines councillors growing problems with the Core equally by the provincial and Federal govern the problems arise from provincial insistence on changing aspects of the he those 33cent dollars Are getting very expensive and we would probably be better off if we were to throw our hands up and say were not interested in the agreement said do he added the cites share might be see councillors Page 4 Jingle department stores Are confident Steps they took to reshuffle Christmas inventories will translate into Normal sales and disgusted Howard Cosell says he is so disgusted with the state of professional boxing he will never work another professional in tatters the first argument based on the charter of rights was reduced to tatters in the supreme court skiers guide everything you Ever wanted to know about where to ski this Winner 724447 Index Ann 20 31 19 33 38 7 57 21 38 6 22 7 Jumble 39 22 23 our 18 31 sports 52 34 17 to 31 ;