Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 4, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Winnipeg free december 1982 Ermla on 1980 drug conspiracy conviction solicitor general Boh Kaplan has refused to recommend a Pardon for convicted drag conspirator Bob Wil in a letter to the former progressive conservative Kaplan said he had reviewed information sent to him by Wilson but had not found anything to indicate the convict was he also noted that he did not find any evidence of hardship which would justify giving Wilson a conditional Par Wilson began serving a seven year sentence at Stony Mountain penitent Wayne free press diary in after being found guilty of conspiring to traffic and import throughout the trial and since his conviction he has steadfastly maintained his the former la had also complained to Kaplan that his application for Day parole and his requests to see his sick Mother had been he claims it is because a Winnipeg woman has linked him with an organized crime after his arrest in Revenue Canada investigators re viewed his Bailiff business records in an attempt to uncover evidence of income from illegal Wilson Learned recently that the investigation did not find any evidence of unreported income and that his file has been Wilson is still hoping that Kaplan will Grant him a new trial on the grounds that a number of jurors at his trial later admitted there was talk among them about his past and that this May have influenced their Deci woman awarded total damages for fall into stairwell of City transit bus a woman who fell into the stairwell of a Winnipeg transit bus when it came to an abrupt Stop was awarded More than in damages in his Justice Guy of court of Queens said he had no difficulty in finding Lena Heppner has and will continue to discomfort and Dis ability in her shoulder and was holding on to the overhead bar of the bus when the Force of a sudden Stop threw her into the stairwell on april she sustained a soft tissue Strain in the Muscles and nerves of her neck and left in the Gilbert and the City of Winnipeg were found liable for the the decision yesterday resolved the question of Heppner was seeking dam Ages As Well As lost wages since the Accident and future lost income to age the who worked As a nurses Aid at a residence for the quit her Job in she said from the time of the Accident to when she resigned she had to take at least three pain killers a Day in order to Heppner could not work without Tak ing the but if she took the Medica Tion she became nauseated and could not noted the it was this dilemma which she said ultimately led her to quit said the judge Kroft concluded there is no impairment due to the Accident that prevents some gainful employment and assessed general damages at and awarded lost wages to the plaintiff for 10 tories urge Quick action to Aid jobless Back to prison mass murderer Clifford Olson boards an ramp plane in Winnipeg yesterday after a today forced by in leg Irons and had been in route from and was returned to Kingston insurance plan questioned the governments plans to get into the life insurance and pension business wont do anything for the provinces progressive conservative la Harry Enns charged How is this going to help the unemployed Enns asked the Are you going to make these people life insurance sales men the Manitoba government announced in thursdays throne speech it was prepared to empower the Manitoba Public insurance corporation the right to provide life insurance and pension management services across during this sessions first question period Enns asked Premier Howard Pawley whether the initiative had been discussed with business and labor representatives at the Portage la Prairie economic discussions last Pawley said the Issue had not been but he said he was sure the insurance Industry would agree to the move because it could result in in creased investments in so Cial Pic has invest million in schools and hospitals in the Pawley although the insurance initiative would not immediately result in it could provide work in the Long the Premier it allows Freedom of Choice and ensures investment of social pro he three bus Drivers caught pilfering fare boxes three Winnipeg transit system bus Drivers were arrested yesterday after City police observed them pilfering Cash from their fare a police spokesman said last crime Herb Stephen said in an interview the two with More than 25 years will be charged with theft under and Are to appear in court the arrests were made after several buses were kept under Stephen Dollar Bills which would not go All the Way Down the Coin Shutes were being he said police were tipped off about two months ago that a number of transit Drivers might be pilfering from their Coin City transit Drivers dont give change and some without the exact 60cent fare place Dollar Bills in the Coin boxes Stephen said police were not sure whether the pilfering is but added the investigation will continue and other Drivers May be the whose names Are to be released monday after they Are for Mally were released pending their court appearances without having to Post Stephen a City transit system spokesman has said the with 62 years combined driving have been by Mary Ann Fitzgerald t Manitoba on percent increase in the number of people out of work last month brought the opposition to its feet in the legislature yesterday demanding a new budget and withdrawal of the payroll tax on statistics Canada reported yesterday the number of people out of work in the province Rose by to a pos depression High of or per cent of the labor speaking in the opposition Leader Sterling Lyon offered to forgo part of the eight Day throne speech debate to allow this stumbling government to bring in new estimates to see the effects of its alleged re or ionization which has put More people out of jobs than a year Premier Howard Pawley rejected the tory demands and accused the conservatives of calling for removal of the million payroll tax without suggesting alternatives for raising Cut your Lyon this government Doest intend to kick the crutches out from under the handicapped of this Pawley this government will not Heap misery on advising Lyon to Calm he cited the latest conference Board of Canada report which showed Manito Bas economic performance in 1982 was the Best in the Pawley said he want denying the very serious problems in the Economy in but added they were part and parcel of a world rejecting the Call for new estimates for the current fiscal Pawley said the throne speech debate would allow the government to fill in details of its Job creation package and other proposals we can justly be proud at one opposition finance critic Brian Ransom accused the govern ment of suppressing its financial state ment for the first six months of the fiscal year until after Lyon Speaks in throne speech debate on rising on a matter of privilege a motion later ruled out of order by speaker Jim Walding claimed when he was finance minister the half yearly statement was always ready Between 10 and he maintained this kind of coverup is a question of privilege of the finance minister Vic who promised to table the financial report Early next pointed out there is no statutory requirement that the document be tabled at As he it int even printed health minister Larry Desjardins suggested Lyon could delay his participation in the debate until after the report is Lyon maintained the throne speech was devoid of such As construction of the Limestone generating which would pro vide real and meaningful Ern ploy he demanded a meeting of the Legislatures Public utilities committee before Christmas with Manitoba Hydro chief executive officer Laurie whose contract Hast been renewed by the in attendance to discuss Limestone and the shelved Western Power but Pawley turned Down the pro saying the committee would meet at its Normal there is no need to Call the committee before he when Lyon demanded Blachford be present at the pos Christmas com Mittee Pawley i Trust that he int indicating Lack of Confidence in Hydro new chief offi John who has been head of Hydro corporate Pati exit Bandit Waits in line to Rob Bank a patient robber waited his turn in line at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at 325 Nairn Avenue Early yesterday before passing the female Weller a note demanding a police spokesman said Early the robber received an undisclosed sum of Money and then walked out of the police no weapon was seen in the incident and no arrests or injuries have been police were searching Early today for a Man described As Between 30 and with Brown hair and a red c May Bow out to new councillors say by Patrick Mckinley the Independent citizens election con Mitilee May disband before next Falls civic election and a new Centre to righting coalition could City councillors said in a series of seme Independent City councillors May seek a coalition with councillors from the ice to oppose the new democratic party next Hartline Cecers Are still smarting from a move last month in which the independents joined forces with the nip to lock the ice out of most civic committee they said the independents will have a hard time convincing ice councillors to make a i personally lower myself and get into Bej with the closet Socia said ice Jim Moore Charleswood in a reference to the the nip gained their first commit tee chairmanship in last months Deal while the independents increased the number of chairmanships they hold to three from Moore said the independents gave the nip credibility by agreeing to a on night stand to satisfy their own egos for temporary ice councillors said the ice May Well and while most said it would Likely regroup into something resembling the current some said it is still Uncertain what new liaisons might Independent Don Mitchelson who helped Engineer last months and Independent take said in an interview that if the independents and the ice Are still fighting with each other at election the nip May pick up a few sort of Mitchelson said there Are some feelers going out right now informal and the independents plan to meet As a group in january to discuss attracting some ice councillors to their i think you Are probably going to Seea coalition of some sort Between the independents and the said adding he expects it will be a new sort of anti socialist Coli Mitchelson named councillors Bill Neville Heights and Harold Macdonald As two councillors the independents might try to attract to their both have occasionally taken positions to the left of their ice col but also to the left of most Neville said in an interview he does Neville link on Back Burner not believe the ice in its present form will contest the next its quite possible that another Politi Cal organization will emerge to re place the ice and it is open to question who will be on he Neville said he has no More trouble getting along with some of the inde Pendents than with ice but any question of a Liaison with some independents is on the Back Moore lower myself Burner while the future of the ice itself is still being sorted Macdonald was not available for ice Larry Fleisher Crescent Heights said he is uneasy about the righting views of most independents and also has questions about the views of some of his ice Fleisher said it is Mitchelson feelers going out possible a distinctly righting group will but if it does i wont be on the ice a coalition of liberals and conservatives has been hold ing a series of meetings to decide its ice sources said forming a new but similar or trying to attract new supporters and candidates to the existing Are the most Likely Charles Birt chairman of City councils ice Cau said running As Independent candidates would not be a Good As some form of Loose coalition is needed to give direction to City poli most of those interviewed also said it is unlikely ice councillors would seek to run under the banners of their political parties a situation that would conform to nip desires far More of a party system at City i cant really see partisan polities being in play Down there at City said i think you would end up fighting or taking positions because of the political parties rather than what might be in the Best inter ests of the nip Harvey Smith said that is he said councillors already take positions on party lines and having clearly identifiable ruling and opposition parties would make councillors More accountable to the you just it was the councils decision and in just one vote in said Smith said the ice cannot fool voters by simply changing its a righting coalition has existed in one form or another since 1925 when it was formed to oppose labor Candi dates for City ;