Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 2, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Big Welcome a film Crew has received a warm Welcome in Churchill where it is filming All for naught a promising training program intended to get welfare recipients off the Dole May fail for Lack of Active role a number of Winnipeg congregations Are taking a More Active role in the social problems of the inner jets downed former Winnipeg Jet Willy Lindstrom scored two goals on his old team As Edmonton oilers routed the jets 72 last weather sunny today 3 Clear tonight 5 Cloudy tomorrow 3 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Index Ann Landers Jumble Puzzle Jumble entry saturday plus sports to 28 55 29 12 52 36 44 28 36 6 17 31 28 58 66 7 55 7 55 55 69 13 50 55 6 the Schroeder berates tories for refusing Holiday by Murray Mcneill the Manitoba government could have saved thousands and thousands of dollars if the opposition had agreed to give legislators a Holiday on Mon finance minister Vic Schroeder Schroeder told the House thursday the government wanted to close the legislature on both Good Friday and easter monday because All other provincial civil servants have both Days he noted that if Las Are off work for More than three consecutive Days the government does not have to pay them their regular living allowance for those by reopening the legislature on Mon the government will have to pay the daily allowances for All four which will total for each of the 29 Rural As it will have to pay overtime to civil servants connected with the legislature for working on what should have been a Day the finance minis Ter Schroeder said the government Cau Cus thought making monday a Holiday would be a Good Way to save but the conservatives nixed the the finance ministers comments triggered a Stormy response from the opposition a visibly angry Jim Downey pc Arthur called Schroeder a stupid adding that he had never heard such that like the argument that if you dont get up in the you dont have to buy Downey slamming his hand Down on his we want to work whats wrong with that added tory Back Bencher Clayton manness manness said a better Way to save Money would be to give civil servants Only a three Day that All most other Manitoban he so Why should they get monday off Downey also said that with Manitoban unemployed and the Paw Ley government mismanaging the Economy at every the opposition afford to take monday Schroeder raised the monday Holiday Issue during an agriculture committee debate on the governments decision to reduce funding this year to 4h clubs in the Downey chastised the government for cutting funding by to some thing As important As the 4h move ment while giving a Grant to the organizers of a marxist convention held recently in 500 april 1983 Winnipeg free press vol 111 no Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 Charleswood flood victims to sue City Hall by Glen Mackenzie a group of Charleswood fed up with years of flooded Are suing the Ron Vic president of the Charleswood homeowners said last night representatives of his group expect to appear in court later this month to sue the City for failing to properly maintain the who claims the group has about 700 said a civic bylaw requires the City to pay for maintenance of paved streets with established storm but not streets which Arent Roy of 770 Charleswood Colombia death toll j pop a an a colombian army helicopters flew in food and other emergency supplies yesterday and evacuated seriously injured victims of the holy thursday earthquake that killed More than 200 people and devastated this andean provincial an emergency committee headed by provincial Amalia de Salazar said 194 bodies had been identified by yesterday 179 in Papayan and 15 in surrounding rescuers said said residents were told a few years ago they would be assessed As much As a year for 20 years to pay for paved streets and other improvements needed to prevent flood Rose Marie of 308 Lyn Brook said she was one of those who launched a successful petition against these improvements on grounds the City should pay for them from general tax As is done with paved Wiklund said flooding occurs because the streets Arent maintained and the ice logged Cul verts Arent see flood Page 4 quake 200plus there were at least 40 More bodies that have not been and searched through tonnes of rubble for More Vic five thousand scale weeping uncontrollably and others quietly buried their loved ones in a ceremony at a cemetery attended by president Belisario Imon tingets As new of chief Justice by Doug Speirs Justice Alfred who sparked a Public juror last year Over courtroom remarks about Drunken has been named chief Justice of Manitoba court of judge will become the provinces most senior judge when he replaces Justice Samuel freed who retires april 16 at age judge elevated to the a peal court in 1962 after serving on Manitoba court of Queens Bench since refused comment on his appoint ment saying he was waiting for official word from judge Monnin sparked an outcry from Manitoba native Community last May for comments he made during an Appeal court hearing when he denied a defence lawyers request to disregard the testimony of two Crown witnesses on the grounds they were either drunk or Hung the judge was quoted As saying we cant do if i had to strike from the record the evidence of Drun Ken indians that i had heard Over the past 25 there be much see Monnin Page 4 when the quake struck thursday archbishop Silverio who presided Over the told re porters i have issued a special dispensation in order to celebrate holy roman Catholic Liturgy pro bits the Celebration of mass on Good helped by 15 Buitrago said mass before a makeshift altar erected on a pile of broken the bodies were buried in a Corner of the cemetery untouched by the coffins exposed much of the cemetery was heavily damaged by the which exposed hundreds of coffins and broke most sanitation teams began collect ing the disinfecting them with quicklime and re burying them in a common but Many families objected and took their relatives cof fins to neighbouring communities for with 700 injured the cites Hospital and two clinics six helicopters were flying More severe cases to 105 Kilometres to the an additional people were treated for minor injuries and sent the which measured on the Richter destroyed buildings about half of the City and officials said More were so badly damaged they will have to be damage was also heavy in the near by towns of Pien Damo and see Cathedral Page 4 West German police officers and police dog drag away a protester in Neu Ulm protesters form 22km link antinuclear protests staged Greenham England Reuter tens of thousands of pro testers formed a 22kilometre human Chain linking three nuclear arms centres in one of the most spectacular of the easter demonstrations against nuclear the Campaign for nuclear disarmament said More than people took in yesterdays symbolic attempt to break the nuclear police put the number at the up to six deep in stretched from Greenham common air where the first nato cruise missiles Are due to be past Aldermaston atomic re search Centre to the Burghfield nuclear arms defence Secretary Michael Hesel choose your team Winnipeg fans of big league baseball deserve a Hometown team to cheer for this cast a ballot and help the sports editors adopt a team to read Hal Sigurdson christians around world Mark christs crucifixion by the associated press thousands of christians made the traditional pilgrimage along Jerusa lems via Dolorosa this Good Friday and Pope John Paul Knelt and kissed a wooden Cross in Peters Basilica in solemn ceremonies marking the crucifixion of Jesus years the rites in Jerusalem began in the Church of the holy where tradition says Jesus was crucified and thousands of Pil grims followed franciscan monks and Arab scouts in a procession from the first station of the where Jesus was to the Small groups marched up via Dolorosa through the Many of them shouldering wooden crosses sup plied by a franciscan they walked slowly up the metre 3290 feet Street of sorrows to the traditional site of and the narrow lanes of the old City were jammed with but israeli officials said fewer people came this year for the coinciding easter and passover see Pope Page 4 returning from a visit to West said the protesters were follow ing a naive and reckless Road and would strengthen the Kremlin Case in the nuclear arms i have the simplest of messages to those who Heseltine you do so in that is your right that i am charged with its dont believe for a moment we will risk that ours As Well As by following you along a naive and reckless protesters plan today to move to Scotland for a mass rally at the Polaris submarine base on the River 90 marches the West German antinuclear weapons peace movement also begins its easter protests across the country in Earnest today when it holds most of the 90 marches it expects will attack half a million the fou Day West German antinuclear weapons Campaign made a quiet Start blockades were put up at 15 West German and installations and the biggest protest was at the Tellinghusen nuclear weapons depot in Schleswig where demonstrators the Only reported incidents were at the Wiley Barracks in the Bavari an town of which protesters believe is one of the Sites where Persh ing 2 missiles Are to be deployed from see police Page 4 i protests ministers at Flag by Mary Ann Fitzgerald the United states government has formally protested the attendance of two Manitoba Cabinet ministers at a Flag burning demonstration at the american consulate last in a note to the external affairs the government said it wants to protest strongly the participation of ministers of the government of Manitoba in this it clearly gave it an official officials said it would appreciate assurances that such official sup port of hostile demonstrations will not be a spokesman for external affairs minister Allan Maceachen told the free press Canada has responded it deeply regrets any incident in which an american Flag was Ottawa pointed out the two ministers were not involved in the actual Flag according to its the spokesman said Ottawa agreed to pass on the american concern to the Manitoba Deputy Premier Muriel Smith and natural resources minister Al Mack along with six government Back benches who attended the March 23 have publicly dissociated themselves from the Flag Burn the demonstration was to protest american intervention in Consul general Lillian Mullin told the free press she delivered a copy of the note to Premier Howard Pawley thursday the external affairs spokesman said Ottawa received the note Pawley refused saying he will await a letter from he has refused to apologize to the claiming he will not muzzle Cabinet or nip caucus members from speaking out for although he does not condone Flag two members of the North Dakota Senate also denounced the burning of the american i am surprised and disappointed that some of our neighbors in Canada have chosen to desecrate our National said Senate majority Leader Rolland i am confident that this action reflects the attitude of an extremely Small group of Canadian said Redlin who is chair Man of the Legislatures Garrison diversion overview i assure our Canadian friends that our respect for the Maple Leaf Flag is i will continue my Zeal to protect the legitimate interests of our Canadian neighbors and main Tain lies of communication in an atmosphere of opposition Leader Ster Ling Lyon said thursday he will Intro Duce a Resolution in the legislature next week asking the House to apologize to the the external affairs spokesman said Ottawa has not suggested any action to the Manitoba we Are hoping Pawley will take it from he a government source said Pawley has not proposed any future guide lines for his but is hoping lessons have been ;