Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 24, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Witnesses hostile murder charge dropped by Kevin Prokosh a murder charge against a Man accused of Stab birth his father to death in May was dropped yesterday when All Crown wit Nesses turned including two who refused to be sworn to Tell the its very difficult to conceive that no one gives a said a dejected Crown attorney Brian Kaplan after he had to a preliminary hearing against Richard when the deceased daughter and son dont appear to care its the believes it lost its All the witnesses were either related to the accused of to the still of the View that because of the relationships they were try Fig to help the a plan so fid defence lawyer Hesh Woich was just As Affia Zed by the unusual turn of Ive never seen two witnesses who refused t5 m said Ofle of tote Eitts Senieff detente its hard to the whole quite Nev few Iff a murder Case had he seen such a Lack of emotion for the Welch adding no Otte was Dis traught any emotion that could be shown was in support of the a All the witnesses seemed quite Happy with the no one had a bad word for was charged with Ond degree run def if the slaying of Norf Fidfl the father of his the wag stabbed near the heart during a party in the backyard of his Charles walk Home May the victim died Early the next Day of cardiac arrest triggered by the Chest the crowns theory is that about 10 people met at Chartrand Home to prepare to fight a rival gang on main Laquette and the deceased Sheila began to see witness Page 4 Clear tonight 17 sunny tomorrow 31 free Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 August 1983 vol hims 224 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Wayne fr66 pr6ss High drama Winnipeg firefighters soak the smoking roof of the 13storey Bestland building at Portage Avenue and main Street after the fire forced 400 people into the streets wild parties blamed for Rise in crime rate by Gary Hunter a crime wave in Manitoba in revealed in a recent statistics can Ada is based to some degree on loud House its not that Winnup Eggers Are necessarily having or its just that in 1982 police started recording every investigation of incidents involving the cites anti noise according to a preliminary crime statistics report for released by statistics Canada last Manitoba had a per cent in crease in crime last second Only to British Columbia and Well above the National a significant contributor to the Overall increase was a increase in the number of municipal bylaw acting police chief said yesterday that jump largely the Resul of a reporting procedure introduced last year which requires All investigations of anti noise bylaw offences be prior to last officers would Check a noise complaint and then Clear it off without recording Igelski said about 90 per cent of the infraction investigations had to do with loud last year Winnipeg police reported municipal bylaw compared with in a change in reporting procedures the ramp last year also is said to have influenced the ramp chief Bob Mullock said a new operational reporting see City Page 4 m steroid tests Spur games defections dozen athletes withdraw As doping tests Lead to further medal loss by Ross Hopkins up sports editor Caracas a dozen american track and Field athletes went Home yesterday after being told of strict drug tests and four More weightlifters were stripped of their medals at the pan american games in one of the big Gest Ever crackdowns on doping in International the pan american sports Organiza Tion now has taken medals away from eight with promises of More to monday after Mario Vasquez president of the games organizing announced the action against the first four including canadians Guy Gravette and Michel team doctors and coaches met with americas track and Field we knew about the about Mike a triple jumper from los told Abc radio As he prepared to leave Caracas Early yesterday with 12 the exact reason for the track ath letes leaving was never Given by Don executive director of the olympic and he said their withdrawal from the games should not be taken As an implication of steroids overtake but William president of the said upon arriving in new York with the that they chose not to compete when told of the strict n the Wake of the sanctions against the weightlifters and the americans the Canadian track and Field team also held a meeting but All of the canadians decided to Dave Lyon of track team said there All no one is going Miller and Evie Mission chief of the also made it Plain that use of anabolic steroids or any other drugs by Ameri can athletes would be anabolic steroids can add bulk to and athletes weightlifters and tracks shot putters and Hammer throwers have been found to be using the the 12 track athletes who left alter being told of the tests were shot putters Jesse Stuart and Ian discus throwers Paul Bishop and Greg Hammer throwers Dave Mckenzie and John 400 metre relay members Mike Patrick and Brady javelin thrower Dun can pole vaulter Mike de athlete Gary Bastien and among the four weightlifters whose medals were taken away yesterday was american Jeff Michels who had won All three golds in the 110kilogram class last among medals taken away monday were two Gold and a Silver from Grea Vette of new in the two Bronze from Viau of Panama officials said their names had been turned Over to their National olympic committees and the International weightlifting federation for possible sanctions that could keep them out of the 1984 officials indicated that keeping the olympics clean might be their ultimate goal in this group Home shortcomings cited by judge by Maureen Brosnahan Manitoba group Home system needs to be overhauled by the govern ment and made More accountable for the lives of children in according to a study to be submitted to the province next the conducted by senior family court judge Edwin found that group Homes keep few records and Are not required to keep track the number of children they have in their the length of time Treyve been there or to maintain a statistical breakdown of their in not Happy As a citizen with what were doing to our judge Kimelman said in an interview about his study i certainly have not found that the group Home situation is the Best thing since sliced judge who revealed some of his findings in the said his conclusions Are the result of spot visits and examination of conditions at More than20 group Homes in Urban and Rural Manitoba during the past few he said he has found that group Homes Are not required by the province to keep statistics on the children placed there and that the cases of Many children May be dormant for Long periods of time before being reviewed by child care i do not want to unduly criticize he but i would have expected that the statistics would have been he said such officials have no handle on the children in group Homes and cant plan properly for their although he would not go into details before presenting his report to Community services minister Len judge Kimelman said he has found the system less than the study began last february after the reported that native children at a group Home in Vassar see group Page 4 Portage alternative proposed by Dave Roberts a consortium of five major Winnipeg developers says in will put up million for a downtown redevelopment scheme that features More housing and a new hotel but scraps the idea of a new the presented to civic politicians this is one of iwo Pri vate plans offered a alternatives to redevelopment made 10 Days ago by the government sponsored North of Portage Tusk the consortium proposal is a joint venture by Lakeview properties the Imperial Quilico develop metropolitan properties and the shelter corporation of Cana All Are Winnipeg based the called the developers see Portage Page 1 paper cites tax problems Ottawa up the Ottawa citizen says that Roger who suddenly As mines minister monday after Only 10 Days in the is under investigation by Revenue Canada for possible tax in a frontage Story today the newspaper says a highly placed government source also says the Federal attorney generals depart ment has also been involved in the Justice minister Mark Macguigan today refused to confirm an investigation was under the government official also said see Simmons Page 4 Simmons investigation Ransom decides to seek provincial pc leadership la Brian Ransom has announced his candidacy for the provincial progressive conservative its been a consideration for a Long period of but unquestionably the decision of Provencher my Jake Epp not to run had an the former pc finance minister Ransom said he has garnered sup port from within his caucus and expects More two Urban Las who Are already committed to helping him Are former attorney general Gerry Mercier and la Gerrie the Turtle Mountain la said he expects leadership style will be an Issue in the and comparisons with outgoing Leader Sterling Lyon will be i think people Are expecting a change and there going to get u he everybody is Dif in certainly going to be differ ent than Lyon Deputy conservative Leader Bud Sherman fort Garry is also expected to enter the race a leadership convention is scheduled for 10 in Tuxedo la Gary who could not be reached last is also a possible la Jim Dow Ney Arthur said he will decide in the next few while Don Orchard Pembina said he has All but decided against a meat quota cattlemen association chief says the new beef Export quotas allow More meat into the than Ever trivia questions grow pro government newspapers in Manila Call for a judicial inquiry into Benigno Aquinas mysterious unusual switch reversing the usual civic finance committee says the police towing contract should go to the highest drug abuse one out of every four Manitoban Over 50 years old is a heavy user of drugs such As doctor Index Ann 29 18 13 35 30 6 25 7 32 18 Jumble 39 27 27 7 45 sports 50 13 1 7 to 29 6 i ;