Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 24, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Witnesses hostile murder charge dropped is a y by Kevin Prokosh a flu def chaff again sri a Fri Al accused of stabbing his girlfriends tether w death in May was dropped yesterday when All the grown Nesses turned if eluding 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 abort a preliminary hearing against Joseph Richard when the tet easts daughter and son dont appear to care its the prosecution believes it Tost its ease because All the witnesses were either related to the accused or to the in still of the View that because of the inter family relationships they were trying to help the plan defence lawyer Tersh Welch was justas amazed by the unusual turn of Ive never seen two witnesses who refused to be said one of the cites senior defence its hard to understand the whole its quite never in a murder Case had he seen such a Lack of emotion for the Wonleh adding no one was Dis 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 murder in the staying of Norman the father of his the 5lt was stabbed near the heart during a party in the backyard of Bis Charles walk Home May the victim died Early the next Day of cardiac arrest triggered by the Chest the crowns theory is that about w people met at gear brands Home to prepare to fight a rival gang on main Laquette and the deceased Sheila began to see witness Page 4 sunny today 23 Clear tonight 1 7 August free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 Wayne free press 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 beamed for Rise in crime rate by Gary Hunter a crime wave in Manitoba in revealed in a recent statistics can Ada is base to some degree on loud House its not that Winni Eggers Are necessarily having or its that in 1982 police started recording every investigation of incidents involving the 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 co Tribu Tor to Overall increase was a increase in the number of municipal bylaw acting police chief de Igelski said yesterday that jump is largely the result of a reporting procedure 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 Igelski said about 90 per cent of the bylaw infraction investigations had to do with loud last year Winnipeg police reported municipal bylaw compared with in a change in reporting procedures by the ramp last year also is said to have influenced the ramp chief Bob Mullock said a new reporting see City Page 4 steroid tests Spur games defections dozen athletes withdraw As doping tests Lead to further medal loses 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 fight 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 in the Wake of the sanctions against the weightlifters and the americans the Canadian 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 can athletes would be anabolic steroids can add bulk to and athletes especially weightlifters and tracks shot putters and Hammer throwers have been found to be using the the 12 track athletes who left after 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 has found group Homes keep few records and Are not required to keep track of the dumber 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 than 20 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 left 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 that without such officials have no handle on the children in group Homes and that proper plan Ning cannot be done for their although he would not go into details before presenting his final report to Community services minister Len judge Kimelman said he has see province Page 4 Ransom expected bid seen by Patrick Mckinley t la Brian Ransom was expected to announce his candidacy for the Provin Cial progressive conservative Leader ship this Deputy conservative Leader Bud Sherman is also expected to enter the race in the next few party sources a leadership convention is scheduled for 10 in Winnipeg to select a successor to Sterling who is stepping Down As provincial Lyon has endorsed no but Ransom has been considered a Lyon protege since his promotion to the finance ministry in the Lyon Cabinet of Ransom Turtle firmed in an interview last night that a see Ransom Page a Legal Aid lawyers irked by comments by Paula Martin the Law society of Manitoba will look into lawyer Greg Brodsky com ments about a new Legal Aid Manitoba criminal Law office after receiving a complaint from the association that represents Legal Aid Graeme chief executive offi cer of the Law said he received a letter this week from the Legal Aid lawyers association that contained a complaint related to Media com the essential Issue that they want the society to direct its attention to Are the Media comments concerning the new Legal Aid criminal Law office and the Type of service its lawyers provide to Garson Brodsky commented last week that the new opened by Legal Aid to take Over work assigned to outside is the first step toward establishing a Public defenders the office of six Legal Aid staff Law yers will provide second rate service to clients from inexperienced Brodsky he compared representation by Pri vate counsel and Legal Aid staff to the difference Between made measure and offt Herack he said each Legal Aid lawyer will have hundreds of cases which will not receive As close attention As they Garson said a copy of the complaint would be forwarded to who is out of a reply is requested in 14 Days and the matter then goes to the Law so Cletys discipline findings of misconduct can result in penalties ranging from Fine to Dis bar the complaint Falls into the category of general ethical Garson one must not do or say anything that will bring another member of the profession into undeserved dire the Issue of Freedom of speech will to be an element of the Garson elderly drug abuse doctor says by Paul Mooney one out of every four Manitoban Over 50 years old is a heavy user of mood altering prescription drugs such As Paul Witenko of the University of Manitoba medical faculty said Witenko told a drug addiction seminar that a 1978 random Sample of about 400 older people showed 55 per cent of women aged 50 to 64 were prescribed drugs such As valium and 31 per cent of that number were chronic among women 65 years and 45 per cent used this Type of drug and chronic use was noted in per cent of the he adding the find Ings exclude people in hospitals and other care see drug Page 4 Metal quota Gattl Ernins association chief says the new Ceef Espert quotas allow More meat into the than Eyer trivia tront grow newspapers in Manila Earl for a judicial inquiry into pening Aquinas mysterious 18 unusual twitch reversing the usual civic finance committee says the police towing contract should go to the highest my Roger Simmons sudden resignation As mines minister has taken newfound Landers by Ann 29 18 13 35 30 35 6 25 7 32 18 Jumble 39 7 45 sports 50 13 17 to 29 6 ;