Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 29, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba israeli reaction mixed Tel Aviv a on the streets of where Menachem begin is respected by Many As a israe Lis were stunned and saddened yester Day to hear the prime minister had decided to others were Delight i am not a liked supporter but begin was one of the greatest people to Ever Rule this said Yehuda a cafe and it Breaks my but Eduardo a store owner who supports the labor said in very i think its about a 24yearold Veteran wounded in the Lebanon who identified himself Asim ready to buy Cham pagne for the whole country to Cele news that the 70yearold prime min ister told parliament of his intention to resign was broadcast on the and not Long begins liked political Alliance announced that a spontaneous petition calling on begin to change his mind was being drawn up and will be for signature sat dozens of places around the the head of begins Herat Ronnie said on Israel television that thousands of supporters were on their Way to begins Jerusalem Home for an Al night by about 200 people were outside his mod est Home in residential Jerusalem which police had cordoned i feel As heaven he had said Simon a Tobac its destroying a recent Public opinion poll indicated that 78 per cent of Likus supporters wanted begin to ran for prime min ister in the next the runner up was former defence minister Ariel Sharon with less than four per speculation varied concerning the reason for begins he was certainly very sick if Hes resigning he must be said Pinhas a retired Art teacher and opposition labor party sup a Meir thought begin was fed up with the continuing squabbles among his minis especially during the recent eco nomic some hoped for the change of mind begin had today to delay his Resigna Tion to the prime without you Haven got a redone slogan toted outside begins another please change your David of Jerusalem Mous Rara neighbourhood brought begin a bouquet of of pvt of Palace under fire in artillery duels two shiite moslem militiamen take up their positions on a Road South of new israeli elections seen As Likely Choice if Wal 1 the he said Marine vehicles took the casualties id emf Iii head quarters at the where they were evacuated by helicopter to the Navy Seju Adron off the Beirut warrant officer Charles Mowe of san Fra Felisco propelled grenade exploded hear a Marine position at the Airport at 7 he said one Feket Tufe to reign the Fence around the marines basketball another landed across the Highway from the Marine Headquarters and a third crashed just East of the Marine maintenance x he said the marines were on Condi Tion holed up in Foxholes and bunkers the latest incident brings to three the number of marines killed and15 injured since the Moo member Contin gent first Arff Veln Leba holi 11 months a Marine was killed when me stepped on a landmine last the presidential Palace was shelled As gun Battles and artillery exchanges flared throughout there was no immediate word on damage to the which is about 500 metres feet from Bassadore Robert Dillons rival Christian and druse militias were exchanging artillery fire in mountains near the Palace area where the lebanese army Hopes to assert control when israeli troops move out As pan of a the lebanese array imposed cur few on Beirut Southern hoods and sent in troops to Battle the shiite militiamen of the amal police said artillery fire had killed four people and wounded not counting the the fighting name one Day after marines waged their first Battle since arriving in returning fire after a checkpoint was shelled yester Day Lymm no casualties were reported after yesterdays 90minute firelight at a joint Marine lebanese army Check Point in the Hay Ess ulum Section of South the Airport was forced to close for the second time this about 30 marines were Man Ning the outpost with a smaller number of lebanese soldiers when it was fired on the Airport was closed to International a second police said machine gun fire struck air ports deserted terminal causing considerable police said 10 lebanese soldiers were among those wounded in the two Days of shelling by sectarian the voice of Lebanon radio station of the rightist Christian phalanges party said one Shell today hit the presidential Palace eight Kilometres East of the marines based near the Airport Are part of multinational peace keeping continued from Page 1 austerity measures to Cut israels High a three member threatened to Bolt from begins liked coalition last week Over pro posed budget cuts and reduce the blocs 64seat majority to 61 in the 120mem Ber or Israel would face three possibilities if begin stepped Down the Knesset could Convene in special session during its summer recess and set a Date for new Herzog could choose either begin or opposition labor party Leader Shimon Peres to form a new or begin could announce his retirement from political life and an other liked Leader would be named As a successor to put together a new foreign minister Yitzhak 68j was viewed As the most logical Candi minister Moshe favored in could not succeed begin unless new elections were held because he is not a Knesset also mentioned As candidates were a moroccan born former construction worker popular among sephardic jews native to the Middle finance minister Yoram who has a firm Power base in begins governing liked bloc and for Mer defence minister Ezer who remains popular with the Public after his expulsion in 1981 for rebelling against the prime Israel radio said the most Likely possibility was new held jointly with municipal elections Al ready scheduled for the labor party reacted cautiously to begins withholding formal comment unless a resignation but its members were re ported holding urgent the party Secretary Haim bar Sla Idhe opposed Early elec Secreti cited for Cloteil Mee Wiigs begin delays d6clsi6ft continued from Page 1 Freedom of information act May change things in commission boardrooms so at least Board meeting minutes can be available to the most boards that say they wont let reporters into meetings also refuse to make minutes of meetings available to the although there Are 157 boards and commissions listed in the government phone a 1978 report on govern ment organization and Economy Esti mated the number at Between 250 and the review pointed to the need to Weed out redundant and useless such As the film classification meet Only when there is a pressing Issue to be although the classification Board has had three meetings since Ings Iii its Many Board spokesmen said that since the boards Deal with confidential with some companies competing in the private the meetings should remain confident were like any other said Saul Board chairman of Manitoba Telephone adding that its appears before legislative Jeff chairman of the Mani Toba police commission said no Mem Ber of the Media had Ever asked to attend a Board were not a Clandestine Organiza Tion that meets in he that question has never been but in my View the meetings should be open because this committee is appointed by the government and the said suicide statistics change praised continued from Page 1 open Winnipeg first native crisis Centre to curb Indian said self inflicted death has reached fright ening proportions among natives in the City and on we tried to get these statistics but had she i think it will justify our need crisis intervention Centre to combat native suicides a native group is preparing to launch the cites first crisis intervention Centre designed to curb what its members believe is an intolerable number of suicides in Winnipeg native Lena executive director of the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre of said her group Hopes to buy a House in North Winni Peg for the Friesen said the Centre will offer a 24hour Telephone hotline and on premises counselling for native rape victims and natives threaten ing she said staff at the India Metis Centre realized the service was needed after polling themselves and discovering each worker knew about 10 relatives or friends who had committed we have a weekly staff meeting and the staff kept on i know this person who committed we found out that theres too Many people committing suicide out she it the Centre has been a Long time its with that Survey we took with the staff those lives have been John clinics director of crisis intervention and counselling said while statistics Are the suicide rate among a particularly on is Likely Well above the National aver age of about suicides per Friesen said a native run Centre is essential because Winnipeg native population will not use the cites other crisis intervention pro Grams offered by clinic and the salvation i know that the native people do not use native people prefer native she clinics executive director Marty Dolin said few of the Calls the centres hotline handles monthly Are from natives or members of other minority when it comes to crisis lines there is a language Friesen said he group Hopes to raise funds for the Centre through Community for expanded services in the comm Larry executive director of first nations confederacy also praised the decision to expand the scope of the medical examiners an Nual for our i think it would be Good to find out what the actual numbers Starr adding the statistics would Aid Indian groups in their Battle to gain increased funding for social i think its always been known that Indian people have always had the highest fatality rates in each of the areas in accidents or Abe executive director of the Manitoba association for rights and warned the new Statis tics could be used to discriminate against certain the problem is this this inform it seems to could be used to have an Adverse effect on insurance Arnold if it the information was simply used in support of studies of social problems and the need for improved suicide prevention among different that one he Dale chairman of the Mani Toba human rights said recording the demographic data would contravene human rights legislation Only if it was presented in a discriminatory or derogatory it the practice is certainly the sort of thing that could be brought to the commission in the form of a com he according to recently released Sta 149 Manitoban committed Sui cide in compared with 154 in about 76 people have committed Sui cide in the province this males hit worse by sudden death by Doug Speirs Manitoba males continue to suffer More sudden deaths than females whether at behind the wheel or at the according to Statis tics from the provinces chief medical of the cases handled last year by Manitoba 69 medical involved compared with 803 the annual statistical re port under the fatality inquiries chief medical examiner Peter Markesteyn office is called in when it is suspected someone died by undue Means or culpable negligence or in an unexplained or Sud Den a spokesman for the provinces department of vital statistics said Manitoban died last including men and in people died throughout the including men and the gender of three skeletons discovered in 1981 could not be Ken Deputy registrar of the College of physicians and surgeons of said males have a higher death rate than females because they Are More susceptible to disease and tend to be a Tad More adventure of those cases investigated by the medical examiners last natural particularly heart were by far the leading causes of claiming men and 629 according to the motor vehicle accidents were the second leading cause of killing 106 men and 54 almost half the fatal car crashes in 1982 involved Home accidents trailed slightly be Hind car leading to the deaths of 94 men and 58 of 20 men and 16 women died because of smoke inhalation in House and of the 149 Manitoban who committed suicide last year five less than in 1981 were most male suicide victims ended their lives by violent while women chose less violent fifty seven men shot themselves to death and 28 died by while the most popular method among female victims was drug with seven ending their lives that Way i a ;