Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 3, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Streamlined Foeh Bobois int so much a furniture store As it is a lifestyle Heap of heaps hundreds of junkers and heaps Are abandoned every year in stage stars its a year of splashy imports and new beginnings in the arts on Winnipeg stages this fall and Winter 717 in a Haze Farmers avoided a disaster this year by ignoring senator Hazen argues crop weather sunny today 26 Clear tonight 13 sunny tomorrow 26 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Index Ann Landers Jumble Puzzle Jumble saturday plus to 27 28 38 30 55 82 27 55 6 17 59 23 65 12 7 25 35 7 43 35 77 39 52 35 50 6 the encephalitis link probed in Virden girls death by Fred Youngs Manitoba health officials afe gating the possibility a Young vide i gift has died from Western Equine Johst director of the cad Haftl provincial said yesterday encephalitis is considered to be a possible cause in the 12yearold girls death thursday at childrens Hospital in she showed it Complex set of symptoms that involved the brain and Central nervous he there were signs of encephalitis with of the he he that Litis is one of several possibilities for the girls physicians Tely think of that at this time in this we Haven got a definite report indicating cause of death at this said he was Uncertain when the report would be health minister Larry Desjardins said yesterday that a third Case of the often called sleep ing has a Young Brandon whose name was not is recovering from encephalitis at Desjardins said in a she is the third confirmed Case in the province and the second in the past three Desjardins said thursday that a Portage la Prairie woman was in intensive care at the health sciences Centre after contract ing the which is spread by culex Taf Satis to a Winnipeg Man in his 30s was found to have which Tan cause paralysis and possibly he has since Wilt said it is believed the Brandon woman was exposed to virus while at a Lake on the 1314 that the most Likely Wilt although it is impossible to determine precisely because the illness has a five to 20day incubation Peri the woman is believed to have contracted the disease after the govern ment finished its Aerial spraying program to combat the culex Tafralis the program was launched after a health emergency was declared because of fears of an encephalitis Desjar diffs has warned that although about 83 per cent of the virus carrying mosquitoes were killed when the Pesti cide malathion was sprayed on More than 30 the risk of being infected Mosquito activity has remained High in the prolonged hot and humid free press weekend september 1983 Winnipeg free press vol 1 n no 233 60c outside Winnipeg Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 soviet regrets fail to mollify angered West from pc Reuters amid angry rhetoric reminiscent of the cold Western leaders Are at tempting to Frame what a spokesman for president Reagan called a measured response to the reported soviet Downing of a South korean jetliner with 269 people nine of them soviet leaders expressed regret Over the loss of life in a statement issued but claimed the intruder plane was on a Cia backed spy mis outrage fear Sion and defended the firing of what it described Only As warning see soviets Page 4 Moscow circus May be cancelled cancellation of the Moscow circus booking at Winnipeg Arena j316 will be considered at a special meeting tuesday of Winnipeg enterprises doctors premiums jump 42 by Pamela Fayerman doctors malpractice insurance premiums have taken a 42percent jump this year As their Legal defence organization tries to Cope with High numbers of lawsuits a Long Canadas doctors will pay this year for membership in the Canadian medical protective Assoc a which pays for Legal defence in malpractice the association also covers damages if the doctor loses a Case at trial or if there is an out court while there appears to be a general trend favouring doctors when cases go to 78 per cent of such trials across the country last judges found the doctors were not neg i More cases Are being settled out of court for greater in addition to higher awards by judges when doctors Are found neg i accounts for the increase in insurance to cover the doctors exposure to the Capa has beefed up its Reserve fund to in the organization paid million to Law yers representing doctors in malpractice suits and nearly million in damages to patients or their Ami Only eight per cent of the 516 suits launched by disgruntled patients last year got to the trial Twenty eight per cent of the suits filed nation ally last year were settled out of court while 39 per cent were dismissed or the Issue arose in response to the alleged soviet Downing of a korean air lines Boeing 747 passenger Jet wednes nine canadians were among the 269 charges the soviet Union shot Down the civilian aircraft have drawn a variety of responses from Winnipeg with some calling for cancellation of the circus and others pleading against overreaction and for greater efforts in was West arms enterprises general manager George Deprats said yesterday he would raise the question of cancellation at the tuesday i think it will have to be brought up on the Deprats there is a Chance it could be Al though the promoters have booked the Arena for those dates and have put up the i suppose there could be a lawsuit if we did he Harold president of Toron tos Maple Leaf said yester Day Hes Banning the Toronto performances of the Moscow quoted by the Canadian said he was cancelling the circus in anticipation of the reaction see circus Page 4 no paper monday labor Day classified and display advertising offices will be closed until Wayne free press those rails Haven Treyve strayed from the straight and narrow As a result of ballast removal and heat expansion during in Branch line upgrading near Sanford Winnipeg was hotter than hell As temperature hits record 39 it was hotter than hell in Winnipeg the Mercury climbed to a record in the City yester while temperatures in were relatively meteorologists at the Winnipeg weather office said yesterday was the hottest september Day in 111 since the Northwest mounted police began recording local temperatures in the sweltering heat yesterday shattered the previous record High for a september set on both 1906 and while the City was not the hottest spot in the the record yester Day was cause for Pride to Winnipeg Gers forced to explain weather in january and february to friends in warmer we were warmer than a which reported we whipped and Rio de where the Sun beamed Down at we were hotter than Leba and we were hotter than indo and hotter than we were even hotter than hell Only and where temperatures reached were hotter than Winnipeg record highs also were set yester Day at grand red Sioux and Pickle girl kills Stepfather Over jailed 3 years by Paula Martin Winnipeg free press Brandon a teenage girl who killed her Stepfather and stabbed her Mother in a rage after being forbidden to turn on the television set was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday for Delores Martha pleaded guilty to assault and Possession of a weapon in the 4 slaying of Ivan Cooke on the Lizard Point Indian this is a girl who cannot control her said attorney Krys adding who has an alcohol abuse had been drinking heavily for hours before the Jandrews Hersh countered by saying the alcohol had been supplied by the they were the ones giving her the liquor after promising the court they Wolch noted Jandrew must have been extremely intoxicated because when police she was kneeling Over Cooke with a knife in one hand and a Beer and cigarette in she also broke into song when police offi cers read her her he Wolch painted a picture of his Young client As a victim and product of her saying her anger in Many ways was Why a child be after years of neglect and physical and sexual abuse Wolch asked the this is indeed a sad said provincial court judge agreeing Jandrews problems arose from her a pre sentence report showed most of the girls anger was directed toward her whom she Felt had not been a Good Jandrew told police the incident started when she wanted to turn off the record player so she could watch a television her said that after she forbade her daughter to turn the set she started throwing things stabbed her Mother twice in the Arm and then Cooke in the government gears up for language hearings by Fred Youngs the Pawley governments controversial plan to extend French language rights enters its second phase next week with the Start of historic hearings on the proposed amendment to the the hearings begin tuesday in Winnipeg with the first of More than 90 presentations to be heard Over four More than 150 groups or individuals already have indicated their intent to appear before the committee during its province wide the meetings follow a two week Lull in the longest session in the history of the Many Las used the recess to go to the but it has been anything but restful for com Mittee chairman Andy Anstett and the staff of the clerks office who Are preparing for the language Anstett spent much of the past two weeks putting the finishing touches on the logistics for the while at the same time trying to catch up on other work that was left Over from the legislative ses preparations for the Legislatures standing committee on privileges and elections meetings has dominated the working hours of the clerks its going said one woman in the clerks office who was besieged by Calls from the Public and the Media she added that Many of the callers were is this the Russ Doern French thing the wayward new has campaigned hard against the pro posed bilingualism agreement struck by the the Federal govern ment and the society Fra Comanito Baine As a Way of heading off a supreme court Challenge to Manitoba unilingual individuals and groups were still calling in As late As yesterday after noon to Register to appear before the the clerks spokesman by noon the lineup of speakers for the fou Day Winnipeg hearings had reached members of the Public wishing to make a presenta Tion can add their names to the list by registering when they attend the hear which Start at 10 in room 255 of the legislative the meetings Are open to the Anstett said he expects the commit tee will be Able to Complete its work in Winnipeg by but if More hearings Are needed in the City it has scheduled extra time when its tour of the province ends included on the list of speakers for Winnipeg Are two Quebec groups federation Des francophone hours que Bec and Alliance an Anglo phone group which believes the pro posed change to 23 of the Manitoba act will be a Boon to its fight for greater English As Leo president of is expected to be among the first after the four Days of hearings ends in the 11member committee will visit seven other Manitoba municipalities to hear but there wont be nearly As Many speak ers outside with the number of representations ranging from three in Thompson to 14 in Anstett said the costs of holding the hearings in the eight centres is difficult to even the clerk of the committee know at this he adding that the Dollar totals will de Pend on expenses Las from both parties file for travel and a commode while its much More expensive to hold hearings across the an Stett said Cost is not a major consideration because of the importance of the giving Manitoban a Chance to present their views on a constitutional amendment is some thing you must Anstett has had to attend to planning details such As air travel arrange see interest Page 4 4 ;