Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 7, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Judge raps Banks for bogus cheques by Kevin Prokosh a provincial court judge yesterday criticised the inaction of Banks to curb the ease with which criminals can open accounts and bilk merchants with bad its probably the easiest crime to judge Charles Rubin told Douglas Stafford who pleaded guilty to 22 charges of false pretences and one count of but the Banks have refused to do anything about its a horrendous said the judge after its All old problem and nothing has been done about there is a responsibility on the part of the Banks to protect them court was told that last Decem Ber and wrote 22 rubber cheques after using stolen identification to open four Bank he bought almost Worth of including video judge Rubin threatened dare with jail but placed him on probation for two years and ordered full the steady Stream in court of paperhangers people who write phoney cheques has prompted a Plant by judge Rubin to Send a letter to Bank officials in Hopes of reducing Mer chants he has raised the problem previously with the Senate banking i have always maintained that its much easier to prevent that crime if endorsed the Date the account was opened on the he judge Rubin said noting the Date an account was opened on the first cheques provided to customers would Cut the losses incurred Fey if the Fife tenants knew the cheques presented to Sheffi had been opened the Day i think they would Call to see if there was Money in the a he Many offenders obtain false identification in City beverage the judge then it is simple to obtain Only opens an account and gets you 25 or 50 he then youre in drug use on the Job Clear tonight 12 sunny tomorrow 22 free september 250 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class registration number osb6 foam in Home James free press mess by Gary Hunter urea formaldehyde foam peeks out from under jagged siding near the front door of John Giesbrecht Home at 724 Beverley it has been there for More than a Giesbrecht said because no one from Robinson 1982 building and supplies also known As pm contracting has come up with a Jig its enough to make you he said As he walked around Liis Yard which is cluttered with plywood and bags of the Lack of a Jig saw needed to Cut out siding under the porch roof is Only one in a series of delays Gies Brecht described As a mess that has dragged on it has been eight weeks since two men Green As grass first showed up at the school teachers House and began ripping siding off the South two weeks later they haunt finished removing the foam from even one Wall and shortly after that they were after a on week wait a second Crew came on the he but after Over a the exterior of Giesbr Echis House was brought to its present state a Patchwork quilt of new plywood open plastic sheets Over fibreglass and a couple of spots where the old siding and foam have yet to be last Friday a third Crew turned the two Young men neither of them registered with the Federal government to do foam insulation re Moval work Are now Busy on the third taking foam out of the attic Walls from the Giesbrecht said he paid a Dow payment for removal of the foam in total Cost of the con tract is More than when new Vinyl siding is Paul general manager of pm could not be reached for comment Giesbrecht said from talking with Menon the it appears part of the problem is that they undertake the work on a piecework they get so much a Square foot to John Giesbrecht is upset about the condition of his remove the foam and they Only get and Ive heard the Crews paid after Treyve completed the have threatened to put a Lien against so if something better this they just Giesbrecht said he has talked with the said he has re the Consumers consumer Cei Ved a letter from Bird building and corporate affairs and Canadian supplies warning him that the com mortgage and housing As Well Pany has placed liens against some As the contractor but has yet to get Homes because of unpaid Bills by any homeowners face property liens when contractors fail to pay Bills fifty City homeowners have had liens placed on their properties by Bird building Supply because of the failure of a Winnipeg contracting firm to pay its Nick manager of Bird building said liens totalling were registered against 50 properties after Robinson building and supplies also known As pm contracting went in arrears on payments in most of the liens Are against properties where the owners had urea formaldehyde foam removal work done by Graver in addition to the placement of Graver said another 60 letters have been sent to pm customers asking them to inform Bird when they plan to make further payment to the the letter tells homeowners that by alerting the building Supply com Pany of payments they could avoid causing in the fun pm contracting has been suspended by the Federal department of consumer and corporate affairs As an approved contractor for foam insulation David a Federal government spokesman in said yesterday the suspension Means the company is under investigation for some aspect of its but Doest necessarily mean it will be he could give no further de tails caught in the Middle Paul general manager of could Noj be reached for comment yesterday despite repeated Telephone Calls to the company Coulter Avenue Graver said it was unfortunate they had to go after property owners for the outstanding but we have to try and protect noting that homeowners were kind of caught in the Graver said its a buyer beware situation for homeowners hiring a he said the company has sent letters to All property owners against whom it has placed a Lien and the response has indicated a 5050 split of anger directed at Bird and there Are some people who have always paid their Bills and take it As a real slur against them when a Lien is placed like said the filed with the provincial land titles impossible to sell a House until it is one Sale washed up until the Sellers lawyer sent the company Graver said he has been meeting with pm officials to try to work out another line of Security so the hens can be lifted but As of yesterday nothing had been soviets at last admit shooting Down plane from the news services the soviet after finally admitting it shot Down a South korean Airliner with 269 people today launched a strident press Campaign today that compared president Reagan with a the Kremlin said yesterday that it shot Clown the civilian and Western observers said today Media Campaign was aimed at limiting dam age to Moscow image by focusing on policy toward Nicaragua and Al in other development related to the so booting of the Jet d the soviets have asked for 000 in damage allegedly caused by demonstrators who broke through police lines and stormed its compound in Glen to protest the Downing of a South korean Gerald police commissioner in this new York City said he does not know who the russians expect will pay for the alleged mayor Alan Parente said releases if there asking us for the i can assure you we wih not pay d president Chun do Hwan of South Korea urged the soviet Union today to end its wicked deception and disclose True facts about its shoot ing Down of the Chun spoke in a National television address from his presidential Palace As an estimated people packed souls municipal soccer stadium for a mass funeral service for the d the number of soviet vessels operating where the Jet was Down almost doubled the Mari time safety Agency raising speculation they May have found wreckage or the Deputy director of the Agency office in Hiroshi said 13 soviet boats almost twice the number seen in the area before today were observed searching Waters see soviets Page i Winnipeg cancels Moscow circus by Tom Goldstein Winnipeg has become the fifth Cana Dian City to cancel performances of the Moscow circus following the soviet shooting Down last week of a South korean passenger the Board of the Winnipeg enter Prises last night unanimously voted to instruct its lawyers to initiate the necessary paperwork to cancel the wac chairman Harvey Johnson the corporation operates the City owned Winnipeg Arena where the Cir Cus was 10 perform the coupled with those announced yesterday in Vancou ver and May have effectively put an end to the entire planned nine City Canadian promoter Gerry Grundman Johnson said the primary reason for the boards decision to cancel the event was concern for the safety the citizens of Winnipeg and for the property and buildings of the enterprises he said the corporation has received Telephone Calls from a couple of associations and organizations who threatened to demonstrate outside the Arena if the show went while these things Start out peace we dont know How they might end he he declined to name the groups that threatened to Johnson said the 11 Board members discussed the matter at some times arguing passionately about what the russians had two Hundred and sixty nine people in see Winnipeg Page 1 key Garrison dam okayed the government has awarded million for a key feature in the controversial Gar Rison water upsetting the Canadian and Manitoba govern ments which oppose Garrison As a potential source of pollution in the red River the contract is for Startup of the Lonetree Reservoir dam and a major Manitoba natural resources minister Al Mackling said last night the announcement left him very because it seems the now intends to press ahead with despite a recent diplomatic note promising no harm will come to Manitoba Waters As a result of a Canadian embassy official said yester Day assurances have never been Rench changes Penner regrets Sam upset with rights amendments by Fred Youngs the executive of the society Franco Manit Baine has strongly rejected suggested changes to the Pawley go Vor Monis proposed constitutional amendment on French As Sam president Leo Robert warned yesterday the group May con skier withdrawing its for an agreement to extend French language services it the amendments gain a the new proposals were tabled yesterday by attorney general Roland Penner As a legislature committee began hearings into the controversial plan to entrench Manitoba Franco phones rights in the but Robert said his group was unwilling to accept any referendum bad we dont want he told a press we had an agree ment on May and we want to live with that the amendments mean the Sam considers negotiations to be said if they Are approved we dont feel we have an he added that one option the Sam has is removing its support for the agreement ii negotiated with the provincial and Federal but Robert said that decision would be up to the members of the who voted overwhelmingly in May to sup port the the groups plans will be determined at a Board of directors meeting and subsequent membership Penner said it was regrettable the Sam was upset with the amendments that the government Hopes will de fuse the opposition to its plan to alter 23 of the Manitoba he told reporters the Sam reacted very quickly after due consideration and a careful look at what we have placed on the they May Well Penner said the timing of the announcement on the same Day the hearings Start makes them All the More he added he Doest expect the Sims stance will make it any tougher for the government because 1 Long ago ceased to Hope that anything will be easy with respect to this asked what the government would do if the Sam withdrew its he said we will proceed with the Resolution As we think right and proper after these Vaughan the lawyer representing Roger Bilodeau in the us see French Page 4 rain eases fire menace but Timber still threatened by Larry Hill Winnipeg free press Lac Dubonnet fires raging on several fronts in Eastern Manitoba abated slightly under Light cooler temperatures and reduced winds but continued to threaten thousands of hectares of prime Timberland near Pine Falls and Manigotagan the two areas constituted the most worrisome targets for provincial fire who deployed 82 firefighters at the Pine Creek Falls 24 kilo metres Northeast of Pine and 98 at the Beaver Creek 16 Kilometres Northeast of Manigotagan both areas Are near major Wood sources licensed for use by Abi Tibi Price the fire front in the Pine Creek Falls area ran about 25 kilo metres from East to West but rainfall kept it from said Don who is in charge of controlling the the rain reduced the strength of the giving workers a Chance to Clear Brush and enter areas barred to them previously by the scorching Clouds of smoke prevailed in the and until you get the heavy smoke you cant say it the fire is Knox the most visible concern of natural see rain Page 4 no Witch Hunt the Royal commission into the Economy wont be a search for someone to says biggest plums tory Leader Brian Mulroney is expected to hand out some plums today As he announces his Shadow pm scores coup prime minister Trudeau rallied even his critics behind him yesterday with a masterful marines to stay the 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