Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 7, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cheques by Kevin Prokosh a provincial court judge yesterday Chi Tietie the inaction of Banks to curb the ease with which Erim Inais can open accounts and bilk merchants with bad its of Bably the easiest crime to judge chafes 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 an 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 decent Ber and wrote 22 rubber cheques after using stolen identification to open 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 per hangers people who write phoney has prompted plan by judge Rubin to Setd a letter to Bank officials in Hopes of reducing Mer me has raised the problem previously with the Senate banking i have always maintained that its much easier to prevent that crime if Banks 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 by if the merchants knew the cheques presented to them 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 urn on the Job sunny today 25 Clear tonight 12 Winnipeg free press 1983 vol 1 n no Sun rises sets Moon rises sets 250 Home delivery classified foam in Home a mess by Gary Hunter urea formaldehyde foam peeks out from 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 his 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 2v2storey 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 Giesbrecht 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 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 Paul general manager of pm could not be reached for comment Giesbrecht said from talking with men on the it appears part of the problem is that they undertake the work on a piecework they get so much a Square foot to remove the foam and they Only get paid after Treyve completed the James of tits press John Giesbrecht is upset about the condition of his so if something better comes they just leave the has received a letter from Bird building supplies warning Liim that the com Pany has placed liens against some Homes because of unpaid Bills by and Ive heard the a rfcs have threatened to put a Lien against this Giesbrecht he has talked with the Consumers consumer corporate affairs and Canadian mortgage arid housing As Well As the contractor but has yet to get any homeowners face liens on property when contracting firm fails to pay Bills fifty City homeowners have had liens placed on their properties by Bird building Supply because failure of a Winnipeg contracting firm to pay its Nick manager of Bird building said liens totalling were registered against 50 properties after Robinson 1982 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 Homer owners that by alerting the building Supply company of payments they could avoid causing any difficulties in the 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 Deregis he could give no further de tails Paul general manager of could not 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 a Lien is placed like said the filed with the provincial land titles make it impossible to sell a House until it is Graver said a Sale was held up recently until the Sellers lawyer sent the company a Cheri Lefor Graver said he has been meeting with pm officials to try to work out another line of Security so the liens can be lifted of yesterday nothing had been resolved soviets admit attack on korean Airliner Moscow a after Balking for five the soviet Union has acknowledged its warplanes attacked a South korean but it blames the United states for the loss of 269 including 10 the claiming the soviet pilots did not know the korean air lines Boeing 747 was a civilian was issued yesterday after tapes of their radio conversations about the aircraft were played at a in Security Council the soviet which repeated charges that the plane was on a spy flight spying was carried by the soviet news Agency Tass and broadcast on the Moscow nightly television the United states reacted sharply to the saying Moscow cont Itic us to lie to the world and demanded a full accounting of the state undersecretary Lawrence Eagleburger said in Washington the admission comes Only after the truth see soviets Page 4 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 unions 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 Wec chairman Harvey Johnson the corporation operates the City owned Winnipeg Arena where the Cir Cus was to 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 of 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 see circus Page 4 Garrison wins again 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 the Rej River the awarded to a Bis company is for Startup of the Lonetree Reser voir dam and a major Garrison Manitoba natural resources minister Al Mackling said last night the announcement left him very because it seems the now intends to press ahead with the full Garri son the reason were so corned is that while the Ameri see Garrison Page 4 francophone group rejects rights amendment change by Fred Youngs the executive of the society Franco Manitoban has strongly rejected suggested changes to the Pawley governments proposed constitutional amendment on French As Sam president Leo Robert warned yesterday the group May con Sider withdrawing its support for an agreement to extend French language services if 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 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 con siders 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 it 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 defuse 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 the announcement on the same Day the hear Ings Start makes them All the More he added he Doest expect the see Sam Page 4 rainfall fails to squelch raging Forest fire threat 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 resources officials shifted to Pine Creek Falls eight skidders and one Caterpillar assisted work ers and to Beaver Creek Access Ible Only by air after threats to two Indian reserves and a cottage subdivision diminished residents of the Pau Ingrassi and Little grand rapids reserves near the Manitoba Ontario Border have been warned since saturday to be ready to but officials said yesterday they believed the fire had been contained Between the two workers built fire lines Between the see Timber Page 4 no Witch Hunt the commission into the Economy wont foe a search for someone to says biggest plums tory Leader Brian Mulroney is 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 Reagan administration says it is prepared to Send in reinforcements if troops in Beirut continue to come under Index Ann 21 50 33 25 33 6 22 7 Jumble Puzzle sports to 30 19 36 22 24 7 29 45 48 51 17 29 6 ;