Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, September 16, 1983

Issue date: Friday, September 16, 1983
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 16, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free judges findings the Duff get private rest Halls to groups Fant to fun by flogs to raise Hiey demand a slic6 of the take far and the fundraiser keeps the source said that under Desjar dins nonprofit groups would run by Fugos for a percentage of the the rest of the it Cofiey would go to a govern ment Pool of lottery with nonprofit groups like the Royal Winni Peg Ballet can get licences to hold a string of Casino and after expenses Are the fundraiser keeps the but under the new service groups like Kinsmen of rotarians would run the casinos and the govern ment would collect the profit Nevada tickets Are now printed and marketed by at least four private Dis in their manufacture and sales will be controlled through the question experts say continued from Page 1 the services will mean in the ques he How Many people Are up on the Bilodeau Case Mason said sampling Winnipeg will not give a realistic idea of what the people in the rest of the province think about the proposed unless there is a Public education Blitz before the he voting could be unresponsive and Sty Mie the if Only half the voters it could be an incredible waste of Mason the question should contain a Pream ble explaining what the French ser vices amendment he Claude research director for crop a Montreal firm that did Many surveys before the Quebec said the question has too Many ideas for the voter to make a clearcut if people know what this the pro posed amendment is All about and everybody knows the Bilodeau then theres no but this question assumes that the majority of about do they Gauthier said a subject As complicated As language rights requires More than one question for the Public to such As Larry Ellis of data Corn opinion research say eight to10 questions would be needed to get an understanding of what Manitoban think about the when you have to answer a very specific cant draw inferences you need about French language he i dont think its getting to the fundamental Reid he said a plebiscite or referendum question has to be simple so that people will have a Clear Choice and the results can be what makes the question so confuse he is that it has two conflict ing ideas to Stop the proposed constitutional amendment but allow the supreme court to Deal with the Legal action considered in bid to Stop plebiscite continued from Page 1 Tofin French language rights yesterday his organization is not involved in any court action to Stop the Penner speculate on the influence an overwhelming vote to withdraw the proposed amendment would have on the governments a claiming the question was framed in such a Way that the vote is Likely to be in the realm of emotion rather than the realm of he also questioned whether plebiscites should be held on the Issue of minority in a statement issued yesterday from a Retreat in the provincial Cabi net said the legislature and the All party committee now holding Public hearings on the language Issue Are the most appropriate forums for pub Lic expression on the Manitoba lotteries foundation Likely by Western lottery Manitoba distributor the source Wlad is now 3 nongovernmental body which distributes 75 per cent of Western super pro win Day and f Iff a toe tick the other 25 per cent Are sold by nonprofit groups which belong to total Community involvement 51 per cent of the profits Are split Between the Manitoba sports the Manitoba arts Council and the United each organization decides How to Divide the Money be tween its member the other 49 per cent gos to general government and some of it is later doled out to the nonprofit under desjardins1 womb will become part of the lotteries and All the profits from ticket sales will go straight into the same government controlled fund As Casino and Bingo the source the lotteries foundation will decide How to Divide lottery Al though nonprofit groups Are supposed to be source Desjardins has said he thinks More Money should be channelled toward medical the changes to the gaming Industry Are in the works despite the findings of judge Gerald who wrote in a task Force report on the gaming Industry my general conclusion is that the lotteries Industry in Manitoba is Well served by the private although some of the latter Are Well rewarded for their general statistics provided by the government indicate that the major share of the revenues Are being paid Back in prizes and in profits to the licensed huge profits judge Jewers found that two com Mercial Bingo Buffalo Bingo and Bison earned huge he said commercial Halls should continue to but the province should limit their also suggested the government handle the distribution of Nevada tick which grossed More than Mil lion in but the Jewers task Force was established mainly to determine where lot Tery profits were going and How much was going to Desjardins Manitoba lotteries grossed million in of which about million went to sponsoring charities and 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Hawker Hunter Jet but said it could not be immediately determined if the Jet was shot Down or crashed because of mechanical a lebanese army Tousek said the Jet was not shot Down but would not elaborate the Pilot bailed out and was picked up by a Navy ship stationed off the Beirut coast and was being treated aboard the helicopter Carrier iwo Rowe shortly after the Daybreak bombing the Marine base at Beirut Airport was hit by mortar and shells later slammed near the and British lebanese Security officials said two shells hit the sea near the Well known Riviera hotel and about 200 metres from the British a third Shell landed in the Mediterranean close to where people were officials no injuries were reported in those and the marines did not Retali embassy press attache John Stewart said three shells fell very close to several sandbagged Marine positions guarding and British the embassies Are in North Ern Beirut and the Airport is in the Southern part of the the Daybreak air raid by the Leba Nese air Force marked the first time in 10 years that its planes staged bombing Plo support the target was a druse Force attack ing the Mountaintop town of souk Elghab with Active support from the Palestine liberation lebanese command communiques it also was the first time the air Force actively intervened in the 13day civil War Between leftist rightist Christian militias and the army in Central Lebanon Aley and Chou the fighting started after israeli troops evacuated the four marines have been killed and 31 wounded by artillery shells fired from the mountains Landing in the Marine compound since last the body of Canadian newsman Clark Todd was flown to England 11 Days after the ctr television reporter was hit in the Chest by tvs London Bureau had lived in Britain for 10 an inquest into his death is scheduled his funeral is scheduled for next tuesday in the Village of old where Todd and his family a native of Saint Todd was wounded in the Chest 4 by fragments from an artillery Shell in the Chou Mountain Village of far 18 Kilometres from in Senate democrats introduced legislation yesterday that would legally bind president Reagan to withdraw the marines within the 60to 90day time limit spelled out in the War Powers unless Congress declared War or authorized them to remain and saudi arabian mediators held lengthy overnight talks with lebanese president Amin Gemayel on a proposed ceasefire plan to be followed by a mosle Christian National reconciliation ant cruise missile movement scores major Victory in court Ottawa up the ant cruise missile movement won a major Victory yesterday in a Legal Battle to Stop tests in Canada of the american weapon As the Federal court rejected a govern ment move to toss their Case out of Justice Alex Cattanach gave government lawyers 30 Days to file a defence statement setting out Why the Federal approval for testing the missile is justifiable in a free and democratic sometime after a full hearing will be scheduled into the bid by a coalition of 26 Trade Union and women organizations for an interim injunction to Block the unarmed mis Sile tests starting Early next year in Western Lawrence lawyer for the was elated at the court calling it the first time in Canada that the governments executive action and the matter of whether it is Constitution Al will come before the the cruise led by the disarmament group called operation dismantle Are challenging the Board facing Legal action continued from Page 1 Grain Hopper cars with Farmers Money and has control of another hoppers purchased by we have been approached by other provinces but they Haven pressed said Board spokesman John in sure the other provinces Are watching this very if the Board has to pay the tax the Money will come out of the pockets of All Board expenses Are de ducted from the Sale of Prairie there is an apparent inequity in the taxation the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta each Pur chased Hopper cars a couple of years ago for use in the railways Grain yet they dont seem to be liable for the no Saskatchewan officials could be reached for but an official involved in administering the Alberta cars said in a Telephone interview he Doest believe his province pays the As far As 1 can determine we have not been billed and we dont expect to be said the who didst want to be its some thing about one government being unable to tax government approval for test flying the cruise missile on the grounds it threatens guarantees of Liberty and Security set out in the charter of rights and freedoms accompanying the Constitution that became Law in James president of operation said court officials have indicated they favor an Early Date for the hearing on an if they win the interim the next step will be to go for a permanent ban on the cruise Stark both sides have indicated they will present testimony from International experts to Back their cases at an injunction Justice department lawyer Graham Carton said earlier this year the Feder Al government is prepared to bring in experts from around the Greenspon said yesterday he has air ready received affidavits from foreign experts interested in the Canadian court and said he will bring International representatives into court to he predicted a lengthy hearing this health passports idea proposed to Cut abuse Halifax up the Federal government is asking the provinces to consider the idea of individual health passports for Federal health minister Monique begin said it could Start with one that de signed and exists in my own depart ment and is being discussed As a Pilot project with the maritime begin told the minister said the which the provinces would have to voluntarily would prevent people from abusing the health sys tem and give canadians a Handy record of their medical the passport would carry a per sons picture and would have to be presented each time a person received begin it would also have to be signed by a doctor during each so somebody who goes shopping Between 10 different for be Able to play that it is practical in terms of information for the and from the health system it controls exaggerations and misuse of the Here to address the North East Canadia american health mentioned the passport concept in her speech and provided details she said the passport system is already in effect in some european Gerald health minister for Nova said his depart ment is exploring the but has several is it Worth Sheehy Are there any benefits to it and is it an invasion of privacy Sheehy said a persons medical records might not be As Safe in her purse As they would be in a locked doctors takes begin concentrated on medicare and threats to the system during her she later said it takes guts for tory Leader Brian Mulroney to accuse her of trying to turn medicare into a political it takes guts because medicare is a problem everyone has known about for four said begin when asked about charges frequently levelled by Mulroney during his recent by election the conference includes health practitioners and government officials from the new England states and Atlantic prov who praised the Cana Dian health system to delegates before outlining its current prob joked about the heated meet ing Here last week with provincial health i never thought i would be Back in Halifax so she there Are Days when thinking of my Catholic background i think Federal provincial conferences Are a sin against ;