Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, April 04, 1984

Issue date: Wednesday, April 4, 1984
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 4, 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba Super War i bowlers Force out of Alley by Jos Celii Proby a group of mentally handicapped people has been banned from Bowling because women league bowlers complained about their Brian manager of Billy Mosienko said last night he stopped the handicapped group from Bowling last week after the women threatened to the that my bread and he about 20 women bowlers each pay every wednesday afternoon to whereas the 20 or More handicapped people pay a nominal 90 cents he Mosienko said the organized by the Hope centres Day program for the mentally started Corning to the Bowling Alley about two years it was Only around when the supervisors that the group got out of Mosienko he described How the moderately and mildly mentally handicapped adults walk up and Down the sending balls one after the the women league bowls beside he adding they come for an afternoon of relaxation and do not want to be worried about anything Mosienko refused to divulge the names of the women if they get get upset and probably end up quit he he said the handicapped people have been hassling the other want ing to push the pin setting buttons for Mosienko complained that Karen the worker from Hope threatened to go to the Media if he would not let the group bowl he said he relented and allowed the to resume Bowling april 11 until the end of the season in a few weeks he said he Doest know if he will allow the group to continue in the Mosienko noted that he has never see handicapped Page 4 Clear tonight 0 sunny tomorrow 14 april 1984 250 second class mail registration number 0286 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Liberal leadership Turner pledges reforms by Gary Hunter John Turner steered Clear of the Manitoba French language Issue last night at what was billed As the biggest constituency fundraiser Ever held in stressing instead his plans to open the Federal Liberal party to All addressing about people at a dinner for Lloyd Turner said he would hold town Hall meetings annually in every similar to constituency meetings he held when he was a member of Macguigan becomes distancing himself from the Leader ship of Pierre he said i dedicate myself to rebuilding this party As a National a party that again will be will be accessible and will be i undertake to you that if i receive the endorsement of the members of thex Liberal party of this country that town Hall meetings will be held where the Leader will stand accountable in every province of Canada once a in televised later Turner said the Only exception might occur in the maritime where he would hold one meeting for Prince Edward Island and new Turner received scattered applause during his 15minute speech to the Large assemblage of local liberals at the convention in his Only reference to the language Issue last Turner said had there been a Liberal government in Manitoba the Issue would probably have been resolved with less he de scribed the Liberal party As one of consensus a party that believes in see Turner Page 4 Dave free press John Turner receives applause from Lloyd Axworthy at the convention Centre last residents receive few Core area jobs government hiring of minorities is lagging behind private companies by Ritchie Gage and Patrick Mckinley the provinces housing Agency has reneged on promises of housing Reno vation jobs for North Logan a former officer of the North Logan development has but the project directors son and a Friend were the director con firmed last Allan former Vic Epresi Dent of the North Logan develop ment said local residents were offered first Chance at the jobs renovating about 26 now All of the work is being done by Cochrane said last Only two residents have been hired and Only for a As Cochrane said the province had said residents could renovate their Homes to gain skills to help them compete in the Job it was never put in it was Only Cochrane As far As in concerned these were promises never Helen the executive director of the confirmed the Lack of jobs for but said Little can be Schultes also confirmed her 20year old son is one of the people recently hired on a renovation along with his 27yearold my son has worked hard for this area and he deserves the she machine gun stolen from military by Ritchie Gage a tripod machine gun with a firepower of 450 rounds a minute was Sto Len from a Canadian forces base Winnipeg Reserve unit during an exercise near the the theft March 17 was confirmed yesterday by Don cab Winnipeg information military authorities Are attempting to identify a projectile found in a Winnipeg Home after a former Canadian forces munitions Man was arrested sunday on a weapons the rocket Shell was found in the Ottawa Avenue Home of a Man who shot up a police Cruiser before he was Marsh said police have no leads on the machine gun stolen from a munitions tent at the Charles Rifle nor the reason for the ten Reserve members of the Queens own Cameron highlanders took part in the exercise which included firing Blank ammunition in the Browning made Marsh he said military authorities Are concerned at the loss of the weapon and an internal review of Security procedures on such Arma ments is in Marsh said disciplinary action could result from the the valued at about was not operable when and the 220 rounds of ammunition taken with it Are training he the Complex firing mechanism was not in the gun and Marsh said it is doubtful a duplicate could be fashioned to make the weapon military police have discounted any sinister purpose for the guns such As Sale to a subversive he the military police feel the weapon was Likely taken on the Spur of the moment by someone who had come across the tent and looked there were some snowmobiles in the area and they might be the which is Standard Issue for Canadian and was left unguarded in a tent at one end of the Range while the men carried on other a police spokesman said the Shell found in the Winnipeg Home was not marked As military but did Bear a serial the project is funded by the Mani Toba housing and renewal but All the work is she there was nothing written into the contracts to hire local although it was talked about before the program Schultes said the corporation meets Marc officials every thursday and at each meeting the jobs Issue is but there is nothing that can be she Blair the Marc official in charge of the was not available for governments appear to be hiring fewer members of minority groups than private companies under a key Cor Earea Job program for the the provincial and Federal governments set up the Core area training and employment program the main Core area initiative program to provide jobs and the chronically according to preliminary the governments themselves Are lag Ging behind private companies and nonprofit groups in using the pro Gram to hire and train members of minority see residents Page 4 Mondale takes new York in a landslide by Cheryl Arvidson and Andrew Glass Cox news service new York Walter Mondale impressive drubbing of Hart in Delegate Rich new York primary has not Only reestablished the former vice president As the demo cratic front runner but also has put Hart in the uncomfortable position of needing a clean win in Pennsylvania lest he be left behind on the Road to san just As Illinois and new York were must wins for Mondale to Stop the Hart momentum that began in new England and carried him on to big wins in Florida and the other new England so must Hart now win Pennsyl Vania if he expects to derail the Mon Dale hoped for Strong second Hart had hoped for a Strong second in new York to keep Mondale Delegate totals Down and retain his own position As a credible and electable Hart found himself barely edging out Jesse Jackson for the 2 spot and losing so big in so Many places that he was hard pressed to find a constituent group to Call his with 98 per cent of the new York vote Mondale had or 44 per Hart won votes or 27 per cent of the while Jackson won or 25 per projections showed Mondale winning 133 of the 252 new with Hart claiming 72 and Jackson according to an Abc Delegate Mondale Heads toward Pennsylvania with 927 slightly less than half the needed to win the Nomina Tion at the democratic National convention which begins july 16 in san trails by 400 More Hart now trails Mondale by More than 400 in the Dele Gate and that makes the april 10 race for Pennsylvania 195 delegates All the More Pennsylvania has a tradition of set Ting troubled campaigns in for former president Jimmy Carter won the Iowa caucuses and the new Hampshire primary but lost new York to the late Henry Jackson but Carter revived his Campaign by beating Jackson and Morris Udall in Pennsylva Mondale lopsided new York Vic try could Well Impact on Pennsylvan and the Strong Union backing for see Mondale Page 4 Delegate count Here is the breakdown of the presidential preference of delegates selected or allocated after yesterdays new York primary for the democratic National convention in san Francisco in Mondale 927 Hart 512 Jackson 140 needed to nominate total delegates soft lotteries dont mix by Laura Ranee an attempt to compare lotteries to soft drinks May blow the lid off the provinces Case for trying to keep the Federal governments sports Pool out of the province has told retailers who Are currently Selling provincial lottery tickets that their contract Doest allow them to sell for other such As the Federal sports but a goof by lotteries minister Larry Desjardins in a letter explaining the policy to a Winnipeg retailer has opened the possible allegations of restricting sports Pool Desjardins signed a March 30 letter to store owner Larry Ober which said the province is acting no differently than coca cola when it demands retailers choose Between their product and the the president of beverage services the major distributor for the soft drink in said his company has no such i dont think it would be David Laird said in a Telephone the analogy raises the question of whether it is Legal for the provincial government to limit Competition i Ober said in an the letter said other businesses such As coca cola offer retailers a Choice Between their product and the coca cola company will provide a sign to identify a retail a cooler to House their drinks in see lottery Page 4 China accuses Vietnam of raiding across Border peking a exchanges of artillery fire along the Chin Vietnam Border have killed or wounded dozens of vietnamese soldiers and Many Chi Nese civilians in the past few China said the official chinese news Agency Xinhua accused the vietnamese of launching Border attacks yesterday and and said chinese Frontier guards fought chivas nightly television news pro Gram showed footage of what it said were chinese gunners shelling Viet namese positions along the Mountain Ous the foreign ministry information i told a weekly news briefing today that chinese troops were responding in self de Fence after repeated armed provocations by the our principle is we will not attack unless we Are and if we Are we will certainly counteract i on in the first reported chinese shelling of Vietnam in a China said its artillery gunners shelled vietnamese Frontier wrecking a command Post and two gun Emp lace the chinese invaded Northern Viet Nam on and fought a monthlong Border War that ended in a top video a Little publicized drama about the founding of Newfoundland has been named top Canadian to program of suspicions a baby condition worsened so drastically before his death that nurse Susan Nelles believed someone might have caused ban dismissed prime minister Trudeau has refused to commit Canada to seek a ban on ant satellite weapons based in if 6 threats a Union official says he was threatened outside a labor Board hearing by the business manager of a bus Index Ann Landers crossword 18 48 32 28 18 29 18 Jumble 36 7 7 27 43 sports record 47 17 to 27 6 ;