Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 6, 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba In Childs Book worries aunt by Dave Roberts a City woman has condemned what she considers pornographic Reading material her eighty Earold Niece picked up at Livingston Elemen tary Dale Stevens said her Grade 2 student Billie Merle recently brought Home a copy of the thief written by Thomas the Chil Drens Book was published Iff 1980 by Dell yearling books of new she was sitting beside me on the Couch when she got to this one she knows its a swear word sons a Stevens but then we read a Little further Down and it talks about a kid who going to piss his on the next Page it talks about kicking Stevens said she was concerned Billie and her own eighty Earold daughter should be exposed to such language in a Book for what were talking about is pornographic garbage things Are really getting out of Stevens in concerned about this Guy Rock 1 think this authors been paid very i think the schools ought to Stop these people get them put Back in their if there Reading stuff like that right in the its encouraging them to if the principal heard them use those words in the school what would he do David Livingston principal Owen Cochrane said three passages were offensive in particular and noted the Book has since been pulled from the i was Happy to have the lady Call Cochrane its the first time in six years Ive had any com plaints like he said there is a screening proce Dure for textbooks or compulsory read ing but the thief is one of about classroom books Chil Dren May pick up to read at their Cochrane termed the language in see language Page 4 unbowed Nixon Calls watergate break4n very Clear tonight 2 sunny tomorrow 15 Winnipeg free press april 1984 m Sun rises sets Moon rises sets 250 delivery 9570550 classified second class mail i registration number 0286 Maceachen Jet takes a dive challenger emergency devices fail a photo free press editorial writer David Macdonald is travelling with external affairs minister Maceachen on his tour of Central and South he was on the ministers Jet yesterday when trouble developed on this is his by David Macdonald Winnipeg free press Bogota external affairs min ister Allan Maceachen escaped in jury yesterday when his Canad air executive Jet went into a four minute crash dive in which emergency equipment failed to none of the 12 passengers and Crew were injured in the incident where frantic passengers hammered on unyielding oxygen mask trying to Force them Loose or pry them open with their some of the masks that were deployed failed to Supply any the one of the problem la Gued challenger landed safely in the Jet was flying level at metres Over Colombia in route from san Costa to Bogota on the next leg of the ministers four a Tion fac finding tour of Central and South America when a loud roaring noise a pillar of dense White fog shot into the aircraft from its door for about 10 indicating that part of the door Seal May have rapid de compression of the Cabin occurred immediately and breathable air was sucked into the thin department of transport Pilot lome who was in control of the Jet at the instantly dived at the rate of metres per an unruffled Allan Maceachen shakes hands with colombian official Rodrigo the Guy who designed this Turkey should be condemned to use it himself in a situation like he he levelled out at Buring those the second crisis some of the Chal lengers emergency oxygen masks failed to come Down Buring the first 15 by which time it is recommended that passengers be breathing oxygen if they Are not to become two mask stations failed to among the nine mask stations that did deploy four masks failed to Supply any my mask but supplied no a move across the aisle to another seat and another oxygen mask produced the same three passengers and i sat in a Row on a Bench sharing one working oxygen mask while a Row of useless masks dangled before one oxygen mask station cover the emergency exit door was forced Hal open by a passenger to reveal nothing Dot Steward Burt whose Swift the crisis got most passengers on the working oxygen dug Rutan emergency two mask pack to help himself and those without that mask failed to produce any oxygen at one late stage of the the pressure on our eardrums was causing great pain to some it was so great that it forced about 115 Millilitres of White Panama rum out of an unopened Maceachen mask deployed and he displayed his Normal Cool throughout the As the aircraft approached Vickers found yet another see Maceachen Page 4 discounters hit pay dirt on reserves i Fisher Branch accountant earns on native income tax refunds by Dave Roberts a Rural tax discounter says he has earned More than since 23 processing mainly for on Reserve Indian affairs depart ment officials say the province wide total collected by discounters on re serves by the end of the taxation year could be in the As they say they Are concerned about the practice on reserves and May Call for changes next accountant Tom Plett of Fisher tax services in Fisher Branch said he and his staff of five have processed about Worth of tax returns this he said this estimation was based on about 800 returns at an average of each since opening for Busi Ness of that Plett receives 15 per cent or about less i got my first Cheque Back from the government March he its a lot faster than last Mike a communications officer for Indian said the department is very concerned about the Poten tial for natives to be but there is Little that can be what we can do is come up with some training program in cooperation penalty reprimand for policeman who threatened nurse by Glen Mackenzie a Winnipeg policeman who threatened a health sciences Centre nurse deserved a reprimand and must apolo the Manitoba police commission ruled but the saying an admonition to the was ordered restoration of two Days accumulated leave taken from the officer after an internal police discipline hear ing and removed the incident from his service it also ordered that he apologize in writing to the Jan commission Vic chairman Pelt filed a dissent against the majority opinion of two other commission Ken Hanly and Cathie who heard last months two Day Appeal by lome Birch against the disciplinary i believe it is a very serious matter when a police standing in a Public location such As a Hospital Emer gency makes threatening comments about a he the Public is entitled to expect properly restrained and fully professional behaviour from its police both under Normal and stressful Condi the incidents occurred at the Hsc emergency july while Birch and Bennis Weselowski were investigating an alleged the two were ordered off the Case by senior officers after nursing staff complained they were too harsh when questioning the the hearing last month was told that Birch Well get that nurse who reported us to our she thinks Shes the she forgets she May need us some weve plenty of time to get Birch denied saying but All three commission members found he did say or something the rape a dropped her allegations after being interviewed by several Hanly and Hiller said they interpreted births remarks More As a venting of his pent up anger than a genuine threat of Ottawa seeks test of Validity of Manitoba Law with the province to try to keep the Money on the Kerr its a problem were going to try to maybe we can train native people to process the returns on the its just at the discussion Sta but we might have something in place next were just going on but we estimate the discounters will earn Fig ures in the millions in Manitoba this by discounters Are allowed a 15percent fee for the which provides an instant refund for people in need of Quick someone with a for has to pay interest of to get Back from the they get their Money Back right away that what they like about Plett adding Many native people dont know How to fill out the tax forms and come to him for he said demand for his service is up 200 per cent this year Over last and if his own line of credit were larger he would have made even More Money in the first three months of the bulk of his clients Are they come to me from All Over Little grand Norway is land i even had some from 115 Miles North of red he most of the natives get All their see tax Page 4 by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the Federal govern ment has asked the supreme court of Canada to decide whether thousands of Manitoba statutes passed Only in English Are Justice minister Mark Macguigan said while the court ruling could strike Down All Laws passed in Manitoba since Macguigan said the Federal government will argue that the court go easy on to avoid Legal chaos should the court Rule As unconstitutional Laws passed solely in English in contravention of 23 of the Manitoba act of the Federal government will ask that the Laws remain valid for a specified time period to allow the prov Ince to translate its Laws into tory tactics sign Centre of 1 Macguigan said he has not decided How much time should be requested to allow for translations and that in any Case a decision on timing will be up to the supreme Macguigan suggested the supreme court justices will come up with a lenient decision for it int often that a court is faced with a question of the Validity of a whole Legal Macguigan i suspect the court is however they justify it in Legal to come to a common sense judg he the four questions in the Federal reference contained a few surprises because the court is also being asked to Rule whether 133 of the 1867 Constitution act obliges parliament and the Quebec National Assembly to oper ate Quebec ruling a supreme court ruling in 1979 on aspects of Quebec language pop Clarily known As Bill prompted the National Assembly to return to its historic practice of passing Laws in both Macguigan said he did not feel the 1979 ruling covered All but that the Federal reference has no bearing on Bill partly to comply with a late request from the Manitoba the Federal government will request that its reference be heard simultaneously or in tandem with a brought by Winnipeg lawyer Rutger Bilodeau appears in court tuesday to set a Date for a full Macguigan said the court will be asked to hear the cases before the courts summer the final Rul would Likely not be published until after the june leadership Macguigan also made Public a strengthened Case Ottawa will make As an intervener in support of the Bilodeau which deals with Only two Manitoba Laws the Highway traffic act and the summary convictions act whereas the Federal refer ence deals with All Laws passed in English in a change of position in the Bilodeau is asking the court to see Ottawa Page 4 Manitoba has Best Job rate from the Canadian press Ottawa while unemployment Rose nationally in March to per with More that looking for Manitoba recorded the lowest jobless rate in Canada at per Down from and while the rate increased in the City of Winnipeg to per up from the previous the rate remains among the lowest of any major City in the statistics Canada reported the number of unemployed people climbed by to in pushing the season ally adjusted jobless rate up from per cent rate in Statis tics Canada the news will not be welcomed by finance minister Marc com ing As it does As interest rates have been edging and after he had put Down opposition critics in the House last month for their Sug Gesting at the time Good news might be the jobless rate has been climbing steadily this after the decline in unemployment was halted in the final three months of last year at per the rate climbed ominously to per cent in january and to per cent in the jobless figures do not include people who said they wanted work but were not seeking it for Rea sons related to the labor statistics said in separate those reasons included the belief see Manitoba Page 4 shuttle roars offi Pursuit of crippled space satellite Cape a five astronauts Rode the space shuttle challenger today into orbit 466 Kilometres above the highest yet for a and set off in Pursuit of a crippled solar Observatory for a daring first attempt to repair a Satel Lite in the in which a free flying astronaut will put a Jet powered Back pack to its first practical began with a rumbling liftoff on schedule at challenger on course and on Mission control in told the astronauts As the ship climbed through the cloudless Blue Florida accompanying the Crew were honeybees and the shuttles heaviest cargo so far an 11tonne package of including 13 million to Mato that will be dropped off in orbit and picked up next As previous shuttle this mis Sion has a bit of Canadian the Canadia developed robot Arm will be involved in the satellite repair exercise and a Canadia designed movie Cam Era will be commanded by Robert the first astronaut to make three shuttle the 100tonne space plane Rose from its launch pad swiftly on the powerful thrust of its engines and Daru de eastward Over the Atlantic new rules City police arrested 27 juvenile prostitutes last but the vice division fears it wont be Able to arrest any in 1934 because of a new Devotion As she turns 100 sister Marie Roger celebrates a lifetime of service to her Church and her heartbreaker yesterdays 54 loss to the Edmonton oilers was a heartbreaker for the who cannot afford another nurse grilled nurse Susan Nelles broke Down during a grilling by a police Winner Index Ann 19 29 34 28 34 7 19 Jumble our 27 43 sports record 51 17 to t ;