Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 25, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Curling super show firm charged 21 to Cash welfare Cheque by Maureen Brosnahan and Gary Hunter a main Street firm that charges welfare recipients and others up to 21 per cent for cashing cheques has been allocated a Core area initiatives Money Mart Cheque cashing which opened its first Winni Peg Branch on Ellice Avenue in november opened a second Branch at 891 main Street last sum Mer after being encouraged to locate there by the Core the firm charges Between two and 21 per cent to those using the ser according to prices posted in their in some it requires custom ers to be photographed and Finger printed for identification Core area officials said yesterday they Are looking into the firms practices after receiving several complaints about High charges to Cash postdated provincial welfare cheques on Christmas Velma a Mother of said she was very angry when she was to Casha Cheque on Christmas that was my first time going Alexander it was Christmas eve and i wanted to get some things for the the manager of the Money Mart outlets in who refused to give her said yesterday they charged 16 per cent to Cash welfare cheques which were dated we did have quite a spill of she we did have to charge a higher rate because the Banks were closed for Christmas and government cheques that had come in the mail Are a High risk for us because they could be late after free press reporters began inquiring about the firm and its government Core area initiatives general manager Jim August contacted company officials about their i think an error was a judgment he there not in the business of ripping off although it looks like August said he talked with the see firm Page 4 Cloudy tonight 15 Snow tomorrow 8 january 1985 vol 113 no 47 press final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class Wail registration number 0386 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Wayne free pro pallbearers carry Candace Der Sens casket to the graveside yesterday through blowing Derksen remembered As caring girl by Bob Cox Candace Derksen was remembered yesterday As a girl of gentle spirit who had a tremendous capacity for to know Candace was to love her not because she was More Spe Cial than anyone but because she knew How to said Ruth one of the girls summer Camp people crowded into the Portage Avenue mennonite Brethren Church yesterday morn ing for the funeral of the 13year old girl found dead last week after disappearing Many of whom haunt heard of Derksen until eight weeks came out despite blustery the Church full half an hour before the funeral and about 300 people had to watch the service on video monitors in the Cliff and Wilma Derksen can dates parents Are overwhelmed that so Many of you have come from All Over the City to share their pastor Keith Poysti told Poysti said the girls disappear the search and her death brought together the people of Winnipeg As a Loving the pastor and others who spoke told people to depend on their Faith to help them understand and accept Der Sens Dave who coordinated the Candace Derksen thanked everyone who had contributed and said Winni Eggers showed kindness and com passion throughout the this event brings into focus the Best and the worst of Loewen while evil has run its Good has who knew Derksen from time she spent at Camp a Christian said the teenager loved Basket Ball and horseback Balzer said Derksen was skilled in dealing with 1 often saw her draw out a shy person or make see pastor Page 4 police review Agency ready to go makeup of new commission draws criticism from police spokesmen by Mary Ann Fitzgerald an Independent review Agency to Deal with citizens complaints against police will begin operations next despite continuing pro tests from Law enforcement offi the launching of the program is not a negative comment on police which Are excellent but rather to maintain Good police com Unity attorney general Roland Penner said Penner said the 12member review panel will be headed by Sheilla Lein a former Crown prosecutor and a senior partner in a Winnipeg Law the Deputy presiding officer is John a partner in another Winnipeg Law the panel includes three former ramp two retired City of Winnipeg police Force a former chilean police three teachers or professors and a United Church the Law enforcement review passed in 1983 Over the objections of the provincial conservatives and gives the new Agency authority to investigate and adjudicate citizen complaints about municipal police a supreme court of Canada ruling in 1981 said provincial agencies do not have jurisdiction Over the the makeup of the commission brought immediate complaints from Farmers income tax return made Public by Fred Youngs disciplinary action is being considered against two housing depart ment employees who used a copy of a Carman Farmers 1983 income tax return As part of a Public information this Type of mishandling of confidential information will not be con housing minister John Buck Laschuk said its just unacceptable whats Hap Buck Laschuk refused to say who the two employees where they worked or what Type of action was being but he indicated he was clearly displeased with the incident in which Les dunns income tax form was circulated through the department and then sent to a person apply ing for a housing Grant As part of an information the minister said an apology will be made to the Dunn said disciplining the civil servants and an apology we rent going to make and he was considering a fellow should sue i just Haven decided who runs a 485hectare cattle and Grain it makes you awful peeved to know your income tax form is being at a press conference conservative la Don Orchard showed reporters the photocopy of dunns tax form that was sent out by the although the name had been crossed it still was As the name dunns wife had not been crossed nor had the name of the town or dunns social insurance Orchard said the rest of the form see Man Page 4 Norm president of the Winnipeg police association and from Brandon police chief Ken Wickdahl said he objected to the Large former ramp representation on the Board because about the Federal Force cant be handled by the provincial it is ironic that our people can be working with the ramp and we Are subject to and they Are he the ramp have a very limited involvement in municipal policing in our province and presumably Arent As knowledgeable about As he cited the Lack of representation from Brandon police the second largest municipal Force in the Elliott said he was somewhat disappointed that retired members of his Force Arent represented on the review they could have Given us some consideration they have certainly got enough former ramp people Elliott members of the review panel Are John Gongos and Ray both retired senior ramp and see tory Page 4 shuttle Crew ready to orbit spy satellite Cape a discovery their conversations were ready today to deploy a super spy satellite whose Fate depends on a rocket stage which failed its Only other shuttle assignment two years sources reported the satellite was to be released but the nation Al aeronautics and space administration and Pentagon said they will not confirm it has been deployed new arms talks until much later in the the reporting delay is one of several measures being taken to soviet tracking efforts during this first classified manned space the Mission began at est Cost yesterday after a secret whose status was disclosed publicly nine minutes before missing As the space ship arose spectacularly into the atmosphere were the voices of the throughout the expected to last until at least reporters will not be Able to listen to space to ground reversing the practice in 45 previous even if they could listen the conversations Are Nasa plans to Issue a statement every eight hours on the condition of the spaceship and its Crew and All ele ments of the space transportation system Are performing satisfactory the Agency said Early the astronauts Are Navy Thomas the com Mander air Force Loren Shriver Marine James Buchli and air Force majors Ellison Onizuka and Gary discovery sources is a air Force satellite capable of monitoring so Viet missile tests and intercepting military and diplomatic communications in much of Asia and the Pentagon has acknowledged that the satellite will be placed into a higher orbit by a powerful inertial upper or after the astronauts have re leased the sources said the payload will be in stationary orbit about Kilometres above the Equator South of the soviet officials made Public the ius information because this is its first flight since a predecessor misfired and sent another satellite into the wrong orbit during a shuttle Mission in april both the air Force and Nasa plan extensive use of the ius in the future and a second failure would severely interrupt the shuttle launch the space Agency plans to use one of the stages next month to boost a communications satellite to be released from the shuttle Chal see military Page 4 Fonyo run wont be stopped Steve Fonyo said last night his son is willing to abandon his Cross country run to Aid his financially troubled he stated he would Call it but theres no Way ill let him do the 56yearold Fonyo this run has got to the senior Fonyo said the family Lias been unable to obtain a mortgage on a they Pur chased two years the mortgage expires 15 and Fonyo said he Hast been Able to obtain financing from Banks or other financial i didst owe Money to he its just that if we cant get a mortgage we have to we lose the but nothings going to affect the who was out enjoying Winnipeg nightlife last was quoted on octvas saying he would Likely give up the trip if the financial troubles became too no his father said of the television our son has a a commitment to Hes got to finish that run to help and i dont think this Money is More important than Steves the younger interviewed Back at his said the run will he is about 55 Kilometres from my Dud does have a bit of a problem with the restaurant right he Hes trying to get a mortgage for it and for some the Banks i dont know Why they Are doing a Manitoba cancer society spokesman said Fonyo will resume his run next monday or the runner was due to leave for Toronto today to attend a Debu tante he has raised More than for cancer pcs adore Bill Davis at convention Farewell by Larry Hill Winnipeg press Toronto fourteen years after winning the leadership of the Ontario progressive conservative party by a slim 44 pre Mier Bill Davis found himself object of a Lovein last night As he bade Farewell to More than in a slide show on the opening night of the party three Day Leader ship observers As Dis Tant As prime minister Mulroney and in ambassador Stephen Lewis were seen heaping compliments on the Brampton former Leader of the Ontario said Davis was an immensely decent human for his said Davis was a genuinely great his departure from the highest councils of Canada constitutes a serious loss for this who has led the party for the last third of its 41year hold on provincial reciprocated by predicting that Mulroney would re main As Canadas prime minister for the next 15 or 20 see Timbrell Page 4 reserved Manitoba court of Appeal reserves judgment in Case granting Babysitter visiting rights to Young no malice jury rules time Magazine did not libel israeli defence minister Ariel Sharon because it did not show dressing up it looks like a easy but trimming department store windows requires a variety of High Cost some Manitoba businessmen fear free Trade with the Winner c653527 Index Ann 19 27 19 47 30 7 25 24 30 6 20 7 19 Jumble 34 21 21 our 18 27 sports 46 49 17 to 27 ;