Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 30, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba D i the owner of two City hotels says hell give on legged runner Steve Fonyo when he arrives in Winnipeg not that Genady owner of the Leland and Manor has much provincial court judge Arnold Conner ordered Groysman to make a donation to the Canadian cancer society yesterday after he pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing goods obtained by also received a two year conditional discharge with supervised probation and was ordered to perform 700 hours of Community service Over two Fonyo Battles after his court Groysman said he was looking convard to meeting who is expected to arrive in Winnipeg to Fontos journey for lives has raised so Groysman was charged last year with being in Possession of electronic goods stolen from the Canadian can cer the Manitoba association of registered nurses and the Manitoba Institute of he said he could have donated the to either of the other but opted for the cancer the society is doing Good Ive donated to them before so it wont be the first Groysman Groysman Saul Sim said a Fine would have meant a criminal conviction and the loss of Groysman liquor he said rulings involving donations Are but denied that Groysman got off Simmonds said judge Conner accepted a joint Crow defence recommendation and police Felt the Hotelier had Learned his Groysman denied he bought the stolen although he said they were purchased at the the City of Winnipeg plans to donate to the fight against cancer in Honor of civic finance committee recommended the Grant the City is also planning tomake Fonyo an honorary a spokesman for Motel where Fonyo spent last said the runner was Kilometres from Canadas geographical Centre at landmark East of after breakfast at Fonyo is expected to reach the Point by about 9 Fonyo honorary citizen Cleat tonight 34 sunny tomorrow january 1985 vol 113 no 51 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets a final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 Glenn free press by Catherine Clark special to the free press smiling and shaking his lawyers Premier Richard Hatfield acknowledged yesterday he would sleep better now that he has been found not guilty of marijuana during the 40minute which topped two Days of provincial court testimony from 17 Crown wit Hatfield sat at his lawyers table with his hands clasped in front of he refused to com ment on the saying Only that he was planning to meet his Crown attorney David a lawyer who was specially appointed to the Hatfield Casel said he did not know if the Crown will reasonable doubt who has been Premier of new Brunswick since was charged with Possession of marijuana after 32 Grams of the drug were found in his suitcase at the Fredericton Airport before Queen Eliza Beths departure provincial court chief judge an Drew Harrigan said he reached a not guilty verdict because the Crown had not proved its Case beyond a reasonable he said none of the crowns witnesses testified they saw the suitcase in the premiers personal an essential ingredient in the judge Harrigan said he heard Tes Timony that supported the defences theory that the marijuana could have been planted in hat Fields suit he said he found it curious that Pat a reporter with the Atlan tic television network in Saint found out about the drug seizure two Days after the marijuana was found in hat Fields questions raised How did other people outside the ramp have the information that Ryan seemed to have judge har Rigan How did Ryan know what he knew it in my extenuating circumstances that might be some support to the defences argument that it was a if what could be gained perhaps the Juiciest Story Ever to be cracked by the who was not called to Tes sat in the first Row As judge Harrigan delivered his he refused to comment the Globe and mail today said the judge also look exception to the actions of a reporter from the Toronto ramp staff Tom see judge Page 4 War criminals in Canada Ottawa up the Louis Laurent government of the late 1940s not Only allowed known nazi War criminals info this but the Cabinet of Lii Day passed orders legalizing their officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre said suit seeks nazi the Canadian government has protected their identities since that time and has blunted efforts of for eign countries to extradite War criminals and bring them to said sol Canadian representative of the los Angele based Littman and rabbi Abraham Coo per of los Angeles were speaking to see exam Page 4 xxx City lose on tax Asse wading right in wearing wading Gordon Hopko stands in ankle deep As he uses a shovel to search for a sewer Drain on Lipton a Watermain broke last backing water up to a half a metre deep in water found its Way into at least one residential basement before City Crews shut off the main and drained the harassment feared if name tags made mandatory the Winnipeg police association has vowed to fight a City proposal that would Force most police officers to Wear name tags on the Alec the unions Vic Epresi said police and their families May be subjected to increased threats and harassment if the City goes ahead with the proposal by councils finance in a 42 vote the com Mittee recommended that name tags become mandatory for All officers except those on plainclothes officers Are now Only required to Wear identification numbers on their Harvey Smith Dps a gent who spearheaded the Nam tag said the num Bers Are not easily visible and its too easy for an officer to remove his Cap to avoid most of our officers behave re but there is a minority group who like to be police officers and throw their weight he 1 would like to hold those people in the decision stems from a dispute last May in which an officer refused to give his name or number during an argument with a bystander at an Accident the Winnipeg police commission recommended last week that disciplinary action be taken against the officer involved for failing to show his badge and swearing at complain ant Dale Jasson was charged with obstruct but the charge was dropped after he complained the officer had roughed him an internal police hearing on the matter is to be held by the end of internal hearing penalties for internal offences Range from an admonishment to recommendation for Cross said forcing police to Wear name tags will make it easier for people with grudges to find out where an officer lives and harass him and his even without the name there have been instances in which offi cers and their families have been subjected to threats and verbal he in some children have been harassed at Cross i dont see Why anybody should have to put up with whether its one individual or a number police he Cross said the police associations executive will meet soon of decide How it will fight the councillors Abe Yanofsky ind Jefferson and Don Gerrie Indri who both voted against the predicted there will be a Battle when it comes before City Council for approval next Reg Wyatt who voted in favor of name said the tags would remind people they Are dealing with other human not just the bad offi ramp assistant commissioner Mchaffie told the committee that mounties have been required to Wear tags since the late Mchaffie said he is not aware of any cases ramp officers have been harassed after being identified through their name the Winnipeg police department also opposes the name Deputy chief Stan Scarr said the depart ment believes the Cap numbers Are sufficient because officers Are required to Wear their Caps except when in a Cruiser by Paula Martin downtown property owners scored a major Victory yesterday when the provinces municipal Board ordered cuts of up to 60 percent in some Portage Avenue tax the move will Cost the City Mil Lions of dollars in in extremely delighted that jus Tice has finally said lawyer Michael who re presents some of the 69 Portage Avenue landowners its a great Victory for the prop erty he i would estimate refunds should be in the neighbourhood of at least Mil the municipal Board ordered a reduction of 60 per cent for some properties on the North Side of por Tage retroactive to assessments Cut it also Cut assessments by 50 per cent for those on the South Side Between fort Street and memorial the landowners had appealed a City Board of revision ruling which last year gave them a 40percent Cut in tax retroactive to the City said that ruling would have Cost about million in tax refunds to the provincial Board found the civic body did not go far enough in slashing the assessments and further reduced Mercury said the estimated million Tab would consist of about million in past assessment refunds and several million More in interest substantial effect he noted interest rates hit 18 per cent in mayor Bill Norrie refused to spec ulate on the Cost of the ruling last but said it will have a sub Stantial effect on the cites tax Norrie said he doubted the refunds would be As High As estimated by but conceded its a very substantial reduction in our assess ment it May Well neutralize the in crease in assessment that we expected for this he we were looking Forward to a fairly Good the mayor said the decision Points to the real need for tax reassessment in the the last citywide reassessment ramp to was conducted in 1962 and set assess ment Levels at 75 per cent of 1957 property the City announced earlier this month it was to begin the reassessment process immediately and that updated assessments will be ready for 1988 at 1975 Levels of Norrie said yesterdays decision also emphasizes the need for a freeze on assessment appeals by see City Page 4 Ottawa up welfare minis Ter Jake Epp and opposition locked horns yesterday about the Way Middle class families would be affected by possible changes in fed eral social Liberal Leader John nip Leader de Broadbent and others said the proposals would barely i benefits on touch the Bank presi Dent often put convard As an exam ple by prime minister but they would cause suffering among Bank tellers and Bank Jani tors and the million or two other canadians from families with mod est they told the com Epp rejected the claims and said they run counter to the detailed calculations contained in a govern ment discussion paper on family allowances and tax Breaks for families that was made Public the minister said 70 to 80 per cent of the benefits that would be redistributed under options in the paper would come from families earning at least a earlier in the members of the watchdog social policy Reform group More or less sided with Epp and took Issue with opposition maps who claim the Middle class would Bear the Brunt of any changes in the Louise of said calculations in the discussion paper clearly show that upper income canadians stand to lose the most under see pc Page 4 killer on 12 unsolved murders by David Roberts two ramp officers will travel to Texas next week to interview serial killer Henry Lee Lucas in an Effort to close the Book on at least 12 unsolved Canadian the one from Calgary and another from have gathered data on numerous unsolved including some in Winni Edmonton ramp Clifford Munroe said the officers have arranged to spend at least two 2 and talking to Lucas at William son county jail in Lucas is facing the death three life two 75year jail terms and one 60year jail term in he has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in West Vir and has been implicated in As Many As 101 Texas George town sheriff Jim Boutwell said yes new York state investigators have also interviewed Lucas about 54 kill Ings and Law enforcement agents from 27 states have spoken to him about As Many As 372 slayings across the since he was arrested on june Boutwell see killer Page 4 Brushoff Core officials have denied a downtown hotel received the Brushoff when it presented plans for a multimillion Dollar exploitation Pope John Paul warns against exploitation and says work exists for but Man is not slave to the Way Kerry Burtnyk rink is rolling Mca May have to hold Over Grain policy wheat Board minister Charlie Mayer says he Hopes to have a new livestock feed Grain policy in place by Index Ann 13 57 23 41 23 6 7 Jumble 27 36 37 sports 56 58 31 to 13 i ;