Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 1, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Knives key grit insiders say Fyt Malifa Ottawa up the knives Are out for key members on the staff of Liberal Leader John Turner and his sources inside and outside the lib eral caucus say the targets include Turners chief of John caucus research director Catherine Anderson and Don Foley caucus communications key liberals acknowledge that Turners group of advisers now lacks depth and the Hunt is on for More experienced staff to serve Turner in communications strategy and Over and above any changes that would take place in the separate caucus and research As critics say Swift Doest have the political savvy to be turn ers top or the clout with Turner to Challenge him when Hes there is a growing realization that there Are problems at that one adviser said in a Tele phone referring to turn ers personal the question is John Turner going to do anything about it asked yesterday about the possibility that Anderson and Foley will be replied no truth in but asked if that Means All three Are he smiling its none of your business until we Tell sources say there is discontent and division Over the role of the communications headed by and the research led by both serve the Liberal caucus As a but some Liber couples resist parental als want to bring the resources in Turners office and those groups closer one said the groups still have not adjusted to As with some Liberal maps a Vancouver lawyer in his is a longtime Friend of Turners and served As his executive assistant Between 1973 and another of swifts allies is party president Lona a Fel Low British columbian who argues that everyone should be Given time to learn the Clear tonight 35 sunny tomorrow 27 february 1985 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 James free press an entourage of including students from several Winnipeg paces Fonyo into the Heartfelt Welcome warms Fonyo Winni Eggers Heap donations on on legged runner James free press by Tom Goldstein the temperature was but Winni Eggers showed Steve Fonyo yesterday their hearts Are in the Teeth chattering and bodies Shiv ering in record Low thousands lined the North Side of the Tran Canada Highway to Wel come the on legged runner to the City on his journey for with a person like Winni Peg is really warming up even in this Ron Koski said As he Waite for Fonyo to reach the Plessis Road it just goes to show Winnipeg is Friendly added a teacher at vitals Minnetonka a Small contingent from the along with students from Victor Wyatt school and Gle Lawn were part of the entourage that paced Fonyo into the the crowd later mushroomed into a crush which forced the runner to Retreat to his trailer in order to meet prearranged com who began yesterdays run seven Kilometres East of the was undaunted by the Arctic he said the winds and Hills of Newfoundland and the rolling Ter rain of Northwestern Ontario were As if not Rhonda was among the first to Welcome Fonyo to Winni shrugging off the bitter cold and her asthma to him at the red River a Grade 9 said she is doing a school project on Canad an featuring i think its great what Hes she i sure Hope he does Well in Winnipeg because he didst do Well in the said her Carol she dismissed her daughters comment that Fonyo failed to win the hearts of Eastern canadians because he was overshadowed by the memory of Terry whose death Cut Short his Marathon of Steve Fonyo Speaks with Energy minister Wilson Parasiuk who lost part of his thumb to easterners Are just she among those striving to keep up with Fonyo As he crossed the flood Way was Kristina who was clutching a Bill to donate to the runners Campaign for cancer As Fontos entourage got closer to the More and More by standers approached anyone who looked like he was part of the runners team with cheques and Donna who helped raise see marathoner Page 4 to reexamine funding by Larry Hill and Laura Ranee Manitoba finance minister Vic Schroeder says Hes optimistic the Mulroney government May decide not to proceed with plans to Cut million from Federal equalization payments to the province in 1985 after meeting Federal finance minister Michael Wilson and maps from including health minister Jake in Ottawa yes Schroeder said Wilson has promised to discuss the Issue in but Schroeder said he was warned that sometimes things dont always end up with everyone completely Ottawa Hast decided at this Point to reverse Manitoba scheduled payment he adding he Hopes a final decision can be made before the first ministers con Ference scheduled for on arriving in Winnipeg last Schroeder said the news that other provinces Are also being affected More than anticipated adds to his optimism the Federal government May change the we were told today that some numbers have changed not in respect to Manitoba which is already at the Bottom but one or two other provinces May also be experiencing a it Means without a change the Federal government would be saving even More Schroeder adding Nova Scotia and one other maritime province Are the ones to be but he reiterated that Manitoba is still in the worst position because under the formula those provinces could see a five percent reduction in compared to a 15percent drop for an internal Federal memo last november said Manitoba has been hardest hit by equalization formula Manitoba is receiving about million in equalization payments this fiscal Ottawa plans to decrease that sum to million for the 12month period beginning in Schroeder and Manitoba tory finance critic Brian Ransom have presented a joint submission to Ottawa calling for the provinces equalization payments to climb to million in the next fiscal Schroeder visited maps from each party caucus As Well As Wilson in four separate meetings he brought along spokesmen from the health service and social sectors to emphasize Manitoba need for More generous equalization Ransom also joined Schroeder in the talks with Wilson and the discussions today indicate that there has been Progress and the process of decision making is in Schroeder in talking in terms of having a Manitoba member of parliament indicating that there will be serious that there will be people taking our position on the Federal he declining to identify the my in but Manitoba my Charlie minister responsible for the Canad an wheat was noncommittal when asked by reporters at the air port last night about How much support the province can when were in Tough economic times its never pleasant to have to tighten your he controversial items left out r of charter Bill Ottawa up after Reva Wing Federal Laws Over the last three the government yesterday introduced legislation to make More than 50 of them conform with the charter of most of the changes Are technical or housekeeping the most controversial such As mandatory the role of women and homosexuals in the armed forces and the age of majority for drinking and have been placed in a Dis Cussion paper tabled in the com Mons along with the Justice minister John Crosbie said he Hopes the paper will be referred to a special parliamentary commit tee which could hold Public hearings and make recommendations to the the legislation does not Deal with any matters now before the such As the sunday shopping Case recently heard by the supreme court of nor does it Amend several other Laws the government has identified As violating the charter because Crosbie says they will soon be amended by other ministers in other that would include any changes to the combines investigation the criminal code and the Canada elections sections of which have already been struck Down by the courts for limiting Campaign Adver using by special interest Crosbie said Indian affairs minis Ter David Crombie will be introducing legislation within the next month to Amend a Section of the Indian act under which native women lose their status if they marry native men do not suffer the same penalty in their wives Are granted native Crosbie said he doubts the issues raised in the discussion paper will be settled by april 17 when the remain ing sections of the charter come into the so called Equality prohibiting discrimination on the basis of Reli Gion and were delayed for three years after the Constitution was Patriate with the charter so that the Federal and provincial governments had time to bring their statutes in the Equality provisions of the charter raise a number of controversial issues whose Resolution will have a far reaching Impact on our Crosbie Section 15 tells us that Equality is see search Page 4 inner City needs feared growing by Fred Youngs Winni Eggers be shocked that thousands of Cor Earea school children have to face Winter with skimpy Coats and no intercity Community workers and educators dont people realize were in the third world in the inner City Gerry principal of Aberdeen Junior High said after rattling off statistics on High unemployment and welfare rates in the Moore asked if that not the third what is the need is there and the need is added Orin Prin Cipal of David Livingston Cochrane said his Nurser to Grade 6 school has a free clothing distribution program that provides tonnes of clothing each poverty is in the City of Winnipeg and has Winnipeg school trustee Brian Dixon the extent of the poverty has grown since the recession and 1 dont think the average citizen real izes this kind of Shock will make them More others who work in the Core echoed those they All said the problem of Chil Dren having to Cope with Winters without proper clothing is not its a perennial said William Whyte school principal Bill although he and other officials could not put a figure on the number of children in education minister Maureen Hemphill and major David Perry of the salvation army said yesterday that As Many As most of them in the dont have adequate Winter that May even be underestimating the Hemphill the minister said the demand for clothing goes beyond those on social assistance to a growing sector she described As working class poor people who have jobs but cant make ends meet on their it Doest matter who you talk they Are All telling you the same Story is a need out she said in announcing a citywide Appeal for donations of Winter cloth see school Page 4 Nielsen loses Appeal bid Ottawa up a Winni Peg police officer convicted of second degree murder follow ing the death of his brother in Law was refused leave to a peal yesterday to the supreme court of Barry Nielsen was convicted with another police Jerry of bludgeoning Paul Clear to the Mur Der apparently was motivated by the suspicion of the two constables that Clear had ratted on the who worked together As police were fac ing charges of theft and pos session of stolen goods As the slaying Nielsen sought a new trial on grounds that footprint Evi Dence should not have been admissible against him in his first bloody footprints found at the murder scene matched the jury was told Nielsen liked to go pay to offer Winnipeg Cable subscribers East of the red River will be Able to buy three Channel pay to March 1 Sweet talker redskins fullback John Riggins tells Justice Sandra Day Oconnor to loosen dilemma creditors of Little and company face a dilemma Force bankruptcy or allow time to Scott Dies Frank poet and constitutional expert Winner c717892 Index Ann 17 21 37 is 37 6 7 Jumble 47 36 32 our 17 sports record 52 23 27 to 17 ;