Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba La Falls victim to Pic bad risk policy by Brian Cole a new Democrat la says she was forced to buy private insurance for her Home after Manitoba Public insurance said she was a bad Myrna Phillips Wolseley said she had to find a new insurer after her House was raided by burglars for the fourth time in two they Pic play by the same rules As everyone she said she said that after the third Pic told her the insurance rates would increase and that she could lose her coverage if she suffered further Phillips acknowledged she was miffed at being turned Down by the Crown i asked them Why am i a bad risk its not my but the la said All companies apparently operate the same Way and no insurance company is willing to offer insurance to bad she said Pic rules dont make sense because risk is determined on the number of rather than the size of the she said she was a bad risk because she claimed to in four noting that had she claimed a loss of in one breaking she still would have Pic Phillips said she has raised the matter with Pic officials and members of the but has been told the Crown corporation must live by the Industry rules to remain the politician was one of burglary victims last Accord ing to statistics released by attorney general Roland Penner yesterday during a review of his departments spending estimates at the Legisla that compares with Burg Laries in tory Justice critic Gerry Mercier said the statistics show breaking Are a problem in Winnipeg and he called for tougher jail sentences for convicted Mercier said in an interview the see harsher Page 4 sunny today 26 Cloudy tonight 10 May 1985 final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 a Froid cuss Wail number 355 vol 113 no 140 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Bill bans Street hookers Ottawa up prostitutes will be prohibited from stopping motor interrupting pedestrian or vehicle traffic and making any other Public attempt to solicit customers if a Bill introduced in the commons yesterday becomes the tabled by Justice minister John Crosbie nine Days after a Feder Al committee released its Long awaited report on prostitution and would also prevent customers from pro positioning hookers in Public the proposed amendments to the criminal code define a Public place As any place to which the Public have Access As of right or by invite express or and any motor vehicle located in a Public place or in any place open to Public Crosbie told a news conference the which he Hopes will become Law before the end of the will reclaim the streets for Ordinary Citi Zens who have been annoyed and harassed by hookers and their clients but he admitted it will not stamp out it will go on elsewhere and in other he the Point there Are people in our major cities who have had to endure now for several years tremendous disruptions caused by these activities and i dont think they should have to wait any the government is examining other proposals for control Ling prostitution and particularly that involving and expects to introduce More extensive legislation this he new Democrat my Svend Robin son denounced the proposed Legisla saying it would make hookers More dependent on increase Street violence and do nothing to clean up the the Bill is sweeping and heavy handed and will tax the scarce re sources of police departments As they try to eavesdrop on Street con said his party Justice critic and my for the British Columbia Riding of Bur although the criminal code now see Bill Page 4 up photo David Peterson hugs his and after his party election probed inquest judge asks Why repeat sex offender freed by Beth Marlin Winnipeg free press Brandon the Early prison release of habitual sex offenders will be scrutinized before the Case is closed on a gruesome multiple Mur de suicide near Here last in an inquest that adjourned yes majority of nurses ratify five percent raise Deal by Maureen Brosnahan the majority of Manitoba nurses have voted 68 per cent in favor of a new contract which gives them a five percent raise Over the next 21 two locals of the Manitoba organization of nurses associations rejected the Union president Vera Chernecki said last she said about 200 nurses at flin flon general Hospital and the Pas health Complex voted against the offer and will Likely hold strike votes in the next few Cher neck said the ratified yesterday by nurses at 67 health care gives the nurses a two percent increase retroactive to april 1 and another three per cent next in january 1987 the contract gives the nurses an increase equal to the consumer Price Chernecki said the contract will give a general registered nurse an hourly rate of Between and while licensed practical nurses will be paid be tween and an Chernecki said the ratification vote shows nurses Are still concerned that even with the increase they will lag behind their counterparts in other Western she said she will be discussing the implications of the votes at flin flon and the Pas with representatives of their locals it appears some of the priorities for them we rent in the she in addition to Chernecki said nurses will also receive an improved shift an additional statutory Holiday and improved holidays for nurses in some the More than nurses represented by Mona at 69 hospitals and personal care Homes had been with out a contract since Chernecki said talks Between Mona and tache nursing Centre and the City of Winnipeg Are Contin provincial court judge Allan James questioned Why Kenneth convicted of sexual As Sault three was allowed to Stop psychiatric treatment pre scribed As a condition of his Early release from seven months after his last visit to Brandon mental health Steingard murdered a woman he met in Church and the wife and two adopted children of his Vic Tor hiding the bodies in the Bush at two Bra Donarea brutally raped 10 year old Penny Hiebert before Tak ing her life with her fathers ramp say evidence of other sex Ual attacks by Steingard has emerged since he died of a Selfin flicked gunshot wound in Brandon general Hospital july shortly before his release on mandatory supervision in March several psychiatrists agreed Stein Gard was an unrepentant rapist who was Likely to strike Brandon Crown attorney Gerry Bowering said he Hopes to have expert witnesses testify on psychiatric treatment available to repeat sexual offenders when the inquest resumes several months from psychiatric reports described Steingard As a suspicious sexual de Viant who had Little self esteem or social skills and who Clung to his beliefs even when proved a parole officer warned the parole Board in a 1979 memo that Stein Gard then serving a nine year term for three sexual assaults against a Winnipeg woman was a High risk for Early the memo said Steingard had said he would kill himself rather than be sent Back to prison if he were Ever caught breaking the Law once he had gained his this Case scares the hell out of the parole officer noting that Steingardt past assaults had been impulsive and committed without Steingardt numerous requests for parole were All but officials were forced to release him upon the completion of two thirds of his his today murder rampage occurred almost years Patricia Steingardt parole told the inquest yester Day the parole Board had wanted to arrest Steingard As he left the prison under mandatory supervision a practice called she said they decided against it because the legality of gating prisoners was being challenged in a Saskatchewan the supreme court of Canada outlawed gating in paving the Way for the automatic release of offend ers such As she solicitor general Elmer Mackay said in november he Hopes to scrap mandatory supervision and leave Early releases up to the parole boards Coates said Steingardt psychological treatment was put on hold when the Brandon Centre decided to re strict its outpatient service to critical she said she agreed to suspend Steingardt treatment until he wanted it resumed because he want making any judge James responded Are you see murderer Page 4 Ontario tories survive Strong Liberal swing Toronto up the Longrus ing Ontario tories under Premier Frank Miller survived a stunning show of might by David Peterson and the liberals to win a Sliver thin minority government but the Victory was pyrrhic As Miller saw his Cabinet and caucus shrivel around him and his inherited majority government the who have not go verned Ontario since actually won a slightly higher percentage of the popular vote than the final standings showed the tories with 52 seats to 48 for the liberals and 25 for the about million of six million eligible residents a slight increase from the 58percent turnout in in that the tories under Davis took 70 of 125 legislature the liberals 34 and the nip defections and resignations saw the conservatives close out the last provincial legislature with 72 the liberals the nip 22 and three despite the crushing Mill an elfin Bracebridge business Man who ran a controversial Campaign troubled by polls that suggested a steady tory managed to Flash his characteristic smile when appearing before sup porters in his Riding of its been a Tough but at this As i stand the progressive conservative party is still the government of Ontario and in proud of he people will get to know Frank our party has Learned before to govern in minority and win the hearts of the Ontario Peterson in London Centre and nip Leader Bob Rae in Toronto York South were All easily reelect but the election became a two Way race Between the tories and liberals Early in the Peterson told ecstatic supporters shortly after results became Clear that the election was truly a magic moment in the provinces in a statesmanlike address that avoided rubbing Salt in tory but emphasized the Liberal Peterson said he wanted the legislature recalled immediately to Deal with the pressing issues of education and Reform of the health care even though the tories held Only a slight Lead Over the they will continue to be the government until Defeated in the a Rhodes scholar and former Federal finance critic who see pc Page 4 measure to Blunt Pitburg from Preuter Bonn president Reagan and West German Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl tried yesterday to Blunt criticism of their plans to Lay a Wreath at a German military Ceme Tery by inviting relatives of nazi resisters to join the the three week uproar Over Rea Gans planned journey sunday to the Pitburg grave Sites where 49 nazi is members Are buried raged on As the leaders of seven countries dined at Schloss a Castle built in on the eve of a today economic Summit before the dinner last the seven leaders were close to an agreement on a statement backing the in arms senior officials they said the declaration of agreement Likely be issued Mulroney steers spokesmen for prime minister Mulroney refused to confirm existence of the state ment when asked by Canadian re spokesmen for the other delegations said the statement would endorse the United states in its arms talks with the soviet Union in Geneva and Call for a stronger East West the main thrust of the statement would be to reinforce the Summit states commitment to peace and democracy in Advance of next weeks 40th anniversary of the end of the second world War in eur the would probably make no direct reference to reagans strategic defence Ini see Bonn Page 4 officer charged in breaking by Don Retson Winnipeg police have suspended without pay a 23yearold Constable charged with two criminal code Joseph Thomas Bailey was suspended yesterday after being charged with break and enter with intent to commit an indictable of Fence and the charges follow a six Day police investigation of a breaking at Munroe Junior High school last Fri damage to the school was Esti mated at Bailey is a plainclothes Constable in juvenile he has been with the department for four crime Des Depourcq said tuesday an of duty police offi cer was found in the Halls of the school at Friday by offi cers responding to an who had refused to name the said the Man was not charged immediately be cause of extenuating circumstances in the he said the arrested officer appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was taken to Hospital for medical see bizarre Page 4 Layoff versatile farm equipment plans to Lay off about 200 workers this Selling Job Winnipeg chamber of Commerce president de Martens wants to sell French language classes to rejection Ontario Appeal court judges throw out four arguments in Henry Morgentaler Challenge to the abortion roots Singer Mickey Gilley says its time to return to his country Winner a980002 Index Ann 17 23 37 20 37 6 29 7 Jumble 41 34 our 30 17 17 sports record 56 25 to 17 ;