Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 7, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 1985 Page 3 councillors want sin right to abortion i Federal civil servant to become first woman chairman of fits Jean a High ranking Federal civil servant and a former has been appointed chair Man of the Manitoba Telephone sys tem Premier Howard Pawley said Edmonds is the first woman to head the a spokesman the appointment of Edmonds Means the top two Board positions Phil free press by Wolseley la Myrna Phillips is whose appointment takes effect july will earn a year in the which was vacated last month by former nip Cabinet minister Saul the Premier said Edmonds Lias had a Long and enviable record in the Fields of business development and government administration and is widely recognized for her knowledge and planning an Otta abased Spe Cial adviser to the Deputy minister in the Federal department of regional Industrial was born and educated in she graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1942 and became assistant director of research for the Manitoba committee on the pro Vinces postwar economic in 1943 she moved to Toronto to work As research assistant for a clean Hunter publishing Post War planning before be coming assistant investor editor of the financial Post and then Fea Tures Edmonds returned to Winnipeg after the where she continued to write for the financial Post As a columnist and then became its West pm she also did a daily news commentary for the she returned to study economics at the a of in 1958 and in 1964 joined the Federal civil service As regional economist for the Canada mortgage and housing commission and then the newly formed depart High expectations students launch Manitoba youth week by releasing balloons for in in a Park behind Kildonan East regional secondary world peace during a Hilltop with Premier Howard Pawley 845 Concordia yesterday slain guards inmate tells trial a plan by a Small group of Stony Mountain prison inmates to riot last summer was stupid and resulted in the deaths of two guards who were respected by the a convict testified these were decent mar shall Duke said of guards Joseph Wendl and Rudy stabbed to death july what happened have said serving a 10year sentence at the theres no reason for Walter Daryle Donald and Frank have pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree murder in the the slayings occurred about 11 in an area normally used by new although prisoners re leased from isolation were some times held testified that Hoard and Kent asked him if he wanted to participate in a he said he told them their scheme was in teachers offered no penalty pension by Kathleen Engman Manitoba teachers will be Able to retire at age 55 without Early retirement education minister Maureen Hemphill announced Hemphill said the effective in should ease unemployment among the 600 teachers Mani Toba universities turn out each the move sparked opposition con Cern but was applauded by a debt Ridden education tory education critic Clayton manness said he was worried the decision could result in a similar Early retirement package for All provincial is the government prepared to fund Early retirement for All people receiving wages from either directly or indirectly he provincial employees must be age 60 to retire without University of Manitoba education student Carolyn Starodub called the change Good Ive been feeling a Little anxious about finding a she in sitting Here filling out Applina said she owes in student Murray Manitoba teach ers society estimated 50 to 60 teachers a year would retire Early because of the new Hemphill said the change should save Money because Rookie teachers earn less than about million from a teachers pension fund surplus will cover the extra Cost of the Early retirement provision for the first five after the fund will pay 70 per cent of the Cost and the province will cover 30 per Smith said that under the old pro teachers retiring Early suffered a loss of per cent of their pension for each year of retire ment before for a 55yearold teacher with 25 years of service would lose a year from a pension that would have been Worth a year had the teacher stayed on the Job until age in Exchange for the Early retire ment the society relinquished a government guaranteed floor for pension earnings that hem Phill said could have Cost the govern ment up to necessary and poorly they told me to go to the Back of the Range and nothing would happen to he said he Learned later that the plotters planned to take although no one talked about killing when and came into their cell area to lock them up for the Sinclair and Kent came out of the Shower room and jumped Duke Sinclair stabbed Wendl in the Back with a Sharp he and Wendl broke free and he said Friesen but was pursued by Kent and Duke said he saw Friesen double Over As he but didst see who stabbed moments code and Hoard ran out of the cell Range into a larger area called the panic broke out on the dome Duke was screaming come lets lets wreck the he said Hoard was Yelling at other inmates to join in the Kent was covered in blood and screaming that one of the guards had stabbed also was carrying part of a pair of scissors Over his saying i got Duke Kent and Hoard were intoxicated on Home although neither was falling Down Duke Duke said he was later moved to another prison and has lived in con Stant fear since it became known he was testifying against fellow in Ive had my life threatened and had to defend myself five times Over Duke he said he had a Long criminal record and has spent most of his life behind he was sentenced to 10 years in november 1983 for enter and wearing a disguise with intent to commit a crime and using a firearm in the commission of an Duke said he had no desire to get out of jail until he has received an Learned a Trade and obtained psychiatric treatment to help him control what he called his explosive he said he offered a statement to ramp on the understanding he have to but the agreement was for the first i want to do something he said when asked Why he agreed to another Steven Hoscha said he was staying in an Adja cent with iy2 Days left on a 30month when the out break Hosch jew said animate carry ing a butter knife ran into his cell area covered in blood and screaming that a guard had stabbed he said he opened the inmates but find a the inmate smelled of Home which Hosch jew said was common in the As were illegal the trial Street repair Crews smash livelihood there not just smashing workout Yuri Ciller those City Street repairmen Are smashing his construction started yesterday on the five lock Section of por Tage Avenue Between Colony and Furby by the time the five month project is Ciller says he fears he might be out of if customers cant get to my i cant make my pay said owner of sugars restaurant on the North Side of in but what am i supposed to do the North Side of Portage from Colony to Furby was closed to motorists yesterday and will re main closed for the next City officials have said the Road As Well As the sidewalks Are being torn apart and after the North Side is compleat there will be another months work on the South eastbound and westbound motorists were squeezed on to the South Side with traffic reduced to two lanes in each Ciller said he noticed a sub Stantial reduction in i depend on people driving by and deciding to come into the he said he will really be Hurt ing once the sidewalk in front of his restaurant is ripped with no sidewalk and All the i dont think people would come if i offered them a meal for Gerry who owns Sorrento pizza next door to cillers said the clo sing is going to Force him to hire an extra delivery the detours Are bound to slow Down delivery and to deliver to some it will be faster to Send a Man on he he said the City could have done the construction without causing so much inconvenience to Why have they closed off five blocks when they have Only begun work on a Small Section construction yesterday was confined to the Corner of Portage and judge agrees with sexual discrimination ruling a Manitoba court of Queens Bench judge has upheld a human rights adjudicators ruling that a Winnipeg garment manufacturer discriminated against one of its employees because she is a in a seven Page decision released Justice John Scollin agreed with adjudicator Jack Lon Don that Irene Mcdonald was denied a better Job classification and rate of pay by nitrite Mills because of her nitrite appealed London 1983 contending there was insufficient evidence to support his Conlu London was appointed to adjudicate the Case after Mcdonald filed a complaint with the Manitoba human rights commission in at the time she had been working for nitrite for 10 years As a Gar ment in july of that year the company and the employees the International ladies garment workers signed a new con tract which established two classifications for the company put Mcdonald in the lower even though several Les experienced male employees who were performing the same Job were placed in the higher the company claimed she was placed in the lower classification because she was earning less than her male counterparts at the time the new contract was they said it had nothing to do with the fact she was a London said he accepted that the wage she was earning at the time was the single most important Factor in her having been placed in the lower but he said she was paid less than her male counterparts because of the company historical pattern of paying its female cutting room workers less than its male cutting room he said it was a or form of sexual Dis and ruled the com Pany had violated the provisions of the human rights he ordered the company to reinstate Mcdonald she had been Laid off in october 1982 in the higher classification and to pay her Back in its the company noted that although London ruled it historically has paid its female cutting room workers less than their male he concluded there was no general corporate policy to discriminate against he cited the number of women in supervisory and administrative positions with the company to support that but in his judge Scollin said that finding was whether the company deliberately set out to discriminate against her is irrelevant because under act discrimination is illegal regardless of Mcdonalds Robb said in an interview yesterday that although the ruling wont affect any other nitrite i think it will have some significance for women in tonn said he believes the Case is the first in Manitoba involving systemic he also said that although other courts have ruled that a party can be found guilty of discrimination even though it May not have Delibera Tely set out to judge Scollins ruling on that Point Solidi fies that he said nitrites lawyer had not yet informed him whether the com Pany plans to Appeal the ruling to Manitoba court of the company Paul could not be reached yester Day for tonn said judge Scollin has left it up to the two sides to determine How much in Back wages will be he said that As of May there was a spread Between the first and second classifications of ment of manpower and immigration in rising to assistant Deputy minister for immigration in from 1977 to 1981 she served As the regional director for and then moved into the private Edmonds returned to the Public service As a Federal economic development coordinator for Manitoba in she served in that position until nuclear buildup assailed province seeks to Send signal by Brian Cole Premier Howard Pawley introduced a Resolution in the legislature yesterday which would declare Manitoba a nuclear weapon free As Industry minister Eugene Kostyra said the government will not subsidize any Manitoba compan ies directly involved in the manufacture of nuclear As Kostyra said the govern ment will not Welcome any invest ment in the province that creates jobs directly related to the product Ion of nuclear Clear signal Pawley acknowledged in a later interview the Resolution will have no Impact on the Small number of companies which Are involved in nuclear weapon related what this does is demonstrate a Clear signal to Ottawa on behalf of the people in Manitoba that we support the concept of a nuclear free this refers to nuclear arms production or development or stationing or anything like he the Premier said the province is limited As to what it can do to ensure Manitoba remains nuclear its very Clear we Are limited in our Legal ability to Deal wih matters of Federal he referring to Ottawa jurisdiction Over defence and i think it would be wrong to suggest we have any such jurisdiction in Federal there Are at least two companies in Winnipeg that have been involved in research and development or production of materials for nuclear nose Cone Bristol aerospace was work ing on parts for the nose Cone As Sembly for the my Boeing of Canada has also been involved in work related to the production of the Lyle spokesman for Boe said he Hast had an Opportunity to review Hawleys i guess i Haven Given it a lot of i just heard about he said in an he said his company Hast been involved in any nuclear weapons re lated work for some he said the Plant would not become involved in such work in the near but there was a possibility it could be come involved asked if Hawleys position would have an Impact on potential con Bryson replied that a Little difficult to judge at this a spokesman for Bristol Aero space could not be in introducing the Paw Ley said the nations possess tens of thousands of nuclear weapons Capa ble of destroying he said the superpowers insist on building More we i sin Glen Anderly Stop the madness of the nuclear arms the Premier unified but what we can do is ensure that we put Forth a Strong and unified voice that will clearly demonstrate the the disapproval and the concern and the fears that he the conservatives adjourned de Bate on the opposition Leader Gary Filmon said his party is in favor of world peace and will be presenting its position later this he said his speech will Deal with some of the Short term sacrifices that might have to be made for the Resolution to have some for he said the province has to be mindful of the potential Job creation that accompanies nuclear arms these Are considerations we have to take into he we May very Well agree that it is worthwhile to forgo Job he i i i ;