Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 7, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free May Reagan praises Spain Progress As a democracy poll far Fless Madrid a president Ron Ald overlooking criticism of his Nicaragua praised Spain Progress As a democracy today and declared that the exceptions to the democratic tide in Span is speaking America can be counted on the fingers of one he identified them As entrenched military Rule in Paraguay and Chile and communist tyrannies in Cuba and nearing the end of his Loday european the president strolled through the gardens of Al Pardo Palace with King Juan arranged talks with prime minister Felipe Gonzalez and opposition Lead space radar research authorized continued from Page i Canada and the United states in american research efforts into a antimissile system formally known As the strategic de Fence Broadbent the arc Federal Agency which gives technical and financial Aid to Canadian scientific re search has already been informed that Canada is committed to participate in Star wars Broad Bent said the letter president Reagan has invited Canada to participate in the but the Mulroney government made it Clear at the Bonn economic sum Mit last weekend that it was still weighing the external affairs minister Joe Clark Siddon said the new democratic party was on a fishing Siddon said the scientist must be confusing Star wars with a decision to have the Council spend million this year on studies into the space station he said he had Given no orders to arc to begin work on space the government has commissioned work on two space surveillance systems which could have military the department of National de Fence commissioned two studies on the concept of space based surveillance radar and the departments of external affairs and defence have been paying for work on a peacekeeping satellite which could find and identify space weapons launched by foreign Lucie an arc said the letters allegations were false and had surprised officials in the or Manuel Fraga and in a speech before Spanish Community leaders cheered the beginning of a Golden age of Freedom on the iberian Reagan also is working on a major to be delivered tomorrow before the european parliament at that will focus on a variety of proposals for improving relations with the soviet called reckless720 in his speech Reagan said countries everywhere could Benefit from his formula of lower deregulation of business and a diminished government role in private we is and the Force of your example has inspired a he said in his speech at the Juan March found a science and social welfare he also made a gentle pitch for his Centra american saying that in country after the dictators have Given Way to the democratic aspirations of their people in the Western Reagan said that in Spain free Dom is the Spanish government opposes reagans new Trade embargo against Nicaragua and his support of rebel who Are against Nicaragua leftist Gonzalez is under popular pressure to close four military bases in where americans Are and has promised a referendum next Spring on demands that Spain withdraw from interviewed during his stroll with the Spanish Reagan said talks had really just kind of begun on the Issue of reducing the Mili tary presence in rather than focus publicly on con Reagan chose today to compliment Spain on its democratic Pinto Dies at 48 of heart attack Lisbon Reuter former portuguese prime minister and social democratic Leader Carlos Mota Pinto died today of a heart attack at his Home in the University City of friends said Mota had a heart attack at his Home in Coimbra this morning and died in an ambulance taking him to a Mota a Law played an Active part in the hectic politics which followed the armed forces april ending almost half a Century of righting Charity defends Deal continued from Page l Prises the Cit owned corporation that runs the if the tax break had not been enterprises could have used the Money to help pay off the Arenas Yanofsky Katz acknowledged yesterday he is a member of the big Brothers but said he saw nothing improper in the he said the firm May have benefited from the tax break in that but there Are Many other cases where the company has brought tax Revenue to the City from concerts it has Dan presi Dent of big said Katz approached the Charity and asked if it wanted to sponsor the event which Nile out was we certainly looked at this As an he adding he would have no hesitation in getting involved if a similar Opportunity presented itself Joseph Bailey Waits for his Winnipeg police commission hearing last voiced in then someone else would chief defends procedure Stephen denies police delayed laying charges continued from Page 1 Bailey was charged after a six Day police investigation into the break damage to the school was Esti mated at a police report said a Man was found in the school Halls at by officers responding to an crime Des Depourcq said the Man appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was taken to earlier Stephen denied Bailey received special consider As charged last week by Harvey Smith Park said police appeared to be going out of their Way to protect the but Stephen said he had instructed Depourcq to handle the Case As he Fonyo escapes injury in car truck collision up somebody up there must be watching out for last the 19yearold Cross Canada runner was Riding in the passenger seat of a Gold sports car loaned to him by a Vernon car Dealership when it collided with a semitrailer both Fonyo and his male compan Ion escaped the who was was charged with a traffic damage to the vehicle was believed to be Fonyo was to resume his journey for lives run Early today after a jubilant Homecoming in this Okana Gan City during the he was the focus of a torchlight Parade and who started his run almost 14 months ago in has raised about including government for cancer research and the who lost his left leg to Hopes to finish his run in Victoria May an estimated 630 Kilometres a reception is planned for him at by place stadium in Vancouver May would any there was Defini Tely no police coverup or delay in laying he Stephen cited recent cases where a City lawyer and a newspaper re Porter were not charged immediately after being questioned by Stephen said extenuating Circum stances accounted for the six Day he refused to discuss the saying they will come up in Bailey is to appear in court Stephen refused comment on other criticism by who said the department should not have allowed the officer to remain on the Job until a decision was made on Smith said Stephens comments shed no new Light on the Case and a Cloud still hangs Over the depart ment for its handling of the Smith said the fact a police officer was involved makes the Case Spe adding that Stephen Doest appear interested in weeding out bad Chris Lorenc one of two police commission Mem Bers absent from the said he is a Law partner with Weinstein and it would have been a conflict of interest for him to attend the hear bad news predicted in first tory budget said the Money big Brothers made on the concerts would have had to be raised some other Way had Katz not offered the group the Chance to take no vote he said Katz did not take part in the decision of the Board to Partick in a situation like he would not be allowed to besides the Chance to make the move offered big Broth ers some Good he the incident involving the Kenny Rogers concerts was one of two deals Between big Brothers and Nite out entertainment which were cited in yesterdays City big Brothers obtained a tax exemption on an Arlo Guthrie con Cert held in the Centennial concert Hall last the report big Brothers got and the pro motion the City report proposed cutting off the amusement tax Breaks and letting groups apply for regular City Grants if that groups sponsoring concerts would have to vie with a Host of other charitable groups seeking City Yanofsky and other committee members said that could stir up a hornets As Many groups would be afraid of being left he said it would be better to build in guarantees to ensure the entire tax exemption goes to the Chari to rather than to continued from Page i that level of unemployment so we certainly want to address that particular problem As a matter of High priority in the Wilson rejected a suggestion that it took the government an unusually Long time to produce a noting it took the former Liberal government about the same length of time to produce a budget after being elected in the former Liberal government was sworn in March 3 and produced its first full budget just under eight months the tories will have been in office just Over eight months by May opposition critics explained their scepticism that Wilson will in fact give the problem of unemployment the same priority As deficit i regret to say i expect bad news for Middle and Lowe income Gray Point ing to the recent Energy agreement Ottawa signed with the Western producing after the government is giving up almost billion in tax revenues As a gift to the big multinational Oil companies so it has got to get that Money Back from in sorry to say i fear that its going to come out of the pockets of Ordinary canadians when they buy gasoline at the pumps or in other kinds of higher Broadbent said the government should act on prime minister Mulroney Campaign promises to put More emphasis on Job creation and tax but he said he doubts it will do so despite the fact that since the election we have Learned that the percentage of the Rich who Are not paying any taxes has gone up by 40 per he said he would be pleasantly surprised if there is serious tax Mulroney has promised the budget will impose a minimum tax on the although some observers who Are critical of such a move say the government May just present a discussion paper on the and though Mulroney and Wilson have both said they would prefer not to increase there Are those who argue the budget will contain either direct tax increases or indirect increases through the removal of tax Breaks enjoyed by both individuals and proposed Ontario Sale one of Many deals sought continued from Page 1 the next generating station scheduled to be built on the Nelson River system after Limestone and would be finished in the late construction on Limestone is expected to re sume this the potential Deal also would require new lines to connect the Manitoba system to Ontario Southern Power he the Manitoba system is linked Only to Ontario Hydro North Eastern Liesen a spokesman for Ontario Hydro said the two utilities started talks on the Export Sale in Lois Wallace said the possible Deal with Mani Toba is part of a wide ranging reassessment of Ontario Hydro Power Liesen said the Export agreement would be in the same league As other multimillion Dollar deals the Utility it trying to clone with other Canadian and american Power the Utility has been negotiating with Saskatchewan Power since last summer on a 30year Deal for 300 megawatts of firm Power annually starting in along with other utilities including consortium in Minnesota and Wisconsin and one supplier in opposition Energy critic Harry Enns said he has some concerns about the potential principally on he said if Ontario can buy the Power for the so called system Price average Cost of producing hydroelectric Power in Manitoba rather than the much higher Cost from a specific dam which might the built to meet the needs of a Sale then the buyer takes advantage of Manitoba As Enns questioned Manitoba Hydro in creasing its debt Load if it has to build a new generating station because half of each Dollar the Utility takes in goes to service he said he also was worried about demand from which Manitoba Hydro is courting for potential sales and generation continuing to be All the signals that we keep getting from american utilities indicate an Overall Slac Enns i slackening w Europe an health spa downtown place Louis Riel 190 Smith 9560810 East 1514 Regent ave 2241607 North 1415 main 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