Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 9, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 1985 Page 3 Council approves Boulevard native program cuts haunt my club fees detailed by Brian Cole Manitoba forestry resources chief executive officer charged expenses of about during a two week period last including dinners at a Quebec Golf club and limousine As expense accounts re leased by tory la Doug Gourlay show John Sweeney billed the Crown corporation for about in april and in May and june of last the May june expense account voucher contained a Bill for membership to a Golf and country Sweeney employment contract with the Crown which pays him More than a year in also provides him with a membership at a Golf club of his the fee is considerably less than the membership fee at Charles Golf and country club in according to the expense Sweeney salary and expense accounts became the Centre of Atten Tion after Gourlay tabled the executives contract last month and presented documents showing Sweeney once charged three pack Ages of cigarettes to documents presented by Gourlay yesterday show Sweeney spent at the Laval country club one Day last August on miscellaneous sex there is no explanation As to whether the Money was spent on food or liquor or How Many parties were As the documents show he spent on miscellaneous Busi Ness dinners during August and on 13 and Sweeney billed the company including for for for entertainment and for Alan Manors director of was named in the document in relation to the sex business development minister Jerry who is also responsible for said last month he would review the he said the corporation would be reimbursed for abuses and guide lines would be implemented if need Sweeney earlier acknowledged cigarettes were improperly included in an expense and Storie said the Manfor Board of directors and Sweeney have reviewed the expense accounts to ensure there were no other he also said action is being taken to ensure the corporation is reimbursed for unreasonable the minister also said Sweeney remaining expenses appear to be in line with the office he when asked about the limousine he said that be fore commenting he would want to make sure it was not a mistaken reference to taxi Gourlay asked in the legislature whether the minister thought the bar expenses at the Laval country club were a legitimate Storie said Sweeney has a Long standing relationship with business people in the that is Why i suppose in chief executive officers contracts those kind of provisions Are the particular was a business he the justification for that is he was pursuing the interests of the pressed on whether he was calling the Billing of alcohol at a Montreal country club legitimate expense to the Manitoba Storie re plied i dont think i said it was All right to charge if Sweeney has done 1 have no James free press dissatisfaction led to inmate testifies Veteran William Ross lays Wreath during defeat of fascism committee Filmon adds treaty Call to antinuclear motion opposition Leader Gary Filmon proposed yesterday that the prov Ince urge the nuclear weapons Powers to sign a mutually verifiable nuclear disarmament the tory Leader introduced the proposal in an amendment to the nip government Resolution that Manitoba be declared a nuclear weapon free we must work to convince equally the soviet communist our nato allies and every other nation in the world that we Are horrified at the threat of nuclear Filmon speaking in the Fil Mon said the nip government Reso Lution was pointless because it was by the governments own indeed the government Resolution is a symbolic gesture on behalf of one Small lacking in Juris diction and secure in the knowledge we Are protected by a superpower on our Southern Border which deters anyone from attacking he we must recognize that this sym Bolic gesture does not even Point us in the direction of our real Filmon there must be a commitment to work towards convincing the United states and the soviet Union and any other country with nuclear capabilities to abandon v their Premier Howard Pawley said in an interview he would consider incorporating the tory amendment into his he said he still believes there is Merit in simply declaring Manitoba a nuclear weapon free zone because it would be a Clear message to Ottawa on where the province stands on the attorney general Roland Penner said later it was important the notion of a nuclear weapon free zone not be does he Filmon expect any Resolution of this the moment it is is going to bring nuclear disarmament he defended the government Reso saying a declaration would be a positive action toward world nuclear weapon free zones help create a climate of International he noted numerous Church groups and peace organizations have called for nuclear weapon free More than 50 municipalities in including Toronto and Van have voted to become nuclear weapon free zones since what were saying we Here should join that Penner politicians from both sides of the legislature paid tribute to the soldiers and victims of the Sec Ond world Pawley and Filmon used the anniversary of veday yesterday to re Call the victims of nazi tyranny and those who died fighting their sacrifice will not be in vain if All of us fight As hard As they did for Freedom and the Premier said in a statement before the Start of yesterdays the Premier also spoke of the holocaust in which six million jews died in nazi concentration noting there Are some people who deny it Pawley said if we stand by today and watch Freedom denied then we will not have Learned from the Filmon said it was important to spend even a few moments recalling the sacrifices made during the but he said the dead can be Hon ored by working towards the ultimate commitment we can make is to strive for everlasting world he the province hosted a reception yesterday for veterans and after the reception at the leg the politicians and veterans marched to the memorial Park Cenotaph across the Street to Lay by David Obrien four Stony Mountain inmates hatched a plot to riot and kill because they were unhappy with new prison a convict testified Andrew Cummer said he saw the four accused discuss their plan in a cell while huddled Over Home Cummer said he was asked to participate but refused because he said there was no reason to he was the fifth prisoner to testify against Walter Daryle Donald and Frank the four have pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of guards Joseph and Rudy they were slain july about 11 while attempting to lock up prisoners for the Cummer said he heard three of the accused discuss a plan to riot and kill a noting they were loud enough that he could hear them from a distance of five he said he saw Sinclair pull a pair of 30centimetrelong scissors from his sock and pass them to Hoard kill guards Hoard held the scissors to his own Throat and showed the group How to Cut a jugular vein so the victim would die Cummer he said Hoard separated the Scis sors and passed them to who also described How effective they could be in killing Sinclair then came out of the cell shaking his saying he was going to kill Cummer he said other inmates laughed at Sinclair and apparently did not take the threat Cummer said All he believed they would do is take hostages and dam age prison All four accused had been drinking Home brew and the entire cell Range smelled of made from fermented yeast and he Cummer said Kent assured him the riot would be no More serious than one they participated in at Hea Dingley correctional when Wendi and Friesen entered the cell Kent and Sinclair came out of a Shower room and attacked he carrying punched one guard in the Chest and the Melee continued outside the Range in a larger area called the Cummer he said he saw Kent grab Friesen in a Bear hug from behind while Sinclair stabbed him in the other witnesses have testified Wendl was stabbed in the Back by Sinclair before fleeing and being kicked Down a flight of stairs by serving two years for said Hoard and Gode were on the dome but did not participate in the Cummer said he returned to his where he was approached by who was covered in blood and Yelling at him to he said Sinclair also returned and threatened him with the blood stained scissors he was ordering him to help open the other Range in fear for his Cummer said lie went on to the dome and found a set of keys apparently dropped by one of the fatally wounded he said he used the keys to open one Range get them to work on other Cummer said he then kicked Down two other Rifle shots from guards who appeared on the scene forced him Back into his he Sinclair later bragged that he had killed a just like he had told everyone he Cummer he said under Cross examination he had been under psychiatric care since he was four years he admitted he had Given three statements to ramp on the All of them different in some and that he could be mistaken about some he said if he withheld information from it was because he feared retaliation and was confused in the Wake of the passerby shaken by Spray by Julia Necheff a Winnipeg Man says he was hit in the face with an acid solution yesterday when a blast of wind picked up the Spray from a building Neil Macleod said he was sprayed by workers cleaning a storefront As he walked West along Portage ave i got a full shot in the Macleod instantly my eyes went dry and my face started Burn he said that when he asked the cleaner what the Spray the worker indicated a bottle of Muri Atic acid a commonly used cleaner for said he received medical treatment at a downtown Walkin clinic to flush away the chemical and was Given a prescription for Eye adding he was badly shaken by the i was scared what with All the talk of pcs and toxic chemical he theres no justification for spraying on an extremely Windy Day on a Busy downtown the work could have been done on a sunday when there would be fewer he Yale owner of golds jewellery store at 261 denied that Macleod had been sprayed with an acid Gelfant said one worker was using the acid solution for the bricks and another had a water Spray to clean the stores although he acknowledged he did not see the he said Macleod was inadvertently sprayed with the he said he would Stop Adver Tising in the free press if the paper printed Macleod Macleod said he was hit by Spray from the worker cleaning the he said he took an empty plastic labelled 20percent solution of Muri Atic from the cleaner after the Doug the cites Deputy medical said the City health department occasionally receives similar complaints from peo ple sprayed either from building cleaners or with other Luckhurst said Muri Atic acid would cause major i ration to the eyes and skin out because it is relatively a person would Likely not suffer permanent he said no specific Laws exist to regulate such Luckhurst said the City has authority under Broad regulations in the provincial Public health act to take action against a company or building owner if it is a health Hazard or nuisance to the tears Greet family dogs release owners Pound disappointed As judge spares terriers life Wayne free press by Don Retson a court ruling yesterday that spared the life of a female pit Bull terrier was greeted with Joy by the owner and disappointment by a dog Pound Greg Draper wiped tears from his eyes yesterday after provincial court judge Frank Allen dismissed a Winnipeg Pound application to have the animal Frank Allen has made me a very Happy Man Draper said while his wife Valerie and son Troy frolicked with family pet Sache outside the Logan Avenue dog the Fivey Earold dog had been impounded since april 21 for inflict ing a 60stitch wound to the face of Foury Earold Zoe inside the supervisor of Pound services Doug Smith said he was upset with the there is no Joy Smith its All Fine and Dandy that the family and dog Are getting Back Draper gets his dog but who gives the girl Back her face Smith said the ruling May be i am just too disappointed to say at the Wattier was attacked april 9 after she tripped Over the animal during a family visit to the drap ers James Crown attorney Karen Swiderski had argued the dog should be Des troyed because it was a potential threat to including the drapers Twoy Earold but judge Allen said the which suffers from a hip was Hurt when Wattier tripped Over it and reacted spontaneously in biting the it was out of Char Acter for the he said in a seven Page despite the seriousness of the injury sustained by i am v unable to say that this is a dog that requires destruction to protect the the ruling came As a Surprise the girls William wat who said he had expected the dog would be Wattier said he and his wife have made no decision on whether to sue the drapers for i guess the ruling still Hast sunk i dont know what to Draper said he believes there will a but added hell go into debt if necessary to save the Ani Sache is part of my Fame he in reviewing the judge Allen said while the injury to the child was there was no Evi Dence the dog bit More than once or mauled the As he noted an expert dog Trainer who conducted tests on Sache determined the animal want a the judge said he was impressed with drapers impassioned plea to spare the animal at the earlier court in opposing the destruction has appealed to my sympathy recognizing his deep attachment to his pet has aroused it to a he said Hes concerned the animal May react even More viciously if someone accidentally trips Over it if the dog did it whats to Stop her from doing it again Smith said he was nearly sick ened by pictures of the attacked girls they were that he said the destruction application had nothing to do with the dog being a pit Bull so far this year two pit bulls have been destroyed by the Pound and another is being held pending a court drapers Are reunited with i ;