Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, May 16, 1985

Issue date: Thursday, May 16, 1985
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Promoter lands Legal blow on Champion by Muftau Mcneil a Winnipeg promoter has secured a court order authorizing sheriffs officers to seize All assets of Canad an Light heavyweight Champion Donny including All proceeds from tonight bout at the Winnipeg lawyer Jerrold Gunn obtained the order yesterday from Mani Toba court of Queens they can seize including his Gunn any thing and everything sunny today 17 Clear tonight 4 whatever they the order was sought after Jay Coleman filed a lawsuit in court yesterday against Lalonde partner and business Man Ager kill and their com ads International affairs the lawsuit involves an alleged breach of a contract Coleman says he signed with Lalonde in March in a sworn affidavit filed with the Coleman claims he signed a contract with Lalonde to promote him for a Loright but that after Only two fights Lalonde signed a new contract with another local promo Fred Coleman says Lalonde owes him for promotional work he did for him after the contract was me wants All assets seized because he says he has reason to believe that Boulanger and their com Pany intend move to following tonight fight with North american boxing federation Light heavyweight Champion Willie Sandman Gunn said the order was delivered to the sheriffs office yesterday and i would imagine they Are doing it seizing assets right Lalonde and Boulanger could not be reached last night for earlier an employee in their company office said the court order wont affect tonight the fights the employee refusing to give his theres no see pfc Motoc it Page 4 for fails an bid by Michael to buy for controlling interest of Winnipeg jets of the National hockey league fell Short but raised fears about the teams future in free final 25s Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number oj86 May Sun rises sets Moon rises sets App Moto contends human rights key to talks Joyful reunion Lia Pikoulis of Calgary is overjoyed As she is reunited in her a husband abducted with children and at a private school the children years ago and took them to the bilingual claim disputed by tory Pic language policy letter not most minister agrees by Brian Cole opposition Leader Gary Filmon says at least one government Agency has been handling its daily activities As though Manitoba was officially a bilingual Filmon produced a letter yester Day from Carl general Man Ager of Manitoba Public insurance which said some of the Crown corporations forms were in French and English because the province is officially the letter was written to a Gimli woman in response to questions about Why her vehicle registration was in French and the letter said the provincial government issued guidelines in 1982 concerning the provision of French language services in the these guidelines were developed in response to a ruling by the supreme court of which up held provisions of the British North America act designating Manitoba As an officially bilingual the letter Filmon said in an interview the suggestion Manitoba is officially bilingual is he said the province is bilingual compulsory retirement violates teachers lawyer argues by Larry Hill Winnipeg free press Ottawa Winnipeg school division is discriminating unfairly against a competent teacher by try ing to make her retire at age the supreme court of Canada was told As a Section of the Manitoba Public schools act permitting the compulsory retirement of 65year old teachers violates an age discrimination bar in the provincial human rights act and should be ruled Insp court was the Case of Doreen Maud who has been teaching at Grant Park High school for 18 City teacher convicted of student sex assault by Murray Mcneill a Winnipeg school teacher was convicted yesterday of sexually assaulting a Niney Earold female Stu Branko a physical Educa Tion was found guilty after a today Manitoba court of Queens Bench a Date for sentencing has not been of Hargrave Street pleaded not guilty to the sexual assault Mario chairman of Winni Peg school said last night Blazic was fired shortly after the assault allegations came to Light last Santos said Blazius lawyer appealed the firing to an arbitration but had postponed the hear ing pending the trials he said two other division pm a caretaker and a school i also were charged with sexually abusing children at about the same time As Santos said the caretaker was but the librarian was transferred to a position where he is not in Contact with children see students Page 4 represents the first time the supreme court has been asked to Rule on the mandatory retirement clause for workers not involved in physically hazardous lawyers the nine member headed by chief Justice Brian re served judgment after hearing two hours of the employer wishes to stereo Type and deprive Craton of her right to of her right to carry on with her profession and of her right to continue being an important human Winnipeg teachers association lawyer Mel Myers told the human rights Law reflects the highest desires of a civilized society and amounts to More than Ordinary Myers the lawyer urged the court to give the human rights act Power Over All other provision statutes which do not expressly exempt themselves from its if we dont do we run the risk of making the human rights legislation when she turned 65 in Craton was told by the school division she see age Page 4 Only to the extent legislative and court services must be in both French and after the supreme court he the Lyon government Deve loped voluntary guidelines for government departments and Crown he said the guidelines were Deve loped in a spirit of not because the province was deemed to be officially at the he Drivers licences were issued in both languages and Crown corporations adopted similar positions in the spirit of to be officially he said Manitoba would require an official languages act similar to the Federal statute which makes Canada officially Filmon said the mistake by Laufer was probably due to the govern Sam contradicts ments unwillingness to make Clear its position on the French language there is a great tendency for this government to avoid taking responsibility for anything it is doing re Garding the Extension of French Lan Guage he adding the government normally blames thing on the earlier in the Filmon asked Deputy Premier Muriel Smith whether Manitoba was officially by she replied there has been a lot of debate on that Issue in this House and i think the current position is the Law until the supreme court comes to a the court is ruling on a Challenge to the Validity of Manitoba English Only statutes that was launched under 23 of the Mani Toba John the minister see bil1ngualism Page 4 Ottawa up any Hope for improvement in relations Between the United states and the soviet including negotiating of arms control is inextricably linked to a better soviet performance in the Field of human delegates to a human rights conference were told the hard hitting message was delivered by Richard the head of the delegation to the As part of a scathing Ottawa protest report on individual cases of human rights abuses spelled out before Dele Gates from 35 countries to the six week Schifter named dozens of individuals in the soviet czechoslovak Poland and other soviet dominated countries and states where political prisoners have been victimized by official House internal dismissal from confinement in psychiatric institutions and other official he accused the soviet Union of wilfully violating provisions of the 1975 Helsinki accords that commit Ted the 35 countries at the Ottawa conference to improving Basic human including the right to Freedom of and said the soviet failure to do so raises serious questions about the value of any agreement with the soviet our people have a right to won Der whether a country that fails to keep its word in matters unrelated to considerations of its Security will do so when its Security is at Schifter said in unmistakable refer ence to continuing talks in Geneva Between american and soviet negotiators on a nuclear arms control who spent tuesday in Washington consulting state depart ment officials before delivering the roughly worded talk to the human rights made it Clear he was delivering an official the government of the United states has made Clear to the govern ment of the soviet Union our interest in improvement of our bilateral re our interest in concluding a genuine arms Schifter but for the reasons already stated we believe that performance in the Field of human rights is inextricably linked to All aspects of improved bilateral Schifter added he wanted to emphasize this linkage precisely be cause we Are interested in a relaxation of International negotiating an arms reduction agreement will take he but the soviet Union can make a contribution to the cause of peace immediately by ending its human rights abuses and setting political prisoners earlier this state Sec see soviet Page 4 ban on hogs cuts prices by Laura Ranee Boniface stockyards squealed with excess porkers yesterday As troopers in three american states remained poised to fend off Manitoba this is the fourth Day the Manitoba hog producers marketing Board has not exported hogs to the United states because of new restrictions imposed by South Nebraska and pinched for the Board was forced to find extra holding pens at the stockyards and Issue a plea to producers to delay deliveries until the dispute is Board chair Man Bill Vanags prices have dropped a hog since the restrictions were he adding he would personally seek retaliatory measures against vegetables coming into this coun if they want to use these dirty it is time Canada took its gloves by late afternoon the situation at the Yards had but pens still were crammed with hogs in space built for spokes men the Board would ship hogs a week to primarily in South Vanags the three states have refused to accept hogs from Canada because this country allows the use of the Antibiotic chloramphenicol in live a drug linked to a deadly blood Canadian officials say the Issue is hog not health Federal sources say the government considers the states move see new Page 4 Ulster election marred by Gas bullets Belfast a authorities say a crowd hurled gasoline bombs and stones at police vans carrying ballot marring a relatively peaceful Day of polling in Northern Ireland municipal police fired plastic bullets at the crowd of about 500 people in a mixed protestant roman Catholic District of the Northern City of Londonderry last Cyril Davidson of Belfast police the elections had been highlighted by a bid by sinn the political Wing of the overwhelmingly Catholic Irish Republican for a greater say in Ulster officials begin counting ballots today and announce results Davidson said it was not known what caused the Londonderry in Catholic crowds frequently vent their anger on the armoured vans of the mainly protestant Royal Ulster Northern ire lands police shots were fired at two police vans and plastic bullets were fired Davidson there were no immediate reports of he see protestants Page 4 priority native priority in issuing new wild Rice licences is labelled hard still tory maps will be Given strategy kits to help them sell finance minister Michael Wilsons death Ami police sharpshooters Bullet fulfils despondent mans death Western express lotto 7 wit Var 031964 9 Ann 37 62 43 31 43 39 Jumble 47 21 21 sports 61 63 35 to 21 ;