Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg frit press May not spine cautions nurses at rights Leader seeks Fuga local five youths charged after gang threatens passersby by Bob Cox youth gang members disrupted traffic downtown and threatened three people with chains and Nanchuk Sticks Early wednesday police one of the youths wielded a 10 centimetre knife and shouted to the complainants come Well Shank police police said the teenagers were members of the main Street rat a group of native and a gang called the fourth statements made at bail hearings yesterday indicated the group was some members met the Day of the others knew one an other Only by nicknames and they disagreed Over the gangs one youth said the gang was named the fourth while an other said it was the fourth its a group 1 met of the first time one youth it was just a new group starting up yesterday or a couple of Days another boy wednesdays incident was the since a police crackdown on youth gangs earlier this year in which several people were its been relatively quiet of quite some roman Wiefek of the police youth division Gierek said the incident is the first in which a gang has threatened inno cent bystanders instead of fighting members of rival three juveniles and two adults face a variety of charges in the including unlawful Assem Possession of a weapon dangerous to the Public peace and pos session of a prohibited police reports show the incident began on Margrave Street at Mary Avenue about 7 a group of 14 male and crossed the Street against a fed two of the youths jumped on the Hood of a moving car and got into an argument with the pulling out knives and Nanchuk which Are martial arts some of the youths argued with two pedestrians one of whom told them to grow they followed the pedestrians for about four brandishing their weapons and making threats until police gang members then fled and police chased several of them around downtown of almost an hour before catching provincial court judge Kris Ste who heard bait applications by the two adults called the incident its just amazing that anybody could be doing that in the City of judge Stefanson judge Stefanson released Anthony Lee of notre Dame Street and Robert Andrew of Bannatyne on bail the judge ordered both Dodd and Nikorak to stay away from Down town As a condition of burnout blamed for filthy House Dave free pbe5s by Barbara aggerholm Elizabeth Hargot says she was Burnt out and a combination of poor health and housekeeping habits led to the mess of garbage and exc Emertt in her in not a har said yesterday at her daughters where she fielded Telephone Calls from City officials anxious for her to clean up her own Teakwood Avenue Hargot said it was mainly nag Ging health problems that frustrated attempts to maintain the House she has owned for 25 Pound employees took two dogs and two Kittens from the House wednesday after they had investigated a report of dogs Barking and a foul odor coming from the Prem its a they found garbage and excrement in every causing provincial health inspection officials to declare the House unfit for occupation and order the owner to clean it up in seven reunited with her two dogs said she intends to comply with the enlisting her family and a borrowed truck Over the weekend to she conceded it might be a Good thing the houses condition was its a she no one knew except my widowed in Ternate Between living alone at her and at her she said her first reaction was to leave town when she heard her problem had been made usually the Only time i make the paper till now is the Bridge she theres always options i could either leave town or i could face it so i decided to face referring to her she said to do anything around the say i even washed a sinful of dishes and id be Hargot said she worked hard maintaining the House after her husband for years i brought up the Chil i looked after the House i did Yard Gar i guess i just got Burnt the garbage piled up and the dogs didst always use the paper she things just kept going from bad to Hargot adding she believed refuse had been collecting in the House for about a she said paid help was out of the because her main in come is a friends we rent asked to i dont like asking for i feel i should be Able to do it myself and that is not a very Good Atti As her boots and Duch played at her Hargot said she didst believe the garbage buildup or odor were so bad As to be a threat to her i stayed in the its not that its not she expressed Surprise that Pound employees had called the fire department for Gas Pound supervisor Doug Smith said the employees were feeling nauseated after the investigation and were sent i dont i she in the dogs Are they were checked by a vet the cats Are she added that a pan of vinegar helped keep the Aroma reunited with says she became Burnt after taking care of her House alone since Lunate threatened jury told prisoner warned to Cut his mountie tells murder trial by David Obrien a Stony Mountain prisoner threatened to Cut the Throat of one of two guards he is alleged to have a jury heard i told Friesen if he didst straighten id Cut his ramp Dennis Gray quoted Daryle Kent As guards Werner and Joseph were stabbed to death july while trying to lock up Walter Don Ald and Frank have pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree Kents comment about threatening to Cut Fri Sens Throat came at the end of a formal statement he signed the Day after the Gray ramp Douglas Houston testified Kent told him that he fought with both Friesen and but that he did not Stab Kent said he was responsible for starting the but that he Only planned to take hous ton he blamed at least one of the Driver refuses to sign renewal with French a Motorist says a government employee warned him that he faced charges for crossing out the French portion on his Driver re Newal William Irwin said yesterday he routinely strikes out the French portion of his licence upon renewal because he Doest want to sign anything he cant under Irwin said the renewal form was accepted by the motor vehicle Branch last year without renewal refused but this year officials refused to accept the renewal when he delivered it in he said he said he decided to mail the form As he did last Irwin said he was sent a Vali dated but also received a letter informing him it was against the Law to deface the licence and he could be i wont sign anything i dont could say i owe somebody million for All i he said he normally strikes out the French portion of any Docu ment he has to including his vehicle insurance and registration and will continue to do Irwin said the branches letter explained the bilingual Drivers licence was developed by the government after a supreme court of Canada decision in 1979 which said French should be used in the provinces courts and the Legisla the former conservative froment of Sterling Lyon under took to extend some services in such As bilingual i highways minister John plot responsible for the said the government has not Given any direction to get Tough with those who deface their i he said he would look into the matter tory highways department critic pave Blake said Manitoba int officially bilingual and Irwin made a Good Point by saying he didst want to sign something he didst stabbings on he the jury was told wednesday sin Clair admitted stabbing one of the Houston said Kent told him i heard a Rumor that there was supposed to be a then we started talking about smashing the a Friend of mine told me later that nobody else was going to Start because they didst have any Back up from the other so i told my Friend that i was going to Start some he tried to talk me out of but i made up my mind to do Houston said Kent told him that if the guards they were going to punch and kick Kent said he discussed his plan with code and but he didst mention Houston Kent said he and two others were hiding in the Shower cell when Wendl and Friesen tried to lock the he said he pushed open the door and fought with Wendl until Friesen hit him on the head with a Flash Kent said he put Friesen in a but the guard grabbed his Houston adding Kent said that was when Sinclair stabbed Kent claimed that he was armed with a butter while Sinclair had the mountie drowned in blood Houston said Kent told him he hid his shirt and burned his pants afterwards because they were stained with Fri Sens medical examiner Peter Markesteyn testified Wendl was stabbed in the Back and the wound penetrated 13 centimetres into a Markesteyn said Wendl drowned in blood that filled the Friesen was stabbed in the heart and died when blood filled the area surrounding the preventing it from he he said half a pair of scissors could have made both he ordered them not to pos sess any weapons and imposed a 5 to 7 to be lifted for Dodd when he works occasional overnight shifts in his Job As a convenience store provincial judge Edwin Kimel Man refused to release two of the juveniles a male aged 16 and another aged neither of whom Are working or attending he released a who is attending High school in win imposing a 6 to 8 curfew and ordering him not to associate with any members of the nip Trade charges on office move a major garment manufacturers plans to move its head office to Toronto from Winnipeg have raised the hackles of the provinces Indus try minister and prompted an Exchange of accusations Between the firm and the Tan Jay president Peter Nygard said he plans to move the company head office in part because Manito Bas political climate is hostile to Industry minister Eugene Kostyra rejected that charge and countered with the Tan Jay has received Grants from the province for its manufacturing As Kostyra yesterday re Quested a transcript of a radio inter View with Nygard in which the Tan Jay president referred to the nip government As Kostyra said he was shocked and angered by nygards comments on the Kostyra said he believe his ears when he heard the business Man refer to the nip government As communist and responsible for creating a hostile atmosphere for the Tan Jay slated for is not expected to affect the company three Winnipeg manufacturing regrets move Kostyra said he regrets nygards plans to noting the company has received millions of dollars in government Grants for its Winnipeg the company received million in Federal Grants for the plants since Kostyra As he said Manitoba paid 40 per cent of a federa Provin Cial Grant to build an overhead rail in one the minister said Nygard made the political comments knowing a provincial election will be called within a i wonder whats behind those comments about wanting a conservative government to be elected in Kostyra i found some of them com ments quite shocking in terms of political and communist connect he said usually the government is consulted when a business contemplates moving its head i was a bit angered to hear about it the move that the minis Ter adding he has written to Nygard and asked for a meeting to discuss his Nygard said Kostyra was Well aware of the problems and of the that an outright Hes had meetings with our Nygard if Hes surprised he must have had his ears plugged at the meet Kostyra said he thinks both office and Plant benefited from the govern ment Grants and that Nygard will find tougher labor Laws in according to statistics Canada Only better labor relations than Kostyra Nygard said he Doest know yet Nygard hostile climate How Many people will move from Murray president of Tan Jay will remain in Winnipeg for the time he he said about 20 key management positions have Bee left open be cause people either took other jobs within the office or left when he decided to move the than a year interviews for the such As Heads of advertising and promotions As Well As various company division have been conducted Over the past he said no one has been fired and the company Doest plan to Lay off Tan Jay employs Between 800 and people in Winnipeg depending on the he closing threat he if the 400 Plant workers represented by the International ladies garment workers Union a Long shutdown could make him close the the Union received a strike Man Date in april but a walkout Date Hast been organizer Ken Der Mota Dermota said the Union visits the workers at Home to prepare them for a Nygard said Tan Jay is expanding and is negotiating Plant openings in Montreal and Western can he said the Dps labor Laws and the unions harassment have pushed Tan Jay in the legislature tory business critic Frank Johnston accused nip Bac Bencher Conrad Santos of interfering in contract talks Between Tan Jay and its employees by writing letters of support to the Johnston said the letters appeared to carry the official weight of government and May have misled the workers into thinking the administration would Back them in a labor deception alleged on Creek safety by Patrick Mckinley a civic committee was misled about safety features of a plan to divert mands Creek underground and build a High Rise apartment building above a lawyer for the Manitoba naturalists society charged Arne Pelt told the Winnipeg Rivers and streams committee that the naturalists group wants the project reexamined because of inac curate statements by Albert a consultant for mar West construction Peltz said the committee was told before it approved the project that screens would be placed Over the entrances Urther underground diver Sion to prevent people from being washed into the 215metrelong Cul Peltz said Myska Al ready had been told that the Provin Cial governments natural re sources department would not allow the screens because of fear they would catch debris and cause the Creek to Back up the naturalists society and near by residents have been fighting the apartment charging it will drive away heavers and other wildlife and destroy an area where residents go for walks and in an appearance before the com Mittee Myska admitted he provided the committee with in Complete but said he had no intention to mislead Myska said he was still studying the provincial governments position at the time and hoped to come up with a solution to the safety Issue through further negotiations with the he said mar West now Hopes to keep people out of the Culvert by another method a Hainlink Fence that would extend Down into the water whenever the Stream was in its original decision last no the Rivers and streams committee approved the project on condition the screens be placed Over the Culvert the committees Legal adviser told members yesterday the condition would not he enforce Able because it is outside the committees by provincial the Rivers t and streams committee is supposed to consider Only whether a project impedes water flow or endangers the stability of he said common sense dictates that the committee also has to consider Public particularly the safety of children who might play near the proposed building near the site of the Winni Peg he said the City might be sued if someone the committee voted to ask West to apply for an amendment to its committee member Harvey Smith Park said the inaccuracy of the information the committee got from mar West in the first place demanded the Mittee reconsider its i ;