Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Michael Jackson faced Long tense negotiations for beatles i Public help lifts spirits of burned out family a Winnipeg family burned out of its Home saturday has received furniture and the offer of a rent free in really proud of Barry Friesen said last we feel a whole lot better about things his wife and their son had to flee their rented House at 649 Jubilee Avenue on the fire erupted when the boy sailed a paper air plane into a the Fri Sens lost practically All their including new furniture that had not been paid they had rented the House a Day earlier and didst have the family has been staying at the Westminster hotel since the fire and Friesen said there has been a Stream of visitors and phone people have been bringing cloth ing and food and Little pieces of we have 12 pages of names of people who have among those who phoned was a Man from Vancouver who lost his House in a fire in september and a disc jockey from there have also been Cash donations by last Friesen said a woman called yesterday to offer a House rent free until the end of the she said it be ready until but told us to come around and take a look at the thoughtfulness of Winnipeg Gers has surprised a woman phoned us who lived on Jubilee Street and said if we wanted to have our son continue going to he could have lunch each Day at her he its amazing someone even thought of Nathans Friesen said the fort Garry Pound is taking care of the family two dogs until they can he said one sour note sounded when his wife called the downtown furniture store where they owe to ask if it had any credit insurance which would cover their they didst even ask How we were they just told my wife wed still have to pay the flurries tonight 3 Cloudy tomorrow 3 october 1985 free real Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class Wail registration number 0286 Sun rises sets Moon sets v a free press newspaper Vendor struggles with his Load along Slippery sidewalk on Ellice Avenue this say it int Winni Eggers Wail Winter arrived in a flurry yes More than Manitoba Hydro customers in the Morden area were without Power for about 30 minutes around 4 today As a result of the Hydro spokesman Verne prior prior said Only one commercial customer was still without Power by 8 in most cases lines were brought Down by tree still in breaking off under the weight of he prior said deicing of Power lines in the area was under Winnipeg Hydro reported downed wires in fort Rouge last night and scattered disruptions of Power in other parts of the a spokesman said Power in All areas had been restored by this a spokesman for environment Canada said eight centimetres of Snow had fallen in the City by 8 with another two to five centimetres he said Between 10 and 20 centimetres had fallen in Southwest Ern air Canada and up air both reported one flight cancelled last night due to the a Winnipeg police traffic spikes Man said Snow had not caused an unusual number of major Acci dents last night or this environment Canada was hit by a flurry of its own last youd better believe were get Ting a lot of said spokesman Ron adding Many callers wanted to take out their frustrations on the last nights Low of was warm compared with the record in Carman and cold compared with the record High of on the forecast was for flurries to continue tonight and tomorrow with skies to Clear by temperatures near the nor Mal for this time of year Are expected by nip seeks ramp investigation of conservative election spending by Brian Cole Winnipeg free press Ottawa the nip has called for an ramp investigation into the progressive conservative party election Campaign last fall after reports the party failed to pay a Bill for transportation to a rally for prime minister Manitoba my Rod Murphy said the National office contravened sections of the Canada elections act if reports that the party failed to pick up the Bill Are the Bill was apparently paid by John Campaign manager for former communications minister Marcel who resigned his Post after ramp began investigating spending irregularities in his per Sonal election Vincent apparently picked up the Tab after the National office failed to pay bus Drivers who took Masse sup porters from Thetford to nearby Plessisville for a Mulroney rally on outside the Murphy said reports that Vincent paid the which should have been picked up by the require immediate the tories claimed they spent Banks on Deposit payout list staff up Ottawa at least two million Aires and a number of foreign and Domestic Banks will be among the hundreds of individuals and institutions to recover All the Money they had on Deposit at two Western Banks that failed this figures tabled by Barbara minister of state for show one individual each at the Canadian commercial Bank and Northland Bank with deposits of More than the information was tabled in the commons yesterday As Mcdougall presented for second Reading a Bill asking for million to be used to compensate uninsured depositors at the two Canada Deposit insurance covers depositors up to in a Bank but the government has decided to compensate everyone this the two millionaire depositors will receive a total of million under the Federal there was a total of 71 individuals with More than the insurable limit on Deposit at the cab and an additional 131 at the Mcdougall said the payoff pack age is aimed at struggling Western businesses and financially strapped municipalities and credit but figures released later in the Day by the finance department showed that More than half the uninsured deposits in the Canadian commercial Bank belonged to for see liberals Page 4 million during the Campaign last about Short of the Legal limit for we now have one allegation by the Frontenac conservative association that of their expenses were properly the expenses of the Federal Murphy if that True that allegation alone Means the Federal conserva Tive party broke the Law when it came to the amount of their election he the bus charter Bill would be about More than masses Legal spending limit of Murphy noted that neither the Frontenac Riding association nor the National party filed expenses for the nor could either afford to cover the Bill and stay within their Legal if the Bill belongs to the National it Means the party broke the Law by failing to report the expenditure and by exceeding the Murphy if the Bill belongs to masses Riding it Means Frontenac tories broke the Law on the same speaking in the nip Leader de Broadbent asked what action the government has taken on reports of speaker John Bosley ruled the question out of saying it did not fall within the category of government Bill spokesman for said the prime minister would not be commenting on the matter because of an ongoing investigation into masses ejection Liberal Leader John Turner also declined comment pending the out come of the Crosbie pcs talk too much swipe at pms staff denied by Crosbie Ottawa up prime minister Mulroney top aides Are not astute politically because they did not smell the political danger of the rancid tuna Justice minis Ter John Crosbie said in a radio interview but on his Way into a meeting of the inner Cabinet this Crosbie said i have nothing but the highest opinion of the prime minis ters i made no criticism of the office or the officials As a refer ence to the transcript will i just was outlining what the opinion was of i certainly dont share that Crosbie becomes the fourth prominent conservative to change his Story recently after coming into conflict with the prime ministers of Crosbie said yesterday Mulron yes senior staff should have taken immediate action to withdraw the see Crosbie Page 4 ship hijackers threaten lives of 413 hostages port Egypt up radio reports said palestinian gunmen seeking the release of 50 prisoners from Israel were forcing a commandeered italian cruise ship to steer for Beirut and that they were threatening to kill 413 hostages one Byone unless their demands were Israel quoting israeli radio said the ship was heading Northeast from the egyptian apparently toward it said egyptian naval vessels and com Mando units were on a maritime radio station in san also reported that the Captain of the ship informed a nearby warship it was proceeding to the Spanish station Onda Pes which monitors maritime radio said the Captain asked the warship in a Short radio message not to follow the station said it was not Able to identify the War it also said Captain could not answer the radio messages of other warships in the area because he was under the orders of the the radio station quoted the Captain As saying the passengers and Crew on the ship were Calm and in Good Israel quoting a Shipto Shore conversation in arabic be tween the gunmen and maritime officials at port said today the hijackers threatened to begin killing their hostages unless egyptian radio broadcast their that demand was made shortly after the ship was hijacked last Israel radio the report said nothing about a deadline for the broadcast by egyptian egyptian officials said the gun men threatened to kill British and american passengers unless West Ern european governments pressured Israel to free the it was not known immediately How Many British and american Passen Gers were still aboard the tonne Achille Lauro after several Hundred including five had disembarked at Alexandria for a land tour of Egypt before the vessel was Comman Sayed officer in charge of port said Harbor at the head of the Suez told Reuters news Agency that about 440 Passen Gers and Crew members still were on the British then the americans will be killed unless West european countries pressure Israel to meet their Ghali quoted the hijackers As saying in a radio Mes Sage at 2 7 cd last a embassy spokesman when asked whether the embassy was Tak ing the threat said any threat like this has to be taken the egyptian government clamped a blackout on official news about the port said state Secu see canadians Page 4 drowning evidence conflicts lifeguards and a teacher contradicted each others account yester Day of when a six Earold drown ing victim first went missing in Birds Hill provincial i dont think they really knew what time it the drowning Hap Hong sen Nguyen said after hearing confusing testimony about his sons july 16 lifeguards who were at the Beach when Van Hong Nguyen slipped unnoticed under the water told an in quest judge they were first told the child was missing at but a teacher supervising the group of 25 children said she notified a lifeguard shortly after the Young sters were called from the water for lunch and counted at Van was found unconscious and not breathing after a swimmer kicked up the boys Heel in metre deep water at about provincial judge Charles Rubin was the Outing was part of Winni Peg school divisions summer enrichment program for Cor Earea who arrived in Canada from Vietnam just three months before the knew Little English and could not teacher Beverley Braga said she last saw Van at the Waters Edge at about 11 shortly after the Chil Dren were called for the first head she said she told him to stay see children Page 4 British police get arms to face fierce rioters London Reuter London chief of vowing to meet Force with authorized use of tear Gas and plastic bullets yesterday after a police officer was hacked to death with a Machete sunday in the worst noting Ever seen in police chief sir Kenneth Newman said he is reassessing his depart ments traditional policy of mum Force and considering taking the offensive against police officers Are human beings who look to me for reasonable he told a news Confer they must and will have Newman said he has reluctantly authorized the use of tear Gas and plastic bullets to quell future an Deputy assistant com missioner Richard said the time has come for britons to pre pare themselves for tougher of police have used tear Gas on Mainland Britain Only once in 1981 against rioters in the Toxteth District of they have never used plastic although British troops have employed them in Northern rioting mobs of Black and White youths used gasoline bombs and other weapons in running see death Page 4 reprimand two Winnipeg police officers Are reprimanded for collecting to pay a pawnbroker for stolen hoopla Lynette Captain of the olympic basketball is to become the first woman to play for the Harlem not so secret the space shuttle Atlantis ends a secret Mission in which it is believed to have launched military aspersions Deputy prime minister Erik Nielsen recant aspersions of racism Index Ann 17 7 49 36 48 36 6 34 7 Jumble 40 35 17 17 sports 55 50 29 to 17 i ;