Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 9, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Arsonist hits Home three times by Heidi Graham an elderly Man lost his Home Early yesterday after a Molotov cocktail was tossed through a porch setting the House the arsonist returned twice to set Fife to the police firefighters battled the Blaze on William Newton Avenue for More than an hour before finally extinguishing the first but had to return a second and third time after it was a police spokes Man no one was but police estimated damage to building and contents at the officer said the first fire broke out about fire fighters returned at and to put out the later the officer said he did not believe firefighters initially failed to completely extinguish the forcing them to return twice More and com plete the Kasmir asleep in the House when the first fire said he didst know Why anyone would want to Hurt him or his Fame theres no reason to do he i have no idea who would do such a terrible said he has lived at that address for 25 raised his family there and never had any trouble but now everything Tymczyszyn said through his its All he said he and his son managed to escape from their Home shortly after the fire see arson Page 4 s Blue jays dump royals in opening playoff Cloudy today 0 Clear tonight 4 october 1985 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 25 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9s62330 second class mail registration Ken free press big chill hits Hopes for record Manitoba yields As snowstorm catches crops and equipment still in the weather stops late Harvest cold Farmers improvise in desperate Effort to get Sodden crops off Field by Laura Ranee Prairie Farmers Are plotting ways of outwitting the determined to claim their crop come Snow or High an economist who surveyed farm attitudes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan yesterday said they remain optimistic despite the snowstorm that stopped cold an already agonizingly slow they Haven Given there going to do Battle out there even though it looks University of Manitoba economist Clay Gilson Harvest already eight weeks behind stalled again yesterday with the seasons first Between 20 and 30 centimetres of freezing rain and Snow had fallen across Southern Manitoba by last if theres a positive its the Gilson standing ready to do Battle with the statistics Canada had predicted Manitoba crops would reach rec Ord but that becomes increasingly doubtful As inclement weather keeps it on the Manitoba Harvest is about 75 percent but Saskatchewan has completed Only 55 per cent and Alberta Only about 30 per Gilson the worry at this time is the excess wetness in some areas and All the Snow on top of their Best Hope is if it thaws Long enough to get rid of the Snow and then so that the heavy equipment can get on to he while Southern Manitoba has the bulk of its Harvest areas such As the Interlake have completed less than 30 per Farmers Are turning to Tim Esav ing tactics in a bid to whisk whats left into the bin before Winter hits crops Are normally Cut and Al Lowed to dry before they Are combined for to avoid Over heating caused by Damp As Long As their combines stay afloat i Sodden it no longer matters if the Grain is Manitoba agriculture spokes Man Daniel Roche said in Cool weather the Damp Grain can be stored for up to one the manufacturers of Grain dry ing equipment Are swamped with Ordein from desperate we just cannot make Winkler manufacturer Pete Frie sen Friesen said business is up 75 per cent Over recent years and he is 100 orders behind As soon As the rain it really took Farmers also Are cutting and combining their Fields in one swoop to avoid leaving the crop exposed to the elements any some Farmers Are converting combines into Al terrain vehicles with soft or Caterpillar treads to keep from see Farmer Page 4 optimists expect Snow to melt away j3lenn Olsen free press Winni Eggers remain optimistic Winter will melt away despite Al most 14 centimetres of snowfall in the City since monday there was no mad Rush on for Snow tires Canadian tire spokesman said last you know there eternal there not ready to accept that Winter is Here to blizzard of according to environment Cana there is cause for a warm air system from the West is expected to reach the prov Ince by the weekend forecast is for near Normal temperatures a High of and a Low of with moderate temperatures expected for the the Snow will Likely an environment Canada spokesman roads and highways in various parts of the province still were in poor condition last night and ramp was advising motorists to stay off if passing lanes on the perimeter Highway were filled with Snow and ramp problems also were reported in the Whitemouth and Pierr Jolys the spokes Man both ramp and City police said the icy conditions didst cause any major a Manitoba Hydro spokesman said Crews were working in the Southern part of the province trim Ming Trees whose branches had been brought Down on wires by the weight of the were Over the the spokesman environment Canada said about 23 centimetres of Snow fell on and areas in the Southwest Corner of the province recorded close to 30 centimetres of Winnie Peers Are Busy shovelling out from under one of the earliest snowstorms on rec the earliest was recorded when about 18 centimetres of Snow fell on the City dumped 450 tonnes of Salt on major roads monday the cites director of operations said City Engineer Aubrey Hope said see snowstorm Page 4 a woman turns her face from driving Snow ship hijackers deny demand talks port Egypt a a hijacked italian cruise ship with More than 400 people aboard re turned to the egyptian coast port sources said the hijackers denied killing any hostages and demanded to talk to the and West German no one has been killed and no one will be shipping sources in port said quoted an unidentified Hijacker As telling Suez canal offi the hijackers reiterated their demands that Israel release 50 Pris the port and shipping sources a Man who said he was the Captain of the Achille Lauro reported by radio last night that All aboard were Safe and pleaded against res Cue contradicting unconfirmed earlier reports that the hijackers had killed two Rescue bid the number of americans on Board the ship was but was estimated to be about a the sources in port who spoke on condition they not be Iden said the ship was anchored 15 to 20 nautical Miles off the egyptian their reports confirmed earlier reports by Israel which said radio Monitor Mickey Gurdus had picked up communications Between the ship and port Gurdus reported that the ship was about 20 nautical Miles off port the Northern terminus of the Suez and that hijackers demanded that the three Western ambassadors be brought to the port to negotiate with he said egyptian authorities had forbidden the ship to enter its territorial but had promised that the ambassadors were on their the hijackers seized the vessel monday night after the ship left where about 600 people including five canadians and 67 americans disembarked for a on Day tour of Cairo and the Pyra they were to have re boarded the Achille Lauro in port flotta the shipping said 413 people were still including 331 Crew an italian foreign ministry offi Cial said italian authorities have been told by the Palestine liberation organization in Tunisia that five to seven using false South american boarded the vessel in the Northern port of where the ship began its Mediterranean cruise with 735 passengers last Italy defence minister Giovanni Spadolini said the italian govern ment had not established Contact see hijackers Page 4 lifeguards cleared by Catherine Mitchell a judge yesterday cleared teach ers and lifeguards of any negligence in the drowning of a six Earold boy on a school but the boys Hong sen said he Doest agree with provincial judge Charles Rubins opinion and will talk to a lawyer about further the school supervisors should have watched the swimming Chil Dren More Nguyen said at the end of an inquiry into the july 16 death of Van Hong i dont mean to blame he said but you see some thing that should have been done better than who spoke Little English and drowned on a Field trip to Birds Hill Park that was part of a summer enrichment program for Cor Earea children run by Winni Peg school judge Rubin reserved opinion on the but said he didst believe there was any there is nothing in the evidence that indicates that anybody wilfully or unlawfully caused the death of the Young he judge Rubin was replying to a concern raised by school division lawyer Rod Stephenson that the Board might be found Stephenson outlined Steps of care the Board had taken in organizing see judge Page 4 Crosbie joins chorus of recanting tories by Brian Cole Winnipeg free press Ottawa Justice minister John Crosbie yesterday denied he criticized staff of the prime ministers office during an open line radio show and attacked speaker John Bosley for permitting opposition maps to question him on the known for his fiery oratory and Brash denied out right in the commons that he made the comments even though a Tran script of the Newfoundland radio show proves he did question the political skills of some pm he then turned on Bosley saying the line of questioning being pursued by the opposition was disgraceful and should not be Crosbie denial shocked opposition including those from his native who told reporters they never thought they would see the minister eat his words so Newfoundland Liberal my Brian Tobin told reporters he was amazed by Crosbie its an incredible spectacle to see this this proud stand in the House and Swallow himself whole in an attempt to conform to the prime ministers Hes the last Man in that caucus i would expect to make a fool of himself trying to please the prime minis noting Crosbie is not one to eat Tobin said the ministers denial was a reversal of this int the John Crosbie that newfound Landers sent to Ottawa a few years ago its a new John see opposition Page 4 Challenge a Winnipeg judge who had harsh words for slum landlords passes up offer to be a landlord for a shaken the ideals of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesha commune in Oregon Are shaken by charges of disputed Gerard Lecuyer is asked for proof that underground storage of nuclear wastes is place to Start the sees the latest soviet arms proposal As a place to but fears it gives Moscow a strategic Index Ann 41 45 30 6 38 7 Jumble 49 sports 42 21 to 21 ;