Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 11, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tories in of Manitoba voters support for Manitoba Fortes has plummeted 10 Points since but the party continues to Lead the nip by about six a Survey the University of Manitoba released yesterday amid speculation As to when the next provincial elec Tion will be shows the nip picked up eight Points and the Liber als the Institute for social and eco nomic research conducted Between 23 to also found 35 per cent of voters remain Premier Howard who must Call an election by next said yesterday he was heartened by the but did not plan to Call a fall election on that conservative Leader Garry Filmon dismissed the poll As the poll gave the Manitoba new democrats per cent of the decided almost double their sup port in an april 1984 Institute poll that gave them per in april of this nip support was per cent of decided tory support has dropped during the 18month period to 40 per cent from this april and a year support for Manitoba liberals is at 13 per cent of the decided up from per cent in but Short of the per cent they had a year about 35 per cent of Manitoban phoned by the Institute said they did not know How they would vote or did not the poll indicates this could be a Good time for Pawley to Call an Institute director Greg Mason said he warned the nip should not wait Long if it wishes to take advantage of the electorates unhappiness with the much More delay and the elector ate could be annoyed at being called he Mason said the Manitoba tories drop in popularity can be attributed to a number of among them Hilmons weak image and evident discontent with the Federal conserva Tive the Bottom line is the Only in see poll Page 4 theatrical Genius Orson Welles Dies of heart sunny today 7 Clear tonight 0 october free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Homo delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 02b6 Wayne free press members of the Winnipeg police emergency response team enter House after arrest of Man who neighbourhood held under siege police believed House contained extensive lawyer says by Barbara aggerholm and Maureen Murray police sharpshooters surrounded a North Winnipeg Home in a five hour standoff yesterday because they believed it was an armed a lawyer said last police were acting on information that an Arsenal of shotguns and other weapons was being stored at 417 College Hersh Welch the five hour siege began shortly after noon and was the second of three such actions in two at about this police surrounded a House in the 1600 Block of Ross shots were fired from the House and the gunman was believed to be heavily police took the Man into custody at about apparently with out anyone having been an armed Man sur rendered after police surrounded his Home at 316 Aubrey after yesterdays a charged with parole was to appear in court this neighbors said the House was frequented by noisy one neighbor said bikers wearing los bravos motorcycle gang colors regularly visit the neighbors had been patrolling the Street after they Corn planned about the Wolch said he was in court yester school official assails police Over dismissed arson charge a senior school official is angry at the Way police handled the Case of a teenager charged with causing about fire damage to James collegiate last the charge of setting fire to a substance was dismissed last week when a judge ruled the boys state ment to police was i cant understand Why proper statements Are not George director of Educa Tion for Jame Assiniboia school he said he was concerned about what message other students might take from the dismissal of i dont know what that says to the Community at obviously there has to be a penalty to its not just a Petty it should have been treated As a Seri Ous matter and properly proceeded Crown attorney Corrine Deegan said provincial youth court judge Ron Meyers dismissed the citing previous Manitoba court of Appeal rulings on the taking of state ments from Young Deegan said the statement was not allowed because the boys Mother was not present during the taking of the statement and the Mother was not advised that she could consult a lawyer on behalf of the during a trial hearing to deter mine the admissibility of a police Constable testified the youth told him he had made joking references to the fire to friends and later i did the officer testified the boy was then charged and told his but it happened after the Mother had left the police Deegan said the Crown is Appeal ing the judges the was charged in the fire at the Portage Avenue High school on april which was Esti mated to have caused More than damage to classrooms and Buchholz said he realized the jus Tice system guarantees rights to Young but the situation left him with More questions than All 1 can do is express the frustration in the process and obviously the process went astray he Buchholz said the school is Only now returning to the Divi Sion had to pay a deductible and Many teachers and students lost possessions that we rent covered by he school principal Roger Cathcart said the classrooms Are now usable and equipment is being Day when police sent him a message that he was needed at the i had no idea what was going on when i received the message i heard it had something to do with guns and a the lawyer said he Learned later that Erskine the Man in the had demanded his Wolch said had asked for him because he has represented other members of the Ruggles Fame he said he was taken to a com Mand Post in a nearby residence and spoke to Ruggles by the lawyer said he also spoke to a 17yearold boy who was in the House at the Erskine was asking for assurances that he would be Safe if he came out of the the teenager and Ruggles surren dered to police after being assured they would not be he Wolch said he was told by they were there to pick up Ruggles for a parole violation and question revenge vow him about a recent Bank it was obvious police were pre pared for More than he said Ruggles was unarmed when he left the but that he want aware if police found any weapons in the Wolch said who was taken into has been charged with armed he said the standoff continued for some time after the two men had left the 1 think police Felt there were see residents Page 4 warplanes Force pirates to land in Italy Sicily a warplanes acting on orders from president Reagan forced an egyptian transport plane carrying four palestinians who hijacked a luxury liner and killed an american to land in where police seized the pirates for and italian officials the who identified themselves As members of a pales Tine liberation organization splinter commandeered the italian luxury liner Achille Lauro off Egypt on monday and held More than 500 passengers and Crew hostage for two reasons for failure they surrendered wednesday to Plo representatives and the pirated ship was in port it was Only then that officials confirmed the death of 69yearold Leon Alingh a partially paralysed Ameri can Egypt put the four palestinians aboard an egyptian Boeing 737 yesterday for a flight out of the coun As the plane was Over the Mediterranean on its Way to where the Plo has its head Navy f14 fighters took off from the aircraft Carrier Saratoga to meet White House spokesman Larry Speakes told a news conference late the president directed that forces intercept the aircraft As part of a policy of apprehend prosecution and punishment of Speakes this operation was conducted without firing a Israel has irrefutable proof that palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat in Advance that a terrorist squad was aboard the Achille Lauro and was planning to attack an israeli a top government official said yesterday in David the foreign min Strys said the palestinian pirates original plan to attack israelis at the port of Ashdod was apparently because the squad was who was a top Intelli gence officer before joining the for eign refused to provide any proof of Arafat the Boeing 737 landed at Simonella a nato base near at said a spokesman for italian prime minister Bettino the pirates were taken off the aircraft for trial in the spokes Man for Praxi told the associated they Are already in the hands of italian the Carabiniero military he see Page 4 tory my joins attack Onemo Ottawa up conservative my Robert Corbett has joined jus Tice minister John Crosbie in denouncing the prime ministers top aides for lacking political unlike the new Bruns Wick Bac Bencher says he is not going to retract his statement and he doubts prime minister Mulroney would dare get on his he ask me to withdraw those Corbett told reporters after he made the criticism in a radio i mean its fairly obvious that there has been some things that have taken place that probably if we had on reflection an Opportunity to As sess them could be handled other Corbett refused to say if other tory maps feel the same Way about Mulroney but when asked if his constituents had complained about the prime ministers he i dont suppose any More than any other constituency in the the my he didst think Mulroney should fire some of his adding they will eventually become aware of what is astute and what the Issue arose after Corbett said in a Telephone interview with radio station a jew in that Crosbie initial comments about Mulroney staff were see pm Page 4 Wise Waits on plea for Farmer crop Aid Ottawa is taking a Waitan see approach to a provincial request for Advance Loans of up to to Manitoba Farmers who cannot har Vest their crops because of Premier Howard Pawley said yesterday the Aid is needed because Farmers Are facing a crisis if they cannot get their crops off the he said More than million in crops about on third of total production is still on the the already delayed by was halted completely by the Early snowstorm this Pawley said the Advance pay ments would be enough to tie farm ers Over until they can Complete their its going to be tight for a lot of no question about but the would be a very major step in helping them get Over the Winter months to next Federal agriculture minister John Wise said yesterday the question of assistance depends on weather conditions for the rest of the if conditions improve dramatically and Farmers Are Able to continue it would influence any Aid Wise i personally have some uneasiness right at the moment about making any final decision it will depend largely on what will happen with the temperature in Western Canada with respect to any proposed Aid package for Farmers hit by Snow and rain would Likely be linked to a package being considered for Farmers affected by the which struck Large parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta and Small areas in Craig an assistant Deputy see confusion Page 4 free Trade despite initial Winnipeg garment manufacturers look Forward to free Trade with the United Tough loss an unlikely Bounce proves the difference As Winnipeg jets lose 43 to Edmonton oilers in their season no guts the City Doest have the guts to close Branch a City councillor search the search for bodies continues after a mudslide in puerto win Tario Winner d678239 Index Ann 20 27 47 30 7 28 30 6 20 7 Jumble 34 21 our 18 27 27 sports 34 48 to 27 ;