Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Band retort found in Thrift shop briefcase by Doug spies a Winnipeg Man got More than he bargained for when he paid for a used leather briefcase at a salvation army Thrift Michael said he was shocked to discover the Case contained a stack of private financial papers belonging to the Cross Lake Indian the Case had been donated by a City taxi firm and was among items Drivers had received As payment from fares lacking Cash for the lady who was working Nefe was about to throw Sheffl but 1 hold this stuff looks import Kritzer said of his 12 a clerk at the Martha Street Thrift shop said the Case arrived several weeks ago and was clearly marked As having been Given to a cabbie As payment in lieu of this one i recall had on the handle fare said the who asked not to be to they documents looked pretty they were just recently some of the papers included private band an unsigned Bank account document arid photocopies of cheques Given to the band by the Northern flood including one for also among the documents were a list of wages paid to various band financial records belong ing to the flood travel expense records and copies of re ports on proposed housing and sewer developments at the most of the which were turned Over to the free press and have since been returned to the related to the installation of a sewer and water system on the Northern Baptiste manager of the bands water and sewer confirmed he was the original owner of the but denied having Given it up As payment for a Robinson said he took a cab to the downtown bus depot during an a gust visit to but upon arriving at the depot discovered the see taxi Page 4 jete third period surge earns Clear tonight 8 sunny tomorrow 1 december 1986 pm pc free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class registration number 0286 Ken leg free press soul on ice Christie left and Caroline Wong Are transported As they soulfully twirl around the Assiniboine Park Duck Pond Christie and Wong Are former students of the Winnipeg Winter figure skating the two joined thousands of Winni Eggers out enjoying the above Normal temperatures for this time of secrecy of City land Deal criticized by David Roberts a City councillor has complained about secrecy in the Way civic finance committee spent about million to buy an old downtown paint Plant and its Riverbank Bob Rose Gle Lawn said the process of buying the Guertin coating and sealants Plant at 270 Assiniboine Avenue should have been adding he believes the City paid an inflated i dont like the amount of secrecy on these land Rose in really the cites got to quit in opposed to them buying that Rose said he thinks the City paid too much for the 75yearold build ing and located next to Bonny Castle Park on a 40metre by 75 metre i know of one consultant who estimated Assiniboine River property at an it looks to me like the City paid Over million an acquisition of the Guertin Plant was approved at a closed meeting of finance committee on the advice of the cites Board of finance committee chairman Harold Macdonald Macdonald Corydon said the Riverbank property was purchased for Between and adding the Deal did not need full coun cil approval because it was authorized under the Riverbank acquisition frivolities Cost welfare family by Mary Ann Fitzgerald a family on welfare in Portage la Prairie has been forced to forgo of its child tax credit payments because the Money was spent they blew said Lynne love of the towns social assistance de the one of 31 on welfare in would have been allowed to retain the full Benefit of the tax credit As Well As full welfare benefits if the expenditures had been justify she was squandered on unnecessary personal love refusing to Portage is one of at least two Manitoba municipalities with a policy allowing a share of the Federal child tax credit prepayments to be taken from welfare under a Federal policy announced last families with a net yearly income of less than receive a tax credit prepayment before Portage mayor Bill Mcmillan said his towns policy allows families to keep the first of the tax they May keep the rest if they spend it in a sensible we Arent doing anyone any he if they can justify the they can have we have to be fair to the taxpayer and the Selkirk mayor Bud Oliver says Council was to review at a meeting today the towns Long standing policy of considering the child tax credit As income and Al lowing some of it to be deducted from welfare so the town Hast made such said Linda its acting welfare see tax Page 4 however the Riverbank program did not have enough Money for Pur Chase of the building and so the funds will come from the cites capital Macdonald land deals often Are conducted in camera to avoid the risk of outside speculation on the he Guertin recently received a Federal Grant to move to a new million Plant in Boni face and no longer needed the Assiniboine Avenue spokesman Tony Guertin he said the City bought the build ing 4 with a Possession Date of next Macdonald agreed with Rose that the Price for the Assiniboine property was i think were paying a High but necessary he he added the City has several options available with respect to the property Macdonald refused to but executive policy committee chairman Guy Savoie said Council lors will look at demolishing the building for Parkland or Selling it to private possibly for development As if the building were sold to private a 21metre wide stretch on see consistency Page 4 Quebec court rules against language Law French Only signs in Public held unconstitutional by judges Montreal up the Quebec court of Appeal ruled today that a provision of the provinces language Law prohibiting the use of languages other than French on Public signs is the sign provision was also found to violate the Quebec charter of rights guaranteeing Freedom of sex the which is certain to fuel the emotional debate Over Lan Guage in the was based on a Quebec government Appeal of a lower court ruling which struck Down the sign provision of the Lan Guage commonly referred to As Bill in a judgment in january Justice Pierre Boudreault of Quebec Superior court backed five business men who had been charged with posting bilingual today ruling came Only four Days after the Justice department decided it had waited Long enough for the judgment and charged 27 most of them in with displaying bilingual until the Liberal govern ment of Premier Robert Bourassa had prosecuted Only companies that posted unilingual English the Appeal was filed nine months promises by the Bourassa govern ment to Amend Bill 101 during the Campaign which led to the liberals election Victory a year ago have sparked renewed debate Over Lan Guage in Bourassa promised his govern ment would legalize bilingual but has refused to act on that prom ise until the Appeal court last the legislature adopted an amendment to Bill 101 entrench ing the right of anglophones to English language health and social a second proposed which would merge two of the Agen cies overseeing Bill 101 and Stream line the duties of the remaining four language was shelved until at least next Spring after Strong including a rally attended by in Montreal nine Days today decision was the latest court ruling or legislative change that has seen Bill 101 significantly watered Down since its adoption by the parti quebecois government in iranian arms dealer reported in Canada London App the observer says the eldest son of the speaker of the iranian parliament is believed to have fled to Canada from his belgian Home in november with at least million us in commissions from arms deals with when secret iranian arms Pur chases from the United states were made Iran president Ali Khamenei ordered an investigation and sent an investigator from Tehran to question Mehdi Bahre the weekly newspaper reported adding that Bahre Mani fled to Toronto on learning about the a spokesman at the iranian embassy in the British capital categorically denied the observers the observer report could not be confirmed in an external affairs department spokesman said yester Day night he had no record of Bahre Mani having entered Canada in the past and indicated the depart ment would Check today whether the iranian had entered the country ear As the observer the Reagan administration in Washington has said it made the secret arms deals primarily to woo iranians it believed were looking to the Day when the islamic fundamentalist Khomeini regime was no longer in the quoting what it said were unidentified iranian sources in said that Bahre Mani left his Home in Brussels on 15 after being tipped off that the investigator planned to question him about allegations he was involved in buying weapons for a son of iranian parliamentary speaker Hashemi then fled to the newspaper if it is established that Rassan Jani lined his own and his family pockets with Money from the arms his political position could be come seriously the observer it said Bahremand is a close associate of Manoucher identified As the head of Iran intelligence network in Thor ban far is suspected of playing a key see iranian Page 4 immunity for truth suggested Washington a the sen ate panel investigating the arms sales to Iran might consider limited immunity for White House officials and seek help from Iran to learn the truth about the transact the committees chairman in not closing any of the senator Daniel Inouye Hawaii said yesterday on abcs this week with David if it takes a Grant of immunity to get to these be Inouye panel is looking into the arms sales and the diversion of profits to the nicaraguan he also said he intends to proceed cautiously because the integrity of the president and the Are at i think the potential we have see immunity Page 4 Chat Are vol 61vin6 the Little re haired 6irl this just my Christmas i undvin6 Devotion shopping Days to Christmas resort riots troops Are called out to quell languages riots in the popular Indian Seaside resort of Goa that killed two Security Boniface Hospital Vic president Jack Litvack says thefts have prompted the Hospital to Rekey All its silence the soviets initial silence about chernobyl angered the super million winners 1067907 1829470 Index Ann 28 17 49 34 7 22 30 34 6 31 7 Jumble 38 33 17 17 sports 48 27 to 17 ;