Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Band records found in Thrift shop briefcase by Doug Speirs 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 Fiefe was about to throw them but i hold this stuff looks im00f 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 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 and photocopies of cheques Given to the band by the Northern of Hood including one for also among the documents were a list of wages paid to various band financial records 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 Apon arriving at the depot discovered the see taxi Page 4 jets third period surge earns sunny today1 Clear tonight 8 free december m vol m no 23 final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second cuss mail registration number 0286 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Ken free press soul of ice Daryla Christie left and Caroline Wong Are transport students of the Winnipeg Winter figure skating Edas they soulfully twirl around the Assiniboine Park the two joined thousands of Winni Eggers out enjoying Duck Pond Christie and Wong Are former 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 75yearpld 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 town 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 of fare see to 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 conduct Din 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 court ruling fails to keep furrier closed the Canadian press with about 250 charges already on his Paul Magder want about to let another possible charge Stop him from opening his Toronto fur shop the last sunday before so it was business As usual at the outspoken businessman downtown shop despite a supreme court of Canada ruling thursday upholding Ontario sunday closing Law and pleas from his lawyer to obey the and like they have Over the past Toronto police promptly Laid another charge against the fur my lawyer is advising me to Magder told who outnumbered customers at Marders shop on the Spadina ave nue shopping ill keep fighting the Law As Long As i until the government puts me out of said who initiated the supreme court Magder was among Only a handful of businessmen charged most Large retailers across Canada remained except in Alberta and British where sunday closing Laws Are decided municipal and Large grocery chains like a and p and lob Laws shut their doors for the first sunday in months because of the High court who already faces fines of up to for each joked with the officers As if they were longtime suggest ing they give metropolitan Toronto police chief Jack Marks a copy of the statement the furrier prepared for the i cant afford to pay in Magder when he finally gets to court no dates have been set Magder will fight the charges against him on grounds that the Law violates the Equality provision under 15 of the charter of rights and said his lawyer Tim the furrier has already spent challenging the ban on Sun Day the sunday closing Law is complicated in Toronto by a municipal bylaw that allows businesses in designated tourist areas to open Sun although Magder furs is in the tourist District of the business is not exempt because the bylaw Doest mention furs As one of see furrier Page 4 immunity for truth option in Iran probe 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 before us can be very he the former member of the Origi Nal watergate panel said channels will be opened at the appropriate time with any other country to Aid the i dont see Iran being out of the picture at congressional investigators from both parties agree that testimony from the two people Oliver North and John Poindexter is the key to determining what happened to the Money and How the plan was North was fired from the National Security Council staff and poin Dexter resigned As National Security both refused to answer questions about the matter before congressional citing their constitutional rights against Selfin last president Reagan asked Congress to Grant limited immunity to Poindexter and North to compel them to Congress members differed on the question of whether immunity should be Vic president George in a speech in also said he and Reagan should have been better informed about the activities of their i think to the degree there were i think every body should share in the see Impact Page 4 iranian in report says London a the eldest son of the speaker of Iran parliament is believed to have fled to Canada with at least million us in com missions from the secret arms the London observer reported the quoting what it said were unidentified iranian sources in said Mehdi Bahremand left his Home in Brussels on it said he had been tipped off that an iranian investigator was plan Ning to question him about his alleged involvement in buying Ameri can arms for the newspaper said Bahremand fled to Toronto and the a former spent several Days in London before pursuing in a spokesman for the external affairs department said see Ottawa Page 4 Chat Are Vou 61vin6 the Little re haired 6irl this just christma6 Devotion shopping Days to christinas 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 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