Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 24, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunny today 0 Cloudy tonight 15 december free press Sun rises sets Moon sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 lottery funds wrongly says by Mary Ann Radha Krishnan Thampi Manitoba department of Cul heritage and recreation is in hot water with the provincial Audi Tor for using million in lotteries foundation Money to pay staff with out the proper payments have been made from a Trust account which do not comply with the legislation establishing the Trust provincial auditor Fred Jackson said in his annual report released cheer Board in debt the Christmas cheer which delivered Christ Mas hampers to needy families in Winnipeg this is in the the boards executive direct Byrdye said last night this years Christmas drive Cost spirit of that Money was spent months she donations to the annual a peal have not been coming in at the same Pace As in previous she Beckel attributed the deficit to the fact Many charities have been asking for Public contributions it seems most people Are saying weve got so Many people asking for funds right now that we just cant help As Beckel food supplies for filling the Christ Mas hampers Are running although the Board should have enough toys for All those on its she said if those expecting hampers have not received one by they should con tact the Board office or visit the warehouse at Mcphillips Street and Inkster the department was one of 12 he scolded for overspending without first getting proper Jackson gave the nip govern ment a b for its Overall Book keeping for the 1985s6 fiscal which ended March he said the Mark is pretty Given the difficult financial Jacksons second annual since becoming the provinces top financial watchdog in includes a number of a few Are but most have been raised in the past and have not been remedied by the Jackson said his concerns about the governments 198586 books Are mostly of an administrative total unauthorized Overe Pendi Tures amounted to with the department of heritage and recreation responsible for approximately legislation governing the Manitoba lotteries foundation says Money from the Trust account can Only be used for general such As salaries and administrative with the approval of the such approval was not obtained by the Jack son As he it results in the revenues and expenditures of the he blamed the Over expenditures on Lack of proper control by the department Over Cost recoveries and expenditures by the Queens finance minister Eugene a former cultural affairs said the practice of using the lot teries funds in that Way has gone on for some time and it is the first time the auditor has criticized we intend to take corrective a Kostyra the auditor also found the depart ments of the attorney Busi Ness Community ser consumer employment government Energy and highways and Urban affairs had exceeded their authorized spending Jackson said the employment services and economic Security department had failed to get extra Money to cover an expected Short fall in its social allowance pro As he jobs fund pro Grams administered by the depart see province Page 4 major retailers wrap up boxing Day closing habit by Maureen Murray boxing Day Winni Peg tradition for years is about to become a fond major retailers for the first time in major Winnipeg department stores and shopping centres will be open boxing Day to shoppers in search of Post Christmas the City is going to be wide open on boxing said Al Vic president and general manager of Eaton Hamm said he believes it will be the first time in about 15 years that stores in the City will do open on a wide usually Only Zellers or woolco what we Call the Junior department stores on boxing Hamm Eaton Polo Garden Kildonan Grant Park Plaza and the Bay Are among the retail outlets that will open Friday until 6 although the Large retail operations will be a Winnipeg chamber of Commerce Survey shows Only one in four retail stores will be open boxing see Holiday Page 4 no paper tomorrow the free press will not publish Christmas it will publish on boxing the classified advertising will be closed both Christmas Day and boxing it will be open saturday from to silent night a tiny Village cast in Ceramic and swaddled in Snow under the watchful shimmer of a special Star captures the stillness and simplicity of a Rural a purity which lies at the heart of the season regardless of where it May be project meddling charged by David Roberts the author of a report for the mayors committee on race relations says an official with the Federal department funding the project or dered him to discredit the cites hiring the Federal official wanted the cites policy discredited to take the heat off his own departments prob Bohdan Krucko said last who wrote a political analysis of the civic race relations said Bill acting regional director of the Secretary of states Manitoba interfered with the project by also ordering him not to talk to human rights advocates during his he just said i talk to these he what do they know about race relations Balan could not be reached for comment last Krucko termed the order to Dis credit the City political interference by the Federal he said it led him to raise serious questions about the departments Bill Balan insisted we go to City Hall and ask for information about their affirmative action hiring the City had been compiling that data and that we should discredit them and take this information to the Krucko this was an ultimatum from the Krucko this was serious and i wanted a meeting Between the funder and the members of the race commit Krucko said the requested meeting Between himself and the sponsors of the study never took he added that his More than 60 Page report is a critical study of the history of the race relations com Mittee and analyses of various eth Nic and political he said the Secretary of states Manitoba office has had poor relations with local human rights so leading him to surmise this was the reason they didst want him see report Page 4 saudi denies Canadian role in arms sales Washington App Adnan a saudi arabian arms said yesterday no canadians were involved in financing the arms sales to one of the worlds richest helped finance the but he denied he made any profits from in an interview on no tvs today Khash Oggi said theres no canadians i went to a Bank in the Cayman is i have a Canadian employee that president of my so they said Canadian financing he did not identify the the statement by Khash Oggi appeared to support a statement last week by an new York businessman Roy Furmark told reporters in Washington last thursday after briefing Canadian embassy officials its Khash Oggis its his col lateral and Hes the one who going to lose he said it was not the funds of two canadians who have been named in the news accounts have quoted fur Mark As saying two Canadian investors provided Khash Oggi with million can in credit for the weapons the Wall Street journal was the first to identify the naming them As Toronto business men Walter Miller and Donald Khash Oggi has been described As a saudi billionaire who has said he helped arrange and finance the Iran arms he has said he provided a financial total Ling million Between the United states and Iran for arms shipments this year and hostages the Canadian government As signed the ramp to investigate suspected Canadian connections in the arms affair after news reports that Furmark had told Cia director Wil Liam Casey about alleged involve ment by two canadians in financing the secret arms deals by the Reagan the reports had said the canadians had threatened to expose the arms transactions through Legal action because they had invested and lost million in external affairs minister Joe Clark has said there is no evidence any Canadian Laws were after briefing the Canadian pm Furmark described Fraser and Miller As advisers and business associates of Khash Oggi who facilitated his loan from a Cayman islands Bank that Furmark could not the Bank was putting a lot of i on Khash Oggi to repay the loan and so Kha Scoggi said if Hes going you be sued for the he would then have to include the Furmark fur Marks comment was a refer ence to concern that irate investors might publicly expose the the clan Destine arms sales that were authorized by the Reagan administration in an Effort to woo so called iranian moderates and obtain the release of some american hostages held in Lebanon by pro Iran three Senate democrats say president Reagan should look within his own White rather than to the if he wants to get the facts out on the diversion of profits from iranian arms sales to rebels fighting the nicaraguan gov Reagan renewed his request yesterday to the Senate intelligence committee to Send him a report on its three weeks of closed hearings into the see Reagan Page 4 Montreal sikhs convicted of plotting to blow up plane Montreal up two Montre Al sikhs were found guilty late yesterday of plotting last May to blow up an Santokh Singh and Kashmir Singh were convicted of conspiring to commit murder by destroying an unspecified air plane leaving a the verdict came after a three week trial and less than seven hours of jury prompting de Fence lawyer Robert Beaudet to comment that the approach of Christmas eve almost certainly played a role in the Quick Quebec Superior court judge Claire Barrett Joncas set 16 for a pre sentence hearing for the two who could face life Imp is Crown prosecutor Claude Parent said he will ask for a stiff because if they had carried out their hundreds of innocent people would have defence lawyer Michael who had criticized Barrett Joncas earlier in the Day for her biased charge to the said his clients will Likely Appeal the they have 30 Days to about a Hal dozen members of see sikh Page 4 questions Israel promises to answer Italy questions about a nuclear technicians abduction More funds Ottawa must invest More Money in air Canada or allow it to accept private president Pierre Jeannot real Santa Harry Veiner is As Quick to drop a Candy into a Childs hand As he is to write a Cheque for one of Medicine hats Index Ann 49 59 58 59 6 4q 7 Jumble 63 41 sports 56 50 33 to 21 i i 1 ;