Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 30, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba U Michael Decter warn province higher taxes officers pay argued for by Heidi Graham instead of putting the bite on dog owners for licence the City should pay canines a police offi cers a bylaw court Magis trate was told my dog does a much better Job of protecting my place than the to Henry Girouard said outside its the least he should convicted of allowing his dog to run free and failing to have a said he bought the pet earlier this year after his House had been broken he said a police officer told him there was nothing the department could do to Stop it front happening again and suggested he buy a guard Girouard said he decided it was a Good but was determined not to pay for a dog i pay property taxes for protect he if the police cant do it and t have to buy a dog to do their then 1 feel they should be paying me for not charging me for a i magistrate George Par Kin dismissed his its a fact of modern the police cant be outside your door 24 hours a Parkin said before handing Down a Girouard said he did not mind pay ing the Fine and getting a licence now because Pound officials chased his pet Back he said the animal usually stays in the but on that Occa Sion had been lured away by a female dog and hed been gone for three so i was glad to get him the owner a second dog charged with the same said he refused to buy a licence because of his political Douglas Martimer said he never voted in favor of dogs being licensed or kept on so he did not feel he had Toobey the Parkin fined him and told him to run for office if he wanted to change the Cloudy today 2 Cloudy tonight15 december free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second cuss mail registration number 0286 officer cleared in Chase by Jane Armstrong a Brandon police Constable whose Cruiser collided with and killed a motorcyclist while pursuing a suspect in a minor traffic violation followed Correct procedure during the fatal a judge has provincial judge Harry Forrest said the which took place Over nine City endangered the officer and the he recommended police guide lines be established to eliminate such pursuits except in the most serious a Winnipeg lawyer says the family of Accident victim Richard Oertel will file a civil lawsuit against bran Don police John Luteran if efforts to reach an outdo court Settle ment Ive been instructed to Start exploring the possibilities of a Settle ment if its not then Well probably Issue a lawyer Alex Cudney the three Day held earlier this was called to probe the death of whose motorcycle slammed into the Side of Piterans police Cruiser on the officer had testified he began the Chase after spotting another motorcycle whose Driver and Passen Ger were not wearing Luteran said he pursued the motorcycle at speeds of up to 100 before reaching the intersection of Victoria Avenue and 22nd where the Accident of he said he looked in both direct ions before proceeding through the of p collision Luteran testified he could Only remember hear ing the then watching As a body sailed through the air and crashed to the forests fou Page report absolved Luteran of culpable negligence and said the Accident could have been averted if Oertel had been driving at the posted Speed limit of 50 testimony at the inquest revealed Oertel had accelerated to about 100 just before the Forrest said Section 106 of the Highway traffic act requires Drivers of emergency vehicles to travel with due regard for safety and up Teran followed this Luteran made a judgment Call based on a split second decision after checking to the left for oncoming the judge Forrest questioned the need for the Chase in the first see officers Page 4 Wayne Friet pass Bank forecasts bullish years for Manitoba camera shy disbarred lawyer Nestor Alexander Kripp left hides underneath a coat As he follows equally camera shy members of his family out of Winnipeg provincial court who bilked his clients of has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of criminal breach of he is to be sentenced top israeli reported tied to secret Contra Aid plan new York times Washington attorney Gener Al Edwin Meese has told Congress that Oliver North told him the idea of diverting proceeds from the Iran arms Sale to nicaraguan rebels came from a senior israeli according to congressional the congressional account of messes testimony was confirmed yesterday by a Justice department the official said the depart ment had been unable to corroborate norths reported the israeli government has repeatedly and emphatically denied any connection to the diversion of Money to the nicaraguan rebels or knowl Edge that such an operation had taken according to the congressional Meese said in a closed committee hearing that North had described the purported israeli role when Meese questioned him a was dismissed from the National Security Council staff in the White House last month after Meese said North had specific knowledge of the plan to divert funds to the known As norths Vic Admiral John was allowed to Aid problem according to two congressional Meese said in his secret testimony that North met an israeli official about a year ago to discuss the problem of How to funnel Aid to the the sources disagreed Over whether Meese said the official was David director general of the israeli foreign one congressional source and the Justice department official said Meese had identified Kimche but another con Gressional source said he recollected Only that an unnamed israeli official was the whole thing is Kimche said in a Telephone inter View if that is what Oliver North testified then he is an unmitigated in Congress banned any direct or indirect support of the con private with president reagans were seeking to Bridge the norths meeting with the israeli official took place after the according to norths account to the attorney said the United states had three the sources the israeli is said to have suggested that Money for the contras could come from government funds or from foreign Aid to both of these approaches were unacceptable because they see israeli Page 4 by Dan Lett the new year will see a bullish Manitoba Economy that will Lead All other provinces in growth during the next two Canadas largest Bank the Royal Bank of Canadas Semi annual economic forecast says Man Tobas Gross Domestic product will grow by per cent in 1987 and again in the highest rate in the Reza a regional economist with the said the latest report reaffirms several predictions during the last three years for a robust Manitoba these Are healthy num Chaeli relative to the size of the the amount of wealth generated is other highlights of the report in clude d Manitoba unemployment rate will continue to drop to seven per cent by the second lowest in the country next to d Manitoban will enjoy the nations highest rate of growth in personal disposable income in 1987 with an average six percent d retail sales will grow by seven per slightly More than the National new housing construction should continue to the result of higher disposable income and steady interest with about new units expected in each of the next two major outlays for nonresidential construction with the Limestone hydroelectric project and the North Portage redevelopment leading the Way have contributed most to the provinces consistently healthy out Chaeli the growth numbers could be misleading when translated into actual dollars because of the size of Manitoba Economy in rela Tion to larger he Manitoba will see an Overall in crease of million in its Gross Domestic product during the next two just five per cent of Canadas total economic growth for the in Ontario Economy will grow by about 45 per cent of the National Chaeli considering that Mani Toba represents just per cent of the country expected growth is still the strongest of All he Len Manitoba minister of employment services and economic said the nip government has tried to help the Economy by providing Job training and economic development the diversified nature of the Economy has caused Manitoba to be one of the country consistent see economic Page 4 aids test prompts shunning by Shane Minkin a teenager who tested positive for the aids virus says youth Centre officials ignored his pleas for re but finally dumped him on the Street after staff shunned him and complained to their the 15yearold boy said yester Day he pleaded with seven Oaks Centre for youth officials to remove him from Contact with other Young wards after learning 19 he had tested positive for the acquired immune Vic ency the who cannot be identified by said he want Dis charged from the Centre for an other five Days Only after staff complained to their Union and refused to work near the boy said he had lived with 55 teenagers at seven Oaks since but officials took More than a month to decide he should be tested for the aids the boy said he was supposed to be released from the Centre once his test result came when officials Learned it was Posi Tive they he they told me i tested positive and because of that i he i tried with All of my Powers to get out of but they Teu me what was going once seven Oaks staff heard about the test the boy said he was treated like a the workers were scared and they work with some of them asked to be transferred to other i knew if i had stayed at the Centre some of the staff woul Dve refused to come to and be cause they didst want to create a i think they just dumped me into see youth Page 4 former British pm dead at 92 London a Harold Mac the former conservative prime minister who brought Bri gains welfare state to its Peak and whose perseverance led to the 1963 nuclear test ban died yesterday at the age of who was prime min ister from january 1957 to october died at Cost at his Home in South of after a Short his Viscount Macmillan of Macmillan retired from politics in 1963 holding a Niche in history As the prime minister who declared britons never had it so the publisher and coun try gentleman was named Earl of Stockton two years he became prime minister and Leader of the conservative party in the Wake of the Suez crisis of he was in ill health off and on for it was illness that forced him to quit leading Britain in 1963 after six years and nine months in one of the longest unbroken terms of any British prime minis Macmillan survived crisis after including the Profumo sex scandal that almost toppled his and his most notable achievement was arranging the nuclear test ban the late president John Kennedy said it was Macmillan steadfast perseverance that made the treaty signed by the United states and the soviet Union prime minister Margaret informed of his said last night she was deeply sad to hear the his death leaves a place which no one else can Buckingham Palace press Secre tary Michael Shea said the Queen heard the news with great sad see speech Page 4 Macmillan welfare state murder counts dropped against White teenagers from the news services new York racial tensions in the nations largest City inched dangerously higher yesterday after a criminal court judge dismissed Sec on degree murder charges against three White teenagers accused of in directly killing a Black judge Ernest Bianchi made the controversial decision after two key witnesses refused to testify against their attackers during a four hour preliminary hearing yesterday in a tense and crowded the hearing was the latest out growth of a 20 incident in Howard to a mob of baseball Bat wielding White youths cornered three Black men at a local pizzeria there before chasing and beating one of the Michael grif was hit and killed by a car As he attempted to flee the assailants while crossing a crowded on the advice of their actor the two survivors of the attack Cedric Sandiford and Timothy Grimes declined to attend the they have both refused to cooperate in any aspect of the pros see dismissal Page 4 holy budget churches grapple with earthly concerns such As paying for maintenance and team spirit team Canada head coach Dave King defends his players after second straight loss in Calgary cup mate screen screening a Job candidates mate is making a resurgence As a test in corporate fast talks lumber talks continue furiously in a bid to prevent a Trade ruling in the Case at Midnight Index Ann 11 16 26 14 26 6 22 7 Jumble 34 11 11 sports 32 17 19 to 11 i i i t i ;