Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Furniture ignited to Start hotel investigator says Iii Nipes free Jaf Tuyay 198 from the news services san Juan investigators have determined that the new years eve fire in the Dupont Plato hotel started after an arsonist ignited furniture stored in plastic wrapping in the ballroom a High ranking fed eral investigator said one theory that investigators Are considering the Federal official is that the arsonist May have intended to cause property damage but did not mean to destroy the hotel or kill lawsuits were filed yesterday in District court on behalf of two of the victims of the hotel negligence alleged the which allege the owners of the building hotel systems International of Santa were negligent in providing fire safety seek a total of million us in one was filed on behalf of a Man who died in the fire the other on behalf of a Man who was they Are the first of dozens expected to be filed As a result of the fire that killed 96 people and injured at least the burning of both the plastic wrapping and the furniture which evidently was made largely of Petroleum based Materi caused intense heat and a great Deal of poisonous said the who insisted on investigators Are still pursuing the theory that the arsonist used an incendiary chemical it was very the official you dont need a big bomb to cause a big no arrests Are Immi local Fri spokesman diaper Rosario at this he were just inching investigators said they have not determined Why the fire was speculation has focused on a labor management dispute at the less than 10 minutes before the fire that was to take a total of 96 lives broke a meeting in the ballroom of local 901 of the International brotherhood of teamsters which represents about half the hotels ended with a decision to turn Down the last manage ment offer and strike at in a 10day period before the fire on the afternoon of new years three Small fires were set in various parts of the and executives received threatening Accord ing to hotel and police since the guests have charged that hotel managers denied that there was any reason for we heard there had been fifes in the past couple of said James a 32yearold owner of an advertising and Public relations firm from he said that at about noon hours before the major fire he spoke with a manager who told him theres no truth to there were to Shannon said he had planned to change hotels the following less than two hours before the police were warned that a bomb had been planted at the officers went to the hotel but were told by staff the threat was unbound a police report spokesman and lawyers for the hotel refused yesterday to answer any they have refused to say what flammable materials May have been in any of the areas touched by the they have also been unwilling to say what proce dures were Tope followed in Case of fire or other several guests have reported that one or More doors to the the room in which the greatest number of people Are believed to have were shut and locked after smoke was one theory is that Only one door was to be left open in such cases to allow Security guards to Monitor those leaving the Bruce a senior hotel said sunday he did not know if that was Standard operating pro he also refused to estimate How much Money would have been in the Casino when the fire broke pallbearers Stop to rest during Toronto funeral for hotel fire victim Jean terrorism blamed for death Toronto up two Toronto women who were burned to death in a puerto rican hotel fire new years eve were buried within hours of each other the funerals for Jean and Lily close friends who vacationed together every were held at benjamins Park me Morial one in the morning and the other in the the two women were among at least 96 people killed when flames swept the luxury Dupont Plaza hotel in san puerto Rich authorities Are virtually certain the fire was set by an and May be related to a dispute Between hotel employees and Hilda broke into uncontrollable weeping at the sight of her daughters Oak Grain and had to be supported by relatives As she entered the funeral in his rabbi David Monson said Snider was a victim of terror we Are living in a Complex Monson Man has ascended to the and at the same time descended to the fires of hate and destruction Are Loose in the and our Lily is a victim of that of criminal murderers should pay the penal the time has come for Snider had worked for Many years As a and Many of her for Mer students turned out yesterday to say Wendy remembered Snider As earning the respect and admiration of her pupils by demanding the Best from she pushed us that Why every one liked her so at Fogels held just two hours before Monson urged about 100 mourners not to be Over whelmed by the Fogels Mother and sister wept softly at the front of the Chapel As traditional hebrew funeral laments were Sung Over the flanked by two ceremonial a spokesman for Fogels family said Legal action May be taken Over the investigators have been told that hotel management was warned of trouble before the Blaze but failed to heed the pact Best Carney claims by the Canadian press Canad Agot the Best Deal possible in last weeks controversial lumber agreement with the United Trade minister Pat Carney said it was the Best that could be obtained under difficult Circum stances and it was negotiated on our Carney Tola reporters in Vancouver in her first Public com ment since the agreement was signed 301 Premier David Peterson accused the Federal government of trading away Canadian sovereignty by failing of stand firm when pushed by the the Only provincial pre Mier to oppose negotiating a lumber Breslauer Warren jewellers january Sale diamonds pearls bracelets figurines glassware jewellers since 1919 434 Portage at Vaughan next to the Bay and at Ealon place Deal and favor fighting a preliminary duty on Canadian said the Canadian concessions will encourage More american intervention in Canadian weve turned not Only our re source and taxation policies but in a sense our regional development and employment policies Over to another Sovereign he its a dangerous after weeks of Tough be agreed last week to impose a 15percent tax on nearly Worth of annual lumber exports to the United the tax replaces the preliminary duty imposed the americans to counter they say Are unfair Export tax is to be phased out and replaced by higher provincial Timber cutting which the americans say Are artificially the Federal and provincial governments have not yet worked out How that will be done and consent is necessary before the new fee scheme can be the Deal also gives president Reagan the right to slap punitive duties on Canadian lumber if he Carney sovereignty intact thinks Canada is violating the agree in Bill a spokesman for the lumber Industry said granting enforce ment Power to the government was essential in getting the Indus Canadian radio television and telecommunications commission Conseil de la radio 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suite h2z 514 2836607 700 West suite Box 604 Canada try consent for the vacationing in Hawaii last week while other Cabinet colleagues defended the rejected critics claims that Canada has traded away some of its sovereignty by giving the americans too much say Over How Canadian resources Are she said Canada protected its sovereignty by resisting demands for a say Over How and when higher Timber cutting fees were brought in and by consenting Only to seek agreement on the amount of the in she said Canada benefited from the Deal because the provinces will keep revenues that otherwise would have flowed to the United who also released a letter the International woodworkers of America supporting the agree said she believed Canada would have lost if it tried to fight the preliminary she said the pact will help avoid future conflict Between the prov which sometimes fought bit Terly while working out a lumber strategy after the preliminary duty was imposed in there were sips yester Day she May be too Peterson is opposed to the Deal and Alberta Premier Don Getty warned yesterday that Alberta wont go along with the Export tax if Carney fails to obtain formal Federal pro Vinci Al agreement on increases in Timber cutting any tax on a provincial resource we feel very strongly must be a result of a Federal provincial agree ment and we wont be part of any arrangement that is Getty correction re smarts Dollar mania flyer in 3rd free press Page k6 magnetic Kitchen timer should not have read we apologize for any inconvenience this error May have caused our valued Ottawa to impose refugee controls Ottawa up Canadas Refu gee policy has been and tighter controls will be introduced within a few immigration minister Benoit Bouchard said yes Bouchard said Canada will remain open to those who Are but tougher controls Are needed to detect those who Are not and the length of time needed to process refugee claimants must be Bouchard was commenting on a yearned influx of refugee claimants who crowded Montreal hotels and strained social service budgets during the last four months of nearly people applied for refugee status at Canadian Points of turkish citizens accounted for of the 920 were from 675 from sri 579 from and 498 from the figures listed represent those countries with the largest influx of immigrants to Bouchard said most canadians Are still open to immigration and Many believe Canada should offer univer Sal Access to those who wish to enter the but Many canadians have begun to show a lot More what they dont accept is people abusing the system claiming to be refugees when they Are refugees Are allowed entry into Canada among other Strin gent they Are forced to leave their countries because of religious and political or because of economic anyone can apply for refugee Sta Tus at a Canadian port of it takes a minimum of one year to process a and Many applicants Are told in their countries of origin that Canada will not Send them Home after one to three years of awaiting applicants for landed immigrant status Are processed More Many immigration officers believe a majority of refugee claimants Are seeking better economic conditions in and Are not subject to persecution in their the recent influx of refugee claim ants in Montreal and Toronto was Well above Normal Bouchard welfare administrators in Montre Al have complained that the flood of claimants is costing up to lion a month and has strained their Quebec provides Long social assistance and health care to refugee claimants while they Are being Bouchard would not respond to a request for More Federal Aid from Quebec immigration minister Louise Robic said yesterday that provincial resources Are taxed to the Bouchard said he would not com ment because he Hast received a formal request for funds from the Quebec he reminded reporters that Ottawa defray 50 per cent of the costs Bouchard noted that other coun tries such As Denmark and the United states recently tightened controls Over refugee but when youre dealing with issues such As human its very Bouchard and the moment there some Al most become humanitarian cases people who have sold everything they own to come to Bouchard said refugee claimants now in Montreal Are being told they could be sent Home in three or four he told reporters the government has not decided if it will impose a visa requirement for turkish Citi Zens who wish to come to turks travelling to or through Canada Are among the nationalities who Are not required to have a that something Well look at we do it on a Caseb Case not As a global the minister coming soon your skin is subjected to aggressive factors and is permanently threatened by the effects of coming the Victory of science Over downtown Only 240 cosmetics ;