Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 30, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Junked mail discovered in garbage can by Shane Minkin several Roslyn residents say they Are less than impressed with Canada Post firs class mail they said they were upset after learning their mail was delivered to the free press by a woman who claimed she found the bundle of mail yesterday in a garbage the bundle contained mostly third class mail including several television news papers and two firs class letters one from the other from in very Murray Beau Champ said last night after being told a firs class letter from the University of Manitoba school of social work in Thompson turned up at the free letter carriers a teacher at the said he had been wondering about the whereabouts of the which contained a students final while the exam is not terribly he he is concerned that someones final Grade might have been tossed in the he blamed the incident on replace ment workers used to fill in for letter carriers off the Job last week in Manitoba As part of a series of nationwide rotating forty whose Prairie pub Lic television guide was among the mail turned Over to the said he had been wondering where his guide this just adds flames to the fire of our love hate relationship with Canada Ariton he said because he knows and trusts his letter he suspects the mail was turfed by the replace ment lets get this dispute settled with the mediator and get rid of the it seems to me the Post office has made a grave error in hiring these people and my own incident would just underline my thoughts on Canada Post spokesman Allan Skrumeda last night said the corporation would investigate the Inci a Post office employee picked up the bundle of mail last citizenship in Canada will Betti theme for Canada Bay Iri Drgan steers expect More than people to take part if Trie tomorrows which be Girt with a citizenship court Assn iodine Park Cloudy tonight 10 Cloudy tomorrow 201 june 198 Sun of cases Moon rises sets 12r17 final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail w w registration number oj86 maps reject return of death penalty vote 148127 against restoration Mulroney smiles As tory benches erupt in jubilation after death penalty vote Wilson concedes reforms Hurt Middle class families from the Canadian press finance minister Michael Wilson conceded yesterday that Middle class families will lose part of their child tax credits under his tax re form but denied that the proposals Are biased against families with it depends on what income level youre at but if youre earning More than there might be some negative Impact on Wil no paper tomorrow the free press will not publish on Canada the classified advertising department will be it will reopen thursday at son told a Man with seven children who rang a phone in program on Montreal radio station cad to the angry caller said that under the proposed changes he would have to pay in taxes on his family allowance while under the existing system his tax on family allowance payments is completely offset by the child tax speaking to reporters after addressing a business Wil son said the government foresaw that Middle class families would lose part of their child tax credits and compensated for this by offering a larger Basic personal there Are a number of changes in moving from exemptions to and one of them is the level of taxable income on which the child tax credit is but we made adjustments in the Basic personal which is now a which will offset the the Basic personal exemption does not vary with the num Ber of children supported by a tax asked whether the tax Reform package is in fact biased against larger Wilson retorted absolutely if you look at the Impact of tax Reform on families youll see that families do Well under tax he said that in most cases married people will do better from the re forms than single but did not address the question of How parents Are treated in comparison with non Wilson did not dispute a published report that said the tax Reform changes would reduce child tax credits for Middle class families by Between million and Mil i have seen the in our calculations we took that Impact into account and it will be see parents Page 4 staff up Ottawa the House of com Mons strongly rejected a return to the death penalty by a vote of 148127 Early this its a great Day for Canada and a great Day for parliamentary proce a jubilant prime minister Mulroney said shortly after the the outcome was never really in but i really didst expect that Large a health minister Jake who voted in favor of a return to the death said later the decision is a Clear indication that the debate is Over for a Long this was a very Strong Manitoba senior Cabinet minister it is democracy in action and All members should now be willing to live with that Deci Manitoba 14 maps split evenly on the tory maps Jack Murta and Lee Clark joined new democrats Bill Cyril Rod Murphy and David Orlikov and Liberal Lloyd Axworthy in opposing Restora along with conservatives Leo Felix Char lie Dan George Minaker and Brian White vote in debate rages a vote supporting the motion today would have meant the com Mons supported in principle the rein statement of the death a commons committee would have been created to study which crimes should carry the death penalty and How the death penalty should be handed legislation from that committee would still have faced a vote in the commons and Senate a possibly lengthy process that might not have been completed by the next Cabinet would have been Able to commute any death none of that was last minute lobbying of maps narrowed the margin and several supporters of capital punishment defected to the other Liberal Leader John Turner and new Democrat Leader Edall Long vocal opponents of voted against the government motion new democratic party members were United against the death penal the Lone Liberal for capital punishment was newfoundlands George most of the More than 50 conservative backbench ers from Quebec the wild card entering the vote be cause Many of them had not revealed their leanings followed the Trio claims beating by club bouncers by Jack Lakey three men who were tossed out of a Hargrave Street nightclub Early sunday say they thought they would be beaten to death by bouncers before police believe i thought i was going to die on that said Liban they beat us like they just kept choking me and kicking me until i was crying for them not to kill Rabeto and two Yusif and Abdirashid Hus said at least five bouncers and doormen at times nightclub attacked them after Mohamud told one of them not to lecture Rabeto received a broken Shoul facial a badly bruised cheekbone which caused his right Eye to swell shut and needed a number of stitches behind his right which was partially torn off in the who said he underwent ear surgery two weeks said he was told by Hospital doctors he would require further surgery to repair a punctured eardrum caused by the Mohamud received bruises and cuts to his face and lost his keys and and has been too sore to return to work As a Security guard at Winnipeg inter National times manager George Kingra said yesterday there was a but blamed the three saying they were drunk and abusive with the clubs Mohamud said trouble began after they were told by a Doorman they would have to pay a cover charge just before he said they agreed to pay the charge and were about to enter the club when a second Doorman came along and rudely told them the same i said i know the ill pay and you dont have to lecture Mohamud so he grabbed me by the neck and threw me on the put his Arm up to my Throat and started choking i breathe and that is when it All he said he and Hussen were pushed through the door and on to the where the bouncers again threw him punching and kicking who said he was too afraid to get involved at said he began pleading with them not to beat his Friend after it became see mercy Page 4 Lead of Mulroney and opposed a return to the death englis Canada tory Back benches especially those from where they were led by Bill Domm of and those from the West provided the Stron Gest support for the conservative believed to have been evenly split going into the turned Down capital punishment among the heavyweights lining up with against restoration were Justice minister Ray Ihnaty external affairs minister Joe Clark and transport minister John those in favor of the death penalty included Deputy prime min ister Don Mazankowski and finance minister Michael Only three of the 278 voting maps there Are three vacancies in the 282member chamber and Fraser did not have to cast a deciding vote were former tory defence minister to see tories Page 4 baby injury spurs placement probe by Pauline Comeau and Catherine Mitchell ramp Are investigating the alleged abuse of a 10monthold native girl who suffered permanent brain damage after being placed in a licensed Foster Home by the Wasis Agency of Northern a government report on the Agency tabled in the House yesterday by Community services minister Muriel Smith says it must shape up or lose its Drew acting assistant Dep Uty minister of child and family said the incident involving the baby girl occurred within the last three to four he said he did not know when the police probe would be an Wasis spokesman refused comment the thought to be from the Thompson is listed in stable condition at health sciences Centre in a Hospital spokesman said the child was brought in about three weeks ago in critical condition and was placed on life support the child was deemed to be so close to death her Case was turned Over to the medical examiners of the office investigates All deaths that occur in the care of a provincial because the girl the Case is Back with the she has left life support systems but will have permanent Complick the Hsc spokesman she is moderately to severely brain while there is still the likelihood of some there is no expectation that she will live a Normal the Case is a new not included in the departments investigation of the Perry the Community services depart ment started an internal review of the Agency in april after a 14year old native girl complained she was being sent Back to her native family despite being raised by a White Fos Ter family for 13 As she had complained she was sexually assaulted by a group of boys on the Reserve during an earlier there have also been charges the Agency ordered social workers not to report cases of abuse when adopted native children have been returned see Agency Page 4 West end residents upset Rowdy ism unchecked by police by Gerald flood residents of a West end neighbor Hood say police refuse to clean out a nest of drug dealing and prostitution that keeps them awake nights and has them fearing for their lives and they say As Many As 200 cars limousines with blacked out win scores of taxis and motorcycles Stop at the Mcgee Street building after bars close most they say loud music thumps from the two Storey tires and people scream in the streets until drunks urinate on lawns and fight on sidewalks and prostitutes perform sex acts in it used to be such a Nice one woman weve been Here since 72 and it was always so quiet Magnus City councillor for the said his repeated com plaints to police have produced Little action other than a Short report that says the building is a suspected booze can for bootlegging in getting tired of the Eliason Redbone heavenly Why dont they make a raid its been going on for vice John Degroot asked yesterday that nothing be published about the then gave a Short comment after his request was re All i can say at this time is weve received a complaint and Are work ing on he he would not say whether police planned a if it gets its that he area homeowners were eager to talk about their but asked that their names not be used for fear of in scared for my said a neighbor who sits in his garage some nights guarding his car and other if i talk maybe Hurt my i cant go against there Are 80 or 100 people see parties Page 4 list Frozen a Manitoba who ruled Manitoba child abuse registry is has now Frozen it final limit health minister Jake Epp has set an absolute deadline of this fall for a childcare Accord 3 Long several Hundred Conage Marians and centenarians thrive in a Hilly Comer of Bulgaria where researchers attribute their longevity to walking everywhere and a Devotion to moderation in All things except hard work i outdoors tories stand firm Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine wont Back Down from a policy of cutbacks blow delivered Labatt breweries delivers blow to Carling by acquiring right to brew Hartsberg picnic tips now that school is picnics Are but remember to keep food Well chilled 56 33 Ann Landor s 26 7 33 Bridge 32 business 44 classified 37 comics 51 crossword record 55 57 editorials letters 31 21 i i
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