Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 2, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mayor denies Gays request for proclamation tha nor of Tulp of we Bidou Speirs big Brothers got a German shepherds got a week and neighbors got a Day but there was no room for homosexuals on the civic Calen big brother German Shep Herd dog week and neighbors night out Day Are among 95 events granted official proclamations by mayor Bill Norrie so far this but Norrie refused to proclamation for Gay and lesbian Pride the first time the mayor has nixed a request for one of the ceremonial adorned with the mayors Signa Ture and Gold in bossed the proclamations carry no political clout and traditionally Are doled out to anyone who but in a May 13 letter to Chris president of the Oscar Wilde memorial a local Gay Norrie said sexual preference is not a suitable subject for a mayoral inasmuch As i would not consider issuing a proclamation on Hetero sexual neither do i consider it appropriate to Issue one dealing with homosexual the mayor Dave Norries executive said he cannot recall an other occasion when Norrie said no to a request for a for his the chief spokesman for the cites Gay com said it is outrageous that homosexuals have been denied something that is readily handed put to groups representing everything from dogs to air traffic the objections offered were idiotic in our he sexual orientation is no More personal than any of the characteristics for which proclamations Are ethnic he said he feels Norrie turned thumbs Down on Gay and lesbian Pride week because it would have been politically embarrassing for him to be seen to publicly endorse now were going to have to fight for something that everyone else gets with no trouble at he were going to have to continue making a terrible fuss until we get see demand Page 4 Eastern champs Winnipeg Blue bombers win Eastern division title in the Cal and in the provincial eco Roomy Are cited As for the Jne Tessein bankruptcies Cloudy tonight 3 Cloudy tomorrow 6 final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 november vol 115 no 330 Sun rises Moon rises sets up photo old foes Pierre Trudeau and Rene Levesque Chat before literary dinner Friday night Reform party candidate alleges wrongdoing by Pauline Comeau the Reform party of officially launched three Days ago As the Western political party with a differ suffered a blow yesterday with the withdrawal of a leadership candidate and allegations of financial mismanagement and other i pro Stan one of the co founders of the shocked Many of the 301 voting delegates at the Winnipeg convention Centre when he announced just before the Leader ship speeches were to begin that he was pulling out of the the Only other Preston son of Ernest former social credit Premier of was declared his voice breaking several Roberts told the convention he was forced to make the decision because of several including a failure of the party to produce an blend of Mother rambo touted for Success by Pauline Comeau and Stevens wild meet Mother Preston first Leader of the newly formed Reform party of took a few minutes yesterday to play matchmaker As a Way of introducing what he believes is needed to launch a new political philosophy in the in his inaugural Manning warned the 300 delegates that to become a real threat in the party would have to perform like no the rambo he was an example of the kinds of Tough tasks facing the new party the need to mesh mostly conserva Tive philosophies with the social ser vice needs of the country disa Dvan what were talking about is a marriage Between rambo and Mother he we need efficient solutions to social problems in a welfare meet Mother the answer to the said is innovative thinking and the ability to let go of the political traditions the delegates carried with them from previous the delegates spent about each to come to Winnipeg to Orga Nize yet another Wester based travelling from As far away As Vancouver the delegates sat through three Days of policy procedural wrangling and discus Sions about How to give expression to their political unhappiness with the existing political system and a desire to give the West a stronger voice on the see disillusionment Page 4 accounting of its founding associations financial affairs arid improper and poorly handled Delegate Regis As he complained the Agenda for the party inaugural convention had been changed several times without it is with deep regret that i have taken this he Reading from a prepared this party was founded on the principles of honesty and integrity those principles appear to have been compromised during this con the former Manitoba Liberal la first complained after Delegate registration was Cut off Satur Day he said some of his supporters who arrived late could not he also said in party funds was not accounted Manning said the new executive will Check and consolidate the party in sorry that Stan Felt he had to Manning told the crowd to enthusiastic applause after Roberts left the Hall with a handful of considered the More righting of the later told reporters he did not think the Inci Dent would seriously damage the fledgling party convention chairman to Hillier said Roberts withdrawal followed a Al night session Between both sides that she in upset very upset see joint Page 4 political Warrior Levesque dead at 65 heart attack kills Quebec Champion Montreal up former pre Mier Rene whose dream of leading Quebec to Independence dominated Canadian politics for More than a died last night of a massive heart the former Premier was taken to Montreal general Hospital from his Home about suffering severe Chest he had been dining with his Corinne cot Eleves and several Herbert director of hos Pital services at the said Levesque was in grave condition when he was brought he was pronounced dead at great political across the news of the death of the political firebrand Eli cited a flood of As political friends and foes hailed his political dedication and prime minister Mulroney called Levesque a great Champion of que becs Premier Robert Bourassa ordered All flags on government buildings to Fly at Hal staff Bourassa also offered to hold a state funeral if the Levesque family he will pass into history As one of our most generous and determined said Premier Howard Pawley issued a statement saying Levesques contribution to Canada was that he forced the nation to take a look at i May have disagreed with Many of his views As to the nature and future of our but he made a great contribution to be cause he made us look at ourselves As a nation and made us seek a rationale and a Way to Levesques dream of Quebec Independence suffered a major setback with the defeat of the pcs so option in the 1980 Levesques successor As pm Lead Pierre Marc who was in Paris said thousands of Quebe cers who saw an Extension of themselves in the former Premier and his politics would be affected by his a Levesque was rarely ill until the Spring of when he entered Hospital for suffering from exhaustion and stress brought on by internal party pressures on him to see Levesque Page 4 Levesque Remer tiered As determined Deng resigns Post in policy Beijing a chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping resigned in Triumph yesterday from the communist party governing leaving younger officials to carry on his economic and political the 83yearold Deng As he at the end of a party Congress that affirmed his policies and forced into retirement All the leading veterans who sought to slow his the Congress appointed a streamlined party commit tee that is expected today to confirm Denis Premier Zhao As party general it also is expected to keep Deng on As head of the party key Central military from which he Likely will exert considerable influence on party the con Gress amended the party Constitution so Deng can remain on the commission even though he resigned from the Central foreign reporters allowed into the final 20 minutes of the eight Day 13th my National party Congress at the great Hall of the people saw Deng watch serenely As nearly Dele Gates raised their hands in unanimous approval of a report that summarized and defended his conspicuously absent was 82year old Chen an economist and leading proponent of the Central planning system Deng has begun to a party official said the ailing Chen left earlier in the three hour but a television report did not mention him reporters were not allowed to wit Ness voting on the new 175member Central from which nearly on half of the outgoing committees 209 members were five leading members who wanted to Brake Denis efforts and curb the influence of Western ideas will not return to the they Are Chen president i Xian legislative head Peng ideologists he Qiaomu and Deng see younger Page 4 tricks treat turns tragic by the Canadian press an out control car struck a group of killing two Young children and their mothers in the Small Quebec Community of it was the worst halloween re lated Accident reported in the country on a weekend that saw a Man and his son shot and wounded in Edmonton and More than 100 rowdies arrested in Gaetan Nadeau said he ran out of his St Isadore garage when the Accident occurred saturday after noon and saw victims lying All Over the dead Are Sandra and her Celine Laliberte for 30 forties line Lali Berte and her fou year old All of Stisya two other children and an also were seriously injured after the car collided with another vehicle and went into a no charges were Laid against either police in 11yearold Jeniffer Scheffee suffered two broken legs and internal injuries when she was struck by a car that had swerved off the Road and on to a a Man has been charged with various driving of including failing to remain at the scene of an in a freight train slammed into a car that was apparently trying to beat the Loco motive past a crossing Early yes six High school students who had left a halloween authorities a Coupler and Sno plow in front see Toronto Page 4 commuters an increasing nun Bobr of have accepted a drive work Poe for country life scandal government officiate Are linked to a scandal Ower the Sale of munitions to Iran by a French arms firm booze Battle retired provincial judge Neil Macphee reserves should have their own Legaj liquor a Means of curbing illegal sates the suggestion has some support from some native say it would Only compound existing problem with alcohol Ottawa to fund trip Ottawa is expected to give the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for its tour of 4he Orient militia neglected the idea of Savirie defence dollars the use of militia forces has never been big in Canada City of a radiation Accident has of into Abonal pariahs Ann Landers Barry Puzzle cute Vertex comics record listings Hueners ;