Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 6, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba A i u g free november 1987 marijuana use dog Ginsburg Washington a supreme court nominee Douglas Ginsburg admitted yesterday that he used marijuana once in the 1960s and on a few occasions in the 1970s and it was a mistake and i regret president Reagan and attorney general Edwin Meese immediately promised continued support for but Bob the Senate be publican issued a state ment that neither supported nor opposed his while Many republicans responded senator Charles grass Fey a member of the Senate judiciary you like to think people who Are appointed to the supreme court respect the the development plunged gins Burg into fresh controversy that will Flake his confirmation to the supreme court More Rea Gans previous attempt to fill the seat of retired Justice Lewis Powell ended in defeat when Ginsburgs Robert was rejected by the a prepared statement from gins Burg came in response to a report ers queries and was issued moments before an account of his drug to be goner one senior democratic Cong res aide said of Ginsburg and Hes a goner be cause not be Able to abide him As their Nomi the Senate judiciary committee is to hold hearings on his nomination next and questions had already been raised about gigs Birgs past participation in television cases at a time he had a substantial investment in a Canadia based Cable television Ginsburg issued his statement after National Public radio asked on its which indicated he had used Mari Juana Harvard Law and on at least one brought the substance to a Short he said marijuana was the Only drug he bad used and that he has not used it since one White House speaking Only on condition he not be Ridenti said there was no indication of any drug use on Ginsburgs part in a preliminary Fri report received by the White victims to play role in assessment continued from Page 1 under the Manitoba a judge has the authority to impose a 12percent tax on fines or a straight Levy on convictions with no the program has generated about to a spokesman for the Manitoba at Torney generals department indicated that the additional funding will be used to increase compensation programs in the Deputy attorney general Tanner Elton has said the new Federal crime tax be a Boon to the provinces compensation but the provincial programs have no uniform there Are Large disparities in the level of compensation from province to prov in the maximum Lump sum payment Given to a victim is while in Newfoundland it is Only Manitoba officials could not be reached to provide similar sole fault the failure to add provincial Stan Dards was the Only fault the two Federal opposition parties could find in the proposed Liberal Justice critic Robert a plan noted there were million criminal offences committed in can Ada in and Only a fraction of the offenders were its obvious that there Are lots of losses being suffered that will not be addressed by the solution that is being suggested by the As Welcome As that solution Kaplan the legislation will also give Vic Tims the right to make victim Impact statements on How they were affected by the crime in judges will be Able to refer to these written statements when As Sessing damages for the victim sentencing the the proposed Law instructs judges to impose the crime tax in addition to other Legal penalties such As jail terms or restitution it specifically states the Levy is not to replace or Lessen the usual victims could be compensated for As Well As a loss of income due to medical costs Are also covered in the up photos funeral procession top left wends through Quebec mourners above display grief after widow Corinne cot Levesque Bottom left follows thousands gather for Levesque service continued from Page 1 Nute procession through the Nar Row streets to the Church from the where a few Hundred people applauded respectfully As Levesques coffin was carried out by provincial police hundreds of people who lined both sides of the streets joined the cortege As the Hearse carrying Levesques coffin passed police said that by the time the Hearse reached the an estimated some of them weep had gathered Levesques including his widow Corinne Brothers Fernand and Andre Levesque and sister Alice went to a cemetery in nearby Sil Lery where Levesque was to be buried beside his More than people paid final respects to Levesque in Mon Treal and Quebec City in an unexpected show of there Haven been these kinds of crowds at the death of a Canad an politician in the 20th remarked Graeme a con Cordia University in the House of com Mons observed a minute of silence in a tribute to Levesque and flags on Federal buildings across the country flew at in his Home town of new car on the Southern tip of the Gaspe Peninsula his death was grieved without the francophone Here loved this said Georgette who lives in the House where Levesque spent his he was one of and he never disowned i anglophones make up half the population of and police chief Jeanlouis Gendron said nothing special is planned to commemorate Levesque because this place is about 50 per cent so things Are a Little we All have a lot of things to said who has met Levesque several wife refused to seek help for beatings continued from Page 1 they came to dread hearing her screams Echo through an air Shaft and said they thought there was a Demon in the but no one not friends or police could convince muss Baum to bring charges against her common Law husband and she went from an attractive dark haired woman to one with a splayed prematurely Grey hair and features As disfigured As a when police arrived at the Stein Berg Home to investigate one report last he at first refused to let them Yelling he was a lawyer and knew his when police got Nussbaum was in a closet but refused to come when she Nussbaum said nothing was wrong and police had to they gave her a pamphlet on wife neighbors phoned police and childcare authorities to say their two Lisa and an adopted were being mis child abuse hotlines were investigators went to the House at least two times but reported they could find nothing on sunday police arrived at the Steinberg House after Nussbaum said Lisa was the couple were arrested on child abuse charges and Lisa rushed to Hospital with brain she was declared brain dead on wednesday night and life support equipment was taken away from she died Early her 18monthold adopted was found tethered to a rope in a room where he had Only a mat to sleep the said police who visited was a filth strewn with a sink ripped from from a and blood stains who once boasted he represented some of the cites top drug had crack pipes and Nussbaum is to be charged with the same offences As Steinberg be cause under new York Law if one Parent beats a child and the other stays each is equally doer reluctant to tamper with legislation continued from Page i next he the Appeal court ruled yesterday the City was violating the City of Winnipeg act by Basing the 1987 tax Roll on 1975 Market values when the act clearly Calls for assessment to be based on current Market while the Appeal court ruled it would be inappropriate to invalidate the 1987 the three justices made it Clear the City would be in violation of the Law unless the Rolls were upgraded for this Means next years property tax which were to be based on 1975 property will have to be changed unless the province amends or removes 159 1 of the City of Winnipeg the justices rejected changes to the 1987 Rolls because they would throw tax assessors who have already collected More than 85 per cent of this years million assessed property and school taxes into a the ruling was hailed As a major Victory by the Germain rate payers group that has fought to have the 1987 reassessment declared removes politics were taking it As a landmark decision because it takes the politics out of said Jim Sha Vic president of the Ger main Community we have been instrumental in changing the assessment Laws in Winnipeg and everybody will Benefit by next Shapiro he said property owners with older Homes will pay far fewer taxes in 1988 than they did this year be cause their taxes take into account the depreciation in the value of their Homes since Urban minis Ter Gary doer said he will meet with a City delegation 23 to Dis cuss the technicalities of the but doer said he would be hesitant to tamper with the principles of cur rent value of land in the but will seek Legal i certainly support the conclusion that the More current the value of the fairer the assessment he Harold Macdonald Cory Don said the ruling Means that Germain ratepayers and other property owners who Are currently appealing their taxes with the cites Board of revision have 16st their Battles for the City has withstood the attack of the whale in assessment was not devoured in one gulp and this thing is going to withstand the the Host of Little people who Are but chairman of the civic finance refused to comment on the effect the decision would have in the Germain represent ing ratepayers outside the perimeter Highway in South had appealed a ruling by the court of Queens court Justice Peter Morse that there was no Legal requirement that the City assessor value land at current the residents claimed the use of 1975 values was unfair to because in that year landowners in the area were allowed to develop and subdivide their adding to its Market since the government restricted lowering those the City was ordered to pay the costs of both court due to the excellent response demo extravaganza is held Over All at Knockdown prices accused men relieved at verdict continued from Page 1 Ive got the i feel Bye clutching his Mother who wept tears of Annable and clearly relieved at the hugged family members in the courtroom arid thanked their the Soninlaw of former health minister Larry and Orourke were charged with accepting benefits from Annable during and after the time the three were partners in Amberlea enter Prises at the time of the alleged offences in the pair were Manitoba lottery sales Annable was charged with giving Money to them while they were employed by Western Manitoba lot Tery distributor the sales Arm of the former Manitoba lotteries and gaming control it had been alleged that Bye and Orourke netted about in illegal the Crown charged Amberlea was set up to profit the three partners and when its wholesale licence was revoked for offshore ticket sales in Bye and Orourke arranged to Supply tickets to Amberlea through a Complex web of other sales defence lawyers Sam Wilder and Randy Mcnicol said that while the three men made Money from the there was not criminal in they argued that Amberlea was set up in 1979 As a legitimate Busi Ness that proposed to establish a Chain of pet office and lottery ticket to Crown attorney Phil Schachter said he didst know Lif he would Appeal the i several jurors said they also were relieved the trial was were very one pleased with the pleased its the Wear looking jurors said the ordeal took its toll on their personal lives and on their adding they also Felt it was their Public duty to serve on the Canoe club members discouraged continued from Page 1 property on which the clubhouse and swimming Pool Are As Well As the Tennis courts and Park ing lot belong to the Over the past the club underwent in improvements to dining and sports and in the swimming Pool area and the about of which paid by government Grants and Job creation he we were in a bit of a catch22 Coates we had to upgrade some of the facilities to attract the new members and we we needed the new members to keep the club the club went into shareholder operation Only in recent a club share is currently priced at and there is a Transfer an annual single membership fee costs about some longtime members of the club were discouraged by the sus pension of operations you have to wonder where All the Money said one member who went to the club yesterday to Clear his belongings from his lock it just 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