Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 28, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sports sunday issues Manley scores Silver for Arlene Violet earned her Nick name Attila the nubby being Tough assessing the problems of the soviets in Cloudy tonight sunny tomorrow 7 Winnipeg free press vol 116 no 89 february free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final de dewy 957osso classified 9662330 St Ono cuss Mai registration number oj8s Fol news watch Airliner crashes an Aeroflot Airliner carry ing 51 people crashed on a siberian runway and burst into killing and injuring Tass the soviet news Agency did not specify How Many people were killed and it quoted a local aviation official As say ing the tu134 fell within the Airfield broke up and caught fire at Kilometres East of to tourists bail out passengers on a cruise to Central America abandoned ship in Panama after the air conditioning the Crew mutinied and a travel Agency Promise of a dream vacation turned into a floating night the last 90 passengers aboard the Galaxy disembarked in Panama City Friday without completing the last leg of the trip Between Acapulco and can left wins control Hartline leftists won control of Britain largest Union yesterday at a time when the Union financed labor party is seeking to moderate its stance after three successive electoral the transport and Gen eral workers with million members elected 23 hard left candidates to its executive the moderate faction of labor party Leader Neil Kinlock previously had a 2118 vandals target my Federal new Democrat Svend Robinson said yesterday the windows in his constituency office were smashed because of reports he will declare publicly that he is a quite obviously its linked to the re cent stories with respect to my sexual Robinson said As he arrived at his office in the Vancouver suburb of Bur Naby there had been reports the 35yearold Buraby my would declare his sexual orientation at a fundraising event organized by Gays and lesbians in Ottawa next Robinson office hit Index Ann dateline letters Puzzle sports sunday to 19 7 31 22 16 16 2 22 6 20 19 7 21 3 1 35 17 15 25 30 13 18 17 lotto winning numbers 43 Bonus 47 aut Opac bites retail sales Pheng ratio savant recognized Lon lost brother Chela Khou Xaysana in English Hal Century separation ends by Chance meeting of siblings knew she was my the other had become a cast by Shane Minkin separated by War a Hal Century ago and believing each other Long a laotian brother and sister were reunited by Chance this month after enrolling in the same English class in when Chela arrived for his first class two weeks ago and took the Only available he never imagined the women next to him was his Lon lost Pheng there was no recognition at All Between said English instructor Kathy i asked him his name and when he Pheng suddenly got All excited and started to shake there were no tears or they were just talking excitedly in none of the other students were paying attention to me at this so i let it go on and a few minutes later the interpreter came Over and told me that they were brother and sister and haunt seen each other in Over 40 speaking through an interpreter last Pheng said when he sat Down beside me and i looked at his i thought it looks like my Chela 1 didst know her when i sat Down next to i looked at her face and she looked at my face and i saw her face looked like my 1 remembered the sound of her voice and when i heard her i knew she was my i was so i didst know what to the siblings were separated by brewing hostilities in Laos shortly after Chela pronounced Cheoah got married in his late we never expected to see each other said Pheng pronounced we each thought the other was also speaking through an said he and his wife moved to communist occupied Northern Laos after their Pheng remained in Southern then where she lived and Farmed with her lost touch the two said they lost touch with each other due to a civil War in the Early we never spoke to each other while we were still in Chela there was no Way to commune added there was also no Way to both were very difficult because of the the last time i saw my brother was when he got married while still a while the country was being rocked by coups and counter coups during the late 1950s and Early both Chela and Pheng began Rais ing when armed conflict was stepped up in the Early both assumed the other had become a casualty of american planes bombed the to Chi Minn the Supply line from North Vietnam to communist forces in Laos and South which runs through an estimated million tons of bombs were dropped on Laos during the after the War each said they had no Way of finding out if the other was still so they assumed the Chela said his son came to Canada As a refugee in the Early 1980s and sponsored him to immigrate in Pheng said she arrived in Winni Peg just three weeks ago after being sponsored by her who also came Here As a they said their children did not know each other and had no idea they might have relatives both said they came to Canada because of their age and to be with their Fame because i am so it is very hard for me to work that is Why i Pheng adding her two daughters live in Chela said he came to Winnipeg because six of his 10 children live three others live in the United states and one in the Lon lost brother and sister said they plan to catch up on the years they spent apart As Well As spend time with each others a i am very Happy because it was such a Long time ago since i last saw my Chela by Liana Simon heavy increases in aut Opac rates this year have Cost restaurants and retail stores an additional 10per cent reduction in business during the traditionally slow month of Gebru Industry spokesmen John president of Gar bongos said business is Down by about 10 per cent this month compared with last year at the same of course when aut Opac takes a big chunk out of Consumers theres going to be an Adverse Impact on spending he he said restaurants expect a slump in february because aut Opac is but its never been this sex people Are just staying Home and eating he Denis executive director of the Manitoba restaurant Assoc a said that some restaurant owners have complained to him of a drop in business up to 30 per cent this month compared with last feb everyone is thinking about Spring and waiting for the Wrath of aut Opac to Smith adding the cold spell during january and knowledge of the impending aut Opac hikes also kept people from eating out last its been a soft year for restau rants All and aut Opac just made it he vital Centre manager Gail Toews said the result of the in creases is an estimated 10percent drop in business this february com pared with customers simply dont have the disposable income to spend on shop she although vital Centre was crowded last Toews said the majority were just window shop i dont expect to see a big in crease in spending until after the March 15 when things Are getting Back to Normal for most she Garden City shopping Centre Man Ager Art Kerr agreed that aut Opac Bills have also caused a drop in business at his shoppers Are definitely More see aut Opac Page 4 prize Cate make prime video stars by Lisa priest a Douglas area Fanner has beefed up his income a year shooting videos of his its kind of a Beauty i clip their Wash them and then try to Lead them with a John Draper i feed them up and make them look fresh and sometimes i show their profile and then have them walking or standing in front of making Stock videos saves Dis Tant customers from travelling All the Way to bar 5 simmental Stock farms to see its prize see videos Page 4 Winnipeg firm highlights games closing ceremony by Scott Taylor Winnipeg free press Calgary today we say goodbye to Hidy and Howdy will return to the North the jamaican bobs edders will return to the Beach and Jim Mckay will return to new the games of the Xiv Winter olympiad will end officially at about 10 Oclock Cost and from All it will be a teary Albertas country and the coca cola world chorus will provide the music while More than 250 skaters will present an ice show to be remembered during tonight closing and while the opening Cere monies had a distinctly Winnipeg so will tonight big Good the opening of the games was choreographed and designed by Jacques Lemay of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and it had Lemars artistic tonight closing will be High lighted by a dramatic Light show designed and constructed by West Sun Media of it May not have Lemars artistic but it will be the technical highlight of the Accord ing oco president Frank it should the total contract was Worth to we had to erect four 72foot scaffold explained Lois Raymond of West Sun but we interfere with the sigh lines and since Mcmahon stadium is artificial we had to find an alternate Way to Anchor the so the West Sun people brought in Wardrop engineering of win the company that put to Gether the technical plans for tonight see exodus Page 4 soviets seek from Law society by David Roberts a claim is pending against the Law society of Manitoba on behalf of soviet Citi Zens bilked by a local lawyer Al Eyolfson said he represents a Hal dozen soviet citizens who Are owed Money once held in Trust for them by former lawyer Nestor Krypiakevich was disbarred and sentenced to four years in prison in 1986 after pleading guilty to 12 charges of criminal breach of much of the Krypiakevich stole from clients came from the estates of deceased canadians who had left property and other valuables to relatives in the soviet it is a claim by certain people As a result of some actions by Eyolfson Only through the Law society reimbursement fund can they recover the Eyolfson will plead the soviets Case before the society reimbursement committee in a couple of Law society officials could not be reached for while the reimbursement committee is not legally bound to Honor the it has done so in the past when Manitoban have been bilked by corrupt Eyolfson the lawyer said he is not acting for All the clients Krypiakevich but Only the soviet As part of his Law Kip Tiskevich obtained Powers of attorney for soviet citizens through the russian Law Iii Nicolle Krypiakevich took Over Moscow business from other Winnipeg lawyers who had previously acted for soviet heirs in Domestic estate the practice of searching Canadian estates for soviet heirs was begun decades ago by the late Wasyl a Winnipeg sever Al local attorneys Swystun system of gaining Power Fattor Ney for soviet citizens was passed on to Swystun Greg who later became a partner of As was the established Krypiakevich was to have turned Over the estate monies to incur Collegia for distribution to the appropriate but facing bankruptcy due to a Large tax bad investments and Loans to clients who never repaid he began using Money from the Trust accounts for his own purposes in who also handles a few estate matters for said soviet heirs generally receive All the Money left to them by Manitoba relatives except for Legal and Bank ing that Assurance is echoed by Toronto lawyer Robert Gordon Price and Winnipeg attorney Andrew who Are identified by Mem Bers of the Legal Community As Moscow main lawyers in Ontario and they note that unless someone represents soviet heirs in Canadian there is no Way beneficiaries can obtain what is legally critics accuse some estate Hunters of and claim the practice is encouraged by the soviet which obtains much needed foreign currency from but Bunn said the soviet government has no direct interest in the inheritances of its Citi the soviet government is never directly involved in these he i Deal with the soviet association of Law which operates much like any Law firm in any Buim confirmed that he met last month in Winnipeg with two soviet lawyers Anatoly see hard Page 4 ;