Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tempo the new Geraldo controversial talk show Host tones Down 29 1 focus dangers come with casinos expo ice chief tells about visit he made to Las vegas 7 sports costly Burn Rick Folk snaps Meleschuk Streak after Manitoba Burns Rock business sales slide hits malls shopping centres Are cutting cloth to fit retail sales slump Cloudy tonight 6 Cloudy tomorrow 3 March final outside Winnipeg Sun rises am Sun sets pm Moon rises am Moon sets pm Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class regt atom number 0286 decision enrages crusader Borowski proposes National Campaign of civil disobedience by Alexandra Paul and John Douglas antiabortion crusader Joe Borowski is calling for a National Campaign of civil disobedience in the Wake of the supreme court of Canadas refusal to Rule on the rights of the Borowski said last night he will urge Canadas network of antiabortion groups to begin organizing huge demonstrations at abortion clinics and courthouses that could clog Canadas Law experts Back Ottawa urged to enact i see no other he said an interview last were antiabortion groups going to have to reach a Mutual understanding and a plan of my Strong recommendation to Canadas antiabortion groups is National civil disobedience and to risk going to no matter what the courts no matter what the politicians the longtime anti abortionist made the comments after Federal Justice minister Doug Lewis told reporters in Ottawa the government would not be moving quickly to bring in a new abortion the supreme court said yesterday it Rule on abortion related questions before Ottawa passes a Law to replace the one struck Down by the court last Borowski said government would be prompted to action when protesters who defy court orders those in Vancouver Are we have a housing problem in our jails and it wont take very Long to fill our jails with he Pat Soenen said in an inter View last night the 20odd Manitoba groups that form the league for life must meet to plan How to continue the fight against Abor Tion in the Wake of yesterdays court Deci until we have an Opportunity to study the see lawyer Page 4 photo police officer Colin Tighe carries Timo thy to safety during a House fire in Toronto while his arson suspected weeps in the arson is suspected in the Blaze that killed a Young boy and his Sodal program cuts linked to massive deficit election promises on Block by John Douglas Winnipeg free press Mulroney government will backtrack on billions of dollars in reelection spending promises if that is what it takes to get the Federal deficit under finance minister Michael Wilson said yester As Wilson suggested the government would be prepared to pare Canadas social programs if the Defi Cit could not be controlled by other fiscal i think the commitments we made As a government going Back to last summer were taken in a context of a program expenditure profile which i think was resonable he told i think what weve seen since that time is a significant increase in interest which obviously is colouring the fiscal position for next year and other years if we dont Deal with the fiscal spending promises made before the election included see drastic Page 4 groups Label mortgage tax inflationary by Aldo Santin a tax on Loans and mortgages will cripple Many Middle and Low income boost housing costs and drive inflation spokesmen for consumer groups said reacting to reports that Ottawa is to apply its proposed National sales tax to Loans and the spokesman said using the tax provision As part of its deficit reducing Arsenal will most affect those least Able to afford the its extremely Ruth Dean of the University of Manitoba human ecology adding Loans to a new value added tax system that see finance Page 4 Man jailed for sex attack on dying woman by Kevin Rollason a Man who sexually assaulted a 79 year old dying woman was sentenced to 2v4 years in jail yesterday roughly half the sentence recommended by the mans own i could Call you an but i Stop Short of that because even an animal do what you did that provincial judge Arnold Conner said in handing Down the Warren Bradley of Wil Liam pleaded guilty to breaking into a enter with intent and sexual during Conner said he had to restrain his feelings of disgust at what Mcmullan did to deliver a proper sen you came across an elderly woman and you acted an unseemly and Dis gusting i have to Send you Back to a penitent Conner also expressed disbelief that a psychiatric report on the Man indicated that he didst have any visible mental disorder so he didst need even though it refers to his Homicidal in concerned that if you dont get psychiatric treatment youll commit an even More serious the judge i see in you a very potentially danger Ous Crown attorney Ray Wyant told the court that the offence took place about one month after Mcmullan was released see woman Page 4 women topple Tower from the news services Washington for the first time in the Senate yesterday rejected a Cabinet nominee of a new refusing to confirm John Tower As presi Dent Bush Secretary of the vote against Tower was All but three of the senates 55 democrats opposed Tower and All but Kansas Sena Tor Nancy Kassebaum among the sen ates 45 republicans supported the rejection came after six Days of often bitter and divisive debate that focused on the former Texas senators drinking his behaviour toward women and his business dealings with defence with the attention immediately turned to the question of an alternative White House officials said the president intended to move quickly to name a new with an announce ment possible As Early As a number of names were circulating in the capital As the most Likely the Senate has made its determine no Public figure had his human foibles bared to such demeaning Public scrutiny John Tower said the who was in new i respect its role in doing so but i disagree with the he we owe it to the Ameri can people to come together and move after weeks of fierce personal lobbying by the president and allegations of private misconduct by Tower that would never have been aired in an earlier the end came in a Calm and almost ceremonial proceeding with All 100 senators gathered in the Senate Cham the clerk read through the Roll of senators and asked for their Aye or recording for history what had become Clear to the combatants Over the last 24 fifty two democrats and one re publican voted against Tower 44 republicans and three democrats voted for the nomination of John Tower to be Secretary of defence is not announced Vic president Dan who presided Over the the president is to be notified of the Senate no matter How fast the White House it is unlikely that a new Secretary could be in office before april it was unclear whether Bush was still consider ing the possibility of naming an interim Secretary above William who is currently administering the department As acting Bush reacted mildly to the see Bush Page 4 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