Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus leftists take aim on Gandhi changes possible As India gears for general election sports Brier repeat Ryan express Rolls to second straight drier championship with win Over Tempo Canada in space the military is learning about the world out there Clouds tonight 15 Cloudy tomorrow 10 March vol117n0102 free Presk Sun rises am Sun sets pm Taxon rises am Moon sets am final 25c outs we warm Leq Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class registry Tow number 02k pm to join Wax dummies London up prime minister Mulroney will soon be joining the Elvis Presley and sleeping Beauty in effigy at Madame Tussaud Wax Mulroney met secretly yesterday with museum personnel so they could get his physical measurements and other his press Secretary Gilbert Lavoie see Mulroney Page 4 doomed flight was not diced chief investigator confirms ice on wings during Takeoff stage protest the Canadian press Montreal waving Fleurde Lys flags and shouting French que Bec and Bourassa sold proponents of an Al French Quebec took to the streets yesterday in one of the most vehement expressions of frenc Canadian nationalism in re cent More than Quebe cers of All Ages and political stripes marched in a Parade yesterday to demand a return to Bill the nationalist language Law passed in 1977 by the parti quebecois and amended by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa last Compromise the Burnt cockpit Section of air Ontario flight 363 will be subject of intense by Janet Mcfarland and Aldo Santin Dryden Federal investigators have confirmed air Ontario flight 363 was not diced before Takeoff in moderate snowfall from Dryden municipal Airport there Are indications from various sources there was Snow or ice on the wings during Joe Jack chief investigator for the Canadian aviation safety said the plane was not a source familiar with Airport operations said Pilot George Morwood did not ask for deicing before the plane killing 24 people and injuring most of the 45 Surv an air Canada Pilot said its Standard practice for All airlines operating in Canada to be particular about deicing wings because of the conditions of the Winters and the known fact it causes loss of if youve got a 16th of an Inch of Frost on your wings you the Pilot wont theres no question about said the see flight Page 2 investigators Start sifting for crash clues by Ruth Teichroeb of Federal investigators today begin the gruelling process of sifting through the wreckage of air Ontario flight 363 to find clues about what caused the Dryden air the ten teams of investigators from the Canadian aviation safety Board Are expected to Complete their onsite investigation in about two Jim the Agency communications said but unravelling what happened moments before the Fokker f28 passenger jets fiery crash on Friday will take at least a year and could Cost up to Harris it will take at least a year before the final report is Harris said during an interview at the safety boards temporary Headquarters near Dryden municipal every bit and piece we can find must be try to piece together the wreckage investigators gained full Access to the crash about one Kilometre East of the yesterday afternoon after the see investigators Page 2 lawyer plans to launch names off dead focus of who had expected up to to were jubilant at yesterdays turnout in sunny but extremely cold the message is said Guy spokesman for the Mou vement Quebec which organized the its obvious these people want to have Back their Law the demonstration was designed to influence the Quebec which reconvenes to re turn to the original French Only sign Law and give up amendments that permit some bilingual signs inside commercial considering the size of the dem i think it will make Bourassa think about a few see humiliation Page 4 exchanges self policing ability questioned us bcai1 an a Pam it by Bui Redekop a Manitoba court of Appeal Block ing attempts by the Winnipeg commodity Exchange to collect in fines from members who broke trading rules is raising questions about the Agency ability to police the fines were levied in 1986 after a series of Trade scandals rocked the Exchange and resulted in an ramp investigation that is still under the Exchange is currently a self regulating but Daryl a University of Manitoba economist and one of two Public we Gover said it is time the exchanges policing Powers were reviewed and a government body perhaps should oversee its Kraft said an Exchange is often a close knit group where everyone knows each he said it May not react to problems in the same Way As an outside regulatory sometimes its not As easy to discipline said although adding he believes the Exchange has done a Good Job since its worthwhile to have a review of the it certainly Hurt and it May come out that the Exchange is doing a Good Job at regulating Kraft said the Canadian Grain commission now monitors trading in the interest of the Grain but its mandate is limited and its legislation More than so years Justice Gordon Hall ruled last month the Exchange could not collect fines for breach of its bylaws unless empowered by govern that would Likely require a govern ment regulating body to set Down rules and police we Exchange officials the Exchange vehemently opposes having a government Ann 14 32 22 24 Wev Fiey 18 15 24 16 21 33 sports 13 to Robert who took Over As we president last said further outside polic ing is the Exchange recently hired its own compliance officer to ensure that trading is carried out Peter Exchange director of Spe Cial said a government regulating body could subject the Exchange to political Purves is also against the Type of fines the Exchange levied in 1986 and believes the aces Power to expel members is a Strong enough see Exchange Page 4 Ordinary people Aid bootleggers la abiding citizens keep smugglers in business by purchasing illegal liquor by Nick Martin Ordinary people in Winnipeg and Brandon who otherwise dream of breaking the Law Are helping Manitoba bootleggers cheat taxpayers of millions of dollars a ramp Dick Reynolds the mounties and the Border patrol in North Dakota have been Busy trying to thwart smugglers who buy cheaper liquor in the and sell it in Canada without paying customs and excise they Clear about 70 cents on the but they be in business if people we rent Reynolds the problem is quite serious from our Point of were losing in the millions of dollars a year in customs and excise otherwise very la abiding citizens Are customers of in any other Type of criminal they would be very supportive of theres an unfortunate but traditional Glam or attached to smuggling that is hurting efforts to Stop the illicit Reynolds its accepted by certain parts of the staff Pete Nowa Kawiskie said smug gling operations Are reaching the Point that ramp May have to consider laying criminal charges against persons buying the illegal smuggling can bring a penalty of up to six months in jail on the first offence and up to five years on a second As Well As seizure of goods and people buying the bootlegged liquor usually just get hit with double or triple the Normal customs and excise Nowa Kawiskie but there potentially subject to the same severe penalties facing the Reynolds said the smugglers Are Likely Rural and we feel its got to the Point its the ramp doubts the smugglers have commercial although the possibility Hast been ruled its Felt that the buyers Are Ordinary people who hear they can get half a Case of whisky dropped at their House at and decide theres nothing wrong with that kind of Reynolds for reasons the mounties cant liquor smuggling is worse in Manitoba than any other Western the main areas for marketing Are bran Don and Reynolds the 514kilometre Manitoba Border with the is Ideal for he unlike with its heavily staffed Crossings at a handful of major Bridges across the great the Manitoba Border with North a see cooperative Page 4 ;