Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus sales tax opposed Wilsons new Federal tax faces a Tough Battle sports goalies revenge flyers repay Public enemy 1 Chris Chelios in but lose series Tempo Happy birthday to us Manitoba today Marks 119 years As a province Clear tonight 15 Clouds tomorrow 26 May 1989 vol117n0161 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets real outside Winnipeg Horn ton Hwy 9s7o550 cat Mhz 9m2330 second cuss Heskitt Tim Makr pm base talks rile Filmon Premier demands better answers from Ottawa on defence spending cuts 14 Index 43 business 32 so 6 39 7 Horoscope Jumble Puzzle 54 7 sports 58 46 to 21 35 new Bill Tough on drunk Drivers by Catherine Mitchell Drivers would automatically lose their licence for 90 Days for failing or refusing a breath test under proposed Drunken driving Laws said to be the toughest in the were out Here to Stop Drinnan driving and its going to be highways minister Albert Driedger told a news conference yesterday to unveil the governments nine Point Justice minister Jim Mccrae said the legislative measures which can be passed Only with the help of some opposition members will enhance while the proposal Drew Praise from advocates of Tough drunk driving some lawyers and opposition Las said the government is simply courting a Legal Challenge under the charter of rights and premature there in penal ties being imposed before a persons guilt is said Bjorn president of the Manitoba bar Assoc a we Are still presumed in Nocent until convicted in accordance with the and an on thespot conviction is not in accordance with the but Mccrae said the govern ments top Legal advisers maintain the proposed Law is on solid were not Here to try to Hurt innocent people were Here to try to protect innocent he said during a news conference outside the legislative to applause from members of citizens against impaired Caid Vic president Harvey whose son was killed in an Accident involving a see added Page 4 opposition rejects voiding Panama vote i to from the news services City bloodied panamanian opposition beaten by government sup porters at a Street rejected the govern ments move to void election results yester and president Bush ordered military bases in Panama dependents of embassy staff members were moved to the safety of fort panamanian soldiers patrolled the military personnel were advised to stay off the streets if possible and to Wear Only civilian clothes in aborted election the external affairs department in Ottawa said 116 canadians in Panama Are registered with the Canadian embassy in neighbouring Costa Harold commercial counsellor for the who returned to Costa Rica from Panama on said our advice to canadians has been to keep a Low profile and not go out into Public areas unnecessarily and generally just reduce their we Haven considered moving any canadians out of there is no indication canadians Are a target of any group in at present there Are no specific direct threats to canadians other than that of general unrest in the in external affairs minister Joe Clark said Canada was continuing to pursue diplomatic Means to end tensions in Panama Between supporters of strongman Manuel Noriega and opposition leaders Over last Sun Days there May Well be some ways in which see Page 4 fires Force to flee Phi free pres firefighters cannot Stop fires from running wild by Janet Mcfarland More than people were told to leave their Homes yesterday As about 100 Forest fires raged through the prov Ince burning at least a dozen the fuelled by searing heat and raging were expected to Worsen today As forecasters predicted temperatures to reach Well into the 30s with Little Chance of we just cant Stop them from running said Bill superintendent of fire management with the department of natural re Man cannot Stop they dont Stop until they run out of last provincial politicians contemplated declaring a state of emergency after fires forced the evacuation of six among the hardest hit areas were the Jack head the hollow water re the Fisher River and communities near All the fires except one were Start see situation Page 4 revellers refuse to heed Blaze blown through Indian Fisher River volunteers watch a water bomber pass while Arborg firefighter Battle hotels near Blaze razes buildings near Ashern by Janet Mcfarland and Randy Turner a quickly moving fire was diverted around Ashem but not before it destroyed nine buildings in outlying areas and forced Many residents to leave their Homes for the safety of the Community All around the town right now we can see the red businessman John Reynolds said late yesterday its sort of in the so you know its getting when the fire was at its residents from the Community of 700 were told to gather at the Centennial Hall in the Centre of the where they would be More protected from officials were considering evacuating the but were hemmed in by fire burning near it on All Highway which runs through the was closed because smoke and fire made it theres no place to ramp Ted Premak said late in the theres fire to the North of theres fire to the to the where would we go winds reaching 60 were pushing two see fire Page 4 aviation report fuels widows rage a repaired Wing crack caused fatal plane safety Board says by Ruth Teichroeb the widow of a Winnipeg Pilot killed in a plane crash two years ago says an aviation safety Board report confirmed what Shes suspected All along Accident never should have in Lynne Peddie said yesterday on the second anniversary of her husband Keiths i was horrified to find out there was a crack in the Wing and the company did nothing about in a report released the Canadian aviation safety Board said the crack tested seven years earlier but never fixed caused the crash of the Northland air Manito How Safe Are our skies deregulation Canadas airline Industry has raised the and Many travellers fear the dry Den disaster two months ago Points to the free press reporter Ruth Teichroeb has spent several weeks examining the part1 Uncertain a dc3 at Pickle during a routine the left Wing of the cargo plane sending the plane plummeting to the ground and killing and Copilot Russell of Pickle the safety Board report found that an inde pendent radiographer had detected a three centimetre Wing crack in 1980 during a regular but when Northland maintenance workers find the the report about the Metal fatigue was left out of the aircraft Federal transport department inspections done during the next six years by a different radiographer failed to find the even though safety Board experts detected a 38cen Dimetre Wing crack on a 1986 xray examined after the As a result of the the Board has recommended the transport department improve its Metal fatigue testing procedures by having a Independent technician double Check radiographers work instead of rubber stamping while Lynne Peddie applauded that recon she wondered Why no regulatory standards were in place prior to the Accident and said the report Doest go far i think there Are tremendous problems with the Way they inspect she Why see widow Page 4 i ;