Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sports Back to Peronis Menem must find answer to severe economic crisis goalie draws harsh penalty Philadelphia tempestuous Hextall Given suspension for blatant attack on Chelios Tempo service with a smile these Days you have to drive through and bag Youron 17 Cloudy tonight 5 sunny tomorrow 20 vme8bt May 1989 vol117n0171 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 35t outside Winnipeg Home delivery 9s7os50 classified 9562330 second cuss pm Straton numbed 0286 Phil Fig pbe3s classic Start cyclists pedal into action yesterday at the Start of the metre race was won by Alex Stileda of the 7eleven cycling Coors Cobblestone classic in the 80kilo team for the second straight taking a prize of Grain subsidy report ridiculed Validity of payments questioned by Janet Mcfarland a report suggesting Canadian Farmers May not have needed a Grain subsidy payment in 1987 was labelled ridiculous yesterday by representatives of Manitoba farm i find it highly unusual that a reputable firm could come to that Earl president of the Keystone agricultural the Prairie Grain Fanner has clearly lost significant equity since the if the payments were so Why didst they increase equity in Rural Canada by billion As Harold an associate Deputy minister with the Manitoba department of said the report was based on inadequate it just Doest stand up to scr see subsidy Page 4 Public participation urged in appointment of judges by Janet Mcfarland provincial judges should be named by a committee that would include members from the general Liberal Justice critic Paul Edwards said i think the process has to be seen to be open to the Public Edwards said during a news Weye been through a year Here in Manitoba when Manitoban Confidence in the Justice system has been the James la see court Page 4 soviets propose ending alliances the soviet Union suggested yesterday that both nato and the Warsaw pact be the Warsaw treaty states propose disbanding both military alliances at the same starting with disbanding of their military said foreign ministry spokesman Gennady he said the full Appeal to members of the North Atlantic treaty organization would be published in soviet newspapers it is not the first time East european officials have broached the but yesterdays statement comes one week before a nato Summit meeting in Brussels that finds the 16country Western Alliance divided Over the depth of changes in the soviet West Germany advocates talks on the elimination of Short Range nuclear weapons from while the United states and Britain say no such talks Are possible while the soviet Union and its allies have overwhelming Index Ann answers business 22 34 27 movies 19 31 7 34 sports 47 33 Jumble 20 Law 20 to anglophones outclassed French immersion pupils Ace English test by Greg Pindera French immersion and Fra Comanito ban High school students outscored their anglophone counterparts in a province wide test of English language writing the department of education assess ment covered a Sample of Grade 11 pupils from English or Langlais 200 and 201 courses in each language Stream last the preliminary report of test data shows English language schools consistently scored lowest on 10 marking Cate Gories for each of three tasks but those results Arent said Norman the departments coordinator of curriculum Mayer said the differences Are due More to the characteristics of the Chil Dren who go into French immersion than with the Quality of the programs them there coming from a Home environment where theres probably on average More encouragement from parents then might be True with kids in other he said sophistication even if the average level of in Nate ability is no the fact theres More encouragement can Lead to better while immersion students Are a select English language schools include immigrants learning English As a second language and children More prone to social problems that affect school attendance and he Mayer explained the higher scores of franc Manitoban schools by the Stu dents ability to develop More sophistication with language because they use both English and immersion Parent Wally whose daughter took the test last year at col lege said immersion students Are generally More interested in Lan in certainly pleased with the he adding they confirm his reason for enrolling his daughter in the Mayer said the department is revising the preliminary released last to include More analysis and recommendations for teaching it is expected to be released this he in the students had to spell 20 were asked to explain in writing How to perform a such As washing a and write a Short essay giving their opinion of a newspaper the writ ing was graded according to Overall in sentence Struc Ture and use of students in grades 4 and 8 were also tested but the results of the three school categories were not fully com pared because English students have the advantage of spending More time devel Oping English language skills in the lower Mayer noted that by Grade when the differences begin to level immersion students scored at least As Well As those in English in the Grade 11 francophone students still made certain errors indicating an interference be tween the rules of the two chinese generals defiant army wont be sent against 100 officers Promise from the news services Beijing More than 100 chinese military leaders said yesterday they would not Send their troops into Beijing to confront or suppress the masses of people demanding democratic student leaders considered today ending their 10day occupation of Tiana men Economy labelled spark of protest soldiers clashed briefly last night with residents about 25 Kilometres from the but no shooting was other troops withdrew from streets in South Ern ending standoffs with residents who have surrounded their convoys and blocked their students who have guided the tumultuous Prode Moc racy movement during the last month expressed concern that Many Beijing students were leaving and that half their numbers were now students from outside the Beijing University student Leader Gua Haifeng said some leaders want to pull out because of the increasingly squalid conditions and the Lack of clearcut results see Beijing Page 4 environmental policing Agency to get Power by John Douglas Winnipeg free press Ottawa the Mulroney government is writing legislation to give its environmental policing body Power to order Impact studies on All Federal programs and Ray the new chairman of the Federal environmental assessment review said Legisla Tion being drafted will turn his office from a passive regulatory body to an aggressive policing in the speech from the it was announced that the government will introduce new environmental assessment legislation which will replace the present Robinson said in an sources say the draft proposal will be presented to Cabinet for examination before a Bill is introduced in the commons in late summer or Early environmental Impact studies on Federal initiatives must be requested by the minister responsible for the the project to be Robinson said the requirement has made the office the new Agency will have the Power to order Public reviews and that is an enormous he the purpose of the new legislation will be to make environmental assessment mandatory the new see Small Page 4 gluttons too Gross for guinness glory London Reuter feel like devouring a whole of or swallowing a kilogram of sheets brains in less than three minutes dont the guinness Book of records urged editor Donald Mcfarlan said guinness is dropping 43 great feats of gluttony from its next edition later this year because of health if you have witnessed one of these they Are simply he told Britain press association news Mcfarlan said would be Champion gluttons were being urged to break More socially acceptable such As the greatest number of Volunteer litter collectors and the most cars converted to Lea free gasoline on a single Only one gluttony entry greatest omnivore will remain for its historical and nostalgic for the the Holder is Frenchman Michel Lotito whose diet since 1966 has included 10 a supermarket seven television six a coffin Complete with handles and a Cessna Light ;