Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Night stalker until his the night stalker terrified California with a horrific Binge of murder and rape bedroom caper Kevin Hampton is hoping to stitch new life into Winnipeg bedrooms 753 Box office slump the financial stage lights have dimmed for regional theatres across Canada one win away Blue jays win an 11inning thriller Over Baltimore orioles and can Clinch title today 781 weather sunny today 20 Clouds tonight 8 Cloudy tomorrow 15 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets 764 Index Ann Jumble Jumble news and 43 30 27 48 85 59 27 27 22 29 46 53 65 65 23 38 30 23 30 81 49 73 the provincial Winner 3012390 costs multiply As Tow firm lose car by Greg Pindera Ron Morrison saw a simple parking violation grow into a debt of More than after police and a towing firm misplaced his for two months after it was ticketed and Morrison car was believed stolen because the licence plate number was recorded incorrectly the 1979 Cutlass from turning up when Winnipeg police searched their when police finally found it last week in the Hiway and metro towing service com Pound where it had been since it was hauled from the front of Morrison Wilton Bay House july 28 aut Opac reneged on its prom ise to pay for the car he rented while his claim was being the 29yearold Salesman had been accused by an aut Opac special investigator of stealing his own car and making a fraudulent claim an allegation aut Opac said tame As an Anonymous tip to polices crimes toppers despite the errors and two months of frus Morrison paid the car rental and Hiway discounted storage fee and went this week to claim his but the car run so he left it in the lot it still remains because of a dispute with the towing company in at my wits end with this Morrison Ive got Over Worth of Ive been slandered by somebody that phoned crimes Ive been accused of stealing my own the people at aut Opac wiped their hands of the people at the police depart ment say its the towing company the people at the towing company say its the police departments and in the i still dont have a Morrison said he expects to recover the Money through negative publicity or but remains flabbergasted Over the accusation of attempted fraud levelled during a meeting with aut Opac special agents then they were kind enough to remind me i see misread Page 4 september free i Winnipeg free press vol 117 no 298 weekly Home delivery in Winnipeg outside Winnipeg Home delivery 957o550 classified 9562330 Dave free press vhf Xiv Rivers like open cesspool focal bacteria level 200 times safety limit another season his Gordon Fahrni shot his first Gam Bird with a muzzleloader when he was 10 years that was 92 years and Hes still at at 102 years Hes in Netley Marsh on annual Manitoba shooting Zsa Zsa found guilty As court drama ends Beverly a Zsa Zsa Gabor was convicted yesterday of slapping a police driving without a valid Drivers licence and having an open bottle of alcohol in her but she was acquitted of disobeying officer Paul Kramer when she drove away after he stopped her car to Check expired registration she said she interpreted an obscene phrase he allegedly used As an order to fiery and unpredictable during the 15day sat quietly at the counsel table see theatrical Page 4 a photo Zsa Zsa Gabor in passenger seat of Rolls by Gerald flood focal bacteria Levels in the red and Assiniboine Rivers Are 200 times Safe a University of Winnipeg microbiologist said the water is like an open Cess Anne Adkins Adkins said results of tests she conducted at 10 locations on the red and Assiniboine Rivers in August found eco ii bacteria counts were As High As per 100 Mili litres of Federal and provincial standards for Safe Levels in recreational water Are while the Safe drinking level is she anything Over 200 is considered to require Adkins Adkins said no tests were conducted to measure the presence of Chol typhoid or dysentery causing she High Coli counts usually signal their presence in she said people should avoid drinking the water and should Wash their hands if they have been in Contact with theres All kinds of junk and guck you can she incredible Levels the tests found focal bacteria Levels in the red at the South Winni Peg water treatment Plant Are within Safe but shoot up to incredible Levels As the water flows she Levels in the Assiniboine West of Winnipeg Are above Safe mostly due to bacteria from a she said As the Assiniboine flows through the the Levels of human focal bacteria Coli quickly overtake animal bacteria and reach Peak Levels at the Osborne Street Adkins said she conducted the tests in response to a brochure put out by the City of Winnipeg this summer claiming the Rivers Are not As polluted As people there is raw sewage going into our no doubt about she we complain about polluting the water in Shoal she what do you think the people of Selkirk feel like getting our water Adkins test results were raised in the legislature yesterday by Selkirk Liberal la Gwen Charles demanded to know what action the tory government is Tak ing to Deal with the pollution and resulting health environment minister Glen cum see red Page 4 Barrett issues warning by John Douglas Ottawa Quebec is not the Only province with separatism in its future nip leadership hopeful Dave Barrett says its been brewing in the West for the former British Colum Bia who joined six other candidates in a race for the National party leadership lashed out at National decision makers and the Media for their preoccupation with getting Quebec into the he said no one seems concerned with the growth of the Reform party in the West or the growing isolation that comes with special treatment being granted to Canada is made up of other parts besides bar rett told while eve see reformists Page 5 missing cabbie feared slain by Lisa priest Winnipeg police suspect foul play after a bloodstained taxi was found in a Boniface parking lot Early just hours after the Driver called to Tell his wife he was on his Way Home for using a helicopter and police about 30 officers spent most of see blood Page 4 mayoral candidate seeks tax cuts former liquor commission chairman challenges Norrie Orlob by Janet Mcfarland the former chairman of the Manitoba liquor commission will Challenge mayor Bill Norrie on election Day along with a flurry of other less Well known seven candidates Are running so while Norrie is expected to declare his candidacy before nominations close Frank liquor commission chairman from 1969 to will take another Stab at elected office by running for mayor on a platform of defeating bureaucratic dictator reporters yesterday he would fight to Cut taxes by five per cent in 1990 and freeze them in i if he is i election he also said he would advocate a hiring freeze on civic employees to reduce the size of the bureaucracy by he said he would Lay off a fairly significant number of management level the last two years have been unprecedented in terms of bureaucratic incompetence and Syms my primary Issue is Economy in the administration and a change away from waste and Syms said he would Cut expenses by de creasing Grants to arts groups and by trim Ming other he said he was not familiar enough with civic budgets to cite other planks in Syms Campaign plat form include d reducing the number of councillors from 29 to 13 d preventing Extension of services to Hea d cutting councils travel budget by 50 per d naming new streets after Winni Eggers who died in the second world d stopping the City Gestar land development Deal because Winni Eggers want the City to stay out of Syms also said the City should be More combining the cites service needs with private he would establish an audit task Force of City councillors and private citizens to report on finances directly to the the people of Winnipeg should not have to depend on leaks to find out whats going on in their civic has never been elected to Public but ran for mayor in he also ran see 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