Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 9, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba U curbing the drug Trade the military cant defeat the but legalization can Tempo morning after heartburn is the Price of overindulgence 23 sports devils denied Pat a Lynnik spoils a new Jersey Celebration 35 Cloudy tonight 0 flurries tomorrow 4 second class Mai registration number 0288 january free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets who Flag a mkt Home de Vety m Winnipeg out to Winnipeg Ken switchboard 9439331 Home def very 957o5so Clatt fled 9s62330 w photo Meech bully riles leaders in Manitoba azerbaijanis Peoples front activists wave their Flag As they set fire to wooden posts on iranian rebel party called Reform blow by Patrick Mckinley Manitoba political leaders have reacted angrily to comments by senator Lowell accusing him of distorting Manitoba position on minority language Premier Gary Liberal Leader Sharon Carstairs and nip Leader Gary doer All warned yesterday that Murray is in danger of botching Ottawa efforts to Salvage the Meech Lake his comments which Filmon described As bullying will do nothing to Budge Manitoba from its insistence on changes to the they Ottawa minister for fed Era provincial is travel Ling across charged with finding a Way to end the impasse Over the constitutional he was quoted contrasting Manitoba stance with that of new Brunswick another prov Ince critical of the new Brunswick is interested in strengthening minority language Manitoba would Rob them of their he Filmon said Murray comment was an unreasonable distortion of Manitoba it demonstrates exactly Why senator Murray int doing a very Good Job of trying to find common ground on Meech he instead of taking sides and bully ing those who disagree with Murray should be talking to Quebec and his Federal colleagues to see see Filmon Page 4 councillor weeps Over racist tag by David Roberts a City councillor wept last night As she defended herself against accusations of prejudice against in not Doreen Demare break ing Down Over the you believe this but i have needlepoint of indians in my in a 100 percent supporter of natives members of my family Are see native Page 4 from the news services Kremlin ideology chief told lithuanian communists yesterday their break with Moscow is a blow to president Mik Hail Gorbachev Reform program at its most critical Vadim a member of the ruling made the com ment As he Laid the groundwork for a trip to Lithuania this week by Gor Lithuania poses one of the most serious political challenges to Gorbachev there were other problems As Well violence along the so vie iranian Border was reported to have resumed and spread to an area close to soviet azerbaijani protesters Are reported to have destroyed More Border the government daily Izvestia said yesterday that azerbaijani pro testers destroyed Border posts at continuing a wave of unrest that began thousands of protesters demand ing open Borders and unification with their ethnic Brethren in Iran have destroyed guard observation electronic alarms and communications lines along the elsewhere in Tass said hostage taking and sniper fire continued in the disputed Magorno Karabash a High Way Bridge Between Agram and As Keran was blown up thursday and four Days an explosion damaged a railway Bridge near strikes and violence have torn the mountainous Magorno Karabash territory for two years As majority armenians fight azerbaijanis for Medvedev told communists and workers at a factory in the capital of that their party decision 20 to declare Independence from the a Mandela free wife says from a Reuters South upbeat Winnie Mandela met her husband Nelson Mandela yesterday for talks about his release from which she believes will be within Winnie who visited her husband for three has never emerged from a visit so optimistic about prospects of Freedom for Man who has been jailed almost 28 this is the first time i have accepted As a reality that he will be released this she this is the real As recently As two weeks ago she was playing Down speculation that her husband would be freed Early in she said yesterday that no release Date has been Given to her or her asked whether it would be see Anc Page 4 tonal party has effects on the problems of inter ethnic relations and National state Structure and eco nomic Tass in a dispatch paraphrasing the official news Agency did not say How economic reforms would be the decisions made by the 20th Congress of the lithuanian communist party Are a blow to the soviet see lithuanians Page 4 a photo Penner warns against widening tax appeals by Patrick Mckinley the fairness of the property tax assessment system could be endangered if the opposition goes too far in broadening taxpayers rights to a Rural development minister Jack Penner warned Penner last night proposed amendments to allow a modest Extension of Appeal say ing Public presentations to a Legisla Tive committee studying the Bill yesterday had convinced him the Appeal grounds had to be Broa but he warned that proposed opposition amendments which would go much further re sult in Large corporations winning major changes to the assessment Rolls that seriously reduce municipal tax revenues from their if that homeowners and other Small taxpayers would be forced to take up the Slack and cover the loss in he i find it very interesting that the liberals and the nip will sit Here and write legislation that will protect the huge Penner i the governments assessment re form legislation initially proposed that property owners be barred from appealing their tax assessments except in cases where the physical characteristics or zoning of their own property a series of lawyers who specialize see Penner Page 4 Drivers to carry Mug shot a beaming Winnie Mandela emerges from prison All Manitoba Drivers will sport Mug shots on their licences by the end of highways minister Al Bert Driedger announced yester but they will have to Start paying this year for the Cost of implement ing the photo id system in 72 Mani Toba he Drivers licences Are slated to go up a year on april Driedger said under the new sys Drivers in the 72 communities that now offer drive testing ser vices will be Able to renew their have photos taken and a laminated photo licence issued on the hopefully with no More than a five minute besides helping police and retail ers verify a Drivers the see Toronto Page 4 Ann Landers 7 comics crossword deaths letters 6 entertainment 7 Horoscope Uby bus Sticks Tempo to we rubbing alcohol sales control panned Manitoba sole distributor of rub Bing alcohol says hiding the product behind pharmacy shelves will Likely Cost a few jobs in his but it wont eliminate solvent David president of r w packaging said his firm employs about 55 workers As far As he is the Only one Between Toronto and Vancouver that pack Ages and distributes rubbing Alco Baldner said the product makes up three to four per cent of his firms business while he pre dict How Many jobs May be lost under the new he is Vinced there will be some reduction once a product is removed from the Consumers buy less of certainly it bothers Baldner i dont really know if this Regula Tion is the he said he definitely has empathy for the problem of solvent but he also said the distribution of such products is highly controlled by the Federal promoted elsewhere if you just go 120 Miles South of Here in North youll find drug stores and other department stores that Are promoting the product were doing exactly the and in not sure our problem with solvent abuse is any worse they they have but the chairman of a provincial task Force says tighter Rubbi Galco hol regulations May save lives and the fact a few workers May lose their jobs because of it Doest mat Lee Deboreah said the new Regula Tion would require that rubbing Alco hol be sold Only through licensed this May put a few people out of Deboreah but it would be Worth the Good of the Many very much outweighs the Good of a he said of the claim restricted sales of the product will have a negative Impact of Deboreah said while he and other task Force members have agreed to listen to baldness the task Force welcomes new regulations re Quiring All rubbing alcohol be re moved from grocery store shelves and sold Only by effective r w packaging give us the time of Day before and now there screaming lose Money and he but in not sorry to see the stuff Deboreah subject discussed Baldner denied he has refused to meet with the task saying he has discussed the situation with de Boreau and expects to get together with him for an information meeting later this Liberal my David Walker Winni Peg North who has also been working with the task said restricting the Sale of rubbing alcohol is the simplest Way to control its my View is there be rearguard actions by the manufacturers to claim Job losses it should be a restricted Irene Vic president of licensing for the Manitoba liquor control said the com Mission last month decided to in clude rubbing alcohol As a potable substance under the jurisdiction of the liquor control under the the commission can prescribe the conditions of Sale of the product and determined it should Only be sold through licensed pharmacists and not available on store shelves As it is Hamilton said the commission made the decision after lobbying by the task coalition of Resi see fear Page 4 ;