Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 26, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tempo Linen lesson sophisticated separates take a decidedly feminine turn 33 sports Happy fellas fun Guys Olausson sign contracts 53 not what it seems Bouchard Bill would weaken Federal environment Law 7 Cloudy today 8 showers tonight 2 second class mail registration number 0286 Winnipeg free april Voli sinous Sun rises sets 25 april Moon rises sets outside Winnipeg weekly Home delivery in Winnipeg outside Winnipeg main switchboard 9439331 Home delivery 957o550 classified 9562330 Brandon woman frustrated by tug of War Over Job by Ruth Teichroeb a Brandon woman is frustrated about having to apply for the same promotion for the fourth time in two years because senior highways department officials ignored an affirmative action policy and showed Bias in Job Marilyn a Driver exam Iner in the Brandon motor vehicles said her two year fight for a promotion to a supervisory position has taken a toll on her and her it has been a lot of Strain and a lot of Williams said of the which has involved three appeals and remains its been almost like a Nowin Situa although Williams was selected for the Job when she and three men applied for it in March she held the position for Only four months before one of the men won an Appeal to the civil service the Appeal Board ordered a new internal Competition because of Glenn free press errors in the selection she won it hands Down Over three male candidates the first Chris a Brandon private investigator who represented Wil Liams during the said yes she won promotion initially on Merit alone because officials ignored the departments own affirmative action Tasker the Only woman in the province to hold the Driver examine see Bias Page 5 Small Fine in dogs deaths by Terry Weber the head of the Winnipeg humane society was dismayed yesterday after a dog owner was fined in what she called one of the most horrific cases of animal neglect in Winnipeg it discouraging because its a very Small Shirley Seidel said of the penalty handed to a City woman who neglected her eight German resulting in the deaths of seven of the in not sure 1 see a differ ence in being beaten to death and having them starve to she there both very calling the Case one of the worst she has the so Cletys executive director said she feels the Fine was too Light to get the message across that neglecting a pet is a Seri Ous the maximum sentence for cruelty to animals is six months in jail or a provincial court judge Philip Ashdown fined 19yearold Lori say ing pet owners must provide proper care for their Ani once one accepts the ownership of All of these one must be prepared and accept the consequences of sup porting Ashdown Crown attorney Paul Jensen told Ashdown the humane society discovered the situation after receiving complaints about a number of animals at Harkins Powers Street Home in july when officials Jen sen they found one Ger Man Shepherd Puppy dead in the backyard of the another dog locked inside a parked car in c heat and several others tied or penned see dogs Page 4 commons explodes Over Meech pact debate chaotic sundae school about 70 youngsters ranging in age from three to 13 tuck into a Nieme Frelong banana split the ice Cream feast was put on by the Waverley Fellowship Baptist Church youth for its traditional yearned by John Douglas Winnipeg free press Ottawa the House of com Mons turned ugly yesterday As Meech Lake tensions exploded into shouting profanity and fifteen minutes of near chaos ended with Quebec liberals and tories kicking their Pound ing their fists on their desks and swearing at the commons speaker for not being the which has been brew ing in Ottawa for knew no party women fear rights Quebec liberals and tories not Only discussed strategy but mapped out an attack against Liberal Leader ship candidate John who last week called Quebec separatists traitors to linking them with racists and while some liberals aimed pro Fanity at environment minister Lucien others Shook their Heads and made rude gestures at their seatmate among government Bou considered by Many to be among the most powerful minis ters in the Mulroney got Only lukewarm support from col leagues outside including Deputy prime minister Don left the chamber quickly after the backbench ers say Many Are still upset with Bouchard earlier re Marks that English Canada May have to choose Between Quebec and Newfoundland if Meech Lake what i saw in the Chambers i think is the most frightening Crossroads that this country has been at in my 40 years of Reform party my Deborah Grey you could see the tension in the air its just this country is coming apart pulling it speaker John Fraser quickly Cut off All debate and refused to recognize members when tempers began to despite shouts that parliamentary privileges had been Violat without prime minister Mulroney in the House to ride Herd on his see debacle Page 4 German politician stabbed Bonn a a female assailant stabbed West German opposition Leader Oskar Lafontaine in the severing an during a Campaign rally officials said the governor of Saarland state was in serious doctors at University clinic in the Cologne suburb of Lindenthal were trying to save the life of chosen by the opposition social democratic party to Challenge Chancel Lor Helmut Kohl in decembers National a television network a woman in a White dress approached Lafontaine in an auditorium at another Cologne suburb hold ing a bouquet of Flowers and stabbed him in the neck with a television Adf in a lat evening news another to showed the 46yearold politician lying on the floor As blood poured from his several people crowded around him trying to administer first the stabbing a Middle see woman Page 4 Diamond Gold rings hidden in Rolls by Paul Wiecek Diamond chips and Gold rings were found hidden behind the door panels of a mysterious Rolls Royce seized by Morris ramp april investigators confirmed ramp Dick Grattan said the jewels and Worth an estimated were found by police during a search of the luxury car Early last we took the door panels off and there were All these Loose diamonds and Gold Grattan said of the a Winnipeg Man is facing smug gling charges As a result of the the 1968 Rolls bearing British licence was seized two weeks ago after a Morris ramp patrolman spotted it being driven on Highway just South of when the Driver could not produce documents proving it was registered and insured for travel in see contraband Page 4 Index Ann 37 34 7 40 48 Jumble 40 53 sports 56 to lotto winning numbers 45 Bonus number 25 red army crisis predicted by Washington a the soviet military is facing serious internal threats including ethnic differences and mass defections of Junior analysts said yesterday in an assessment supporting a Cia downgrading of any soviet threat to the the picture drawn for Mem Bers of the House of representatives armed services committee followed intelligence reports predicting continuing instability of the broader soviet Economy despite president Mikhail Gorba chess attempts to change the last weeks joint Cia defence intelligence Agency report said the soviets Cut military spending by four to five per cent last strengthening the position of those in Congress calling for big see red Page 4 Lithuania too my says Canadas Baltic leaders express disappointment in Clark stance Ottawa up the chairman of the commons external affairs committee yesterday said that Lithuania is being too Hasty in seeking Independence from the soviet you cant expect in the real world that Lithuania could simply say were Toronto my John Bosley Lithuania is being Bosley adding he didst mean it As a criticism and that lithuanians themselves knew the move was Bosley comments came yester Day while leaders of the Baltic communities in Canada were expressing disappointment that Canada int prepared to take stronger action against the soviet Union for its eco nomic sanctions against they made the comments As they emerged from a meeting with external affairs minister Joe Clark at his parliament Hill we were rather disappointed that Clark didst announce any sym Bolic measures that would be taken at this time to indicate Canadas displeasure at recent events in Lith said Al presi Dent of the National executive of the lithuanian Canadian Clark did not speak to reporters Moscow has imposed an economic blockade on Lithuania in retaliation for the Baltic republics refusal to revoke or suspend its March 11 declaration of Independence from the soviet in Lithuania presi Dent vytautas Landsbergis accused the White House yesterday of succumbing to Kremlin blackmail by failing to impose sanctions against the soviet Union in response to Moscow economic blockade of the breakaway the logic in this is hard to under but blackmail does not re quire the lithuanian Leader his remarks were released by the see Bush Page 4 ;