Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, August 03, 1991

Issue date: Saturday, August 3, 1991
Pages available: 149
Previous edition: Friday, August 2, 1991

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 3, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba More murder Jessica Fletcher coming Back to nose around Manhattan u battlefields civil wars killing Fields recall the horror of Slaughter windows neglected stepchild of Interior decor stirs interest among designers let them begin castros Cuba welcomes Panama games to Havana couple finds everlasting love at festival of nations by Paul Samyn come to party the world Over and get that what happened to Jay Mckinstry who unknowingly boarded the love bus bound for Winnipeg festival of nations last i went by myself and Only knew two other people on the recalled the retired fire department Captain from and then Jay met somewhere Between lunch in grand Forks and touring the israeli and Caribbean pavilions in the two fell in when they shuffled Back to he drove her Home from the bus two weeks later they were engaged and on Jay and Verona tied the and they will return to Fol Lorama for an anniversary of of course it will be Verona said of their coming three Day trip to their whirlwind Romance is still the talk of a town of about 70 Kilometres Northwest of and has More than a few people wondering what will happen on this years bus after we had become an someone said Well have to Call it the love just like the love said looking Back to that eventful Jay now suspects he was set i was just sitting by myself and she was sitting toward the front with her Friend and i noticed that they were looking Back at me from time to said who took the tour last year Only at the urgings of his two but while Jay was initially reluctant to take the seniors tour filled with just a Bunch of he now has no i got the pick of the said who like Verona had been while feels it was a Case of love at first both say they were completely proper about their Fol Lorama holding hands after a night at Assiniboia Downs the Only overt sign of their blossoming but Grace the travel agent who organized the seniors said there was no doubt that Sparks were she was so obviously Happy on the Ive never seen her so Happy said Peder son who has known Verona for More than 20 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press vol 119 no 242 saturday Only Home delivery weekly Home delivery in Winnipeg outside Winnipeg main switchboard 9439331 Home delivery classified 9562330 Hydro suits switched on Cash flow Bill for consultation Cloudy today 22 Cloudy tonight 9 Sun rises sets Moon rises 1 1 42 m sets Ann Landers books Bridge business careers classified comics crossword deaths editorials entertainment Faith food Horoscope Jumble Puzzle Jumble entry legals 1 letters movies relax Russell Sinclair sports stocks travel your Home the Winner by Donald Campbell Manitoba Hydro Power develop ment projects wreaked havoc on the environment and Northern indians and provided consultants and Law yers with big documents obtained by the free press show the five bands that made up the Northern flood committee paid out million Over the last five years in Legal and consulting fees arising from compensation claims for Hydro a visit to the one of the biggest beneficiaries of pfc work was Hobbs and which has billed the committee about million since including to negotiate a training program in the pfc operates on Money provided by Ottawa to help it negotiate compensation for Northern Manitoba it represented Norway Nelson Cross split Lake and York bands whose traditional lifestyle has been severely curtailed by Hydro devel split Lake recently left the pfc after agreeing earlier this year to a Lump sum settlement As compensation for environmental damages experienced by its although the funds for consultants supposedly were approved by the pfc the members say even they Are surprised so much work was Given to one adding they have ordered an internal investigation into the the pfc chiefs say Hobbs con tracts were approved by then pfc executive director Joe none of the invoices for his work were Ever brought before the pfc Board member Sydney chief of Cross Lake but who went to work for Hobbs after quitting his Post with the pfc last said the chiefs established the system for approving consulting contracts and he followed it to the keeper said he left the pfc shortly after negotiations collapsed for a global settlement for All damages caused to the commune part one ties affected by the Hydro Hobbs was dismissed by the pfc a few months the pfc was charged a Day for Hobbs or Between and a month for the firms those services commonly involved Between two and five con depending on the Hobbs once charged a week see firm Page 4 costs mount in misery and dollars for natives do not begrudge ties any cent of those we have ruined five communities fore Al natural resources minister Harry Enns speaking in the legislature last month by Donald Campbell Winnipeg free press split Lake the Indian prob Lem was a afterthought in Manitoba Hydro scheme to har Ness the Power of the Nelson it was also a Gross Miscal Cula fifteen years the Cost of compensating Cree for the misery created when their Rivers were reversed and their lakes were dammed has reached and there is no end in sight to the misery or the the Promise of Prosperity has be come an endless Stream of monthly welfare see elders Page 4 free press gotcha Blue bombers Mike Gray does a Little celebrating at Winnipeg stadium last night after sacking Ottawa rough riders quarterback Damon bombers 2619 Victory later proved Grays jubilation was not in 80 croatians killed in fierce Battle from the news services Yugoslavia fierce fighting Between government sol Diers and croatian militiamen guarding a Danube River town left More than 80 croatian troops the state news Agency Tan Jug said Agency France Presse quoted official sources As saying the militiamen were killed by serbian separatists not govern ment soldiers and the separatists Cut the throats of about 20 croatian guards they had taken Croatia accuses the yugoslav with its ser dominated offi cer of helping the militias of Croatia ethnic serb the army says it acts Only to separate the two foreign ministers from three european Community nations arrived yesterday in the croatian in a new Effort to find a negotiated solution to the the yugoslav Federal presidency also met in Belgrade to try to find a Way to Calm weeks of fighting be tween croats and ethnic serbian militants that has killed scores of see prisoners Page 4 revelry Marks kuwaiti Freedom Kuwait City a Kuwait is free youths shouted yesterday As they blared car yellow ribbons fluttered and red tracer bullets lit the Earl morning marking Kuwait Freedom on the first anniversary of Baghdad in neighbourhood celebrations that broke out shortly after teenagers and Young children danced in streets once patrolled by iraqi machine guns were fired into a sky still veiled by the smoke of burning Oil the revelry momentarily diverted attention from the problems of re construction after almost seven months of iraqi the Day also served As a forum for opposition groups to question the Royal family willingness to carry out promised political others mourned the wars casual see open Page 4 a photo military expert in Kuwait blows up unexploded a message from the publisher the free press has a new by All of our departments and employees will be operating from one of the most modern newspaper publishing plants in North at 1355 Mountain Avenue in Northwest from its birth in a Shack in the free press has grown to become the second largest daily newspaper in the Thomson since 1913 it has been known As the old lady of Carlton and its with a tinge of sadness that we depart the famous Home of Victor Cora Hind and Many other renowned journalists in the heart of the its with great Pride and eagerness that we usher in a new Era of service to our readers and four years from design to our new Plant houses the very latest in newspaper technology from state theart printing presses and automated distribution equipment to the Best editorial and advertising computer systems by this youll begin to see the benefits crisper a More readable vivid color and a new look that will make the newspaper More useful and easier to the changes will be As we switch More and More production Over to our 27 new press in the please Bear with us there Are bound to be a few glitches to overcome in the first few the free press building at 300 Carlton Street will remain open for classified and placements and circulation inquiries and contest ballot Bruce Rudd heres How to reach us main switchboard 6977000 circulation City Home delivery 6977001 other inquiries 6977050 advertising classified 6977100 display 6971150 editorial news department 6977230 sports department 6977300 Tempo department 6977320 business department 6977340 free press weeklies 6977200 ;