Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sports Golden return Donny Lalonde came Home for the Christmas card and less than three rounds later he was the Victor d41 late Bloomer recipe contest Winner didst set foot in us Kitchen until 21 c25 business not so free the United states administration is not honouring the spirit or even the letter on the free Trade pact b20 Battle plan reserves promised help in fight against Domestic violence b19 vol 120 no 19 publications mail registration no 0286 Winnipeg free press weekly Home delivery in outside City upfront hard Tim for fired theatre manager ends in Victory Johnson airs boost for revival plan announced provincial govern ment announced yesterday it will pump million into this cites sagging econ omy during the next five the Core of the new revival announced by Quebec Treasury Board chair Man Daniel is an Agency called in nov tech grand Montreal which will spend million in the next five years to develop a new Industrial base in the a second strategic goal is to develop the skill and education level of Montreal work 1a4 Demjan Juk framed lawyer for John convicted and sentenced to death Here As the monstrous Ivan the terrible of the Treblinka death says he has evidence to show his client is the Vic Tim of a Complete Frame up by and israeli the Yoram says Docu ments that he recently obtained show the Justice department knew As far Back As 1978 that Ivan the terrible was not dem a 71yearold retired Auto worker from the israeli supreme court is scheduled to examine Shef Tell new evidence at a hearing on bd48 trial by fire predicted Mexico have Long prided themselves on but their ability to make do will get its sternest test in the year president Fidel Cas Tro has the 65yearold Leader told a spare parts convention in Havana on monday that 1992 will be a trial by year of More of carts on the More bicycles in the streets and fewer buses in he said Cuba might have to make do with on third of the fuel it had in Normal a12 oddities its your funeral san Diego was surprised to find a Wake under Way at his Home when he returned from visiting a who died he a startled Friend the mix up began 2 when san an Alderman in this town North of left to visit a Friend in another that same police found a body on a Road near the town and mistakenly identified it As san they turned the which strongly resembled the Over to his who then organized the traditional nine Day Wake at the deceased Accord ing to a local weekly quote of the Day it was not provoked by an explosion but by meteorological libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi explains the pan am flight 103 which the and Britain say was caused by a libyan ia16 Ann sports to weather today mainly winds southerly 40 to 60 High Low tonight tomorrow afternoon Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details c37 Bozen Olijnyk Law courts reporter nearly two years after being fired under a Cloud of theft and fraud Wayne Johnson is ready to Start living the former manager of the Polo Park Cin Ema has won More than in wages and punitive damages for mental distress after being wrongfully now we can Start to get of with our a 33yearold father of said in an its a hard time we went but maybe this is the beginning of the said who is now working at the Prairie theatre Justice George Lockwood of court of Queens Bench awarded him More than in Back wages and in punitive damages from famous players Johnsons Alain said yesterday it is the f first time he knows of in Mani Toba that a judge has awarded punitive dam Ages to someone wrongfully fired As a result of theft this is really quite because now there is a Manitoba Case which can be used As precedent for similar he Lockwood noted in his ruling that Johnsons firing especially under the conditions described in an enormous Impact on his he pointed to testimony of Johnsons who said her husband came Home twins Sarah left and Mattheu Lindsay were not pleased with their situation kids pare Down wish says Santa free press correspondent children this Christmas Are asking Santa for teenage mutant ninja baby Nintendo and techno Rome As Well As old standbys like Barbie and but theres some kids have added world peace to their others just say they want their parents to Stop and people to be Nice to each Santa whether in his Village at bouncing babies at Polo Park shopping Centre or reassuring children at Portage says most children believe santas magic Hast but their world de who plays Santa Claus at Portage believes children Are becoming More and More sensitized to whats happening around they seem to be sharing and giving More with Brothers and Sisters and with one Little girl told me she had a lot of toys and she was thinking of dropping them off at Safeway for less fortunate Terry Lawrence is Santa at santas Village at and says although most children just have Christmas on their a lot Are aware of their family and there not asking for As some of the kids that come in from Day cares dont ask for big things like but just Small toys they know their families can he today children appear to be even More sensitive than most but they Are still putting their Faith in the traditional symbols of Hope and Sutton said he has had several children Phil free press Fivey Earold Nicole Beally has a wish list for Eaton who seem to have been traumatized by the recent Gulf they want to know if Santa can do anything to make the world peaceful and other children Are wishing closer to one was i want my parents to Stop and another much younger girl said she just wanted her family to be said Sharon who As Claus works with her husband in the Village at its so sad when you hear that kind of she but even if such concerns Are clouding their Winnipeg children Haven lost their excitement for Christmas or their belief Santa can make their dreams come they still think in a magical Guy who brings them presents for no reason at said John Santa Claus at Polo some of the kids Are pretty Bluethner recalls one Fivey Earold who said to him youre not the real santas at devastated and very upset the Day he was fired and had headaches and sleepless nights Long the theatre was his it was not a Job for he worked at least 50 to 55 hours per Lockwood during a we Klong trial this court was told that Johnson joined famous players in 1978 As a working his Way up to manager of Polo Park Cinema in red Banner to fall 31 soviet Union yields to Commonwealth by Michael Parks and Carey Goldberg los Angeles times president Mikhail Gor finally yielding in his Battle to pre serve the crumbling soviet declared yesterday that he would accept the new Commonwealth of Independent states As its constitutional successor and said he was now working for a orderly Gorbachev later agreed with russian federation president Boris Yeltsin on the Disso Lution of the Central governments remaining ministries Over the next two weeks so that the which will probably in clude 10 of the remaining 12 soviet will come into formal existence on new years the Hammerand sickle Flag of revolutionary red that has flown for 74 years Over the the medieval Brick fortress on the Moscow will be marking the formal end to the soviet said Pavel Yeltsin press in its place will Fly the russian Tricolour of Blue and red As the Kremlin becomes the once of the russian govern Gorbachev decision to accept the com although sealed the Fate of the soviet for Only his will Power had kept it alive after Yeltsin refusal to accept any but the weakest Central govern ment for a new if the supreme soviets declare for the Commonwealth of Independent i shall respect their Gorbachev re Ferring to the Commonwealth agreement that Republic or supreme Are now being asked to although he still advocated a co federative state to bind the soviet unions former republics together politically and Gorbachev told some visit ing As a i cannot go against the i cannot oppose the attitudes of the supreme Andrei his press underscored the he is not going to fight it politically or in any other Grachev said As Gorbachev met with Hes going to accept the and he will decide accordingly the possibility of his participating in the future but Gorbachev future role was left untre Grachev said he would not accept a ceremonial even to head the new Commonwealth Yeltsin said he could see no role for Kazakhstan Breaks c40 what a difference 49th parallel makes Ybaldo Santon staff reporter to paraphrase Charles this years Christmas season has been a tale of two two fanning 250 Kilometres have two startlingly different one is Farmers Are Happy and flush with nearby merchants Are ringing in record sales during the Christmas season and spreading the wealth next a dying farm Economy is sucking the Lifeblood out of the nearby manufacturing plants Are laying wages Are people Are counting their pennies and stores Are something out of a writers imagination just the difference Between life in North North Dakota Manitoba dying Dakota and retailers in grand say a thriving farm Economy is fuelling a substantial increase in sales this particularly during the Christmas but in Cash registers Are and experts say Manitoban Are in spending a Little less this said Robert Deely of when you read about people and companies in financial trouble you Start to shop a Little i in like everyone holding you tighten your you want to have a Little put theres no such fear across the we expect to do substantially better this said Ross general manager of the Columbia mall in grand John manager of the malls Penney credits a healthy farm Economy for the areas we see our Success mostly As a Factor of the farm he the agricultural sector is very Strong and our Prairie customers Are doing very Art Kerr can Only wish for such Good the manager of the Garden City shopping Kerr said sales will be Kerr said a recession battered Economy has irreversibly changed Peoples spending Peoples priorities today Are paying off the putting food on the table and keeping the car on the Road because there not certain there going to have a Job he farm economist Daryl Kraft said the difference Between the two economies comes Down to a question of timing american Grain Farmers receive just As Many subsidies As but they get them when they need them and have been for so Kraft said subsidies Are such an ingrained fact of life for american they can borrow now for Money they know will arrive in january for next Springs see in thursdays free sizzle hot hair styles for the season ;