Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 16, 1993, Winnipeg, Manitoba Voter brain reared will sunday shopping Issue tossed Back to province o o in or vegas show Codex to a draw ing computers 41 pages vol 121 no 344 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press get Post get Post outside City weedy Home delivery 25 Why 05 20 Post in Winnipeg 1 Post outside City november town panics Over meningitis by Allison Bray staff reporter the death of a flin flon girl from meningitis last week has residents of the Pas panic stricken and lining up in droves to pay for the local doctor the Community is theres no question about said Sandy a general Pratti flight record devices failed by Larry Kusch staff reporter an investigation into last weeks crash of an air Mani Toba plane has revealed that neither its flight data recorder nor its cockpit voice recorder was operating during the aircraft last and investigators say there at a loss to explain i can Tell you they were both Ca Pable of recording said Vic regional manager of the Federal transportation safety adding that both devices were found Gerden said without the Aid of the recorders it May take weeks or even months before the cause of the crash is Defiance claims b2 All seven people aboard the air Manitoba Hawker Siddeley which went Down shortly after take off from Sandy were nine of the boards investigators were still at the crash site gathering information and re covering parts of the Gerden said the flight data rec order which records air Al vertical acceleration and outside air temperature was functioning properly on the planes previous flight from Theresa Point to Sandy just across the Border in Northwestern but the aircraft voice recorder was Only partly operational on the 20minute he it didst record conversations on the intercom Between the Pilot and Copilot or radio transmissions be tween the plane and the All that was working was an area microphone that also picked up Gen eral engine sounds and extraneous the pilots voices Are not immediately Gerden there is no indication that there was anything else wrong with the plane when it landed at Sandy Gerden police have right to strip Jackson a source has told the associated press that los Angeles police have a warrant to strip search Rock Star Michael Jackson in their investigation into allegations he abused a teenage the source said the teen Ager has Given police a physical description of discoloured spots on the singers genitalia that could support the Allega no further details were Jackson Falls a5 policy angers residents b2 Tipner who has been running a Spe Cial meningitis vaccination clinic since the six Earold died from Beningo Coucal a rare Strain of the last Banks said his office has been flooded with approximately 900 re quests for the meningitis vaccine Over the past week and there is a growing waiting list for those wishing to be the phone Calls have never he adding he was forced to open his clinic in the evenings to handle the 75 patients a Day he is while he said he has been advising residents they Are no More susceptible to the disease now than they have been Banks said the girls death coupled with the fact the province is inoculating Reserve residents who live on the other Side of the River dividing the Community has sparked much groundless fear among the nonnative and off Reserve although Banks said he has advertised in the local paper and put up notices advising residents that there is no cause for residents Are willing to pay about for the vac decisions referee Bob Morley talks with Linesman Doug Brousseau while Ottawa senators goalie Darrin Madeley is checked by a Trainer after being injured during Day 1 of the Onice officials Madeley was taken away on a Stretcher and there was no penalty called 1 abuse Case judge blames Crown by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter Dauphin charges were stayed yesterday against a Man whose former Psychia Trist says he admitted to sexually abusing his Craig Powell said in an inter View from that William Doucet admitted during a counselling session in november 1975 that he had abused his step daughter Ann Doucet admitted he had forced Ann into a sex Powell he was upset about it and didst know Why he did my guess was he wanted to humiliate her so she would associate chief Justice Jeffrey Oliphant yesterday blamed the Crown for the staying of sex assault charges against he said when Justice sued the province Over the the Crown inside Story frees suspect b3 should have realized it had a conflict of interest defending itself from justices action while pursuing charges against the who in the Early 1970s worked for the Brandon men Tal health said he was asked to see Doucet and Justice because of problems they were having in no vember Powell said there was tension in the family because Doucet haunt wanted his wife to reclaim the 14 year old daughter she had borne out of Powell said he didst act on the allegations at the time because Dou get promised he do it but during another counselling session in Powell decided to childrens Aid society after Justice said Doucet was still sexually abusing even though the Stepfather then denied Powell said he was transferred out of the area shortly and was never contacted by anybody about the allegations until last year when Interpol told him the Manitoba ramp wanted to talk to i you mean the Doucet Powell i Felt i walked away from some thing horrible going on that should have been last Justice claimed the Crown decided not to pay for Powell to come to testify at Doucet Crimi Nal trial because of the Justice also accused the Crown of a conflict of interest because she said the Crown might have chosen not to bring in Powell because while it would help the criminal pros ecu it would also assist her lawsuit against the provincial the Crown had since decided to bring Powell to my problem is the vaccine is available and people Are directly re questing it regardless of the he adding he is ordering 70 to 80 vials of the vaccine a Day to keep up with the the next thing that will happen is Well run Banks said although the Strain of meningitis that killed the girl is a very rare people dont want to take any its such an emotive people Are saying i want it and i want it there have been Only a few sporadic Calls in flin flon for vaccination according to a local it has been steady but the Situa Tion is under control and people Are accepting that it the incidence rate is not out of the Naftal stirs Manitoban fears by Doug Nairne staff reporter As he lies in bed at and his mind wanders South from his Goodlands Bob Morningstar thinks about his freshly filled Grain bins and 88 Mil lion hungry Lee a marketer with chem a growing Winnipeg dreams about Selling truckloads of polyurethane holdings to mexicans whose booming Economy has turned their tastes toward renovating their Homes and improving their lifes in the Centre of the a crowd of immigrant Yomen waiting for a bus outside their sewing factory Roll their eyes and groan when the topic of their jobs being exported to mex Ico comes All symbolize the Range of feel Ings engulfing the province As politicians in Canada and the United states get Down to deciding whether Naftal will politicians in washing ton will decide whether the will go along with the proposed Trade designed to reduce barriers and increase Trade throughout the should they vote it will focus Canadian and world business Atten Tion on where prime minis Ter Chretien has said lie int certain he will proclaim existing legislation passed by the Mulroney govern ment to implement the americans say look for Canadian business and some lib eral Cabinet ministers to begin exploring the possibility of signing a bilateral Deal with giving Canadian business an Edge in com Peting with their As with any Trade predicting the Impact of the Naftal is but one thing is Naftal to some change the eco nomic Structure of this for Marta who immigrated to Canada from Al the Deal Means just one Naftal understanding the North american free Trade agreement parti the United states Congress will vote tomorrow on legislation involving the North american free Trade agreement Between mex Ico and the United reporter Doug Nairne looks at the issues sur rounding the vote and How the Deal could affect Here is the first of his two part inside Story Naftal Boon or Bane wheat a Pawn in Trade a4 Naftal sides play end a7 Naffa is Naftal Means my Job will be said a sewing machine the Deal places a Tariff on the asian cloth she sews As a Barrier is set up to goods produced outside North the Canadian Gar ment Industry has used the cheaper asian others see Naftal As the continuation of the de Industrial Iza Tion and Job loss brought on by the they fear can Ada will be pulled Down to Mexico level of labor standards and Environ mental instead of mex Ico being pulled industries protected by Canadian import tariffs will lose their competitive Edge and industries that can compete will take advantage of the new opportunities and tomorrow the mexican View t o d quote of the Day our society cannot allow a significant portion of its members to live with this kind of of chairman of Canadas first Public inquiry examining discrimination and by Gays and comments at the hearings opening session in Montreal on Page a9 today Cloudy with i Chance of Clearing i High tomorrow a of Sun and High him Ramseu Hoon ram 9s8 Itti detect on Page c9 inside Ann computer in sports to ;