Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rebels strafed mexican aircraft Hunt Down fleeing a Patistas a4 40 pages vol 122 no 36 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press get Post 6w get Post outside oily in on Atio weekly Home delivery Why Post in Winnipeg wkly t Post outside cily jariliary6 1994 parallels probed in deaths insurance on sister arouses police suspicions jets get new hold the bag by Paul Samyn legislature reporter the Winnipeg jets spent nearly on Luggage for their players and staff even though taxpayers Are facing an estimated Bill for the teams losses this confirmed yesterday that each of its 60 employees was Given a garment bag As a Christmas the gifts have raised the ire of provincial and civic politicians who cover the teams operating a spokesman for finance minister Eric Stefanson said the minister plans to meet today with the government appointed interim steering committee to review How the jets budget is Eric Stefanson was not the spokesman Winnipeg Deputy mayor George Eraser said the Purchase is hard to stomach in Light of players High one might assume that they could buy their own the Public must pay the losses because of an agreement Between the teams the province and the City to keep the jets in Winnipeg until at least june in Exchange for the jets the two Levels of government agreed to cover operating losses on a 5050 basis until the agreement also allows the interim steering committee to approve the As of the City and province have been billed a total of million for the expected Liberal Leader Paul Edwards said jets president Barry Shenkarow should have paid for the nip Leader Gary doer said the provincial auditor should Check for any other unreasonable police reporter a Winnipeg Man collected when his sister died three years ago and stands to collect another after the death of his wife police sources confirmed yester Day the 38yearold Man is now a suspect in both the Man took out the policy on his sister several years before her sep tember 1990 death in a Home Freez the policy on his who was found dead in a Bathtub of was taken out sometime after she came to Canada from Guyana last april and married sources police said they Are treating his wife death As and have reopened the investigation of his Sis ters the cause of which is crime Conrad Gislason said the Man was interviewed by Homi cide investigators tuesday i would expect we will be inter viewing him again As the investigation Gislason Gislason said police had sealed off his House until at least today while searches Are police said Sureta was pronounced dead at the health sciences Centre about 7 Khan was rushed to Hospital after her Mohamed called 911 and reported he had found her dead in the Bathtub of their Alfred Avenue foreign substances Peter Manitoba chief medical said an autopsy yesterday failed to find a cause of extensive toxicology tests used to determine the presence of foreign substances or poisons in blood will be conduct he while the autopsy didst identify a cause of investigators said it did Rule out Markesteyn said an autopsy was also conducted on Mohamed khans Bibi after she was found dead More than three years her body was discovered inside a closed but unlocked Freezer at her Brothers he had discovered her Markesteyn said an autopsy on Bibi failed to find a cause of in a published interview at the time of his Sisters Khan said he feared she had become trapped in the Freezer after being overcome by fumes from a caulking a caulking gun was found inside the Freezer and he speculated she was using it to Seal some police say at the time of their both women had submitted insurance claims for Back injuries sustained in car and were having difficulties second look while police say there was no his tory of Domestic problems Between Mohamed and Sureta they say they Are now taking a second look at an incident 27 in which officers found the woman suffering from hypothermia after she apparently got locked out of the police say the officers made the discovery after they were called to the couples Home by Mohamed who had reported his wife police say Khan told the officers he had last seen the woman 12 hours earlier when she left a boxing Day party and walked the officers took the missing per sons report and left the Home Only to find Sureta asleep in the couples Van parked she was rushed to health sciences Centre where she was admit Ted with hypothermia and she told police she had fallen asleep in the Van because she had no keys to her a neighbor said he believed Mohamed Khan worked for a local com Puter company but police said they have been unable to confirm he had any Job police say Khan is a landed Immi Grant from Guyana who has lived in Canada for about a his wife and sister were also landed Immi Grants from neighbors of the couple said they saw Little of Mohamed Khan and Al most never saw his id say i to but i dont think i Ever talked to Jose Phine Salandanan Wendell free press glacially challenged few can Overlook the recent frigid including firefighter Don cleaning up after a Bannatyne Avenue fire the Mercury is expected to Inch up to an today with a biting windchill of 2000 by Lustre is off japanese autos As big three narrow Quality Gap by Carreen Maloney staff reporter four years nobody could persuade Gordon Gooding to buy a car made in North even his who sold a couple of Days he was converted and bought a near new Ford i can remember saying that there was not an american car i would consider Gooding it used to be that you were willing to pay a Premium for cars made by japanese manufacturers because there was such a big difference in the perception of that Quality Gap has inside Story car wars heat up buyer in Drivers seat b3 but the Price Gap has Gooding is one of a growing group of Consumers who Are turning the tide of loyalty away from asian made last years Canadian vehicle sales released show that Chrysler gained per cent on the Market share and Ford gained per while general motors lost per japanese manufacturers lost four per cent of their Market share Over the last two cars or Dennis Canadas leading automotive Industry and a december Survey by the Canadian automobile association of members confirms that it shows 54 per cent of owners of North american cars planned to buy another up from 47 per cent in by loyalty among owners of asian cars dropped to 54 per cent from 61 per cent in the North american nameplate vehicles Are competing Headon with the asian Caa president Michael Mcneil Winnipeg car dealerships Selling North american vehicles say they Are already reaping the assessment Appeal Tab stings City chronic processing delays May add millions to Bill by Dan Lett City Hall reporter chronic processing de lays Are expected to add million to million to the Cost of settling thousands of appeals from the 1990 although civic officials would not confirm the City Hall sources say administrators have pegged the Cost of the delay at about the increased Cost of processing the claims includes tax refunds and interest from the Date of filing for what civic officials said were Sev eral thousand outstanding Al most All of which Are from Commer Cial property acting City treasurer Keith Dow Dall said he could not discuss the exact amount of the outstanding re but confirmed that delays in processing the flood of appeals from the 1990 reassessment have led to increased changes in provincial legislation governing property reassessment contributed to problems with the 1990 particularly in relation to commercial the sheer number of appeals filed in 1990 and some from As far Back As 1987 could not be processed quickly enough Given the resources of the Board of Dowdall the City had budgeted about million to pay out the last of the 1990 appeals by the end of Dowdall this included not Only municipal but also school taxes which the City is forced to refund without fighting City Hall b2 rough Justice in a6 compensation from school continuing delays at the Board of revision have left the City with several thousand claims that have yet to be he the result is that the City will now have to refund Money to property owners on another year of improperly assessed taxes and Dowdall Dowdall said the initial projection was very rough and civic administrators expected there would be some fluctuation before the final payouts were we could Only make our Best Esti mate of what the refunds would Dowdall we had to assume that All the appeals would be filed in City assessor Bob Brown said con Cerns Over delays in processing appeals have prompted the City to beef up its Appeal process to have All appeals from the 1993 reassessment completed within this Calendar Brown noted the Board of revision has decided to hold More Appeal hearings on More evenings to get through the deluge of he said the City has also tightened the deadline for filing property owners have Only until the end of january to file their appeals this r o the tide has North americans Are starting to take business from the said Kelly general manager of Jim Gauthier were getting a bigger piece of the Joe president of Eastern Chrysler ply the attitude is slowly he if we dont support our own who will in an Effort to Buck these japanese automobile companies now manufacture about half their products in North besides making their cars less the move is an Effort to enhance the companies Public image by employing North quote of the Day i would love to buy a nicer car but i be chosen my Robert one of Blume norts Many generous Charity details on Page b1 the weather today occasional Light Snow or High Low i tonight windchill tomorrow High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page c9 inside Ann doctor in sports to lotto Bonus ;