Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 9, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1994 digest today in history january dear Abby advice guru Marguerite a Quebec was hanged in Montreal 41 years ago her part in a 1949 plot to bomb an All 23 people aboard the Canadian Pacific dc3 died when the plane exploded Over on Albert Pitres was hanged july and watchmaker Genereux Ruest was hanged july the three were charged with the death of Guys a passenger on the also on this Day in de Champlain published describing his adventures from 1604 to than 70 children died in a fire at the Laurier Palace theatre in first dear Abby column was electronic advances Las a the consumer electronics Industry comes up with a product that changes life forever the videocassette recorder or compact disc for but Progress is Here is a report on the More modest advances in the assembled from the Winter consumer electronics show q Many of us want alarms on our but the noisy devices tend to make enemies of so a California company called technology source has developed one meant to drive Crooks off with q cant guitar or piano never try Lonestar technologies new product a plastic melding of guitar and keyboard that relies on you Only for Pluck a simulated string and the device will automatically summon the right tone for the press keys on the devices neck and youll get q worried about your neighbors intercepting your cordless phone Calls strike Back with Home a version of cobra electronics Antenna line of cordless models contains a device that scrambles conversations flowing Between Handset and the base unit that plugs into the paths husband of Patricia husband of Elaine Wilhelmine widow of John Thomas of Ida widow of Pilot James William Bill of husband of Betty father Vladimir husband of Alvina widow of Andy husband of Diane classified death notices b7 lotteries pick 3 yesterdays winning number is lotto yesterdays winning numbers Are and the Bonus number is the plus yesterdays winning number is Pogo yesterdays winning numbers Are and the Bonus number is reaching w Winnipeg free press circulation Home prepaid 6977075 advertising editorial photo sports Money Reader recycled newsprint is used in the production of this newspaper the world afghans flee capital during on Day truce news Roundup mexican troops Advance on a Telephone microwave Tower that rebels had tried to take of catholics accused of backing rebels a photo by Tim Golden times news service san Cristobal de Las Ca Mexico As fighting be tween government troops and rebels continued yesterday in South Ern Mexico and bombs exploded in Acapulco and Mexico the government accused peasant groups and members of the roman Catholic Church of supporting the most of the information in the re written by the secretariat of Mexico Interior min could not be verified ind Epen but the document strongly suggests that officials had considerable intelligence information about the rebel army that stunned the country by seizing san Cristobal and three other sizable towns in Chiapas state in the first hours of the calling themselves the Zap Atista National liberation have declared War on the govern ment in the name of Mexico Indi the government report brought angry denials from san Cristoball Catholic which has of ten clashed with government officials in defending the rights of the impoverished indians who make up about half of Chiapas million the information raised questions about Why the administration of president Carlos Salinas de Gortari failed to act earlier against the insurgents if it knew so much about Sydney skies aglow associated press Australia cooler weather eased Forest fires close to Sydney Early giving firefighters a Chance to con Tain some of the 125 blazes raging across Southeastern huge Forest and Bush fires roared to within eight Kilometres of Down town when a fourth per son died in the firestorm that have destroyed up to 150 the sky Over Sydney glowed a sin ister red Early sirens wailed constantly and huge columns of smoke Rose on the cites though Many fires have been con television networks Broad cast footage from helicopters of whole streets burned out in some Southern and Northern More than hectares of for est and Grassland have been consumed by the the Bushfire services depart ment is most concerned about huge fires in a tinder dry Forest in the Blue 80 Kilometres West of As Well As near about 30 Kilometres hundreds of soldiers have joined More than the Forest fires flared a week fanned by Gusty 96kilometresan hour winds and summer tempera Tures of More than temperatures dropped to about this morning and the winds also abated in Many police have arrested 11 suspected arsonists amid reports that More than half the fires were intention ally the government has posted a can four two of them firefight have been killed since hundreds of people have been treated for Burns and smoke inhale and As Many As people have been i think they tried to keep All of this under wraps in order to get the free Trade agreement said Federico Reyes a political but the Concrete result is that they let this go on for at least two years without taking action and they allowed the guerrillas to grow and while the rebels continued to fight troops who were backed by helicopter gunships and the conflict appeared to be spread Emilian Zapata rebel inspiration seventy five years after his Emiliano Zapatas name is still invoked by the mexican scorned by the he never held National who was the Man hailed by revolutionaries As the Patron Saint of pure motives see Story on Page ing beyond As the insurgents had vowed it shortly after 1 officials a bomb exploded in a car parked in the Centre of an under ground lot in a shopping Centre on the Southern Edge of Mexico causing heavy damage but no Seri Ous it injured at least one left a Hole in the floor and damaged about 20 a second explosion was reported in the tourist resort of Acapulco As government agencies stepped up Security neither the Zap Atista Force nor any other group immediately took responsibility for the but in a country that has had Only two car bombings in recent both tied to feuds among drug traffickers in the Western City of Culiacan in Early the explosion seemed to shake it came Only hours after a bomb threat Friday afternoon led officials to evacuate the cites Stock Exchange As police officers with bomb sniffing dogs rushed airports throughout Mexico were placed on their maximum Alert out of concern Over possible As were installations of the Federal electricity commission and the state Oil in a message delivered to the electricity commission on the Zap Atista army took responsibility for toppling 30metre electrical towers in the Central state of Puebla and the Western state of Michoacan late tenders notice of tender Crocus Plains school new dust collector and duct work modifications for Brandon school division 40 1031 5tii Manitoba sealed tenders will be received by the consulting engineers until pm january 1994 for Crocus Plains tenders to be directed to Brandon school division attention Deputy associate the drawings and specifications will be available january 1994 Cor a Deposit of Cash or certified Cheque for refundable on return of Lender documents in Good from the undersigned and the school division drawings and specifications will be available for viewing at soul Ham build ing Winnipeg construction Asso and Brandon construction the lowest or any tender not necessarily Scouten Mitchell Sigurdson associates limited 770 Bradford Street Manitoba r3h on3 Telephone Chc sch helping to House canadians tender repairs to three single family dwellings Canada mortgage and housing corporation Chc wild funding assistance rom the Mani Toba is planning to repair three 3 single family dwelling units in the Community of 2 and traverse Bay seymour1 sealed plainly marked As to Content and addressed to he will to received up to 2 local time the 25lh Day of individual Lender packages for each unil May be picked up on or after Janu Ary the repairs consist of heal painting All of which Are to be included in the general contractors each tender must be accompanied by a Security Deposit or a bid Bond in the amount of Len per cent of the the maximum amount of Security Deposit required with any one tender is each Security Deposit shall be retained by Chc o ensure due performance to the a certified Cheque or a bid Bond by a certified surety will be accepted As All cheques and Bonds must be made payable to the lowest Lender or any Lender will not necessarily be tender documents can be obtained from Carol program Rural and native at 9837300 or at the address below Canada mortgage and housing corporation Box 964 10 fort Street Manitoba r3c 2v2 Manitoba lodgement housing Manitoba Afghanistan tens of thousands of some carrying Small children and hauling belongings in rickety fled the afghan capital yester Day As warring islamic factions observed a on Day it is like hell said who like most afghans uses one the United nations was arranging for emergency supplies to be brought from including Medicine and warm a spokesman shells mar ceasefire Bosnia Herzegovina bosnian serbs sent out a state ment declaring a ceasefire in Sara but continued to Send an in tense barrage into the besieged bosnian capital the shelling kept Sarajevo air port blocking vital Aid flights and prevented Bosnia president from leaving for talks in the City morgue reported at least five dead plane crash kills five Ohio a twine Gine commuter plane crashed into two killing five people and injuring three family who All walked away from the officials United express flight 6291 was carrying five passengers and three Crew when it crashed Friday night As it was preparing to mud Wall hits Village la France a Wall of mud barrelled into a tiny Village in Southern France Early and two elderly couples were Rescue work ers the about 90 metres uprooted Trees and engulfed eight houses As it piled into la Salle in the Sere Region near the French hindu Sage dead at 99 India Chandrasheke Hara one of the five Pon tiffs of and revered among millions in India and Nepal for his emphasis on religious Toler died yesterday at the age of he died in his no cause of death was dancer Dies of cancer Newport Gre gory former soloist and principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and american bal let died of cancer Satur he was russian blasts off russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov blasted into orbit yesterday at the Start of a record breaking space Mission due to last a year and two a 51yearold will spend 429 Days aboard russian floating Mir space station carrying out medical experiments to test the effects of Long periods of weightlessness on the human sentenced to chair Dade a boy who shot a teenager Pointblank in the forehead has been sentenced to spend some time As his victim did in a circuit judge Lynn Tepper said Raymond should get a taste of the life he created for 16 year old Reggie who after 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