Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 19, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May elderly profs bloat u of m says Bald Santin education reporter aging professors who cannot be forced to retire Are causing fairly significant financial problems at the University of a senior official University Vic president for administration Terry Falconer said the University has 81 professors who Are 65 years of age or and their total salary Bill is among the group Are eight professors 71 years or older who Are collecting both salary and their pen another six professors Are 70 and will be eligible to collect both in comes next Falconer dismissed charges that he was trying to take a Hartline stance in contract negotiations by raising the retirement nothing can be further from the he weve got fairly significant financial faculty spokesman Paul Phillips charged that Falconer is trying to discredit the academic a Large part of the process is to blemish the professors said an economics professor and chief faculty they want the Public to believe that there Are a lot of professors Here earning a lot of Money and not doing any Phillips said some of the older professors Are among the University most carrying heavy teach ing and research the University would have to re hire them even if they took retire Phillips contract negotiations Between the administration and faculty association have been deadlocked for More than three the faculty last offer included salary concessions in the form of nine unpaid Days of leave valued at the University countered with annual wage rollbacks of four per valued at Manitoba human rights code prohibits All discrimination based on a provision that precludes forced retirement at age Falconer said Manitoba is alone in such a widespread add ing most provinces prohibit discrimination Only for those people be tween the Ages of 18 and Falconer has been doing radio interviews calling for mandatory retirement but u of m president Arnold Naimark Down played the Naimark said no formal request has been made to the province to Amend the code to require people to retire at age Naimark said that if Manitoba brought its human rights code into line with other the u of m could Force the affected professors to retire or freeze their Falconer said the University could replace the retired staff with younger people at half the we could offer the same programming with the same number of staff but at a reduced fal Coner he said academic Sala Ries now total Phillips said the savings from retirees would be minimal if the University hired replacement staff masked robbers gun Brooklands hotel clerk spared a 35yearold hotel clerk escaped with her life on wednesday after the gun a robber pointed at her the one of two masked men who held up the Vendor at the Brooklands inn hotel just after 11 pulled the trigger on a bored out calibre starters pistol after the woman refused to give him police the Man then grabbed for the Cash and the pair fled to a waiting driven by a third a police Cruiser caught up with the getaway car at Weston Street and notre Dame Avenue and began a six Kilometre Chase that reached speeds of up to 110 during the Chase the suspects car rear ended two vehicles before police arrested the Trio and seized the loaded the two bystanders whose cars were rear ended suffered Only minor police three Winnipeg Ages 30 and have been sex assaults net 8year term a Winnipeg Man who sexually assaulted his two cousins one Only seven has been sentenced to eight years in the 19yearold who cannot be named to protect his sat silent while provincial court judge Theodoro Lister described his crimes As major sexual offences deserving several years in As Lister agreed to a re quest by Crown attorney Dale Tesa Rowski to order the Man serve half his sentence before being eligible for Tesa Rowski said the Man sexually assaulted his Young Cousin while entrusted to babysit her last the Crown said the Man knew the child had been victimized before and believed she was sexually experienced so it would be that Tesa Rowski that the Only Way to describe her childhood has been taken from Tesa Rowski said shortly after the Man committed that sexual he bet another Man that he could have sexual relations with his 31 year old when his Cousin the Man beat her with a Beer bottle until it broke and threatened her with a knife to her Throat until she com Tesa Rowski asked that the Man be imprisoned for 10 to 12 defence counsel Darren m arguing for a seventh Lightyear prison said the Man pleaded guilty to both crimes because he didst want his victims to have to testify in but Singbeil said the Man fears for his life if Hes incarcerated in Stony Mountain Hes already heard through the Grapevine there Are people there waiting for the lawyer Lister said it was up to corrections officials to decide where the Man will serve his prison Dodge Plymouth voyager 24t package includes Standard front dual air bags Standard Side Impact beams air conditioning 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15monthold Niece she was greeted at the Airport by a dozen family and it was such a hard time try ing to get her said tunics Mother every Day we were trying to phone the relieved Mother didst get the Good word from her daughter until late yesterday she called me from Tor onto and i just said thank one of the most harrowing moments for Zunic came when the team travelled into serbian territory for a after returning they found out that several civil ians travelling the same route had been that had me a Little Wor said a 5foot5 Point helped Lead the Westmen Wom ens basketball team to the Ca Nadian inter University ath Letic Union basketball title two years after being Cut from the National who is half croatian and half Sault Eaux took advantage of her dual citizenship and struck a Deal with the team in she said the calibre of Ball on the european circuit lags behind Canadian standards but she is hoping to return i want to play ill go anywhere except for she said with a a Welcome Home party for the basketball Star will be held tonight at her mothers vital weve decorated the Street with streamers and balloons and were going to get a Tram Poline so we can jump for said family Friend Yvonne Brandon settles suit Over shooting a 24yearold Man will receive in compensation for being shot and wounded by a Brandon police offi cer four years Jason Daniels had filed a lawsuit against the City of its police chief and the officer were very satisfied with the settlement and believe it to be a fair and equitable said his lawyer Martin Jason wants to put this behind him now and go on with his who still lives in could not be reached for a Law enforcement review Agency hearing into the incident found John Luteran guilty of two disciplinary breaches use of excessive Force and reckless use of a firearm when he shot an intoxicated and knife wielding Daniels at the scene of a Domestic who is still with the received two letters of reprimand in january from judge Manley who headed the fishermen to get new wharf the Federal government yesterday announced a wharf for South in Dian the 130 local fishermen have been waiting nearly two years for a new wharf to be said William president of the fishermen ;