Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Blebel Security x to Tito a a Cwm fim Call Jeff Svenstrup Winnipeg free press Canada world Section Patrick ply Fol 4 around the world fighter pilots wanted italian air Force is recruit Irig foreign pilots to Fly its fighter planes As australian officers quit to take higher paying jobs with commercial a defence spokesman said yesterday the air Force expects to lose about 80 australian pilots in the next 12 six pilots from the United Canada and Britain have been recruited so cleaner air pushed Washington a the environmental Protection Agency pro posed stringent new air Quality standards yesterday that would Cost More than billion a year to state and business leaders Are unhappy with the new which would tighten pollution limits that Many cities already fail to meet and regulate More of the tiny particles from after reviewing More than 200 studies the Epa concluded that current standards do not adequately protect Public especially for officer killed kids Rio de Janeiro Reuter a former police officer pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in the shooting deaths of eight Street Chil Dren More than three years ago near a Rio de Janeiro Nelson Oliveira Dos Santos had confessed his role in the killings to police last april and has been in police custody his confession came just Days before the first of five men accused of participating in the july massacre went on monks in sex scandal Athens three monks and a priest appeared before a greek orthodox prosecutor yesterday in a sex scandal involving tales of monks in red panties and homosexual orgies at a Remote the Case was made Public last when the four clergymen accused one another of sexual impropriety in a televised Golan Force renewed United nations Reuter the in Security Council has approved a six month renewal of the in Force which acts As a Buffer Between the syrian and israeli armies on the Golan the renewal of the in disengagement observer Force is until May the Force includes about 200 troops from Canada As Well As soldiers from Japan and men jailed for porn Berlin Reuter a Berlin court sentenced two German men to jail yesterday for producing pornographic films with Young boys in Thailand and Selling them in Ger in the first such verdict in Ger the court handed Down sentences of four years and four years and 10 months for what it called a very dirty and extremely shabby life on a Day Washington a up to half of Southern Africa 590 million peo ple get along on less than a a Day despite More than 50 years of Effort to Cut poverty the world Bank said whereas in other parts of the world were seeing poverty decline in Africa and sub saharan Africa unfortunately we Are seeing the reverse said Callisto mad Avo of a world Bank treason denied Cia employee Harold Nicholson pleaded not Gusty yesterday to charges that he spied for District judge James at the request of Nichol sons also approved a gig order to Stop Public statements about the espionage Case by government a hard line on guns i provinces wont enforce new we will Rock by Dan Lett National reporter Ottawa Justice minister Allan Rock warned provinces yesterday that if they refuse to enforce his new gun the Federal government is fully prepared to do it for Rock said the new regulations governing the Sale and ownership of firearms everything from licence and registration fees to proper Stor age of guns will dramatically improve Public safety and help pre vent needless unrelated he had harsh words for renegade provinces and territories that have refused to implement the new gun con tool Law Saskatchewan and the two he said they have shocked him by demonstrating they Are in the pockets of the gun Rock said if these jurisdictions refuse to administer the new Regula Ottawa will take Steps to ensure the new registry is in place from coast to he did not elaborate on How he would do i want to assure and especially canadians in Saskatchewan and the two Ter that despite the irresponsible decisions of these this government will take its responsibilities he we will stand up to the gun we will stand up for a spokesman for Manitoba Justice minister Rosemary Vodrey said yesterday the province has always assumed the Federal government would step in and take Over administration of the gun control Rock said he firmly believes the new regulations will help prevent tragedies like last weeks shooting of a 13year old Winnipeg Babysitter by her eight year old Winnipeg police chief David Cassels said yesterday that the shooting could have been prevented if the new regu lations had been Rock comment what weve been saying and working on All this the gun control regulations outline the system of registering firearms and licensing gun most of the regulations take effect in 1998 and All firearms Are to be registered by included in the regulations Are new red Flag making apply of photo Rock rails against jurisdictions that wont enforce gun cants provide the names and current addresses of All spouses and common Law spouses they have lived with in the last two Rock said these partners would be contacted and asked for their input on whether the applicant should be granted a he said the partners would be asked Only for their not their registry Cost in applications will have to contain written statements signed by two people who have known the applicant for at least two confirming All information and agreeing the applicant presents no safety Rock initially pegged the total Cost of the gun registry at million Over the next five he said he was unable to confirm that figure until he completes negotiations with the provinces on How much Money they will need to cover additional administrative costs to implement the new the new regulations did nothing to satisfy gun lobbyists or the Reform the most consistent and vehement opponents of the gun control Reform Justice critic Jack Ramsay said it is unfair for Rock to criticize the provinces and territories who have genuine concerns about the gun control gun control lobbyists reacted positively to the release of the the six month delay following rocks first attempt to outline regulations had been a source of great concern for Antigua the new regulations address Many of our said Wendy spokeswoman for the coalition for gun she said she was particularly pleased with the increased requirements for consultation with sex spouses or j currently i number 5 to for que five years i licence i licence fas hand for crossbows scents App ii other per j the photo sit Lon provide a one other other than a confirm for at the applicant in the f of every w1 partner it two a ire not d must and must must trigger lock ibo ardor be stored Sira sport ire Totake to Orizal 1es the Regula and in a Way that treaty and 5 for com both aboriginal ill be exempt from with a f be allowed to airbag death prompts probe Tot decapitated in fender Bender associated press Idaho parking lot fender Bender that decapitated a Oney Earold girl prompted a Federal investigation and Drew even More attention yesterday to the Dan Gers of air the National Highway traffic safety administration sent a team from los Angeles to investigate tuesdays Acci and concerned parents flooded health departments and Volkswagen dealerships with Calls for police said Oney Earold Alexandra Greer was in a Forward facing child safety seat when her Rebec a rear ended 8 ear to a mall Par King the Impact deployed the Volkswagen jettas passenger Side air which deployed at 320 Kilometres an ing her head through the broken door window onto the Coroner Erwin Sonnenberg said the child seat was not secured to the front and that was a major Factor in the it otherwise would have been a minor traffic police Tim Rosenvall told the Idaho states Man aside from the Bro Ken the Only damage was a broken turn signal he As shoppers shivered in the cold at the scene police tried to con sole the toddlers hysterical if it we rent for the air no one would have been Marianne a family told the paper Nancy Community health Edu cation coordinator in said her office was flooded with Calls from Par there horrified that a Parent who was trying to protect by a photo police examine ear in which a Oney Earold girl was child had such a gruesome at treasure Valley ser vice manager Cary Harp said he was referring Calls to company Headquarters turning Down requests for help disconnecting the people want to know what it takes to have their air bags disconnected and we cant do that Harp air bags have been blamed for the deaths of 3 children and 2q adults mostly smaller women in slow Speed crashes they otherwise could have survived As a the Nitsa is requiring strongly worded warning labels about air bags in new cars and is considering other such As bags that deploy less motorists Are being told that Chil Dren 12 and under can be killed by a passenger inside air bag and should ride in the Back seat with seat belts Small adults and children who sit in front of an air bag should Wear seat and parents should never put a baby in a rear facing child seat in front of an air hag Home schedule i or 7 Eaton race nos few mi9 ;