Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Classified Iniel a horse Hnativ and hot Ness Hamilton club takes revenge at Winnipeg beating Blue on the free press kicks off a new science and technology Page today with a report on How hot and humid weather can produce heavy Strong winds and even tornadoes capable Crews turn out series of polished timely the weather sunny with Cloudy High Low details on Page 011 m celebrating my 25 years saturday free press inside Golf legend bids Adieu legendary golfer Ben dominant pres ence on the pea tour in the died Ter Day at age German villagers flee German villagers in a Lowling Plain near Frankfurt an Der Oder began to evacuate their Homes yesterday As an earthen Dike started to crumble under pressure of Central Europe worst flood in two conviction in Cosby Case a woman who claims to be Bill Cosby out Wedlock daughter could get up to 12 years in prison and in fines after she was convicted yesterday of trying to extort million from the enter inmates striking deals lawyers say plea bargains for most of the heading Ley correctional institution inmates charged in the april 1996 riot Are quietly being worked province balks Manitoba wont Ante up million to help put the provinces Northern rail network in private its Ottawa provincial finance minister Eric Stefanson mouse pad gets nibbles Beausejour Maurice Depiero wanted to build a better mouse and judging by the orders flooding in for his Deskins invent he certainly today in your City the offspring Winnipeg Conven Tion 8 Cor fest Westview Saskatchewan and Midland free admission with crash n Bash weekend Stock car racing and demolition Victory Lane Kilometres South of Winnipeg 6 to Index local Canada world numbers on Page c8 in life Nel Reader and Ann sports july ramp arrest Fisher Hes charged with mom relieved by Leah Janzen for the free press one Day after the ramp took Over the 1969 Gail Miller Mur Der convicted rapist Larry Fisher has been arrested in Fisher was charged with first degree murder and rape last right in the sex Ual assault and stabbing death of the Saskatoon nursing aide 27 years face from a Nightmare a4 the arrest comes a week after Dan evidence tests exonerated David Mil Gaard and implicated the sophisticated done at an Independent Laboratory in cleared who spent 23 years in prison for the after receiving a tip he was in the Calgary police picked up Fisher who left Saskatoon late wednesday we arrested him on a Canad wide warrant that was issued by Regina said Peter Jackson of Calgary ramp in Saskatchewan took Over the Miller murder Case after critics charged the Saskatoon police had mis handled it and refused to acknowledge Milga Ards i no longer believe anything the Saskatchewan government or Saska Toon police have to a relieved Joyce Molgaard said last night from the family continued please see Milga Ards tories up Panama Ante chairman scoffs at report hed quit if they didst exclusive by Dave sup eve staff reporter organizers of the 1999 pan american games have struck a Deal with the Federal and provincial governments to cover a the Deal was brokered by Panama chairman Sandy but not before he threatened to resign if govern ments failed to provide the financing needed to operate the games proper three Panama Board members last Riley scoffed at the suggestion but refused to deny he said with a were All committed to Mak ing this event a we can All see the finish line coming the Deal was reached just two Days before about 300 delegates from 42 countries were set to arrive in Winnipeg for four Days of it enabled Riley to stand before the general Assembly of the Panateri can sports organization and Promise Ken free press mayor Susan Thompson greets paso Delegate Jose Ramon Fernandez at meeting a matter of gifts a5 that All essential funding was in place to make the games a Board members report that on wednesday Riley told them he had received promises of at least million from foreign affairs min ister Lloyd Axworthy Manitoba senior my and provincial finance minister Eric Stefanson the night both men have promised to take the package through govern mental with the goal of making the agreement Public by the end of there is agreement Between the two Levels of government to close the funding Stefanson we both have processes we need to Fol and you should wait until that continued please see abcs keep it simple stupid marketing strategy life is watch to Couch potatoes forever Alifas it launched its 97 fall season this Abc unveiled an aggressive but goo Fily simple new marketing the message to is the network is obviously hop ing North american viewers will soften their intellectually Correct stance and acknowledge that they watch and enjoy to More often than there currently willing to even though theres lots of people who i dont really watch that much in fact its part of our Cul Ture and its part of our explained Lee chairman of the and Agency responsible for abcs fall the new certainly for example life is watch to 8 hours a that All we to is like a if you dont use you lose new to season Brad Oswald Brady Bunch Star in teen its a Beautiful what Are you doing outside scientists say we use 10 per cent of our that Way too dont youve got billions of brain in addition to ads on to and in newspapers and Abc will use the promotional might of its Par ent to take its to is Good message into places like Mcdonalds restaurants though this tie in Likely wont Cross the Border into because its such a departure from the usual stars embrace Singth network its the kind of aggressive yet pop culture aware kind of Campaign that will undoubtedly Appeal to younger View it will probably also have the turnoff to activists scratching themselves in nervous for their abcs executives Are unrepentant in their View that the promotional Effort is just clean when you ask do you watch they always Tell you they said Alan executive Vic president of abcs Market ing they never watch or maybe they really Only watch a few things on the discovery Channel and but on the other the next morning they can also Tell you about their Favourite jokes from ministers tackle Grain woes by Leah Janzen and Bill Redekop reporter three Federal Cabinet ministers met in Winnipeg late last night looking for a Way to solve transportation prob lems that have Cost Western Grain Farmers million this agriculture minister Lyle Van transport minister David Collenette and Canadian wheat Board minister Ralph Goodale met rail and Grain leaders at the Lom Bard hotel late into the night ministers and Industry leaders were expected to Speed up a review of Grain transportation that had been planned for continued please see ;