Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ottawa names scandal free general to Lead the armed forces a Clown red the sentimental afro delighted to died yesterday at age 84 Mccain unveils expansion to its potato processing Plant in Portage the weather Cloudy with a Chance of High Low details on Page c20 a a my celebrating years Winnipeg free press garbage Day 2 school Day 4 september inside offer for the oilers an Edmonton group of investors has made a bid to buy the National hockey league oilers from owner Peter Pocklington u of m crumbling theres no room in the University of Manitoba current operating budget to cover the millions of dollars required to repair crumbling buildings and deteriorating says u of m official Terry his War int Over the arrest of a Winnipeg Man for allegedly deserting the marines nearly 30 years ago has become a hot topic in the United Hsc team perplexed Jonah the surgeon at the Centre of an inquest into the baby deaths at testified yesterday that a machine that jump starts the heart perplexed the entire surgical team when he needed it for backup Wales set for vote in a historic referendum the Welsh Are being urged to vote yes to Home Rule double the punch a Radical new computer Chip unveiled yesterday by Intel packs double the data into the same amount of the breakthrough will Funda mentally improve the Way some House hold products today in your City Glen Campbell Walker 7 sold poetry in the Piazza final outdoor Reading of the season with open plus Catherine heaven Art Book Cecil and Cleopatra Winnipeg jewish opens to Prairie theatre 8 to Index Canada it world in life net Reader and Ann to lotto bonus22 wont sign ban Axworthy claims Victory As More than 100 nations Back landmine treaty by Paul Samyn National reporter Canada and More than 100 other nations will continue to press the United states to sign a treaty Banning foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy said the pledge came shortly after president Bill Clinton said he could not sign the pact because the weapons were needed to protect the Axworthy stance hailed 1 designing safer probe american troops stationed in South Korea from an invasion by North unfortunately As it is How drafted 1 cannot in Good conscience add Ameri Cas name to that said flanked by Secretary of state Madeleine Albright and Secretary of defence William is a line i simply cannot Jeff debooy7winnipeq free press sky High practice search and Rescue technicians practise manoeuvres Over the Gimli Airstrip Pauline Carson left and master Roger Moroni drop equipment from the Back of a Hercules transport plane while flying Over a tar get please see Story on Page i tribute Breaks records Elton John tune for Princess flies off music store shelves by Melanie Verhaeghe staff reporter Elton Johns tribute song to Princess Candle in the wind sold out within minutes of Ting store shelves in Winnipeg yesterday and is on its Way to becoming the biggest Selling single in Canadian people lined up at music stores All Over the City to grab a piece of history a copy of the song Sung by John at dianas funeral As the music of Jimi Hendrix pounded through speak ers at hmm in Polo 81yearold Tillie oelkers paid with for a copy of the i came in the other Day and left Ray in she As dozens of disappointed shoppers put their names on a waiting list for the next i like the music and i like Elton i loved Diana like everyone oelkers clutching her i just like to listen to it every once in a while and think of in anxious to get Home and play the song Candle in the wind 1997 is a remake of an Elton John song written in 1973 As a tribute to Marilyn hmm in Polo Park sold 370 copies yesterday and will have More in by the the same scene was played out across Canada yester Day As crowds lined up outside some stores for hours to pick up a record company officials were totally overwhelmed by the they had initially shipped More than a million copies of the recording to Canadian the frenzied reaction to the release of this tribute disc people line up to buy Elton John cd French police Hunt second a12 is unprecedented in my said Bill president of Mercur polydor fit seems to have touched the hearts of All from All walks of life and All age the governments of Nova new Brunswick and British Columbia have said they will donate tax revenues from the recording to while others Are consider ing doing the the new democrats want the Federal government to follow Manitoba finance minister Eric Stefanson said the province wont waive the provincial sales tax because it would set a dangerous which ones d9 you say yes to and which ones do you say no to he said continued see no one should expect our people to expose our armed forces to unacceptable months after marshalling world political leaders to endorse a ban on Axworthy was claiming Victory in Many ways it is a Good especially when you consider where we were a year Axworthy said in an interview from continued please seejustva2 tories pay Down debt rain Day fund pushes past Hal billion Mark by Alice Krueger legislature reporter Manitoba More than Dou bled the size of its rain Day fund to More than half a Bil lion dollars while reporting a Mil lion surplus last Public accounts tabled yesterday show the Filmon government now has million set aside in its fiscal stabilization fund after depositing million last that million More than finance minister Eric Stefanson projected in his last when the fund was Only at about during the the fund also earned million in the yearned books also show the government will Post a million sur plus for the fiscal year ending March that million More than Stefanson predicted just seven weeks ago and million More than fore cast in his it is the fourth time the govern ments surplus forecast has been increased this it would have been even higher million had the government not paid Down debts of million rung up by hospitals and nursing the Rosy books reflect High Ethan expected Strong economic growth and Windfall revenues of million from the Sale of Manitoba Tele phone it is the second consecutive year that Manitoba has posted a budget surplus and Marks the first time it has paid Down a portion of its Stefanson downplayed any major improvement in the figures since he released his fourth Quarter report at the end of he admitted its a Nice Fea Ture to i think that very Good news for Manitoban to finally be Able to set aside some dollars in a savings account to allow us to Deal with some Revenue any unforeseen expenditures and to have this Opportunity to discuss and determine what the appropriate balance should be As we produce our 98 he continued please Intel pentium 16g mme 200 Ivik i m 5 u i j l i i i i c l Tju l i i j c All i lit and s in i her wok la won i buy you a k t i a i Ion ;