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(AP) = A judge sent evangelist Jim Bakker direc tly to prison Tuesday to start a 45-year sentence for defrauding his followers, saying people are **sick of being saps for money-grabbing preachers."” U.S. Disteict Judge Robert Potter also fined the defrocked PTL founder $500,000 The 49-year-old television evangelist left the courtroom in leg irons and handcuffs on his way to a federal prison in Alabama, where he was to stay for a few weeks before being assigned to another penitentiary Depending on the outcome of an appeal, he will serve at least 10 years before becoming eligible for parole Prosecutors said the ded the PTL religious empire had raised thousands of dollars since his n who foun conviction Oct. 5, and needed to be imprisoned to stop him from using TV and the mails to raise more *He’s able to walk out of this cour troom today and continue -to_ per petuate this fraud,’ assistant U.S, at torney Jerry Miller told the judge. “He hasn't blinked." “Those of us who do have a religion Abortio distri video showing women how to do their Copies of a own abortions have been sent to Canadian groups and individuals by its American producers, says the Federation of Feminist Health Cen tres The Los Angeles-based federation, which operates women's health clinics across the United States, produced the 28-minute video last spring as a self help tool on how to do suction abor tions Federation member Karen Meng confirmed at least five copies had been sent across Canada, but she would not identify individual Canadians who had ordered it, citing confidentiality rules. 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In 1988, this CICBC Together, we can drive insurance costs down. are sick of being saps for money grubbing preachers and priests," Pot ter said. “Worst of all, it appears that Mr. Bakker feels he was deserving of his gains from the little people who sent in their savings."” The judge did not order Bakker to make restitution to his victims, saying this needs to be resolved in bankruptcy court Bakker’s fall from power began in 1987 with disclosures about a sexual with former church secretary Jessica Hahn, who was paid $265,000 in ministry funds to keep quiet about the 1980 tryst “I'm deeply sorry for those | have hurt,’’ Bakker said before sentencing. “T have sinned, But never in my life did | intend to defraud anyone.” Prosecutors didn’t accept that “This man is a con man, a common criminal,”’ Miller said. “He's ready, willing and able to pick it up where he left it off."" Bakker stood and stared straight ahead as the sentence was read. His 19- year-old daughter, Chapman, was led sobbing from the courtroom, Mrs. Bakker was not present encounter Tammy Sue n videos buted Women’s Health Clinic in Winnipeg is one organization that had received a copy of the video The production, called No Going Back, is being used only as a means of keeping up with what's happening in the United States and not for distribution, said Winnipeg clinic spokesman Jennifer Cooper She said it shows a hospital abortion and then a home version, called a men strual extraction, where a woman uses a surgical instrument to do her own procedure “Our clinic is in no way advocating abortions at home," Cooper said ‘The political climate in the United States has pushed women to this ex treme."* COLUMBIA Briefly Motion limits UI bill debate OTTAWA (CP) unemployment insur: the Commons. The government passed a motion Tuesday limiting debate at report stage to one more day, and debate on third reading to two days At report stage, a bill is returned to the House by a committee with or without recommendations. Opposition members said Tuesday the government is being un democratic Minister ‘buckled,’ Zur says VANCOUVER (CP) — Skylink Airlines owner Rafael Zur, who has filed an appeal against the suspension of his airliné’s operating licence, said Tuesday he had one wish. **All | want is a fair trial,”’ he said. ‘We don’t feel the (transport) minister had any legal right to do what he did. **He buckled under political pressure.” Zur’s appeal is filed with the Civil Aviation Tribunal against the suspension and cancellation of Skylink’s licence. The three-day appeal, which will be open to the public, will be heard The government bill to overhaul and tighten the nce system will get just three more days of debate in in Vancouver starting Monday Seven people died when a Skylink Metroliner [11 crashed at the Terrace-Kitimat airport Sept. 26. Observer convicted of assault VICTORIA (CP) A man who watched while four teenaged girls tortured another girl in his apartment was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail John Lord, 21, who did not participate in. the attack, was convicted of assault causing bodily harm and unlawful confinement As the only adult p1 i, Lord should have intervened, said county court Judge Peter Millward Court was told the four girls scratched an inverted cross in the 14- year-old victim's forehead during a 90-minute assault Nov. 3, 1988 The attackers — one 14 years old, two 15 and the other 17 — also but ted cigarettes on her arms and poured salt-on her wounds. None of the girls can be identified because they are juveniles The girls had been friends but the four attackers had accused the vic tim of stealing cigarettes and spreading rumors the other girls were lesbians Court told of car being shot PENTICTON (CP) — A man unhappy with the deal he got when he traded vehicles with another person shot a hole in his former car, provin- cial court was told Tuesday William Cullen, 57, of nearby Okanagan Falls pleaded guilty to mischief and was fined $350 and put on probation for a year “If my car doesn’t run, yours won't either,’ Crown counsel Kathryn Ginther quoted Cullen as saying. She said Cullen traded his vehicle and cash for an $1,800 car. But a month later, after he had spent $500 on repairs, he tried to cancel the deal. When the owner refused, Cullen put a hole in the vehicle with a shotgun Demilitarized zone called for OTTAWA (CP) — Canada should help create a demilitarized zone in the Arctic, a group of leading Canadian experts said Tuesday That was the major recommendation in an arms-control agenda for the North by a 13-member panel that included disafmament experts, retired Canadian Forces officers and representatives of native people. They made their recommendations on the second day of a four-day conference on Canadian-Soviet Arctic co-opertion But senior government officials rejected many of the recommen- dations._Disarmament_proposals should be raised in East-West disar- mament negotiations, they said East Germans to get passports EAST BERLIN (Reuter) — East Germany’s leaders have said they will let their citizens travel abroad, 28 years after building the BerlinWall to stop them from doing so. The Communist party Politburo said Tuesday it will draft a law this year allowing all citizens a passport and the right to travel. ‘It is planned that every citizen will have the right to a passport and to travel with a visa to all countries and West Berlin.”” It said it will call for an end to the current requirements that family members stay behind as insurance so that the travellers return, and that current demands for reasons to travel should be dropped | eee Commissioner under attack OTTAWA (CP) under attack Tuesday for failing to hire more English-speaking workers in Canada’s official language commissioner came his office D'Ibeville Fortier, the government’s watchdog on language issues, was grilled by a parliamentary committee that wanted to know why only 30 per cent of his 160 employees speak English as their first language Fortier said he has put a top priority on finding more anglophone employees but admitted he is having trouble “We have been successful only up to a point,”’ Fortier told the joint Senate-Commons committee on official languages. That drew a sharp rebuke from Senator Dalia Wopd, an anglophone senator from Quebec who is co-chairman of the committee “‘Idon’t think you've tried hard enough,” said Wood MPs offer acid rain advice WASHINGTON (CP) — A dozen Canadian MPs started a whirlwind lobbying effort Tuesday to offer support and advice to their U.S. counterparts as Congress continues to study legislation that could reduce acid rain damage in Canada “This is a historic period,”’ said David MacDonald, Conservative chairman of the House of Commons environment committee. ‘can think of no previous time when there has been such a major initiative with respect to the air quality and, in paftieular, the horrendous destruction that’s taken place with acid rain.”” The group, members of the environment committee, split into two groups to meet with as many legislators as possible on acid rain. The MPs heard from U.S. environmentalists Tuesday morning and will meet more members of Congress today before returning to Ottawa Auditor general tough on Tories in report OTTAWA (CP) — Auditor General Ken Dye'revealed millions of dollars’ worth of waste, warned thai British Columbia isn’t ready for earthquakes and pleaded for Franklin's lady's slip per — a rare orchid report Tuesday Dye — who reports ach year on government inefficiency and waste was especially tough on the Conser vative government's “‘arrogant"’ refusal to open its books on cabinet ministers’ travel. expenses and use of executive jets But he also said taxpayers can rest a little easier about the way thei is being handled. “Taxpayers should be satisfied that they're getting better value for money today than they were before,” Dye told reporters. ‘The fat's being dug in to and, as a result, (civil servants) are having to do much more with less."* Dye, a rumpled accountant- who doesn't mind being called a bean coun ter, blasted Ottawa because it lost at least $300 million through sales tax loopholes and wouldn't plug them That raises questions about Ot tawa’s ability to collect $24 billion in Socia OTTAWA (CP) The government has been pouring billions of dollars in to a bottomless social-services pit without knowing how the needy are being helped, the auditor general said Tuesday The provinces received $5.1 billion under the Canada Assistance Plan last year for social programs, but monitoring doesn’t guarantee that the money was used well, Ken Dye said in his annual report to Parliament Dye says the program’s annual report — required by law been prepared for the past four years As a result, he says, members of Parliament are not getting enough i formation about the operations ait results of the program, which falls un der the Health and Welfare Depar- tment “In our view, the lack of infor. mation regarding social programs in his annual money — has not revenue from the proposed nine-per cent federal sales tax, set to hit goods and services in 1991 “You're talking about $2 billion a month,” said Dye. “We can't afford to miss a couple of days. They have to be on their toes on Day 1."” Revenue Minister Otto Jelinek said his department is aware of . the problems and would be ready to go in 1991 HUMAN SIDE Dye also touched the human side of the government, complaining that a girl travelling in Europe was refused medical evacuation by one Canadian embassy, while a heroin addict was sent home by Canadjan diplomats at another. The girl, injured in a car ac cident, later had part of her leg am putated The 623-page report is the second. last for Dye, who is ending a 10-year term. In the past year, he has lost his court battle to see cabinet documents on Petro-Canada arf engaged in a bat tle with Nova Scotia government members over his 1988 report Dye, wifo has worked to stretch his mandate under the Tories, said Ottawa doesn’t know whether the needy are being helped by the $5.1-billion annual contribution to social programs cost shared with the provinces. He. was also dissatisfied with Emergency Preparedness Canada’s ability to-deal with a major disaster such as earthquake in British Colum: bia or a toxic spill. As if to punctuate his worry, a mild tremor was reported on Vancouver Island early morning Liberal Leader John Turner, poin ting to the deadly earthquake in San Francisco, said “total confusion will reign in the first hour” after a disaster in Canada Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard said the main threat was from oil spills, and the government is Tuesday preparing a report on the issue Dye also questioned the government commitment to the environment. He said the Canadian Parks Service has sometimes put development ahead of environmental preservation. He said that has threatened some species, such as the lady’s slipper Outraged by the government refusal to release cabinet travel details, New Democrat MP John Rodriguez said Ca ns had voted for change in 1984 instead of more ‘lousy Liberal practices.” Treasury Board President Robert de Cotret stuck by his refusal fo release receipts, citing cabinet confidentiality But he said more details would be made public on use of the jets In his financial reviews, Dye found more than 300,000 cases of Over payment by the surance commission $135 million. nmeni’s data communications system wastes $45 million ployment amounting 1o And he said the gover Dye found four of the five capital projects he investigated value of $650 million with a total were plagued by delays, escalating costs and assorted difficulties A dam project in Bassano, Alta., will igye taken 16 years from planning to competion with costs increasing to $15 n from $5 million And a Fisheries Department resear ch institute in Mont Joli, Que., was to cost $17 million, the Commons was told in 1983. It now is to cost $$7 miltion spending a problem funded by CAP continues to be a problem,”” he said in his yearly survey of government spending Under the plan, Ottawa shares 50 per cent of the costs of eligible social service programs delivered by the provinces and territories. It is the est federal-provincial shared-cost m, but expenditures do not need parliamentary approval — and there is no ceiling on the amount of money provided An evaluation of the program has never been done since it began in 1966, but one is planned for next year Dye cites no cases of rank abuses of the program, but says he uncovered some instances in which the provinces apparently failed to comply with the program can't For example, a_ province require people to live there for acertain period before they become eligible. But Dye says in one area some people must live there for a year before ap: plying for assistance He notes, however, that federal of ficials have made some changes recommended in three earlier audits For instance, claims are being settled more quickly and officials have written manuals on the program’s policies and Feds get hefty payment HALIFAX (CP) Revenue Canada officials spent two hours Tuesday counting $3,716.21 in pen nies, nickels, dimes and loonies from Dave Shelton The Dartmouth, N.S., man lugged 272 kilograms of change and penalties included — to the Revenue Canada collection counter, in protest against a tax rule he says short changed his family Shelton, who lost a four-year battle interest over wording of the child tax credit rules, said the payment was a symbolic gesture ‘They've been nickel-and-diming me for years over this,"’ he said, stan ding amid cartons of rolled coins DYE SAYS PARKS | ARE IN TROUBLE OTTAWA (CP) running out on plans to complete the onal park system, and it Time. is encroachment on Dall Sheep at Kluane’s Sheep Mountain in the Yukon. may already be too late to represent In its some fegions in their natural state, g the auditor general says in his an reply to. the neral, the National Parks Service says it lacks funding and personnel lo carry out se as protecting natural resources. Almost half of Ca regions, from theinterior of British Columbia to the northernmost Ar auditor nual report ne of its tasks, Such “Because there is no time frame for completing the system, there is a danger that establish parks in some natural ada’s natural opportunities to regions may disappear before the ctic islands, are not yet represented in the park system, says thé report pleted.” In each of those 18 natural The report to Parliament on Tuesday also blasts the National Parks Service, a branch of the Eh national parks system can be com regions not yet represented, oppor tunities to establish national parks are diminishing and there is no timetable for establishing new parks, says the auditor general But other natural regions are vironment Department, for not protecting ecosystems within the existing 21 national parks In one case, a growth of Franklin's Lady Slipper, a rare native orct{d, was destroyed by the placement of a over-represented: Of 15. parks established since 1971, five were in natural regions alr campsite at — ted byonedr more n Pukawska National Park in Nor The thern Ontario. auditor general suggested introducing or raising There was unauthorized taking of bear at Wood Buffalo National Park in herh Alberta, snowmobilin unauthorized areas of Newfotndiand’s Gros Morne National Park and visitor admission prices.at some parks and noted: staff levels have remained 1983-84 demands ‘on time have increased through the addition of five new parks constant since while An Investment You Can Depend On! oy TERM DEPOSITS CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION YOUR COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CENTRE FOR OVER 40 YEARS! 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