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A2 Canada THE EDMONTON JOURNAL, Thursday, July 4, 1985 Thieves gun down two Quebec City policemen were distraught at the killings. "We are the oldest police force in North America and this is the first time a thine like this has happened." QUEBEC (CP) Two municipal police officers were fatally shot before they could fire their pistols at gunmen believed to be robbing a Quebec City warehouse early Wednesday, police said. Municipal police and, Quebec provincial police, with tne help of tracking dogs and helicopters, were combing the Quebec City region for suspects and clues into the slayings of Constables Jacques Giguere, 43, and Yves Tetu, 25. The pair arrived at a dental equipment depot in an industrial park in the Duberger area of Quebec City about 2:30 a.m. MDT after a burglar alarm was tripped.

"After a couple of minutes we heard somebody yell on the (police) radio," said Insp. Brian Peckford. "We couldn't make out the message. "Patrol cars converged on the area. They found our two men." Autopsies by the Quebec Medico-Legal Clinic showed Giguere, a 15-year veteran of the force and father of four, was hit by four bullets in the back, the elbow and the left pelvis.

Tetu, a two-year veteran who was married a month ago, was struck by a bullet in the head and one in the back. Civic funerals for the slain officers will be held here Saturday. The plant where the shootings occurred does not store gold. "I don't know what the thieves would want in a dental company," said Dental Depot manager Armand Le Siege. "We don't keep any money either, everything is paid by cheque monthly." Le Siege added that nothing the thieves might have stolen could be sold on the black market except for sale to dentists.

Giguere's gun was still in his holster and Tetu's firearm was drawn but had not been fired, added police spokesman Const. Pierre Caron. The two died at the scene. Insp. Grilles Drolet said the distress call Tetu made, while almost inaudible, indicated there was likely more than one suspect in the warehouse of Montreal-based Dental Depot (Canada) Ltd.

which distributes equipment used by dentists. Police say they believe the suspects drove a blue or grey Dodge Aries. Normand Bergeron, director of the municipal force, told reporters police officers i ui wr-- Const. Jacques Giguere, 43 father of four Const. Yves Tetu, 25 married a month ago Poor bear brun of tax changes (JIFr I y.

1 is The two officers were the first in Quebec City history to be slain on duty. Quebec City Mayor Jean Pelletier announced that flags would be flown at half-mast in the city, which celebrated its founding 377 years ago Wednesday, until after the funerals of the victims. Two other Canadian police officers were killed this year RCMP Const Allen Giesbrecht, 32, in Vegreville, last January and RCMP Const. Michael Buday, 27, last March on the frozen surface of Teslin Lake near the British Columbia-Yukon border. Last year, nine police officers were killed seven on duty and two off duty.

Gilles St-Antoine, chief of the Quebec City district of the provincial police and president of the association, said police chiefs will continue asking Solicitor General Elmer MacKay to press Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to make good on his election campaign promise to hold a House of Commons debate on capital punishment. Grits tackle the explosive schools issue TORONTO (CP) Legislation to fully fund Roman Catholic schools, a political grenade since last June, will be introduced today by Ontario's Liberal government. They have tried to defuse it by including an appeal procedure for non-Catholic parents who are aggrieved by the refusal of Roman Catholic schools to admit their children. And public school teachers who lose their jobs because of the transfer of students from the public system will be able to appeal a Roman Catholic school board's decision concerning their hiring, seniority or salary, according to the much-disputed legislation first promised in principle by the Conservative government 13 months ago, sources said Wednesday. The bill to extend public financing of Roman Catholic schools beyond the current level of Grade 10 over three years beginning this fall will be tabled by Education Minister Sean Conway.

Like the rest of the Liberal cabinet, Conway assumed his post only eight days ago after the resignation of the Tory government and has been working almost around the clock ever since in preparation for today. Conway, who on Tuesday was publicly contradicted by Premier David Peterson on the matter of whether the funding plan might be postponed this year, refused to comment on the legislation, saying it would be improper to do so before it is tabled. However, a Liberal source said the legislation will encompass the major components of a report by a government-appointed commission which has overseen the drafting of agreements between public and separate school boards. The criteria for public funding laid out by the commission, led by William Newnham, include an assurance by a Catholic board that non-Catholic students will be accepted and that it will hire teachers and other staff displaced by a drop in enrolment in the public system. Last week, Conway suggested there might be delay in the funding which, according to Newnham, will involve the transfer this fall of 6,300 students and 280 teachers from public to Roman Catholic school boards.

Peterson stated on Tuesday, however, his government's commitment to implementation this fall. Meanwhile, the budget will save rich families hundreds of dollars in 1986 and 1987 and offers the possibility of even bigger savings. "Most Canadians likely would agree that the mounting federal deficit must be brought under control," the report said. "Unfortunately, the May 1985 budget's deficit-reduction proposals are at odds with Ottawa's long-standing commitment to fighting poverty." The council, which advises Welfare Minister Jake Epp, reached its conclusions after calculating the impact of major tax proposals in the budget on two-earner, one-earner and single-parent families in different income brackets. The council's findings: Families earning $15,000 a year will lose a total of between $1,844 and $2,422 over the next five years.

Most of the losses arise from limits on the indexing of personal tax exemptions and tax brackets and the elimination of the $50 federal tax reduction, both effective next Jan. 1. Families earning $35,000 a year will lose between $3,452 and $4,216 over the next five years for similar reasons. The losses also stem from proposed changes to family allowances, the child tax credit and the child tax exemption. Families with incomes of $80,000 will lose $1,125 or gain up to $5,662 over the next five years.

They will be hit with lower-than-normal personal exemptions, lower net family benefits and an 18-month income surtax. OTTAWA (CP) The middle class and the poor will bear the brunt of the income-tax changes in the May 23 federal budget, the National Council of Welfare said in a report released Wednesday. Calculations by the federal advi-" sory group show ever-increasing losses for middle-income families that will top $1,000 a year as early as 1989. Losses suffered by poor families will be proportionately smaller. Six weeks off for new dads I WINNIPEG (CP) New fathers in Manitoba who fall under provincial labor laws and who have worked for at least one year with their employer will be guaranteed six weeks of paternity leave legislation distributed Wednesday.

The bill brings a total of 42 laws in Manitoba in line with the equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was announced in the speech from the throne that opened the current session of the legislature. Other clauses in the omnibus bill remove or correct provisions in a variety of statutes to eliminate sexist language or discrimination. Bar owners and patrons should be pleased with a change in the Liquor Control Act that eliminates the ban on the sale of liquor on election days. Crime of passion It's a crime the way some duffers handle frustration on the links.

Although addressing this ball took on a brutal tone, Tinunins, police Staff Sgt. Ted O'Connor couldn't budge his arrested ball during a local tournament. Election loser pockets proof of recount rig VANCOUVER (CP) The loser in a union local election knew the recount was rigged when it confirmed the results and announced the same number of total ballots cast He had 35 of the original ballots in his pocket. Irvin George Thomas Leroux had set a trap to catch officers of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, Local 280, in a fraud. In a B.C.

Supreme Court judgment released Tuesday, Madame Justice Beverley McLachlin said she believed Leroux's evidence and ordered the union to pay Leroux $31,746 for his 1982 campaign expenses. "One or more of its agents, with control of its electoral procedures, permitted or deliberately arranged for irregularities, false ballots and a fraudulent recount," McLachlin said. Local 280 holds province-wide elections for its officers and business representatives every three years. In the election of June 17, 1982, Leroux contested the position of business agent for the Prince George area against incumbent Ed Ireland. -70OFF Convicted child killer acquitted after retrial imii SB inn a aaaa Wm, iiaaaa can Itlli aaaa 'a iMtaa i I I hT SI a 1 vt i a a a- 1 a a ja a a- 4 a i a i (.

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