Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, February 01, 1960

Issue date: Monday, February 1, 1960
Pages available: 34
Previous edition: Saturday, January 30, 1960

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 1, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press phone number Whitehall 3-9331 Alt departments including classified ads. Vol. 67 107 final edition you will find Vou re the doctor. U 14, is m u Al Jumble finance ii to u flame of Power m radio to 12 to a fire sinus Cory Kice Oft edition with in Oacus 10 cents forecast Milder 10 and 30 _ j Sun Meta . Moon . Rebels face trial after surrender de Gaulle will assume emergency Power to prosecute insurgents Paris Reuters the government today decided to prosecute the leaders of the settlers revolt in Algiers. V at the same Umo it was an fire hits Kelsey project fire which raced through the powerhouse under construction at the Kelsey Power development saturday Roay have set the project Back three to six months a spokesman for the Mani Toba Hydro electric Board said monday. Only preliminary reports had been received from Kelsey 425 Miles North of Winnipeg the spokesman said. They indicated that damage while heavy might not be As serious As first feared. Inspection parties flew to the sits sunday and monday and the first detailed examination began monday morning when the embers had cooled sufficiently to allow men to enter the building. Two of the five generators had been installed in the Concrete and fabricated steel building but there was Hope that the powerhouse tur Bines located beneath the main floor might not have been seriously damaged by the fire which broke out at noon saturday. Walls destroyed the Flamos destroyed the Wall cladding Metal insulated Walls which Rise above the Concrete main Structure before they were brought under control. Cause of the fire was not immediately known. A Low ceiling at Lac Dubonnet prevented government officials from taking off for Kelsey until noon sunday and they arrived at the site just before dark which prevented any detailed inspection bounced in Paris that the French Cabinet granted president Char Les de Gaulle emergency Powers today and that the National As Sembly was convoked for Tomor Row to ratify the Cabinet decision president de Gaulle acting with in the terms of the Constitution of the fifth Republic clearly in tends to strengthen the Structure of the state that the algerian re Volt which collapsed Early this morning showed to be extremely wobbly. The pertinent constitutional Arti Cle under which Gen. De Gaulle presumably will act to remove those who opposed him during the revolt and fraternize with men that took up arms against the be Gal government reads the government can in order to carry Cut its program ask parliament for authorization to take measures during a limited amount time via ordinances which nor Mally Are taken by Law. The ordinances Are taken by the Council of ministers following the advice of the Council of state High administration information minister Roger Frey said after a 90-minute cab inet meeting with president Charles de Gaulle presiding that All crimes committed against the Security of the state will be brought to see rebellion Page 4 then. See fire Page 4 Jno Bac Down on Bomarc now Ottawa defence min Ester Pearkes said today the Ca Nadian government plans no in change in its defence program despite the latest failure of the american Bomarc a anti aircraft missile. He read to the commons a statement received today from United states defence Secretary Thomas Gates which said that Al though Friday s Bomarc test did not result in the successful attain ment of All the desired objectives he is confident the design is sound. New govt. Bond issues Ottawa new Bond issues totalling offer ing interest yields of 5.70 and 5.76 per cent were announced monday by finance minister Fleming. The two issues both of relatively Short terms and carrying Coupon interest of 5v4 per cent provide holders with an option of converting to Long. Term Syz per cent Bonds maturing in 1975 and 1976. The new Bonds Are being offered immediately and books on the. Two issues will close at 7 . Cost tuesday. One Issue for is be ing offered for Cash subscription Only with proceeds to be used for general government purposes. The second Issue of 000, is being offered in Exchange for 2% per cent Bonds maturing next april 1. It is the first step taken by the government to refi Nance of those Bonds now outstanding. Few major upsets As Bonspiel opens an opening draw relatively free from major upsets marked the first salvos of the 72nd annual Manitoba Curling association Bon Spiel which opened on 114 sheets of ice monday morning. Two Hun dred and Twenty eight of the 456 entries saw action. Nelson Kraeger of Oak River was one of the few contenders to meet defeat on the opening draw but he went Down 8-7 to another Bonspiel favorite Reid Cochrane of Carman. Frank Stora Schuk of fort Rouge was Defeated 5-3 by compulsory tests Vancouver ;