Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 5, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press phone number Whitehall 3-9331 All departments including classified final edition Winnipeg fee press you will find flame of Power. 14, u went i i 13 to. W to w Merle 17 Canles m to 41 deaths 42 you re the doctor a Winnipeg Friday february 5, i960 forecast Cloudy 20 and 30 j red bloc s big stick on Berlin Eastern Summit meeting ends Witk warning on Germany Moscow a the Powers have lined up behind Nikita Khrushchev for a showdown on the German problem at the East West Summit talks in May. The eight country communist Alliance wound up a one Day con Ference wednesday night by threatening again to sign a sep Arate peace treaty with East Ger Many and to solve on this basis the question of West Berlin As the soviet led bloc backed the policies already Laid Down by the offer of a non aggression pact with the North Atlantic Alliance Universal disarmament a ban on nuclear and conversion of West Berlin into a free show impatience but the red Alliance seemed to show impatience on the German Issue declaring in a by unique under present conditions a peace treaty can be signed Only by both German states. We can open not agree that the solution to this there. Question be delayed see red bloc Page 2 gunfire greets Mikoyan sabotage of soviet Trade exhibition in Cuba Havana map intense gun fire broke out today in the Vicinity of the Fine arts Palace As soviet Deputy Premier Anastas i. Mikoyan and cuban president Osvaldo Dorticos prepared to open the soviet Trade exposition censure German arming by Richard Wald London special Nyht the British labor party thursday night Laid Down a formal parliamentary motion of censure on the government s foreign policy. The motion which will be debated in the House of commons next deplores the conservative government action in allowing West Germany to be armed by nato with weapons of nuclear capability. It also urges a Limi tation and control of forces and weapons in Central Europe As a toward wider disengagement throughout Western Europe. This will serve As the basis of the major pre Summit foreign pol icy debate in the House of com Mons next wednesday and thurs Day and May provide the basis for what Many labor members Hope will be a continuing opposition attack on conservative policies. The labor party has been committed to West German rearmament since 1954 when by a narrow vote it decided to support the nato decision in this respect. However a Large body of Radical labor opinion is still strongly opposed to any armaments for Ger Many. Held in North slaying the Pas Man. Special two men and a woman Are being held on a Coroner s warrant following the discovery of the badly beaten body of Tom Kong 68, in his Sec Ond Storey apartment. The discovery was made by Doug Wong who shared the quarters with him. Held Are John and Noah Nase Kapow and Myra Moore All rest dents of the nearby the Pas in Dian Reserve. They appeared be fore magistrate Neil Macphee Fri Day morning. A 10 Man Coroner s jury was empanelled thursday and the body forwarded to Winnipeg for a postmortem by a government Pathol Ogist. Or. Kong was a former co owner of the Exchange cafe Here. He had been a resident of the Pas since 1931. Death is believed to have occurred Between 10 and 11 . Wednesday night. Ramp investigated. Wild shooting broke out from a Balcony across the Street from the Fine arts Palace just As Mikoyan and Dorticos stepped inside its doors. There were no signs anyone was hit in the crowd of about 300.outside the exposition build ing. The Havana police radio quickly announced the arrest of two men on a charge of attempt ing to sabotage the appearance of Mikoyan at the exposition. Armed police were seen run Ning Down the Street from the Palace toward the seawall drive almost in the heart of the City. The firing lasted about. 10 min utes. United states officials in Washington viewed Mikoyan s visit As a move by Moscow to capitalize on the Low ebb in american cuban relations. An added possibility is that Mikoyan will seek to re establish cuban russian diplomatic relations broken off during Fulgen Cio Batista s regime. In line with such a move he is expected to invite Castro to pay a state visit to Moscow. Dry rocket Ottawa up the defence research Board plans to launch next year a new High Altitude re search rocket called the Snow informants said today. . Double boast a Battle won israeli cargo unloaded by Joe Alex Morris Cairo. Special Nyht the United Arab Republic thurs Day night claimed Vic tories on two fronts Over Israel the Mili tary and the political. While the press Here trumpeted Over the victorious outcome of monday s four hour clash on the syrian israeli Border preparations were underway to unload the seized cargo of the danish freighter Inge Toft. The freighter has been moored at port said since last May 21 when her cargo was seized on the grounds it was israeli owned. Meanwhile agents for the Inge Toft Lambert Brothers and co. Notified port said customs that the ship could now unload. . Officials agreed to the shipowner s request that expenses be borne by the . And they will be de ducted from the proceeds from auctioning off the tons of Potash tons of Cement and 10 tons of Copper. The rest will be contributed to the Palestine re Fugee. Relief. The government owned news paper Al Tombouria said thurs Day the . S ability to repel israeli attacks was this week incontestably the same incidents also proved the utter fail ure of the United nations to per form its the paper added. Other papers carried similar editorials. An army v on Alert Damascus Syria military commander in Syria charged Israel today wit fresh deliberate provocations to spread hostilities All along the tense syrian israeli armistice line. But i want to announce to the whole world that we Are on the Alert All along the 70-mile fron tier ready to repel any Daggres said maj. Gen. Gamal Faisal commander of the United Arab Republic s 1st army. There were no reports of any shooting across the Frontier thursday night. The israeli foreign ministry meanwhile announced it has offered to meet with the syrians at any time and any place to discuss Border peace As Long As nothing pertaining to the demilitarized zone West of the bound Daries is presumably neither the syrians nor the United nations armistice commission would consider this offer. Cairo Reuters a Large Force of israeli tanks and ored vehicles is moving through the Negev desert toward the egyptian Frontier the Cairo newspaper Al ashram says. It claims the israeli Force is aimed at countering the concentration of United Arab Republic troops in the Sinai Peninsula. Record on two fronts Ottawa bets on easing of tension estimates defence outlay slashed million Ottawa the Federal government made it pretty Plain thursday it is gambling on continuation of easier world tensions and possibly an East West disarmament agreement. The largest spending program in Canada s history for was tabled in the commons but there was a slash of nearly six per cent in defence spending. This saving will be Las get a raise members of the legislature Are in for a raise this year their first since 1954. The Premier cab inet ministers the Leader of the opposition and the speaker will More. Here is what they will get members session Al indemnity increased from to ministers salary up from to plus indemnity of Premier salary up from to plus indemnity. Opposition Leader salary raised from to plus indemnity. See raise Page 5 almost entirely wiped out As a result of More to pay for the Public debt. The biggest defence cuts came in the procurement of new Wea Pons and equipment. Officials said no provision is made in the spending estimates for the year beginning april 1 for any new item or cent tax on liquor while the ederal government gets 60 per cent. Like most other been checking off Union dues without charge for years. The railways it was understood proposed the 10-cent charge to cover the Cost of services such As accounting work involved in trans Ferring dues from the individual employee s pay Cheque to his Union. The dues vary Between unions. One Union informant said the total the railways Check off for the non Ops unions might be be tween and year. Looking for a t.v.? this want and under Misc. Arts. 50 1 Fleetwood 37" portable to new. Be 3-5369. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Winners continue unbeaten Mac Scales of Strathcona and Howie Wood of Granite the Only undefeated rinks in the 72nd an Nual Manitoba Curling association Bonspiel continued their win Ning ways Friday on the 9 . Draw of the Henry brits event scoring their ninth straight Vic tories. Wood gained the Quarter finals of the event with a 6-5 extra end Victory Over Bobby Goodwin of Strathcona. Scales made it with an easy 9-3 win Over Jack met Calfe of Portage la Prairie. Others to gain the eights of the Birks one of the two major events were Gerry Duguid of Granite Bruce Hudson of Strath Cona Don Trakalo of civic Caley Clare Deblonde of head her. Cece pooles and Mykieta Ooth of civic Caley. Duguid Defeated Vandeveren of Elmwood 9-4, Hudson downed me Mahon of West Kildonan 9-6. Tra Kalo ousted Eldon Mclean o Strathcona 7-4. Deblonde scored a 9-5 Victory Over Stan Topolin ski of Transcona pooles defeats Ernie Boushy of Heather 9-6, and Mykieta Defeated Neil Letavish of the Granite 1j-5. The Nemi finals of the Birka Wal be reached after the . Draw Manitoba costs up 12 per cent education welfare debt charges boost Roblin s estimates Premier Duff Roblin tabled estimates in the legislature thursday showing the government s operating expenses up 12 a per cent to a record the total provincial expenditures wont be known for another four weeks when he tables Capi Tal estimates. Last year the amount paid from cur rent Revenue was Ana the total More than big increases in education and welfare services and a doubling of debt charges accounted Lor the increase. See detailed table on Page education Rose from to due almost entirely to the new school Grant Structure and to increased appropriations to the University of Manitoba. Health welfare the budget of the health and Wel fare department Rose from to almost entirely because of the new social allowances program. See Manitoba Page a big pay boost at Theu t six to 10 per cent salary in creases for faculty members authorized in provincial estimates tabled in the legislature thursday will put the University of Manitoba among the four top paying universities in the country. This was revealed Friday after Premier Duff Roblin said that Grants to the University of Mani Toba in the province s operating budget would increase by about this was to cover a salary in crease for faculty members and to meet the additional operating costs made necessary by the in creased enrolment expected next year. It was Learned Friday that the University intends to increase faculty members salaries As soon As the estimates Are approved by the House. Floor salaries of assist ant professors will increase from to they had already been increased from to 600 a year ago. See University Page s aldermen to raise their pay Winnipeg aldermen Are believed certain to vote themselves a 200 pay increase now that the Overn mint has announced its in mention of raising Las indemnities by at least three recent attempts m raise aldermen s salaries have been stillborn because no Alder Man was willing to introduce the motion. Aldermen now get a salary of plus for expenses. The mayor 000 and expense Money. The Calary portion of Council indemnities totals Short of the charter limitation of aldermen s expense allowances May not exceed their total income. This Meari the Al Dermen could add to their salaries and to ten air expenses bringing them to s3. 600 add to the mayor s salary and still be under the 000 maximum they May. Pay themselves. No motion introducing the raise ii expected at next monday s Council meeting but City Hall Obi believe a motion will de finitely be made at the feb. M meeting. Bigger Manitoba share by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff Manitoba s Treasury in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1960, will have received a total of from the ederal government under the do minion provincial tax sharing arrangements an increase of 000 Over what was originally estimated a year ago As payable to the province. La the coming fiscal year 1960 it is estimated that the pay ment to Manitoba will total or an increase of Over the amount fore cast in the estimates a year ago for 1959-60. For payments to other pre tee table Page 2. The actual amount that will have been paid out to Manitoba from the Federal Treasury under the tax rental scheme in the current fiscal year is up by due to the act that revenues from the corporation taxable income personal income tax and succession duties were greater than estimated. The estimate was made by the Federal finance authorities Back in october 1958, and they under estimated the Federal income for the current fiscal year. The new estimate which appears in the government s spending pro Gram tabled in the commons thursday is up Over last year s estimate due to estimated further increases in the revenues from corporation taxable income personal income tax and succession duties. 80 per cent increase in Trade deficit Ottawa imported commodities Worth More than they exported last year. This was an 80-per-cent in crease from the 1958 Trade deficit of but was Well below the record in us ;