Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index Garden column classified 25 to 38 movies 11 comics 20, 21 radio to 10 deaths 12 sports 39 to 46 finance 18, 19 women 16, 17 Winnipeg free press vol. 70 no. 262 48 pages Price Loc thursday August 1, 1963 suit rises . Moon rises . Sun. Sets . Moon sets . Final edition phone we 3-9331 first Section pages 1 -14 forecast a Little cooler 55 and 75 Ward lies near death in Iron lung unaware of vice convictions pneumonia follows overdose London a Reuters or. Stephen Ward was placed in an Iron lung with bronchial pneumonia and was reported near death late today. A convicted on two vice charges growing out of Britain s sex and j Security scandal the society Osteopath was in a deep coma from an overdose of drugs taken wednesday on the last Day of his trial. The pneumonia to e v e 1 oped after Throat surgery this morn ing to ease his breathing. Ward was unaware of his conviction on charges of living off prostitution. He was being fed intravenously with a nutrient solution containing a heart stimulant. The Throat tracheotomy to insert a breathing tube in a Hole in Ward s wind performed this morn ing at St. Stephen s Hospital where he has been unconscious since 8 . Wednesday. Medical bulletin the afternoon medical Bulle tin said or. Ward s condition has deteriorated and he has had to be returned to mechanically controlled asked about Ward s Chance of survival overnight a Hospital official said i would t like . Names delegates by Murrey Marder Washington special tons a bipartisan coloration was Given wednesday to next week s Moscow signing ceremony for a limited nuclear test ban treaty As two Republican senators joined four democrats in the official party. The White House announced that republicans George d. Aiken of Vermont and Leverett Sal Tonstall of Massachusetts will be in the group accompanying Secretary of state Dean Rusk to sign the .-British-soviet draft treaty. Democrats in the party will be senator j. William Fulbright of Arkansas chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee Hubert h. Humphrey of Minnesota assistant majority Leader and chairman of the foreign relations subcommittee on disarmament John 0. Pastors of Rhode Island chairman of the joint committee on atomic Energy and John j. Spark Mari of Alabama chairman of the foreign relations subcommittee on european affairs. The most influential Republican of All former president Dwight d. Eisenhower said wednesday i am not ready to come out radically on either Side because we still have to hear military and scientific opinion on the whole interviewed aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth As he headed for a week s visit to Europe he added i will say something definite later when the debates and discussions have been com or. Rusk the senators and other officials and assistants in a plan Load of 29 persons will please see treaty Page 4 this is betrayal China peking communist chinese press Campaign against russian government policy and the partial nuclear test ban treaty continued unabated today. United states cambodian and burmese news Media were All prominently quoted to Back up charges made in a chinese government statement wednesday saying Russia has joined the United states in an anti chinese Alliance. More than two pages of the communist party people s daily were devoted to hostile reaction to the treaty under a huge headline this is no Vic tory for the peaceful coexistence policy it. Is capitulation to United states the newspaper devoted half a Page to selections from soviet statements since 1946 describing How the russian government capitulated step by step in Dis armament and test ban negotiations. The newspaper s cartoonist joined in the Campaign with a drawing on theme that hot week s treaty was virtually the same As one rejected by Russia in Geneva last August. The cartoon showed american undersecretary of state Averell Harriman in a White dinner jacket with Handcuffs hanging from his Waist pouring out a Medicine labelled pills made in nuclear test the pills were being poured into a pair of outstretched Pudgy hands clearly intended As russian Premier Khrushchev s. The owner of the hands is say ing now i badly need it to people of the j Ember. Please see Ward Page 4 Africa Row in in Portugal told to free its territories by Louis b. Fleming United nations special tons the Security Council wednesday called on por Tugal urgently to set its african territories on the path to Independence. A Compromise Resolution was adopted by a vote of k o 0. The United states Britain and France abstained even though the Reso Lution had been stripped of All its Tough language. With adoption of the Resolution the Council turned to an even More emotional Issue the ques Tion of South Africa s policies of apartheid. In the opening debate on South Africa the africans made it Clear that they will press for a Tough Resolution probably embracing demands for an embargo of arms and Oil As Well As diplomatic sanctions and a threat of suspension of membership. Council action on the Portu Guese territories set the stage for three months of intense negotiations which almost certainly will Lead to another and More bit Ter session of the Council in nov St. James to Welcome Claudia please see in Page 7 big names hushed . Labor fears by Richard Purser free press staff writer London staff a number of labor maps today consulted among themselves and with Legal acquaintances on a simmering Side Issue of the Ward Case that j could become another cause Cele Bro. Itself. They Are disturbed by the abrupt quashing tuesday by the lord chief Justice in court of criminal Appeal of jamaican Singer Aloysius Lucky Gor Back to school after Channel Triumph Claudia Mcpherson who wednesday be came the youngest person to Ever swim 1he English w i 1 1 return to St. James near the end of August to what could Well be the biggest Wel come Home Celebration the City has Ever seen. Plans were launched thursday by metro councillor t. A. Find Lay and St. James acting mayor Ron Gilles to Honor the 17-year old schoolgirl who flopped ashore two Miles West of Folkestone eng. At . Wednesday or. Findlay and or. Gilles Hope to re organize the commit tee which was set up last year to finance her than unsuccessful trip. This year Claudia s parents financed the trip themselves and the City of St. James is deter mined to meet her with a Cele bration befitting the world s youngest English Channel swim incr i no plans have yet been made by the provincial government or metro but it s Likely that these two bodies will also recognize Claudia s feat. Sandy haired Claudia said Al i Folkestone thursday she has no further swimming ambitions and will return to school to become a nurse. The Canadian press reports stung by Jelly fish exhausted and near tears the Spunky Ca Nadian girl swam the swirling against integration move . Rightists join forces probe of military Boycott urged by Goldwater Southern senators Washington a senator Barry Goldwater Arizona Republican has Senate investigation of what he said was the use of income tax returns information to pressure merchants in areas near . Military bases to accept desegregation. Divorce formula backed j Don s conviction for assaulting i Christine Keeler. Gordon 31, had served six Waters in 17 hours and wednesday. Seal Claudia Mcpherson 17, of St. James man., takes a breather during her gruelling 17-Liour seven minute crossing of the eng Lish Channel from France to England. Claudia is the youngest person Ever to swim the Channel. 17 years and four months she became the youngest to accomplish the difficult swim. The. Previous youngest was Marg Aret White an English girl was 17 years eight months when i letters protest my pay boost she made the crossing in 1961.1 it was Claudia s second at a i tempt at the Channel. Last aug i weeks of a three Yeai sentence i was forced to quit after Utt avva a growing in Maui . Me i co his Appeal was allowed on a 1 nine in water Etters were reported to have j said conservative maps have de i a in i if _____i____1 a. Utoca t Imi Hlf Foi Oil pc Flipi Ottawa a growing number meanwhile the Canadian press lost 20 pounds this time been received by members of i kept thinking of the Sacri i parliament of All parties from files my parents went through constituents protesting the size so i could do miss me a of my salary increases passed Ottawa Secre tary Pickersgill said wednesday the government will support a new formula to break up a log Jam of More than parliamentary divorces. The government House Leader told the commons that a private member s Bill sponsored by Nicholas Mandziuk Quette will be debated on government time later this session to facilitate its passage. It is my understanding that this Bill would have fairly wide spread support in the or. Pickersgill said. He made the comment As the commons gave second Reading in 200 divorce Bills in addition to the 50 Given second Reading last week. The Bills go before the j please see divorce Page i basis of statements taken by to j lice since the june trial and thus not available to the jury. The Appeal judge held that the state ments might have raised doubts person Caid. I could hear i this by the commons. In jurors minds about voices urging me on. Ers evidence had they then been was Soma hmm subconscious j available. And i Kep going on. J j please see Claudia Page 12 what bothers some political and Legal circles is that nothing of the statements contents was revealed in open court. The state ments Are at present a secret shared by the police. The judge and counsel. It is held that this Lack of Public explanation for allowing the Appeal is against the Public interests contained in the Appeal court s own dictum that Justice must not Only be done but must be seen to be done. The maps Hope to find a Way to raise the matter in the commons either by a motion or As a ques Tion to the attorney general. The evidence referred to at the nine minute Appeal hearing is contained in a 120-Page police dossier of statements collected from several witnesses in the last please see tape Page 12 for retail sugar Price drops Page 3 Argentina s new president Page 6 a s9.hh1 Marilyn Mandy Rice Davies an 18-year-old party girl on whose evidence. Or. Ward was convicted yesterday last night was guest at a 20th Century Fox parly. Here she pulls a face at a decorative chandelier. Three guests seated Al Mandy s Lable left in a Huff. Heroin seized in raids Toronto up ramp officers smashed what they claim to be Canada s largest narcotics Syndicate when they raided Homes in Toronto and two other towns wednesday night arresting 12 persons and seizing Worth of heroin. They said the arrests of seven men and five women culminated five months of intensive investigations in six major Ca Nadian cities. More arrests were expected. In an operation code named or. 75 ramp officers reinforced by metropolitan Tor onto police had prowled the streets of the cities dressed As bums and addicts trailing suspects and photographing drug meets with telescopic lenses. Officials said they estimate the Syndicate handled Worth of heroin in March alone. The cleanup started w Hen ramp officers arrested chief suspect Charles Cipolla 50, a Guelph fruit shop and restau rant owner outside a Bra nip ton restaurant and seized 500. Cipolla claimed he had won the Money in a crap game. Arrested with him was Orval Charles Hardy 48, of Toronto. Charles Cipolla 50, of Guelph a fruit store and restaurant owner was arrested outside a restaurant in Brampton about 20 Miles from Toronto police said. Cipolla was charged with conspiracy to traffic in narcotics and Possession of narcotics for purposes of trafficking. Facing the same charges Are Orval Charles Hardy 48, Jack Dalton Meldrum 43, James or Ville Ross 40, Gloria West 33, Marion Burns 32. Michele Christine Poole 20, Joan Dick son 30, Frank Edgar Piro 46, and Dou Laii James Thibeault 3s, All of Toronto. Nied that their differences Over maps pay raises involve the leadership of John Diefenbaker. Or. Diefenbaker and six other conservative maps voted against i the government s Bill monday to raise maps pay to a year i from sixty four Conser j natives joined the to liberals. 13 social credit maps and 13 new orderly protest assured by Bill Henry Washington special tons everyone in his right mind regardless of color is going to feel relieved that common sense seems to have prevailed in connection with the civil rights March on Washington scheduled for late August. The demonstration which started out with a lot of wild. Talk about sit ins in the Capitol and lie ins at airports and on High ways has now settled Down to what would appear to be a Well planned affair. It now appears that every pre caution is being taken by the organizers to eliminate the civil disobedience and More violent features originally proposed. As tilings stand now a series of meetings Between the District of Columbia police chief and two Washington ministers the revs. Walter Fauntroy and Edward Hailes have resulted in careful plans. These presumably have been accepted by the Rev. Mar tin Luther the Southern Christian leadership conference Roy Wilkins of the a act Whitney Young of the Urban league James Farmer of Core and James Forman of the student non viol edit. Co ordinate j ing committee. I see Washington Page 4 get Down to work maps told the conservative Republican and several Southern democrats denounced wednesday the directive issued by defence Secretary Mcnamara last week. The directive authorized Mil itary commanders to designate As off limits for service men communities which prac Tise relentless discrimination against negroes. Goldwater an air Force re serve major general told the Senate he Felt the action carried the seeds of a possible military makeover. Senator Richard Russell said Mcnamara will be asked about he directive when he testifies on the defence budget. Georgia s senior Democrat Heads the Senate military appropriations subcommittee As Well As the armed services com Mittee. R. Kennedy hit elsewhere in Washington a Senate Commerce committee Leard witnesses from Northern and Southern states criticize at Torney general Kennedy for say ing there is no evidence of communist involvement in racial demonstrations around the country. Please see racial Page 7 pension costs mounting Windsor ont. Up George Burl Canadian director Ottawa payroll costs of i the Canada pension plan May in crease to More than double the original rate of two per cent. Health minister Judy Lamarsh said wednesday under question ing in the House of commons. At the same time she denied that the Cost will Rise to 15 per cent of All Canadian wages and i salaries As predicted earlier by a firm of Toronto actuaries. Miss Lamarsh revealed for the i i Vii 11 la n a Tivi n. Oual ii Ull Yuuji democratic party members Vot-1 of Tlle United automobile work time that her department ers said wednesday had estimated that Cost to pm members of parliament should plovers and employees May Rise give up moonlighting and per to five per cent of earnings with form a full week s work it they in 36 years. The original rate is two per cent split evenly by employers and employees. This rate is guaranteed for the first ten years of the plan. The five per cent figure mentioned by miss Lamarsh does t include the Cost of the present monthly pension which is supported by three per cent taxes on corporation profits sales and income. The calculation that the even Tual Cost of the benefits proposed by the government would reach 15 per cent of All Canadian wages and salaries was made by i ing in favor. The split Over the increase was j followed by reports that or. Diefenbaker might be told by his i backbench supporters that he no longer enjoys their Confidence. Vote by conscience however it is understood or. Diefken biker informed his follow ers that ill his View every Mem Ber should vote on the pay raise in accordance with his conscience and not along party lines. Sources close to or. Diefenbaker said the opposition Leader also was not told in Advance of the proposal to pay an additional a year to leaders of other opposition groups composed of 12 or More members. There appeared to be no sup port for making it a question of please see maps Page 12 o pay increases. A Bill providing maps and senators with increases has been Given commons approval and now awaits Senate action. The Canadian Public should demand an end to the tuesday through thursday work week which so Many maps have set for themselves and the Hur ried trips Back to the Law of fice farm or contracting he said in an interview. No one argues against de cent pay for maps but surely a year tax exempt plus travel and Telephone allowances entitles the Canadian Public to full time represent the Toronto actuarial firm of i please see pensions Page 12 Roblin reveals membership of new economic Council Premier Duff Roblin thursday announced the appointment of a nine member Board to help guide and stimulate Manitoba s future economic growth. The economic consultative Board part of the Manitoba government s new style economic planning will carry out the pro ram for economic development recommended by the committee on Manitoba s economic future. J. R. Mcmillan a former can Adian National railways vice president who headed come will be its chairman. Other Mem Bers Are Morris Neaman Winnipeg businessman chairman of the Mani Toba development fund and member of the come executive committee William j. Parker president of Manitoba elevators and former chairman of the univer sity of Manitoba Board of governors w k. Wilton Brandon Automo i Community development bile dealer and chamber of com Marce official j. Arthur Coulter metro counsellor and executive Secretary of Winnipeg and District labor Council d. K. Friesen Altona publisher and businessman and chairman of the come advisory group on looking for a sewing machine this want and under miscellaneous articles for Sale 50 portable sewing machine Good condition. Phone Castle 2-2482. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and free press want ads. Gordon Crawford president of the United steel workers of am Erica area Council and former Canadian representative of the Union s International wage policy committee j. Clayton Gilson professor of agriculture economics at the University of Manitoba and chair Man of the come advisory committee on the development of primary Industry Gordon Lawson Secretary trea surer of James a. Richardson and sons ltd., and president of Patricia transportation company. From Ottawa Premier Roblin also confirmed the appointment reported earlier in Ottawa of or. Baldur cd Krist Janson acting assistant Deputy minister of the Federal depart ment of agriculture As executive director of the Board. Please see committee Page 12 ;