Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 4, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index Jumble contest Page 28 classified 26 to 36 comics 19, 20 deaths finance 44, 45 movies 43 radio to 42 tax tips.-19 sports 37 to 41 women s___13 to 17 leg free press vol. 71 _ no. 134 pages Price Loc Winnipeg wednesday March 4, 1964 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Final edition phone we first Section pages 1-12 forecast Milder -10 and 20 Malaysia to Appeal to talks with Indonesia on Border War collapse Kuala Bumpur a prime minister Turku Abdul Rahman announced tonight the malaysian government will take its dispute with Indonesia to the United nations. The Turku made the announce ment in a television broadcast shortly after the collapse of a ministerial conference of the Philippines Malaysia and indo Nesia in Bangkok Thailand be cause of a continuing disagree ment Over the cease fire pro claimed in Borneo Jan. 2g. The prime minister said that if War broke out with Indonesia which has vowed to crush Malaysia tentative plans for a parliamentary election april 25 would be scrapped. Indonesian guerrillas had attacked malaysian and British Security forces on the indonesian malaysian Frontier in Borneo until an uneasy cease fire was arranged by . At Torney general Robert Kennedy during a trouble shooting mis Sion to Southeast Asia in Janu Ary. Please see Malaysia Page 12 missing la by John Dafoe the 1964 session of the Legi s 4ature has taken on a strange f new flavor because of the virtual silence and prolonged absence of a single member. The missing member is pre Mier Duff Roblin. Since the legislature opened almost a month ago the Premier has made Only four major speeches. Three of them have been in the nature of prepared state ments. Only one has been in spontaneous debate. All the rest of the time except for answering questions Anc discussing the occasional Point of procedure he has been silent. For Long periods of each Day he has not been in the House at All. Little to say the Premier allowed opposition criticism in the debate on the speech from the throne to pass almost unchallenged. He gave a Brief off the cuff rebuttal in his single appearance in the throne speech debate but spent most of his speech Reading a Tea drops name Senate Likely to approve Ottawa up trans a a n a d a air lines got a new and bilingual tues Day air Canada. In an unexpected develop ment a private member s Bill sponsored by Jean Chretien Maurice Lafleche to change the name of toe publicly owned airline flew through commons in 40 minutes with All party support. Whether the new name will stick depends on Senate approval of the Bill which seems Likely in View of government backing. Actual timing of the name change will depend of Tea and the or. Chretien a freshman my 30-year-old lawyer from Shawinigan que., said outside the commons the new name probably would not become offi Cial for about one year. This would allow Tea ample time to make All necessary adjust ments. Please see Tea Page 12 estimates at a glance spending estimates shoot up Al climbs by 6.6 per to government spending has. Shot upwards again despite finance minister Wal ter Gordon s apparent efforts to apply the brakes. He tabled in the commons tuesday the main spending estimates for the 1964-65 fiscal year totalling this is a one year Rise of 6.6 or making it one of the steepest year to year increases in the Post War period. And there is More to come. Or. Gordon is expected to bring supplementary estimates later in the year covering these outlays among others an boost in pay ments to the provinces possibly in railway subsidies stemming from legislation based on the Macpherson Roya commission on transportation about for Winter works it is renewed around for Winter House building. His next move is to raise the Money to pay for it All. How much will come from taxes Anc m w much he will have to Bor Row will be revealed in his please see spending Page 12 prepared statement announcing his shared services program for private schools. On the final Day of the throne speech debate when he would have had another Chance to speak the Premier was in new York arranging a loan for Mani Toba Hydro. Please see Roblin Page 8 firemen did duty jury a Coroner s jury decided tues Day night that the Winnipeg fire and police departments did everything possible to save a Campbell Street woman who died in a Valentine s Day House fire. The jury ruled that Marjorie Ford 40, of 105 Campbell Street the Mother of three children died Between 8 and . Feb. 14 from asphyxiation from Carbon monoxide poisoning As the result of a fire in the base ment of her Home. We the jury feel that death was accidental also that every thing possible had been done by the fire and police departments to the Best of their Winnipeg s civic Utility and personnel committee is to investigate seven charges of inefficiency levelled at the City s fire depart ment by 20 residents of Campbell Street after mrs. Ford s death please see inquest Page 8 Andy Ormsby mayor says she was molested Ottawa up mayor Charlotte w h i 11 o n has asked prime minister Pearson for Protection against a Csc cameraman. The request was in the form of a Telegram which she sent tuesday from Uplands air port w h e r e she spent the morning waiting for a flight to fog bound Toronto. The mayor said she. Was be ing molested and persecuted by to cameraman Andy Ormsby. When or. Ormsby tried to take pictures of her at the air port the mayor tried to hide her face with papers. The photographer continued shooting and miss Whitton asked the ramp Constable on duty to order the photographer away. The police Man said that unless she., was being physically assaulted there was nothing he Couls do. A spokesman in the Prim e minister s office confirmed that the Telegram 1 had been received and said it had been referred to the minister of Justice. Object to visit Montreal association of students of the University of Montreal s faculty of arts urged Queen Elizabeth tuesday night to cancel her trip to Quebec scheduled for next october. An association Resolution said the visit would be unwise because of reasons of Security and the expense involved in such a trip. Ottawa of the 1964-65 estimates tabled in the commons tues Day. Total Federal spending of up 6.6 including for old age pensions. Foreign Aid totals 000, up 50 . For. I9g7 world s fair in Montreal. Outlays up to defence spending Down to Public debt charges up to Federal share of Hospital insurance up to f i 1 y allowances to up works department spending up to Royal commissions to Cost Csc operating Grant up to to come supplementary estimates including 000 in increased payments to provinces. White Shell Plant gets by Victor Mackie Ottawa expenditure for new construction and operational costs at White Shell the new atomic Energy establishment accounts for More than half the to be spent in 1964-65 on the new works and installations by the Federal govern Orient in Manitoba. Included in this total amount is set aside for the Winnipeg flood Way in the fed looking for paintings this want and under miscellaneous articles for Sale 50 Beautiful paintings from Holland Lor Sale. Edison 9-s63s. 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. Eral estimates for the year end ing March-31, 1965 tabled in the commons tuesday. Public works department will spend for Public build Ings wharves and maintenance and operation of existing build Ings and grounds in Manitoba. The Public works department includes for the reconstruction of Alexander Avenue wharf in Winnipeg. The department of National de Fence will spend on improvements to existing establish Manitoba. of will be expended by the department of transport on Airport installations in the province. This includes for a new Field at Thomp son including the paving of a runway tax Vay and aircraft parking apron. Outlays of for addition Al costs at the air terminal building Are in the Esti mates. The amounts include the payment of Small outstanding contracts. Please see Manitoba Page 8 Walter Gordon presents estimates unanimous vote in approves s Force u Thant ordered to name mediator and set up peace keeping army United nations the United nations Security Council voted unanimously today to have in Secretary general u Thant set up a Cyprus peace Force and to name a mediator to seek peace in the Island Republic. The soviet Union cleared the de Gaulle to make Cyprus proposal by Waverley Root Paris special tons it looks As. Though president Makarios to president Charles de Gaulle that he mediate the Cyprus dilemma has not after All fallen on deaf ears. It was intimated after tues Day s Cabinet session that Gen. De Gaulle will have a proposal to make about Cyprus though not immediately. This constituted a reversal of i position taken last week by qualified spokesmen. After archbishop Makarios in a newspaper interview had expressed his Confidence in Gen. De Gaulle to find a solution to Nis Island s difficulties if he consented to mediate them officials Lere expressed the opinion that France would keep hands of in Cyprus. It was even remarked that Paris is not sufficiently Well in Ormed about Cyprus where i her ambassador s staff consists Way for the solid vote when it announced it would support the plan despite Strong reservations on the provisions for the. Crea Tion and control of the Force. The United nations Lias made no request to Canada for a contribution o any International peacekeeping Force for Cyprus an external affairs spokesman said today. There also had been some of one Secretary to sit in judgment on the question. If this was True French Diplo-1 doubt Mats since then must have been j the French Delegate Roger sey catching up on their Homework j Doux went along with the for after tuesday s Cabinet meet others. Ing information minister Alain the Vole on the plan had been Peyrefitte emphasized that for j scheduled for yesterday after eign minister Maurice Couve de i noon but at the request of the Murville had painted for his col-1 soviet Union was postponed in leagues a very precise picture i til today. Wilson mad denies Navy proposal by Richard Purser free press staff writer London staff labor Leader Harold Wilson today Rode into the political storm Lowed inaccurate reports in the British press about labor s plans for the Navy. Speaking at a press conference after his re Turki from washing ton he said that at no Point in any of his talks did he directly or indirectly imply that he would place nava.1-units under in con Irol. He had not thought of such a thing nor could any British government think of it. What lie had proposed was that the. Money spent on Britain s nuclear be spent on More troops better equipment and improved mobility for Bri Tain s world defence role against Bushfire mobility meant More troops at sea As Britain s bases abroad dwindle with the Rise of nationalism. This May mean use for mrp oses approved by the unit. Always with British Sanction and control. The Story that labor sought in control of British ships was or. Wilson said it was first sent out by. A news 22 die in. India crash new Delhi Clian air Force c-m9 aircraft Rashed into a River near Cal Cutta today killing 22 airmen aboard. An air Force spokesman said lie. Aircraft was on a routine Light when it plunged into a Iver near Barrac pore a Cal Litta suburb. The dead included five Crew members. Ill by july Complete Dallas murder trial starts Dallas a Jack Ruby stood before a jury of four women and eight men today and entered a formal plea of not guilty to. The murder of Lee Harvey Oswald accused Assas sin of president Kennedy. The jury entered the court room As a unit for the first time at . Cost. District attorney Henry m. Wade then faced the 52-year-old defendant and read the indict ment changing that Ruby did with malice aforethought kill Harvey Oswald by shoot-1 defence counsel then told ing him with a the indictment was dated nov. 26, two Days after Oswald was shot and four Days after the president was assassinated during a motorcade in Down town Dallas. Or. Ruby How do you plead to the asked judge Joe b. Brown who re turned to the Bench today after a one Day absence because of illness. Answered Ruby in a Low voice. Judge Brown that the defendant also was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. Before Ruby s formal the courtroom already jammed with spectators was crowded further by about 30 state wit Nesses. They were sworn in after Brown denied defence motions that would have delayed Start of the trial. The defence moved again for a change of venue a mistrial for More peremptory challenges before the jury was Swora in and for a mistrial on the grounds that a Public relations firm allocated the seats in the courtroom mostly to newspaper men rather than the general Public. Brown More brusquely than usual interrupted chief defence counsel Melvin m. Belli. We be gone into All that the judge said. Let s get on with the business at Han the judge then swore in the state s witnesses1. When he in .1 please see trial Page 8 Agency reporter. Another Journ Alist read it and found it conceivable that he asked for a denial which he got and sent. The first journalist was contacted and said he would Send a retraction. Yet the Story appeared in Bri Tish papers the next afternoon. I can Only think it has been run for political or. Wilson said. He thought the Case raised the question of the press circulating lies by spreading them and then denying them. His comments were in answer to a North american journalist. But even the labor Leader s clarification and accusations will not soon Stop the furore being raised in pro government circles. Following 4tbe noon press con Ference the overwhelmingly pro conservative British press pounced quickly on or. Wilson s vision of the Royal Navy s future role in International peace keep please see Wilson Page 8 of the Cyprus situation. The Washington Post bomb defused following today s endorsement u Thant s task turns to finding nations willing to contribute to j the peace keeping Force. The key i to his Success May lie with i Sweden for if the swedes agree to contribute several other nations acceptable to the Security Council Are Likely to follow suit. Just before the vote the Secretary general told the 11-na Tion Council he was he would be Able to form the Force and that he would get the full co operation of Cyprus Brit Athens special tons foreign minister Stavros Gosto Poulos of Greece said tuesday he believes the United Security Council proposal has de fused the ticking Cyprus time bomb and that the crisis Lias passed its worst Point. In an exclusive interview his first since taking office last month or. Costopoulos confirmed that Athens brought Strong pressure to Bear on the cypriot president archbishop Makarios. To accept the Compromise offered by five of the Council s non . Please see minister Page 8 View . Rifle shoots Light stays Boston lightweight laser which shoots a destructive Light Ray instead of bullets has been developed by Maser optics inc., and turned Over to the army it was announced tuesday. The Rifle s Ray the firm said is not enough to inflict serious bodily harm but could set fire to a Soldier s clothes. It could also Blind some one at ranges of up to a mile. Another use say Maser officials could be to ignite explosive fuses or set fires. J Ain Turkey and Greece in the in peace efforts. Tie soviet position was Dis closed by ambassador Nikolai t. Fedorenko at the opening of the Council session. Fedorenko objected to a pro Vison that the Secretary general would decide on the composition of the proposed Force in consultation with Cyprus Brit Ain Greece and Turkey. This he said would circumvent the Security Council. He also objected to a provision making the commander of the Force accountable to the Secretary Gen eral and not the Council. He asked for a separate vote on this whole Section of the Resolution and stated that he would abstain on it. He declared How Ever that in View of the fact that the Resolution was accept Able to Cyprus he would vote for the proposal As a whole. Prairies seek end to car exemptions the three Prairie provinces will soon ask the Federal government to revoke an 1881 agreement which prohibits them from tax legislature Prairie provinces to pro test car tax 1. Bonding proposed for used car dealers. Page 20. Hulton Paulley tangle. Page 20. Co operative sugar Plant suggested. Page 19. Mol Gat hits drainage policy. Page 19. Slow response to livestock Loans. Page 20. Hutton confirms. Rabies Rise. Page 19. House asked to look into increase in loan firms. Page 20r tax free gasoline urged for farm trucks. Page 20. Law needed to preserve soil Fertility. Page 12. Nip ombudsman Resolution introduced. Page 20. I one la often absent. Page ing Canadian Pacific railway main line property in the West. Speaking in the legislature afternoon Premier Duff Roblin said Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta will present a joint memorandum requesting the governor general in Council to repeal the 83-year-old statute. The Premier also said that Prai Rie government representatives will travel to Ottawa around March 18. To formally seek an end to the statutory tax exemptions now granted on car main line right of Way. Under the terms of the 18 j1 fed eral statute the Canadian Paci fic railway was Given exemption in perpetuity from paying taxes in new provinces formed after that Date. Although Manir Toba was established in 187pv its Northwestern Boundary extended Only to Gladstone and As a result the province has t been Able to collect taxes on car right of Way West of that town. Outlining the id province memorandum. Premier Rob Liri said the 1881 statute should be re hits Columbia treaty Ottawa Colum Bia River Power and flood control treaty was launched in the commons tuesday with a 95 minute speech by external affairs minister Martin. There were immediate indications of rough Waters downstream. New democratic party Leader t. C. Douglas said his party will do everything in its Power to Block the treaty s ratification. The Canadian american treaty he declared is thoroughly conservative and social credit spokesmen indicated they would Back the treaty. Or. Douglas and or. Martin agreed on Only one aspect of the complicated it was one of the most important issues to come before any recent ses Sion of parliament. From there on there were Sharp differences in the debate this treaty said or. Martin will stand in a truly great or. Douglas in avarice and born in a Gobi thud please see River Page 12 King Paul s condition grave Athens court official said today King Paul of order to remove the j Greece gravely ill for the last existing discrimination in regard to the Sovereign Powers vested in the three Western he said the Federal cab agree ment not Only discriminates against the three provinces but please see car Page 8 c few Days spent a quiet night but was still the cause of serious concern. The condition of the 62-year old King stricken with blood clots in his left lung and right leg was reported tuesday night to be deteriorating ;