Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 8, 1965, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index classified 24 to 34 comics 10, 11 deaths 17 finance 12 to 14 income tax.10 Jumble 26 movies. 9 sports.20 to 23 television 8 women 16 Winnipeg final edition phone we 3-9331 vol. 72 no. 113 Price Loc comics Winnipeg monday february 8, 1965 Sun sets . Moon sets . Sun rises .Imoon rises Burn. Forecast Milder rising to 25 Roblin says air base is crucial Premier gives 72 reasons for retention air Canada s Winnipeg overhaul base must be continued and expanded in the interests of the nation and of balanced regional development Premier Duff Roblin of Manitoba told the Thompson inquiry commission monday. Or. Roblin who advanced 72 reasons Why he thinks the base should stay in Winnipeg also told the commission that Mani Toba evidence will prove that air Canada s discounts and new Dq-9 jets can be overhauled in Winnipeg for the same Cost As at Montreal. About Ioc people at the inquiry were warned not to shout and cheer during the proceedings. The warning was voiced by chairman d. A. Thompson after frequent catcalls interrupted the testimony of Premier Roblin. Most of the asides were intended for air Canada lawyer Harry Monk who was Cross examining the Premier. During the examination the Premier was frequently clapped and cheered when criticizing air Canada s behaviour in moving the Winnipeg base to Montreal. After several interruptions or. Thompson said he had been permitting some audience com ment because he had realized please see Goblin Page 5 dead on target . Planes renew attack norths China Nam Hanoi Cambodia put from pants highlights of vietnamese fight n. Viet Nam hit second Day Hanoi denounces act of War Danang a . And South. Viet namese planes struck again today at communist North Viet Nam hitting military Camps and leaving them burning the South vietnamese air com Mander reported. . Nguyen Cao by flying the Lead vietnamese plane was hit in the by shrapnel. He said anti aircraft fire was heavy Over the target areas. By reported later the raid was made by 30 South vietnamese propeller driven a1e sky raiders and four . Of Loos. In Saigon . Nguyen Khanh the armed forces com Mander said the raid had stroked 70 per cent of the tar gets hit. By identified the villages As Liem Cong Tay that be and song song All near the Frontier and along a route leading to Ward the Border. By said the four . Of Loos bombed an area just to the North of his target Region with excellent results. One South vietnamese air Force plane was hit by anti air please see Viet Nam Page 15 Kosy Iii pledge recalled Moscow says it is necessary to put an end to american air raids on North Viet Nam and published a pledge by soviet Premier Kosy Gin to Back North Viet Nam against . Attacks. The soviet government news paper says Kosygin s pledge was made at a Public meeting at Hanoi sunday seven hours before the first air raid on Dong hoi. Although this was re ported Here sunday by the soviet news Agency Tass it did not appear this morning in pravda the soviet communist party newspaper. This afternoon the speech was broadcast by radio Moscow and Izvestia came out with it shortly afterwards. The delay and then Publica Tion of the speech indicated to some diplomatic observers Here that after thinking Over the situation the soviet government was determined to stand behind the pledge. But there was. No Public re action or comment from the government other than the brie remarks in Izvestia. Freezing rain Here forecast the Winnipeg area missed the 70 Miles an hour wind Anc blizzard which hit parts o Alberta and Saskatchewan sat urday but May get treacherous conditions tomorrow. Light Snow or freezing rain 1 predicted in the Winnipeg area for tomorrow morning. The temperature is expected to Rise to 25 above by morning but then to Fae to 10 above by evening. The blizzard which hit f Arthe West saturday blew itself of before reaching Manitoba. In it final phase it passed through Winnipeg late saturday bringing some Snow and 25 . Winds the Public weather office in Winnipeg said today. Two people died of exposure in Saskatchewan. Few traffic accidents were reported polic had warned motorists to Sta off the highways until the weather improved. Visibility i some areas was Down to Les than a Quarter of a mile an motorists were told especially t avoid using country roads. Russian., United states collision feared die forces win leadership Battle by slim margin Balcer loses bid for convention by fewer than five votes by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa staff opposition Leader John Diefenbaker faces continuing and serious opposition to his leadership in spite of an official statement that his party s executive voted against a leadership convention last weekend. Tory Quebec chieftain Leon Balcer has called for disclosure of the results of the secret bal of on the convention claiming that the announced rejection in conflict with the general trend of saturday s i Trust or Diefenbaker will Lave no objection to a Complete examination of the figures and voting slips on which they Are or. Balcer said sunday. Dalton Camp president of the progressive conservative association found himself in the Eye of the party s leadership Murricane after or. Balcer challenged the results. Argument was developing Over whether the president was interpreting the outcome As not sufficient to warrant the calling of a leadership convention. Suspicions were voiced by those opposed to or. Diefenbaker that there had been a Small majority but still a majority in favor of a Leader ship convention but that the association president and his officers had decided the major Ity was insufficient to warrant an announcement that the convention had favored a Leader ship convention. Or. Diefenbaker was relaxing by Robert Donovan Washington special pcs hostilities Over the weekend have increased the anger of a widening War a Asia. The Clear effect of the use of american planes to bomb North vietnamese bases in retaliation for communist Viet Cong at tacks on american installations and american troops is to deepen the . Commitment in South Viet Nam. The fact that the bombing occurred while soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin was in Hanoi capital of North Viet Nam crisis in Asia at a glance by the associated press and South Viet namese fighter bombers made a new attack on military installations in North Viet Nam. The strike followed one sunday to avenge a Viet Cong attack on the Plesku air base in which eight americans were killed and More than 100 wounded. News Agency in a dispatch from Hanoi claimed that North vietnamese ground troops shot Down three of the . Planes that took part in today s raid. The . Defence department said no . Planes were missing. Peking China called Sun Day s . Air strike an extremely serious provocation and said president Johnson was the chief culprit in this act of Hanoi soviet military offi cers accompanying soviet pre Mier Kosygin on his visit met with defence minister to Ngu yen Giap. North Viet Nam called sunday s . Raid an utterly serious act of War and warned that the United states is increasing the danger of War in Southeast Asia with foresee Able consequences. New Delhi Indian prime minister Lai Bahadur Shastri appealed to president Johnson and Premier Kosygin to meet As soon As possible to discuss developments in Southeast Asia and to do All they can to ensure that peace is not Dis Washington president John son said the United states has no Choice now but to Clear the decks and Mace absolutely Clear our continued determination to Back South Viet Nam in its fight to maintain its Johnson was meeting today with White House foreign policy please see crisis Page 15 seeking to strengthen soviet North vietnamese relations gave Rise to the danger of a new confrontation Between the soviet Union and the United states in Asia. Whether the Viet Cong at tacks and the retaliatory Amer ican bombing Are to constitute a single incident or Are to be the prelude to fresh hostilities involving the . Will depend on Hanoi s reaction to the bombing if Hanoi stung by the air attack should strike Back at american forces on land or sea the . Will surely hit again. Where such a Cycle of attack and retaliation might Lead no one knows. The . Sent an official explanation of the bombing raid to the soviet Union sunday saying that Washington does not wish to Widen the War. Nevertheless this is regarded As a notable juncture in the War in Viet Nam one that is Likely to quicken the Pace of events for better or worse. Please reaction Page 15 eager to save soviet Union s face by Murrey Marder Washington special tons the great question hanging Over the whole horizon of International affairs is what effect the Surprise events in Viet Nam will have on the general course of East West relations. All that could be said at the moment informed sources agreed is that East West relations Are now clouded with new uncertainty and new the immediate effect on East West relations will depend on whether the soviet Union treats the american retaliatory strike today s inside stories child Dies of diphtheria red China and Indonesia Page Page 3 6 lady Luck drops Fry Page 21 editorial Pace Little Unity among conservatives the world s most ill used youngsters or. Diefenbaker refuses to face reality Maurice Western Shaun Herron against communist North Viet Nam As a major Challenge to soviet prestige or not. In part it presumably was to try to avoid forcing the soviet Union to conclude that its prestige is directly at stake now that All official american statements sunday avoided any reference to those nations sup porting North Viet Nam. The principal ones Are communist China and the soviet Union who have competitors for North Viet Nam s support in their world communist rivalry. Critical question a critical question in the weekend attack on american installations was whether the soviet Union was entrapped in the sequence of events or whether it colluded in them with North Viet Nam. The predominant View in Washington is that the soviet Union was unwittingly entrap Ped. Although there is no hard evidence on this key Point and some experts Are cautious about out soviet North Viet namese the Foremost interpretation at present is As follows it is thought very unlikely that soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and his new fellow please see relations Page 15 a nurse attempts to Comfort a wounded . A Ward of the 8th . Army Field Hospital in Jonha South Viet Nam sunday. The one of Jnore than 100 who were wounded during Viet Cong attacks on two . Mili tary compounds at 240 Miles North of Sai gon. Eight americans were killed in the. Attacks. Stonehill fed up will leave Canada Vancouver up ican millionaire Harry Stonehill said sunday night he is fed up with Canada and will leave to Day never to return. As far As i am concerned i never want to come Back Here again. The government does t want me to stay Here because they Are afraid of american and the philippine he said in an interview. It was the third interview the controversial millionaire gave reporters since breaking his Long silence. Friday he described himself As a Man at the end of my i m asking this country to forget my past give me a Chance. Judge me by my actions in Canada. My family my self we want to stay sunday night he said he can t stand it any More and will never return to Canada. He said an Anonymous Telephone Call in which the caller threat ened to kill sparked his de termination never to return. The 47.-year-old . Army Veteran made a Fortune before he was ordered to leave the Philippines. He came Here two years ago seeking landed Immi Grant status which was denied. He said the press has written nothing about me but he had decided to leave can Ada forever and had closed his several business enterprises in Vancouver and sold Many of his companies in the Philippines. Stonehill said he had maintained his Long silence because he feared for the safety of his philippine born wife s family still on the islands and his Busi Ness associates and interests Here. Last december the Canadian immigration department ruled that he could not stay in this country As a landed immigrant. But he was Given permission to visit his wife and family and clean up his business affairs Here. Please see fed up Page 5 Church control policy attacked at Home monday. He was making no comment. Spokes men in his office said that or. Balcer s quarrel was with or. Camp not with or. Diefenbaker. Please see tories Page 5 tory chief hints he l quit soon by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff conservative Leader John Diefenbaker once again has beaten Down a revolt against his leadership but his critics today were taking heart from his declaration that he has no intention of hanging on indefinitely. A speech at the meeting sat urday tie indicated that the Day was not too far Distant when he would be i voluntarily stepping yet. Delegates recalled the approximate . Diefenbaker had used to his eventual re were i am not so if the Brigit in form in men who aspire to leadership will restrain their impatience a Little longer. Then having Given some Cornwall ont. Often s policy making body is dominated by people who Are Little minded Inse cure insensitive of human values and Power Rev. Looking for a dining room suite this want and under Furni Ture 1aiige 9 p1eck mahogany dining room suite s75. Phone Chapel 7-2683. 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. Frank e. Ball said sunday. The United Church minister resigned last monday from Paul s Church Here because am just a Little tired i of the facing the compromises modern Church seems to de Mand of a minister who desires to exercise his Christian minis try with integrity in an interview or. Ball said the responsibility of a Congre gation As officially dictated by the United Church is to fender the minister due respect encouragement and obedience in the lord. The minister does not want to be told How to be a minister to his congregation. He said that the congregation please see control Page 15 Argosy Stamps Trade Toronto argonauts announced today they have obtained the Canadian rights to Veteran quarterback Lamar Mchan in a four player Deal with Calgary stampedes of the Western football Confer ence. The Eastern conference club sent defensive halfback Jeff Atcheson and Don Paquette to the stampedes for Bill Craw Ford a 27-year-old guard who was the first Canadian to play in the National football league and the right to negotiate with Mchan Argo coach Bob Shaw said Calgary instigated the Trade. I am Well pleased with Mchan a 10-year nil vet eran was first draft Choice of Chicago cardinals in 1954., the 31-year-old Arkansas graduate spent five years with the cards and two years each with Balti More Colts and Green Bay packers before going to san Francisco 49ers in 1964. He played out his option with the 49ers and became a free agent. Encouragement to would be conservative leaders or. Diefenbaker could not refrain from adding that More than one i please see Leader Page 5 caucus query attacked by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff new fuel was added to. The controversy that has flared up within the progressive conservative party since the weekend meeting of the National executive when Richard thrasher tory National organizer today attacked Leon Balcer chairman of the Quebec conservative caucus. Informed that or Balcer was questioning the accuracy of saturday s questionnaire on the party leadership As announced by Dalton Camp president of the association or. Thrasher said anyone who suggests that the result of the advice Given by the National executive to the Leader of our party through the form of a questionnaire is other than that stated by the pres ident places in question not Only my own also that of others who had responsibility for tabulating the result. While i do not speak for the others i say to those who make such insinuations and innuendo that they Are false. You engage in despicable treachery and undermine Confidence in our association and party As a whole. It is the same tactics that have been used to destroy Confidence in or or. or. Thrasher was asked by newsmen if. He had any com ment to make on suggestions that or. Balcer the Leader of the recent revolt against or. Please see thrasher Page 5 ;