Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 16, 1965, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index classified 21 to 31 Jumble 23 comics 8, 9 movies 7 deaths 11 sports 16 to 20 finance 10, 11 television 6 income tax 8 women 13 Winnipeg free press final edition phone we 3-9331 vol. 72 no. 120 Price inn a with 15c comics Winnipeg tuesday february 16, 1965 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast Little change Zero and 15 Stonehill Denis link probed Dorion orders witness Back on . Immigration Case Ottawa up chief Justice Frederic Dorion today ordered that Raymond Denis be recalled to the witness stand to testify about his connection with the Harry Stonehill immigration Case. The chief Justice gave his Rul ing at the resumption of his in Quiry into accusations of fluence peddling and bribery at tempts against ministerial aides. He said Denis is being re called to the witness Box to test his credibility. The judge recalled that Denis had testified before the inquiry that he did t even want to hear about the Liberal party Ca pain fund let alone talk about it. He said that after Benis is re called he will decide whether Stonehill Hal Dornan prime minister Pearson s speech writer and Al Williamson Vancouver Public relations Man should be summoned As wit Nesses As Well. Denis former executive assistant to then immigration min ister Tremblay is accused of offering a bribe to of _ Pleasa see Stonehill Page 2 Balcer shifts seat by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff the new Maple Leaf Flag snapping proudly in a brisk Winter wind stood out proudly against a Clear Blue sky Here today As members of parliament resumed work a the commons. The proposed new labor code is the first item on the government s Agenda. Prime minister l. B. Pearson recovering from a severe Chest cold presided Over a Cabinet meeting tuesday morning and was scheduled to be in his seat for the resumption of what has been a Stormy session. Across the Green carpeted chamber there had been a shift in the seating arrangements for the progressive conservative party. Leon Balcer Quebec Leader of the conservative party has moved away from the Bench he shared with opposition Leader John Diefenbaker. He now shares a front Bench with Paul Martineau my for Pontiac Temsic Mingue. Please see Balcer Page 2 Mideast cauldron boiling by Anatole Shub Bonn special tons West Germany East Germany Egypt and Israel moved openly tuesday toward a four cornered test of diplomatic strength with significant implications for both Central Europe and the Middle East. After Days of anxious closed door manoeuvres and partial disclosures the cards were Laid openly on the table monday in Bonn East Berlin Jerusalem and Cairo. In Bonn government Spokas Man Karl Guenther von base announced that West Germany would Cut off All economic Aid to the United Arab Republic if the egyptian tour by East German communist Leader Wal Ter Ulbricht scheduled to begin feb. 24, actually takes place. At the same time or. Von Hase said that an Ulbricht visit to Egypt would Lead Bonn to re examine its political and Diplo Matic relations with the Nasser government. Or. Von Hase also confirmed that West Germany was halting eras deliveries to Israel and was offering non military Aid in its place. This step revealed by a Spanish mediator in the Bonn Cairo dispute last week had been designed partially to Pla Cate the . But apparently has not achieved that result. Please see Bonn Page 2 Moscow warns . Against War Kosygin demands americans pull out of Viet Nam from a Reuters Moscow up Moscow radio warned the United states today that continued strikes against North Viet Nam could ignite a world War. Dorion probe records grow Ottawa Dorion judicial inquiry holding its 24th sitting today has piled up More than pages of testimony by 45 witnesses and Legal arguments by 20 counsel. Following is a chronology of some uncontested facts submit Ted since dec. 15 before chief Justice Frederic Dorion of the Quebec Superior court. He was named by the Federal government to probe accusations by Montreal lawyer Pierre Lamontagne that former Cabinet aide Raymond Denis 32, offered him a bribe and other government figures applied political pressure on him to help free narcotics suspect Lucien Rivard on bail. April Masson of Montreal 35-year-old member of the Liberal National organization committee attends an Ottawa dinner meeting of a dozen ministerial executive assistants at the invitation of Raymond Denis then executive assistant to immigration minister Rene Tremblay. June 49-year old Montreal resort owner with a criminal record visits Guy Rouleau then parliamentary Secretary to prime min ister Pearson in Ottawa to seek parole for boyhood pal Rouleau to visit Europe Ottawa Rouleau a Central figure in the Dorion judicial inquiry who resigned sunday As chairman of the lib eral parliamentary caucus said monday he is leaving Canada for an extended Holiday. Or. Rouleau said he has been ordered by his doctor to go away for health reasons. He told a reporter he plans to leave this week for a two week euro Pean tour then travel South perhaps to Mexico. I m not exactly sure yet where i m he said. I just want to go some place where i can t read any More Canadian or. Rouleau whose name crops up frequently in Testi Mony before the Dorion inquiry into the Lucien Rivard extradition Case was interviewed after he watched the Flag raising ceremony on parliament Hill monday. He testified at the inquiry ear Lier this month that he made representations last summer to obtain bail for Rivard facing extradition to the United states on charges that he was a top Man in an International mafia ruled narcotics smuggling ring. Pierre Lamontagne counsel for the . In the extradition Case testified at the inquiry in december that or. Rouleau and three ministerial aides applied political pressure on him to help free Rivard. One Way to make friends Buenos Aires one subscriber of Argen Tina s state owned Telephone system crippled strike Sanvi Iii Titi Sceva found something to be Happy about monday. He wrote to Telephone officials that for the last 40 Days no matter what num Ber he dials he gets a fam ily named Torres. He reported we have become Bob Tremblay serving 20 years for attempted murder in Vancouver narcotics Case. June picked up in Montreal by Romp on be half of . Authorities for allegedly being signal caller in huge mafia controlled narcotics ring. Bail refused on insistence of Lamontagne who represents . Government in extradition action. June sent to Ottawa by Rivard s wife and friends to seek information from Denis at Midnight Motel rendezvous. Rivard s associates believe Masson has an awful lot of friends in Ottawa. June Rivard de posits Cash in Mont real safety Deposit Box. She claims it was for bail. Mas son says it was offering for Liberal Campaign fund if Rivard not extradited. Please see Proee Page 4 soviet Premier Kosygin also has called for the withdrawal of . Troops and military equip ment from South Viet Nam Tass news Agency said. In an English language Broad cast beamed at North America Moscow radio said the old saying peace is in divisible remains True to this Day. The flames of War starting in one place could easily spread to neighbouring countries and in the final count embrace the whole world. This is the situation that is developing in South Viet Nam. This is the danger that really exists and responsibility Falls wholly on the .a." the broadcast accused the United states of planning new raids against North Viet Nam and said to this end Large contingents of the . Armed forces Are being c o n c e n rated off the shores of Indochina including an extremely powerful strike Force from the . 7th Fleet. But America should that democratic Viet Nam is a member of the socialist Community and will not be left to stand alone. Please see Russia Page 4 tight Belt urged Cut spending Bank chief tells . By Flora Lewis London special tons lord Cra Mer governor of the Bank of England is sued a grim warning monday night that Britain must pud in its Belt quickly and fairly sharply or face serious National Finan Cial trouble. If things go on As they Are he said the potential danger and threat to the present High Standard of living in this country is very real we still have time to adapt our policies to avoid the menace of hardship which could face every family in the one London financial editor called the speech which was delivered to a Bankers dinner in Edinburgh the stiffest Ever please see Cromer Page 4 no prosecutions seen Tallin advises loan clarity commissioner says Independent lawyer should explain mortgage to Borrower the Tallin commission on real property loan transactions told the provincial government tuesday How it might protect some future borrowers of Money but indicated Little could be done for people already enmeshed in the problems of Sec Ond or third mortgages at High interest rates. Here Are the commission s five recommendations every mortgage should in clude a declaration or affidavit by the Lender setting out the amount of Money paid by the Lender to the Borrower in payment or part payment of debt to people other than the Lender or his agents and the amount of the Cost of the loan As that phrase is defined in the province s unconscionable eyewitness tells of murder suicide by David Hardy police monday identified the couple involved in the double shooting at Winnipeg general Hospital sunday night As Nich Olas Fotti of 401 Pacific Avenue and his estranged wife Vei a 41, of 116 Emily Street. Police said nurses and visitors at the Hospital stood transfixed As wounded mrs. Fotti was Fol die dabs his eyes As Ensign lowered Quebec separatist demonstrators were on hand at monday s ceremony putting the new Canadian Flag atop Quebec s legislative buildings to denounce the Maple Leaf design above Tower As assimilation is and wave instead the province s Fleur de Lis. A policeman watches. China believed wanting talks by de Meagher Hong Kong special tons there is a growing conviction in diplomatic quarters Here that peking s ominous warnings of a korean Type intervention in South Viet Nam Are aimed Only at hastening another International conference table solution. 1 the chinese strategy which might be described As a new form of brinkmanship May be to play hard on the world s fear that a nuclear War seems to be hatching in Indochina. The chinese purpose As observers see it is literally to create All possible Multi National pressure on the United states to drop its combative policy of retaliation toward North Viet Nam and move instead for negotiated Settle ment Between the two Viet name. Such a goal by the peking Hanoi conspirators for South Viet Nam take Over would not be surprising observers say. They Point out that continued presence of american forces in South Viet Nam has produced a please see peking Page 4 trapped in trains Campobasso Italy a Snow lows and helicopters were pressed into service today to carry food fuel and Medicine to 200 persons trapped on Snow bound trains for More than 24 hours. One train was blocked by Snow at Bonefo another at rip Bottoni. Snowdrifts higher than the trains stalled them in a blizzard monday As they were heading for this Central italian town in the Apennine mountains East of Naples. Manitoba wins 2nd Fredericton special Manitoba s Schoolboy Curling rink remained tied with three other third place in the Canadian championships tues Day morning when they crushed Prince Edward Island 12-3. Grant Wuckert s rink from Vincent Massey collegiate now has a two won one lost record the same As Alberta new Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Paul Savage s Ontario rink took Oversole Possession of first place with their third straight Victory defeating Newfoundland 12-3. Saskatchewan with a Bye tuesday morning is in second spot with a two and nothing standing. By Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa special opposition Leader John Diefenbaker was obviously moved monday As the red Ensign was lowered and Canada s new Maple Leaf Flag raised in its place. As the Ensign descended from a flagpole atop the peace Tower on parliament Hill or. Diefenbaker bowed his curly Grey head As if in prayer. When the Ensign was folded for the last time the opposition Leader who had fought a bitter Battle against the Maple Leaf removed a White handkerchief with a shaky hand and dabbed his eyes while his wife Olive held his hand. At the stroke of noon the new Flag was raised before cheering people and or. Diefenbaker obviously and distinctly turned his Back on it. Please see ceremony Page 2 new Flag royally received by the Canadian press in a Day of toasts and Scarlet tunics booming guns and howl ing jets salutes and pledges of loyalty cheers smiles and some tears Canada and the world greeted the new Maple Leaf Flag monday. In ceremonies simple and splendid the new red and White Banner fluttered from myriad mastheads in Canada and abroad. The Queen s proclamation of a red Flag of the proportions two by length and one by Width containing in its Centre a White Square bearing a red Maple Leaf or in heraldic terms de scribed As Gules on a Canadian Pale Argent a Maple Leaf of the was read in English and French across Canada. Please see new Flag Page 2 today s inside stories fire escape Law tumbling. Page to bans split first games Page editorial Pace 3 16 communist Tirma for Vitt Cunt parliament Ruu Mai Isaac Deutscher Shaun Herron City Lane a. circulation total 126.408 Lowed into the Hospital foyer by her husband and shot dead with a sawed off Shotgun. He then turned the weapon on himself and pulled the trigger. He died shortly afterwards. Or. And mrs. Fotti had three children Robert 15 Donald 13, and Ellen 8. They Are All staying with relatives in the City. Or. Fotti was unemployed. Inspector of detectives Norman Stewart said the double shooting was a Case of murder suicide. Minutes before the Shotgun slay ing mrs. Fotti was shot in the Chest with a .22 calibre Rifle on the Street outside her husband s Home. Eyewitness an eyewitness of the drama from its Start to the tragic conclusion was 34-year-old Jack Kres Chuk of 925 Alexander Avenue. In an interview monday or. Kreschuk said he was driving West on Pacific Avenue shortly before 8 . Sunday. As he approached Isabel Street he noticed a car parked at an Angle to the sidewalk with the rear end jut Ting out into the Roadway. Or. Kreschuk said he Passet the car slowly and saw a woman lying on the ground in front of the car with a Man bending Over her. See eyewitness Page 4 3 Rural rinks sidelined three out of town rinks fell by the Wayside tuesday morning As the 1965 Manitoba Curling championships moved through the second Day and of fifth round of double knockout play at the Winnipeg Arena. Sidelined with Back to Back losses were Bill Fraser of Franklin Dennis Loeppky of Morden and Harry Friesen of Winkler. Defending Manitoba Champion Bruce Hudson of Strathcona posted his second straight win a 13-8 decision Over or. Frie sen. Or. Loeppky was sidelined after a tense struggle with Jerry Ste ski of the Grain Exchange who stole a single on the Home end to scor a 9-8 Victory. _ please see Curling Page 2 economic tax Aid sought Ottawa up powerful voices Are being raised to per Suade finance minister Gordon to move this year towards meaningful tax incentives to keep Canada s Boom rolling but so far he has kept his plans to himself. The organization for eco nomic co operation and development a 21-member International group of which Canada is a member added its voice monday to the chorus seeking new fiscal measures. In its annual review of the Canadian Economy the Recd said please see Economy Page 2 transactions Relief act. That every mortgage must include a statement in a prominent position of the Cost of the loan expressed As a rate of interest and referred to As the real rate of that every mortgage must include a certificate or affidavit of a practising solicitor which says he has acted As solicitor Only for the Borrower and that he has read Over and explained to the Borrower the contents and meaning of the Lender s declaration or affidavit referred to in the first recommendation. An exception might be made in mortgages granted by corporations and in mortgages where the real rate of interest does not exceed eight per cent. That no solicitor should act for both the Lender and the Borrower in any mortgage tans action in which the real Cost of the loan to the Borrower is in excess of 10 per cent. That the unconscionable transactions Relief act be amended to provide for Protection to borrowers where the mortgage is assigned to another party within two years from the Date of registration of the mortgage. Attorney general Stewart e. Mclean in releasing the 120 Page report of the commissioner g. P. R. Tallin former Dean of the Manitoba Law school who heard 38 complaints of alleged usurious Home improvement and Home loan transactions after being appointed by the provincial government last May said that on a Quick Reading there does not appear to be any cases on which charges of fraud might be Laid under the he said however that a copy of the Tallin report was being Given to the senior Crown attorney to study with respect please see commission Page 2 dynamite plot alleged Washington a Fri agents arrested four persons including a Canadian in new York today on charges of conspiring to blow up the washing ton Monument Here the statue of Liberty in new York and the Liberty Bellia Philadelphia. Agents arrested three negro men and a White woman from Canada it was reported Here. Fri director j. Edgar Hoover said agents co operating with new York City police seized a Quantity of dynamite and blast ing Caps buried in a lot in the Bronx. He said the Cache was a portion of the explosives be ing accumulated by the conspirators As part of their plot those arrested were miss Michelle Duclos 28 Robert s. Collier 28 Walter a. Bowe 32, and Khaleel s. Sayyed 22. Looking Fob a pet this want and under dogs cats 16 s month old dog is look ing for a 9-6354. 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 ;