Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 17, 1965, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index classified 34 to 44 Jumble 36 comics 32, 33 movies 31 deaths 15 sports 45 to 48 finance 51 to 53 television 30 income tax 32 women 17 to 21 Winnipeg free press final edition phone we 3-9331 first Section pages 1-16 vol. 72 no. 121 Price Loc with comic s Winnipeg wednesday february 17, 1965 rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast Little change Zero and. 15 Dupuis again prime target in commons Quebec Racetrack transaction explained by sex minister by Ronald Lebel Ottawa up the bizarre Case of Yvon Dupuis and the Racetrack blew up in the commons tuesday with scandal charges flying in All directions. As soon As the House resumed pc sittings afer a two month re Cess these developments came House starts off rot prime minister Pearson a preliminary ramp re by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff Parlia ment got off to a roaring Start yesterday As old charges of undesirable influences reach ing into government offices were renewed in the commons by the conservatives As the session resumed where it had left off two months ago. Prime minister Lester Pear son and opposition Leader John Diefenbacker swung verbal Broadsword Bela Boring each other with the former branding the tory charges of corruption As unwarranted and extra or. Diefenbaker retaliated by attacking the prime minister for being too Cavalier and non please see charges Page 12 j 1. Said port about or. Dupuis prompted him to Call on the minister without portfolio to resign from the Cabinet Jan. 20. 2. Or. Pearson also disclosed that the investigation is being taken Over by the Quebec lib eral government. 3. Or. Dupuis said a highly placed politician was behind false allegations that or. Dupuis received a gift of in 1961 to lobby in Quebec City on behalf of Racetrack promoters seeking a parimutuel betting franchise. 4. Or. Dupuis charged that Rene Hebert whom he de scribed As a Montreal fund Raiser for the Quebec provincial liberals signed an agreement see Racetrack Page 14 Shamray beats Horn the Premier giant killer in the 1965 Manitoba Curling Champion ships Lloyd Horn of Lenore bowed 11-2 this morning to Oak River s de Shamray in the . Draw at the Arena. Horn had Defeated such Nota Bles As Bob Picken of valour Road and Strathcona s Barry Fry in the first two Days of the British Consols event. This morning s Victory left Shamray undefeated in the double knockout Competition to determine Manitoba s representative for the Brier which begins March 1 at Saskatoon. The rinks which called it quits after 11 ends meet again tonight on the other Side of the draw. Bennett or Man linked to letter Liberal tells . Legislature Williamson author of request Victoria up Albert Williamson described As one of Premier Bennett s image makers was named in the British Columbia legislature tuesday As the Man who wrote a letter to Ottawa signed a. A. C. Ben naming of the Vancouver Public relations Man came a few hours after Quebec chief Justice Frederic Dorion said in Ottawa he was considering Cal Ling Williamson and other wit Nesses to testify before his fed eral inquiry. Lawyer Harry Mckay l Fernie said in the House he was naming Williamson As the author of the letter because at Torney general Robert Bonner would not. Or. Mckay described Williamson As a part time Public relations Man for Premier Ben Nett one of the Premier s image makers a Public relations Robert s. Collier Man for Stonehill. A member of the ramp the letter was sent to Hal Dornan aide in prime min ister Pearson s office who said he had turned it Over to the immigration department. Please see Stonehill Page 14 Ottawa acts to curb Bank plan government legislation will prohibit provinces invading Federal Field ramp says Denis stories changed rebel Leader executed Saigon a a military firing squad today executed a Viet Cong Section Leader accused of stirring up a violent anti government demonstration monday in the Central South vietnamese town of thang Binh. . Nguyen Chanh Thi military governor of the area said the communist terrorist was behind an attempt by about demonstrators to Force their Way into District head quarters at thang Binh. Troops opened fire on the Rob killing 13 persons and wounding three. Several others were arrested. Thi said the execution was a warning to the Viet Cong and their sympathizers against fur ther anti government demonstrations. Ottawa up ramp in Spector Jean Paul Drapeau testified today at the Dorion inquiry that Raymond Denis changed his Story to police about his connection with the Lucien Rivard affair. Insp. Drapeau gave several examples of changes Between replies Given him by Denis aug. 19 at their first interview and replies five Days later at their rocket off to Moon Cape Kennedy Fla. A spacecraft Ranger Viii was rocketed toward the Moon today to snap photos of the Dusty Crater pocked lunar sur face and continue the exploration started by Ranger Vii. An Atlas Agena rocket Thund ered upward at . Cost to Start the Bug like Craft on a planned journey in tended to investigate mysteries which must be solved before american astronauts try to tread the lunar surface in 1969. The powerful rocket 104 feet tall and weighing 133 tons poured a Fountain of flame from its three Booster engines As it vaulted from its launching pad and sped into space. Second three hour interview. Denis former executive assistant to the immigration min ister is accused by Montreal lawyer Pierre Lamontagne of offering him a bribe to agree to bail for Rivard wanted in the United states on narcotics conspiracy charges. Insp. Drapeau chief investigator into the allegations of at tempted bribery said Denis at first told him he had never Dis cussed the Rivard ease with or. Lamontagne apart from the fact that the Montreal Law yer was acting for the . Government. At the second interview Insp. Drapeau said Denis recalled that he had discussed the Rivard Case with or. Lamontagne and insisted that he had told the inspector this at the first inter View. We tried to reason it out with him but he tried to make out he had already told us facts and now was just repeating Insp. Drapeau said. Please see Denis Page Ottawa up the Federal government declaring it intends to protect the exclusive jurisdiction Over banking Given parliament by the Constitution has moved to prevent provincial governments from invading this Field. The limitations to be written into the revision of the Bank act coining before the next ses Sion of parliament in probably a few weeks Are these no individual or Corpora Tion resident in Canada or abroad May own 10 per cent or More of a Bank s outstand ing shares. No government or govern ment agent May own any shares in a chartered or Sav Ings Bank. If any individual or corporation now owns More than 10 per cent of a Bank an exemption will be allowed. But if any government buys shares in a Bank before the new limitations become Law the shares will be declared non voting Stock. The limitations appeared i clearly designed to thwart pre j Mier w. A. C. Bennett of British i Columbia. He first wanted to j have his government invest in 25 per cent of the Stock proposed new Bank of British Columbia. Later he said his government might buy into an existing chartered Bank. Political sources say Premier Bennett s stand is popular on the West coast supported As Well by his opposition parties. The social credit and credit Ste members in the commons Are please Sec curbs Page 12 Western founders pleased Toronto member of the founding group of the new Bank of Western Canada said tuesday he favors the fed eral government s plan to allow new Bank promoters to buy Large initial shareholdings Al though Laws have been proposed to prevent any single individual from holding More than 10 per cent of shares in established chartered Banks. J. D. Tigert assistant to the president of Wellington finance corporation said founders of the new Bank will initially own 49 per cent of Situa Tion he said is necessary to ensure solid we feel we must initially have Large holdings in order to get our Bank safely off the he said. Otherwise some other group might sweep in and seize please see Western Page 14 . Moves ahead with Bill anyway former Montreal to commentator and separatist advocate Michelle Duclos 28, is led away by an Fri agent after being charged along with three american negro men of plotting to dynamite historic . Landmarks. Policeman risks life to foil dynamite plot by Ray Kohn new York Wood a Rookie policeman 10 months ago plunged coolly into a cloak and Dagger role to Dis cover that three men and a striking blonde from Montreal allegedly planned to blow up the crucial games meetings today a meeting to discuss the disbanding of the pan american games 1967 society was to be held this afternoon As scheduled despite a last ditch at tempt by the City of Winnipeg to get metro. Financial backing from however there was a possibility the games society might put off making its final decision on r today s inside stones labor Council in uproar Page 3 Horn blows hot in Consols Page 47 editorial Pace no Bank for or. Bennett How the British curb usury a formula for pan am finances Maurice Western Martin Dewey a.. Circulation City zone total disbanding at today s meeting. W. Culver Riley president of the society said this morning that the group s 25-Man exec live would meet at 4 ., despite a meeting set for 2 . At which the City was to ask metro to underwrite the Cost of a swimming Pool for the games. The 2 . Meeting in the metro building was to be attended by members of metro s Parks and Protection committee a n d by mayor Stephen Juba of Winnipeg Alderman Winnipeg. Mark Danzker of Manitoba s labor minister obie Baizley and or. Riley. If metro agreed to underwrite the Cost of the Pool the estimated. Games deficit would be reduced by about or. Riley had called the games society s 4 . Executive meeting a week ago after indications were that More than of the million deficit expected in staging the games Here in 1967 would not be please see games Page la statue of Liberty Washington Monument and the Liberty Bell. Three american negroes de scribed As pro Castro and pro communist chinese racial fanatics and Michelle Duclos a Quebec separatist were seized tuesday in a lightning Roundup by police and the Federal Bureau of investigation. Wood 31, was hustled to a police station along with one of the alleged plotters As he was helping Transfer 20 Sticks of dynamite from a vacant lot in the Bronx to an automobile. Three months ago Wood infiltrated a negro extremist organization known As the Black liberation front at the risk of his life. Police commissioner Michael j. Murphy at a press Confer ence tuesday handed Wood an immediate Gold shield of detective. Wood made his initial hot Contact in a new York bar last december. From then on it was a cat and mouse game As he at tended meetings walked picket until he was recognized As one of and listened stolidly As he was told about the dynamite plots. Those arrested were Robert s. Collier 28, Boston born mar ried with one child Walter a. Bowe 32, Philadelphia born married with one child Khaleel s. Sayyed 22, Brooklyn born and single and Duclos 28, television c o m m e n Tator and member of a political party that advocates separation of French speaking Quebec from the rest of Canada. Jan. 19, commissioner Murphy said it was Bowe who espoused the idea of blowing up the statue of Liberty which he called the Damn old after visiting the statue in new York Harbor Bowe was quoted As saying this is so easy we should split up and Knock out the Liberty Bell in said Murphy they also had a discussion concerning a is see conspiracy Page 12 Victoria of Premier w. A. C. Bennett moved second Reading tuesday of a Bill that would permit the British Colum Bia government to buy shares in i Canada s chartered Banks. The motion was introduced several hours after finance min ister Walter Gordon announced in Ottawa the Federal govern ment planned to Amend its Bank act to prohibit such investments by any province or other govern ment. Debate on second Reading of the provincial Bill an Amend ment to the province s Revenue act was immediately adjourned by a routine motion by an opposition nip member. Meanwhile outside the House some members of or. Bennett s social credit Cabinet said the Federal move could destroy con federation and that Ottawa s pro posed move would not be constitutional. None of the ministers indicated however that . Would go to the courts to test the Validity of such Federal legislation. The move by Ottawa could destroy confederation in one fell report shows two using Road Ottawa up an Access Road to a Light and fog alarm station at Chatham ., 100 Miles Northwest of Vancouver Cost the Federal government More than and is used by Only two workers auditor general Maxwell Henderson observes in his annual report to parliament tabled tuesday. Before 1963 the department of transport station was serviced by coast guard vessels the re port says. When the department decided to establish a meteorological observing station at the same site it was decided in 1961 that economies would re sult from building an Access Road. But after the Road Job was Well under Way the plans for the meteorological station were cancelled. The Road completed at a Cost in excess of is therefore utilized to provide a Cess by land to a Light station staffed by Only two the report observes. It is not evident that this outlay would have been incurred for that Pur pose please see in . Page 14 swoop and was sheer Politi Cal stupidity on the part of the Liberal government said recreation minister Ken Kiernan. Attorney general Bonner said the government feels provincial investment in chartered Banks is wholly he said . S proposed invest ment is in the province s View similar to action taken by the Quebec government through the Quebec finance corporation which has the widest possible Powers with respect to invest ment in similar but it does appear now that our troubles Are not wholly with the he added. Or. Bennett declined comment beyond saying he was t going to dictate to the Federal government. Academic interest Only Roblin a Federal proposal to prevent governments from owning shares of chartered Banks is of purely academic interest to Premier Duff Roblin said today. The government of Manitoba has never owned shares in chartered Banks nor has it Ever been contemplated at least by the present he said in a prepared statement. Or. Roblin is also fhe provincial treasurer. How to get pension at 28 by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff How to obtain a retirement pension at the Ripe old age of 28, was uncovered by auditor general Maxwell Henderson and set out in his annual report to Parlia ment tabled tuesday. The system is surprisingly simple get fat. Enlist an the armed forces. Show a reluctance to take off weight. Take your medical Dis charge and retire with your service pension. Canadian army authorities said that a fully trained private married who had been in the Force the minimum of 10 years and retired at 28 would receive a pension of Gross or per per year month. It would be taxable. In 1963 the auditor general noted that in determining pen Sion awards every possible consideration is Given to the see servicemen Page 14 uproar erupts at in Albania forces Assembly to recess by Louis Fleming United nations special tons Al Bania made a Surprise de Mand tuesday for normalization of the 19th general Assembly Provok ing an order Ito adjourn. Alex qua Ison Sackey. Of Ghana president of the Assem Bly applied a Little used Rule of procedure to Block an immedi ate showdown ordering the session recessed until thursday afternoon. Albania s explosive demand Jutt off a procedural floor fight that raged for 90 minutes before the Gavel finally emptied the Hall. Delegates interpreted Al Bania s move As a manoeuvre in behalf of communist China to retaliate for the deteriorating situation in Viet Nam. The albanian procedural motion was largely a bitter attack on the United states but it included indirect challenges to the soviet Union As Well. Please see Albania Page 4 Gingera gets 7 years a five year period of offences involving culminated wednesday in former Winnipeg lawyer Michael Gingera being sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Stony Mountain Penitentiary. The 38-year-old Gingera convicted of a total of 21 offences arising out of mortgage deals heard or. Justice f. M. Bastin of court of Queen s Bench describe his conduct As Dis Graceful contemptible and in excusable and Likely to reflect not. Only on himself but also on his former professional associates. Prior to his appearance at the assizes wednesday Gingera had been found guilty by jury on five counts and had changed his plea to guilty on his sixth on which he was due to stand trial. He indicated he wished to change his plea to guilty on two further charges and also an swered guilty As 13 new indictments were read out to him wednesday. The total offences ranged from criminal breach of Trust and fraud to the signing of an affidavit which was not sworn and the uttering of the forged document. Or. Justice Bastin handed Down sentences ranging from one to seven years on each individual count but told the accused they would run concurrently. Please see Gingera Page 4 pensions to Start at 69 by Victor Mackie Ottawa ;