Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 1, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday july 1, 1966 Ball defends bombings the senator replied that we weren t late. If anybody was late it was somebody Many absent at the foreign relations com Mittee Only sen. Frank 3. Lausche Democrat Ohio and sen. Symington clearly were behind the administration Al though sen. Clifford p. Case Republican new Jersey said supported its policy in Broad Many senators wore absent. After complimenting or. Ball who is leaving the government soon As of the. Best balanced and least doctrinaire of any Public officials we have chairman j. William Fulbright Democrat Arkansas immediately assailed the bomb ing As a major change in policy which drastically Esca lates the War. Or. Ball defended the raids As prudence and Good in denying fuel to the very substantial and systematic use of trucks by North Viet Nam to Supply its forces in the South he disagreed with a Unin varsity study to which sen. Fulbright referred which had charged that military action May make it next week or it May be a Long sen Gore asked about reports the United states had offered to consider a treaty with hed China in which each Woi ild agree not to be the first to use nuclear weapons if China would sign the test ban treaty. Bui or. Ball said the United states had never specifically offered that although it had made inquiries about that possibility. As to possible soviet or chinese intervention As a result of the Oil raids or. Bail said that we Don t see any serious possibility of when sen. Eugen Mccarthy Democrat Minnesota asked whether those nations might interpret the raids As a Challenge or. Ball replied that i Don t think they should regard it As that because it was t so the Senate hearing had been called to discuss nato but or. Ball never got to read his prepared statement and there were Only a few questions on the subject. session was scheduled after the congressional recess. Big flin flon Trout festival opens frustrates every peace or. Ball said the raids Effort should Speed the movement toward the conference table by helping to convince the Hanoi regime that the game is not Worth the sen. Albert Gore dem o c rat Tennessee commented that he knew of no Case in history when proved to be or. Ball replied that the raids were not an attempt to bludgeon a regime into something it does t want to prestige eroded sen. Gore called that a distinction without a difference and commented that Viet Nam is rapidly eroding the prestige of the United or Ball declared that we Are saying to them you sur Render tomorrow because Yogi Are not going to win this War militarily or politically " then he realized he had used sur Render instead of Stop a a slip which seemed to Deli Glit some senators who have contended that the . In fact is demanding just that sen. Frank Church Democrat in fact at one Point commented that i have serious doubts that to Chi Minh the this failure to Post the proclamations eight Days before nomination Day has resulted in it now being impossible to have a Legal election on july or. Hunt s letter to the Premier reads. Or Hunt quotes Section 10 of the election act us Urio Luwi. If any occurrence renders it Haatvit Leader will be forced to impossible to hold the election his Knees unless he is brought on the Day mentioned in the there in writ the lieutenant governor in sen Fulbright arid sen. Counce the Cabinet May order Church pressed or Ball to the Issue of a new writ in which j Crew of six and three spares in the big 1967 contest Ami Many of the men competing in this year s Trout festival race Are by Tim Traynor flin flon Man. Staff the Trout festival has taken s Yuul oct Over this craggy mining town expected to be members of once again and this year there s a special tinge of excitement in the air. With entrants from four pro Vinces the annual 81-mile Canoe race shapes up As a preview of next year s Centennial race. Each province is to enter a 35-foot Canoe manned by a Churchill Battle shapes up continued have the administration its conditions for a negotiated peace. Or. Bail replied that the . Had listed 14 Points that there had been no sign of any softening in Hanoi but that if any give is indicated any change or softening in their position we would alter the pattern of our military when sen. The Day of the nomination and that of the return May be Chang the Premier has been asked to take action Ancier this Section. In support of or Walsh s con Tention that returning officer Clarke violated the election act certainly the letter was accompanied by a sworn affidavit by Brian Camp Church asked whether the bargaining table was any closer than a year ago or. Bali replied that we Haven t gotten there yet. They Haven t made the decision to come to the Point where they win negotiate. When they will make it i Don t know they Mitchell Copp examined Contact Lens is hated Harold m. Black Orro Metritt mom we a bios open dirty 9 . To distinctive rooms Ith to and radio Alf rooms f with Bahi or free parking for registered Guste spot ii family plan dining Ixion be and Coffee shop various Centennial Crews. The race Here gets Umler Way today and winds up sunday. Contestants do three heats one each Day in the Cobalt Blue lakes and streams surrounding the Bald Rock dome on which the Centre of flin a Lon is perched. There Are in prizes at stake for the two Man professional Crews with going to the winners. By thursday there were nine Crews entered including four former champions. Part of the Way around the gruelling 81-mile course the pros Are paced by Amateur Crews competing for trophies and the fun of it. Among the pros there Are Crews from British Columbia Saskatchewan Quebec and Manitoba. Gib Mceachern and Norm Crerar 26-year-old flin flon residents who have won the last Lour races Are considered the team to beat. But they Aie expected to be strongly challenged by a Quebec Crew headed by Gil Tinkler of Mont Laurier a Saskatchewan team led by Baptiste Laliberte of Cumberland House and a second flin flon team consist ing of Paul Haugen and Roy Jackson. A Are former champions. This year s Trout festival the 16th annual edition opened officially wednesday night. Until sunday the town s residents and about Visi tors will spend most their Day boating carousing or fish ing. For the one who snares the biggest Trout there is a prize and a trophy. In addition there Are prizes for the biggest Northern Pike Pickerel Perch the Best daily catch and the Best catch by ladies and Junior fishermen. Saturday night one of 10 contestants will be crowned Queen Mermaid at the festival s big wind up dance. Bell of Thompson concerning a conversation Between or. Clarke and or. Campbell. Or. Clarke ii alleged to have told or. Campbell on june 27 that he took the writ of election to the printers May 21. Received the printed proclamations Back from the printers june 20 and posted them in Thompson the Fol lowing Day just two Days be fore nomination Day. At the press conference. Or. Lament said he did t expert any dispute about the events. He did not know if returning officer Clarke had been asked to swear to the affidavit himself. Or Morgat said he could not see How the Premier could get around calling a new Dale for the Churchill election. Or. Hunt is not relying on a Legal technical Ity according to or. Mol Gat but on a fundamental part of the election act. If the letter of the Law is so important in one Case ;