Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 24, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index action line 14 Jumble contest Page 30 classified .28 to 39 movies 13 comics 14, 15 sports 24 o 27, 39 deaths 10 television 12 finance 16 to 18 women 19 to 21 vol. 74 no. 22 Price Loc master spy Breaks jail in Britain storm shakes government Over Blake escape j i London a a political storm descended on j prime minister Harold Wilson today Over the escape j of master spy George Blake saturday night from London jail where he was serving the longest sentence in modern English history. Scotland Yard kept special watch on eight communist ships at London piers and on communist embassies and communist front institutions. But detectives speculated that 44, had been spirited out of Britain within hours of his escape from Wormwood scrubs prison. Conservative legislators served notice they will seek to censure the government for fail ing to keep Blake a double agent under closer wraps. Sentenced in 1961 to 42 years As the most dangerous spy of the Post War years lie was kept without special Security in a jail from which eight escapes already had been made this year. Blake s unprecedented sen tence was Given him for nine years of spying for Russia while he was employed by the foreign office. His trial was secret but it was reported that his spying resulted in the death or disappearance of at least 40 Western Winnipeg monday final edition Sun rises . Moon Rosw . Sun Felt 621 pm mooi1 it forecast warmer 35 and 60 Tkv Holt Park Marcos Australia South Korea Philippines Kitti Fachorn Holyoake Thailand new zealand Manila conference opens George Blake believes escape staged agents in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. S Saigon extends Olive Branch by by promises honorable terms Kichard Myerscough Manila Reuters _ South vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao by opened the first closed session of the seven nation Summit conference Here today with a Promise that he shortly will unveil an honorable peace offer to the Viet Cong. Air vice marshal by whose speech was released by uie South vietnamese delegation Toronto Toronto newspaper Man claimed today that George Blake British Mas Ter spy who escaped from a London jail saturday night was in fact a still in the pay of British Intel f Wigent even after he Drew a 42 i year sentence for spying. J greek Bora Philip Deane who i spent 33 months with Blake in a korean prison Camp told a reporter he believes that Blake s trial sentence and escape were All staged by British authorities to delude the communists. Deane amplifying claims he made in a television interview sunday night said Blake was charged at his 1961 trial with having defected to the communists in november 1950. At that time he recounted he and Blake were in the same cell of a prison Camp known As death Camp at the tiny Village of Jinpo North Korea. Deane working As a War correspondent for the London observer had been wounded and captured. Please see believes Page 6 1c 1ujuu1c Al idol. I the daily sketch reported j made this offer amid eloquent that escapes from British jails j for peace at the Confer now Are running at the rate of i Philrine presi 10 a week. Three More prison ers As yet unnamed vanished today from London s wands Worth jail from which one of the great train robbery gang got away two years ago. Editorials demanded imme Diate stiffer Security to keep j leading convicts behind bars. Continued please see top spy Page 10 parents hit mine Board from a readers Aberfan Wales bereaved parents shouting they killed our brought uproar today to an inquest for Young victims of the Coal slag Avalanche that buried Aberfan s Village Schuol. A a a whose wife and two sons died in Friday s Black Glacier told the Coroner to re bricks fires hit Home Lachute que. Vate guards were posted Early today at the residence of Gibert Ayers president of Dominion Ayers ltd., where about 250 demonstrators converged Sun Day to hurl bricks and set fires. Of Fay National Coa the Board which runs Brit Ain s state owned i mines has been accused of neglect in Al lowing the giant slag Heap to grow to the Point where it col lapsed with the feared loss of 200 lives. Which philippine presi Dent Ferdinand Marcos de scribed As a Council of peace not of at the Public opening of the two Day Summit meeting presi in Dent Johnson on a six nation asian and Pacific tour applauded vigorously Marcos declaration. By reiterated that his govern ment and its allies have told Hanoi they would Stop action against the insurgents if they stopped their aggression then added in the same spirit this government will very soon offer to All insurgents inside the country an honorable Way of giving up their by apparently did not spell out what the honorable Settle ment would contain but he said there could not be Pace at any please see Saigon. Page 10 Ottawa offers hikes in Aid Pearson promises premiers More 3ioiiey for education and manpower retraining by Michael Gilian Ottawa up a big increase in Federal Aid towards higher education and an expanded adult retraining program run by the Federal manpower department Are being proposed to the provinces by prime minister Pearson. In a policy statement prepared for the opening today of the Federal provincial fiscal conference the prime minister says the government is prepared to Roblin wants new Deal Johnson stresses Unity Manila a president recovered All but a few of them children. Sixty parents were present at the inquest for the first 34 Vic Tims identified. In the uproar women called out they killed Hamilton tried to Calm the distraught mothers and fathers by saying i know your grief is such that you May not realize what you Are a he reminded the parents that the demonstration in this an inquiry will be held at a to Date 143 bodies have been Johnson told the leaders at the _. , ill a ii m m if ont torn to Fly v our children. Coroner Benjamin Community 50 Miles Northwest of Montreal was in support of a strike at the company s division Plant Here. Police said the demonstrator members of the separatist Ras ser Nelement pour 1 Independence National and the Quebec socialist party arrived at the Ayers House about . Before they left one hour later two Security guards were injured electric lamps on the Ayers Lawn were broken a fire truck Windshield was shattered a police car door kicked in and shrubs on the Lawn were burned. Police chief real Chartrand said one of the demonstrators was hit on the leg by a projectile fired from a Gas gun by a company Security guard but was not injured. Thumb Nail sketches of the candidates seeking seats on metro Council in wednes Day s civic elections Are on Page 40. Pictures of most of those running Are included however some of them were not available. Later Date when you will be Able to voice your one father his face twisted in sorrow replied we had an inquiry on Friday night when we stood and saw our children thirty Church ministers visited the sorrowing families of Aberfan today with words of Comfort and suggestions that All the children killed be buried to Gether in a communal grave. Manila Summit conference today that their Unity should provide new fuel for the cause of peace. Let the bullies of the world know that when they do attack their neighbors the friends. Of their neighbors will be there to Johnson said. Johnson combined the themes of defence against aggression and a achieve a peace Ful solution in Viet Nam in a talk at the end of the first Day of closed door sessions at the conference. Bill Moyers White House press Secretary gave re-1 ports an account of his remarks. Was the last of those j to address the session. J thus Johnson telling the oth ers that he had come As an equal among was Able to sum up what he portrayed As the four main principles which had stood out in the talks of those preceding him. Please see Johnson Page 10 Roblin warns Ottawa by Bill Morriss unless finance minister Mitchell Sharp changes his present stand on fiscal relations with the provinces Canada Wie head Back into the tax Jungle of the 1930 Era Premier Duff Roblin predicted saturday. If or. Sharp says go Back and raise taxes yourself. If this is allowed to happen i am afraid we Are headed back1 into the tax Jungle of the 30s. That is not Good for National Unity in any or. Roblin told a press conference prior to his departure for the critical Ottawa Federal provincial tax sharing conference which opened monday. Outlining Manitoba s stand at the c o n f e r e n c a the Premier indicated that he would maintain the position he took at the previous con Ference last month. He declined however to speculation that Manitoban Are in for a re Tae sales tax if the Federal position does not change As a result of the new conference. I will have to Reserve decision on that until this meet ing is Over. And then i see Roblin warns Page 6 a bloodied demonstrator is aided near the Manila hotel where police swinging truncheons and jabbing with Rifle Butts broke up a student demonstration against . Policies on Viet Nam today. President Johnson is staying at the hotel. Manila riots erupt by Richard Myerscough Manila Reuters shoot ing broke out tonight in bloody anti american rioting outside the hotel Manila where presi Dent Johnson and other delegation leaders attending the seven nation Viet Nam sum Mit conference Are staying. At least two persons were wounded one Man in the neck. Some eyewitnesses claimed they i Transfer to the provinces four percentage Points of per Sonal income tax and one Point of corporation income tax to pay half the operating costs of All Post secondary educational institutions. This scheme would replace All existing Aid programs including capital Grants. Take full responsibility for adult retraining by paying All training allowances paying Public institutions and Pri vate Industry for operating the courses and helping out with the capital costs involved. The statement was issued sunday night As the provincial premiers were arriving in the capital. The week Long Confer ence will Deal with education and Federal provincial tax and Federal provincial sharing arrangements. Sessions i by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff Manitoba will ask for an interim agree ment rather than a new five year tax sharing agreement pending the report of the Carter Royal commission on taxation. Premier Duff Roblin said Mon Are to Start at . Cd. The Federal education promo iils _ Vul Sal which involves a phasing commitments would out of the present technical vocational training program the Premier said Manitoba feels a fair apportionment of Basic direct taxes based on her would bring the provinces tax transfers of Between and in the first year. Please see provinces Page 3 offer May trigger que., Ottawa clash by Stan Mcdowell Ottawa staff prime min ister Pearson directly challenged major Quebec constitutional claims in his Advance statement to the Federal Provin j Cial conference opening Here to j Day. J first indications from the que j Bee delegation were that the Challenge even though sweetened by Cash which the province badly needs would mean a fight. Or. Pearson s statement is sued on the eve of the. Confer ence asserted the Federal government s right to act in the Fields of manpower culture and research All of which have been claimed by the Quebec govern ment As matters of provincial jurisdiction. At first glance provincial officials estimated that the Federal government s plan to Transfer funds unconditionally to the pro Vinces to meet their educational needs would mean Between and million to Quebec in the next fiscal year. This would be a substantial step toward the million que Quebec s constitutional scruples. But the Federal claims staked in the Fields of manpower Cul Ture and research directly Rebuff continued please see Quebec Page 8 oui1ic Csc wlwjtoi3t-o had seen a policeman open fire. Bee had asked for As the first the shooting started after i instalment in a five year step by helmeted police and troops i step Transfer of resources from swinging Rifle Butts charged Ottawa to Quebec a which would about students who fought Back with stones and other missiles. Members of delegations to the Summit conference packed the. Please see Manila Page 10 total million by 1971-72. The fact that the Transfer of funds proposed by the Federal government would be unconditional even though dictated by the expanding needs of the pro Vinces in education would soothe today s inside stories water records falsified Page 3 bombers answer Challenge Page 25 editorial Pace the dark Side of Africa governments and University a plan for Freshwater fishermen Shaun Herron torn Saunders s soft mafia beamed zoning Laws defied a b c circulation qty zone. By Leo j. Wollemborg Rome special tons the Story of an illegal built Over a period of 10 years in direct violation of zoning codes and on. Terrain Long known to be. Unstable has now been brought to Public attention by a special commission investigating the landslide that last july lest homeless inhabitants of Agrigento in Sicily. The report of the commission appointed by the socialist pub Lic Giacom o Mancini will be discussed by the italian parliament in the next few Days. The debate May Strain severely the relations Between the socialists and their Christian democratic partners in to National government who were in Complete control of or. Agrigento s municipal administration throughout the period under investigation. According to. The commission As Many As of the rooms built in Agrigento be tween 1955 and 1965 Are unlawful. In Many the con till in Many uie i us St auctions exceeded the height and other ugly and looking for saw sharpening equipment this want and under machinery 60 lathe and Foley saw sharpening equipment. 832-5485 after 6 . 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 and size specified in the build ing licenses. In other cases the builders did not even bother to ask for a License. Large office and residential housing went up on Hills tha t since roman times have been known to be sponges of Clay massive constructions have spoiled the View of the Valley which slopes Down from the old City toward the sea and holds the Best preserved greek temples outside of Greece. The investigating commission pins thu main responsibility on the municipal Agrigento who authorities sanctioned of the abuses and illegalities asking at most the builders to pay a Small Fine usually to con Linuel please see illegal Page 6 Backlin takes stand Winnipeg lawyer Harry Back Lin took the witness stand himself at his Assize court trial monday morning and said he tried to Contact St. Police chief George James Maltby after he discovered there was a bar of Gold in his office. Or. Backlin also denied he had Ever told police officers he knew he was guilty of posses Sion. Or. Backlin 37, of 119 Balfour Avenue is charged with illegal Possession of 11 bars of Gold Bullion stolen from Winnipeg International Airport March 1. The Winnipeg lawyer who was called to the bar in 1960, was dressed in a dark suit As he testified in front of the one woman and 11 men who formed a jury and or. Justice Israel 50 per cent of income tax instead of the present 24 per cent. Nine per cent of Corpora Tion income As at present. 75 per cent of succession duties As at present. Or. Roblin did t comment on the Federal government s proposals to Grant he provinces four Points of individual income tax and one additional Point of corporation tax. He said he and his experts were studying the copies of prime minister Pear son s pre conference statement. The Premier noted that the principal purpose of the meet Ings would be in his View to determine How Best the Basic revenues of uie nation can be apportioned to help each level of government meet its essential commitments. At the same time he said the provinces and Federal govern ment must ensure that there is enough strength at the Centre so that the Federal government would be in a position to guide and manage the fiscal affairs of nation. Or. Roblin reiterated the position he had taken in the past. Priorities in spending and programs must be established and rigorously applied. Please see new plan Page 10 execution sanctions alleged Vancouver Ca Nadian army sanctioned the execution of two deserters from the German Navy at a prisoner of War Camp in Amsterdam after be Day three former officers confirmed during the weekend. Nitikman of court of Queen s the execution was carried Bench. Out by German prisoners with he described in detail his rifles and ammunition provided actions after he returned from a by the Seaforth highlanders of Holiday in California and Van Canada a Vancouver regiment. A an the regiment said he witnessed the executions. Vancouver b i n Essman j. Dennis Pierce a Seaforth Cap Tain in May 1945, gave details of the execution saturday in an interview. His report was con firmed by two other former Seaforth officers. Or. Pierce was supervising the prisoner of War Camp at the time. Please see executions Page 6 Accident claims 35 new Delhi Reuters thirty five persons died when the Patna express slowed into a crowd standing on the tracks of lakh Serai station near i Ongher sunday night reports reaching Here said. Lakh Serai is on the main railway line from Calcutta to Patna. It is about 70 Miles Southeast of Patna. Couver on March 5. On monday March 7, he arranged a plane trip to Hong Kong for a William Kenneth Leishman he said. He was engaged with or. Leishman in a cosmetics business and or. Leishman would Contact sup pliers of wigs and other cosmetics in Hong Kong and possibly also in Tokyo. On March 9, he had to appear in provincial magistrate s court where he won a Case for a client or. Backlin said. Around 3 . That afternoon it suddenly dawned on him that or. Leishman was not supposed to leave the country As one of the conditions of his parole or. Backlin said. Immediately he cancelled or. Irishman s plane reservation to Hong Kong As he did t want to get or. Leishman into trouble. Please see Backlin Page 10 5s l ;