Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, October 31, 1966

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 31, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index action line Jumble contest Page 28 classified 36 to 36 movies 9 comics.12, 13 sports 18 to 22, 17 deaths. 10 television. 8 finance 23 to 25 women 14, 15 final edition vol. 74 no. 28 Price Loc Coggs 15c Seoul cheers lbs two million Greet . President by Frank Cormier Seoul a presi Dent Johnson was welcomed Fco South Korea today by an estimated persons who broke Down Metal fences swarmed around police and Clung to rooftops. Seoul turned out the biggest and friendliest crowd of John son s seven nation tour around an interdependent world must strengthen the things of the mind heart and spirit to retain its identity As a nation. Addressing the Quebec Wing of the Liberal federation of Canada or. Pearson scourged the opposition in j the conservatives for breaches the president responded by j of political ethics and the new popping out of his car half a j democrats for advocating poli dozen times to mix with the con cies that would bankrupt the Fetuli tossing. Flag waving throng j he said always once he climbed Down a Road the Eastern rim of China. Be cautious on Trade pm urges says nation must be assured Independence will continue Montreal Canada cannot seriously contemplate a free Trade Union with the United states and the Caribbean countries unless it is assured it would not lose its political Independence. Prime minister Pearson said sunday night. He also said living in Quebec tories angry Side embankment to a Muddy Rice Paddy to inspect newly har vested Rice. An aide used Rice stalks to wipe the dirt from Johnson s shoes. Please see Seoul Page 5 air strike Date nov. 14 have advocated realistic free Dom of Trade but ail barriers cannot be removed overnight. Canada could not seriously contemplate a free Trade Union with the United states and the Caribbean countries unless the Canadian Economy were Strong enough and Canadian ownership and control of All our sources of Prosperity Complete enough to ensure that we could not lose our political or. Pearson did not specify Quebec Trepan i or president of the Quebec progressive conservative association said during the week end that Quebec conservatives Are angry and insulted at the Agenda prepared for their party s annual meeting in Ottawa. They will move that the Agenda be scrapped and re placed by one allowing More time for general discussions or. Pearson did not spec a or Ier told a news con. Which free Trade proposition he Ference after a meeting of the refer de to but the National association executive. Ottawa tentative strike Date of monday . 14, was announced today for air Canada s machinists. The walkout if it comes would Likely Stop All operations of the National publicly owned air line. The strike Date was set by the International association of machinists following a secret bal lot in which members voted 3.823 to 98 for rejection of a conciliation Board report in their wage dispute. Meetings have been scheduled in Montreal next week with the three member conciliation Board acting As mediator be tween the two sides. Mike r y g u a International vice president of the Iam said the Union will make every reasonable Effort to reach agree ment without a strike. The conciliation Board report split three ways with no recommendations by the chairman of the wage and fringe Benefit is sues in dispute. The Union has demanded a 20 per cent wage increase on a one year contract. Air Canada s final offer was for. 40 cents an hour spread Over three years. Current top rate for machinists is ?3.17 an hour. The Caribbean As a Long Range objective and some private groups such As the Canadian american committee have produced plans for Early action. Concern about foreign owner ship in. Canada does not repro i sent a desire to live in lonely i isolation behind some Canadian curtain of but reflects a desire to have a National Iden tits i he said that not a few of i the government s difficulties re j suit from certain of our opponents famished for lost who Are willing to breach every Precept of political ethics and to throw aside All respect for facts and All responsibility in their factious please see pm Page 5 Agenda was sent to the party s Quebec officials in English Only. Or. Trepanier r said the que Bec executive was unanimous in rejecting the proposed Agenda. Reason for this was that too much time was taken up by separate committee meetings As an attempt to restrict free speech. They the National exe cur live Avant to prevent delegates from expressing themselves and i accuse those who drew., up the Agenda of he also complained that he had received the Agenda for the meeting scheduled for nov 13 15, Only saturday. Theme of the meeting is a please see pc Page 4 die denies Battle on for leadership by Peter Jackman Toronto special opposition Leader Diefenbaker today plunged into the Ontario skirmish for the National leadership by asserting it does t exist i m not Here to Campaign i never Campaign against imag Inary he said in an please Sec air strike Page 6 i interview after arriving from editing of Brief emitters Admiral by Ian Donaldson Halifax up rear Admiral William Landymore said sunday someone in defence minister Hellyer s office had a Field Day making major changes in a Brief which the dismissed sea operations chief prepared last june for the com Mons defence committee. The Admiral dismissed july 12 following disagreement with or. Hellyer Over the proposed unification of Canada s armed forces said in an interview that changes and deletions in his original Brief disturbed me he was particularly upset about revisions in the personnel Section of the Brief which he said outlined a desperate manpower shortage facing the Navy. Admiral Landymore now raising cattle on a coastal farm about 20 Miles East of the in trance to Halifax Harbor said he had advised the defence committee chairman Liberal David there had been changes in the original Brief. He said he spoke to or. Groos a former naval officer two weeks before he announced publicly that his testimony had been altered. However minutes of commit tee hearings indicated nothing was done about he said he told or. Groos there had been changes be cause the matter seemed so serious that i should see the prime minister. He had spoken to or. Groos the same Day he was compulsorily dismissed from his Post As commander of the maritime command by or. Hellyer. Both the Admiral s original document and the edited brie f were tabled in Friday by or. The commons Hellyer. Com menting on this Admiral Landymore said it at last lets the continued please see revisions Page 4 Ottawa to speak tonight to the party s provincial annual meet ing. His statement meets Provin Cial association demands to keep the National leadership Issue off the conference floor. While delegates remain privately obsessed by the Issue there has t been a word of it from speakers or participants in the convention meetings and working sessions. The Only Way i can see it raised is from the press quipped Eddy Goodman the resolutions committee chairman and National director of the last Federal election Campaign. Meantime Dalton Camp the target or. Diefenbaker refuses to acknowledge has gone to Ottawa to Challenge the grip the Leader s partisans hold on arrangement for the party s National convention. He is to return tomorrow for a Brief appearance on the platform representing the party s National association. But his supporters who Are calling for a reappraisal of the National leadership have been busily courting the big Contin please see die Page 4 police allege plot to blow up Camps new York a say they have arrested 20 Mem Bers of the right Wing minute looking for a wringer Washer this want and under miscellaneous. Articles for Sale 50 Beatty wringer Wash ing machine and tubs. 284-1941. Is among the hundreds of bar Gams in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Men organization seizing _ tons of ammunition and Wea Pons and breaking up what they called a plot to blow up three private. Camps in new York state new Jersey and Connecticut. In lightning predawn raids sunday in Queens Westchester county on Long Island and at upstate Syracuse More than 100 state county and local police went into action. They said they confiscated arsenals that included m o r t r a bazookas please see police Page 4 Winnipeg. Monday october 31, 1966 Sun rises . Moon Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast Cloudy 20 and 25 Leishman and the Fence he scaled to Freedom Leishman Back in jail Ghana holds guinean officials foreign minister among 19 detained As hostages Accra Ghana Reuters Nineteen top Guin Ean officials including the foreign minister remained in detention Here today As diplomatic efforts were made to persuade Ghana to release them. House arrest lifted Justice minister Ato Tadesse of Ethiopia arrived sunday night for talks with the ghanaian government Over the detentions. He flew from Addis Ababa where the guinean officials were heading when they were removed from an Ameri can Airliner saturday night. Ghanaian authorities regard the guineans As hostages who will be released when an Esti mated 100 ghanaian citizens allegedly held in Guinea against their wishes Are allowed to come Home. In Guinea it was reported the government had charged the United states with responsibility for the detentions of the officials and had placed . Ambassador Robinson Mcllvain under House arrest. The guinean officials were scheduled to attend an african foreign ministers conference in the ethiopian capital to prepare for an african Summit meeting later this week. Delegates in Addis Ababa expressed the fear Washington Cap the government of Guinea which placed newly arrived . Ambassador r o b i non Mcllvain under House arrest sunday apparently lifted restrictions on his movements today. The . State department re ported Mcllvain was allowed to go from his residence to the american chancery this morn ing without a guard. Sunday he was escorted Evhen he drove to the foreign ministry to protest his House detention. The state department said the ambassador and g. Lambert manager of that the detention of the Guian Ronstrom local eans might Force postponement pan american airways were capture took place in this phone Booth second Freedom break ends in Telephone Booth Kenneth Leishman 35, was remanded in Cus Tody for one week today in City magistrate s court on a charge of escaping lawful custody. His appear Ance before magistrate Isaac Rice took place 15 hours after he made a spectacular escape Froni detention he was recaptured three hours arid minutes later in West Kildonan. He appeared before a packed courtroom dressed in a White to shirt and dark Grey impressed trousers. Leishman May also face charges of stealing about 20 cents from one of his guards. About 70 people watched him arrive at court. Leish Man said nothing during his two minute appearance. Leishman was awaiting trial in connection with a for other pictures please see Page 3. Of the Summit conference. The ethiopian Justice minister was sent in an attempt to per Suade Ghana s military Leader . Joseph Ankrah u Al crw nhe guinean delegation to continue its flight today. Ghanaian government spokes men shied away from the word arrest but agreed the guineans were regarded As hostages. Ghana admitted that the interception of officials was contrary to Normal conduct of International relations and. Sunday of please Page 4 painting found Chicago a an Anonymous Telephone caller with the voice of a frightened teen Ager directed police sunday night to a trash Basket containing a stolen painting. The caller said the theft of the painting Madonna and child with St. John by Correggio was a prank that got out of hand. The painting was found in a trash Basket in lakefront Grant Park about a Quarter of a mile from the Art Institute of Chicago. The richly coloured work on a wooden panel 25% by inches was knocked from its Frame and taken from the Art Institute Early sunday morning. Charles cd Cunningham director of the Institute said the 16th Century italian master piece suffered moderate but damage. The Institute purchased the Madonna for an undisclosed Price in put its value at Shell out for All Coimbra Portugal a about people turned up to the funeral of Francisco Mendes Martinho who had provided in Chidos to everyone who came to the ceremony. The rest of his estate went to two wealthy friends. Gold Bullion robbery in March when he escaped. His bid for Freedom started when he overpowered three Vaughan Street jail guards at 7 ., unlocked two doors scaled a 12-toot Wall and fled into the night. He had been under a 24 hour watch. Telephone tips led to Leishman s capture at 10.41 in a Telephone Booth at main Street and Jefferson Avenue. He offered no resist Ance. Road blocks bad been set up As part of a greater Winnipeg dragnet. Officials said Leishman called his special duty guard in the detention Home and please see Leishman Page 6 . Constables Edward Finney left and Ronald Gorman recount capture we got him9 cry tells of capture Toronto strike looms Toronto than civic employees in metro Politan Toronto will strike wednesday unless provincial conciliators meet their demands for wage increases. Members of local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public employees sunday voted unanimously in favor of strike action to Back up demands for 40-cents an hour wage increases. Both the City of Toronto and metro have offered the workers 31-cent increases. William Overkott president of , Gnu Imu his will for payments of 25 is the. To cd said the i be up an services including garbage collection and disposal Street cleaning and maintenance and water purification. By Sheldon Bowles we got him. We got with these jubilant words Over the greater Winnipeg emergency radio network the intensive search for escaped prisoner Kenneth Lei Shman came to an end Sun Day night. Leishman. Reported miss ing from the Vaughan Street detention Home at . Sunday was picked up by West Kildonan police at . In a main Street Jeffer son Avenue phone Booth at the Kildonan shopping Cen tre. Arresting officers Ronald Gorman and Edward Finney said in an interview shortly after the capture that Leish Man had offered no resistance to the arrest. The two 35-year-old con stables were Roadblock at the Bergen rail crossing on main Street at . When they got a Call to proceed to the shopping Centre to Check out a car. It took us about three minutes to get said const. Finney. On the Way we. Received another Call to Check out a suspicious looking Man in the phone Booth there. We pulled up to the phone Booth there was a Man inside and i jumped out of the car. I knocked on the door of the phone Booth. He turned around and i recognized Leishman rimmed iately., i told him to put his hands up but he stuck his. Hands out and said i m not a violent Man const. Finney said that he then handcuffed Leishman and told him to get in the police car. At no time did the two constables take their guns from their holsters. Once inside the car the West Kildonan policemen announced their Triumph and were told to take the prisoner to the Winnipeg Public safely building. Please see tips Page 6 detained in apparent retaliation for the arrest in Ghana of a 19 member delegation from Gui Nea which included the foreign minister. Please see House Page i african Mission planned Addis Ababa Ethiopia Council of ministers of the organization of african Unity decided today to Send a three nation delegation to Accra and Conakry to seek the re lease of a 19-Inan Guinea Dele gation detained in Ghana on its Way to Addis Ababa. I in Mission composed of delegates from Liberia Sierra Leone and Tanzania will As soon As possible said a spokesman. The delegation will attempt he said to improve re lations Between Ghana and Gui Nea. A Ghana spokesman said ear Lier today Ghana will not accept any Mission unless it goes to the Guinea capital to seek the release of about 100 Ghana ians alleged to be held there. The spokesman made no men Tion of this but presumably the Mission also will try to under take this task. Nurse killed in riot from a Reuters Lusaka White nurse was killed in race riots in the Northern zambian Copper min ing town of Kitwe sunday Fol lowing an explosion and Blaze at a fuel depot. Police sources disclosed the fatality today soon after a government announcement that military units had been sent during the night to guard vital installations throughout uie country. Please see nurse Page 4 May s inside stories swedish labor Laws differ another title to St., James editorial Pace truth prodigal years canadians Enchant Paris California endued Pafe 2 Page 19 Western Leo Ryan Christopher a Iff ;