Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, February 21, 1967

Issue date: Tuesday, February 21, 1967
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 21, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday. February 21. Bonn s fears grow by Osgood Caruthers Bonn special tons the government of Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger said monday that the nuclear Powers should substantially reduce their atomic weapons capabilities As part of the proposed non proliferation treaty. The government s statement issued on the eve of the opening of the Geneva disarmament conference where the non proliferation treaty is expected to be introduced expressed support of the principle of such an International pact aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons. The statement reiterated Bonn s reservations however. Mans to support the pact. Among the West German fears that the americans have been trying to disperse is the effect of a non proliferation treaty on the present status of nuclear co operation within the six nation e u r a t o m Organiza Hon. American informants have argued that far from harming the Euratom setup such a treaty would enhance the development of co operation among the members who get deadlock in arms contract error costly the great portion of the refined nuclear fuel for their reactors from the United states. West Germany has been consulting with the other members of Euratom including France j which has declared in Advance that it will not sign the non proliferation treaty. The consultations with the government of president Charles de Gaulle were said by a Bonn spokesman to have been useful and ones res democratic Ary by declaring that its acceptance the official opposition in Par and signature depended upon lament Tejere was a general whether the West germans Felt election caused now t. C. Their Security and the future of Douglas National Leader of the scientific a in an nip leads tories democratic party would form their peaceful scientific de party a elopement were not hampered inter Vii by the controls provided for in a non proliferation treaty monday in an the party has i been steady and consistent. It said interview. For be the Kiesinger regime thus i wag no upsurge based on it the door open for ultimately j left the door open going along with the treaty while at the same time continuing efforts to obtain the full guarantees it wants against possible threats to its own scientific and Industrial inter ests. To allay the growing fears that Are being voiced by such High officials As finance mini Ster Franz Josef Strauss Lead ing parliamentarians and industrialists the United states sent one of its top atomic Energy commission officials to Bonn to million error in Hydro bid As a result the Mcnamara group is liable for payment to w to f a explain the american position Manitoba Hydro of some s6 million if. As is now indicated the Syndicate cannot meet the tender s specifications. This arises because the contractors will have broken the performance Bond tied to the contract. No indication was Given tues Day what the outcome of the dispute will be nor what Impact the hassle will have on the billion Nelson River Power project. However or. Stephens said it would be inappropriate for me to attempt to forecast the final outcome with respect and argue for the treaty. Primary Mission Myron Kratzer director of the division of International affairs of the atomic Energy commission has been discuss ing the question with top officials in the Kiesinger government. Or. Kratzer said his primary Mission was to try to convince the West germans that none of the proposed provisions of the non proliferation treaty in their present preliminary form would present Preuit Imrij Luc Quai impede the country s Security j to the Kettle general contract nor its highly developed in but insofar As Manitoba Hydro do str for developing the peace is concerned the Ball is now in duo Fri. R of i Ful uses of nuclear Energy. The court of the Mcnamara Ful uses 01 nuclear Cutis a. Me it is principally in the ques joint venture group where we tons of controls As envisaged in think it the treaty that the strongest in addition to the Mcnamara fears Are being voiced. Corporation the Syndicate is or. Kiesinger spent the week j composed of Atlas construction end conferring with leading industrialists and politicians to try to keep West Germany s company Ltd., Janin construction Ltd., c. A. Pitts general contractor Ltd. And Atlas win position on an even keel under i Ston Ltd. The storm of objections from nearly All the companies Are or Strauss and such other based in Eastern Canada Al important figures As former though it was not Clear at press Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Time where each firm has its at the same time the govern ment in Bonn repeated pointedly in its statement that it would not succumb to outside pres sures or deadlines from any Quarter but would make up its own mind about the treaty. The soviet Union Well the Headquarters. When asked if he could be More specific about the ultimate end of the dispute or. Stephens replied Manitoba Hydro is not entitled to drop these hot potatoes in committee. Drop these the Lap of hot the commenting on the latest Gal Lup poll results which showed the nip with a Lead Over the progressive conservatives in popular support. Or. Douglas acknowledged that with the progressive conservative party presently in a state of turmoil Over its Leader ship problem there was some support obviously showing up in the poll of Public opinion. He pointed out however that in every election govern ments Are elected by a Large negative vote As Well As by positive supporters. John Diefenbaker had been very successful in establishing himself in the minds of Many people As the Champion of the average Man against Bay Street said or. Douglas. By convincing people that he was their Champion particularly of the Rural people and that he was their Leader against the establishment As represented by Bay Street in Toronto or. Diefenbaker was Able to win temporarily a lot of support that ordinarily we would said or. Douglas. Now with it appearing that or. Diefenbaker was to be replaced As the National Leader of the conservative party or. Douglas is confident that Many of those who supported the progressive conservative party while or. Diefenbaker was its Leader will turn to support the nip. The latest Gallup poll showed that since the last Federal election in november 1965 the nip has gained 10 per cent in the Institute s continuing Sam pling of voting strength. Car prices Cut by Detroit a american motors tuesday slashed the prices of in lowest priced american car line an average of in an Effort to bolster the firm s sagging Auto sales. Formal announcement of the Cut was to be made at a late afternoon news conference by am chairman Roy d. Chapin the new pricing strategy did not apply to am s other car the ambassador rebel talks by Anatole Shub Geneva special Tonsi Western and soviet negotiators seeking to draft a treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons were stalemated monday night As to How to proceed when the 17-nation disarmament conference reopens Here today. The . And Russia have reached a general understand ing on the main lines of a so called nuclear non proliferation treaty but the preamble and the vital inspection clause designed to constitute article 3 of the treaty remain to be negotiated. The chief negotiators William Foster of the United states and Alexei Voshchin of the soviet Union met twice Over the weekend in an Effort to resolve remaining differences not Only Over the language of the proposed treaty but As to How to proceed Here if Only partial agreement can be reached now. According to reliable sources or. Foster proposed that the ." and Russia Lay before the conference least those treaty articles on which agreement was already possible. However the soviet Delegate is said to Reuther charges racism i continued or. B e u t h e r also served notice on the motor vehicle Industry that he would give priority to an annual salary demand in negotiations this year and joined forces with the National association of manufacturers Nam in blasting administration economic policies. Testifying at almost the exact hour that Al Cio executive Council meeting in Miami Beach Florida or. Reuther at first refused to discuss his dispute with Al Cio president George Meany. When asked by rep. Henry Reuss Democrat Wisconsin How his views differed from those of the Al Cio or. Reuther responded somewhat brusquely that this is neither the time nor the place to discuss the matter. Senator quits Canberra Ralian senator Douglas Hanna Ford resigned from the ruling Liberal party tuesday in pro test against the government s Vietnam policies. He told re porters he would vote against the government on australian involvement in and conscription for the Vietnam War. This situation is one that is United states and Britain have been pressing the West Ger have replied that there was Noj Point announcing anything less. Than a full joint draft treaty. Diplomatic observers speculated that the soviet insistence j on full agreement before any publicity May involve Strong j political motives and not merely j a different View of diplomatic protocol. The motives would involve the . Relation to West Germany where right Wing circles have been waging a Strong Public attack on the treaty. 9 dead 9 lost in sinking they each had a life jacket Earl Slaunwhite said. It looked As if they tried to get out in a hurry the Way they were the search continued on the Island and along the Shore for the 14 missing. National sea products Ltd., owners of the Cape Bonnie said the vessel was heading for Hali fax with tons of fish when she grounded. Snow was thick and a southerly Gale was blow ing in the area. The Cape Bonnie had been fishing in the Browns Bank area of southwestern Nova Scotia for the last week. An Craf helicopter and res Cue vessels went to the area after the Cape Bonnie radioed for help but dense fog and rain that followed the Snow Cut the ceiling to 100 feet and visibility to 40 Yards. Earl Slaunwhite said he saw no wreckage in the area where the bodies were floating. The Only thing we spotted besides the bodies was a float Type they use on fish ing he said. It was rough out there and after we picked up the bodies we decided to come in because we feared we might pile up on the Shoals. We could t see the Cape the trawler s skipper was newfound Lander Peter Hickey. Other names we re not immediately available. It was believed most of them were new found Landers. One of the four bodies was de scribed As that of a Voung Man maybe in his Early 20s." the others were older. The trawler Tammy and Dar Lene was one of the first on the scene after the grounding. She reported no sign of life aboard the badly listing vessel but said three of its four dories were missing. The All steel Cape Bonnie which had never encountered serious trouble at sea before was built at Selby England in 1952. Victor Mackie Ottawa staff failure to realize an exclusive contract had been awarded by the defence production department for Snow removal at fort Churchill Cost Canadian tax payers auditor general Maxwell Hen Derson Drew attention to this costly mix up in his annual report tabled in the commons monday. The defence production department on behalf of. The defence department entered into a contract in november 1963, for the removal of Snow at fort Churchill on an As and when i removal work because it was required basis. Not required to assist other the defence department in government departments tended the contractor to provide Snow removal services to supplement its own Snow removal operations. But its specifications were not Clear on this Point. Consequently the contract signed by the defence production department provided that the contractor would have the exclusive right to provide the supplies and services specified during the 1963-64 season. While it had been expected that the services of the contract would be needed the department was Able to perform its Snow pilots strafe Convoy area with runway and Road clearance work As had been the practice in previous the defence department did not realize an exclusive contract had been awarded. The department of defence production did not seem to realize the significance of the particular clause which made the contract said the auditor general. In May 1964, the contractor contended that under the con tract he had the exclusive right to perform the services required. The contractor submitted a claim for the government sought an opinion from the Justice depart Saigon a . Pilots join in the assault on the con ment Crown was patently were attempting to push supplies through the Mountain pass leading into the Jungle covered to Chi Minn Trail through Laos and Down to Viat null today reported their biggest i Voy. Bag of North vietnamese con the North. Vietnamese a Voy traffic in months claiming 86 trucks destroyed or damaged As they headed South with sup plies. In South Vietnam wide spread but Small ground actions were reported monday with american forces reporting 266 communist soldiers killed and South vietnamese troops claiming 76 More communists killed in five engagements. The . Command said american fighter bombers caught a big North vietnamese Convoy of at least 127 Large trucks at the. Mugia pass monday. . Pilots were diverted from other targets to cover the contractor s non productive labor costs and the estimated profit he would have realized bad he performed the work As determined by trea sury auditors. Confessed Slayer freed continued j an 18-year-old girl from a Phoe Nix Street driving her into the desert and raping her. The court ruled that Miranda s constitutional rights had been violated when he was not in formed of his right to counsel before talking to police. Suarez was arrested april 27. 1946. Questioned by police he signed a statement admitting that after his wife had Cut his leg with a knife during an argument he seized the knife and stabbed her and the five Chil Dren More than 100 times. The children ranged in age from 11 months to five years. At the time of Suarez arrest. 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