Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 23, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Leg free press final edition 1 Winnipeg thursday february 23, 1967 Price Loc 15c Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon ets . Forecast sunny -15 and 15 key Gure in murder probe dead reporter interviews Pilot hours before body found by George Lardner or new Orleans special tons a Pilot who in District attorney Jim Gabon s president Kennedy s assassinated was found dead in his bed wednesday. David Ferrie once interrogated As an alleged get away Pilot for a presidential Assassin was discovered Wuh a Sheet pulled up to his Chest. New Orleans authorities Are in disagreement Over the cause of death. Six foot six or. Garrison the gun toting prosecutor called the death apparent the Coroner. Or. Nicholas Chetta said tests were not Complete but death seemed due to a massive brain Haemorrhage with no sign of suicide except a curious unsigned undated note saying death was a Sweet or. Ferrie was on the Brink of producing information that could have been important said or Garrison whose Assassa Long after the Warren commission finished its created an International sensation. We Felt that he was really now ready to talk candidly to contribute to this important in or. Garrison said. Now he s gone and it will be much harder to make the connections Between certain people. But i m sure Well make them anyway. Please see mystery Page 10 Davey forced to quit Montreal up senator Keith Davey failed today in his demand for a vote of Confidence from team owners and resigned As commissioner of the Canadian football league. Ted Workman of Montreal Alou ettes outgoing Cal presi Dent said u the commissioner joined our meeting this morning and read his report to us. Commissioner Davey then asked for a vote of this was moved by Toronto argonauts but there was no commissioner Davey stated he was resigning and will write to the league. There was a unanimous Tor onto to accept the Resigna Alan Mceachern of British Columbia Lions incoming Cal president said no thought has been Given yet to 9 replacement nor has it been decided How a replacement will . Portage mayor riled i die Ottawa gives . Bank a reprieve stirs Stew Roblin again in line for chefs Cap by Sheldon Bowles j National conservative i Leader John Diefenbaker Lent support thursday to rumours that Premier Duff h Roblin of Manitoba May seek the party s National leadership. Reminded at a press Confer ence in Winnipeg that in 1963 he bad virtually bestowed his it to withering death approval on or. Roblin As his i the reprieve supported in by All mercantile escapes restriction s gets 6 years to go canadian9 by Dennis Orchard Ottawa up the mercantile Bank of Canada will be Given almost six years to transform itself into a Money making institution owned mostly by canadians. Meanwhile the Bank will Cape a legislative restriction that might otherwise have sen an artist s impression of building planned for downt.w., at Portage and main 30-Storey Bonn accepts a plan by Osgood Caruthers Bonn special tons West Germany was reported wednesday to have dropped its objections to signing a treaty Banning the spread of nuclear weapons at the offer of an american formula which would guarantee the interest of the j non nuclear Industrial Powers. Responsible sources in Bonn j Portage Prairie up said the proposed formula Naa i _ m h l Henderson wed dispelled the principal fears of demanded t h a t c. H. The West German government. Chappel Deputy mum Cipal of Chancellor Kurt Georg minister resign or apolo Singer and foreign minister gaze for statements attributed to Willy Brandt during the last him durig a recent hearing of several Days have been exerting legislature s Law amendments strenuous efforts to committee on the mayor s Power Valra or the subject. And All i indications Are that Bonn ex-1 of peels the new formula to pave the Way to signature of the treaty by West Germany. The formula provides for the United states upon the conclusion of the treaty it has been negotiating with the soviet Union and at the same time of signing to offer a. Written interpretation of the trealy which would spell Oul the assurances that it would in no successor or. Diefenbaker did t sidestep the statement As he had others. Instead he said in a deliberate manner. Events such As that i recall it was this reaction that gave strength to the belief that or. Roblin does indeed have or. Diefenbaker to Confidence. Refusing to say More on the matter or. Diefenbaker said any declaration or statement by me about or. Roblin s entry into the race a Fuld be about his own future and the future of candidates already entered in the race or. Diefenbaker would say Only i an Mously wednesday parties in the commons finance committee adds up to this bar gain Between mercantile and parliament the Bank now wholly owned by first National City Bank of new York will put 75 per cent of shares on the Market for Sale to Cana please see pc Page 4 die seen As ready Fulton Dian residents by dec. 31. 1972. In return it will be permitted to expand turn a profit and become attractive investment. The committee s action rep re s e n t s a settlement under which mercantile agrees to con form eventually to legislation it has fought bitterly for months with the unsolicited support of the . State department. Mercantile is meeting govern ment policy that demands wide spread and predominantly Cana j Dian ownership of an chartered Banks. J at the same time the govern i ment is conceding that several 1 million dollars in mercantile 1 shares cannot be sold overnight i especially when the Bank to Jast now breaking even As to hands operations in specialized business lending and Trade to j noticing. Stone controversial restriction native Leader John Diefin Baker god the new Bank is understood to have indicated under go by tits con unit Ito close associates wanting to and due for approval by i enter the leadership race to go p within three weeks ahead leaving the implication he will not be running. The 1 Victory by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa staff e. Davie Fulton today formally entered the conservative leadership race carrying the. Banner of a hard headed fighting intellectual and predicting Victory. Time he seeking a at the same announced he is review of the tory convention Date of sept. 6 to 9 to enable Prairie Farmers and Young canadians to attend in Masse. The 50-year-old lawyer called a morning press conference to announce the Start of his Campaign. He said he had fired off a letter today to conservative a ional president Dalton Camp and the organizers of the convention urging them to recon Sider the Date. After a swing out West or. Fulton found grave concern in me Prairies about i by Victor mack1e j Ottawa staff conservative Leader John Diefin Baker 20-floor hotel stores theatre included in million Richardson and sons Complex by Don Johnston in 1969 on the site will be Richardson chair Man and chief executive officer of James Richardson and sons limited told a press conference Assur Way interfere with the scientific and Industrial development of please see Bonn Page 10 Union Leader jailed Vancouver up jailed British Columbia Union Leader Orviall will Ranisio do Henderson said he was shocked to read a newspaper report quoting or. Chappell As saying the mayor purposely absented himself from the chair by coming late to meetings where the veto was discussed. The report said an amendment was necessary to the City charter because Portage la Prairie Lias Only a six Man Council com pared to larger councils in other Manitoba cities and that the May or could always sustain his veto Gity faces hike in 67 spending the City of 1 that besides the 30-Storey office building and the hotel the site would also House a new Bank of Canada building and an All Wea ther concourse of retail stores restaurants banking and invest i ment offices a and a Winnipeg a provincial sales lax nor wage j club. _ _. Inf of Vic i is or could always sustain his veto would establish because the City charter tax rate for Fly a Jim Uit i preliminary spending estimates a d j t m e n i s for civic for 1967 indicate an increase of j employees million in costs Over 1966. R. D. 15-Mill lax rate would be required to cover the i reduced by million. The civic increased spending Esli males Hoo in a based on the 1966 tax formula. But a new educational Grant svs Lem proposed by the Provin __1 j __4 there be ample under ground and surface parking finance a second office building is i Ujj committee will begin of meet mrs monday to different for a two thirds vote to override residential anti commercial it. Estimates ocl Ito a. Attempt to revise the estimates downward. It appears Likely that the tax commercial in or. Three or Richardson four said. When completed the Complex of i latest to join the contest Are senator Wallace Mccutcheon and Michael Starr conservative House Leader. Senator Mccutcheon has not yet formally declared himself in the race but the word was being quietly passed in conservative circles wednesday thai the senator has decided to run. I out in front in the race Many conservatives Are convinced is j Georgia aces former minister j of transport and Trade and j Commerce in the Diefenbaker government. He is Well known across Canada and has been carrying on a vigorous speaking Campaign. Several conservatives who Don t want to. See or. Hees As Leader Are looking desperately please see Tref Page 13 7 gardens site for pc meeting the clause in question would hold total liabilities to a level 20 times its author ised capital of n Long As More than 25 per cent of its Toronto e pro four structures will be one of the tallest and largest buildings conservative National in Western Canada. I convention will be held in a please see Bank Page 13 Congress May seat Powell by Bichard Lyons Washington special tons the House committee on Adam Clayton Powell agreed unanimously wednesday to re commend that the House seat him censure him and Dock his pay to recover funds he allegedly misused. Chairman e m a n u e 1 Celler Democrat new York refused to release the decision until it is filed in the House today by other sources said the commit Becaum it would severely the Date severely please see Fulton is Sukarno future in doubt from of Belen Jakarta up Indonesia s official news Agency referred to strongman Gen. Suharto today As acting Presl raising new speculation about president Sukarno s future. Turning Over Power to army Leader seems to have cleared the Way for the 65-year old Sukarno s final removal from office but the spectre of civil War among the islanders loomed Large in uie minds of the army rulers m Jakarta. Jakarta the capital was peaceful. Some Siliwa Ngi troops guarded the City Haj Upo _ stering the Garrison command. Please see Sukarno Page 10 Robarts leaves Hospital than 420.000 Square when meetings were called to j override a veto or. Chappell was quoted As saying the mayor absented himself from the chair by arriving Tate. He would then i take a seat at the Council table. Mayor Henderson in a letter addressed to Premier Duff Rob Lin and distributed to All Las said the question of myself coming to the Council meetings late is an absolute falsehood. When a Deputy minister of the i government makes a false state ment to an official committee of the legislature in the province of Oruie Braaten Manitoba it seems to me that Hind bars at least until monday it is High time you As first min unless he changes his mind Ester should step into this Situa about answering questions at a he said provincial Royal commission on invasion of privacy. B r a a t e a president of the pulp and paper workers of Canada was jailed wednesday by commissioner r. A. Sargent for contempt of the commis Sion. _ he will appear before a lean increase of spending a Mon for municipal and and s4.9 million rate on commercial stable office space. Industrial properties including building now the apartment buildings. Bank Headquarters is 261 drastically while increase tax properties convention win Iee had voted to punish rather the Richardson building will j ple Leaf gardens sept. 7, 8 and than a Xci Harlem demo soar 400 feet and contain More 9 Edwin a. Goodman and Roger Republican leaders Regimbal co chairmen said in j the move to deny Hep. Tower. A statement the gardens was j his Seal on opening because of ils Large expected to support u capacity and excellent tee feet of Winni London on. Up pre John Robarts leaves hos today nine Days after he taken from his London with internal bleeding ;