Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 2, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hud my United give the United Way Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 30 with comics i id Winnipeg thursday november 2, 1967 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun Sels . Moon sets . Forecast mostly Cloudy 25 and 35 Congo under attack mercenaries raid into Katanga Kinshasa the Congo a a column of White mercenaries and negro soldiers have invaded the Congo s Katanga province from the Portu Gese Colony of Angola congolese government sources said today. The unidentified band crossed the Border some time wednes Day and stole at least four trucks the army reported. Other government reports put the number of trucks a 16. From the Border the soldiers drove about 60 Miles East and captured a train the army said. Latest reports put them about Halfway to Lubumbashi the a Tangan capital formerly known As Elizabethville with about 100 Miles to go. Military sources said the Congo army would probably blow up one of several Bridges along the Way. The government said All troops in the area have been dispatched to Cut off the column. In a recent interview in tie Brussels daily la derriere Here two close collaborators of the belgian mercenary Leader col. Jean Schramme had announced that if negotiations with the Congo govern ment for the evacuation of the rebels failed a new action would be undertaken. The inter viewed mercenaries added that at any rate the political action against the Mobutu regime would continue. Reports in Kinshasa the Feder Al capital formerly known As Leopold Ville said congolese troops have launched a hew at tack in the Bukavu area. Please see Congo Page 14 trucking dispute settled Montreal five Day strike by Montreal area truckers ended Early thursday As strikers voted to accept a management offer giving them ail 80-cent hourly in crease in a two year contract and a shortened work week. The contract provides for 40 cent hourly increases during both years of the contract As Well As a reduction in weekly working hours to 47 from 50 during the first year and Down to 45 during the second. The Drivers members of a Union affiliated with the inter National brotherhood of team sters deliberated for less than an hour at an Early morning general meeting before accept ing the package offer by some 40 trucking companies involved. Tie truckers had been asking for a wage increase of an hour above the they had in their last contract plus the British foreign Secretary George Brown right talks with his Boss prime minister Harold Wilson in London wednesday. Anti War opinion poll shows Toronto Over the past year canadians have moved More strongly to wards a belief that the . Should begin to withdraw its troops from Vietnam according to the Canadian Institute of Public opinion. Last fall this country was divided closely Between those who wanted . Troops withdrawn and those who thought tie War should escalate. Today the ratio is almost two to one for withdrawal Over increasing strength of the attacks. Affiliated Gallup polls reveal that this mood is current in seven nations in which the same question was put to the Public Canada the ., great Britain France Brazil Fin land and Sweden. Gallup interviewers in each country handed a card to the person selected for interview listing three choices for the Vietnam War and asked just from what you have heard or read which of these statements comes closest to the Way you feel about War in Vietnam Canadian attitudes 1966 today the . Should withdraw its troops 31% 41% the . Should carry on its present level of fighting 18 16 the . Should increase the strength of its at tacks against North Vietnam can t Sav 27 2-1 23 20 Loo a in Quebec a majority of the people 22 per cent think troops should with draw As compared to Ontario per cent and the West 40 per Mari timers arc More inclined to the View that the attacks should increase. United states the . Shows a very Sharp increase in the num Ber of people who want . Troops withdrawn rising from 18 cent last fall to 32 per cent today. Great Britain Here Public attitudes have remained much tie same with a slight increase from 42 per cent to 45 per please see poll Page 13 Pope s operation nears been a 75-cent fringe benefits. Vatican City ports circulated at the Vatican hour work week reduction. Today that Pope Paul will under companies previous offer had go surgery on his prostate gland saturday morning. J there was no official confirm i mation but the Pope s doctors i said shortly before Midnight j i wednesday they had decided to go ahead with the surgery with it further delay. Vatican sources at that Lime had said this probably meant saturday or sunday. I the operation had been i expected next week but the f possibility of a delay arose if when the 70-year-old Pope suf j o a relapse saturday night i the second since he fell ill sept. Dundee Scotland 4 with a urinary infection Starr jabs govt. By Victor Mackie Ottawa staff hundreds of millions of dollars of govern ment spending will be approved by parliament today without having been properly scrutinized j by the members acting opposition Leader Michael Starr pro tested at a special press con Ference. This is the final Day of the 30 Days set under the provisional rules for examination of the government s spending pro Gram. Or. Starr called the press conference to voice Strong objections that the time limitation had been used by some members to avoid answering questions put by the opposition. Please see Starr Page 14 charged 19-year-old scottish army Pri vate was charged today with tie murder of a woman school teacher after invading her classroom and holding her and 11 teen age girls captive for 90 minutes. Pet. Robert Francis Mone of Dundee was accused of killing mrs. Nanette Hanson a 2ii year old needlework teacher at St. John s High school. Please see Soldier Page 13 caused by an enlarged prostate. The pontiff went Back to bed to rest and regain strength for i the operation and his doctors j found him Strong enough wednesday to make a Brief appearance at the window of his apartment. J a bulletin wednesday night j said the physicians have jointly agreed not to delay fur ther the surgical intervention which will therefore be per formed in the coming features today a reporter in Hanoi 6 Blue Dom bars fold Roo again 49 today s Index -17 34, 33 ,11 53, Afi classified comics deaths finance Jumble movies sports television women Abc circulation City zone 92.7jj total nearly everyone reads the free press Brown facing grilling commons debate May decide foreign Secretary s future London up George Brown today in effect goes on trial before parliament. The controversial foreign Secretary will enter the foreign affairs debate in the commons with the galleries filled and the opposition ready to attack. His future As foreign Secre tary May depend on his performance. Many Veteran observers conclude that if he blows his top he did at the Savoy hotel two Days minister Wilson May be forced to Bow to Public opinion and remove Brown from the sensitive Cabinet Post. The British press have been crying for Brown s Scalp Fol lowing his startling attack against Canadian born lord Thomson and his sunday times accusing Thomson of cheating breaking his word and giving Comfort to the soviet Union. But a Downing Street inform ant said wednesday that Wilson plans no immediate action against Brown considering that Brown had attractive political qualities that outweighed his nevertheless the Embarrass-1 ing Public displays appear to be becoming More frequent. The Sun. Which considers that j Brown has one of the Best Politi Cal minds in Britain sadly concluded today that Brown has be come too perverse. Brown him-1 to curb inflation finance minis self has stated he is made up of tar Sharp has hinted the govern two persons which the Public mint will Engineer a temporary had to accept. He would not Slack in the Economy. Or. Stan change. Field told a Public meeting in there has been much Specula i Colchester Hants Riding which lion Why Brown charged is seeking to represent in the Thomson who has publicly Slat commons. De that though he is a conserva i he said that a slowdown live he personally supports Wil i would be bad because while the son s economic policies. Policy is Short term the prob Lem of maintaining reasonably please see Brown Page 15 i full employment and Price Sta ability requires continuing Effort. A slowdown would hit Tho weakest areas of the Economy hardest. Certainly the Atlantic Region would be hard hit by a deliberate slowdown and our people would therefore Bear Pic double Brunt both of inflation and of the National policy to delay inflation 1 the people of the Atlantic provinces had been working hard for years to gain some for Ward momentum for their regional Economy. If or. Sharp stops this for Ward momentum the Atlantic economic slowdown opposed weak areas will suffer Stainfield warns Ottawa Milford . Up conservative Leader Robert Stanfield wednesday criticized any pro posed government move to solve the problem of inflation with a Short term economic slowdown. If restraints on spending fail rail Union appeals to Pearson prime minister urged to delay layoffs by in prime minister Pearson has been asked to delay mass layoffs by Canadian National railways that will dump 500 employees out of work on the Prairies 267 in greater Winnipeg. The 10 per cent stale cutback ordered by the car 427 have already been Laid off in the Atlantic Region will affect 165 men in Transcona shops and 102 More in the Symington Yard in St. Boniface. The Canadian brotherhood of railway transport and general workers the Union which represents the Laid off employees charged that work ers were being Cut from the payroll with sometimes Only four Days notice. W. J. Smith Union president told or. Pearson in a letter wednesday the railway should act in a More humane and socially responsible manner in setting Down staff. Veterans affairs minister Robert Veillet concerned by the layoffs warned wednesday that Crown corporations As the in should be required to give More notice before turning its workers out in the streets. Please see Union Page 15 Mao s thoughts spawn Coal stove labor prestige on line London British labor government s wobbling popularity is on the line today but there s More Public interest in the Fate of a pair of Breezy personalities than in How voting area might take years to regain National economic health could not be achieved by poli win with is the offi Cial slogan of mrs. Winifred Ewing a piano thumping House wife who has jazzed up the slug Gish scottish nationalist party Region. Canada will not be Prosper Ous if unemployment and Dis Content Are chronic in these or. Stanfield said. Text of his address was re in Hamilton. It could also serve Las Cal to press in Advance for win clan s pm Uphill for Winston s. Churchill delivery son of the original Winnie and conservative candidate in Gor ton. The by elections also serve As possible gauges of How the cur rent May be running Between the labor and tory parties. Price minister Wilson s big parliamentary majority is in no danger and a general election is 3 i years off. Please see labor Page 13 continued please see economic Page in by Tom Lambert Washington special tons meet the communist chinese army s dutch threaten air pact the Hague the Netherlands intends to denounce its current aviation agreement with Canada because it failed to rights for Kim airlines in to obtain Landin Royal dutch Ronto. The dutch minister of trans port and Waterways Johannes Bakker told the lower House permanent transport committee Here wednesday that it was the first time in the history of dutch civil aviation that an action towards Canada was contemplated. Continued please see dutch Page 13 Bui Cipr Road rough on car a smog Blanket Over Toronto wednesday prompted Darlene Abbott to Wear a Gauze surgical mask. Fog fell Over the City in the Early morning and the weather Bureau says conditions Are favor Able to pollutants in the air. Oakville on. Up two Young women won dered Why they were getting a bumpy car ride near this fog bound town wednesday. Getting out to investigate they saw they had been driving along railway tracks before an oncoming train demolished the car. Catherine Macdonall 20, of Hamilton and Margaret Hogg 25, of Burlington found themselves on the cup s main line Between Detroit and Toronto. The car was dragged 200 feel. The train was not dam aged. High school Grid final postponed Kas Vidi us director of athletics for Winnipeg schools announced today that to night s High school football final at Winnipeg stadium Between Churchill and Sisler has been postponed until monday. Newest hero Huang Pao Tung. Or. Huang the Cook for a chinese troop unit in Man Churia has been enrolled in the army s Hall of Fame for developing a new kind of stove and a fueling process which uses Only three ounces of Coal to prepare Chow for one Soldier per Day. All this according to a broadcast monitored Here because or. Huang is a diligent student of chairman Mao tse Tung s works and was inspired in his culinary efforts by chairman Mao s the broadcast was silent on the temperature or qua Lity of the victuals or. Huang puts on the army s tables and the amount of Coal he is saving daily. But it was lyrical about Liis stove and fuel saving accomplishments now being held up As models for All chinese army Cooks. Or. Huang conducted 140 experiments on the stove and 230 on tie fuel saving process before he perfected them the broadcast said. It gave no hint of tie nature of the experiments but said they kept him Busy for several months. Or. Huang s Iron willed determination to develop a Coo stove and save Coal originated the broadcast said with Mao tse Tung s edict that Thrift must be practice in carrying out revolution and his exhortation to be Resolute fear no sacrifice surmount every difficulty to win armed with that advice the broadcast said or. Huang paid no heed when someone scoffed at his stove and fuel saving efforts As a waste of time and or. Huang told the Scot Fer the broadcast continued that the stove is a Small thing but still has something to do with the big things of the chinese and world revolution. We must see both its economic and political he concluded. Looking for a pet this want and under dogs cats Birds livestock in must sell White stand Ard poodle. Sjo. 233-1633. Is among Tho hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Lbs stands firm president scolds Vietnam policy critics by Carroll Kilpatrick Washington special tons president John son warned american Cri tics of his Vietnam policy wednesday that peace will come sooner if the nation is United than if it is divided. In a news conference at which he vigorously defended administration policies and expressed optimism about the War s pro Gress president Rolinson called on the critics to engage in some introspection before they speak. He said that dissenters certainly have not helped our marines on the demilitarized zone or helped solve the problem we a seek to but he said they had a right to speak and that he tried to maintain an open mind toward his critics. When the president was asked whether he saw any lessening of the communists determination to fight he paused for a moment then said he did not want to predict. Are you a news Man asked. The president replied. I believe we Are making Progress. I believe we Are doing what we ought to do and will continue to do what we ought to he said that the South Viet namese had made rather sub Stantial Progress in the last 13 months in writing a Constitution and electing a government. Expressing Shock Over the Viet Cong mortar attack on the presidential Palace in. Saigon tuesday president Johnson said he could not understand Why world opinion was not outraged by it. He often has said he could not understand Why critics assail him for defending South Viet Nam but Seldom attack to Chi Minli for launching assaults in the South. Continued please see Johnson Page 15 protests Greet Humphrey Kuala Bumpur Reuters today used tear Gas to break up anti american demonstrations in the Northern left Wing stronghold of p e n a n g while vice president Hubert Humphrey met with the malay Sian Cabinet Here. It was the third consecutive Day of demonstrations against the vice president who arrived by air from South Vietnam wednesday for a four Day Good will visit. A source close to the vice president said last night there was no suggestion that Humphrey would ask Malaysia to Send troops to Vietnam. However the source added it was possible that the leaders would discuss whether Malaysia could do More to help in South Vietnam s Rural development programs. It now is training South vietnamese police her and giving some assistance to Rural improvement in the coun try. Embalmer finds life in 6 Washington a Young american Soldier pronounced dead of wounds showed signs of life while under the knife of a . Army embalmer in Vietnam. Specialist Jacky c. Bayne 22, of fort sill., s.c., was pronounced dead near Chu Lai last july 16 after doctors had Woi Kcal for 45 minutes trying resuscitation. Continued please see embalmer Page 13 ;