Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 49 Price Loc Winnipeg Friday november 24, 1967 forecast Snow 25 and 30 envoys try to head off Cyprus War maps approve hanging halt in free vote Cyprus Greece Turkey Alert All troops Athens up . Presidential envoy Cyrus r. Vance sought in Athens to Day to head off a greek turkish War Over Cyprus while the two nato members continued military preparations and placed their armed forces on Alert. The tense situation caused the . Embassy in Nicosia to order the evacuation to Beirut Lebanon of 400 american wives and children from Cyprus. The department advised Amer ican travellers to stay away from Cyprus. Greece or Turkey and the. Canadian government issued the warning to its citizens. Three of progressive conservative leadership hopeful Walter Weir s sup porters Lead a cheer As delegates to the party convention registered in the Marl Borough hotel this morning. They Are left to Jody Kerr Barbara Johsnon and Patty Steen. The hotel was alive with boisterous activity As More than 400 delegates turned up to Register. See Page 3 for other pictures. Row shuts port shipping dispute pcs sign in for big do Premier x will take i office Ivett week ates brass bands and Ballyhoo converged on Dele Gates registering Friday morning in the Marl Borough hold for the Manitoba progressive conservative party convention. Saturday the expected -174 delegates from All parts of the province will cast their ballots to select a new Leader and a Premier. It is the first Montreal up there was no evidence of new activity today along Mont provincial conservative Leader "11 ship convention since Premier reals 11-mile water Piont j3 shut Down after two weeks years ago of simmering disagreement j or. Roblin will resign this Between longshoremen and j weekend and his successor will the shipping federation of i be governor Early next week. Tories win ilk. Vote Nicosia a the Cyprus 1 government today began a general mobilization and advised Reserve officers of the National guard to prepare Lor Active duty. Reserve officers of the member National guard were Lold to report for orders and equipment. Canadian diplomats continued i their go below eco role in trying j to clarify line position of Greece j and Turkey to one another so i that there would be no Misun j de standing that could Lead to i War. Brussels a Greece and Turkey have accepted i j the Good offices of manlio 1 Brosio Secretary i of nato in their dispute j Over Cyprus it was a noun 1 ced. Canada has a major stake in the crisis since its forces form about 20 per cent of the 4. 100- Man Ltd peacekeeping group in Cyprus arid the whole idea of peacekeeping was a Canadian 1 one in the first place. Since sunday night Canada has been engaged in a seric.-. Of contacts in Athens. Ankara. Xi-1 Cosia. London and Washington. Canada is reported seeking a Long term political solution rather than one that would depend 1 on the in Force keeping the peace for years to come. The j Canadian Force totals almost 900 men in infantry and support units. Please see envoys Page 7 Bill backed 114 to 87, but attacks delay third Reading Ottawa comps who 18 months ago rejected total abolition of the death penalty thursday approved a Bill to limit capital punishment to slayers of police and prison guards for a five year trial period. While the principle of the Bill was approved a number of at j k a tempts to Amend it began immediately and it failed to get third Reading. An nip Amend ment aimed at total abolition was among those turned Back i the Bill will be brought before the commons again next week and must also receive Senate passage before it becomes Law. Supported by Many As a com Promise move towards total abolition it May in effect react j vate the Gallows unused in Canada since two killers were Westmas vote no 2tol by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa staff Prairie members of parliament thurs Day voted two to one against the pet. Garnet Buchanan and pet. Barry Cleve land both of Nova Scotia patrol the turkish cyp riot Village of temblor on the North Side of Cyprus. Tension continues to build up on the Island and Greece Turkey and Cyprus have put All their Mili tary forces on general Alert. Makarios Grivas blamed hanged in Toronto dec. 11, 1962. Bryce Mackasey said the Cabinet now will be morally obligated to apply the Law to killers of police and prison guards. Lohshing capital if the death sentence for i punishment such a killer does not include a although it went against the recommendation for mercy the 114-87 majority View of the Cabinet will be morally Obi j House of commons the Strong gated to carry out the sen retention is feeling from the i he said. West was neither new nor i the abolitionist Liberal Cabi startling. Net has commuted every sen Manitoba however went along tence to come before it since Wjt the majority View. The Vole april 1963. When the govern-1 was five Jor abolition three ment was elected. Against and six absent. In the this has included the cases of 1196g vote on abolition the result Georges Marcotte who a j was seven fol., six against and Chine gunned two St. Laurent j one absent. Que. Policemen during a Bank robbery and Reginald colpitts 19. Who stabbed to death a at Dorchester penitent los Angeles times Middle East correspondent Joe Alex Morrisjr. Wrote the following analysis of the Cyprus Dis Pute after leaving the Island nation for another assignment and before his return to Nico Sia by Joe Alex Morris if War Breaks out Between Greece and Turkey Over Cyprus it could be the most tragic Blunder in recent history. The responsibility for it rests with archbishop Makarios. President of the Island nation and the greek military commander on the Island Gen. George Grivas. It was these two who decided last week to try to wipe out a turkish cypriot Pockl on the Road Between Nicosia and Limassol. Cyprus two largest cities. Please see gr1vas Page 5 Book ruled obscene by Peter Osnos Uard diary. Justice minister Trudeau said the Cabinet will retain its prerogative to commute in such cases but it will be More difficult to exercise freely if parliament passes the new Bill. This was one reason he favored Complete abolition. Currently 17 men Are on death Row none for killing police or prison workers. Both abolitionists and Rete zionists have attacked the logic of the Bill although its principle was accepted 114 to 87 in the free vote. In support were 81 liberals 18 nip members and 15 conservatives. Voting against were when the House voted on the Issue in 1966, the bulk of Prairie members swung exactly the same Way. And because All but two of them Are conservatives their Solidarity contributed s i g n i f i cantly to the thin abolitionist showing in tory ranks. Of the 56 conservatives who voted against approval in principle of the Bill on second Reading 23 represented the Prairies. The new Bill proposed by solicitor general Lawrence Pennell differs from the last in that it does not propose total abolition. The death penalty if the Bill passes without amendment would be retained for murder ers of policemen and prison guards. 56 conservatives. 23 liberals. Our credit Sites three social this change had no effect on credit maps and Independent the votes of Western members Gilles Gregoiry Ila Pointel. With two exceptions. I please see maps Page 7 i please see West maps Page 5 Derby. England the publishers s240 and ordered App. D but we cannot contemplate then to Pav s1.200 towards the i county Council Ernesda action until we Are in a hard hitting speech to the sure we can provide defence for Assembly Nasser said of. Cities and Countryside. For and Syria by Gordon Weil Geneva this week s Gold Rush and devaluation doubts Promise to have an unsettling effect on world Trade next year Accord ing to delegates attending the general agreement on tariffs and Trade Gatt ministerial record Gold buying continues new devaluation worries even about the Dollar could disrupt International Commerce. Though nobody strength of the says one european official continued pressure on the Dollar could of Eccl the United states Trade the . Is the second ranking labor id conservatives enough to the tories a massive majority in the House of commons in a general elec Tion. Labor had s 307 votes slashed Egypt. Jordan a. in the War. Eana Dionne province exclusive jurisdiction. J the Assembly burst into a and today approval is expect Over and o set up o booked for a Reso Emory my a state 10 he u u v i Kon he free he right to self determination be known radio Quebec. Express an opinion people Don to what has been taken b Force of the French Canadian these resolutions will to stud want to hear cannot be recovered without about the Only Eross Curry no cd further in workshops today a misguided please see Nasser Page 5 said meeting Here. Be world trading unit after the. Trade officials worry thai if i european common Market. European and developing countries also Are plainly con i corned about the effect of i devaluation of the Pound Ster Ling on their competitive Posi i Lions. A cheaper Pound Lias made British exports a better bargain and has discouraged britons from buying foreign goods. 1 a common Market official said thursday thai devaluation could upset the delicate Ba-1 Lance of International Trade j worked out in the Kennedy i round. Looking for a Moto ski this Waul and under Snow mobiles 59a private 1966 14 . S550. Globe 2-4139. 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 ads. Diu arc i Iuchi la Iii i in i j to Force from the 13701 it polled last evident thursday came from before consideration in general publisher Anthony he said he win not permit is be. Alien i of missed second who ares abort j not subject to it was Nasser s first Public state nent in four months. The Security Council wednes Day approved a British formula aged have suffered about 1 l troops thankful fight won by William to ohm Dak to. South Vietnam special tons i weary Grimy . Paratroopers sat Down to a thanksgiving dinner of cold a rations thursday on bloody Hill 875, captured after five Days of some of the fiercest fighting of the War. About noon thursday Bravo company of the 4th battalion. 173rd Aioli inc brigade finally stormed the Crest of the Hill in a Remote Highlands area about live Miles from the cambodian Border. The Price the paratroop ers paid to gain this Hiil from Well entrenched North vietnamese army troops was exceedingly High the two airborne battalions in l02 killed and 170 wounded since the immediate action erupted on sunday. This latest action of the series of contacts around Dak to began Early sunday when an airborne platoon hiking up to the Summit of s75 was suddenly end bladed by withering fire about 20 Yards from the top. The last . Assault was launched about 11 . T h u r s d a y paratroopers shouting and hollering air borne All the gained the Summit within an hour. The half acre Crest was a wasteland of torn Trees bomb craters shattered bunkers napalm blackened see paratroops Page 10 calling on Israel to withdraw its forces Sud providing for a in j mediator. It also called for an i end to the Arab state of belligerency against Israel. United nations Reuters swedish Guinnar jarring ambassador to Russia was appointed thursday night As features today the stampedes Are angry 27 today s Index classified 34 to 46 comics 32, 33 deaths 20 finance 12 to 14 Jumble 36 movies 8 sports 26 to 31 television s women 16 to is Abc circulation City zone 92.745 total 125.164 nearly everyone reads the free press ;