Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Millood Winnipeg free press final edition 75 98 Price 10r inn jul comics january 1968 Sun rises Moon rises Sun sets Moon sets forecast sunny and colder 10 and 15 pm wants medicare postponed two ministers May quit if health plan put off by Peter Newman Ottawa special As parliament resumes its session the Pearson government faces a deep Cabinet split Over which could result in the resignation of at least two the latest confrontation Over medicare started at a tworan Dahal hour Cabinet meeting last it will continue today during a special Cabinet subcommittee set up to discuss the medicare is also at the top of tuesdays Cabinet the dispute centres on the timing of the medicare pro which according to a government Bill that is already is due to Start on july because of objections by eight of the 10 provincial prime minister Pearson has been urging his Cabinet to postpone the starting Date for at least a fridays Cabinet session made it very Clear that the majority of ministers support the Only eight Cabinet members Paul Walter Allan Joe Jean Judy Lamarsh and Robert Winters reportedly spoke out in favor of the existing Winters surprising sup port of the medicare Bill was please see pm wants Page 4 House sessions Start Ottawa up the Senate and the commons resume today after a monthlong Christmas the commons is to continue clause clause study of government broadcasting Legisla Tion that will establish a new management framework for the Csc and new ground rules for broadcasting in the broadcasting Bill was Given second in before the commons Rose in one of the first items of sen ate business will be consideration of the Bill broadening the grounds for divorce in it also was approved by the commons in the Bill will extend divorce grounds to include physical and mental homosexuality and marriage As Well As now virtually the Only grounds for divorce in the broadcast Bill is one of several prime minister Pearson said last week he Hopes can be dealt with before parliament he has suggested March 10 As a Good Date to wind up House also to be debated is Justice minister Trudeau omnibus Bill to Amend the criminal it among other breath analysis tests for Lotter ies and firearms if parliament is Able to pro rogue Early in maps who Are candidates to succeed Pearson As Federal Liberal Leader will have about four weeks free of parliamentary duties to Campaign for the party april 46 leadership convention at runaway favorite by Dan Larocque the medium virtually Over whelmed the message sunday at the Western Liberal policy More than 70 cameramen and technicians plus freelancers from two television networks were on hand to catch leadership candidates shaking hands and scratching their Csc was the Leader with Crews from the local National office and newsmagazine and the Way it is news each Crew had its own assignment and in Many two and three Csc cameramen photographed a candidate As he it took several Crews to film a Telegram from ailing transport minister Paul Hel Lyer that was tacked on the Wall of the Salon where Hel Lyer supporters prime minister pearsons morning address to the Dele Gates at the conference was delayed for several minutes because networks were not quite prepared to Roll with live coverage of his Pearson made one aborted attempt at beginning his but was shot Down speech seeking Western Liberal support outpaces those of All seven others by Barry came contenders for the National Liberal bidding for Western Dele Gate support sunday were outpaced by a dark horse in the race agriculture minister Greene was the runaway favorite of the delegates who heard All the major declared candidates make their pitch to the today meeting of the Western Liberal policy Given Only a slim Chance thus far to succeed the prime min he was an obvious hit after delivering his first major speech to party stalwarts since declaring his prolonged applause sprinkled with cheers greeted the agriculture minister As he stepped from the podium and a poll of Dele Gates at the session ranked his 15minute speech almost unanimously As the Best of the seven contenders and one Standin who politicians upstaged by a to producer who strongly requested that the prime minister await his Pearson the television lost their Battle with the prime minister on the Issue of television on the heels of the controversial panel discussion on medicare at Halifax Pearson ruled no More to panel one had been scheduled for the Winnipeg conference by the Csc program the Way it the candidates were individually approached and All the prime minister Dis covered the there was no panel Dis Cussion on features today tourney Early 100th anniversary present 23 to seek a newer world 26 today Index classified 27 to 35 comics 26 deaths 9 finance 14 o 16 Jumble 29 movies 13 sports 22 o 24 television 12 women 18 a b City zone total c circulation nearly everyone reads the free press meet stories Index Here is an Index to stories on the Western Liberal policy con Ference to be found on pages 10 and see other stories on pages 1 and 0 Pearson stresses urgency of United Buckwold claims farm prob lems accept medicare deadline or Greene tells de Sullivan match Lloyd Hender sons whats my one socialist party is in chides candidates skirt Controvert Call for Western Trudeau entry takes pres sure off Marchand in i Maceachen tries the Stan Field delegates to vote on policy plan by Sheldon Bowles the leaders of the Western lib eral policy conference will As delegates monday to endorse plan to promote Western part policy within the National Leader ship the decision was made Behim closed doors at the Marlborough hotel sunday afternoon by the leaders and the presidents of Thi Liberal party in the four Westen ninth Liberal in race Elliot up Lionel a local mine development agent entered the National Liberal leadership race increasing the number of declared candidates to who previously campaigned in nip pissing As an Independent candidate in 1951 and said he has dreamed of being prime minister since he was seven years he said he believes the next prime minister should come from Northern Ontario and should be Well versed in both National please see ninth Page 4 heart patient Kasperak Dies a kidney liver failure and other complications killed Mike sunday on the 15th Day after his diseased heart was but doctors believe his experience will help future we think that we Are in the process of making observations of tremendous importance to other possible heart recipients and to the medical Community As Norman slim Way told reporters afterwards at the Stanford University medical Kasperak substitute taken from the body of Virginia after she died of a apparent functioned Well to the time of his who headed the transplant said that what should be emphasized is that during this time he sur Vived a fantastic Galaxy of com plications which we have seen before in other kinds of cardiac but never in such pro we think that because of his please see heart Page 7 provinces along with Vancouver my Jack the move came after an earlier drive to promote Davis As a spokesman for the West in the leadership race itself was scuttled by the Saskatchewan delegation saturday although Saskatchewan Prem Ier Ross Thatcher rejected a proposal that a favorite son Candi Date act As a spokesman for the he agreed to meet with Manitoba Liberal Leader Gil Mol Gat and Davis Early sunday to work out a possible alternate plan to promote Western sunday morning the three hashed out a plan that would provide what one source described As a vehicle for Western policy being Given attention in the leadership race and at the National the it is involves setting up a National steering committee composed of the West Ern party presidents and see delegates Page 4 photo by Dave Bonner agriculture minister Greene stresses Point other pictures on pages 11 to most of those who were poll greenes oration came As a pleasant i didst know the Man but now that Ive heard in tempted to become a Greene was the comment of on Delegate who typified much of the reaction in the Marlborough the agriculture minister directed much of his talk to farm prob claiming that agriculture today is no longer a free Market place and therefore the risks of International Trade must be taken by All of us collectively and not just the Farmer please see Greene Page 5 Bank of Canada ups rate boosts rate to 7 in bid to tighten Money Supply by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff action to strengthen the Canadian Dollar and counter devaluation pressures was helps to lift pressure on Dollar by Richard Purser staff the United states Dis urged by signs of pressure against the Canadian has urged american firms to Hall normally Large transfers of funds from their Canadian Obsi diaries to the these transfers have in leased sharply in the last favorite son idea not dead Mol Gat Manitoba Liberal Gil says a favorite leadership candidate is still a Mol Gat said Sas Katche Van rejected the proposal for a Vestern candidate but there is till a fair amount of in an interview late Mol Gat said he was still committed to any one Candi ate but was impressed with the Quality of some observers say How Many of the caucus have Trong leanings to the Camp of minister Paul hell commenting on recurring re Orts that he May run As a Mol Gat offers a at i intend to stay Here and win b next provincial agriculture minister one candidate for the Mike Kasperak transit men stage strike Montreal up com Muters in eight suburban municipalities were forced to find new Means of transportation iday As bus Drivers and maintenance men employed by Chambly transport went on strike to Back wage the strike involved 120 bus Driver and maintenance men who about riders daily in the South Shore communities across the Lawrence River from has warned that unless the liberals win the West within the next three it will be lost Mol Gat says it May take but admits there is Lack of identification with Federal Liberal the nuclear bomber crashes Washington a a b 52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Greenland the Pentagon announced a defence department state ment said the atomic devices were unarmed so that there is no danger of a nuclear explosion at the crash seven Crew members were aboard the air Force and five arc known to have sur one body has been found and search Andrescu operations Are under Way for the Sev the Pentagon said the plane j crashed about Esti sunday on the ice of North Start Bay some seven Miles south1 West of the runway at the Thule j defence j please see nuclear Page 4 taken Here today by the Bank Canada when it raised the Bank rate from six to seven per governor Louis Kasminsky announced sunday night that effective today in the Light of recent developments in the Exchange Market the Bank rate would be fixed at seven per he also announced that follow ing discussions with the chartered Banks last week it had been agreed that the Banks would discourage the use of Bank credit to facilitate abnormal transfers of funds abroad by Canadian subsidiaries City gets games awarded half of 70 hockey tournament Toronto up the first half of the 1970 world hockey championships will be played in Montreal and the second half in Winni it was decided sunday at the semiannual meeting of the Canadian Amateur hockey Caha president Fred Page of Vancouver said the first 15 games will be played in the Montreal forum and the next 15 in Home of Canadas National Vancouver and Quebec City bids for the tournament were rejected by the the executive of the Caha also approved a proposal for a transatlantic hockey league comprising the National teams of czechoslovak Sweden and the United the proposal will be passed along to the International ice hockey federation for consideration at a meeting in late this month or Early Gordon executive i Ector of the said a schedule for the 1970 world has yet to be drawn he hat International ice hockey federation rules state that the tournament must be played be Ween March 12 and March in explaining the Cahas decision to hold the championships in two different Page said please see Cut Page 5 the Treasury department is sued a Strong statement sunday to counteract a common mis understanding in business Cir cles that the program to lower its balance of payments deficit will adversely affect Canadas balance of but Canada was actually exempted from the effect of the chief policy which was to limit direct invest ment the Treasury statement read there have been reports that during the past two weeks that some Canadian subsidiaries of corporations have been transferring abnormally Large amounts of funds from Canada to the and that transfers have resulted in some pressure on the Canadian Dollar in the Exchange the new balance of payments program does not Call for and is not intended to have the effect of causing abnormal transfers of earnings or withdrawals of capital by companies having investments in moreover the govern ment has already made it Clear and now repeats that Canadian subsidiaries of corporations Are expected to act As Good corporate citizens of the new balance of payments programs covering please see helps Page 7 of please see Bank Page 7 wealth tax urged London a representatives of organized workers1 called today a soak the Rich tax to swell Britain shrunken in a statement re viewing economic prospects for 1968 in the Wake of the devalued the trades Union con Gress declared the time is overdue for a proper contribution to be made to the exchequer by the owners of the great concentrations of wealth and property i it urged prime minister Wil sons labor government to Institute an annual wealth tax on persons owning property Worth More than please see wealth Page 5 triple crisis rocks Britain peace plan rejected from Reuter sap Hong Kong up the official Hanoi newspaper nhan Dan accused president Johnson sunday of beating about the Bush in response to North vietnamese peace talks and of posing More and More obstinate it specifically rejected the idea of North vietnamese reciprocity in Exchange for a bombing please see peace Page 7 Frk lashes by Alan Harvey London triple crisis confronts Bri Tain As prime minister Harold Wilson arrived in mos cow today for three Days of talks with Premier Alexei questions of Discie leadership and Public Confidence offer a dispiriting backdrop to economic diff the labor party darkest hour As summed up by Bac Bencher will iams sometime i think god must be a conserva his hot cry came amid renewed recrimination Over a move to discipline 25 labor members who abstained in last thursdays commons vote on govern ment cuts in defence and welfare his chief whip John Silkin ruled that the 25 maps would be barred from parliamentary party the mostly please see triple Page 4 Washington a Robert Kennedy Democrat new York said sunday the United states is asking for unconditional surrender As its terms for peace talks in Viet Kennedy called again for a bombing halt to try to Start negotiations toward a Compromise he was joined in a renewed chorus of criticism of pol icy by Fulbright Democrat Arkansas and George Romney of seeking the Republic c a n presidential and Kennedy each said the United states should pursue a Nois recent hint of peace Kennedy said a statement by the North vietnamese foreign Nguyen buy that Hanoi will talk if the bomb ing and other acts of War Are stopped is an think we have to accept Gale Mcgee Democrat Wyoming opposed a bombing i halt and argued we dont dare go to any conference table strictly on a fishing this is totally please see Frk Page 7 ;