Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, January 23, 1968

Issue date: Tuesday, January 23, 1968
Pages available: 34
Previous edition: Monday, January 22, 1968

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 23, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1968 Saigon trims truce for tet Holiday Saigon a Holida ceasefires seem on their Way becoming another casualty the Vietnam the South vietnamese govern ment announced sunday it cutting 12 hours off the 48hou truce it had ordered next wee for the lunar new year be it was one More exam of the growing distaste Wil which Saigon government and its allies View the tradition Al pauses in the the Allied truce will be the shortest ceasefire of the War of military officials always hav opposed the truces on the new party planned paper Calgary up the her Aid says an de Monto based group has taken the initial Steps towards forma Tion of a new Federal Politica party based on the Socia conservative doctrine of Al Berta Premier it says the social conserve Tive recently incorporated under the Alberta societies is in the throes o developing a set of National policies which supporters Hope would Lay the groundwork for a new in a Story from Edmonton the newspaper says members Hope the social conservative society policies will provide the vehicle by which conserva Tiv minded canadians could unite in a modern political organization dedicated to ing humanitarian ethics with reformed free Enterprise it says the society Hopes to involve Large segment of Canadian voters who social conservative society members say Are disenchanted with the Multi Federal party system and who want a Chance to involve themselves in National the newspaper says the society has a 15man Board of directors that includes a mix Ture of business and profession Al it says the society has sprung up outside the social credit party but has Strong connections with 1 ground that the communists in variably use the pause in the especially the halt in the Aerial shove More arms and supplies into the Supply trails to South the military men also say that each ceasefire has been Fol Lowed by major proof that the communists use the ceasefire periods to resupply and redeploy their some Large operations also have come immediately after leading some observers to draw the same conclusion about the South Viet namese the Allied military commands also say the number of incidents during the ceasefire has become so great that during the new veer truce there were More casualties than during a Normal today but the military men have had to Bow to political consider there was always Hope that perhaps the truces could be and that peace talks might now even the civilian officials and who used to sup port the ceasefires As political refer to them As they have been ceasefires in name american offi Cial said another said the curtailment of the tet truce was in keeping Vith the principle that you give he enemy As Little Opportunity o infiltrate men and arms into South Vietnam As Manitoba u debaters to enter semifinals University of Manitoba stud its will enter the semifinals f the Western Canada Mcgoun up debating competitions Fri thrashing out whether ply Mouth Rock should have landed h the pilgrims or the pilgrims h the Darcy an out Spok and Hor be Paterson will debate the sue at the University of Charles a second year w and Calvin medical will debate Ith University of Alberta Stu ends at University of Manito As University College at 8 and techniques used on marijuana doctor head of National Border into Brandon University depart ment of told meeting of the red River Coop Young Peoples parliament in Winnipeg saturday night that the heroin tip has replaced the Plain end in latest supplies of marijuana crossing the inter Tower fall claims 17 a 17yearold patient at the Manitoba school for Retar dates at Portage la died when she plunged 120 feet from the top of the schools water ramp said jumped from recently returned from a j week of consultation work at the i University of Tyler said he is now seeing the drug addiction habit sold in the same Subtle manner that alcohol and cigarettes used to be and it will Rock you when you realize that about 80 per cent of the marijuana crossing the Border into Canada is now too few people realize just How successful the cagey pro Gram of convincing teenagers that marijuana is no worse than alcohol is turning out to the old folks use alcohol and marijuana is the Young folks the people who know How to make real Money out of it appear to have completely taken in the Tyler cautioned the Young the the girl top people attending the meeting not to be swayed by the fell or persuasive pitch that marijuana of the school medical climbed up after her but was unsuccessful in bringing her ramp a fire Rescue truck had been called but was delayed in front of the Railroad tracks dividing the unable to Cross be cause a passenger train blocked the a preliminary inquest was held saturday at Portage general Coroner George Hamlin Hast yet set an inquest was there Are far too Many sorry examples that use of the drug has proven other he Assiniboine South chairman elected trustee John Mcwilliams has been reelected chairman of the Assiniboine South school Divi Vic chairman of the eight member Board is trustee the school division includes the former school District fort Whyte and Friend fined i s in licence switch a youth who used a friends Drivers licence to try to get one for himself while suspended from has been fined and costs or three months in jail in Winnipeg magistrates Charles Zane of Pritchard pleaded i s 1eer guilty before magistrate Isaac to a charge of driving while was also Given a suspended sentence for impersonating a Friend by using the Frient j licence the first time such a Case has been heard in Winnipeg magistrates said Crown counsel Howard for fraudulent using the and costs or one month in Twerdun was also Given a two year suspended sentence for allowing Kilyk to impersonate him an offence under Section 347 of the criminal code of court was told Twerdun had a which allowed him to drive Only cars with automatic he went to the motor vehicles Branch and made arrangements i to take a test which would allow him to drive cars with Standard j he subsequently gave Kilyk j the automatic transmission j Kilyk had had his driving licence suspended until i court i Kilyk then went to the Regis friends Kilyk was fined tray of motor vehicles s50 and costs or one month in i and obtained a licence the Brian Allan Twer of 35 Gilbert starting february spa jets twice a Day across Canada Vancouver pm win Nigeb Toronto Montrull 10x5 pm with new service to Calgary and Edmonton Vancouver pm Edmonton pm pm Toronto Montreal Calgary pm pm now that you can be choosy be choosy Book now with spa or your travel then hop aboard a spa Jet and find out what friendlier really Fly the Choice airline Canadian Pacific v suite allowing pleaded Kilyk to guilty use to his Drivers licence and was fined to drive the Standard transmission car he had police stopped him at Slier Burn Street Portage Avenue he produces Twerdun licence for subject to the approval of the 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