Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 25, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition 75 101 Price Loc january 1968 Sun rises Moon rises Sun sets Moon sets forecast colder steady near f Bren guns recovered by police May be from Minto armory tip leads to Cache in trunk an undisclosed number of Bren guns believed to be those stolen from Minto armory 30 have been recovered by Boniface William 0 bolsters strength reserves called up 372 More than men involved action linked to korean incident police chief Russell of Boniface said thursday the guns were picked up by detective inspector Elmer Nordal at about 10 wednesday after an Anonymous Telephone Call to chief Russell said the inside a were lying on a vacant lot in South the guns were turned Over to Winnipeg police Early we dont know for certain whether they Are the stolen i wont Tell you How Many guns we found Thall have to come from Winnipeg dont know whether the guns had been chief Russell six Bren guns and a Browning machine gun were stolen from Minto there were no guards on duty at the armory when the weapons were the thief or thieves scaled an outer Cut through Metal bars and moved directly to the area where the guns were without being speculation at the time of the theft was that the weapons were taken by Quebec separatists trying to get guns for terrorist the matter was raised in the House of commons by Robert Thompson scred he asked for report by the defence minister on the his question was ruled out of defence minister Leo Cadieux reported that Secu Rity had been doubled at the Arary since the theft the army later clarified this to mean that Mobile patrols in the area been army spokesmen said at the time that Winnipeg police had received a tip 30 that such a robbery might army Security forces had immediately checked the buildings existing Security locks and chains and increased Mobile the stolen guns and their Breech blocks had been locked according to army but the thieves knew enough to find the they stole enough to make All seven weapons because of the Winnipeg police had been carrying extra arms in Case the weapons were used locally for some such As a Bank angry but wary by Don Irwin special tons caution balanced anger wednesday As a bristling Congress the crisis Marchand Bow out expected by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff Man Power minister Jean Marchand made it All but official in comments to the Liberal caucus wednesday that he will not be a candidate for the National leadership of the Liberal he is expected to make formal announcement Over the the weekend at the annual Conven Tion of the Quebec Section of the Liberal federation of Justice minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau is the favorite son now among Quebec How he has serious second thoughts on such a he will probably wait to see what develops at the Montreal meet ing of the Liberal party and later at the Federal provincial constitutional conference in feb the Justice minister has received pledges of support from several Quebec but he is worried Over his Lack of political particularly in the Field of a Battle would develop in the race Between if he and consumer affairs minister John Turner is also from also is Able and Artic by Richard Purser Washington staff in a move directly linked with the Pueblo president Johnson today ordered the immediate callup to ser vice of Reserve units totalling 372 aircraft and More than the announcement was made his press George following a morning conference Between the presi state Secretary defence Secretary Mcnamara and United nations ambassador Arthur he made it Clear that the action was due to the North korean seizure of the intelligence gathering uss the link is Christian this is an action deemed appropriate under the circumstances As they Are it was not known whether the units to be called up will be sent to the trouble area or kept Only on Active two squad Rons of fighter bombers have already moved from Okinawa to South a Nayal task Force has please see Page 9 touched off by North Korea seizure of the intelligence ship demands for i m m e d i a t military action to Force return Lloyd Bucher confession derided answer strike Call up ten thousand Chrysler Canada employees Here and at two other Ontario Chrysler operations went on strike wednesday As contract negotiations reached an a spokesman for the United Auto workers Union said plans were immediately mobilized to have Law members picket Chrysler operations in a strikers move to organize the who walked off their jobs at or before wednesdays noon strike the Union has arranged educational classes for about employees not on picket Victor strike marshal of local 444 in wind said the company has forced us out on strike and that each of the men not on picket duty would attend a two hour class each week for the duration of the of vessel and the captured americans were me by counsel that diplomacy mus be Given a restraint the face of provocation was the prevailing with som notable we must keep our shirts on and not go off half cocked until we know More about the detail of this Senate Majo Rity Leader Mike Mansfield Democrat Montana told re Mansfield warned again military action for the presen and urged continued Diplomat efforts through the soviet Union to get the ship mansfields Call for caution was echoed by j William Fulbright Democrat chairman of the Senate foreign relations com Mittee and critic of policy in its a very serious Fulbright told reporters and it could obviously precil tale actions that could be far we should be very cautious and Many facts Are unknown and we should be careful not to jump to conclusions until we know All the in All these actions we act John Stennis Democrat member of the Senate armed services commit urged Strong and positive action without delay to recover the Pueblo and its bul warned the Senate against precipitous and Sharp Over we must not Rush Kellmell toward the disaster of world please see Congress Page 14 Israel agrees to free ships held in Suez Tel Aviv Reuters Israel formally notified nations today of its consent to plans for the release of 15 for eign ships trapped in the Suez canal since the Middle East remarks May Hurt Juckes says by Bob Hainstock a lot of inaccurate state ments and too Many misunderstandings Are jeopardizing Canadas National hockey team cordon Juckes at the olympic games in Grenoble next according to Gordon executive director of the Canadian Amateur hockey As far As were Juckes said everything is but if people keep making a Todo about others outside this country have a Way of hearing these things and that is when questions Start being the director was referring to a Rumor from Eastern Canada which implied Danny Oshea and Gary Dineen could be ineligible for the 1968 olympics because they had allegedly signed agreements with professional hockey this was quickly dispelled when All parties concerned denied any such agree he said the Story which appeared wednesday on a Ca Nadian news wire service could be the Story quoted nationals cock Jack Mcleod As saying he had been Given a few Days Extension by please see nats Page 7 Dean Rusk Cool it shift jets to Korea Washington a the United states air Force was reported today to have moved to Jet fighter squadrons from Okinawa to South Korea As a precautionary measure in the Sicily jolted from a Reuters Palermo up a Strong new earthquake jolted Western Sicily burying Rescue workers still digging for bodies from the islands worst quake disaster in 60 the tremor called at least four persons and injured about police re sorted the epicentre of the new tremors was in the same poverty stricken Countryside there about 500 were killed another death was reported at which was also badly lit crisis Over North Korea seizure of the Navy intelligence ship sources told of the movement As the air Force refused to talk on grounds that deployments of aircraft Are guns Pound base ground attack beaten Back by marines from Reuter sap Saigon up seven americans were killed and 37 wounded wednesday As the North vietnamese opened an expected Offen Sive with an artillery bar rage against the Marine base at Khe Sanh in the Remote Northwest Corner of South a military spokesman said Here no casualties were reported in Early shelling today from Hills around the the spokesman the North who have Between and men in the area according to pounded the Man Marine Force with rocket and artillery fire for three hours during the Reuters correspondent Bruce Pigott reported from Khe Sanh hat the North vietnamese also launched a Brief ground attack which i reached the trenches and barbed wire of the base perimeter before it was beaten an american spokesman re sorted that a captured North vietnamese officer said the of Tensive was being directed by Morth Vietnam defence minis to Nguyen Victor Over the French at Dien Bien Phu in the Indochina War Marine jets dropped napalm almost at the Edge of the air strip in an Effort to Knock out North vietnamese machine gun cant afford health plan Ontario third province to put off medicare by Robert Donovan Washington special tons despite a Rebuff from North Korea and the cold shoulder from the United states persisted wednesday in seeking a diplomatic solution to the Pueblo Secretary of state Dean Rusk said flatly that the was determined to recover the Navy intelligence vessel captured in the sea of Japan monday night by the North koreans along with a Crew of 81 and two civilians commanded by Lloyd he even said that the seizure could be interpreted As an act of War but carefully avoided saying the government did interpret it As All along the line from the White House to the state department and to the responsible leaders of Congress the please see jets Page 14 june in january to end tonight the City Slep through the arrest 25 on record this morning but tonight things will e Back to a Chilly Snow flurries and Drifting Snow forecast for this the thermometer soared to 38 degrees at 4 today to reak the degrees Mark set 1 years tonight it will drop to five and the prediction from be Domino weather Bureau is Ood for a Bureau official said today Peak temperature had been met and a gradual decrease is expected later a Light inches drizzle accompanied 30 above tempera Tures winds normally hovered around the 20 Mark but gusted to 32 today the Normal High is 29 with gusts to 40 the trend to colder tempera Tures is expected to last several posts firing at transport planes loading with ammunition and b52 Strat fortresses carpet o m b e d mountainous terrain around the base three times during the some experienced military observers in Saigon said the North vietnamese apparently hid artillery in tunnels around Khe and rolled them out for a few rounds at a As the Viet Minh did at Dien Bien laotian outpost captured Vientiane a North vietnamese troops have Cap tured a laotian outpost near the vietnamese forcing the Garrison to flee into South Viet lao military sources said the sources said three to four battalions of North vietnamese and Patchet lao troops attacked the outpost of ban Thouei sane in Southern Laos the manned by about 300 laotian is situated about Miles from the South vietnamese Contact with the laotian Bat Talion was lost lao military officers sources in Vientiane said the ban Thouei sane outpost was situated near the to Chi Minh its functions were to harass North vietnamese forces mov ing Down the Trail and to pro vide information for bomb ing strikes against the Niagara Falls up Ontario has become the third province to announce it will not the Federal Universal medical care insurance program july Premier John Robarts announced 0 n t a r i o s decision wednesday night in a speech the annual meeting of the greater Niagara chamber o Robarts indicated Ontario Hospital insurance Premium would be Prince Edward Island an new Brunswick have Alread announced they cannot afford t join the scheme at the Date be by Robarts said Ontario Wil postpone any action on joining the scheme for at least a i am reflecting the expression of the people of Ontario when i reject the Federal proposals As being excessively sex unfair to those prov inces unable to afford to partic not consistent with of unfairly inflexible and tampering improperly with matters which Are directly the responsibility of the Robarts Robarts said Ontario would not be part of a schem subsidized by tax Revenue raised in provinces which could not afford to take the Ontario medical service insurance plan Ossip is adequately serving the province Robarts premiums for Ossip Wen set f6ur years Robarts he said in the last four years there have been Treinen Dous increases in Hospital Capi Tal and operating substantially higher Hospital premiums will be absolutely mandatory if these Are to Bea any reasonable relationship t the costs of services Robarts said Ontario Wil not dismantle private Medica care plans and expand Ossip the provincial to meet the requirements of the federa Nova Scotia is the Only prov Ince that has agreed to join the Federal insurance or Robarts noted Prince Edward Island and new Brunswick have announced they cannot afford to join the he described the Federal offer of medical care insurance to them As offering a starving Man a loaf of bread for five cents when the Man did not have the features today Robert Kennedy series 18 Gyles accustomed to knocks 27 today Index 35 to 45 comics 19 deaths 8 finance 31 to 34 Jumble 37 movies 17 sports 26 to 31 television 16 women 20 to 23 Abc circulation City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press doctor saves human bomb9 by John Randolph Khe South Viet n a m special tons we All had Good Luck a lot of Good Luck with a Boyish the dark haired Young Navy doctor reached up and touched a Little six pointed medal that Hung around his neck with the two regulation it was a Sterling Silver Star of David engraved with the flowing letter h from the hebrew this which looks something like a Small for Many centuries has been a Symbol of Good Edward Michael of Forest and the three other men huddled in the far Corner of the dark Bunker needed All the Luck they could get Early sunday morning As round after round of North vietnamese rocket and mortar fire crashed into the Remote Marine base Camp at Khe Sanh near the laotian the incoming shells were frightening but they were not the real the real problem was the monstrous Metal object that barely projected from the ripped and bloodstained Abdomen of Robert a 19y e a r o 1 d Marine from this object was part of Hie warhead perhaps the explosive perhaps some other part of an 82 communist mortar an hour at the very Start of the bombard this massive piece of Metal nearly 3vz inches across and four deep had dashed Mussari to the ground and buried itself in his but it had not until it or until it could be removed or proven Mussari had to be handled As a human bomb that could go off at any steadied by the Marine corps tradition of never abandoning the his comrades carried him to the battalion Aid station Only to find its tents on fire and its electric Power Cut by the incoming but assisted by chief Hospital Man Richard of Atlantic and their Crew of Navy corps had quickly shifted the emergency operating Centre to a big sandbagged i could hardly believe my eyes when they brought him Feldman i pulled Back part of the big Field dressing and saw a Metal pipe just sticking out of his there had been some but the Shell must have been scorching hot when it hit it had partly cauterized the wound and bits of his tissue and Bandage were stuck to it like please see human Page 9 delay Likely by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff decision by the Federal Cabinet to postpone medicare by at least a year from its effective Date of july is now regarded in informed circles Here As just a question of pressures have been steadily building up on the Cabinet to set Back the operative Date by introducing an amendment in the announcement t Uby Premier John Robarts wednes Day that Ontario will hot enter the Federal plan for at least a year after july 1 this has added greatly to the Saskatchewan and Nova please see delay Page 9 Cabinet looms by Victor Mackie Ottawa up a new split in the Federal Cabinet already weakened by the medicare is sue looms As ministers meet today to discuss a report on the growth of foreign ownership in privy Council president Wal Ter Gordon said he plans to present the task Force report of right University economists to he Cabinet prime minister Pearson has been confined to his Home this week with a severe Case of if he is unable to attend today the ministers May decide to one consideration of the con Roverial this is a report that will Appeal to All reasonable Aid he declined to discuss the findings if the task pointing out that he must first report to there is a possibility that the May be made Jordon said he will be making a recommendation to the Cabinet m that Advance reports on the con ends of the report say it adopts Tough line on the activities of foreign controlled Canadian this is in keeping Vith Gordons thinking and his May be Why he finds the report so acceptable the minister is chairman of b special Cabinet committee appointed last year by prime minister Pearson to make a tudy of foreign investment in Canada and its Impact on the the plan to have the special task lease see new Row Page 14 soviet tour for Ballet possibility the Royal Winnipeg Ballet is considering an autumn tour of he soviet it has been Sergei Ballet general thursday would either confirm nor deny he Rould be travelling to the soviet Union to see what the pos Sibili is Are for a it would be the first time the Allet had visited an Iron curtain previous Tours ave been to the United South America and the ;