Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, February 03, 1968

Issue date: Saturday, February 3, 1968
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 3, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday february 3, 1968 11 men to meet on rights continued main Point in the Federal charter is a gradual implementation of French language and education rights by every prov Ince. Initial r e a c t i o n thursday from the premiers indicated there will be considerable opposition to the Federal stand that rights and freedoms must be the first order of Busi Ness in this Long awaited review of the British North America act. Premier Johnson of Quebec has insisted priority be Given to enlarging Powers of the prov inces. Premier Bennett of b r i t i s h Columbia says he will never a Moscow for our Ballet Moscow. Negotiations have been completed for a soviet tour of the Royal Winni Peg Ballet Canadas oldest Ballet troupe a Cana Dian embassy spokesman said today. No contract has been signed but the tour was set tentatively for the end of november or Early december lasting three to four weeks the spokesman said general terms of the tour were worked out in a week of talks Between the company s general manager Sergei saw Chafy and off i c s of Gosk Pricert the soviet Organiza Tion that sets up cultural Tours Sawchyn left Moscow Satur Budapest where he planned talks for his company s appearances at some later Date the soviet tour would include Moscow Leningrad and other major cities. Embassy spokesman said Sawchyn due in Ottawa tuesday or and a decision on to accept the soviet contract will be made within about a week. This would be the first soviet tour of a Canadian dance company. Cent a rights charter that in fringes in any Way on a Provin Cial Field. Education is one of the major areas of provincial jurisdiction. Premiers from the Atlantic provinces contend that the vital question is the division of Finan Cial resources. They want a bet Ter Deal that will provide a bet Ter living Standard for their underdeveloped Region. A debate already has gone on for 10 years about a new formula for constitutional Amend ment. The ban act still is a British statute and any change in it has to be submitted to the British parliament for action. All factions agree the Constitution must be brought to can Ada but there has never been agreement on How to. Do it. As in All constitutional mat ters affecting both and provincial rights there must be Complete unanimity among the 11 governments before any change can be made. Two underlying issues of in Terest could dominate parts of the conference. First is the question of the National medical insurance plan. It has been under heavy criticism from some provinces mostly on the grounds they Are not ready to proceed with it july second is the image to be projected by the Justice minister rated by Many politicians As a Likely successor to or. Pearson. Although or. Trudeau has not yet announced whether he will enter the. Liberal leadership race just about everybody is convinced he will. Cold eases flooding by the Canadian press colder weather moved into Southern Ontario today bring no Relief to flood stricken areas. The flooding caused by warm temperatures and heavy Rains lit hardest at1 Chatham and Ither areas in Kent county. At least one death was attributed to the floods. Three year ild Marlene Beauty was swept from her Mother s grasp by the swollen Waters of the Avon liver five Miles North of Chat must raise output continued critics Challenge president Washington Cap presi Dent Johnson s assessment that the yet Cong uprising this week did not achieve its military and psychological goals in South Vietnam has been challenged by congressional critics of his War policies. But Congress members who favor those policies gave the president solid backing for his statement at a Friday news con Ference that the Viet Cong lost an attempt to overthrow the Saigon government and Force the muted states a coalition regime. Critics contended the fighting disclosed Lack of popular sup port for Saigon s elected govern ment. They said it also demonstrated american South Viet namese inability to defend even strongly held cities. Senate democratic. Leader Mike Mansfield said he does t subscribe to the theory of Gen William a. Westmoreland . Commander in. Vietnam thai the Viet Cong is running put of steam. Agreeing with Mansfield sen Ator Frank Curch Democrat said it the raids were a last gasp Effort by the Viet Cong we Are struggling with a mighty Lively Stopover and then continue to British Columbia his tour of Western Canada ends thursday in Edmonton he met with Winnipeg Liber als in the fort Garry hotel and said he had been Able to round up some Here but declined to identify the e Maui Toba lieutenants in his Campaign. Asked if he expected much support from the Prairies at the april convention in Ottawa or. Kierans said i Hope so. It s still a Long Way to go before the convention and i be criss crossing the Prairies several More in the next two asked a that was necessary to increase the number of Liberal maps from the Prairies he answered a major Effort of the Liberal party to develop agricultural policies designed to relieve the pressure of rising costs faced by the Western Farmer and resulting in i squeeze on his. Profit margins.1 or. Kierans also held a press conference for 18 Winnipeg ethnic editors where he was hailed by judge w. J. Lindal As a Man needed in Ottawa because of his Multi ethnic background. There is the heed of having you in Ottawa your ability your personality your expert the child got caught up in the current after she and her Mother climbed from their car which lad dropped into a Hole at the River s Edge. The body has not Een recovered. At Goderich two men tried unsuccessfully to save a Pony rom drowning and spent More ban three hours in a boat on the flooding Maitland River be Ore being rescued. More than 50 Kent county families were forced to evacuate their Homes. About two blocks in Dresden were covered with from two to five feet of water and a boat was used to move persons 1, Manitoba should meet the Date. Premier Weir s decision was immediately hailed by Ito a medical association As to i nip 1 e in e medicare under the present Federal terms and conditions would result in an unwarranted or. D. L. Kippen president of the association said Friday night in a press release. Or. Kippen noted that the existing in Manitoba already Coyer nearly 80 per cent of the population. The Manitoba medical service alone covers More than residents in however the association also urged the provincial govern ment to reconsider the establish ment of a provincial program along the lines suggested by former Premier Duff Roblin in 1966 to provide subsidy to those who can t meet the full Cost of insurance. would not the Public funds to the area of the greatest need but permit a assistance for More effective this group of National Park sought Olympia the North Cascade mountains where a new National Park is sought contain 519 glaciers in 97 Square Miles or three times the Glacier area of the rest Lof the 48 contiguous states. The area has 288 Mountain peaks from to and 16 of feet or higher. Mol Gat enc is and added to these your ancestry your being native of your Mother of German origin and your wife of latvian judge Lindal said or. Kierans told the editors that Quebec would never break away from Canada and also came of postponing medicare at least until the Canadian Economy was Strong enough to contribute the required sum to pay half the Price to the today Don t get behind the Iii your income tax top Aid aint h Worth work and worry to with Complete Yow tax Rohin Whan to Famila returns it quickly by coir Tho tax savings disc eve Ofton pay Tho to Smriti Thil Yoo try Tho Block Way a Ocey Rola Prapor Tiwi Avary Lovurn w. Look any won thai two you or into to will Poy Tho pan Olry or 3aker, Herbert Goodwin 54, of 322 tache Avenue suite 2, St. Boniface. Churchill Stanley 69, of 1 Wedgewood d r i v e fort Garry formerly of Morris cohen1 Fanny 85, of the Sharon Home. Hedley Robert Colley 76, of 28 Frederick Avenue for Merly of Havelock Avenue St. Vital. 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Stephen 88, of 1844 Assiniboine Avenue St. James formerly of Zeneta subsides Saigon a fighting subsided in Saigon today but still raged in Hue As the Viet Cong pressed their biggest offensive of the War into a fifth Day with fresh attacks on at least eight other cities. North vietnamese gunners also opened up with the heaviest artillery bombardment in sever Al weeks along South Vietnam s Northern Frontier where troops Are watching tensely in what they Call the big wait Gen. William c. Westmoreland commander of . Troops in Vietnam has said the nex phase of the communists plans is a major assault in the North. In the current against South vietnamese cities senior . Official said the Viet Cong threw men against 35 populated centres they suffered a substantial military he said by still have the capacity for second wave of sask. Roy Ralph 67, of 677 Mountain object Surprise was e up r e s s e d saturday by Liberal Leader Gil Mol Gat at the Manitoba govern ment s decision to postpone its participation. I the Federal medical care insurance plan for one year. Met Mol Gat Saiof in an inter View has been concern about the timing of the Federal plan across Canada based on the present financial situation. On the other hand or. Weir s announcement without any further explanation regard ing the financial implications for Manitoba a taxpayers is most he said the opposition Leader said the Only apparent reason Given by Premier Weir was the question of compulsion associated f with the Federal plan scheduled to become effective july 1. Government knew the plan involved the compulsory feature when it made an earlier decision to enter the plan. Russ Paulley new democratic Leader in Manitoba saturday called for resignation of Premier Weir Over his decision not to include Manitoba in the Federal medicare scheme july 1. Or. Paulley said in a Tele phone interview that he was disgusted that Premier Wen should make such a weighty announcement in Minnedosa be fore having the matter Dis cussed in the legislature. I think he s made a mock iry of the he said or. Paulley also called for the resignation of health minister c. H. Witney because was the sponsor of the Bill on he said that or. Witney replied to him in the legislature ast april that we would proceed with medicare on july 1, 1968." or. Paulley termed or. Wit Ney s reply an irrevocable no ifs buts or ands. If was a Clear Cut or. Tha although or. Weir claims Thi to vice cannot afford to participate in the Federal medicare plan it can afford to award a contract to o Daltorio Camp Toronto for a optional advertisements on half of the department o tourism. And if he can Grant huge tas concessions to Churchill Fores industries Seagram s distillery at Gimli and. The distillery being built at Minnedosa i these things can be done Why not Avenue retired from Canadian National railways in 1965. Saunders Harold l., of Del Ray Beach Florida. Serednyj Dmytro 47, of 991 Atlantic Avenue. Stampf Edith -63, of 1447 Logan Avenue widow of Edward Stampf Wong sue Wah of 302 Patrick Street suite 5. Yansa Frank 75, of broken head Man. V Yeo Oliver 78, of Cypress River Man. By the Canadian press Kingston ont. Col. William Reginald Sawyer 66, vice Corn m andante and director of studies at Royal military College. Montreal or. Charles edouard Hebert 71, former head of the notre Dame Hospital surgical department. Charlotte Texas Fautino c Munoz 104, a mexican National who moved Here in a covered Wagon in 1911 Earth tremor Breaks windows Mexico City a an Earth tremor pulsed through Mexico City for 30 seconds Fri Day night breaking windows and causing Power failures. The Beach resort town of Acapulco was also hit and patrons rushed from nightclubs. No damage was reported there however. Alta. Out too continued Ontario Prince Edward is and and new Brunswick have previously said they will nol participate on july 1 and que dec said its own Medica care insurance plan will not be ready by then. Manitoba later Friday became he sixth province to opt out. Under the Federal plan the Federal and provincial govern ments would share equally the Cost of medical care insurance premiums. Or. Manning noted the Feder Al share is to be financed by a tax on All citizens including Hose i Eon participating prov aces who would not Benefi rom the program. He expected violent opposition to this Fea Ture of the plan and said i government will be among the or. Manning also expresses concern about Federal proposal on civil rights in a White Pape made Public thursday which tie termed an abandonment o the concept of sovereignty o parliament and the Legisla Gaglardi cited by my a Victoria up a be democratic party allege mismanagement by the Provin Cial highways department is creating a speculative Bonanza for land developers. Alex Macdonald nip Van Couver East told the Britis Columbia legislature Fri a that highways minister pm Gaglardi and his son Bill wer involved in one Deal. Or. Macdonald said Specula tors seem to know when highways Are to be built As they w Sre gifted with secon he said they buy u cheap land that later soars value when Highway Access built. Or. Macdonald a Vancouver lawyer said he bad a Doc rented Case of 303 acres i Sagebrush at the Junction of to trans Canada and m e r r i t highways two Miles South Kamloops in which Bill gag Lare was a participant. Debate riles by Alex Farewell Ottawa up by Judy Lamarsh coming to boil Over the Long commons Bate on broadcasting let the earn of her scorn Rise Friday the Back Bench seats of Fel w Liberal Ralph b. Cowan and my Gilles Gegoire. She accused them of working Gether to Block passage of the broadcasting Bill As Long As they an. Or. Gregoire an advocate of Xebec Independence apparently has nothing else to do than impede the business of the coun she said he has said clearly that it is his intention to destroy the now with or. Cow n s help he was starting to de Roy parliament. Miss Lamarsh said or. Greg ire Independent my for Pointe is not going to have my of operation in his the government May apply a me limit on further debate Inder commons rules. The Way As cleared for this on thurs a with an introductory motion lat could if follow up proce ures Are applied end the de ate by feb. 13. The Bill which Aims to define atonal broadcasting policy and to establish a new regulatory Agency in place of the Board f broadcast governors was in produced last fall. It has occupied virtually the full time of he commons since the session resumed Jan. 22. Friday s debate ended with the commons still arguing about the Powers to be exer ised by the regulatory Agency which will be called the Cana Dian radio television commis Ion. Or. Gregoire proposed the crts be required to limit advertising rates charged by broadcasting stations and hold Public hearings on any in creases. Or. Gregoire said there is practically no Competition in the Levison Field and the Public lad to be protected by making broadcasters justify any rate in creases or. Cowan my for York Humber said the Alert mind of Gregoiry lad picked up a Point Over looked by the authors of the Bill but he feared the Quebec my was casting his message on Stony if one soul judge by the transportation pro idea for the Public Between Cit Les and airports. Or. Cowan said he agrees with or. Gregoire about regu lating advertising rates when to stations Are in a monopoly situation. But often the Busi Nessman could ignore Theu ocal to station because he had other avenues of advertising. Miss Lamarsh said or. Cowan who complained of air Lamarsh Ort taxi rates would probably scream louder even than he has been if the government ried to set limits on advertising rates. Or. Cowan said there is no government licence for new spa ers and no government created monopoly. You can Start a newspaper any Day you want and anywhere you or. Gregoire s proposal was eventually beaten 38 before bogging Down in debate about regulatory authority the commons passed the clause on broadcasting policy. The wording finally accepted after four Days of debate was proposed by Robert Mccleave the approved clause says any conflict be Ween the Csc and private broadcasting is to be settled in the Public interest but mount consideration will be Given to Csc Aims. The commons gave Quick approval to a change in the designation of the regulatory Agency which will be called a commis Sion instead of a Council and to clauses dealing with the Struc Ture of the Agency. It a chairman vice three other full time members and 10 part time members. Or. Cowan got an Assurance from miss Lamarsh that licence applications for Cable television will be heard in Public by the new regulatory Agency. Urges i Unity i 1 by William to John Saigon special tons in a nationwide telecast presi Dent Nguyen Van Thieu Friday night called on All parties religions and social tons to unite behind the government. As fighting Between Allied troops and the Viet continued in the country pres ii Dent Thieu said the enemy ? was a political Victory in. Order to bring about a coalition government with the National liberation front the political of the Viet Cong. But he said the government is determined not to accept Najj settlement that will Lead to coalition government " in a news conference president Thieu said the Viet Cong s nation wide offensive was also designed to put Strong pressure on . Opinion so the . Government coulis accept a bombing pause of North Simpsons Sears your last Opportunity to save up to 50% on famous painting s and sculptures by internationally known artists see them on display in our Art dept. On the second floor. 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