Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 5, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition Winnipeg monday february 5, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets Moon sets . Forecast sunny 10 . Troops repel attack at Khe Sanh i Street Battles still raging in Saigon and Hue Agenda setup challenged Saigon a . Marines drove Back 200 to 300 North vietnamese troops who attacked a Hill overlooking the Northwest Frontier fortress at Khe Sanh today. Meanwhile Street fighting continued in Saigon Hue and other targets of the Viet Cong offensive against the cities. It was too Early to know whether the ground As Sault on fill 861-a, accompanied by a heavy artillery attack on other positions at Khe Sanh was the Start of the expected n o r t h vietnamese offensive along the Northern Frontier. But the . Command Dis closed it had moved Para troops from the 101st airborne division i to the Northern sector to be prepared for any Contin since tie first of the year the . Shifted about army troops to the North Ern sector to Back up marines there. Intelligence officers estimate at least. North vietnamese troops Are massed in the Frontier Region. The North vietnamese at tacked a Marine company hold ing Hill 861-a with torpedoes explosive charges and Bazooka Type rockets. The Hill dominates the Northwestern approach to the Khz e Sanh Marine base three Miles away. A correspondent John t. Wheeler with the marines at Khe Sanh reported that the marines crushed the attack with the help of artillery and Jet air six North vietnamese bodies were found inside the com Pany s p perimeter and about 150 More were just outside. The company defending the. Hill re ported seven and 24 wounded. Please see troops Page 6 peace Hopes fade by Murrey Marder Washington special tons Secretary of state Dean Rusk virtually wrote off sunday for Early peace talks with North Vietnam by Labelling the major offensive in South Vietnam the answer to Amer ican or. Rusk disclosed that Dur ing recent weeks of probing Hanoi s offer to talk if the bombing c e a s e d american bombing was limited to avoid difficult this limitation or. Rusk said applied particularly in the immediate Vicinity of Hanoi and he emphasized that Hanoi knows North Vietnam also knew of american interest in converting the lunar new year tet ceasefire into toward pm Johnson at Odds at Start of constitutional conference Ottawa up a Strong Federal plea for the acceptance of French language and education rights across Canada As the first and most vital step in constitutional Reform was Laid before the provinces today. But a Quebec policy paper challenges this priority position for the Federal charter of human rights in which the French rights Issue is embodied. Is pm Pearson human. Rights first in a major policy paper sued sunday night in Advance of today s Federal provincial constitutional conference Ottawa warns dissatisfaction of French canadians with their role in con federation is the nation s greatest problem. But Quebec wants1 an immediate Start made on a new division of constitutional Powers that would give it a direct role in International affairs and com plete control Over such things As social welfare programs and broadcasting. Peace in the face of All these please see Hopes Page 4 Mcnamara says ship May have intruded Quebec wants More Power Ottawa Premier Daniel of Quebec today fought provincial government Power by arguing that bilingual so out Side Quebec Isa tithe entire so Lution to the major crisis in Canadian or. Johnson s position at the Federal provincial Constitution Al conference clashed with that of the f e d e r a 1 government which emphasized that French language and education rights must get priority in a constitutional Bill of human rights. By Warren Unna Washington special tons the administration conceded for the first time sunday that the . Navy intelligence ship Pueblo May have intruded into North korean territorial Waters. Secretary of defence Robert s. Mcnamara and Secretary of state Dean Rusk stressed they had1 no evidence that any occurred. Both however that if violation asserted release of Crew hinted from Reuters a Seoul up South Korea press reports said today the . And North Korea have agreed in principle on the re leases of the 83 Crew members of the . Spy ship Pueblo. . Officials declined comment. South korean sources reported another . Meeting with North Korea today. One source said the North koreans offered to re lease the body of one dead Crew member and several injured if the United states would admit the ship was trespassing in North korean Waters when it was seized Jan. 23. The reports on the agreement were carried by both the evening newspaper Shina ilbo and the South korean news Agency Hap Dong. Please see spy ship Page 2 pan am games organizer awarded Grenoble France a the pan american sports organization sunday was awarded the olympic cup for its out standing Job in organizing the pan american games in Winni Peg last summer. Violation had taken place Washington would admit it and con Ider disciplinary action against he Pueblo s skipper or ride. Joyd m. Buche r. But they said North Corea must return the Pueblo and its 83-Man Crew to establish he facts from them and from he ship s log. The remarks were regarded As a Concession to North Korea n the administration s current attempts to get Back the ship and Crew through peaceful Means. President Johnson s two top Abinet secretaries appeared in an hour Long television interview on meet the press they began by sticking to the administration s previous Posi Tion that the Pueblo at no time had1 cruised within North Korea s territorial Waters As North Korea charged when she seized the vessel Jan. 23. But then both or. Rusk and or. Mcnamara began to qualify their answers. I think we can t say beyond the Shadow of a doubt at no time during its voyage it entered North korean or. Mcnamara declared. He please see intrusion Page 2 f break5 Belays meet Ottawa up the open ing of the Federal provincial conference was delayed a minutes today when Radiator pipe burst As delegates Assem bled in the confederation. Room of parliament Hill s West Block. I hear confederation has sprung a exclaimed pre Mier Smallwood of newfound land. Workers quickly shut off the hot water circulation system in that Section of the building and mopped up the 25. Or 30 Gallons that had escaped in a Corner of the room away from the circular seating arrangement for the premiers. A building superintendent said the three Quarter Inch pipe that broke was located near a win Dow open to allow television Ca Bles into the and May have been struck by one of the cables. The Quebec Premier unload ing a plea for a new Constitution based on Recagni please see More Page 8 ban act changes urged by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff prime minister Pearson proposed a sweeping overhaul of the Constitution in his presentation to the Federal provincial conference to Day. Among the proposals were first priority to be. Given to human rights including linguistic rights incorporate in a charter of fundamental Freedom already made Public a Ottawa last week. An Appeal to the provincial governments especially Ontario and new Brunswick to adopt the recommendations of the Royal commission on bilingual ism and As Soo As possible. Deletion from the Constitution of outdated sections and the rewriting and updating others. Re examination of Divisio of Powers Between the federa and provincial governments. A review of the Centra institutions of Canadian federa ism including Reform of the Senate and supreme court. Because of the real an practical difficulties which no language guarantees provide of the provinces Ottawa is read to give Aid. At the Premier Johnson of Quebec sued his opening conference tement in Advance. It con aimed this remark if there is a lesson to be arned from our history it is his French canadians in que dec who make up 83 per cent of Anada s French speaking popu. Alion cannot be expected to in rust the direction of their social and cultural life to a govern please see Ottawa Page 8 husband wife shot to death possible murder suicide 4 Days ago police speculate Winnipeg police found the bodies of a Man and his wife in their North Winnipeg Home sunday. The couple had been shot to death and police speculated that it was a Case of murder suicide. They had been dead for about three Days. Premier Johnson challenges Ottawa stand survival at stake pm warns nation Ottawa up prime min Ster Pearson called today for a great new act of accommodation a e t e in English and Rench Canada and warned that without it Canada May not in what is at stake in my Opin on is no less than Canada s sur Vival As a or. Pearson said in his opening statement to he Federal provincial constitutional conference. Here the Road he said in a moving and dramatic a peal. Minister said most of French Canada s reasons for dissatisfaction with its place in confederation Are entirely Justi it this dissatisfaction were Al Lowed to continue without Rem Edy it could Lead to separation and to the end of Conedera please Sec Pearson Page 8 Robarts outlines French programs Ottawa up Premier John Rodarte today outlined Steps Ontario will take to make French an official language in the legislature civil service courts and some municipalities and High schools. He told the Federal provincial constitutional conference that when the Ontario legislature opens feb. 14, we shall pro pose by Resolution that any member shall have the for Mally recognized right to address the legislature in either English or. French now is sometimes spoken in the legislature but there Are nor formal provisions for it or. Robarts said in his open ing statement to the conference that the Ontario civil service and the education department will establish language courses for civil servants whose duties require a knowledge of French. Please see French Page 8 czech jew gets key Job by Lajos Lederer London special owns Czechoslovakia now engaged on a liberalizing purge of its party Hierarchy and secret police has be come the first communist country to make a significant gesture towards the jews since relations with Israel were broken Over the Middle East War. Or Edward Goldstucker one of the intellectuals m the Vanguard of last sum Mer s revolt against the country s Iron Rule has been elected to the key Post of president of the Czecho slovak writers Union. He was Czechoslovakia s first Israel from 1948 to 1951 and in 1952 was sentenced to 20 years for zionist activities and spent seven years in prison. His Complete rehabilitation is a Triumph for the intellectuals whose activities triggered off the movement to replace party Leader Antonin Novotny and led to the reforms now taking place inside the party and the country. It coincides with another gesture by the new Prague leaders towards czech jewry. The celebrations of the thousandth anniversary of the jewish Community stopped soon after the six Day War Are to be allowed to go ahead. The jewish state museum in Prague is now mounting a permanent exhibition portraying the achievements and cultural contributions of czechoslovak jewry in the past years. Bead Are William Rescoe 39, Katherine Rescoe 29 both of 451 Cairns More Street. Superintendent of detectives Norman Stewart said monday both had died of gunshot wounds from a .303 calibre Rifle. See picture Page 3 police were called to the one Storey Frame House at about 2 . Sunday after relatives had become concerned about the whereabouts of or. And mrs. Rescoe. Mrs. Daniel Cairns More said monday her House hold had heard no noises from the Rescoe Home next door the past week. They were a very quiet couple and had no children. They had lived Here for about two years but did t bother with he neighbors. We did t know hem at mrs. Joss said she had t seen Vir. Or mrs. Rescoe for about two weeks. Sunday somebody came to their House looking for them. I less Evhen nobody answered they called no decision has been made regarding an inquest. Life in peril Escapee a 27-y e a re old Man no claimed he escaped from Stony Mountain Penitentiary because fellow inmates had threatened his life has been sent Back to the institution to serve the remainder of a five year term _ imposed for robbery As Well As an additional 18 months for escaping. Stanley Beverly Rice was sentenced monday by Magis trate Isaac Rice in Winnipeg magistrate s court after plead ing guilty to a charge escaping lawful custody. The men Are not related please see life Page 8 j next session of language track Slot san Leandro Calif. A there was a Lan Guage problem on a Cali fornia freeway this week end. Highway patrol officer Russ Creamer flagged Down a sports car doing 105 Miles an hour. The Driver was Jacques mag Lia who is French with Yoshiatsu Itoh japanese As a passenger. Maglia spoke no Jap anese Itoh no French. Neither spoke English but conversed in italian. The patrolman spoke neither French japanese nor italian. Using sign language he shepherded the pair to the Highway patrol office where Stel Papadopoulos who is of greek descent spoke some French enough to understand Maglia when he said they were test Drivers for the Maserati company of Italy and were on a world tour with the car. And said Maglia they were awfully sorry they had mistaken signs for ,. Highway 101 for the Speed limit. Releasing the pair with a warning. Creamer said he was glad they had t seen a sign for state route parliament the Federal govern ment will introduce an official languages act formerly Declar ing English and French to be the official languages of the parliament of Canada the Federal Federal government and of the Federal monopoly record claimed Fredericton up students at University of new Brunswick Are claiming the record for the longest monopoly game Ever played. A tournament with teams entered from Una radio the University newspaper Brun Stickan Una student representative Council and the Stu Dent representative Council of St. Tonias University of Fredericton started at . Thursday and ended . Total of 72 hours. A spokesman said the Brun Stickan won the tournament taking 19 of the 46 games played. Special status for anybody fid. Ottawa up Cemal status for anybody that is the rights for every Canadian equal rights for every provincial gov e r n m e n t and no special features today French reds talk Tough 5 2 turn to crime for fare Home two scottish immigrants convicted of fraud and theft Are looking for a Way Back to Scotland Winnipeg magistrate s court was told monday the pair had committed the offences to pay air fare to Scotland. After finding life in Manitoba was t today s Index classified 26 to 35 comics. 16, 17 deaths 9 finance. 18 to 20 Jumble 28 movies 15 sports 21 to 25, 35 television 14 women. 10 to 12 a b City zone total c circulation nearly everyone reads the free press generally speaking it sums up the position of All the Atlan tic Premici expressed As they arrived Here sunday night for the Federal provincial Confer ence on the Constitution starting today. All were conciliatory on the subject of French language and cultural rights although some had reservations about the mechanics of applying them. Premier Smallwood said his position now is perfectly Iden tical with the one he took at the confederation of tomorrow conference at Toronto in nov Ember. There should be no concessions to any provincial government or legislature that were to All. I m talking about govern ments he said not peo individuals he have the right to speak and write and read English or As they wish and the right to have their children taught in whichever language please see no Page 8 Law sets strike deadline Toronto up George Burt Canadian director of the United Auto workers Union announced sunday the Union will strike general motors of can Ada Ltd. At Midnight Friday if a. New agreement cannot be reached. The Law with about workers at general motors plants in Oshawa Windsor St. Catharines London ont. And Ste. Therese last thurs Day won a new contract for its Chrysler Canada Ltd. Members. Chrysler workers were expected to be Back to. Work this week at plants in Windsor Ajax am Etobicoke after the new con tract ended an eight Day strike As financially Rosy As i Migra Lon officials had painted it. Henry Sandison 25, and Alexander Leslie of Edinburgh Scotland pleaded guilty to the charges. Before magistrate Isaac Sandison came to Canada in August and Leslie came with us family nov. 25, court was told. Shortly after their with men purchased a total of Worth of furniture on conditional sales contracts with. A local firm and each took out a 500 loan from Banks saying they intended to Pur Chase cars with the Money please see two turn Page 6 . Trawler feared lost Hull England a British fishing trawler with Inen aboard was reported today to have sunk off the coast of Iceland. All were believed lost. The icelandic gunboat Odin and two other trawlers saw the ship sinking but could not get near because of icy Gale winds and Snow a spokesman for the ship s owners the ship the 659-ton Ross Cleveland was the third fishing trawler from Hull Jost in Arctic fishing grounds recently ;