Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 15, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 701 Winnipeg free final edition vol. 75 no. 145 Price Loc Friday March 15, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises Sun sets . Moon sets teachers threaten to resign better Deal or walk out mass meeting decides by John Wildgust Winnipeg s teachers Are prepared to resign if they Aren t Able to get a 1968 con tract with the school Board informed sources said thursday after 85 per cent of the teachers staged a meeting. Included in the actions teachers Are prepared to take to orce a new Deal Are refusal to participate in extra curricular activities newspaper radio television advertising of their Case and sanctions against school Board s r e e r u i t i g program for school year. About teachers attended he 90-minute closed meeting in Finto armory organized since ast week when school Board asked for a provincial govern ment conciliation officer to step to hike taxes Winnipeg school Board s 1968 budget topped thursday night by More than million in salary increases rang in at and a four Mill in crease in taxes. Winnipeg ratepayers will have to raise this year More than last year through a special Levy on top of the nine Mill residential and 33 Mill commercial levies set by the provincial government. With a special Levy of about 14 Mills residential school taxes will be about 23 Mills and commercial school taxes about 47 Mills. Please see budget Page 7 Weir protests cuts forecast sunny 15 arid 30 Premier Manning addresses Indian women into negotiations. The teachers Are protesting he school Board s request and voted by an almost Over whelming majority to Back the wot est and also reject school Ward s offer of a five per cent salary increase. Edward Maguire Winnipeg teachers association president said in an interview mass meeting that teachers had agreed to a hard line approach. But he did not comment of details or on the reports from informed sources who attended the meeting. Please see teachers Page London Hal but demand still heavy on Paris Market despite soaring increase in prices no threat Here canadians told Montreal up a of Gold buying in Europe from a Reuters London up the Gold Stampede was halted today by the closing of the big London and Johannesburg exchanges but a mad scramble took place in smaller markets and Paris. The Paris free Gold Market opened for business As usual and dealers reported heavy de Mand despite soaring prices. Closing of the big Bullion sex c h an g e s caused uncertainty wide fluctuations in prices and heavy pressure on the Dollar in Europe and the far East. Bankers and dealers in sever Premier Walter Weir sent a strongly worded Telegram thursday to prime minister Pearson asking for clarification of conflicting statements Abou reduced medical services of indians. The policy would be an evasion of your constitutional responsibility and would cause grievous hardship to Indian or. Weir told or. Pearson. Or. Weir said a letter was received b y the provincial government from a zone director of the Federal govern ment s medical services depart ment that medical services for indians would be reduced. But Federal Indian affairs minister Arthur Laing categorically denies these or. Weir said. The Premier s Telegram to or. Pearson said we demand economist said thursday the j current Rush on Gold in Europe will not have a serious effect on some canadians did not heed his prediction and continued to head for the Banks to demand Gold. J. A. Galbraith economist with the Royal Bank of Canada summarized the views of other Bank officials when he said there is no reason for canadians to panic because of the Gold buying Stampede in London Paris and Zurich. I do not believe the current will have any serious effect on please see to threat Page 9 Dollar saves a life How often do you spend a schools report blasted by Jed Stuart Al centres predicted the United for background on Gold crisis please see Page 26j______ states now would be forced to raise the Price of Gold above the 34-year-old rate of an ounce one Brussels dealer reported he received inquiries from potential buyers offering an ounce. The London Bullion Market As Well As the foreign currency Exchange at the Banks closed to iday. The Bank closing will continue in effect saturday a Day Ion which British Banks Are nor j Mally open. I Man in Street puzzled Teulon staff an Esti mated angry citizens blasted the provincial Boun Daries commission s proposed Intel make educational reforms thursday night at a protest meeting in this car line Village Aboul 40 Miles Noth of Winnipeg. Taking the Brunt of the blast Dollar without even thinking Reeve Wop Ford it there Are a million things immediate clarification of these that Are bought across Canada conflicting assigned risk May go the assigned risk Brand of Auto insurance will become a thing of the past if a Bill before the Manitoba legislature is passed. A. Bill to Amend the insurance act was one of four Given second Reading in the House thursday. Provincial treasurer Gurney Evans said removal of sections on the assigned rink plan would also remove embarrassment for those in the category. The amendment would also provide that cancellation of an insurance policy could be made by Telephone instead of in writing. New democratic party Leader a. R. Russ Paulley said he would t oppose amendments but said printing on Auto insurance policies should be enough so there could be no doubt to when the policy could be terminated. Please see assigned Page 7 which Aren t really necessary. A few bottles of Beer cigarettes another Little snack and so on. If Only 10 per cent of these items remained in the stores and the Money were donated to some worthy cause thousands j and thousands of children would please see Dollar Page 4 of the Rural municipality of b i f r o s t and Interlake s Only representative on the 14-member boundaries commission. Premier Walter Weir and education minister George Johnson declined invitations to attend. The meeting was organized by the Teulon chamber of com Merce to protest the boundaries please see Interlake Page 5 please see London Page 5 by the associated press what happens to your pay Cheque if the Price of Gold is increased will an automobile Cost you More Money these Are some of the questions people ask when the talk and the headlines turn to the International Gold situation. Economists in interviews provided these answers to some of the most common questions would a Man in the Street be affected by an in crease in the Price of Gold from please see Man Page 7 govt. Under fire Indian. Eskimo health service cuts admitted Ottawa up health minister Mac Eachen conceded today in the commons that Federal health services for indians and Eski mos have been cur tailed in some he repeated that there been no Cut in expenditures on such services. Last year such expenditures were increased by 14 per cent Over the previous year. Western conservatives for the second straight Day mounted a Strong attack on or. Mac Eachen on the Issue. Walter Dinsdale former conservative Northern affairs t min ister said indians and eskimos Are being made to Bear the Brunt of the government s fiscal mismanagement. Or. Dinsdale again demanded that or. Maceachen make Public health department direct lives to Field officers concerning services for indians and Eski mos. Or Maceachen repeated that o would the matter. In reply to Robert Simpson pc or. Mac his department has Ben obliged to readjust re Range and in some cases cur ail services for indians am is Cimos because of a Budge Eiling on such expenditures. Two czech ministers i top official commits suicide As attempted coup probed Prague Czechoslovakia dismissed its minister of Trie Interior and the attorney general today following a parliamentary recommendation of no Confidence in their work. Interior minister was first round to govt. Britons Are stunned t by drastic reaction by Tim Traynor was decided late thursday following British consultation London the with Washington on the frantic British government s drastic Rush that had developed t overnight reaction to the Gold Exchange paper currencies of crisis has stunned the country j Golej the move was announced the financial Community is 1 by Chancellor of the exchequer status of. Disastrous Gold. Fears slowdown of of a world Trade have intensified and the i greatest importance is placed on British and european action to reduce pressure on the United states. Bracing for a change Jenkins to a Crowde parliament. The maps who had Bee sitting late considering the controversial transport bit were told that Banks would b restricted in their dealings of today to Back up the closure b the suspension today of Gold Gold Anci Stoe and foreign Exchange dealings i markets. The idea is to give the United states government breathing space to decide on it next move in the fight to Sto the Drain on the London go please see reaction Page hunger takes the youngest first a Little chid Dies in the arms of his sister. Please do your share in helping starving korean children by donating to the Barley for Korea fund. I u features today 21 income tax tipi Little Tewfic could be big hero 46 today s Index classified 28 to 41 comics. 20, 21 deaths. 14 finance 22 to 24 Jumble 30 movies 10. 11 sports .43 to 50 television. 12 women j7 to 19 Abc circulation City zone total 125.1m nearly everyone reads the free press Alberta women March Edmonton up Premier e. C. Manning has asked prime minister Pearson to reply by noon Friday to Indian protests at alteration of Federal health services. About j.50 delegates from a provincial native women s con Ference marched to the Legisla Ture thursday and stood outside the Assembly doors calling for the Premier to come out. Health minister or. J. Dono Van Ross who met them said services provided in the past will be available in the future and it will be up to us to negotiate with the Federal govern v. He was silenced by cries of Don t be not going to Scalp you we gave that up Long we took care of you when you came now take care of us you look our from inside the Assembly the women could be heard singing Ocanada while Premier Manning told the House the province is willing to provide and take Over All services to indians As Long As the federa government bears the Cost. Please see Alberta Page 14 the Interior minister was Osef Kudrna and the attorney eneral Bartuska. The two men have come rider Strong criticism since the recent change in the czech Oslo a communist party Leader hip. The com in unique announcing Weir dismissal was issued from be office of the president of the Public. But it was not signed personally by president Antonin a Novotny who was replaced As party Leader by Alexander dub Elk in january. The dismissals followed the suicide of the Deputy defence minister. M a j Gen. Vladimir Janko shot himself thursday As army intelligence officers investigated charges that part of the army to stage a Putsch in. Janus see czech govt. Page 14 Bonn extends hand b 0 n n special tons West German parliamentary leaders and Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger himself appeared be trying t capitalize on the political turmoil to make Fres overtures on reconciliation Poland Czechoslovakia a East Germany. Each made it Clear however that West Germany should no be tempted into giving up single one of its Long claim Basic rights just because of the present ferment. Uncertainty Over How far i go in taking advantage of the situation appeared even in the speech of Helmut Schmidt Flop please see Bonn Page 9 the., provincial. Government withstood its first test of strength in this session of the Manitoba legislature thursday winning a no Confidence motion with a 29-22 vote. To do it they Defeated the entire opposition with the except Ion of the social credit Mem Ber. The motion came from the few democratic party. In supporting the amendment proposed by nip Leader a. R. Buss Paulley the liberals voted for several viewpoints hey Are traditionally in opposition to. Liberal Leader Gil Mol Gat said his party was going to support lie nip non Confidence motion Only As a non Confidence motion he said he did t agree with Many items in the motion. Many of the things the new democratic party is asking for Aren t possible at this time because of financial or. Mol Gat said. In supporting the nip amendment the liberals voted for marketing boards the Carter commission on fax Aton and attempted to condemn the government for not accepting the principle of Hall commission recommendations on medicare. 1 the nip motion also charged that the. Government failed to provide for higher education at social rather than individual Cost the Only opposition member present who did not vote for the nip amendment was j. M. Froese who abstained. Following the night nip members were in a state bordering on euphoria. Please see first 7 East european leaders alarmed by Victor Zorza London special the guardian the communist regimes of Eastern Europe Are beginning to show signs of concern that the unrest now evident Poland and Czechoslovakia might spread to the other countries. In East Germany ithe party has banned anti american demonstrations in Public. They Are to be held Only in c 1 o s de meeting Halls says the party instruction because Street demonstrations could Lead to expressions of opinion which might be difficult to in Bulgaria first party Secretary Todor Zsivkov has called a special meeting of state Security officials lid comes off at last Prague is elated by Neal Atcherson Prague special owns there Are Many men in Prague thursday who have not slept for three or four nights. Their hands shake As they grind out yet another cigarette but their eyes Bright with an incredulous childish excite ment. They say this week Czechoslovakia is the freest country in the this is a strange vacuum of a moment an interregnum Between past and future. Everywhere t he truth is being told in the press the radio on plat forms and in cafes. Censor ship has for the moment vanished. Everywhere de signs for a new democratized Czechoslovakia Are being put Forward. Some designs foresee a reformed communism retaining the monopoly of political Power. Others degrade it to the position of one party among others among equals. Tjie lid is off and steam which has built up for 20 years since the communist takeover in 1948 is blowing off in a thundering Geyser of excitement which grows higher Day by Day. The future of the nation is utterly in doubt. Antonin Novotny is still president of the Republic still trying to marshal the workers and his old followers against the Alex Ander Dubcek who succeeded or. Novotny As party first Secretary at the Jami please see lid Page 14 and of party officials concerned with Security matters. He1 spoke to them according to Sofia radio about a e r t a i n concerning the foreign and the internal situation and about the the responsible task entrusted to them by the party. Please see e. Europe Page 9 legislature government survives first non Confidence motion. Page 1. Four Bills Given second Reading. Page 1. Sidney Green lashes Manitoba development fond. Page 25. Bac Bencher suggests Royal commission on producer problems. Page 20. 4 government s Advertis ing account with pc official questioned. Page 25. Elections commission should remain Independent Mol Gat. Page 2i. Premier Weir questions prime minister Pearson. Page 1. Mistake delays loan Page 14. Auto Moth investigation to Crathie. Pige 20. Prairie caste report being fat Defi ;