Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 20, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 148 Price Ioc 15c wednesday March 20, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets 9.10 . Forecast sunny Zero and 25 chanting drowns out Gomulka by Manitoba govt. Wladyslaw Gomulka t resign Johnson Washington a presi Dent Johnson has evoked Frank Lin d. Roosevelt s pre second world War Call for containment of aggression in a new plea for Home front support of his Viet Nam policies. Johnson said tuesday presi Dent Roosevelt urged the nations of the world in 1937 to quarantine t h e but it took a world War to make men understand the message. Let this generation learn from the mistakes of the said Johnson. Let us recognize that there is no resigning from world responsibility. There is no easy Road to Freedom and he Drew cheers and prolonged with shouted pledges of representatives of non government groups attending a foreign pol icy seminar at the state depart ment. Punctuating the president s pledge to pursue his Vietnam policy As Long As aggression threatens were reports from congressional sources that John son s decision to commit an additional . Troops to the War zone is virtually final. The Pentagon meanwhile called for the drafting of men in it the third straight month that the draft has topped the Mark. Polish Leader defends policy by Victor Zorza London special the guardian polish communist party Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka had to put up with repeated interruptions and jeering tuesday at a mass meeting in Warsaw s biggest Hail the Palace of culture when he delivered his first Public assessment of the country s recent troubles. He had to fight his Way against Waves of ironic cheering and chanting four times in the course of an hour s speech he was obliged to ask his audience to be quiet. It was All broadcast to the orld live by Warsaw radio so Lere was no time to doctor the recording. This is the first time in my experience that the Leader of a communist country has had to it up with this kind of Havior from what had origin Fly been announced As a meeting of activists though is quite Clear that they were of Active in the sense intend d by the official organizers of in proceedings. In his address or. Gomulka condemned the zionists but it seemed on first hearing that he As not quite As uncompromising As some official polish speakers have been in recent ays. His argument seemed to not that zionism was an actual danger to Poland now As thers have claimed but that it would become a danger because f its association with foreign Entres. Please see chanting Page 10 Spring starts today by the Canadian press the first Day of Spring is her not necessarily the firs Spring Day. Spring officially arrived a . Cost today and is expected to be followed by a of at Ual increase in the number Small girls skipping rope. And anytime Between Toda and the Middle of june Hus bands across the country can b Dragoone into the great Cana Dian House cleaning. But for canadians across the country asking will the Spring Ever yes it will say the weather office but be patient. The 30-Day National forecast predicts above Normal tempera Turesha the great lakes areas the Prairies and the Southern Pacific coast area. The maritime will have be Low Normal temperatures and the rest of the country Normal temperatures. In Ontario today Cloud and rain showers were forecast. Session end bid stalled Ottawa up the govern ment remained Strung Between he demands of the conserva Ives and the nip tuesday in to attempt to get a Quick leadership recess of the commons. Conservatives refused to agree to a proposal for a two Day debate on a Bill designed to reduce drug prices. The nip insisted that unless he Bill was brought Forward its members would keep talking in definitely on routine Money measures. Several tentative agreements came unstuck during the Day finally nip and conservative members in a Sharp commons Exchange blamed one another Eor the impasse and the govern ment scheduled other business for today s Sefc hour sitting. Adjournment appears unlikely before Friday. Even with a re Cess on that the eight Cabinet ministers seek ing the Liberal leadership would have Only about nine Days of full time campaigning. The three Day leadership convention begins in Ottawa apri 4, and delegates will Star boarding trains by april 1. Please see session Page 10 legislature reports Manitoba spending Esti mates set at million. Increased municipal lev ies due to rising costs of education Weir Page 3. Government Weathers storm and passes throne speech. Page 13. 9 Beard wants separate Northern affairs department. Page 14. Tory Bac Bencher wants action on Vaughan Street Centre. Page 14. Saul Cherniack questions medicare policy. Page 3. Government does t recognize drug problem Doern. Page 14. Increase smallest in years by Barry came Manitoba s spending estimates for the com ing year have risen by to a new High of an increase of 10.5 per cent Over last year s record estimates of the increase one. Of Tiu smallest percentage jumps in 10 years was in startling contrast to the huge Ai Inua increases forecast by the progressive conservative govern ment during the final two years of the Roblin administration. Provincial treasurer Gurney Evans tabled she estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31 1969, in the Manitoba legislature i tuesday. They surprised few observers in View of the head emphasis Premier Walter Wei has put on the dire need of government Economy since i election last november. The relatively Small Rise ii projected expenditures add Veight to widely held views tha Tutani zobans Are not Likely to Sei major adjustments in taxation Levels. Please see Manitoba Page 1 new Bank building May Rise 18 storeys 18-Storey Bank building looms by Sheldon Bowles the Bank of Montreal has a chased a Large chunk of Portage Avenue frontage and plans Are under Way for a massive commercial Complex second in size Only to the place development it Las been Learned. The Price tag on the Bank development slated for the Southwest Corner of Portage Avenue and Hargrave Street Las been pegged at around the million Mark by real estate sources. The first stage in the project purchasing the Mitchell Copp building now on part of the site has been completed. The Bank now has a Branch Battle against hunger More than billion is spent on the War in Vietnam while children Are starving to death. The free world talks about commitments to allies forget Ting commitments to fellow human beings. Politicians talk about saving the world from communism and while doing so let it starve to death. You Are among the fortunate one third of the world s Popula Tion not starving. Two thirds do. For the Price of the air planes and tanks blown up in Vietnam in one Day we could save All the children in Korea from starvation. But if you leave the Job to politicians you should t be surprised. War comes first and if anything is left Over Well then we can think of feeding the hungry and clothing the poor. Please see Battle Page 13 reside the Mitchell Cupp build ing. It is understood this land will be included in the new development. Records at the Manitoba land titles office show that the Mitchell Copp building has been sold to the Bank for Cash. The building had been owned by Wolfson investments ltd., which purchased the property in 1950 from Portage Hargrave investment company limited for provincial government r e cords show David m. Copp As president of Wolfson invest ments and Thomas Wolfson As Secretary. Bank of Montreal officials have declined to comment on the Bank s plans for the site. But real estate sources say they expect the Bank to an nonce an 18-Storey building. The Royal Bank building is 17 storeys and you can bet the the Bank of Montreal Wil want to go at least one said one real estate source. Bank of Montreal officials however say any comment on an 18-Storey building is pre please see Bank Page 10 govt. Backs Down opposition sides with Liberal my Ottawa up the Liberal govern Merit retreated tues Day from its attempt to replace Ralph Cowan l York Humber on five commons committees. Opposition maps leaped to or. Cowan s defence in a unique display of concern and or. Cowan himself entered debate to spill details about some past Bills owed by important Liber als. In the end health minister Maceachen government House Leader moved adjournment of debate on the government s expulsion motion. There were Strong indications the government will not try to push the motion to a vote before the commons reconvenes apri 23 after the Liberal leadership convention. Or. Cowan spoke for Only a few seconds but Long enough to announce his special regret a possible removal from the parliamentary restaurant commit tee. He said that in 1963 he Hac been Able to collect outstanding restaurant accounts of when the rest of the committee was fearful about trying my collection included a remittance of Over from a Cabinet minister ant from the chairman of the Liberal or. Cowan said. Man charged with murder of girl 3 Prince Albert prisoner charged after Skeleton found a 32-year-old Penitentiary inmate has been charged with the murder of a three year old girl whose Skeleton was found near Brandon about four months ago. Eugene Drysdale a prisoner at Prince Albert sask., has been charged with non capital murder in the death of Angela Elizabeth Joan Hawkins. Since the finding hemp carried out an intense investigation until the Skeleton was identified. Or. Drysdale is awaiting Transfer to Brandon for the continue i please see govt. Page 10 Rocky getting set to Challenge Nixon Washington a governor Nelson a. Rockefeller indicated strongly to several re publican senators Here tuesday that he plans to announce thursday or Friday that he is challenging Richard m. Nixon or the Republican presidential nomination. He sounded very one source close to the situation reported. Rockefeller said after a breakfast meeting that most of the senators present thought he should run but that he is still considering the matter. Rockefeller was pictured As realizing that his Battle against f o r m e r vice president Nixon would be an Uphill one. Some 17 of the 36 Republica senators turned up for breakfast please see Rocky Page 10 Rhodesia invaders Advance Salisbury Reuters about 50 african nationalist guerrillas were reported today to have fought their Way 45 Miles from the zambian Border toward the rhodesian capital of Salisbury. Reliable sources the by Rhode Sian troops Jet fighters and Hel advancing slowly through thick Thor Bush county 170 Miles North of the capital. Government spokesmen re fused to say exactly where the fighting was but a reliable source discounted reports that some guerrillas were within 85 Miles of Salisbury. Rhodesian forces claimed to have killed 14 of the nationalists and captured others. They said two government soldiers were killed the the guerrillas were with mod Ern communist made weapons. Nationalist leaders in Zambia have declared that the raid is a the execution of five convicted negro kill ers in Salisbury this first executions since the break away British Colony declared its Independence in november 1965. Preliminary hearing on the charge. W. J. Burgess senior Crown attorney in the District will prosecute. The dead girl s Mother Joan Hawkins 24, was arrested Mon Day in Prince Albert and charged As an accessory after the fact. She is now in the provincial correctional institution for women at Portage la Prairie. On the same Day a juvenile was arrested in Ontario in connection with the Case. He is in the Vaughan Street detention Home in Winnipeg now where a juvenile court judge is expected to hear an application by the Crown to have him transferred to adult court. No court dates Avci been set yet. In identifying the subjects ramp did not give their Home towns. Police determined the girl died on dec. 8, 1966, two weeks before her third birthday. The body was found by three Hunters at the Edge of a Road Side Gen. Dayan is injured Tel Aviv a israeli de Fence minister Moshe Dayan was seriously injured today and is undergoing surgery in Hospi Tal Here reliable sources said. The 52-year-old general was injured in a Cave in at an archaeological excavation at Cho Ion on the outskirts of Tel Aviv the sources reported. He was taken to Tel Hasmer Hospital with body injuries Dayan who lost an Eye fighting in Syria in the second world War is an Amateur Are geologist and has taken part in some excavations. . Budget cuts living standards London special tons by i t a i n s new budget the most stringent since the second world War and the most critical for its future will Knock Back its National Standard of living by one per cent for the next year. The budget announced tues Day will hold wage increases to a maximum of 3.5 per cent for the next 12 months and when fully effective increase the annual tax bite by billion mostly through higher Purchase taxes on g a s o 1 i n liquor tobacco and a of consumer goods in motor vehicle fees. The next budget effective for the fiscal year beginning next month was presented to parliament by Chancellor of the exchequer Roy Jenkins. Some of its provisions notably the wage limitation Are sure to be fought by the left Wing of the ruling labor party but its enactment in essentially its present form is assured. The Treasury s financial told billion by which the budget is Secretary Harold lever correspondents that the Singer takes revenge hut. By Joseph Carroll Pahis special the Paris civil court has ordered an Alger Ian pop Singer to Stop vilifying his wife s Lover by name in his latest records. The Singer sheikh Al Amri from Oran is extremely popular in the Arab world and his rival for his wife s charms Monsieur a who works in the Renault factory in Paris was aghast at the Prospect of becoming an object of ridicule in millions of Arab Homes. He brought his Case to court and the judge has now ordered sheikh Al Amri described As the Tom Jones of the Middle to delete Monsieur x s name from the records. The judge first asked to hear the records which Are called the unfaithful one and response to the unfaithful one but As they Are in arabic a translator had to be summoned from the Paris mosque. The first is mainly a diatribe against the unfaithful wife. The English version goes some thing like this i married a Slattery from a miserable family she was in fact a fatal woman a fickle spark. If Only she had even been pretty. On her honeymoon she took to drinking and dancing and flirting with Young men if i had not been afraid of the authorities. I would have Cut her up in pieces. Then follows the refrain repeated twice with feel please see Singer Page 6 expected to reduce consumer demand coupled with previous a announced Public spending will effect the shift of resources from Hoine consumption to exports and investment that is required i Britain is to have a comfortable International payments surplus after years of deficits. See budget cuts Page 6 budget at a glance London up High lights of the 1968-69 British budget announced today by Roy Jenkins Chancellor of the exchequer new National savings Bonds similar to Canada savings Bonds to be sold in about units five due Here eleventh hour bids to woo Western supporters in the lib eral leadership race begin at a dead run Friday and saturday when at least five of the major candidates sweep into. Winnipeg. Finance minister Mitchell. External affairs. Min ister Paul Martin registrar general John Turner Trade minister Robert h. Winters and health minister Allan Mac Eachen will All be vying for the backing of Manitoba delegates during a whirlwind of receptions and meetings in local hotels of u Justice minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau is another possible but unconfirmed arrival. Another candidate Eric Kier ans a former Quebec Cabinet minister was to have been in for the meetings but cancelled out because of conflicting dates and poor air connections wednesday morning. Transport min ister Paul Hellyer had to Bow out because of commitments in Quebec. Agriculture minister j. J. With other appoint ments has elected not to attend. Delegates from Manitoba to the Liberal leadership Conven Tion in Ottawa s new civic Centre april 4 to 6 May decide saturday to unite behind one candidate or to Hoe their own please see five Page 6 payout on Premium Bonds a form of nation Al lottery to be increased to an average equalling cent annual interest from present per cent. Betting tax levied on pay outs in horse and greyhound race gambling to be doubled to five per cent from 2vi per cent. Levy against Money Gam bled in weekly soccer pools goes up to one third from 25 per cent. Wage increases to be held to target ceiling of 3vi per cent next year. Please see budget Page 6 features today was Boucher victim of squeeze play 49 today s Index classified 36 to 47 comics. Deaths 13 finance 59 to 62 Jumble 38 movies 35 sports 49 in 52. 47 television 34 women 17 to 21 Abc circulati6n City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press ;