Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 28, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 701 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 155 Price i5c thursday March 28, 1968 Sun res am m68n am Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast coou2r 30 and 45 governor general Roland Michener and mrs. Michener wife of. The governor general seem to be playing tug of War ribbon at the official opening wednesday evening of the Centennial concert Hall. Actually they were trying to undo a knot in the ribbon. More than citizens also took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony. For other pictures and Story please see Page 13. Photo by Cairns maps take break parliament adjourned until april 23 Ottawa up nip Leader t. C. Douglas says his party believes it has a Corr fitment from All lib eral leadership candidates in the Cabinet to proceed with the government s drug Bill when the com Mons goes Back to work april 23. The commons closed up shop for the Liberal convention and the easter holidays wednesday after approving in supplementary estimates for the year ending March 31. It also approved another to help the govern ment pay its Bills for the first two months of the new fiscal year starting april 1. Adjournment of the parliamentary session was expected last week. But the nip stretched out debate on the please see maps Page 8 michener9 guests Cut t s ribbon to open Hall m. Last wheat payment new High Western Farmers Divide million Bonanza by Victor Mackie Ottawa a total million m cheques for Western Farmers an All time record final payment for wheat will begin going out in the mail today Trade and Commerce minister Robert Winters announced in the commons wednesday. What a Lucky break for shouted an opposition member referring to or. Win ters c a m Paig n to succeed prime minister Pearson As the next Leader of the Liberal party. You make your own Breaks in this retorted or. Winters with a smile. He announced the average final payment for wheat other j than durum is a Peak 49.759 cents per Bushel. The average final payment for durum is1 63.323 cents per Bushel. I the Over All average of 50.270 cents per Bushel is the largest coverage final payment in the history of the wheat said or. Winters. The amount of the final e. Germany czechs protest remarks criticizing regime Prague special tons relations Between the new progressive regime in Prague and its communist neighbors took a serious turn for the worse wednesday when Czechoslovakia made a Strong Diplo Matic protest to East Germany against remarks critic Ciz Irig the new regime Here by one of that country s top party theoreticians. Foreign. Minister v a a 1 a v. By Dan Larocque governor general Roland Michener and More than other guests of the Manitoba Centennial corporation last night simultaneously Cut the ribbons that marked the official opening of the million Manitoba Centennial concert Hall. State Secretary Judy la Marsh Quebec provincial Secretary Yves Babiss Premier Walter Weir and a Host of local dignitaries joined the governor general in the main band to unlock a new Era for ribbons draping the backs of their chairs on behalf of the thousands in Manitoba who contributed in one or another Way to building of the Hall. Magnificent conf this Cert Hall will be a impetus to artistic profound a com governor general Michener said in his address. The cultural maturity of Mani Toba is no doubt due to. The mixing of the various ethnic backgrounds Here some thing to be proud miss Lamarsh spoke glowingly of the Hall part of a the performing arts in Manito a massive arts Centre that will a. Eventually include a planetary at the same time invited i cum museum and science guests in the audience snipped i Centre As a tribute to the co . Senate adopts quotas on textiles Washington special tons the Senate decisively adopted import quotas for All textiles wednesday threatening to put president Johnson and pm raps London paper Ottawa up a British newspaper report alleging cruelty in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Seal Hunt is unwarranted prime minister Pearson told the com Mons wednesday. Replying to a question by for Mer prune minister John Diefenbaker about a London Mirror report that described the Hunt As a macabre death or. Pearson said an investigation is under Way and a reply will be made to the charges. I believe it is he said of the Story written after a visit to the Seal Hunting grounds in the Gulf by a daily Mirror reporter and photographer. Brian Davies of Fredericton executive Secretary of the new Brunswick society for the prevention of cruelty to animals 1 said in London he arranged the i trip. Or. Davies allegations of cruelty in the Hunt during the j last five years have resulted in closely enforced regulations for Hunters lower prices for pelts and an annual wave of Adverse publicity. Canada House in London was swamped with protests wednes Day. Or. Davies said he planned please see pm Page 4 legislature reports major overhaul of provincial securities legislation in the works. Page 1. Liberal Bac Bencher objects to removal of penalty on horned cattle. Page 46. House approves Mil lion temporary Supply for government. Page 46. Development report on Churchill soon to be released. Page 46. Municipalities soon to be free to enter into regional planning schemes. Page 46. Consumers betrayed Cherniak charges. Page 8. Operation and intent of Manitoba s people. It s the first major Centen Nial building project officially miss Lamarsh said. Please see Michener Page 8 payment to be distributed to Farmers is a unprecedented including to be distributed to producers who delivered durum wheat. The previous record payment of million which was made on the Pool account has been surpassed by million said or. Winters. Please see record Page 7 honeymoon Nofu chief War Lis school boards set lockout ten greater Winnipeg school boards decided wednesday to lock out any Winnipeg teachers who May resign Over disputes concerning the 1968 Winnipeg teachers contract. The boards won t hire the teachers. The nation s Trade policy in an agonizing squeeze. The quota measure passed by a 55 to 31 vote was made part of an omnibus fiscal package that would couple a 10 per cent surcharge on income taxes with a billion cutback in the proposed 1969 budget. A vote on the latter was prevented wednesday by a welter of proposed amendments that earned it the sobriquet of an easter Basket Bill. Senate leaders hoped for final action today since the Overall measure also includes Continua Tion of present excise tax rates on autos and Telephone Calls otherwise scheduled to be sharply reduced at Midnight next sunday. The final package is itself an amendment in the form of a substitute for a House passed excise tax Bill reported out of the Senate finance committee earlier this month. Passage of the textile quotas came despite warnings from i members of both parties that i i please see . Senate Page 8 Saskatoon up Roy Atkinson president of the National Farmers Union said final payment wednesday of 48.2 cents per Bushel for deliveries of number one wheat to the Canadian wheat Board was a o s t but Farmers must realize the honeymoon is he said paid to wheat growers for the 1966-67 crop would assist in stimulating the Western econ omy at a time when it was badly needed. But with wheat sales very slow in the present crop year prices depressed and a larger initial payment than in previous years banners should realize the final payment next year might be about five to seven cents per Bushel. The Outlook brings into Clear focus the pressing need in the next few years for a two Price system for wheat based on the world Price and a substantially higher Price for wheat used in the Domestic or. Atkinson said in a news release. If Winnipeg teachers should j resign As some of them have they won t be Able to find work in greater Peg said a. C. Anderson executive director of the Mani Toba association of school trustees. The 20 trustees from the 10 greater Winnipeg boards and the Winnipeg Board wednesday said they would keep Winnipeg teach ers locked out until the Manitoba teachers society removes its sanctions against the Winnipeg Board. The trustees met at noon wednesday about three hours after the Manitoba teachers. Society the Winnipeg Board dispute aha would recommend teachers not seek jobs with Winnipeg City schools for 1968-69. Or. Anderson said in an interview that the 20 trustees unanimously agreed to the reprisal lockout and supported the Winnipeg Board in its stand on the controversial contract issues. Please see 10 Board Page 7 Gas rates sliced Domestic and commercial users of natural Gas in the City will be paying less for the service when the next heating season the announcement was Madi wednesday by the greater Winnipeg Gas co., following a ruling of the Public Uii Litie Board of Manitoba which Ore ered it to reduce its rates to customers by based 01 its 1965 sales volume. So far there is no Clear please see Gas Page 4 a David called the East German ambassador Peter Florin to his offices in Cernin Palace to strenuously what was termed interference in Czechoslovakia s internal affairs and in the development of the weeping new reforms taking place in the country. This diplomatic confrontation Vith Czechoslovakia s neighbor ing ally in the soviet blot gave new proof of the growing tensions that have Arisen bet Ween the new Progress Ivete Gime of communist party eader Alexander Dubcek and the More orthodox communists in the neighbouring Eastern european countries. The Prague government was protesting against Strong attack by Kurt eager tuesday in East Berlin in which he charged that or. Dubcek s new program was playing into the hands of West Germany and isolating Czechoslovakia from East Germany. Or. Hager specifically at tacked Josef Smrkovsky woo is being suggested As one of the ruling party s candidates for the Post of president of the Republic which was left vacant list week by the ouster of the c former communist dictator Antonio Novotny. Heart transplant Man tells Story living on borrowed time by or. Philip and mrs. Eileen Blaiberg a first person human interest account of the world s Only successful heart transplant will appear exclusively in the free press starting Satur Day presenting the dramatic and unique medical Story of our generation it takes you behind the headlines for a More intimate glimpse of the patience and quiet courage of the Blaiberg. Supplemented by photographs the Story Sheds Light on the gruelling 74-Day Hospital stay the South african dentist endured and How it was to come Home with another Man s heart beating in his Chest. The physical and mental adjustments were Many and arduous. In meeting and conquering them or. Blaiberg raised the human race another rung on the ladder of evolution. Watch for this dramatic Story in the free press. Now 4 boxcars filled by Hubert Beyer four boxcars of Barley Are waiting to be shipped to Korea where they Are to Battle hunger. Four boxcars of Barley is enough to feed More than children for two months. For Many children it will be a feast they be never known what it is like not to be hungry. More is still needed. The aim is now to fill at least five boxcars. J any contribution no matter i How Small will do miracles. Anyone wishing to contribute May donate Cash or Send cheques or Money orders to the free press Barley for Korea fund at 300 Carlton Street Winnipeg 2, Man. Those donating in person at the first floor counter of the free press building will receive a temporary receipt for j income tax purposes. All donors including those i who wish to remain Anonymous will get receipts from the unitarian service committee. Please help fill another Box car with Barley. Please see 3 boxcars Page 7 Regina up the boost Given the Canadian Economy by final wheat payments announced wednesday will be tempered by several factors said the president of the Saskatchewan wheat Pool wednesday night. Because of Low delivery opportunities this year Farmers have in Many cases had to Bor Row to help keep them said Charles w. Gibbings in a prepared statement. Some of their final wheat payment Money will be directed toward retiring these other obligations such As payments on land and Machin Ery will use up funds too but it will assist in meeting Spring operating costs. And will be most commenting on the size of the final payment. Or. Gibbings said this was made possible be cause of the fortunate Combina Tion of exports in the 1966-67 crop year and the higher Price. Top Price for no. 1 Northern wheat at the Lakehead was a Bushel. Please see farm Page 7 securities Law overhaul debated by Barry came a sweeping overhaul of Mani Toba s securities legislation paving the Way toward the provinces eventual entry into a nationwide Clearing House for All securities transactions was thrown open for debate in the legislature wednesday the proposed introduced for second Reading by provincial Secretary Stewart e. Mclean will be the first major revision of the Manitoba Securi ties act since 1932. It provides for a comprehensive re organization and updating of the existing act bringing Manitoba s securities regulations in line with Forward looking legislation recently enacted in Ontario Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Modelled after Ontario s Pace setting securities act passed in 1966 in the aftermath of the Windfall Ous and scan dal the major features of the new Manitoba act include the creation of a Manitoba securities commission to regu late All securities transactions in the province. Uniformity with similar legislation in the four Western provinces and Ontario so that Manitoba will be Able to take an integral part i current discus Sions to set up a Central securities authority for the country. A Radical altering of the entire approach to securities regulation currently in use in the province by replacing the present discretionary Type of act with legislation that is aimed basically at disclosure. The government s proposed legislation is contained in a 125 Jann killed in crash from a Reuters Moscow up Oviet cosmonaut Yuri a gaga in who the world s first manned space Mission in april 961, died in a training flight crash wednesday. Crash also killed col. S. A Ryojin com Mander of an air unit and a member of the space backup earn. The ashes of both in and Sery Ogin will be placed in the most honorable spot in the soviet Kremlin Ivall facing bed Square. Lease see Gagarin Page 4 please see securities Page j Dayan to return Tel Aviv defence minister Moshe Dayan of Israel injured in a Cave in at an archaeological dig last wednes Day will return to work after passover april 13, officials said wednesday. Features today 10 the quiet revolution the word is watch Winters 29 Winnipeg u honors leading athletes 49 today s Index Bridge 57 classified 32 to 45 comics 52 crossword 57 deaths 8 finance to 27 Horoscope Jumble. 34 movies 54, 55 sports 47 to 51, 57 tax tips 53 television 5fi women 17 to 23 City zone total court evicts spinster 91 nearly everyone reads the free press Chicago a Ethel Cazier sat on the curb in front of her apartment tuesday and watched her memories s belong Ings pillaged. T miss Cazier 91, was evicted tuesday from the apartment where she had lived 40 years for non pay ment of rent. Court bailiffs who evicted miss Cazier moved out All her belongings. There was. An old doll with a leg miss ing furniture and elegant Sherry glasses. She sat a while among her belongings. Then she was invited to a neighbor s apartment for a cup of milk. But out on the Street peo ple were picking miss Ca Zier s life apart. A truck stopped men dashed out and Rode off with a Chest. One Man took a Load of dishes then came Back with a shopping cart for More. Miss Cazier watched help Lessly. Workers from the Montrose Urban Progress Centre tried to guard her things but the people kept picking through said one of the workers. Workers from the Centre her to sell what was left. The items were sold for miss Cazier said she had not paid her rent for several months but she had Rea sons she said. She complained that the locks on her door were broken and said she had been robbed. Wednesday she was stay ing in a hotel room provided by the Montrose Centre. But All her what she gone. 999 probe ordered the Winnipeg police Corni Nir Sion has ordered an investigation by police chief George blow into charges of inefficiency levelled against the City s 999 setup for emergency private ambulance service. The investigation was ordered wednesday afternoon after John Wylie president at Wylie ambulance and Rescue service Ltd., told a commission meeting about delays in answering pm Erge Ricy Calls and demands for payment before patients would be taken to Hospital by the one City company which handles All 999 Calls for private ambulance service in greater Winnipeg. Chief blow s report is expected to go to the next commission meeting april 11. All 999 Calls for ambulance. Service which Don t involve police matters Are channelled through the 999 switchboard to veterans Prince and Astorian ambulance service Ltd. Under its contract with the City of Winnipeg veterans Prince pays the City one per cent of its Gross yearly income from the e relayed Calls. Or. Wylie asked the commis Sion wednesday to investigate the present 999 ambulance setup including police ambulances please see Page 4 ;