Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, June 19, 1968

Issue date: Wednesday, June 19, 1968
Pages available: 68
Previous edition: Tuesday, June 18, 1968

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday june 19, 1968 pm riles continued said he turned to the financier and former Quebec government adviser for help and suggestions on Quebec policy. The opposition Leader accompanied by his daughter Sarah Drew Small but attentive crowds at each Stop. He was presented with cuff links at a craftsmen s festival Toque at Hull and a Box of potted geraniums at Shawville. He went to Shawville to support former conservative mines minister Paul Martineau who is making a renewed bid for election to parliament after being Defeated by Liberal Tom Lefebvre in the old Pontiac Temsic Mingue Riding in the last election. He was joined on the platform by Quebec Revenue minister Ray Johnston the Union National member for Pontiac who is actively campaigning for the conservatives in Western Quebec. Both or. Johnston and or. Martineau pointed to their successful collaboration in bring ing a new paper Mill to the Riding and said they Are anxious to continue the partnership. The conservative Leader was accompanied by l e v i s la Rocque tile candidate in Gatin eau and Jean Marie Seguin in Hull. He praised both Candi dates but stopped Short of endorsing a number of local proposals including lower inter est rates which or. Seguin is advocating for civil servants buying Homes. There were a couple of Young spectators carrying Trudeau signs at the Gatineau meeting and in front of the Lions Community Centre at Shawville. One of them pushed through the Gatineau crowd to shake hands with the conservative Leader and then disappeared. Or. Martineau s lengthy introduction of or. Stanfield was interrupted by the town fire Siren calling ouf the voluntary fire brigade. It is part rival of sabotage on the part of our quipped or. Martineau. However it turned out to be a minor fire in a car parked on the main Street some distance from the area and was followed by an accidental tripping of a noisy burglar alarm in the town s largest the conservative party or. Stanfield said has been offering policies to meet the problems of Canada but he said the govern ment has proposed nothing. Or. Trudeau he said had proposed a policy which he supported on the diplomatic recognition of Mainland China but he should also recognize Canadian problems. While it refused to Tell canadians what its policies Are or. Stanfield said the Liberal party has been deliberately distorting the policies of the conservatives. I Challenge any Liberal from or. Trudeau Down to show me where i Ever said i favored two countries two he said both he and or. Faribault believe in a Strong United Canada and the record bears this he said he is confident the conservatives Are winning the election and will have a major Ity of members to form a. Government. . Not red Windsor ont. Up hate literature accusations that prime minister Pierre Edicott Trudeau is a communist sympathizer Are completely false William Kashtan National Leader of the Canadian communist party said Friday. Speaking at an election rally in support of Bruce Magnuson Ontario Branch Leader of the Canadian communist party and a Candi Date in Windsor Walkerville in the june 25 Federal election or. Kashtan said the prime minister Lias never been a party Mem Ber. We have fundamental differences on Laws on firearms resisted prise roughly. 70 per cent of the store s sales. Chief blow i Don t know that putting restrictions on rifles and shotguns the same As on handguns would do any both the gun dealer and the chief in separate interviews said criminals could obtain guns no matter How strict the Laws. The procedure for obtaining a handgun permit was outlined by chief blow. Before a person buys a Pis Tol chief blow who is the registrar for greater Winnipeg must be personally informed. U the chief deems the applicant suitable for Possession of a handgun no criminal record not a mental Case old enough a responsible he will be Given a convey permit allowing him to buy the gun and bring it to the Public safety building where it would be officially registered. Forms Are made in Triplicate one copy for the owner one for Winnipeg police and one for the ramp in Ottavia. The pistol must then remain in the owner s Home. If he belongs to a pistol shooting club permission will be granted for him to take the gun there and Back. When someone applies for a handgun permit the chief asks the reason the person wants the gun. If the reason Given is he usually does t Issue a permit. I am opposed to this i dangerous Situa blow said. If think it s a chief someone Breaks into a House and they happen to be armed and they see the Householder reaching for a gun they re More Likely to it is better in my opinion to be robbed and left Safe and but a Rifle can be bought without any formality. The sporting goods store owner. Said he sets the mini mum customer age for Sale of firearms at 16. If there is any doubt the parents Are contacted. In a mailed in order he said continued the handwriting was one Way o estimating the buyer s age Phi the fact that youngsters Don usually have the Money to Mee the costs of most rifles. Chief blow said Here s where the parents or guardian should come in naturally you would t Wani Young people who Don just How dangerous guns Are toting these things the mail order catalogue of a Large department store requests All orders for rifles be accompanied by the statement hereby certify that i am the full age of 16 a certain Rifle known As the ar-15 is sold by the sporting goods store mentioned. While unsuitable for Large game As a Salesman explained it is Excel Lent for killing Small animals such As gophers. It is even better for killing humans the Salesman admitted. A modified version of it is used by . Troops in Vietnam. The Bullet while not Large wobbles in flight creating a Shock wave which wreaks havoc on the highly developed human nervous system. At its Price it would seem somewhat expensive for shoot ing varmints and it in t an attractive Model suitable for Langing Over a fireplace. However its fast Flat trajectory makes it the Ideal pest gun the dealer claimed. Told of this weapon chief it s extremely i do not think be sold to the 31ow said dangerous hey should on the matter of having the right to Bear arms written in the Constitution the firearms dealer agreed with the demands of the wildlife federation. I think everybody should have the right to buy and Bear arms if they so if such a constitutional amendment were enacted chief blow believes people would lose More of their fights with the Rise in crime fates. He sees no Validity in Ali argument that since cars Caus More deaths they should b subject to stricter regulation than firearms. But said the gun dealer automobiles should t be sole to just anyone who has Money and chief asked whether he would prefer tighten gun Laws to the inconvenience o legitimate Hunters and gun owners said certainly. No doubts Abou it. Public safety is Paramount . Govt. Defeated in lords continued since 1911, the lords have had Power Only to delay legis lation Only for one year. They cannot touch finance Bills. In 1911, the preamble to the Bill that ended the lords real Power said it is intended to substitute for the House of lords As it at present exists a second chamber constituted on a popular instead of a Heredi tary the government thus could easily seize on the vote tuesday As an excuse to implement that old . The lords were advised against obstructing the rhodesian order by the in 1 u e n t i a 1 times tuesday morning and the conservative 3aily Telegraph editorialized hat the lords should Register Mieir opposition but allow the Orer to go through next time. Temperature May be taken by a thermometer so Small it May be pushed through a hollow Needle inserted into a vein. Mccarthy jolts new York Albany . Eugene j. Mccarthy jolted state democratic forces today by overpowering Humphrey and Ken Nedy Delegate slates while a Mccarthy supporter scored an upset Victory in a three Way Senate race. While Mccarthy added the delegates to his presidential bid his aides charged in Washington the democratic National Conven Tion leadership had been stacked in favor of vice presi Dent Hubert h. Humphrey. The Minnesota senator jubilantly hailed the results of the state s primary As one of his greatest victories. Partial returns slowed by hand counting of paper ballots gave Mccarthy 51 of the 123 democratic convention Delegate slots at stake. Who said they were remaining pledged to the ideals of the late senator Robert f. Kennedy won 20 while backers of Humphrey had one. The voting trend indicated that Mccarthy would maintain the wide Lead in delegates. The Surprise Senate Victor was Paul o Dwyer a former City councilman arid brother of the late former mayor of new York City. Adam Clayton Powell of har Lem denied his congressional seat last year won nomination for re election and so did representative Emanuel Cellers 80 year old chairman of the House o f representatives judiciary committee. The convention leadership stacking charge came after the appointment tuesday of House democratic Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma As permanent convention chairman and rep. Hale Boggs of Louisiana As plat form chairman. A statement issued by Mccarthy s Headquarters called Boggs an extreme Hawk on the Vietnam War and said both Boggs and Albert Are Strong supporters and confidants of president Johnson. We feel said Mcarthy Campaign chairman Blair Clark that they have stacked the convention Leader in some states primaries test the Public s opinion of presiden tial hopefuls. But this was not the Case in new York where for the first time voters selected delegates to party conventions at which the presidential Candi dates will be chosen. Previously the picking of delegates was done at state conventions. Mccarthy delegates were entered in 37 of the state s 41 congressional districts. Slates pledged to Humphrey ran in 25 and delegates pledged to Kennedy in 30. While the Minnesota senator s feat impressed political observers o Dwyer s Triumph was even More startling. He was expected to finish last in a three Way race. He was running As a Mccarthy adherent. On the Republican Side sup porters Richard m. Nixon put up challengers for Only 11 of the s2 Delegate slots. The remaining 71 went automatically to Gover nor Nelson a. Rockefeller. Of the 11, two went to Nixon two to Rockefeller and seven vere undecided. Centre administration offices and school located at 269 Kennedy at Portage suite 203 phone 9 . To 9 . Daily saturday 9 . To i . Modern cobol flow charting . 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