Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Grewing be beat 70 final vol. 75 no. 233 Price Loc june 27, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon se1s . Forecast showers 60 and 75 new 105-mm. Artillery piece at combat base being deactivated was Economy yachts two snatched from sinking vessels London a two Lone sailors in Atlantic race the to ans one of them the Only girl entrant were snatched from the sea in perilous rescues to Day and concern grew for others Long unlighted. Edith Baumann a 26-year-old West German Secretary was Safe aboard a French warship after an International search Force spotted her three hulled yacht Koala Iii wallowing in Stormy seas North of the azores. A spokesman for the race committee said we Are pretty momentum Pace in Canada quickens after period of slow growth Ottawa up the Pace of the Canadian Economy quickened during the first Quarter of 1968 after More than six months of slow growth. The Dominion Bureau of Sta certain miss Baumann s was picked up with dog please see sailors Page 6 in asks to talks United nations Reuters communist China not a member of the United nations Ristics reported wednesday that the Gross National Tal All goods and serv ices running at an. Annual rate of in january f e b r u a by and March. This was a gain of 6.8 per cent Over the first Quarter rate in 1967, and an increase of nearly three per cent from the last three months of last year. The gain was achieved despite major strikes in the automotive Industry and allowing for a one per cent Rise in prices it represents a two per cent gain in real terms. A Large part of the gains however was represented by higher prices rather " than in creases in real volume. Using the purchasing value of the Canadian Dollar in 1957 As a base the Gross National product in january and March was running at an an Nual rate of this was up 3.3 per cent from a year earlier and 1.9 per cent from the final three months of 1967. From Quarter to Quarter the latest increase in the Price fac Tor of the whole Economy was .9 per cent. Included in this were in creases ranging from 1.2 to 1.6 per cent in the prices involved in personal expenditure exports and imports. They were partially offset by lower Price in has been asked by the world or creases involved in government . Forces to abandon Khe Sanh Westmoreland s successor wants improved mobility Saigon a the . Command is abandoning the Khe Sanh combat base and says this will improve the mobility of its troops to com Bat increased North vietnamese forces in South Vietnam s northernmost provinces. The Western Anchor of the combined forces defence line below the demilitarized zone is being moved 10 Miles to the East to a. Supply base with an Airstrip known As Landing zone stud. . Marine engineers have up bunkers at Khe Sanh scene of a siege for 77 Days last Winter and hauling out equipment for several Days. But the announcement of the withdrawal was not made until today reasons. The combined forces poured marines and 500 South vietnamese troops into Khe Sanh s b u n k e r s. Before the North vietnamese pulled Back and a Relief Force lifted the siege on april 6, More than 300 americans were killed and More than wounded. The . Command said North vietnamese soldiers also were killed. Defenders of base by John t. Wheeler Saigon a the a ban-1 Dorment of Khe Sanli May be a propaganda setback for the United states but it does not re Duce the . Military position significantly. Khe Sanh is the first major. . Base abandoned in Vietnam to be because of hostile Minikin Sells by Sheldon Bowles controlling interest in the Winnipeg based Baum Indus tries limited has been sold for an undisclosed sum to some mines limited of Montreal by the Simkin family Baum also announced it has pressure. During the 77-Day win Ter siege of the base by two i North vietnamese divisions it became a Symbol of . Determination to stand fast in Viet Nam. Top . Officials in washing ton and Saigon said that the base would be defended at All costs. Spokesmen for the . Marines pushed the line if we leave Khe Sanh where do we Stop the South China one . Marine officer at Khe Sanh openly criticized the american propaganda during the. Siege saying that the vulnerability of the position to North vietnamese siege guns in Laos end sad its usefulness. The new main Western Anchor of the combined line below the demilitarized zone is at stud a Supply base with an Airstrip 10 Miles East of Khe Sanh. This area has been in Marine hands All along please see lives Page 6 sanitation to attend a Confer ence on nuclear arms in Geneva in August. It is the first time China re fused membership. In the world body 17 times has been invited to such a conference a in spokesman said wednesday. Secretary general u Thant acting under a december Gen eral Assembly Resolution sent the letters to Allun member nations and China tuesday night the spokesman added. Continued please see in asks Page 2 features today nil blasted by Ron Butlin 43 today s Index classified 12 to 26 34, 35 deaths i finance 47 to 49 33 sports.26, 37 to 46, 50 television. 31 women. 21 to 30 City zone total. Nearly everyone reads the free press j plans fora please see Economy Page 6 c0rnmon share Public offering in the United and instead has placed with Sog Emines common shares at a share. Sog Emines engaged in the manufacture and distribution of Cement Industrial chemicals fertilizers and in the. Import of steel and nonferrous metals has stated no Public offering of the remaining shares of Baum is planned while Sog Emines did t announce the number of shares it had purchased it it had acquired More than 50 per cent of the outstanding Stock of Fortas to head court Washington a presi Dent Johnson nominated his close Friend Justice Abe Fortas Baum from wednesday to succeed retiring i shareholders. I chief Justice Earl Warren. J and to fill the vacancy on the i . Supreme court the presi Dent picked a fellow texan arid Friend judge Homer Thorn Berry of the . Circuit court of a member of con Gress for 14 years. He like for tas is a Democrat. Fortas 58, would if con firmed by the Senate be. The first jew to be the chief Justice the controlling please see Simkin Page 2., if by election losses Cut Weir defeat in legislature could easily follow by Barry came the poor showing of the progressive conservative contenders in Manitoba particularly that of Duff Roblin in the Federal vote tuesday has raised the distinct possibility of a provincial Genera election in the not too Distant future. Since provincial issues figured not Bright for Premier Weir significantly in the Campaign in Winnipeg South Centre and since or. Roblin Manitoba s an ignominious defeat the out come can be interpreted As a direct slap at Premier Walter Weir and the progressive conservative government he inherited. When he Calls by elections Likely in the autumn to fill the two seals in the Manitoba legislature left vacant the As a result the prospects Are Liberal majority reduced by one Brockville up mechanical errors have apparently resulted in a Short lived election Victory for. Liberal John Mathe son parliamentary Secretary to prime minister Trudeau and sit Ting member for Leeds Riding since 1961. A wednesday recheck of votes cast tuesday in the Federal election gave the seat to the progressive conservative Candi Date Desmond code. John Jelly District returning officer said in an interview wednesday that re tabulation showed votes Jor or. Code and for or. Mathe son. Election figures late tues Day night had showed or. Matheson ahead by at least 60 votes. The reversal reduced the lib. Reals seats by one and the conservative Victo Ries to 7-2 standings in the 264 seat House now Are liberals please see Liberal Page 6 resignations 51 or. Roblin As for Wolseley and of Nashrod Clement As the Liberal la for if the provincial government were to lose both by elections their four seat majority in the j legislature would be Cut to two. Add to this the fact that it is almost certain that the conservative la for Morris Harry a. Shew Man will be resigning shortly because of illness thus necessitating a third by election. If the tories were unable to hold Morris the combined opposition would equal the govern ment members in the next House 28 a development which might Lead to a defeat in the House of Premier Weir s fledgling administration. In any event Manitoban will have to resign themselves to More election campaigning. If rocket talks urged Russia proposes conference with . Moscow Reuters the soviet Union announced today it is ready to Exchange opinions with the the administration is de a United states on limiting heated in the House on a major development of tooth Issue a provincial erection John Matheson Liberal Amateur doctors Eye ills of youth a 71-Page report brimming with prescriptions by takers clerks staff and Stu dents on How to Deal with today s disruptive youth was released wednesday by the Winnipeg youth study. Caretakers ask that school trustees Stop playing politics that efforts be taken to make every student feel and that principals toilet habits in health class. Clerks claim teachers should keep All promises made to students and teach manners and consideration for others. And students themselves ask that they be treated like adults disciplined Only when necessary and allowed More Freedom in the curriculum. The study was initiated seven months ago by the Winnipeg teachers association and the Winnipeg school Board because of concern with unrest Vandal use of drugs lessening respect for. Authority and a growth of undesirable attitudes " in a two. To 10 per cent minority of the school population. It recommends group Home institutions be please see dealing Page 4 Desmond code conservative would presumably have to be called. Even the conservatives in the province admit they Aren t in Good shape As a result of showing of the conservative Standard bearers in the Federal election and Premier Weir can j he expected to begin to try to j r e f u r b i s h his government s image. See provincial Page 4 tory setback hurts Johnson Quebec up the col-1 and the conservatives Field lapse of the progressive Conser ing a new Quebec team led by native party s Quebec Campaign financier Marcel Faribault the offensive and defensive rocket systems. The announcement was made by soviet foreign minister an Drei Gromyko in a speech to the supreme soviet parliament today. Previously Russia was reluctant to Start discussions with states on defensive and anti ballistic missile sys tems. In a 90-minute keynote speech on International affairs and for eign policy Gromyko said i the soviet Union is ready for Jan Exchange of opinion on limit ing rocket systems both Offen Jive and he did not elaborate Gromyko said there is no Rea son Why .soviet-. Relations could not develop satisfactorily. But the United states has to. Stop trying to turn the world in Side he. Said. In the Federal elections was being examined today for Possi ble Impact on the political for tunes Premier Daniel John son despite considerable support from or. J o h n s o n s ruling Union. National party the conservatives were trampled in Quebec by prime Deau s liberals and real Caouette s Ceil Ktistes. Or. Trudeau s liberals campaigning in Quebec As else where in Canada against special status for the French speaking province., won 55 of Quebec s 74 commons seats. M r. Tia Duette s credit stes grabbed 15 seats mostly in Rural and underdeveloped re Gions in a Campaign that often included ridicule for or. John son s efforts to establish inter National status for Quebec. Quebec Premier s former eco nomic and constitutional adviser slumped to four seats. A solid kick in the Union National s political pants was administered in the Quebec City Riding of Langelier where or. Johnson s forces failed to unseat manpower minister Jean mar Chand. Only five Days before the elec Tion or. Johnson told reporters Marchand is a beaten Man and the Premier s aides spoke confidently of taking 21 seats for the tories in Quebec. The. Consensus in. Political Cor Ric lors of the legislature prior to the election Way that or. John Stanfield to study French by Joyce Fairbairn Halifax staff one of son would not Call sudden provincial election if the conservatives fared badly. Please see election Page 6 voters Welcome majority gout. By the Canadian press Leader of the movement Sou Verai Nete association who had c a n a d i a n s generally Wel Quebe cers not to Vole for in the confused Days ahead is to immerse himself in French and As nearly bilingual As this Post election ambition is perhaps tacit recognition that no political figure can now aspire to govern second Century Canada without a very service Able understanding of both major cultures which dominate the population. Please see Stanfield Page 6 coined the return of a majority government in Ottawa As a either of the two major parties was Brief in his comments. He sound base for economic Stabile a said prime minister Trudeau s to and a concerted attack on re-1 win appear eci to have been Gion Al disparities separatist Rene Levesque of the United and Thornberry 59, Are considered liberals the dominant trend of the High court under Warren in recent years. Some republicans had indicate when reports of Lawarre n s retirement leaked out last Fri they would oppose be of a by a Duck president. But Lection lame Praise for the selection of for tas came from Senate Republican Leader Everett m. Dirksen who called him and Thornberry Able men. By Stan Mcdowell Montreal Ryan nationally known editor of be Devoir of Montreal wednesday accused prime min ister Trudeau of making a serious and regrettable mistake a attending the Baptiste Here. Monday evening. Similar statements have been made by Premier Daniel John by Marcel Faribault an unsuccessful conservative can tuesday s Federal elec Tion. Separ artist Leader. Rene Levesque also said before the Parade that it would be a minister would be killed unless i in the thick of the fracas phenomenal stupidity for or. Trudeau to accept the Baptiste society s invitation to sit on the reviewing stand during the Parade. Separatists had warned or. Trudeau not to show up. Pierre Bourgault of the assemble ment pour i in dependence National called on the population of Quebec to use All necessary Force to prevent or. Trudeau s appearance. During the weekend Montreal newspapers received Telephone Calls purportedly from the front de liberation quebecois warning that the prime he stayed away. Prime minister Trudeau and regrettable mistake in deciding to attend the demonstration in Spie of the signs of trouble that everyone had or. Ryan said wednesday in an editorial deploring the night s violence. Good sense should have suggested to politicians engaged in an electoral struggle that they had better things to do than to show themselves off on a reviewing stand during the Parade of Saint Jean in Mon Treal. Or. Trudeau showed real Cour age in remaining calmly in his i borne out of a panic by English speaking j Premier pm. C. Manning of a1 Iberta reiterated his pre election View that the voters had not been Given Clear alternative pol Jecies. But he welcomed the fact that Canada will have a majority government for the first time i since 1962. Losers mum on future seat. We would that he show i please see majority Page 4 have preferred i belter practical judgment beforehand by simply deciding to refrain from participating in the event and by saying squarely to the people that he placed its peace and quiet Joy above the prestige of his person or of his a similar View was expressed obliquely in the Lead editorial in the Union National newspaper Montreal Matin wednesday. Please see pm made Page 4 i looking for a Kitten this want and under dogs Birds cats 21 Good Home wanted for a fully trained Black male kit ten. Free. 284-4216. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Tuesday s Federal election has put 3 number of prominent Manitoba politicians out of work. However none of them is apparently in any Rush to Start scanning the help wanted ads. Former Premier Duff Roblin who was buried under an Avalanche of Liberal ballots in Winnipeg South Centre is remaining close mouthed about i his future. I the future has the Happy facility of looking after itself. J. That is All i wish to Bernie Wolfe Defeated lib eral candidate in Selkirk constituency and former metro councillor is setting his sights Back on metro. Please see losers Page 4 ;