Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 29, 1968 Rin against violence Montreal up executive of the assemble intent pour a Independence National que Bec s largest separatist political party Friday called on Rin members to refrain from Vio Lence As a Means of achieving party goals. The Appeal followed an announcement by Rene Levesque Leader of the movement Sou Verai Nete association that his group was breaking off negotiations with the Rin aimed at forming a common front of separatist forces. Or. Levesque former Quebec Liberal welfare minister and a member of the legislative As Sembly thursday criticized the Rin and its Leader Pierre Bourgault for their role in the St. Jean Baptiste Day riot in Montreal. Andre d Allemagne vice pres ident of the Rin said in an interview the executive has also asked party members to refrain from participating stations and to in Demon continue to work for Quebec Independence through regular democratic processes. However he said the executive passed a vote of Confidence in or. although cer Tain disagreements were expressed during the the Rin Leader was among More than 290 persons arrested during the riot monday night and was one of 234 persons arraigned in municipal court the next Day. Or. Bourgault pleaded not guilty to a charge of instigating the riot and was released on bail. The Rin executive said it is willing to resume negotiations the Mesa despite or. Lie Vesque s statement. _ or. D Allemagne said the Mesa has said nothing official about suspending talks and that it would be interesting to whether the party executive agrees with its Leader. Regional coordinators of the Mesa which or. L e v e s q u e formed after he left the Provin Cial Liberal party last year Are to meet july 6 to discuss the possibility of resuming discus Sions with the Rin. Also at its meeting Friday the Rin executive called a meeting next weekend of its 40 member Central Council. Acquittal of huot upheld magistrate f. M. Manwar ing s decision in acquitting Paul Emile huot of 210 Harper Street St. Boniface owner of la Salle agencies who was charged with having obscene books and magazines for Sale was upheld Friday by the Manitoba court of Appeal. Or. Justice Samuel Freedman said that the Crown had no right of Appeal. The attorney general s depart ment claimed that the Magis trate erred in holding that Section 150 8 of the criminal code was an exhaustive defence of obscenity. The charge arose from or. Huot s being arrested in pos session of pictures magazines Viet Cong raiders kill 88 Saigon Cap Viet Cong troops throwing explosives into huts blasted apart a Small fish-1 ing Village today and killed 88 j persons in what a . Spokes Man said May be one of the worst atrocities of the one american officer said the villagers at son tra 345 Miles Northeast of Saigon had refused to Supply the Viet Cong with recruits and the guerrillas had threatened to Burn the town. The . Command said 73 civilians and 15 government pacification workers were killed and another 103 refugees wounded in the 30-minute attack. Many of the civilians were burned alive. They had taken shelter in bunkers under their Homes when the Viet Cong opened up with mortars at about Midnight but sheets of fire spread from hut to hut when the guerrillas began throwing in Satchel charges. Other residents of the refugee settlement of fled toward the positions of 14 . Marines assigned to help guard the town and blocked the marines line of fire toward the attackers. Government Headquarters said pacification workers killed 12 Viet Cong in the Battle. Campus windows smashed Berkeley. Calif. A some 300 demonstrators smashed windows in two main buildings on the University of California Campus before Bein presidential candidate George c. Wallace turns to an Abc newsman to deny ordering his Security officers to seize and destroy film taken by an Abc television Crew which showed him shaking hands in Alabama with Robert m. Shelton of the Kun flux klan. Or. Wallace made the statement at a news con Ference As he arrived in Baltimore for a two Day Campaign swing through Maryland and Massachusetts. Poison Cabinet driven off today by Helra eted police advancing in skirmish lines. The throng subsided quickly As the officers marched for Ward police said. Earlier How Ever windows of patrol cars were broken by demonstrators throwing chunks of Concrete from sidewalks. The incident began with a Street rally held three blocks from the Campus by the Young socialist Alliance protesting the de Gaulle government s treatment of French a throng of about was dispersed by police who announced Over bullhorn that no permit had been obtained to Block sidewalks and streets. Groups retreated up streets then pushed cars into intersections to form barricades and set a number of fires in hastily improvised piles of Cartons and de Bris. Tear Gas was used in Chas ing away the demonstrators. The Climax came when some 300 invaded the Campus and smashed windows in Sproul Hall and the student Union. Cement bicycle Racks were broken up and chunks were thrown As the police began advancing but no injuries were reported. And motion pictures Quantity of books. And new Delhi Reuters the Indian government has agreed to a one month Extension of the ceasefire in Nagal Ancl up to july 31. An external affairs ministry spokesman said Satur Day. Naga nationalists fighting for Independence in the North Eastern Region of India agreed the Sarne period. Naga nationalists fought Indian Federal forces for 10 years up to 1964, when an official ceasefire took effect. Salts on Market continued the drug directorate warning said that somehow tartar emetic was included in batches of the product made in May and june. They went out to distributors in Fredericton Moncton Montreal Ottawa Toronto Lon Don ont., fort William Winni Peg Regina and Vancouver. It was not known How Many of the poisoned containers had already been shoppers. Purchased by if swallowed severe vomit ing May occur and the com Pound could cause the directorate said in a special Public bulletin. One Case of illness had Al ready been reported but the director ate said it did not know the location or seriousness of the Case. The error was. Discovered by the manufacturer and word was sent immediately to the health department Here. All dealers and stores Are warned to Stop sales of this product tie bulletin said. The salts Are sold grocery and other the Public is advised to Dis pose of this product if they have it in their Possession and to seek medical assistance if the salts have been the poisoned containers can be identified by one of five lot numbers printed on the labels. These numbers Are 6457, c458, 6459, 6466 and g4c7. Tartar emetic described by the bulletin As a poisonous in is technically known As Antimony a i ate. Veteran named Ottawa up John r. Nicholson the 66-year-old Veteran of three Federal Cabinet portfolios during the Pearson administration was appointed Friday As lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The selection was announced by prime minister Trudeau Fol lowing the first Cabinet meeting since tuesday s Federal elec Tion. Or. Nicholson takes Over immediately from George r. Pearkes 80, the former conserva Tive defence minister who had held the Post since 1960 and was on an extended term. Normally lieutenant governors Are appointed for five years. There had been speculation Here for months that the White haired Liberal minister would be named to toe ceremonial Post. It was height ened when he resigned the labor portfolio april 10 and announced in would not seek re election in Vancouver Centre. This will be another in. A series of careers for or. Nichol son. He a successful Vancou ver lawyer for 17 years before shifting to Ottawa in 1941 As Deputy controller of wartime supplies. Later he became a top executive with polymer the Crown synthetic w rubber production in Canada. After the War he held High positions in private Indus try. Pre Siire Gas Napper mounting on franc Rainbow rehearsal Rainbow stage will hold a dress rehearsal which the Public can attend at . Tuesday of its first production of the season carnival. All tickets Are for this unique Opportunity for a sneak preview. Some of the sequences May be repeated and there May be some goofs but the audience will definitely be Able to see the whole production and its Star studded cast. All proceeds go towards Furnis Liing the new Owca building at Balmoral Street and Ellice Avenue. The special showing is sponsored by the Manitoba radio and to broadcasters association and by the Winnipeg free press. Tickets Are available at All usual outlets at the Owca and at All radio and television stations. Baby drowns v in boating Accident Thompson Man. Special a seven week old baby girl drowned As the result of a boating Accident in the Nelson River 60 Miles Southeast of Here Early thursday morning. The baby Connie Greves daughter of Fred flit and Connie Greves a Thompson couple was one of a party of seven adults and three children travelling to a fishing Camp in an 18-foot wooden Hull. Ramp said the boat which was also carrying freight began to flounder in Choppy water and Sank almost immediately. The baby s Mother attempted to hold on to the child As she went under but lost her grip. The rest. Of the party Man aged to scramble to safety and after spending several hours in the Bush near the River were picked up by passing fishermen. An inquest has been ordered. Simpsons Sears continued it was nearing the intervention Point in trading for West German Marks italian lira and belgian francs. At the same time banking sources said the outflow of for Ign capital which helped in Duce a loss of in foreign Exchange re Erves since the beginning of he social and economic crisis ast month was continuing Apac ast month was continuing apace. 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The Poison control Centre at the Hospital for sick children Here said Friday it had directed two persons suffering from and vomiting to report i to their nearest Hospital. Toronto East general Hospi i Tal said it had heard from More i than 10 persons suffering i cramps after taking the salts. The Poison in the Salt is anti Mony potassium tartrate. R. Lloyd Devlin a Toronto official of the directorate said his department is concerned about what could happen a year from now. A Pei son who does t hear about the Poison could take the salts and be quite mysteriously in 1962 he ran successfully for parliament and a year later be came forestry minister in the first Cabinet formed by Lester b. Pearson. He later was shifted to postmaster general and then two years ago to the labor ministry. Or. Nicholson arrived in the labor department in 1966 just As a series of labor crises erupted troubles in St. Lawrence ports on the Seaway and in the rail Way and airline industries plagued him. A native of Newcastle . He was Only 15 years old when he entered Datti Ousie University on a scholarship in 1917, win rung an arts degree in 1921 Anc the Law school Gold medal ii 1923. Or. Nicholson is married to the former Jean Annand of Halifax. Their Only son John jr., is a paediatrician. Nese two education aides named two new appointments to the j Manitoba education department i were announced Friday by education minister George Johnson. Leonard a. Floyde of Killar Uey. Has been made assistant director o f instruction and supervisory services for the province. For the past 13 years or. Floyde has been inspector of schools in the Turtle Moun Tain school division. Students police clash Tokyo Reuters about 70 students and 20 policemen were reported injured Friday night when 1.200 leftist students clashed with police in the West Jem japanese port of Osaka. Police said the trouble began i after tile students some armed with Sticks and bricks demonstrated against a meeting of the asian and Pacific Council in Australia next Monty. No one really believes in de valuation right now but every seems to be taking Pecau one banker said. The decision on whether or not to devalue will be political not said another banking source. A Small devaluation now would make Good economic sense he pointed out that France or other member of the inter National monetary fund can devalue up to 10 per cent with out consulting her if part-1 sri. A u c h a mini devaluation j could solve some of the French economic he added. The franc has fallen below eight per cent in the Case of the . Unofficial Exchange markets doth inside and outside France. . Stocks quoted on the Paris Stock Exchange Are 10 to 15 per cent higher than they Are in new York. In addition temporary Export subsidies announced wednesday amounted to government Aid to exporters of six per cent until oct. 31 and three per cent far the next Oliree months. The French Economy which seemed stable a few months ago is caught Between two fires. The May crisis with its three weeks of general strikes produced inflationary wage Settle ments of across the Board raises averaging from 10 to 14 per cent. Transferred into higher production costs this will of course make French products that much less competitive abroad. Yet an attempt to deflate to hold prices and growth in Check would certainly Aggra vate a growing problem of unemployment which could set off another round of costly labor troubles. Worry about unemployment was counted As partly responsible for the May crisis. This con a 21-year-old Man wearing a Metal studded jacket pleaded guilty in provincial magistrate s court Friday to stealing Gaso line. Wayne Anson of no fixed address appeared before mag Istrate John Enns. Crown counsel Hersh Wolch said Anson had siphoned the Gas from a tractor on a construction site. After magistrate Enns had directed that the Case be adjourned until july 4 for pre sentence reports Anson told Liim i have made inquiries about working in he said he would be working there i three weeks. Magistrate Enns said he considered it unlikely that Anson would be allowed in the United states with a criminal record. News Flash free film get a Roll of Koda color or Black and White film free with every Roll you have processed at Simpsons Sears simply bring your film to Simpsons Sears for fast efficient developing. When your pictures Are re turned to you you receive a free Roll of the same Type of film. You never buy film again 9 guaranteed fast service guaranteed Quality processing offer includes All popular sizes camera dept., Ojo. 3c, main floor. Activities varied at Regina the official govern ment ceremony will be a 21-gun Salute at the legislature build ing. Other events will be Kite flying a Bathtub race and an Amateur Talent contest at the City s was Ana Lake Park. The new democratic youth organization at Broadview sask., 100 Miles East of Regina plans a shoot in at United states bombers flying Over can j Ada on practice missions. A spokesman for the group said it will be a protest against visible signs of . Dominance Over Canada. A similar Demon stration is scheduled at Naicam sask., at the Usan radar site. A 2l-gun Salute will also Mark july 1 at the legislature build Ings in Winnipeg. Other w e e k e n d events in i Alberta Are a Trout festival at flin flon a music Camp band concert a National drag race meet at Keystone and a Provin Cial exhibition at Brandon. In Ontario provincial police will take to the highways with All available men and equip ment As hol dayers Stream to beaches and Holiday resorts. 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He was one of 310 lancers who lome William Day principal j charged an estimated of Deloraine collegiate since dervishes in the Battle sept 2. 1961, has been appointed a seventy of his comrades were departmental inspector. Killed. Still look Down Tokyo a More than 1.000 Peers of the rising Sun realm from Barons to princes had a reunion 21 years after they were shorn of rank and title by Japan s 1947 Constitution. The gathering was held where their Plush Peers club House once stood amid exquisite gardens in downtown Tokyo a site now occupied by the sex Peers new clubhouse atop Japan s first skyscraper. Potatoes nutritious potatoes provide food Energy thiamine Riboflavin Vitamin c and Iron. Parks Are expected to attract the bulk of City dwellers. I the Nova Scotia Highway i safety Council is conducting a Safe driving Campaign concentrating on the dangers of the slow Driver and urging motorists to drive defensively. 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