Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 701 free press final edit Iii vol. 75 no. 250 Price Loc with comics thursday july 1968 Sun rises Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast sunny 50 and 75 czechs defy Russia nation will fight interference Moscow told by Peter Rehak Prague a Czechoslovakia s Liberal communist leadership promised the support of Yugo Slavia Romania and West Ern Europe s biggest communist parties today de fied Moscow s orthodox world. It warned that an attempt to restore the old stalinist life would face the resistance of the Over whelming majority of the nation. This stance was the Czecho slovak party presidium s reply to Tough demands from the so Viet Union and four East bloc governments in its orbit that Prague return in effect to regimented party life and a closed society. A statement rejected the hard liners 1 Contention that the communist system is in Clanger Here and said there is nothing counter revolutionary about the Liberal course that has Fol Lowed the overthrow of Antonin Novotny the discredited presi Dent and party chief. Any indication of a return to his methods would evoke the resistance of the overwhelming majority of party members the resistance of the working class the workers the co operative Farmers and of the intelligent the statement said. Power off crees can t store meat no fresh food since july 9 on blood vein Reserve by Joe Wiesenfeld blood vein Reserve Man staff a decision by the Winnipeg office of the Federal department of Indian affairs to close Down the Power Plant at this isolated Community during the sum Mer Means a diet of canned foods with fresh meat for the 317 members of this Gree band and their 150 children. Calm on wheat Cut abolition by India of wheat imports in the next three years As prime minister Indira Gandhi says India do in t seen As a serious develop ment for the Canadian Grain Industry. The forecast that India Hopes to Stop imports was made by mrs. Gandhi when she released 1 a special stamp marking the country s mrs. Gandhi said that the preliminary estimate of Indian wheat production in this year s bumper Harvest is bushels 33 per cent More than the record set three years ago. Canada sent More than bushels of wheat to India in the crop year 1966-67, but 41 million were handouts under government Aid pro Grams. India has not been a big commercial importers of wheat for dollars and anything we Are earning from her now is Only a leading official in the Canadian wheat Industry said Here thursday. But the Indian wheat position has been rising and falling so dramatically in recent years that it is an impossible Market to assess. For that reason its disappearance As an importer would be a loss though As things Are looking at present not a very serious e. E Baxter of Winnipeg director of statistics of Cana please see Calm Page 6 features today still waiting for tax refunds 15 claiming Mark set at Downs 51 today s Index classified 32 to 44 comics 30, 31 deaths 14 finance 23 to 25 movies .53 sports 45 to 51 television. 52 women 17 to 19 City zone total mrs to Aid miners Manitoba medical service has made a Speal Deal with residents of Bissett to make sure that those in need of medical care won t be excluded because of the bankruptcy of the san Antonio Gold mines. When the mine was thrown into receivership july 5, the company owed the service Sev eral thousands of dollars. It had been deducting premiums from its employees on a group plan but had t been remitting them to the medical service head office in Winnipeg. We weren t getting our pay ments for quite a a spokesman for the service said thursday. But he explained the administration of the plan has been taken out of the hands of the bankrupt mining company and taken Over by the mine accountant Len Gendre As a private citizen. Or. Gendre now is collecting the premiums from the Bissett miners and sending them to Winnipeg. The men still enjoy the benefits of the group plan which offers considerably lower insurance rates. Please see special Page 6 the blood vein Reserve is about 150 air Miles North of Winnipeg at the Narrows of Lake Winnipeg where it joins the blood vein River. With the Power Plant closed the deep freeze which the band bought in 1966 can no longer be used to store freshly killed meat or fish the Only sources of fresh meat Here. Without s t o r a facilities meat and fish spoil within a Day and in july and August Hunting and fishing produce very Little. See Story pictures Page 3 it s hard on them the children not having any fresh meat. A lot of them Are anaemic they need fresh said Isabelle Young in an interview Here wednesday. She and her husband who used to be the Plant s attendant have 16 children. Mrs. Young said the Power Plant shut Down july 9, on orders from the Reserve agent John l. Geisbrecht. It was installed three years ago. Its like giving a i d some Candy then snatching it in a Telephone interview in Winnipeg previously or. Geis Brecht had said that the Plant had been shut Down because the Cost of operating it during the summer was exorbitant. It is owned and operated by the department of Indian affairs. It provides Power for the school the band s Hall a roman Catholic Mission on the please see indians Page 12 cont flt de signs in three languages sprang up on picket lines at the Winnipeg general Post office today the first of a Canada wide postal workers strike. The French placard of the striker in the Centre reads no right is in yiddish stating postal workers seek Day contract no work. The sign held by the Man on the equal rights. Small pos still working Small Post offices in Mani Toba which Aren t closed by the National strike called by the Council of postal unions Are cancelling letters As usual. The staff of Canada s Small Post offices is represented by a different Union from those on strike the Canadian Post masters association a Rural Manitoba postmaster explained thursday in a Telephone inter View. The postmaster said a truck ing service has been set up Between Post offices in Small Rural communities in the prov Ince. Thus if a Winnipeg Ger wants to Send a letter to a Friend in say the Village of Macgregor he can do so by dropping it in the mail at heading Ley he said. Please see Small Page 6 nearly everyone reads the free press wheat talks soon by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff talks will begin soon Between the Cana Dian wheat Board and the russian wheat importing Agency for the Sale of bushels of wheat in the crop year commencing aug. 1 this year a Canadian Trade and Commerce spokesman said Here today. The russians have a three year wheat agreement to Pur Chase with Canada. It extends from aug. 1, 1966 to july 31, 1969. Under that agreement the russian government agreed to buy bushels of wheat to Date they have taken bushels. Please see wheat Page 12 Grain handlers asked offered Grain handlers now have a Basic wage of an hour. Union originally asked for an increase of an hour on a one year contract. During negotiations it indicated it would accept an hour Over a two year contract. Management offered a 42 cent an hour increase two years. Chairman of a Federal conciliation Board recommended 70 cents an Louryn four stages Over two years. Management representative on the Board recommended 55 cents an hour Over two years. Union representative recommended an hour Over two years. Last contract expired dec. V1967. Other Points in dispute include statutory holidays sharing of medical insurance costs shift hours overtime work and paydays. Workers at Lakehead leave jobs in Surprise move fort William up Grain handlers walked off their jobs Early today and set up picket lines at 28 terminal elevators at the Lakehead hours before Union and management representatives were to contract negotiations. About members of Lodge 650, brotherhood of rail Way airline and steamship clerks freight handlers express and station employees Are involved. Earlier this month the Grain handlers voted 97 per cent in capitalists defy peking Hong tons a nation wide network of illegal under ground enterprises As not Only mocking China s strict formal prohibition on Pri vate ownership but doing a thriving business with state owned firms and even Mili tary units. The trend exemplified by an underground welding factory in the Metropolis of 90 Miles from Hong Kong. A Workman who has just escaped to Hong Kong described its profit making procedures. His factory was just one among thousands in communist China. Stimulated by red tape widespread unemployment and shortages of raw materials foodstuffs and con Sumer goods while blessed by the calculated disregard of officials the underground free enterprises Are linked to each other and to compliant functionaries by a of personal relationships in the traditional chinese manner. They survive and grow because they Are efficient and because they Appeal to the Normal desire to get As much As possible for one s work a Bourgeois tendency communists have been unable to crush. Favor of strike action to support demands of a wage increase of an hour on. A Basic wage of an hour. No Date was set for strike action at the time of the vote and the walkout at 8 . Edt today came As a Surprise. The action came As Union rep please see Surprise Page 12 wide wage Gap separates govt., Union in mail dispute by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa staff Canada s postal service ground to a halt Early today after the Council of postal unions rejected a government of a six per cent wage increase in spite of the deadlock the two sides Are continuing negotiations under mediator judge Rene Lippe. The will resume on Sun Day afternoon. In separate press conferences wednesday judge Lippe the Council spokesmen and trea wheat crops Patchy unlikely to match 67 yield by Chris Vickes it is doubtful whether Prairie wheat production this year will reach last year s total of 574 million bushels. The total Manitoba will be Down some of the Best Saskatchewan wheat producing areas have below Normal crops and in Alberta Only the peace River and South Ern areas show Promise of bumper or near bumper crops. Prairie Farmers sowed about 27 million acres of wheat this year a five per cent decrease from 1967. This will be a significant Factor in total yields. The p r a i r i e wheat crop. Is a Patchwork ranging from poor to excellent. The same is True of Oats and Barley and there could be a shortage of feed grains in some of the dry areas. The total flax yield will be up mainly because of an increased acreage of nearly 25 per cent. Haying is nearly completed with a shortage of fodder expected in Western Manitoba and Southern Saskatchewan. For detailed report on Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta by free press Cor respondents see Page 22. In Manitoba Good yields can be expected in most of the South Central Region. Crops Are late in the Swan River Valley and the Interlake country. Much of the area lying West of Highway 10 has a below Normal crop and in the important red River Valley there has been too much ram. Flooding by heavy please see wheat Page 8 sury Board president Charles m. All said some pro Gress had been made. But on the crucial Issue of a wide Gap remains and the government May have no alternative but to Call an emergency session .6ft Parlia ment to impose a settlement. Although neither Side would please see postal Page 8 postal wage negotiations 1 i Beer drought ends in Ontario Toronto up Ontario Beer drinkers can beat the heat today when the province s 350 Brewers i email Storey reopen after being closed 26 Days by a labor dispute. A new three year contract was ratified by brewery work ers wednesday. With 600 workers still to be heard from members of the United brewery flour be real soft drink and distillery workers of America voted 86 per cent in favor of accepting the agreement which provides i for a 93-cent-an-hour wage in please see peking is Page 12 crease. Robert Woolvett executive Secretary of the Ontario brew ers Institute and spokesman for the Industry said Beer supplies in warehouses will be sufficient to meet demands when stores open today several breweries began operations with fee Midnight shift wednesday. The new contract signed Early wednesday following a 16-hour bargaining session pro Vides for a in crease retroactive to Jan. I and an additional 13 cents an hour please see Beer Page 6 coast guard ar11ests seven yacht allegedly pirated los Angeles special tons five Young me and two 15 year old girls were in custody Here wednesday after the yacht they allegedly pirated from los Angeles Harbor w As fired upon and captured by a coast guard boarding party. A gun Crew aboard the Cutter Cape Hatteras fired 15 rounds of 50-calibre am munition across the Bow of the 49-foot Ketch Resolute before it was brought totbay1 tuesday grappling Hooks four Miles off Cata Lina Island after a 12-hour Chase. It was the first time in the memory of local als that the coast guard to peace time ipad fired of Anco boarded a vessel on the open sea off the West coast. Arrested after a Brief confrontation on the deck of the Resolute when a youth with a Machete faced two Fri agents were Parrell Bethany 24 looking for a fridge this want and under Misc. Art 59 frid6e suitable for sum Mer. Cottage. Pm. 832-3569. J is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec matter what you shop and save in free press want ads. John William Berry 23 Dennis Dean Seaman 20 Peter Hans Wood 18 Terry Lee v a r n e y 17 and Frances Cook and Yida Ozbun both 15. All declined to list their Home addresses. Bethany Berry Seaman and Wood Are in the custody of the . Marshal and were charged with inter state transportation of stolen property. V a r n e y miss Cook and miss Ozbun were booked with the others grand theft boat and were held by los Angeles police As juveniles. Owner of the Reso Lute Edison Fabian re ported the Craft missing tuesday morning and Char i please see yacht Page 6 letter carriers now Start at a week and reach maximum after 5 years of postal clerks now Start at a week and reach maximum after 5 years of postal workers average wage is now an hour. Unions Are asking 75 cents an hour increase Over 14 months a boost of 26.1 to 39.1 per cent when applied to All categories Union officials say they will take less if concessions Are made in fringe benefits arid improved working conditions. Government offer is a 10 cent an hour pay increase from test aug. 1 and a further five cents from March i to sept. 30, 1968, the end of the 14-month contract period a package increase of six per cent. Postal strikers picket about 50 postal workers on strike for More pay and better working conditions picketed the main Post office on Smith Street at Graham Avenue thursday morning. Union officials said other picketers were parading at All staff Post offices throughout the province. There were also picket duty men at the two railway stations in Winnipeg to see if anyone is hauling said Fred Reich president of the Canadian Union of postal work ers the other Union on strike is the letter carriers Union of Canada no mail will be accepted and no facilities Are available for persons to obtain any mail by calling at the Post office. A spokesman for the Winnipeg general Post office had been a steady said there Stream of people thursday morning mistakenly assuming they could pick up any mail waiting for them there. But they can t. Postal clerks As Well As letter carriers Are out on strike. The Manitoba postal staffs have walked out As part of a coast to coast strike of postal indoor outdoor workers following an unresolved wage please see postal Page 6 470 Cross line about 470 civil servants who went to work thursday at the main Post office building at. Smith Street and Graham Avenue had. To walk through picket lines of striking postmen. There was no interference or embarrassment caused to those civil servants not on strike. The office building houses the offices of about 160 department of transport employees and some 290 employees of the unemployment insurance commission regional and Winnipeg area. There Are also 16 department of defence recruiting officers. The 470 civil servants can be expected to report daily for work., without hindrance Union officials have indicated. Postal workers have picketing the main Post office building and other postal offices since Early thursday following a breakdown of negotiations with the Federal Treasury Board in Ottawa. The nation wide postal strike was called in a demand for More pay and better working conditions. Unemployment insurance claimants who normally get their Benefit cheques by mail Are calling in Large numbers at the Winnipeg Pic office in the Post. Office to pick up their cheques in person ;