Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 22, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 final edition 253 Price Loc with 15c comics monday july 22, 1968 Sun am. Moon Rena m. Sun 9 25 pm Moon sets 11 pm forecast warmer 55 and so million twister inks out skies free press photographer Dave Banner was on the scene when a Tor Nado ripped through la Riviere Early saturday night. Before joining the rest of the population of the ski resort area in seeking shelter or. Bon Ner took this sequence of pictures. On the left the twister swirls Down to the ground Between a bunk car and a Cabin owned by de Rutherford of Winnipeg. In the Pic Ture on the right taken a few seconds later Deb Ris from the Cabin flies through the air As it is demolished by the twister. Only the floor of the Cabin and a Loose Rug remain untouched. Note the upright Utility trailer in the picture on the left. In the picture on the right it is shown top pled Over after it was swept against the bunk car. Moments after thex second picture was taken the Tornado reached Peak velocity and the bunk car was blown 10 feet off its wooden footings. Lewis to be nip House he will Lead 22-Man group in commons instead of Douglas by Barry came David Lewis my elect for Toronto York South was chosen Leader of the new democratic party Here sunday. Or Lewis who has been Deputy Leader of the party since 1965, Wie succeed t. C. Douglas As nip chief in the House of commons although or. Douglas will remain a the nominal head of the Federal party until a leadership convention is held in july 1969. A 59-year-t old labor lawyer or. Lewis Defeated another Toronto w Democrat Andrew Brewin Toronto Greenwood for the parliamentary leadership of the 22 member nip contingent. The caucus meeting with or Douglas As chairman selected the new Leader by secret ballot and party spokes men refused to disclose the vote in the two Man contest Only one member of the caucus John Gilbert my elect for Broadview was absent from the meeting which was described by or Lewis As being concerned with laying the organizational guide lines for the group in the next parliament in addition to choosing parliamentary replacement for or. Douglas the caucus session also appointed new drafted three policy statements one on the current postal David Lewis Biafra Nigeria Confer by Arnold Zeitlin Niamey niger resent Tives of Nigeria and secessionist Biafra have begun talks aimed at breaking the stalemate that is keeping food from Mihi o n s of refugees threatened with starvation in the breakaway West african tribal state. The two delegations met Sun Day in Niamey the niger Capi Tal Northwest of Nigeria and please see earlier stories pages 2 and agree on an Agenda for peace talks getting under Way soon in Ethiopia. A communique issued after the conference said the Dele Gates also discussed Concrete proposals for the transportation of Relief to the civilian victims of the there was no indication How Ever of any Progress toward agreement on Relief measures. Another meeting was scheduled today. It was expected to please see Biafra Page 6 please see nip Page 6 features today singing that Tiger 18 today s Index classified 24 to 35 38, 37 4 21 to 23 comics deaths finance movies sports television women 16 to 29 8 13, 14 City zone total 12v32 Govi probing three people in wind flipped car Hurt houses elevator resort Grain damaged by Bob Lis Way Manitoba government officials Are going to the Southern Manitoba Tor Nado area to assess what Relief measures May be made available. The Cost of saturday night s Tornado which ripped through la Riviere and Cut a Swath through 20 Miles of farm country May be As High As million the time damage is cleaned up. Car tossed by twister by Joe Wiesenfeld Morden main staff a spiral of smoke that three people in la Riviere mistook for a fire at about pm saturday turned out to be a howling twister that picked up their car and carried it 50 Yards. The three were Talicen to Morden District general Hospital with minor cuts and bruises Davies of Brandon talked of the wild ride from his Hospital bed afternoon c. I floated around the car a balloon. We All r ended up in the Back seat what in 7f v her brother Jack 14, of la Riviere were passengers in the car or Davies said they had intended to go to a movie when they were attracted by the it looked like there was1 a big fire a barn burning we drove out to see what it was when we got to the spot we could t see any thing because of a line of Trees. Then the Tornado swept Down on us from behind Trees i tried to Back out of its path but it just picked us up please see twister the twister damaged several houses turned farm buildings into kindling Wood injured three persons when it overturned their car ripped off a Grain elevator roof heavily damaged a ski resort flattened Grain Fields broke Hydro and Telephone lines and uprooted thousands of Trees. No deaths were reported but numerous close Calls occurred. In an interview monday morn ing agriculture minister Harry j Enns said he would be sending his Deputy minister to the storm area tuesday morn ing for a Day Long inspection of Tufe damage. The Deputy i Robert Wallace has been instructed to come up with a rough financial estimate of the extent of the damage and also Tor inquire into How much insurance coverage there was in addition the provincial emergency measures Organiza Tion is also preparing a detailed estimate of the damage. Page 6 please see Tornado Page 12 Lillian Ann and caught nearly everyone reads the free press Tokyo a fishermen were a bit frightened after fishing a polka dotted monster out of the sea. They said the monster believed to be x deep sea caught in their net White they were fishing in the Pacific East of Tokyo. It was about six feet Long and weighed about 200 pounds with two fins Sharp As the Fisherman its head and Back had nine resembling As Many rugged saws and it had polka dots on its body they added to ii ii or was on the spot even while off duty free press photographer Dave Bonner usually carries a camera with bins. Saturday night it paid off when a Tornado hit la Riviere when or. Bonner was spend ing a quiet weekend. The results Are shown on this Page Page 3 and on Page 11. Called out to write the stories on the twister which or. Bonner witnessed free press reporters Bob us Way Gordon Arnold and Joe Wisenfeld whose stories Abo appear on pages 1, and 11. Dave Bonner Blaze hits Basilica fire rages Over the newly painted roof and twin towers of the St. Boniface Basilica. The Structure is. 60 years old. Famed Church afire flames lick Basilica. Roof i j and towers fire ravaged St. Boniface Basilica to Day. Flames licked along the painted roof and up both of the twirl towers it the 60 year old landmark part of the stonework at Back of the building cracked under pressure from the hoses and the heat and fell into the 4 firemen and police fearing the two towers in front also would the area of 500 or m Ore spectators please see famed Page 6 czechs spurn Moscow summons Prague special tons Czechoslovakia s Liberal communist leaders have flatly re fused Moscow s demand that Moscow t a Thi leaders of the feuding soviet and czechoslovak communist party will meet in Czechoslovakia an official announcement said Here to Day. They go to the so vet u4ion for a showdown meeting with the Elm officials it was officially announced sunday. The Prague i and Tele for a this want and under miscellaneous 59 used Only t or stove and fridge wringer Washer is among the hundreds of bait gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you shop and save in free press want ads. Vision networks reported that the regime of communist chief Alexander Dubcek half refused to discuss their Radical program of liberalization the soviet leaders anywhere except on Ami interviews with a number Sof citizens were broadcast to on Strate solid popular backing for this decision t with state merits by one after another that their leaders not go to Many of our leaders already been. To said interviewed on the streets of Prague monday. " a remarked wryly that other communist statesmen he v a gone to Moscow and have sick t r czechoslovak party leaders were meeting today to discuss terms for. Facing soviet leaders telegrams and other appeals were reported flooding into communist party Headquarters in Prague urging or. Dubcek not to accept a russian invitation for talks in Russia. Please see Moscow Page 12 if i ;