Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday july 23, 1963 russians to visit czechs continued states and France were re ported to Haye changed plans to hold manoeuvres in september three Miles from West Ger Many s Border with Czechoslovakia. West German officials predicted the exercises would be held Well away from the Border or Al a later Date in order to give the soviets any pretext for intervention in Czechoslovakia. Pravda the soviet communist party newspaper said today the Western allies change of plans changed nothing. It said the manoeuvres merely were being shifted either to an other time or another place. A soviet attempt to accuse the United states and its allies of meddling in Czechoslovakia brought a protest monday in Washington. Dean Rusk state Secretary summoned soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and told him that these allegations Are so and asked for an explanation from the soviet a spokesman said. Dusk was referring to reports in Moscow papers of the discovery of . Arms caches meant for anti communists in Czechoslovakia. Many czechoslovak think the caches which have been of Small size were planted by East germans or by some of the soviet troops while they were in the country. Prague sources said the bus sians asked for the ouster of . Var Lav Krehlik the czechoslovak communist party s top military Man As head of the party Central committee department for defence and Security. Prchlik aroused soviet ire by his demand for the withdrawal of soviet troops his Call for a revision of foe Warsaw pact to make All members equal to the soviet Union and his preventing the army from blocking the Ous Ter of Antonin Nowotny As party chief earlier this year. Informed sources in Prague said soviet leaders had sent a new note to the czechoslovak government contending the. Czechoslovak army is incapable of defending the country s West Ern Frontier with Germany and demanding a solution to this the lived in the soviet politburo who dismissed the idea of armed developments were be a Victory for moderates deaths Bass mrs. Mary Ann 78, of 376 Ellice Avenue suite a. Mrochkowski mrs. Mary 75, of 459 Manitoba Avenue. Carter Charles j., of isling ton ont. Cosens Edwin. Russell 90, of Fisher Branch Man. Desmarais Maxi Rae 78, of 110 Bryce Street formerly of Birdtail sask. Dumas Michel 73, of 991 Isbister Street Assiniboia. Gruber Frank 66, of 39 Lily Street. Kropp Joseph Stanley 55, of 232 Glenwood Crescent Kropp tool and die Ltd. President. Laurin mrs. Eugene 49, of Dufrost Man Mcneill John Watson of 21 May fair place suite 801. Meadows Helen Margery 66, of 2015 Portage Avenue suite 12, St. James. More John Reuben 69, of Liberal Kansas a Farmer. Mykoluk John 90, of 277 Austin Street formerly of Humboldt sask. Popowich Parania of 1023 Selkirk Avenue. Hanosky Michael Paul 17. Of 30 Victoria Crescent St. Vital Skar Ole 72, of 244 Logan Avenue. Smith mrs Irene Smith 76, of 99 Shaughn Nessy Street suite 310, formerly of Selkirk Man. Thom William 81, of 536 Camden Street St. James a retired Carpenter. Thomas mrs. Beatrice Lillian 56, of Gypsumville Man. Turney mrs. Sarah Kelowna ., formerly of Redwood Avenue. Walton mrs. Alfred Chris Tina 76, of 809 Arling ton Street. Zywina John 85, of 670 Lansdowne Avenue formerly of 873 Boyd Avenue a retired in employee. For further information please see classified death notices by the Canadian press Ardsley on Hudson . Gerald a l. Andrew 63, Cana Dian native and vice president in charge of specialized Loans for the manufacturers Hanover Trust co. Chervil Giovanni Guareschi 60, who gained worldwide Fame with books and movies on his Little world of Don Camillo of a heart attack. London red g. 63, of Windsor ont., a retired pharmacist and a for Mer part time member of the Board of broadcast governors. L e s 1 i e Lawson 68, president of the Chicago vocational training corp. Schools in Edmonton Winnipeg Toronto Montreal and Minneapolis and Vancouver. Joseph Kilberth 60, after collapsing while directing an opera at the National theatre of a heart at tack. Intervention after Czechoslovakia s communist party cent ral c m i 11 e e and people rallied around the Liberal leadership of czech party Leader Alexander Dubcek in rejecting the. Demands of the Warsaw letter. The coolness and firmness which the Dubcek team maintained throughout the. Crisis appeared to have won soviet As Well As National respect. There was also More Ihan a hint of adroit behind the scenes East West in Mon Day s a l m o s 1 simultaneously with the Moscow and Prague announcements West German Chancellor Kurt g e o r g Kiesinger announced that Allied manoeuvres schedule eed for next month on West German territory near the czechoslovak Frontier would be can celled As inappropriate under the circumstances. Soviet news Media including pravda Mon Day morning had justified the stay of soviet units in Czechoslovakia three weeks after the announced completion of War saw pact manoeuvres by referring to the coming Western manoeuvres in Germany. Secretary of state Dean Rusk and other . Officials have formally denied reports of american warnings that armed intervention in Czechoslovakia answers sought on Siu continued the donations were revealed by the Wall Street journal on. Friday in an article raising the spectre of political Reward for services rendered. Senator Fannin asked or. Wirtz to Supply him a copy of his memo to or. Rusk and to justify any possible recommendations he May have made on behalf of or. Banks in View of the letter s alleged conduct in Canada. Senator Fannin also asked for the names of any Union personnel who May have suggested that he pass any word on to or. Rusk. Senator Fannin noted in his letter that it was Only state the concern of himself and other senators with whom he had discussed the Issue Over Ehe propriety of Cabinet officers involving themselves in such cases and of the threat of abuse of Power by Union officials. Senator Fannin a social and economic conservative has frequently expressed himself on the danger of Union Power. He says he dislikes the idea of Union Bosses using Union affairs to determine the interpretation of International trea ties such As that under which Canada sought or. Banks extradition. Senator Fannin asked or. Wirtz to reply before the end of the week if possible. Behind scenes in the Senate he is looking into the possibility of a Senate committee investigation of any possible link Between the Banks Case and the donation. Or. Fannin is a member of Senate labor and Public welfare committee. Another senator known interested in the Case and looking into it is John Williams Republican who frequently wins publicity for his revelations of financial malfeasance connected with government. R. Wirtz a Friend and supporter of or. Humphrey says he was unaware of ithe seafarers contribution following the Banks decision. He says he is concerned that the size and the timing of Thi donation could Hurt or. Humphrey and that he intends to Check into the situation. Political donations to. The democrats Are nothing new for the seafarers who contributed to the democratic Campaign in but the timing of year s donations has alerted republicans to the possibility of scandal. Is known to be interested in aspects of seafarers operation in addition finance. Or. Banks is understood to be in charge of seamanship train ing for the Siu. The Union has a million fund for this purpose but Only men at sea. Or. Fannin regards the fund As highly generous for the training of that number of men from Ordinary to Able bodied seamen and would like to know whether the Money is accumulated by kick backs for other Means and whether some of it May be used or unannounced purposes such As training goons. Would ruin prospects Lor soviet american detente. However officials have admitted that the effects on . Public opinion May have been discussed in private informal conversations with soviet diplomats. Czechoslovak television Mon Day night prominently reported former vice president Richard m. Nixon s speech warning that intervention in Czechoslovakia would prejudice soviet Ameri can efforts at arms control and other agreements. Soviet willingness to seek a Compromise with Czechoslovakia was foreshadowed by a front Page editorial in pravda Mon Day morning which for the first time disclosed to the soviet people that Prague had rejected the Warsaw letter s charges of counter pravda editorial made no new threats or accusations and while alluding to last Friday s soviet politburo Public invitation to the czech leaders to Moscow Kiev or Lvov monday or tuesday did say that Prague had already ruled out such a meeting. Pravda also printed for the first time some of the czech leaders own arguments by quoting excerpts from the czech party president s answer to the Warsaw letter which it Only partly refuted. Finally pravda referring to a article saturday in the czech Trade Union paper Prace conceded that the Art icle was an official communist party document. This was regarded As a key Concession since the czechs have been arguing that their press is and should remain free. Soviet polemicist have trained their fire on czech journalists and the Warsaw letter demanded that the Dubcek team restore censorship. Fire cancels business news of the St. Boniface Basilica fire cancelled regular business at monday s meeting of the Transcona police fire and Public works committee. Mayor Harry Fuller said that lie and City police chief Joseph Teres had rushed to the fire scene at i . Monday. It was a terribly bad he said. I would like to see a letter sent to St.1 Boniface Council and archbishop Baudoux expressing Pur the six member committee agreed unanimously. Alderman Charles. J. Perry committee chairman said destruction of the Cathedral was it Only a loss to St. Boniface jut a loss to the entire at first news of the fire a Transcona fire truck was. Placed m standby should a second Maze erupt in St. Boniface mayor Fuller said. He said he Felt the loss of the Basilica was a. Blow to All citizens of the greater Winnipeg Are regardless of Faith. Killed for 10 cents Dillon Mont. A an altercation Over a dime resulted in the death of a Dillon Man in a bar . Henry Hoerster 23, was shot to death near closing time officials said. Coroner Ray Schwartz said a inquest is planned. Mussolini s widow gets pension Rome Long fight Rachele Mussolini widow of the italian dictator will finally get a pension from the state. Italy s top administrative Tri Bunal ruled saturday that be Nito Mussolini had been in the service of the for yep re than 20 years and that is widow is eligible for a govern ment pension. Mrs Mussolini lives on a age. Estate in her native rom Agna near the Adriatic Cost. She owns a successful restauri ant. Mrs. Mussolini first applied for the pension in 1961. State lawyers however said then that the time limit for Applina Ion had run out. Later they reversed themselves and ruled that it is never too1 late to apply for a widow s pension. Air final decision by the administrative t r i b u n a 1, the court acknowledged that Mem Bers of the government Are entitled to a state pension after 20. Years of service. In making her claim mrs. Mussolini said principle Money was at stake. The amount of the pension was known. Basilica reduced to Shell continued smouldering debris but St Boniface tire chief Emery Proulx said monday that if the tombs were Well sealed they should still be All right. Mayor Joseph Quay my elect for St Boniface suggested the City should help pick up the Cost of rebuilding the Church so vast halt fire continued the Only thing that could possibly have confined the fire in the Basilica would have been sprinklers he said. As it was the Only fire equipment in the building was portable fire extinguishers useless in Mon Day s fire. A St. Boniface fireman reached the Basilica attic through one of the twin Bell towers but soon the smoke and heat were too intense for him to stay the chief said at . Monday at the request of a representative of mayor Joseph of St. Boniface the Winnipeg fire department sent an Aerial lad Der truck and a pumper to the fire. Contrary to earlier reports fire chief c. N. W. Shewan of Winnipeg said that to the Best of his knowledge his men had no trouble getting to die fire because of traffic and crowds blocking the route. Police chief William 0. Russell of St. Boniface praised the 10 St. Boniface policemen and six Winnipeg policemen for excellent crowd control and praised the crowds for their co operation in keeping cathedrals Avenue Clear near the fire. The Winnipeg fire units had no trouble getting through chief Russell said. Police also helped control crowds when Hospital officials ordered the evacuation of tache chronic and geriatric Hospital at 500 tache Avenue 100 Yards South of the Basilica. Half an hour later after 20 of the 450 patients in tache Hospital had been evacuated to St. B o n i f Ace Hospital the evacuation order was rescinded and the evacuated patients were returned chief Russell said. Two killed monday in accidents a i they said both Drivers were alone in their cars at the time. An inquest into the deaths with or. W. D. Guy Coroner presiding was set for tuesday afternoon or. Shewchuk died Early monday when the tractor he was driving toppled into a ditch and pinned Bun. The Accident occurred near the family farm just South of Brandon. No inquest has been set four shot . By the associated press four persons were killed and our others wounded in four sep Arate shooting incidents in the . Monday. The dead included a new Jersey Bank manager to. Vacationers in California and a Texas District attorney. Police held suspects in each of the fatal shootings. The latest violent outburst occurred monday night when a Man broke into a san Luis obis to calif., sporting goods store grabbed a pistol and then shot Siree vacationers strolling on the sidewalk. August Marsala 46, and vie both of Yonkers were Marsala s wife Evelyn was wounded in the Chest and left wrist and was serious condition. Police arrested William Duff 38, of Havre de Grace my. He booked on suspicion of Mur Der. In Clarendon five shots from a 30-30 Rifle killed District attorney John Gillham As he emerged from his shoots attacker continued when they arrived they saw a Man standing in the Street in front of the House with a knife in each hand said the report. When the Cruiser stopped he rushed to the passenger Side of the Cruiser and lunged at the police Constable i the Constable driving the Cruiser had already Slid out the Driver s door so the Constable being attacked ducked and also Slid out the Driver s Side. I m going to kill chief blow said the Man was Yelling As the two officers vainly tried to pacify him. Police officers were backing up and he was moving Forward All the time they chief blow said when the Man lunged with his knives again the policeman pulled his revolver and fired Low once., the policeman fired again when the Man lunged again. The Man dropped one knife and collapsed on the Boulevard. The constables took him to Hospital which attracted thousands of visitors to Ehe City each year. Just a week ago St., held c Al e b r a t i o n s to commemorate the Leoth anniversary of its founding i m afraid we were too proud of the Cathedral. By we i mean the whole province and in a Way the whole of Western archbishop Baudoux said. He said about 25 priests and laymen pitched in before flames spread to try to save some of the historical relics but most were lost in the Blaze. Vestments hosts and All but one of the archbishops chairs including one hand carved for Bishop Beliveau when he was named Bishop in 1913 were salvaged. Archbishop Lange Vin s chair was lost firemen assured the Arch Bishop that chalices in the Sacristy vault at the rear of the building would remain undamaged. No records or documents were destroyed since they were stored in the rectory following the 1860 fire when All records from 1818 to 1860 were lost he said. Fire chief Proulx complained that fire hydrants on cathedrals Avenue served by four Inch water Mains could Supply sufficient pressure for the fire hoses. Eight to 10-Inch Mains were needed he said. Mayor Guay however said Theu was plenty of. Water available in the Mains and suggested a couple of More pumpers could have been used. As it was two trucks including a snorkel unit from the Winni Peg fire department called out to assist St. Boniface firemen. The fire alarm was turned in at by one of a group of painters who had been working on the Basilica roof since 7 . Bernard the Foreman said he and his Crew saw no sign of fire before noon. About 10 minutes after we first saw the smoke something exploded and blew out a few Small windows and away the fire or. Rothery said. During the height of the fire the Orange flames Licking around the huge Rose windows provided a bizarre sort of hypnotic Beauty for the thou Sands of spectators attracted to the scene. St. Boniface police Corrido Ned off Tahoe Avenue at Provencher Avenue and were hard pressed to keep the crowds out of the cemetery and away from the front of the building. Thousands were still Stream ing past the Church at 10 . And a heavy Blue smoke Hung Over the cemetery the final resting place of Many of Manitoba s Early heroes and martyrs including Louis Riel. More than 400 patients from the roman Catholic tache Hospital were evacuated during the fire in Case flames spread. One fireman overcome by smoke was taken to Hospital by Amu Lance. A 70-year-old a inv watching the flames consume the Basil Ica recalled watching its construction from 1906 to 1908 and assisting at the Benediction on oct. 4, 1908. X the first Cathedral which was ready a to Chapel and Home of Bishop pro Mericher was. Started in 1818 and replaced in 1825. A third was build of Stone in 1839. This was destroyed by fire in 186j and in under the guidance of Bishop tache a new Stone Structure was erected. This present Structure in by Bishop Langevin. The first Reed Organ in the Wes t belonged to 4he Grey nuns and was transferred from their institution to the Cathedral for sunday service s. In Bishop tache received the first pipe Organ As a gift from from friends in Montreal to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his episcopal consecration archbishop Baudoux said the crypt beneath the main altar contained a Tomb prepared for his burial. He became Arch Bishop of St. Boniface in 1952. Clerical vestments offered a Winnipeg Ger said he intends to donate clerical vestments valued at to the Arch diocese of St. Boniface following the monday s fire in St. Boni face Basilica Lewis a. Murray of .485 Wel Lington Crescent said in a Tele phone interview monday that he hoped his gift will contribute in some Way to the restoration of a Cathedral of similar stature and Beauty. Let s rebuild that he said. I explained that during his years As an anglican Lay Reader he had built up the collection of. Clerical raiment which he now intends to give away. Eight year s ago an exhibition of Church furnishings was held at or. Murray s Home. The display included some. Of the priceless artefacts stored in the St. Boniface Basilica. It is yet known whether they were destroyed by the fire. Or. Said he Hopes other Winnipeg citizens will also contribute to the rebuilding of the landmark. Last in Prince George re. Up the Nigger ranch coun try of Central British Columbia is providing a last Frontier for a grow i n g number of United states immigrants. Almost unnoticed in the influx of younger americans leaving the . To avoid the draft a different Breed of immigrant ranchers Farmers and their families have b e e n filtering into Central No figures Are available on the number in the ranch coun try but they Are believed to be in the thousands. Most popular area is the. 70-mile stretch be tween Vanderhoof and Burns Lake where americans make up Well Over 80 per cent of the population in some sectors Don Gray a Vanderhoof Mer chant says mud and dust Cov ered trucks piled High with pos sessions of . Families Are be coming More and More com Mon. There la be a three ton truck with everything on says or. Gray. Farm implements a washing machine trunks and maybe a couple of bikes tied Over the he said it is uncommon for newcomers to spend their last two dollars for Gas when they reach Vanderhoof. Reasons for the growing num ber of immigrants Are almost As varied As the people them selves but the lure is the coun try itself. It represents a last Frontier to a people from a land already developed our Only reason for coming to Canada was that we wanted a Small piece of land in the says Violet Sayles of Moorcroft Wyo. We be accumulated number of cows chickens pigs you name mrs. Sayles in Vandry Hoof and farm on weekends and store and her husband As a Hoof As a clerk in a variety school bus Driver to supplement the family income and get their 160-acre ranch on a paying basis. V or. Gray says Many of the immigrants a r e disillusioned when their Tor Sercow a Young family. He said husbands and wives frequently find jobs in Vander Hoof and farm on. Weekends and in the evening. American settlers can be found working in garages stores and service establishments in Vanderhoof. 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