Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 257 Price Loc with comics Friday july 26, 1968 Sun risks . Moon rises . Sun. Sets sets . Forecast cooler 50 and 70 dark spot in Rosy View fiscal flaw Board warns Ottawa must underwrite education health and welfare costs economic report says by Barry came the Manitoba economic consultative Board paints a Rosy picture of the pro Vince s economic performance in 1967 and forecasts a continuing upward swing Dur ing 1968. But at the same time it warns that a major realignment of Federal provincial fiscal arrange ments particularly in the Fields of education health and Wel fare is required if the Momen Tum is not to be impeded. In its fifth annual review of Manitoba s Economy released Friday the Board notes with satisfaction that 1967 was one of the Best years on record for Manitoba. And it Points with optimism to the fact that most of the traditional economic indicators employment Levels capital invest ment per capita income popu lation to augur Well for the province in the com ing year. However the 110-Page report also sounds a sober note with the Stern warning that expenditures for education health and welfare will continue to Rise Likely by As much As 40 per cent Over current Levels by 1975. Please see fatal Page 7 czech reds reported divided old guard feared winning struggle within party Prague Reuters fears of soviet occupation swept Prague today following unconfirmed reports of a major Concession and a split in the communist party presidium which threatened to tip the balance against first Secretary Alexander Dubcek. Among Partick obvious school costs May hit Milmon by Shelley Chusid the Cost of operating Mani Toba s elementary and second Ary Public schools is expected to reach million by increase of about 85 per cent Over 1966 the fact fewer students Are other stories on Page 7 expected to be enrolled in them. According to a special study on education prepared for the fifth annual report of the Manitoba economic consultative Board by or. Z. E. Zsigmond and c. J. Wenaas a very Small decrease in total enrolment will be More than offset by a projected increase of almost 90 per cent in the annual Cost of educating each student. See table on Page 7. The number of elementary students is expected to drop seven per cent Between 1967 and 1975 but a 19 per cent enrol ment increase is projected for secondary schools where costs per student Are considerably higher than in the lower grades. The report says teachers salaries now the largest single please see school Page 8 1967 a Boom year and All signs Good Centennial year will Likely prove to be one of the Best on record in the history of Mani Toba s Economy and All the signs Point to a continuing upward surge in the coming year says the Manitoba economic consultative Board. Capital investment increased new order9 pledged by the associated press new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller says As president he would work toward International creation of a new order based on East West co operation instead of conflict. The Republican presidential contender said he would begin a dialogue with China if elected to improve the possibilities of accommodations with that country As Well As the soviet Union. Rockefeller said in a speech he would work to end the arms race and said the . And rus Sia must co operate to prevent Small wars in areas such As the Middle East from mushrooming into big ones. Senator Eugene j. Mccarthy a democratic presidential e Spir ant indicated meanwhile he will drop Hopes of meeting with North vietnamese diplomats in Paris to learn first hand the see Rockefeller Page 8 at a rate which exceeded the. National average. The province s ability to re Tain its population improved showing a marked decrease in net loss of population on the inter provincial account. The rate of increase in employment Rose above the National average and personal incomes increased by about nine per cent compared with the National average of about seven per cent. The value of construction in Manitoba increased by More than 13 per cent compared with Little Over two per cent for the nation As a whole. But despite the Bright pros please see 67 Boom Page 8 features today chinese output Likely to drop 4 Zaleski cuts players 18 today s Index classified 23 to 35 comics 37 deaths 5 finance 12 to 14 movies 11 sports 18 to 22, 34 television 10 women 15 City zone total. 129.6m nearly everyone reads the free press meanwhile soviet troops still i n Czechoslovakia following joint manoeuvres were being kept As a Security ring around Kremlin leaders when they arrive for the talks possibly next wednesday informed sources said. The troops in the Zilina re Gion of Eastern Czechoslovakia were part of Security arrange ments requested by the soviet presidium the sources said. Please see czech Page 6 pravda attacks Masaryk Moscow Reuters Russia today maintained its verbal As saults against reformist Czecho Slovakia with a charge that prominent figures there including communist party members were propagating the hated concept of democratic a article in the main communist party news paper pravda by top commentator Yuri Zhukov also called Czechoslovakia s revered first president Thomas Masaryk the founder and chief Idolo Gist of Bourgeois czechoslovak but the soviet press was silent on Prague reports that progressive communist party please see pravda Page 8 charges called false Tokyo special tons the . Ambassador to the United nations George Ball thursday denounced As absolutely false soviet accusations that the United states incited the czech rebellion. Replying to a question at a luncheon meeting of the United nations association of Japan or. Ball said the situation Between Czechoslovakia and the Kremlin was extremely delicate and he referred to soviet charges of . Interference. I should take this occasion to make it Clear that such accusations Are absolutely he said. I think the whole world is waiting with a Good Deal of suspense for the outcome but for me to say More might Lead please see charges Page-5 mail talks secret no indication yet of final agreement by Ben Ward Ottawa up a secrecy lid was clamped on the postal strike mediation talks Early today by apparent agreement the three main pants. But it was to observers that Complete agreement was not yet in sight. Judge Rene Lippe the Federal mediator spent More than 12 hours thursday in closed door talks with the chief negotiators for both sides. Informants said the sole topic was non monetary items revolving around working conditions. Douglas love negotiator for the government s Treasury Board skipped out of the talks at . Edt today avoid ing waiting reporters. Romeo Mathieu Quebec organizer for the United packing House workers Union who has been called in to argue the postal unions Case declined to answer specific questions. We had a he said. There was nothing Nega Tive judge Lippe said the talks Are now at a crucial Point on non pay we had a Good he added but refused to elaborate. Or. Love and or. Mathieu were scheduled to go into sep Arate sessions today with their respective negotiating teams. Another mediation meeting with the judge was tentatively set for 8 o clock tonight but could Start earlier if agree. Earlier officials of the com of postal unions Sai Rittey expected Good news from thursday s talks. But this optimism apparently fell foul of a Long government reply to the unions proposals on working conditions Laid Down tuesday. Please see secrecy Page 6 prime minister Trudeau cracks the whip Given to him by eskimos at Tuktoyaktuk n.w.t., on the Arctic coast. Trudeau first pm to Yish High Arctic by Gerry Mcneil Canadian press staff writer Mya name is Philip Ousie and i am the oldest Man in Grise the Eskimo his Knees knocking and his big hands shaking said. This boy beside me is Paul postal report key document by Paul Dunn Ottawa up the seeds of discontent that grew into the current postal strike were sown Long ago and identified less than two years ago in a Royal com Mission report. Or. Justice Andre Montpetit of the Quebec Superior court was commissioned in septem Ber 1965, to investigate working conditions in the Post office department. His appointment followed a won t Cross for pay by the Canadian press we will not Cross picket lines to pick up three Days of Lousy the comment by Ottawa Union Leader Fern Lachance was one reaction to a Contro Versy that broke thursday Over what to do with pay cheques for Canada s striking Post men. The cheques Are for the three Days from july 15, when regular cheques were distributed to july 18, the Day the postmen went on strike. Federal officials have announced that the cheques will be at Post offices across Canada monday. The Winnipeg Council of pos Tal unions Csc sent a Tele Gram to the postmaster general in Ottawa which said the Winnipeg employees will not Cross picket lines to pick up their cheques. The local Council said the policy is just another Way of trying to break the the situation was termed particularly serious in View of the fact that More than 100 please see men Page 5 three province strike of postal workers the same year involving about employees and lasting a week at most Points. On sept. 14, 1966p he submit Ted his report which contained 282 recommendations. Titled Royal commission on working conditions in the Post office the document has become a key in the demands of the striking Council of postal unions. The Council and department do not agree on the disposition of or. Justice Montpetit s re commendations. W6rking conditions remain a vital area in the mediation i Progress to end the eight Day old strike. Union leaders won t disclose specific working condition improvements they Are seeking in current mediation talks but they spoke freely i interviews on the Montpetit report generally. The Royal commissioner also spoke freely in the document except in one or two districts the attitudes of some supervisors and postmasters to wards their employees leaves much to be desired. We heard too often of Post masters or supervisors who con please see postal Page 5 we Are very glad to see you with our Owh eyes. We Are very thankful thai for the first time a prime minister has come to Grise fiord1." Pierre Elliott Trudeau the first prune minister to venture into the High Arctic sat before the old Man and the boy in a tiny Hall at Grise where the whole Eskimo Community of 94 had gathered. Grise fiord is the most North Erly Canadian Eskimo habitation in the world. It sits on a tiny lip of Rock beneath the Pon Derous Cliffs and glaciers at the foot of Ellesmere Island about the North pole. The twin Otter that brought or Trudeau to the settlement curved through cold thin Mist Over Frozen Jones sound and landed on a Short Mushy Sand strip. The prime minister who also flies looked at Bush Pilot Wel please see Trudeau Page 5 White troops called Back in Cleveland curfew imposed As looting arson resumes in slum areas Cleveland a National guard troops and White police returned to Cleveland s negro slums to enforce a dusk to Dawn curfew today imposed by negro mayor rapped from Reuters a Cleveland up mayor Carl Stokes first negro to take Over the administration of a major . City faced mounting criticism today for his handling of racial disorders that left 10 dead and 23 wounded after three consecutive nights of loot ing and burning. Stokes spent much of the night touring the predominantly negro area where militant Jack guerrillas battled police with automatic weapons killing three White policemen tuesday night. Stokes appealed to the negroes in the turbulent Glen Ville area to restore order. The 40-y e a r of 1 d mayor s struggle to regain control of the ghetto merged into a fight to re store his slipping political image. Elected eight months ago As the Tib who could build a City beset by racial in Stokes political Power soared in april when Cleveland escaped riots that struck other american cities after or. Mar tin Luther King s assassination. Political demo c r a t i c and tacked him on two main fronts. They said that strokes Deci Sion wednesday to withdraw the National guard and White police from the troubled ghetto the night after the gun Battle was a mistaken Concession to Black militants which produced fur ther disorders widespread loot ing and arson they also charged Stokes re fused to face the fact that Black militants Are determined to Cre ate maximum disorder in cities this summer and they do not care if the mayor is a Black Man. But the most damaging by City politicians As potentially a slow fuse that could destroy the mayor s please see negro Page 8 victim not ramp blamed for death by Ron Campbell Selkirk. Staff a 72 year old Man who died after being hit by a car driven by an off duty ramp Constable con his own death by not exercising. Due caution on the Highway a Coroner s jury ruled Here thursday. The jury presided Over by Coroner or. W. S. Reid of Selkirk was inquiring into the death of Benjamin Schmidt of Selkirk who died july -16 on Highway 9, about Ivi Miles South of the town. Or. Schmidt was in the Middle of the Highway when he was hit by a southbound car driven by Constable Lloyd Paul Ewart of the ramp Selkirk detachment. The jury exonerated const. Ewart. A Sample of the Constable s blood voluntarily Given to a fellow ramp officer More than Svi hours after the Accident contained a blood alcohol level of 95 milligrams per 100 Milli please see victim Page 8 mayor Carl Stokes. There were 30 arrests thurs Day night. Two persons were seized looting one was arrested on a charge of arson and 27 were curfew violators. Several Small fires broke out on the East Side where 10 per sons including three police men were killed in shootings tuesdays. Disturbances were reported about five Miles Southeast of the cordoned off area. A group of 200 negroes gathered and a cleaning store was firebombed. A clothing store was looted but police quickly dispersed the crowd. The loss from fires and loot ing in the East Side Glenville ghetto has been estimated at by Joseph Boggins executive vice president of the insurance Board of Cleveland. Stokes said police records showed 39 instances of looting wednesday night. Merchants and police differed on the Protection supplied to shops in the troubled area. Benjamin Weiss owner of a furniture store said looters broke into his store while two negro policemen watched. I asked the negro policemen Why they did t Stop the looters and they said there were to Many in the Weiss said. Some negro policemen sat that merchants allowed gang to loot their stores so they could collect insurance. Please see White Page 8 payment Issue to court an arbitration Board has rejected a Winnipeg teachers proposal designed to avoid court action to determine the Validity of certain payments to teachers taking University courses. The Board released its final report Friday. The proposal had been made at a special session of the Board thursday. Arbitration was requested by the teachers i late May to Settle a collective agreement dispute Between the City s teachers and the Winnipeg school Board. In its final decision the arbitration Board upheld its july 15 interim report recommending four working condition items be included in the teachers 1968 agreement. It also supported its initial suggestion that a clause should not appear in the agree please see payments Page 5 Brazil Calls out troops protest squelched Rio de Janeiro Spe Cial tons at 11 . Thursday As Church Bells tolled the hour three troop carriers loaded with grim faced military police Drew up in front of rib s Munici pal theatre. It was the appointed hour for a Public demonstration by actors actresses and others connected with the theatre to protest what they feel is heavy handed censor ship by Brazil s military government. The 100 or so troops m faded Black fatigues glue helmets and calf length boots were armed with pistols and truncheons. Some carried Tommy guns and musette1 bags filled with tear Gas canisters. One platoon disembarked and took up positions across looking for a trailer Silverline Hardtop Al cond., sleeps 5-4. 533-1609. This want and under Camp ers and trailers is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. The Street from the theatre s main Entrance. The other two remained on Board their Long Low open vehicles which were stationed at either Side of the Broad Steps leading up to the doors. A water truck equipped with High pressure nozzles and a closed jeep containing More tear Gas canisters were parked nearby. Now and again a Gray and yellow panel truck of the secret police the department of political and social order moved slowly up one of the adjacent streets. Please see actors Page 6 military presence favored Ottawa up defence minister Gerhard Schroeder of West Germany said thursday he Hopes Canada will continue to station a military Force in his country under the North Atlan tic treaty organization. He told a news conference that he has no wish to interfere in the Canadian government s current foreign policy review but he Hopes that the result will be in favor of keeping a physical presence in Germany. He deemed this vital to the vitality and efficiency of the Al or. Schroeder returned to Ottawa late thursday for a news conference after visiting Man and his world Montreal s per manent summer exposition on the site of expo 67. Please see military Page 6 i ;