Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday july 27, 1968 government mum on request for assistance the City of Winnipeg which told the provincial government in a Brief More than six weeks ago that unless More financial assistance was granted by the province the City would go bankrupt has not received an answer from the government. The City had requested an Early meeting Between the two governments. There is a great feeling of scepticism around City Hall about what we May expect from the Winnipeg s finance committee chairman Alderman Mark h. Danzker said in an interview Friday. Aid. Lillian Hallonquist also a member of the finance commit tee said the provincial govern ment should Start thinking about the welfare of the Aid. Lloyd Stinson said the province would go Down the Drain if Winnipeg continues in financial difficulties. And Aid. Joseph Zuken urges getting the support of the opposition to get a tax Seal for the City of Aid. Hallonquist said one Cabinet member had told her the government was not acting too quickly because the City talked about financial difficulties one Day and considered spending millions of dollars the next. It s simply outrageous that the province should sit on these things and not Call us to set a Danzker said he could t see any indication that the province might consider a meet ing Between the two Levels of government. Aid Stinson said the City was in a rather precarious situation. If they the aldermen pressed too hard they might jeopardize the City s position and if nothing was said nothing would be done. Winnipeg s real property tax system Aid. Stinson said was attention 2 weeks Only for 1 year term guaranteed Trust certificates for terms of 1 or 2 years. Interest paid Jan 1st, july 1st. You receive interest per thousand per year. Get yours now at Fidelity Trust since 1909 head office 291 Garry St. Pm. 947-0211 20 min. Free parking at carry St. Parade Ith the rear of a parked five ton gravel truck. 4 Arnold Stanley Richard 17, of Roblin "Man., the Driver and Lone occupant of the car was pronounced dead on arrival at Thompson general Hospital. An inquest has been ordered. The youth had been working for a construction firm in Thompson. Police said the mining town with a population of about persons had been fatality free until saturday although fatal traffic accidents have occurred in the surrounding wheat surplus predicted continued first of the week specials Mono a y Only july 29th Allen s 48 flow. Tin Apple juice 29 tuesday y Only july 30th Golden Ripe Chiquita bananas 14 in wednesday Yonly july 31st freshly ground it really was t that bad a says Toje wheat Board source. We still moved bushels off the that compares favourably with producer marketing except in the bumper years of 1952-53 and 1966-67 when More than bushels moved off the farm. Prairie Farmers Are holding about bushels of the total carryover commercial facilities have the other a year ago bushels were on the farm and were in commercial hands what makes the Situa Tion look Bleak says the United Grain growers president a. M. Runciman is that the wheat Board was faced with one of the worst crop years you could possibly Canada declined to take advantage of the lapse in the International grains agreement to sell wheat at bargain basement prices Canada was competing in a world favored by two bumper crops the United states set and sex p o r to target of bushels wheat More than it Ever sold before. The combination held Cana Dian exports to Bush Els an the first 11 months of the p year Rin comparison ing the same period a year ago exports totalled Bush Els. Sales to Russia and China big buyers in the past were about half the total of the previous year. The cumulative effect was to Cut Canada s share of the world Market to 20 per cent from 25 per cent the percentage needed to keep the Grain Economy buoyant. There was a plus Side How Ever to the International scene. Or. Runciman says Canada s decision to stick to its guns when others chopped prices brought signatures to the new International grains agreement which became effective july 1. There had been speculation that some notably the United states would t sign. Or. Runciman suggests can Ada can recoup its position and regain its 25 per cent share of the world Market in the future. Prairie Farmers Hope so. With bins already full they re looking to a Harvest that holds Promise of a crop yielding about bushels. Only South Ern Saskatchewan and Central Alberta Are feeling the pangs of drought. Czech reels unanimous Dubcek boxcars turned Back continued continued people remain confident that will be our Best sup port or. Dpi Heck s remarks were carried by evening newspapers and broadcasts along with an open letter to the party leaders already sighed by tens of thousands of czech Citi Zens. The open letter drafted by writer Pavel Kohout and published in a special Edi Tion of the writers Union weekly late Rani Listy pro claimed the slogan social ism Alliance sovereignty its signatories including virtually All the leading intellectuals of Czechoslovakia urged the party presidium to act explain but unanimously de fend the path we have entered. Some signatures for the were collected in front of one Prague children s department store Friday afternoon and lines of people wishing to sign were observed at Many other Points in the City. News broadcasts reported spontaneous collection of signatures in Many other cities As Well As special meetings at factories adopt ing their own resolutions. At the Tara automobile fac tory some workers called for relations with the soviet Union based on Mutual respect and state sovereignty and voiced their support of Czechoslovakia s new Road to demo cratic there seemed Little doubt that an overwhelming majority of the nation stood behind the Dubeck Leader ship despite continuous propaganda attacks from abroad and intermittent re mors Here that the party chiefs Are divided and pre paring to make major con Cessions to the soviet Union. A czech Central committee official categorically denied the rumours and observed it should be Clear in whose interest such rumours the coming meeting with the soviet politburo is expected to be Brief lasting a minimum of two Days and perhaps Only one. In defer ence to soviet wishes it will be held under tightest secur Ity conditions and May Well be kept secret until the issuance of a final communique. The outcome of the talks czech sources stress depends almost completely on the soviet leaders. If they Are inclined to forget the harsh accusations and demands of the last two weeks the czech leadership will be delighted to offer All sorts of face saving formulas. However should the soviet leaders present unacceptable ultimatums the czech leaders Are prepared to face the consequences of a showdown. An indication that at least some soviet leaders were prepared to negotiate mos cow Prague differences nor Mally came from czech. Foreign Trade minister Vaclav Vales just returned from Moscow talks with Premier Alexei Kosygin and other soviet officials. In a televised interview or. Vales described detailed discussions of what to do about Czechoslovakia s favourable Trade balance with Russia and predicted that the new Trade treaty now being n e g o t i a t e d would boost Trade Between the countries by three to four per cent Over this level. It was also reported that although sever a 1 major groups of soviet tourists who were expected Here soon have cancelled their Tours there have been no cancellation of Tours booked after the month of july. Prague television also interviewed the Leader of a soviet forestry and Conser vation delegation who said he knew nothing about the race Bias denied continued she said Manitoba indians and Metis Are not too sympathetic towards the Roulette family on account of the publicity or. Roulette has received. We can do without this Type of publicity. It gives. Undue attention to indians of poor meanwhile the Manitoba in Dian brotherhood is investigating the alleged racial discrimination. It is understood the mib Field worker conducting the investigation May try to arrange a meeting with the North Norfolk Council before completing his report which will possibly be forwarded to Indian affairs i minister Jean Chretien in Otta i a. Czech news Media which had been criticised in mos cow bit that favor ably impressed by every thing he bad seen with his own eyes. Czech news Media Al though discreet and., self disciplined in the crisis continued to defend their leaders against attacks by soviet ideologists. Union newspaper Prace Fri Day replied to academician Fyodor Konstantinov one of the leading soviet attackers by reprinting Bis writings from the Stalin period denouncing modern genetics. Another article in the same paper pointed out that neither the soviet communist party nor the other four Par ties who signed the Warsaw letter to Prague two weeks ago Ever protested when. Communists in our country often Well known in the International political move ment were taken in Large numbers to prison and some. Even executed remained in prison Long after the new concept for Home cake Princess Rolo Matic no mess paint roller applies Wax washes Walls cleans windows fast economical no drip operation. A Only 1.to distributor a. 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