Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 31, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 261 wednesday july 31, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast sunny 50 and 75 smiles behind a log Bildren e we knew worm cml 4fe drank wafer at bitten scratched but they la be Okay by p1eter Vanbennekom grand rapids Man. Staff the children s Heads popped up from behind a log in a Niu Skeg swamp. The children smiled. They were Safe. Persistent and skilful Indian tracking had led to the finding of Jill Sinclair 8, and her brother Kirby 4, after they d spent five nights and five Days in the Northern wilderness. They existed on berries and water. Covered with Mosquito bites hungry and exhausted the children were resting comfortably this morning at the nursing station at the Canadian forces station Gypsum Lille 120 Miles South grand rapids. Please see pictures on pages 3 and 30 Jill Sinclair 8, in Gypsumville nursing station by Dove. Bohrar Kirby Sinclair 4, rests after five Day ordeal czechs grim i Golf. Urged i As Summit to Stop talks drag mail strike kills marshal Tito postpones visit no Progress seen so far by Anatole Shub Kosice Czechoslovakia special tons the soviet Union czechoslovakian Summit conference continued into its third Day today with no indications of its course or possible outcome. The continuation of the talks today caused the postponement of plans for yugoslav president Tito to visit Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia was the first euro Pean communist country to break away from Moscow to pursue an Independent course and his visit was seen As a Strong expression of support for the reformist government of Alexander Dubcek. However when the soviet Pill encyclical defended by Pope czech meeting lasted longer please see czechs Page 13 Brezhnev stricken at talks i e r n a Czechoslovakia Reuters communist sources Here said soviet communist chief Leonid Brezhnev was taken ill just before lunch today and had to leave the sum Mit conference room Here. The news came from the Edi Tor of the Kosice newspaper who said his reporters Here were informed by czechoslovak officials that czechoslovak party Leader Alexander Dubcek was among those who assisted please see Brezhnev Page 7 from a Reuters Castel Gandolfo up Pope Paul facing the possibility of widespread refusal to comply with his ban on mechanical and chemical methods of birth control appealed to roman Catho Lic couples today to understand and accept his prohibition. In his first comment since his encyclical. Humane human issued Mon Day the 70-year-old pontiff of the roman Catholic Church told his weekly general audience at his summer residence Here that he knew jus decision not to modify the Church s traditional policy would bring anguish to millions. The Pope said preparation of the encyclical had caused him suffering and anguish. He told Bis audience in a speech published in Advance by business groups maintain walkout straining Economy by the Canadian two National business organizations sent prime minister Trudeau telegrams tuesday urging government action to Stop the postal strike now into its 14th Day because of its effect on Canada s Economy. The retail Council of Canada and the automotive industries association of Canada both said the Economy will be badly Hurt if the strike by postal workers continues. The retail Council s Telegram said if Progress in Neotia the Vatican press office i sever Al languages the knowledge of our grave responsibility caused us no Small suffering. We Well knew of the heated discussions in the press. The anguish of those involved in the problem touched us also. We studied and read All we could. We consulted eminent persons. And we sought in. Prayer the Aid of the holy spirit in interpreting the divine Law which flows from the inner needs of human love from the essential Structure of marriage and from the personal dignity of the wedded couple. We were guided also by the feeling of Charity of pastoral concern for married christians. Finally our labor was accompanied by that this please see Pope Page 23 san Jose Reuters the governor of Costa Rica s Aljue la province said today the death toll in the Arena Volcano disaster is at least 100. I it was feared that As Many As 1200 persons were killed when the Long dormant Mountain about 110 Miles North of Here erupted suddenly monday. Governor Alejandro Morera told reporters Many persons Are still missing and it is difficult to account for inhabitants in the Remote Mountain villages and towns. President Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez has declared a state of emergency across the North Ern part of the country which is covered by a thin Blan Ket of volcanic Ash. Government officials said sos messages were sent to american authorities in pan Ama for More helicopters to help with evacuation and other Rescue work which has hindered by the Remote Ness of the area. Please see 100 dead Page 23 or. B. A. Gorski said their condition was satisfactory. Although they will probably be kept in Hospital for several Days for observation the doctor said he was amazed at the children s Good physical shape in the their experience. Or. Gorski said Jill told him this weren t afraid. We knew somebody would find she said she and her brother ate berries and drank water during the Day and slept at night. _ the doctor limited his questioning because Jill still needs plenty of rest. Family never gave up with them at the nursing station on the Gypsumville radar base were their parents Hubert and Audrey Sinclair of grand rapids and their grandmother mrs. Dan Cook All ,, had stubbornly refused to abandon the search in the rugged Bush and swamp country and kept combing the area sometimes through the night. Patience was rewarded at . Tuesday when a 19 Man. Search party including several uncles and other rela Tives of the children stumbled on the children. Percy Jensen an Uncle who had. Just joined the search party. Tuesday after a 275-mile drive from Winnipeg was the first to see them. In the Muskeg of the South Shore of Buffalo Lake about 25 Miles North of grand rapids the group had been fresh on the Trail of the children All Day tuesday. 19 went their own Way while More than 100 servicemen were setting up Camp to Start a systematic search under the auspices of the provincial government s emergency measures organization the group of 19 went their own Way. They found some of the girl s hair in the dense Bush. They found a tiny piece of Wool which one of them recognized As having been torn off Kirby s sweatshirt. They found two depressions which looked As though they were please see smiles Page 7 people teach Whites How to search tons proceeds at no More than current Speed delay in solution will place unacceptable Strain on Thomas b. Whellams executive vice president of the Auto motive association said in Bis Telegram please see govt. Page 13 fiscal topics featured Nasser illness believed serious looking for a Chain saw this want and under Chain saws 7 used Chain saws. To to. Phone 2j6-2258 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. Washington special tons United states officials said tuesday they believe a serious illness has forced presi Dent Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic to leave his country and seek treatment in the soviet Union. According to officials Only an emergency would have forced to leave Egypt at a time of increasing unrest there to go to Moscow his wife and their three sons accompanied him. The dominant theory Here is that col. N a s s e r s Long troublesome diabetes now has taken a serious turn accentuated by the nervous Strain of his political problems at Home. Have seen him recently in Cairo have Given conflicting reports on his appearance. The 50-year-old egyptian Leader is also reported to be having difficulty in the use of his legs. This could indicate please see Nasser Page 8 Manitoba cheques available the provincial government has set up an office to help Clear several million dollars Worth of provincial government cheques not distributed because of the postal strike. The cheques Are for suppliers and people entitled to refunds or fees of various sorts. Claimants May phone in to see if their cheques Are ready. The procedure is this after an invoicing company or a claimant for a refund or fee has waited a reasonable time for processing he May phone either of two special 946-7972 Waske Siu sask. Up Canadian premiers gather in this Northern Saskatchewan re. Sort tonight to begin two Days of informal discussions with the accent on fiscal topics i also ranking Are discussions about medical care insurance and Federal provincial relations although each provincial delegation has its list of subjects to talk about. All sessions Are closed. I i please see fiscal Page 8 Toad to Norway House i. Al f i u and her four year old. Brother Kirby lost since last thursday. But their ways of going about the Gigantic Job of finding the children were different. As it turned out the Indian Way of doing things was better. The White Man s Camp was made up of ramp personnel and air Force men Rescue operations from the radar base at Gypsumville. Later in the Day t h e i r ranks were bolstered by More than 100 servicemen from Winnipeg and two top level organizers from the provincial government s emergency measures organization. The White men were systematic in their approach. They attacked the inaccessible marshes in a straight line of March. They were sceptical and not Likely to interpret any footprint As a sign that the children were alive and Well. Please see native Page 23 or 946-7973. If informed a Cheque is available the firm or person concerned May go to room 9 in the basement of the legislative building and sign for it. Provincial treasurer Jurney Evans announced that the in please see Manitoba Page 13 features today plans anger spam 6. The one that cot away. 57 today s Index classified .45 to is comics. 30, 31 deaths 8 finance 25 to 27 movies n sports 57 to 65 television 16 women 9 to 11 City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press the map shows the spot 1 just East of honeymoon Lake where Jill and Kirby Sinclair were last seen thurs Day and the spot 2 about 12 Miles away on the South Side of Buffalo Lake where they were found tuesday evening. By Pieter Vanbennekom Buffalo Lake Man. Staff the White men searching for two children lost in this desolate Bush and Muskeg country were a lesson tuesday. The Indian and Metis people of this area know their country and they have Superior tracking skills in the wilderness. The White men ignored the native people s advice and failed to find the children. The Indian and v Metis found them. There was an Indian Camp and a White Man s Camp along the shores of this Northern Manitoba Lake. They were about a mile apart connected by a mud those who had taken up temporary residence in the Camps had one common objective thl of eight year old Jill Sinclair Percy Jensen children were first seen by Uncle Percy ;