Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 262 Price Loc lbs warns Hanoi n. Vietnam told Don t attack or else Washington special tons president John son said wednesday that if the communists go ahead with a planned attack against South Vietnam the United states May have to consider additional military measures. Or. Johnson speaking at a White House news conference declared that the additional military Power might have to be applied if the enemy puts our men in or. Rolinson grimly warned that a new enemy attack was expected. He said a Cable had been received wednesday from . Commanders in Vietnam which indicates that the enemy is preparing a massive attack on our forces and those of our that is the unanimous judgment of your Best military leaders in that he said. That is the assessment of our allies with whom we have just at the same time or. Johnson said he was hopeful that Vietnam peace negotiations being discussed in Paris would be successful. Rusk blasted at Paris Paris Vietnam wednesday Tore into what it called the warlike and aggressive position of Secretary of state Dean Rusk and called on american opponents of the War to overturn . Policy. Hanoi s negotiators used the most caustic language they have thus far employed in the three month Long talks Between the United states and North Vietnam to charge that . Policy has taken a More Bellicose turn. In apparent retaliation North Vietnam s envoys in the 15th ses Sion of the once a week talks toughened up their own terms they reverted to Hanoi s most uncompromising language on settling the political future of South Vietnam. Wednesday s outburst against or. Husk even continued into the normally Placid Tea Coffee recess. The attack was touched off by or. Rusk s press conference tuesday in which he Bel bored North Vietnam for its refusal to say what military restraint it would pledge if the United states stopped All bombing of North Vietnam. Col. A Van Lau acting chief of the North vietnamese Dele a thursday August 1, 1968 Sun rises Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast showers 50 and 70 Jill and Kirby Sinclair pose for photographer Dave Bonner after taking a Bath this morning. Frame of mind important for survival major Jill fed brother not herself rescued girl a heroine but she just wants a Bike by Pieter Vanbennekom Gypsumville Man. Staff Little eight year old Jill Sinclair has told the Hospital staff treating her Here that she did t eat any of the berries she picked while she and her brother were lost in the wilderness. She had Given them All to her brother. Now All she wants is a bicycle her father has promised her. And i believe she s telling the said or. . She was a Little worse off than her brother. She took most of the mental Strain the Little grand rapids girl saved her four year old brother Kirby s life during their five Days and five nights alone in the Bush country 30 Miles North of their Hometown. But being a heroine does t come easily to shy Little Jill. She d like to run away from All the newsmen and curiosity seekers who be come Here to Admire her. And even her parents Haven t been Able to get her to smile for the cameras. At the Canadian forces station in Gypsumville 155 Miles North of Winnipeg where she and her brother Are being treated or. Gorski said she d asked wednesday morning if she could go outside to play. He had replied that later in the Day she could walk around inside the Hospital her first walk since the Rescue tuesday evening. Jill with shoulder length dark hair and pretty Brown eyes took the role of protector of her brother in the Bush. The Only Reward she wants is the bicycle her father Hubert Sinclair has promised to buy her As soon As the family gets Back to grand rapids probably in about three or four Days or. Gorski said she said Kirby had been afraid in the Bush and she had told him not to be afraid. He cried but she told him not to please see Jill Page 6 czechs agree to e. Europe conference Moscow s anti Liberal allies called to Bratislava talks saturday in the slovakian City of Bratislava a com wilderness survival depends upon your psychological Frame of mind As Well As your training says Canadian forces major f. C. Miller whose Job includes training troops in sur Vival techniques. Maj Miller said wednesday that Jill and Kirby Sinclair steel prices hiked tuesday after being lost live Days in the wilderness North of grand rapids Man., appeared to be Well educated in iving in a Bush environment. Members of the provincial Forest Protection Branch also said wednesday it was uncommon to come out As Well As they they pointed out however that at this time of year there is an abundance of berries and water was not hard to coir in by in the area. You could live for weeks just eating please see Hanoi Page 11 highest salary to Allen by the Canadian press a pay boost to annually for William Allen metropolitan Toronto chairman makes him the highest paid municipal official in Canada. The is a straight Basic salary with none of the Many fringe benefits attached to the salaries of other High ranking City administrators across can Ada. A Cross Canada Survey by the Canadian press shows or. Allen receives the highest Basic salary among civil administrator with mayors of several Large metropolitan centres get Ting considerably less. In Montreal for example mayor Jean Drapeau receives plus for expenses see top salary Page 11 maj. Miller said survival predictions on every Case would Lave to be based on the individuals involved but once of have overcome the psycho logical problems you Are on the Way. You have to take time and care with what you please see Outlook Page 6 Pittsburgh a the top three . Steel makers have posted their most sweep ing Price increases in six years and say they will stand despite Sharp criticism from president Johnson. Other producers strongly hinted they would follow. . Steel corp., Bethlehem steel corp., and Republic steel corp., the no. 1, 2 and 3 steel makers respectively raised prices wednesday the Day after the United steelworkers Union won its richest contract. Johnson called Bethlehem s nearly five per cent across the Board increase unreasonable and said at a Washington news conference that it just should not be permitted to Edmund Martin Bethlehem s chairman and chief executive officer replied our announce ment Speaks for itself. In our opinion our Price increase is absolutely necessary and we do not intend to withdraw it was the first confrontation Between the Federal government and the steel Industry since 1962 when president John f. Kennedy forced a Rollback of a Gen eral Price increase. Johnson asked if he planned any instruments to compel a Rollback said we urge them and reason with them and coun Sel with them and plead with them not to increase prices. Please see steel Page 5 neighbors ignore screams at least seven neighbors ignored the screams of a 20 year old housewife who says she was raped in a Winnipeg apartment Block Early wednes Day. Police said the woman herself had to Call police after the attack. A 23-year-old Winnipeg Man has been charged. In Winnipeg magistrate s court thursday the Man s bail was set at two sureties of each and he was remanded a week. The woman s husband was away at work when a mar came to their apartment door a about ., police said. She had spoken to the Man through the door but he had eventually forced his Way into the suite and attacked her. He threatened to kill the woman if she did t comply with his demands police said. The woman did not require Hospital treatment. Looking for a truck and camper this want and under trailers and campers 83 truck and camper fully propane equipped. 165 Gordon ave., Winnipeg 5. 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. Features today Glen s brother wins another 24 today s Index classified.31 to 43 comics 14, 15 deaths.___2 finance 28 to 30 movies. 13 sports 22 to 27 television. 12 women. 17 to 20 City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press robber caught i Chase Donald Tracy 21, of Dart Mouth n.s., pleaded guilty provincial magistrate s court thursday to armed robbery Anc car theft six hours after h robbed the Royality Servic station 3421 Portage Avenue Assiniboia and threatened the attendant with a 16-Inch Barbe Cue skewer. The accused Man his Darl hair a brushed and flopping Over his forehead smirked when magistrate John Enn advised him to ask for a remand to consider his plea o seek Legal advice. I d prefer to be sentenced a soon As he said. Crown attorney David Bir Chard said that about the Man walked into the Servic station and started to talk to the night attendant Randy Epp 18 of 161 Ridley place Assiniboia then grabbed the 16-Inch bar Becue skewer which was o display and forced the Atten Dant to hand Over the from please see robber Page Moscow Slovakia have a tuition with postal Union rejects govt. Wage offer no indication yet pm will Call parliament to Deal with strike by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa staff negotiations aimed at a Settle ment of the nation wide postal strike broke Down wednesday As the unions flatly rejected the government s test wage offer. With the strike now in its third Eek mediation reached an passe although All parties involved left the door open for a resumption of the talks. Federal mediator judge Rene Ippe returned to Montreal wednesday night to Ponder a method of re opening Neotia Lons As quickly As possible. As yet there is no indication that prime minister Trudeau is Eady to Call parliament immediately to Force an end to the Trike. Following a Cabinet meeting wednesday and before the breakdown was announced or. Trudeau said two conditions must prevail before he would eel justified in calling Parlia ment that the right to strike was used with Clear Irres Ponsi that tile hardships on the Public were so great that we would have to withdraw in this or other cases the right to a the soviet Union and Czecho agreed to discuss the czechoslovak other communist countries beginning Aid Bill Cut Senate approves smallest yet amount Washington Senate voted the smallest for eign Aid authorization Bill Ever wednesday after adding several policy riders and defeating every Effort to raise the spending Ceil ing. The Bill authorizing dollars to be appropriated this year was approved 46 to 28, and now goes to con Ference with the House which had voted million More. The final figure which will be about billion less than president Johnson requested May be Cut still further by the appropriation Bill which will follow. Efforts to raise the funds were Defeated by overwhelming votes. An amendment to add million lost 61 to 13. An attempt to add million in development Loans to help other countries increase food production was Defeated 61 to 16. Munique said today. Win be attendee the communist parties of Bulgaria Hungary East Ger Many Poland the soviet Union and Czechoslovakia the com Munique said. The soviet czechoslovak Alks which began monday at czechoslovak railway town Nea the soviet Border were held in atmosphere of compleat frankness sincerity and Mutual understanding the com unique Aid. The meeting had been Road comradery Exchange Pinion on questions of interest o both the coins unique Aid. It was aimed at the search or. Ways of further developing and strengthening the tradition Friendly relations Between soviet and czechoslovak communist parties and Peoples be communique added. But the communique did not indicate please see czechs Page 6 Watkins underwent police Security Check Geneva Park ont. Up prof. Melville Watkins says he was questioned for two hours by ramp in an Ottawa hotel room before he received Secu Rity clearance to do a study of foreign ownership of Canadian Industry. The two ramp investigators prof. Watkins said in an inter View were extremely they exude sympathy and tact and helpfulness. They won Der if you can recall Ever hav ing done anything that might prove embarrassing if it be came generally known so much so that you might be prey to a blackmailer. Tell us they say and we will help prof. Watkins whose report on foreign ownership of Industry was released earlier this year is attending the co Chiching conference in this resort Community North of Orillia ont7 he said All 24 members of his foreign ownership study group were screened by police and i had to fight very hard to get two of them he would not name the two. Prof. Watkins associate pro Fessor of political Economy at the University of Toronto said the ramp were particularly interested in a visit he made to the soviet Union in May 1966. He told the police he had been invited by the soviet education ministry which had written a the University of Toronto presi Dent Claude Bissell. The police asked who in the ministry had invited him an How they knew of my. He re plied that a soviet official a visited the University of Toronto and he could Only presume tha was How they knew of him. The thing gets Sai prof. Watkins because when arrived in Moscow the rus sians could t find any record o who had invited me either an the mystery was cleared u Only when i showed them copy of the letter that had Bee sent to please see Watkins Page wednesday he did not feel there was sufficient evidence of either condition to warrant immediate parliamentary intervention. The government s Sec and wage offer was made late tuesday and rejected by the Council of postal unions wednes Day morning. Mining school in doubt by Derek Hodgson the provincial government tas considered the possibility of turning the bankrupt san Anto Nio mines Ltd. At Bissett into a raining school for miners but feelers to major mining con Cerns have shown Little apparent interest in such a venture. We have looked at it the mine As a possible site for a training school but we d want pretty Strong indications from the big mines of their support we Haven t received any such said mines minister Donald w. Craik. Charlie Kubin a prospector with eight years experience in the Manitoba Northland says there is a definite need for such school. For a country like Canada where Mineral resources Are plentiful this would be a Worth while said or Kubin. He said the mine could be used either As a technical training area for mine employees or a school for geologists and possibly at the same time help develop new mining techniques. He said such school operates on a limited scale at the Lakehead. The Gold mine at Bissett now is under a joint trusteeship. The two trustees and five inspectors Are studying an offer from a Vancouver group to Purchase the mine s assets for please see mining Page 6 please see postal Page 11 govt. Wage proposal by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa staff Canada s Enior postal clerks would re Eive a maximum annual salary f starting oct 1, 1960, Der the Federal government s test wage proposal the Council of postal unions wednesday rejected the wage offered and the strike now hangs in limbo pending either a resumption of negotiations or an emergency session of Parlia ment. The government offered a 19 per cent increase Over a 38 month contract. The postal employees would receive a 7.5 per cent increase retroactive to aug. 1, 1967 another 6.5 per cent starting oct 1, 1968, and a final 5 per cent beginning oct. 1, 1968. This Means that the workers would have the full extent of the increase within u months. Also the increase would be com pounded throughout the three please see govt. Page 6 workers receive support by the Canadian press Canada s postal work ers now in the 15th Day of a nationwide strike received a declaration of support thursday from the Public service Alliance of Canada the biggest Union of the Federal Public service. A statement by Claude Edwards Alliance president said the Council of postal unions is engaged in a Legal strike and the present disruption of postal service should not Lead to a change in legislation which would deny civil servants the right to withdraw their labor in contract disputes with the gov please see workers Page u r ;