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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 75 no. 263 Price Loc with comics Friday August 2, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast sunny 50 and 70 Pentagon Boycotts steel firms Industry stands behind Price increases Washington special tons the . De Fence department ordered thursday its steel buying shifted to companies that hold the Price line. Handlers resume talks fort William up representatives of striking Grain handlers and Lakehead elevators will return to the negotiating table today Federal mediator d. S. Tysoe said Early this morning. No time for resumption of talks War. Given. The negotiations Between the two sides broke Down july 19, a Day after Grain handlers walked off their jobs to Back pay demands. Or. Tysoe of Vancouver said he had approached both sides in the dispute tuesday and received favourable response. Fur ther talks thursday were Fol Lowed by the announcement that Lakehead terminal elevator association and the striking Union would resume negotiations. Or. Tysoe said the dispute is a difficult one to Deal with since 97 per cent of the Grain handlers had voted to strike rather than accept a conciliation Board he would not predict an Early settlement in the strike adding it would be a Little optimistic to expect an Early and easy answer. There Are solid and important differences Between the two the Grain handlers Are Mem Bers of the brotherhood of rail Way airline and steamship clerks freight handlers express and station employees. They Are seeking a wage in crease of an hour on a Basic wage of Over a two year contract. The conciliation Board recommended an in crease of 70 cents an hour and management last offered 55 cents More an hour. Strikes will get scrutiny by Ben Ward Ottawa up no matter what happens in the postal strike the next parliament is going to have to Deal with the question of whether strikes should be permitted in essential Public services. The government is not Likely to take any action until it has a report from the special commit tee studying Federal labor legis lation and the whole Field labor relations. This report due in december. Please see strikes Page 2 but Bethlehem steel corp., the second largest steel pro Ducer in the ., picked up new Industry support for its general increase and United states steel corp. Announced a new round of selective boosts. The War of nerves Between the administration and the steel Industry the bitterest since president Kennedy forced the last general increase to be rescinded in april 1962 grew hotter As the Day wore on. The five per cent across the Board increase launched by Bethlehem wednesday less than 24 hours after agreement on a costly new labor contract for the Industry was denounced by Cabinet members and Sena tors. President Johnson hastily summoned congressional Lead ers to the White House to Confer on the Issue. Chairman Arthur m. Okun of he Council of economic advisers fired off wires to a dozen major firms that have not increased prices requesting them not to do so without first conferring with the government. During the Day Inland steel the nation s sixth largest pro Ducer and Pittsburgh steel ranked 14th, announced general increases roughly equivalent to the five per cent formula established by Bethlehem. Earlier Republic steel the third largest had come out with a 4.5 per cent general boost and Aramco fifth largest said it would announce an across the Board Rise Friday. See Pentagon Page 5 features today High Arctic enchants pm new ladies Champ assured 18 21 today s Index classified 25 to 37 comics 14, 15 deaths 9 finance 12, 13 movies 11 sports. 29 to 24 television 10 women 16, 17 nurse Florence Farrell with eight year old Keith White As he prepares to leave Toronto s hos Pital for sick children thursday. Keith who has been a patient for five years has had More than 40 operations to Correct a Windpipe that was too Small and now has to Wear a tracheotomy tube in his Throat. Before returning Home to St. John s Newfoundland Keith was guest of Honor at a party Given at Hospital. Fiscal changes sought by Barry came Waske Siu sask., staff a joint attempt by nine of the 10 provincial governments to pressure Ottawa into a re Distri b u t i o n of Federal provincial financial Powers May emerge from the ninth annual premiers conference under Way Here. Although no consensus has yet been reached spokesman from All the provinces except Newfoundland Are currently work ing on a plan to present a common front for a concerted attack on existing fiscal jurisdictions of Ottawa and various provincial authorities. The of the move which appears to be spearheaded by Premier Ross Thatcher of Saskatchewan Premier Ernest Alberta and i. Smith of Nova City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press Manning of Premier g. Scotia would seem to be an attempt to give the provincial governments sufficient financial Powers to carry out their responsibilities under the Constitution. However it is. By no Means certain yet that the six premiers and the stand ins for three other premiers who Are absent will be Able to agree on any common ground. The first indication of the apparent attempt was Given following the first Day o discussions thursday by Premier Thatcher. Noting that Premier Smith had brought up the matter o sources of provincial revenues or. Thatcher said the studies of the tax Structure committee shows very graphically that fiscal difficulties of the pro Vinces will escalate in the please see fiscal Page 2 conference on medicare requested financial implications of Federal scheme have premiers worried by Barry came Waske Siu sask. Staff Canada s Provin Cial premiers have resurrected their Call for a fed eral provincial conference on medicare. Representatives Haig slain jury unknown killer sought by City police Clive Hastings Haig a retired Winnipeg lawyer found dead in a Lane july 3, was a Vic Tim of homicide by an unknown person or persons a Coroner s jury ruled thursday. Or. Haig died of asphyxiation caused by blood running into his Trachea from a fractured Larynx caused by severe blows from a Blunt object the jury said at the hearing in the Public safety building. Provin Cial Coroner or. I. 0. Fryer pre sided. Or. Haig was found dead in a Lane behind 217 Stella Avenue. The identity of his attacker is still unknown. Detective Bruce Gingell testified that the Case is still under investigation. William Howard Chester of 175 Logan Avenue a Friend of or. Haig a told the jury a had been drinking with the deceased until they parted about . July 3. Or. Haig died some time Between 5 and 6 . That morning. Or. L. S. Mcmorris pathologist at Winnipeg general hos Pital said that when he exam ined or. Haig s body he found a High alcohol count in the blood and urine indicating or. Haig had consumed at least 10 bottles of Beer or 16 ounces of whiskey. The Man who found or. Haig s body and phoned police Israel Yamron of 23 Bluebell Avenue West Kildonan told the jury he was on his Way to work through the Stella Street Lane when he noticed or. Haig. He said he got out to help thought the Man was dead or very close to and called 999. Or. Haig who lived at 199 Spence Street with two Sisters was born in Alexander Man., and Practised Law in Winnipeg until his retirement in 1966. No Retreat on reforms Prague says czechs agree to Summit talks with Kremlin s allies Prague special tons reformist czech communist leaders bowed thursday to soviet demands for a Summit confrontation with their five critical East Ern european allies but assured the nation that they were not giving in to a reversal of their liberalization program. Jetliner crashes in storm Milan a an a italia jetliner flying to Montreal from Rome crashed today during a violent storm As it was Landing Milan s Mal Pensa Airport with 95 person. Aboard. A italia said there were at least 25 survivors and probably More. The plane Douglas dc-8, was approaching the International Airport of this Northern italian Industrial Capi Tal on the Only scheduled Stop before Canada. A italia officials said it crashed in a wooded area about six Miles North of the Airport which lies 36 Miles Northwest of the City. The airline said the crash occurred at . And added it is not yet known what caused the crash. But the Stormy weather was the worst around the Airport in years. The flight was a italia 660. First reports from the scene said some of the passengers were hurled from the plane please see jetliner Page 9 of nine p r o v i Uncial governments meeting in this resort town for the ninth annual pre Miers conference emerged from a Day Long discussion on health care thursday armed with a joint Resolution demanding a meeting with Ottawa authorities to Iron out tile financial implications of the Federal government s medical care insurance plan. The premiers sent a Telegram to prime minister Trudeau requesting the con Ference in order to give urgent consideration to control Over the Esca lation of costs in health programs. Some form of patient participation such As utilization fees or premiums in the Cost of health programs. Some adaptation of the Federal medicare plan to accommodate the varied administrative arrangements in each of the provinces. The provisions of the existing Federal medicare legislation and the implications of the act in connect please see medicare Page 2 no indication of new talks in postal dispute Ottawa up both sides in the postal strike marked time today with no indication of new mediation talks. One informant said thursday the postal unions intend to sit tight until the government comes up with a new wage offer. Mediation efforts under judge Rene Lippe of Montreal col lapsed wednesday when the unions rejected a revised wage offer of 19 per cent spread Over 38 months. They want a 29-per cent boost in a 14-month con tract retroactive to aug. 1 last year. Expressed in Money terms the government offer is Worth about 49 cents an hour on aver age pay of the Union de Mand is equal to 75 cents. Negotiating teams for the Council of postal unions and the government s Treasury Board held separate meetings thursday to assess the Situa Tion. There were no signs that either was prepared to revise positions. It is up to judge Lippe to de cide whether mediation should be resumed and when. He said wednesday he remained hopeful that talks could be revived soon. Both teams have agreed to re main available for a Quick re Call. Prime minister Trudeau still has made no direct comment on the breakdown of mediation. An aide said wednesday the prime minister probably would spend a couple of Days studying the situation. A few hours before mediation ended or. Trudeau told report ers parliament would be re called to Deal with the strike Only if it became Clear that the unions were acting irresponsibly and the hardship on the Public had become too great. In addition to the wage Issue there is a complicated dispute expe11ts i Hist differ then agree poll gets Black Over working conditions. Many of the Points involved were re solved during mediation but some critical ones Are reported to be outstanding. It is the third postal dispute in three years. In 1965 work ers in Quebec Ontario and Brit ish Columbia staged an illegal one week walkout and a strike threat in 1966 was ended Only by last minute mediation. This was announced As four Days of crucial talks Between the czechoslovak communist party presidium the Soviel party s politburo finally ended in the railway town of Cierna near the soviet Border nearly two Days beyond the. Originally expected time. The meeting with the leaders of the soviet Union Poland East Germany Hungary Anc Bulgaria will Start saturday in the slovakian capital of Bratis lava czech communist party Leader Alexander Dubcek s Hometown in the Western Par of the country near the austrian Frontier. The agreement for the Multi lateral meeting Between Thi czechoslovak leadership under or. Dubcek and the. Heads o the five hard line soviet bloc countries. Was regarded a communist sources Here As a face saving Concession. Or Dubcek had previously Adam Ritly rejected such a Meetin and had insisted instead upon a whole series of bilateral talk with each of the other parties. But in a nation wide addres to the people shortly after Thi meeting ended and the Kremlin leaders left for Home czech president Ludvik Svoboda indicated that the soviet Union May have made even More important Basic concessions by agree ing. To allow the Dubcek regime to continue its Radical an unorthodox program of demo cratic Reform without interference. Or. Brezhnev and i politburo colleagues also apparently had acceded to or Dubcek s. Demands for a halt the vitriolic propaganda Campaign that has been wage against the czechoslovak reformists for the past Severa weeks the Moscow pres thursday Xmas completely de void of criticism of the Prague regime. The immediate reaction among people in Prague to the announcement of the comin meeting was mixed. Before they had heard the calming voice of their 76-year old president Many of them be that this meant a defeat for or Dubcek. Several Hundred see no Retreat Page 5 soviets save face czechs save soul looking for a sound projector this want and under Cam eras and supplies 69 Fuji a 8mm. Sound pro sector 16 Rolls film. 533-8437. 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. George Gallup new York special tons pollsters George Gallup and Louis Harris issued a joint communique thursday stating that new York gov. Nelson a. Rocke Feller had moved to an open Lead Over both his possible democratic opponents vice president Hubert h. Humphrey and sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy. A race Between Richard m. Nixon and either of the two democratic contenders would be extremely the pollsters said. They predicted it would hover around the 50-50 Mark with George c. Wallace perhaps holding the balance of Poer. The Rise in or. Nixon s popularity in a Gallup poll monday appeared related to his endorsement by former president Dwight d. Eisen rower a Gallup spokesman said. Surveying for that Gallup poll was done from july 19 please see poll gets Page 9 Louis Harris by Neal Atcherson Prague special owns nobody can be certain but it looks As if Czechoslovakia has Success fully turned the dangerous Corner. The three terrible Days of suspense at Cierna on the Tisa in which the. Nation waited by its radio and television sets in which larger and larger soviet troop concentrations assembled on the Borders in which czech communist party Leader Alexander Dubcek unable to sleep paced the railway station by himself at 3 . Have ended in what looks like a Compromise. It seems to be a com pro Mise in which the soviet Union has saved its face but Czechoslovakia has saved its soul the right to move ahead with demo cratic reforms without out Side interference. The communique itself is a laconic thing of a few words yet sincere and Mutual understanding is very much better than nothing. The contents of the com Promise Are not yet known. But one Good source reports that the soviet troops remaining in Czechoslovakia will now finally withdraw quietly and discreetly. Others speak of an agree ment to cease polemical ranting of both sides. The editors of two outs Okenly reformist weeklies reporter and the crusading liter Arni Listy Magazine of the writers Union were called to the Central committee on wednesday night and told to refrain from their Sharp criticism of the soviet Union. The optimistic interpretation of these fragments is please see czechs Page 9 airline plans costly Montreal will get new Airport Ottawa up the government plans an in irely new Airport for Montreal and vast expand Ion of existing facilities at Toronto to handle Mush growth of airline traffic in the coming years transport minister Hellyer announced today. Costs Are expected to run at each City to move them into the Era of the jumbo Jet and the super sonic Jet passenger planes or. Hellyer announced at a news conference. The department expects that contracts for giant new terminal buildings at each City will be let within the next year. Or. Hellyer said departmental plans have been firmed up to such an extent that further detailed decisions must await consultation with the provincial and municipal authorities. These talks would cover the willingness of provincial and municipal authorities to co oper ate in such matters As zoning near the airports and planning of ground transportation facilities. At Toronto a substantial amount of land for expansion of facilities remains available near the International Airport at Mai ten or. Hellyer said. Expansion of the existing Airport in this Case was the most decor nomic and efficient solution. At Montreal however residential construction has hemmed in the International Airport in suburban Dorval. This is already limiting full please see costly Page 2 quake toll mounts Manila up Rescue Wor kers dug through the rubble of a five Storey apartment. Bouse that collapsed in Manila today during the Philippines worst earthquake in memory. One filipino said he saw 12 bodies removed from the wreck age and a police spokesman said it was believed that about 200 persons were killed through out the Philippines. Reuters news Agency reported the death toll was feared to be closer to 400. It probably will take Days for a reliable casualty toll to be compiled. It was believed that most fatalities occurred in an apart ment building that collapsed in the capital s chinese Quarter but estimates of the number of tenants ranged from 400 to and reports of the number of missing varied just As widely. The quake came at ., while most people were in bed and lasted almost a minute. It registered six on a scale of nine and was Felt throughout the main Island of Luzon. 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