Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday november 28, 1968 Ottawa Quebec invited to african conference by Stan Mcdowell Ottawa staff the governments of Canada and Quebec have both been invited to a French language International conference to which the Federal government Hopes Only a single Canadian delegation will go. Prime minister Trudeau con firmed wednesday that Canada had received an invitation to the conference in the former French african Colony of niger. Tuesday Quebec Premier Jean Jacques Bertrand revealed that Quebec had been invited. The invitation had come directly from niger he said not by Way of Ottawa. Replying to questions in the commons wednesday or. Tru Deau reaffirmed former prime minister Lester Pearson s policy at the crisis provoking con Ference of French language ministers of education at Gabon Early this year Quebec commit Ted itself firmly to the principle that it had a right to attend strictly on its own International conferences on such provincial matters As education. Ottawa up senator Paul Martin government Leader in the Senate left Here wednes Day for an african visit which will take him to niger. He will discuss matters of Mutual prime minis Ter Trudeau said in a statement. Niger has called an International culture conference of French speaking countries and Ottawa and Quebec City now Are engaged in delicate negotiations on How to handle the robbed cabbie youth., 19, jailed matter. Senator Martin will represent Canada at Butare Rwanda dec. 7 and 8 for celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the founding of the National stand. University of Rwanda. The rec Tor is most Rev. Georges Henri Levesque of Quebec. Senator Martin who will be away until dec. 15, will also visit the Congo Ivory coast and Senegal As Well As niger. On provincial participation at International conferences. A single delegation should attend in the name of Canada he said but should include representatives of interested provinces. But in spite of this there were indications that Ottawa Hopes to avoid an open confrontation with Quebec on the Issue if Premier Bertrand can be persuaded to accept a face saving Compromise. The whole Issue has been treated in Ottawa with strict discretion while quiet negotiations have been carried on with Quebec. Federal officials took calmly or. Bertrand s unexpected pub Lic revelation that Quebec had received an invitation. Ottawa spokesmen Felt allowance must be made for the pressure or. Bertrand has recently been under. The Quebec Premier has been faced with a near revolt by Ultra nationalists in his own party and his Bill to guarantee English language rights in que was the object of a noisy demonstration by separatists in the Quebec legislature gallery tuesday. In the commons wednesday prime minister Trudeau said that the invitation from niger to Ottawa mentioned a desire to have Quebec attend the Confer ence. And he added this obviously is. Fully in Accord with our own views. We Only want to establish a formula according to which there would be Only a single Canadian delegation with representatives of several prov inces interested in the French one possible route to a face saving out for Quebec was opened when or. Trudeau said the conference was not a conference of ministers of Edu cation but a conference on la offered for Sale there. Francophone the International French language Community in the cowboys Are coming the cowboys Are suspect gets remand Gregory c. Wright 20, of Point Edward out., charged with non capital murder after a Portage la Prairie Motel killing was remanded until dec. 5 when he appeared thursday in port age magistrate s court. Requesting the week s re Mand Crown counsel Gilroy told magistrate b. P. Mcdonald that or. Wright had successfully applied for Legal Aid at a Winnipeg court hearing last week but had not yet obtained Legal counsel. Or. Wright who was driven from the Vaughan Street detention Centre in Winnipeg to Portage accompanied by two detectives is charged with murdering Welsh welder Gareth Jones oct. 12. Or. Wright had been arrested in Houston Texas after a car which had been missing since the night of the killing had been girls found strangled grand Forks North Dakota a taxi Driver James Iverson 29, of grand Forks was charged Early today with murder in the sex slayings of two Young women. Iverson was arraigned on the charges shortly after Midnight before county judge Kirk Smith. He was remanded with out Bond while police continued their probe of the deaths of Carol 25, of grand Forks and Diane Bill 18, of Larimore North Dakota. Police said the bodies were found on a bed in an apartment occupied by miss Mayers and said miss Bill had apparently a youth who stole s1g, a cigarette lighter a wrist watch and two wallets from a taxi Driver has been sentenced in Winnipeg Magis trate s court to two years in Penitentiary. The youth Thomas Michael Bear 19, of 1836 Pacific Avenue pleaded guilty to robbery before magistrate i. V. Ubienski. Taxi Driver Arthur George Watt 21, had picked up Bear and another youth in front of the Exchange cafe 610 main Street the night of sept. 16, court was told. Or. Watt had driven the men to the rear of 71 Pioneer Avenue where one youth grabbed him from behind around the Throat and demanded Money. The Driver had Given them s16. The youths dragged him been visiting the slaying believed they were strangled. Her Friend when occurred. It is Ottawa students end sit in by the Canadian press student occupation of one Ca Nadian University ended late wednesday while students of a second were to vote today on a proposal to Call a general strike. Occupation of a third University moved into its fourth Day with no sign of a Settle ment. The end of an eight Day Stu dents occupation of the univer sity of Ottawa s social sciences quarters came late wednesday after voted 172 to 30 in favor of proposals for one third student representation on faculty and departmental councils. At Burnaby b.c., a show of hands by nearly of the 000 students at Simon Fraser University showed an Over whelming majority favored a proposal to hold a general strike vote today. About 100 students at Mcgill University in Montreal continued occupation begun. Monday at the fourth floor of the Ste phen . Unrest at All three Campus revolved around student 3e mands for a voice administration. Mine kills e. Germain youth methodist backs births control Washington a a methodist Bishop gave his full backing wednesday to birth subject of Contro Versy within the roman Cath Olic Church. Bishop John Wesley lord Washington said methodists believe that planned Parent Hood Practised with respect for human life fulfils rather than violates the will of Bishop lord said he was of pc ring a protestant View on the birth control controversy because of the dispute in the Catholic Church. Patrick Cardinal o Bovle Catholic prelate of washing ton. Has punished 40 priests who questioned Pope Paul s continued ban on All forms of artificial contraception United states Catholic Bishops supported in a state ment two weeks ago but said couples who break it will not be turned away from the Church. Bonn West the United states has accused the East German regime of murder in the death of 16 year old who was. Bleed to death in a while trying to Riany. The death of the Coburg re minder that the regime in East Germany continues to use every Means including murder to of press its subjects and Perpetu ate itself in . Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge said in a statement. The. United states condemns murder and declares that the mines and other Obsta cles to free movement should be removed from the demarcation the statement said the British arid French embassies share the expressed by the american the youth s attempt to flee was one the most dramatic in several years of escapes from East Germany. He was injured when one of the mines blew up in the area he was trying to Cross. The boy whose identity is not known shouted for help for two hours before he died. West Ger Man Border policemen said he repeatedly shouted am Only 16 years old. I Don t want to die yet. Take me to a Hospital. Both my legs Are the West German govern ment spokesman Guenter Diehl told a news conference it appeared that the East German Border guards tried to help the youth but could not because they did riot know the exact location of the mines. Panther defies order from a Reuters san Francisco up police hunted Black Panther eld Ridge Cleaver As a fugitive wednesday amid speculation he May have fled the United states after the negro militant failed to keep a Date for return to prison. The 33-year-tid and p in sur that he return to his wife said tuesday use Means necessary to avoid a return to prison. Assault with in Lent to Killand assault with a deadly Wear Fin in eos Angeles in 1958, Cleaver to113 years and was paroled in but the parole was revoked by the California adult authority after an Oakland shootout in which a negro youth was killed last Cleaver was charged with assault with attempted murder and assault with deadly weapon. At 9 . When Cleaver was to. Report his wife and his White lawyer Charles r. Garry entered the state building in downtown san fran Cisco. They said Cleaver s whereabouts were unknown to them and that they had a e in him sunday. Last five divorces become final five divorce decrees were made absolute in Manitoba court of Queen s Bench wednesday. They Are Liliian Eleanor Johnston from Robert Henry Johnston married in Portage la Prairie Man., oct. 29, 1960 Vernon Harold Sci nuer from Winifred Jean Seigneur married in Toronto. Oct. Caroline Gordon from Thomas Ross Gordon married in Winnipeg oct. 12, 1963 Edith. Ruth Pearse from John Henry Pearse married in Portage la Prairie May 16, 1964, and Susan Kathleen Spencer from William Kenneth into a suite at 71 Pioneer beat him up and tied his hands behind his with a neck tie court was told. It was then that or. Watt s lighter watch and wallets had been stolen. When he was dragged out to the taxi again or. Watt managed to escape and notify police. Bear and Carl John sin Clair 20, of no fixed address were arrested the same night. After a preliminary hear ing in Winnipeg Magis trate s court tuesday or. Sinclair was committed for trial on a charge of robbery. Mine Industry Indianapolis Indiana s bituminous Coal industries e ploy about miners. Heavy fighting flares on cambodian Border Saigon a while thou Sands of . Troops celebrated . Thanksgiving the heaviest fighting in 2vi months was re ported along the cambodian Border today. Two american helicopters were shot Down and destroyed. . Casualties in the five Bat Les were put at 21 killed and 37 wounded. Ten South vietnamese were killed and 20 wounded spokesmen said. North Vietnam claimed eight . Planes have been shot Down Over North Vietnam since president Johnson halted the bombing of the North nov. 1. The military newspaper Quan Doi nhan Dan said recon is Sance flights were very inso Lent challenges which proved the United states was not Seri Ous about wanting peace in Vietnam. The newspaper charged . Planes conducted 190 reconnaissance flights Over North Viet Nam in 14 Days after nov. 1. Some flights it said were Over Hanoi and Haiphong. Combat casualties climbed on All sides last week. The . Command said 160 americans were killed last week and were wounded. This compares with 127 killed and wounded the week before. The new tolls raised to the number of americans killed in Vietnam since Jan. 1, 1961, while americans have been wounded and Are listed As missing captured or m turned. South vietnamese Headquarters said 246 government troops were killed last week almost double the 128 killed the pre Vious week. The number of North i namese and Viet Cong killed for the week was the two commands reported or 72 More than the previous week. Correction Solo stores advertisement of wednesday nov. 27 item should have read 69c planters salted mixed 12 Ops. _ i Spencer married Jan. 11, 1957. In Winnipeg charged for Liri Pige ii o Montreal up Maul Delaroche 40, pleaded not guilty in municipal court wednesday to a charge of kill ing a Pigeon with a Broom handle. Judge Maurice Johnson expressed Surprise saying he s charged with killing a Pigeon your he was told. That s what i heard but i could t believe my the judge said. The charge was Laid under Section 386-a1 of the criminal code. If convicted the accused would be liable to a sentence of six months in jail plus a Fine of the accused was freed on parole pending trial. Record earthquake Berkeley Calif. A a Strong earthquake was recorded on University of California seismographs Early thursday and the Centre was estimated in Central America Miles u t h e a s t of Berkeley. The tremor was timed at . Est. The magnitude was Esti mated As 6.2 on the Richter scale Strong enough to cause damage in a populated area. 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