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Tuesday, June 10, 1969

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 10, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 701 4 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 76 no. 217 Price Loc with comics tuesday june 10, 1969 Sun Rise . Moon Rise . Sun set . Moon set . Forecast Cool 35 and 50 pleads for Unity romanians won t walk out of Summit by Richard Illston Moscow special tons Romania questioned monday the value of convening the world communist Summit at this time and warned that continuing attacks on China threaten Sharp new ten Sions in the socialist Camp. Party Leader n i c o 1 a e Ceausescu in effect warned that the conference is in danger of creating More problems if the delegates persist in their preoccupation with the sino soviet crisis. Addressing the first world party meeting in nine years he deplored the political Atmos phere building up around the Moscow peking dispute. Or. Ceausescu expressed anxiety Over the direction of the con Ference. But he said the romanian delegation will remain in mos cow to argue for Unity and cohesion in the communist world. In february 19gs, the China Issue prompted a roman Ian walkout during a preparatory session for this much postponed conference. The romanian Leader voiced grave concern Over recent fight ing Between soviet and chinese troops and called on both sides to negotiate for a common front. Accusations blame Label Lings and whomsoever invectives by can Only Lead to the sharpening of tension and the deepening of disagree ments they will not create conditions for the settlement of divergent problems Forf the development of collaboration and Unity among our or. Ceausescu said. Please Sec Romania Page 4 Alexander Panagoulis would be Assassin of Creek Premier George Dopoulos is shown to newsmen monday after being recaptured in Central Athens. He had escaped from a military prison last thursday. Please see Story on Page 19. Election Field May hit 180 close to 180 candidates Are expected to be in the Field by 1 j . Wednesday when Nomina a tons close for the june 25 i provincial election. I progressive conservative j completed a full slate of 57 budget under fire current Vietnam cutback is Only first in series Washington special tons president Nixon s decision to withdraw american sol Diers from Vietnam starting next month is the first step in. A plan to pull out . Troops by the end of the year if All goes Well. Girl gang suspected of beatings Rampat Portage hold 10 juveniles i after complaints by parents Portage la Prairie Man. Special a gang thought to be made up of a dozen girls is suspected to being responsible for an outbreak of beatings in this City ramp said. Ten juvenile girls All City Resi l dents have been referred to juvenile authorities and ramp believe they have the situation under control. Missing trucker i located Ile Des Chenes Man. Staff ramp said tuesday they have located a Man thought to have been missing in the e wreckage of a Semi trailer that collided with three cars and overturned in the ditch along Highway 59, three Miles North of Here during the weekend. An ramp spokesman said we have located the Man. He was not at the scene. In fact he was t with the Driver on the entire please see missing Page 4 candidates with seven Nomina i tons monday night including the naming of Alderman Slaw Bebchuk acting mayor of Winnipeg to contest Point Douglas. Ten Liberal candidates were selected monday night to bring the party s total nominated in 55. Candidates will be named tonight in Minnedosa and Rob Lin. In Minnedosa it is Likely Don Mcnabb 55-year-old min Nedosa area Farmer will be nominated to run against pre Mier Walter Weir. The nip is scheduled to Complete its slate tonight with a nomination in Rhineland Riding where the party s new Leader eds Breyer will address a meeting at Altona As Well As the 57 candidates i expected to be nominated by the not to be gained by cutting sex please see election Page 6 please see budget Page 6 opposition launches attack Ottawa up opposition maps ripped into finance minister Edgar Benson s june 3 budget in the com Mons monday charging it will increase unemployment. . Goes easy on Gibraltar by Robert c. Toth London special tons the British government declined monday to retaliate against Spain at least immediately for the land blockade Gibraltar. I defence Secretary Melvin r. Laird returning monday from a Midway Island meeting at which or. Nixon made his announcement referred to the step by step a future of the plan on arrival. As the president or. Laird declared this is the first announcement. The program will be under continuing review and another decision will be made in Early the decision in August according to Pentagon sources. Will involve whether the United states will continue the withdrawal at the planned another men after pullout of the first with the balance in roughly monthly increments later. This plan covers Only the time up to dec. 31. What will happen in 1970 is unknown. Presumably it depends on events and on political decisions not yet made. In the Midway announcement or. Nixon said the United j states will first withdraw the stage set for ban conference equivalent of a division. He did even the Agenda for the three not disclose what proportion of j Day conference. It is a private the men will be combat resumption of Public sessions soldiers and How Many would be last february and a year ear from support and logistics units j late monday or. Laird told talks a lined at Constitution meet Ottawa. Up Canada s top Federal and provincial politicians go underground wednesday for an unusually secret round of their continuing Power game on the future of the country s Constitution. Officials decline to disclose an Impromptu meeting in the Pentagon press room the first group w i 1.1 be heavily weighted with combat types. Please see cutback Page 4 cutback branded Trace foreign minister Michael j Stewart insisted that Britain was certainly not taking it lying but the most he proposed was a British tourist Boycott. Those with any real sympathy for Gibraltar should think twice and Many More times before going to Spain he told parliament. They should consider going to Gibran a tar instead. J by Donald h. Louchheim Over two million britons i annually visit Spain but when Paris special tons the Marcel Lambert edmonton1, ther Many of these will heed communist delegations to the the conservative Finan j or Stewart s advice Wasi ques Vietnam peace talks monday Cial critic ridiculed the finance Tio Nable. A dismissed Nixon s de minister s prediction of a or Stewart said he would of t withdraw 25 m Amel 000 000 surplus in the 1969-70 Fis i consider measures to make it another Cal year. More difficult for spaniards to from South Vietnam j aircraft but of the half dozen major topics far from resolved after two televised conferences and in Between negotiations among senior Public servants the i share out of political Power has priority. The conference recognizes As a matter of priority the study of the distribution of Powers in particular the taxing and spend ing said the Nicque after the feb.-10-12 meet ing. Quebec Premier Jean Jacques the 10 were arrested by ramp following complaints Over the past few weeks from parents that their children had been threatened molested and interfered with As Well As beaten by the gang either on their Way Home from school or outside a dance in a Church auditorium. In one incident a Young girl bad been on her Way Home from school in the downtown area when she was pulled into an Alley and kicked and beaten. A police spokesman said no one was taken to Hospital in any of the incidents. In most cases the gang threatened reprisals if their victim informed on them. Police said they have received no further complaints in the last week since action was taken. When asked what had provoked the attacks the spokesman said they could not establish a reason. One considered and later disregarded was a dispute Over some proceedings at a Field Day. The girls actually name r and referred to authorities subject this week notably Otta one aged 13, five 14 and four 15. A s practice of spending and the matter has been referred collecting taxes in All Fields. J for further action by the despite signs that Federal a j probation service thormities Are ready with propos als to accept limits on their Powers Ottawa officials offer no estimates on whether agree ments Are More Likely in Pri vate than they were in Public. They Are undeterred How Ever by any implicit omens in scheduling the conference wind up for Friday the 13th or meet ing in a condemned building. Prime minister Trudeau the please see stage set Page 2 Bertrand has said financial matters would be the prime May be biggest Gem Job maps to recheck i ship refit costs by Victor Mackie conservative chairman said. Ottawa staff the i the committee is determined commons Public accounts 1 to get to the Bottom of the Cal year. He said the was tories attacked liberals ignored Woik in Britain and Send Money As a crude farce and Home. But he clearly indicated propaganda he was against such moves probably because they would Quirt Britain More than Spain. In their first official comment on the Midway Summit meeting committee has decided to take another look at Why refitting the Carrier Bonaventure Cost s14 million instead of million As originally forecast. The committee approved a motion tuesday authorizing a subcommittee to go to Halifax Britain will stand by Gibran ithe communists suggested that to of rave stiga tar because Gibraltar has voted it could have Only a negative tons. Consultant engineered to remain tied Impact on the prospects for a Ward Edwardson of e. Edward Vandal suspects charged seven people have been arrested and charged with Ceme Tery vandalism after an incident in fort Frances ont., during the weekend. Fort Frances town police said monday night. The police declined to identify hem. But said that some were juveniles others would appear in adult court. Three Are males and four Are females. The seven were arrested after 261 headstones were knocked Over in the West end cemetery in fort Frances Friday evening or Early saturday. Early estimates placed damage at s3.000. By Mac Keillor less than 48 hours after he assumed command of the Mani-1 Toba new democratic parly de at night lie went Oul to Loi cute Man., and dismissed the Liberal Competition Alto aether and in the same breath to the United kingdom rather i than join Franco s Spain. We shall take whatever measures Are necessary to sustain the Economy the Freedom and the Way of life of or. Stewart declared. Please see . Goes Page 8 his bogged Premier Weir for Schreyer climbed through the ropes of tie election Campaign it issues f dissolving and started swinging. The legislature prematurely. Please see pages 2 and 18 for More Provin Cial election coverage. He came out from his Corner first at a press conference monday before Manitoba s eth Nic press and started talking about the languages Bill a subject he was to touch on twice More before tie Day was through. Then he sped out to North Kildonan where or. Weir received a few More lashes and whore he elaborated a Little on i some of the nip policies. I in , or. Schreyer j himself nominated Rene Toupin j a credit Union manager from is. Boniface to carry the Ball for please see Schreyer Page 8 l con lest deadline contestants arc reminded that entries in the free press red Cross water safety contest must be received before Midnight june 13. Entries should be Cut to water safety contest 226 Osborne Street North Winnipeg t. Negotiated settlement. The National liberation son and co., Montreal accompany maps. Will front political of the Vietje Cong declared flatly that this policy of the Nixon Nistra a Tion bars All Progress at the Paris conference on it said that with american troops in South Viet Juam the withdrawal of soldiers represents Only a Grain j of Sand thrown in an Ocean and j i in Way affects the Continua Tion and intensification of the a. D. Hales the committee s causes for this tremendous increase in Winnipeg police and ramp have joined forces in investigating what May have been the largest jewel robbery in Western Canada. Between and s500.000 Worth of jewels were stolen in a weekend break in at Henry Birks and sons Man ltd., Portage Avenue and Smith Street. He said lie doubted the one of the puzzles in the Case subcommittee would be Able to Complete a report for Parlia ment before the summer recess. Is that the doors to the building Don t appear to have been tampered with. Neither does the however the main committee i vault were the jewels were expects to make three reports one on the naval hydrofoil project a second on miscellaneous items and a third on its Bonaventure findings. The first two should be ready for parliament this month. Liberals sidetrack nip car pact bid Ottawa staff Liberal received a s75 million write off please see cutback Page 6 members of the commons pub j but he refused to name the lie accounts committee dug in firm their heels today temporarily j Harold Winch nip Vancou blocking an opposition move to ver East pressed or. Long for sack it to Ottawa looking for a Pup this want and under dogs cats pets Etc. One male Chihuahua pure bred with papers. Phone 258-1038. Is among Hie hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Section. No matter whal you need shop and save in free press want ads. Moose jaw up a sack it to Ottawa Campaign has been started by an my who said he is backing Farmers who want to pay income taxes in Grain rather than Cash. John l. Skoberg nip Moose jaw told the annual convention of the Hudson Bay route association monday his decision was in reply to National Revenue minister Jean Cote s suggestion in the House of commons last week that the Federal government would be willing to accept Grain in lieu of Cash if the people Are willing to shovel i would suggest it to those hero who find it a problem parliament Hill is a Large or. Skoberg told Clele gales. We could pile a lot of Grain Down there. Just sack it to he said Many Saskatchewan Farmers were Short of Cash and said Many Small businesses were going broke while companies dealing in fuel Oil and farm implements were pressing Farmers for Cash. There s just no bloody Cash he said. Bay route association advocates More use of Mani Toba port of Churchill to move Prai Rie produced goods primarily Grain to Eastern markets. Avo Frost expected tonight Cloudy wet. Windy and cold is today s forecast issued by the Dominion Public weather office for greater Winnipeg. Although a Low of 35 degrees is predicted for tonight there is Little Chance of Frost the Weatherman said. The current cold spell Over Winnipeg resulted from the rapid movement of an Arctic air mass from Hud son Bay into Southern Manitoba. It first entered the province sunday evening and within 24 hours had travelled the 600 Miles to Southern Manitoba. According to the weather office this rapid movement Mcusic scr no a posts. Past k discover which automobile firm had million in Back excise the names of All companies involved and the tax amounts cancelled. He suggested it was up to the department of National Revenue duties written off by Cabinet decision. Committee hearings into the the auditor general should be Cabinet s action cancelling s80 required to give out the names million in customs ditties owed it is not our he said by 14 manufacturers under the l Auto pact began today. To disclose the names not the g. R. Long assistant auditor i auditor general general told the committee that i most certainly think the of the 14 companies one had i committee should have the names of the companies in said or. Winch. Ray Laburge. Depty minister of National Revenue customs and excise division said it was a government Rule that any such information taken from customs documents should not be released for publication by his department. Norman Casio a Ontario said the name of the company j was a o t or. Winch disagreed. I he said it was important for j committee members to know i i the name of the company. The i members could then Check the i i relationship of such a Multi i million Dollar cancellation in i terms of the firm s profit i picture. J i please see Nof Page 2 kept. One of the possibilities under investigation is that during recently completed major alterations to the front of the store someone obtained a key to the store. This does not explain How Ever How the same person or persons might have obtained the i combination to the vault. On this Point a couple of i alternatives Are being consid i Rcd by police the robbery i was an inside Job or it was conducted by Eastern proves i the robbery is the largest in this City since March of 19sg. When s380.000 in Gold bars was stolen from Winnipeg inter National Airport by thieves who drive up and loaded the bars into a truck. The monthly business report Section of the Winnipeg free press normally published on the second tuesday of each month will be published on the third tuesday for this month Only. Because the june Edi Tion of business report is to include special reports on business activities in Northern Mani Toba the publishing Dale was set Back to june 17 allow time for further articles from the North. Watch for the june Busi Ness report next tues Day june 1.7. Today features the hockey fans want the russians today s Index 22 Bridge column 14 classified 29 to 43 comics 15 crossword 14 deaths is finance 26 to 28 history today. 13 Horoscope 14 Jumble 31 movies 11 sports.22 to 25 television 10 women.16. 17 cily zone Tola i 133.8j6 nearly everyone reads the free press ;