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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 76 no. 220 Price Loc Friday june 13, 1969 Sunrise . Moonrise . Sunset . Moonset . Forecast sunny 32 and 65 one of Canada s supersonic Cf-5 Jet fighter aircraft normally based at cold Lake alta., will be one of the features at the armed forces Day display at Canadian forces base Portage la Prairie sunday. The plane will make Low level High Speed passes during the air show which will also include a Harvard Trainer t-33 and Tutor Jet trainers an Otter a Falcon and several helicopters. The red Knight in a red Tutor will put on a Low level aerobatic show. Army and Navy units will also be represented in the Tri service display open from 1 to . See Story on Page. 4. At ban conference Federal govt. Gives ground Ottawa proposal offers provinces More Power in taxing spending Fields Ottawa up the political Powers of the provinces would expand at Ottawa s expense under Basic Law principles which won qualified approval thursday from Federal and provincial leaders. Provincial governments would have increased strength in the politically vital rights to tax and to spend Money prime minister j Trudeau and the 10 premiers agreed. The provinces would have a Cess in principle to All forms of taxation alongside the Federal government including a new right to Levy indirect tax such army Ever by Karl Meyer London Golda Meir thursday described the israeli winners of the june War in 1967 As the victorious army that Ever came Back in history but she said that if War came again Israel would have no alternative but to win it. The israeli prime minister speaking at a press luncheon appealed again for direct peace talks Between her country and its Arab neighbors and had Only Sharp words for the efforts of the big Powers to bring about a settlement. Mrs. Meir is Here on her first foreign trip since she became prime minister in March. She managed to be both maternal and Tough in a sometimes emotional encounter in which she was challenged by an Arab journalist. Please see Saddest Page 14 education policies attacked teachers rally becomes hot seat for Craik Manitoba s progressive conservative govern ment found itself at Bat Over education policy at a political rally sponsored by the Winnipeg teachers association thursday. About teachers who Moon Egypt remains Adamant by John Chad Wick vote review set Ottawa up the com Mons decided thursday to have its elections committee make a Complete review of the Canada elections act. The committee is to begin sit Tings in september when the commons is not i session. It will Deal with such suggestions As lowering of the voting age from 21. The commons next week is expected to establish a special committee to study the problem of trying to put limits on elec Tion expenses by parties and candidates. As a turnover imposed on Busi Ness at the wholesale level. See stories on Page 10 j the provincial Legislatures j would be Given a measure of control Over decisions whether Ottawa should initiate National shared Cost programs similar to the present Hospital and medi Cal care schemes. The leaders also agreed the Federal government should compensate the people of a province which decided to stay out of any future shared Cost program. Payments would be distributed to the citizens not the govern ment of the province. Please see Ottawa Page 14 Landing set for july 20 world to watch As astronaut collects samples of Rock plan May create a tax Jungle attended the rally in the Winnipeg auditorium saw the first coming together in the present Campaign of All the province s party leaders except Premier Walter Weir who was in Ottawa attending a constitutional con Ference. The meeting opened with a statement Robertson from d. President m. Of s. The Winnipeg teach ers association. Nip Leader gets top Marks at rally Ottawa up a compared to tax the present before canadians As a result of the lat est constitutional meeting of Federal and provincial first ministers. There s still Hope however measured by applause alone in the Winnipeg auditorium thursday afternoon de the statement attacked Edu Schreyer seems to enjoy a wide cation minister Donald w. Popularity among the teachers i 4.1. In Craik s recent policy statement i of this area proposing legislation to give the but of course it May have government full control of spending in the Public schools establish deadlines for teacher salary negotiations and author ize appointment of an out of province commissioner to study education and report to the government. Next was Premier Weir s stand in education minister Donald w. Craik who wryly Rostrum at the Winni g teach. Remarked maybe i should have worn my Bullet proof As he jokingly looked for holes in his suit. Or. Craik said the deadline Cairo egyptian Reuters soviet proposal won t interfere with k the collective bargaining rights of teachers. The machinery for collective talks on the Middle East crisis entered their final round today with Egypt apparently taking a Tough line Over israeli withdrawal from occupied territories. President Nasser was meeting with soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko for a final Dis Cussion in a series in which the russians Are believed to be probing the political limits to which Cairo is prepared to go for a settlement with Israel. But an egyptian foreign ministry spokesman made it Clear Cairo has no intention of accept ing any settlement unless it involved israeli withdrawal from Arab territory seized in the 1967 six Day War. Bargaining is our proposal not in question would have the been that or. Screyer said exactly what the majority of the teachers liked to hear. The new democratic party Leader raced Back from a see election stories on pages 5 and 15 function in Arborg Man. Just in time to take his turn at the ers association rally. He slammed the government s policies and explained his own. Among the five political aspirants who spoke or. Schreyer received the warmest and most frequent applause from the teacher audience. He told them criterion concerning educational policy was simple will the that this prospective Jungle May be no More than a Mirage. On that basis he said the j for one thing the agreement proposals of education minister Donald w. Craik should be assessed. The government thinking the spending of municipal school boards be controlled by the Public schools finance Board an please see Schreyer Page 9 reached by the first ministers on taxing and spending Powers is conditional on later agree ment on division of legislative Powers Between Ottawa and the provinces. This is a very big condition. For another thing there has been no agreement on How to implement any of the changes Washington special tons space Agency officials thursday gave1 the Apollo 11 Crew a go ahead to attempt a manned Landing on the Moon s sea of Tranquility sunday july 20. I several hours after the land ing if All goes As planned Neil i a. Armstrong 38, a civilian astronaut and former Pilot of the x-15 rocket plane will climb Clown a Flimsy ladder from the cockpit of the Apollo Landing vehicle and step onto the Moon s surface the first of his species to do so. That will come Early on the below Belt blow record lows hit farms Prairie Farmers already i troubled toy Canada s fail ure to sell bushels of wheat in storage and by thursday s Frost received another blow Fri Day when temperatures dropped to record lows in at least eight Manitoba communities. The eight communities with. The previous record Low in brackets Are Winnipeg 29.4. 33.2 in 38 rivers29 35 in Brandon 26 31. Dauphin 28 34 in Portage la Prairie 30 31 in Pilot Mound 31 32 in 1942, and Brochet 29 31 in 1951, a Low tonight of 32 the Freez. Ing Point is predicted tonight for the Winnipeg area. But it s expected to be sunny with a High of 65 saturday. One of the hardest blows delivered in the past two Days of Frost on the Prairies occurred outside Manitoba at the Scott experimental farm 150 Miles West of Saskatoon where the. Temperature dropped to 16 thursday. As a result of the Frost said Paul Redman vice president of National Grain company in an interview thursday the Price of flax on the Winnipeg Exchange please see Low blow Page 9 agreed upon in principle Here wednesday and thursday. The agreement by prime min ister Trudeau and the provincial premiers with one unidentified exception among the provinces would permit the provinces to i hence will watch As or. Arm morning of july 21, nearly five Days after the Apollo 11 launch at Cape Kennedy Florida on july 16. A worldwide television Aud enter All tax Fields except Cus Toms. Federal sources declined to please see tax Page 14 Strong backs Down the Steps to fill a Small bag with samples of Moon dust which May give scientists a physical specimen please see Moon Page 14 Weir stays Over for wheat talks air base takeover delayed the takeover of the Winnipeg air Canada overhaul and maintenance base by Northwest industries slated for Ltd june Edmonton 15, has been Bend would shift education tax Load Liberal Leader r. W. Bobby Bend said thursday that As Premier of he would remove All or most of the costs his party s of education from the property or enabling at concerned implementation of any policy to plan their financial commit see education Page 12 enhance the Quality of education of our children and citizens of other tax. Announcing his party s official education policy the new Liber Al Leader also said he opposed the plan to give the Public school finance Board More control Over the budgets of school boards but was in favor of legislation allowing for a non compulsory plan of regional bar gaining on teacher salaries. Or. Bend told a Winnipeg teachers association rally in the civic auditorium that the Low income fixed income tax payers were the people to be please see tax Load Page 9 do you know what Riding you Are in As a service to readers and in response to Many requests from subscribers the free press will publish in its saturday edition maps of the new boundaries for All 57 provincial constituencies where Las will be elected june 25 to form the next Manitoba legislature. By Victor Mackle Ottawa staff1 Premier Walter Weir met members of the Cabinet Friday to discuss the agricultural crisis in West Ern Canada. He conferred with Trade and Industry minister Jean Luc Pepin and Otto Lang minister without portfolio who assists j. J. Greene in the Energy mines and resources department. Or. Pepin said that or. Weir explained his views on the West s agricultural problems. The questions of a two Price system for wheat and acreage payments were discussed with a View to determining which would provide the greatest immediate Benefit to the West Ern Farmer. Or. Weir told newsmen that he believed acreage payments would be preferable at this time. The Manitoba position is that we Don t really believe the two Price system is the answer. We support acreage payments that is a More significant scale of payments than in the please see Weir Page 12 delayed for another month. A spokesman for cae Indus tries ltd., Parent company of Northwest said in a Telephone interview from Montreal that the takeover of the base was delayed because of the air Canada strike and a strike of machinists at the Northwest Plant in Edmonton. Information officer Fred Fraser said Northwest is still going Over various areas of the takeover with air Canada. Please see air base Page 4 prisoner Aid bid in works where the leaders Are Liberal Leader r. W. Bobby Bend left and education minister Donald w. Craik discuss one of the Points raised during a teachers rally in the Winnipeg auditorium thursday. Premier Walter Weir will return from the Federal provincial conference Friday evening. He will be campaigning saturday in his Home constituency of Minnedosa. Monday he will be Mai Streeting in Lac Dubonnet and Selkirk. Liberal Leader r. W. Bobby Bend will Campaign Friday and saturday in his Home constituency of Lakeside and will attend the lunar fair saturday afternoon. Will Campaign in Gladstone constituency monday morning and afternoon. Monday evening he will speak at a rally in Brandon at the Prince Edward hotel at 7 . Nip Leader de Schreyer will be visiting Homes in the Point Douglas Burrows Keewatin and Willow Park areas Friday afternoon. He will Campaign at the a Marl and Zellers shopping centres in Assiniboia Friday evening at at 9 . Will attend the Willow Park meeting at the Lincoln motor hotel. Or. Schreyer will be Mai Streeting in Steinbach Satur Day afternoon and will attend a Public meeting in Dominion City saturday night. Sunday he will be in Dynevor Stonewall and Ste. Agatha. Monday he will leave for Northern Manitoba by chartered flight. Trudeau claim i doubted by Stan Mcdowell Ottawa staff conservative Leader Robert Stanfield said Friday Only slight pro j Gross toward improved ability to Deal with the country s real j economic problems had been made at the Federal provincial constitutional conference that i ended thursday. 1 nip Leader t. C. Douglas warned the government that it could put Federal Power into a straitjacket if it agreed to a provincial veto on Ottawa s rights to initiate shared Cost programs with the j provinces. The opposition party leaders were replying to a commons conference report in which prime minister Trudeau said the conference was productive please Sec Trudeau Page 14 Vancouver up the Federal government is preparing legislation which would vacate or annul criminal records in proper solicitor general George Mcilraith told the Cana Dian Congress of corrections thursday. After a certain period of trouble free conduct the record of to prisoner s conviction would not be provided to anyone except the authorities concerned with the administration of jus he said. Please see prisoners Page 14 today John Blumburg course officially dedicated 48 today s Index classified 29 to 46 comics 16, 17 deaths 12 finance 24 to 27 Jumble 31 movies 23 sports 45, 48 to 53 television 21 women 20 City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press i ;