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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 17, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 76 no. 223 Price Loc with comics tuesday june 17, 1969 Sunrise . Moonrise . Sunset . Moonset . Forecast Cloudy 45 and 60 communist pm jabs que. Disturbed Over armed Camp mood Ottawa special prime minister Trudeau monday greeted Cancella Tion of the St. Jean Baptiste Day celebrations in Sherbrooke with gloomy reflections on Freedom in Quebec. The people and the authorities should recognize the Clim Slan Anig Success Auu ate they Are establishing in the i the differences As minor ones province a climate in which Only one delegation that of decisions Are always subject to tile dominican Republic re veto by a few Guys who want to outright to sign tie Docu throw or. Trudeau ment. Two others the swedes and cubans came As observers and did not sign either. Delegations from Britain Norway and the French Indian Ocean Colony of reunion have said they would have to consult j with their Central committees after their return Home before deciding whether to sign. One conference mystery was cleared up today when two underground delegations which 1 had never been named in offi Cial reports of the proceedings please see communist Page 2 14 countries withhold support from conference decisions Moscow Reuters the 75-nation world communist Summit conference ended Here today with a formal ceremony of signing a document that will serve As a blueprint for the movement s anti imperialist struggle. I delegations from 14 communist parties withheld their full support from the document. But the Kremlin was certain to Hail the conference As an out standing Success and represent single City planning urged Here report Calls for govt. Body with housing taxing Powers advocates of the total amalgamation of greater Winnipeg received support tuesday with the release of the report of the citizens study committee on Urban physical planning in greater Winnipeg. In its report the studs com told reporters. He said if was disquieting that a minority by resorting to violence could change the minds of legitimate authorities. Or. Trudeau was to have been in Sherbrooke on june 24 to celebrate the feast Day of Quebec s Patron Saint but the celebrations were called off after a bomb damaged the offices of his hosts the local society St. Jean Baptiste Early. On sunday. J last year separatist demonstrators rioted when or. Tru Deau attended the traditional St. Jean Baptiste Day Parade in Montreal. A soft drink bottle crashed on the Wall behind him. The controversy surrounding his presence at the Montreal Parade gave the Sherbrooke invitation special meaning. By being in Sherbrooke on june 24 he would have been reasserting his leadership of the whole country including Quebec please see pm Page 6 . Trio charged in Birks theft men brought from lira nil on to appear in court Here three Minneapolis men have been charged with breaking entering and theft by Winnipeg police in connection with the robbery of Henry Birks and sons Man Ltd. Just Over a week ago. Up by the Winnipeg court brews Powell ruling May upset Congress Washington special . Supreme court declared monday that the House of representatives exceeded i t s Powers when it excluded rep. Adam Clayton Powell Democrat new York China s ambassador to see canadians building tie up forecast by Charles Taylor Stockholm special China s new ambassador to Sweden Wang Tung arrives in Stockholm this weekend to take personal charge of the negotiations with Canada Over Diplo Matic recognition. Formal negotiations were started in mid May. Canada has been represented by its ambassador Arthur Andrew and its chinese speak ing c o u n s Ell o r Robert Edmunds. John an official of the far Eastern division of inspector Allan c. Biggs of the Winnipeg police department said tuesday that police officers were sent to Brandon to pick up the three at 2 . Tuesday. He said the men had been arrested a week ago in Brandon and charged with Possession of burglary tools. Charged Are John Pietre Manelli 26, Douglas Arthur Hanson 28, and David Jerome i Mcphillips 27. They were to appear in Winnipeg magistrate s court tuesday. Afternoon. Chamber of Commerce the Winnipeg and District labor Council and Community welfare f the planning Council recommends j from the three groups take immedi brushing aside warnings of a ate action to ensure that a single elected municipal body be responsible for Urban physical planning and Environ mental services in the metropolitan area the committee concluded that the present state of comprehensive Long Range Urban phys ical planning in the metropol Itan area of greater Winnipeg is inadequate and in calling for a single elected municipal body for greater Winnipeg the report urged that the proposed group become involved in housing and Urban renewal that it be Able to acquire and assemble land and be empowered both to tax and to negotiate for other taxation historic confrontation with con Gress chief Justice Earl War Ren said the alleged conflict with another Branch of government cannot justify the courts avoiding their constitutional responsibility to inter pret the Constitution. And the Constitution chief Justice Warren said in a 62-Page opinion sets the Basic qualifications for membership in the House age . Citizenship and residency without giving the House Power to establish additional criteria. The 7-to-l decision was one of the boldest rulings of the supreme court under chief Justice Warren whose turbulent 16-year tenure As chief Justice ends next monday and it came Adam Clayton Powell a Sci Wii a a Revenue in order to finance its j in the Case of one of the most planning and development pro controversial figures on the Schreyer outlines policy for North Gram please see one City Page 5 political scene. Please see court Page 4 but he will miss external the department of external affairs minister Mitchell Sharp who leaves Stockholm wednes Day As or. Sharp nears the end of his scandinavian tour. Diplomatic sources think that Wang s arrival indicates keen chinese interest in the talks with Canadian officials which might result in an Exchange of by Dudley Magnus ambassadors before the end of i authority affairs also took part in some of the talks but has since returned to Ottawa. But the chinese have Only had Liu Chi Tsai a commercial offi Cial who has been acting chinese charge d affaires. Wang will presumably arrive with fresh instructions and increased Ottawa bid set on prices Check Insp. Biggs said i Haven t j Ottawa up the govern even had time to talk to the ment gave formal notice today men myself. I Hope you boys that it proposes appointment of will give us a bit More time joint Senate commons com please see . Trio Page 4 comes and employment. Mittee on Price stability in Theo notice on the commons order paper for consideration wednesday was in the name of consumer affairs minister Ron Basford. Before entering the a strike by one Small Section of a Union is on the verge of turning into a full scale work tie up a Union official indicated tuesday. He said the situation could halt All major construction in greater Winnipeg. The 31 unionists now on strike belong to the tile setters Section of local 1, bricklayers and masons Union Al Cio they voted 30 to 1 thursday in favor of striking and then struck. At the moment however the tile setters Aren t picketing Gen i june 27 really. One or two pickets had been out but were withdrawn this year. Yet it is obvious that both the canadians and the chinese Are proceeding with great caution and that neither is pressing for a speedy conclusion. A great Deal of hard bargaining can still be expected. Yesterday a chinese embassy official would Only confirm that the new ambassador will be arriving soon. But it is reliably understood that he will reach Stockholm on saturday or Sun Day and will present his credentials to the King of Sweden on or. Andrew is due to leave Stockholm in mid july and his please see envoy Page 2 Forest fire threatens deserted Yukon Centre by Bob Culbert flin flon staff new democratic party Leader de Schreyer hit out on the Northern Campaign Trail in big style monday with a mile whirlwind tour of constituencies and a new formula for economic development of the Northland. Please see Page 43 for other stories on the provincial election. In a policy statement on Northern development delivered at a meeting at flin flon monday night or. Schreyer tired aircraft and car said that an nip government would establish the new investment corporation and would encourage business Industry and individual citizens to invest in its shares. Together with Public funds he said this would provide a Pool of capital for facilitating new Industry in the or. Schreyer told his Audi ence of 120 people that the corporation had been urged by the targets for economic development commission. The consensus among labor Tion to finance economic development of the province s ohs Olu. Uei uie i-111 Veip Mich us Luc Yiu Vav a .3 Cabinet or. Basford was joint i Northern resources and an chairman of a similar commit-1 advisory Council to draw up tee which reported in 1967 after i development priorities each hearings across the country on j Yeal. Consumer prices. Because it is the policy of the bricklayers Union at present not to picket unless someone is doing a bricklayer s Job. Ing a si.20 hourly increase in pay Over two years will get the please see Small Page. 5 sies began in february Saigon pm denies he s resigning Saigon Reuters pre Mier Tran Van Huong told his staff today he would never re sign and ordered the closure of that the chinese want a senior any newspaper reporting he representative on hand for the planned to do so High govern ment sources said. President Nguyen Van thick has assured Huong he will sup port economic measures pro posed last week by the 65-year old Premier the sources added. The appointment of Wang to Stockholm is seen to indicate final and possibly most ult stage of their no gotta with Canada. Initial contacts Between the by the Canadian press Forest fire licked at the Oul skirts of Felly crossing the Yukon territory Community of 150 persons evacuated sunday night but by Early today no tool. Buildings had been destroyed. Roads into the Community 160 Miles North of Whitehorse were blocked by fire. Aircraft water bombed the roads All Day Mon Day. John Gass acting Yukon for Estry superintendent said 46 fires were burning out of control Quiry proposal plan in the com Mons monday As the Liberal government fought off a conservative attack on its consumer affairs policies. The motion Calls for the com Mittee to consider reports from in the Yukon with two others the recently established prices or. Schreyer on a four Day or. Basford mentioned the in Jour of Northern centres by Char be allowed to said. Or. Schreyer said that at the same time an nip government would beef up the role of the Manitoba development i u n d please see Schreyer Page 4 under control. In Alberta. 680 firefighters 25 bulldozers and 15 aircraft were fighting 21 fires two out of con in British Columbia a fire 100 Miles North of fort St. John and incomes commission headed by or. John h. Young of the University of British Colum Bia. It is to have Power to sit when parliament is adjourned. The Senate is to be asked to it indirect taxation rapped by Bend by Mac Keillor r. W. Bobby Bend monday project. Senator David Croll l 111 lit o ii 111 us i us i. V . Jumped fire lanes monday night was joint chairman and burned out of control in acres. About 100 men were on the lines hampered by winds and hot dry weather. Please see fire Page 2 with or. Basford of the last about 300 people at a political at the Prince Edward hotel in Brandon heard the Trudeau a gets blame continued Canadian and chinese Zembas and Ottawa special few Premier John Robarts walked of countries enjoy an Opportunity i re confederation to r e u n i t e to review their methods of Canada and convened his con government and to make fund-1 federation conference in Tor mental changes in institutions without a revolution to tear Down existing conventions and structures. Canada had such a priceless Opportunity in 1967 but it is now apparent we muffed it. The emotion of the Centennial j year and the practical Triumph of expo created a mood of Confidence and constructive nationalism. This adventurous spirit coincided with the movement to Ward Reform of the Constitution initiated by the quiet revolution in Quebec several years earlier. In that heavy year Ontario onto. Ottawa in perspective by Anthony Westell Dean the action which he said appeared to have evolved from the recently concluded Federal provincial constitutional c o n frence in Ottawa. Weir Manitoba Premier Walter Weir came Back and we heard nothing but rumblings. But two things of which i am almost certain happened that the prime minister agreed under pressure from the provinces to give the provinces the right to impose indirect taxation. This is wrong and whether it be liberals. Conservatives or nip this is where we have to stand up and the Canadian federation the fight we have to see were the Flag and the Anthem and had j taxes Are comm from. If you instituted such boldly reformist j buy a pail. Noesi you want to policies As bilingualism in the now in urn you re paying. Result he saw in provincial indirect taxation. We know the Federal government has been letting the provinces move gradually to Ward the indirect taxation Field. But if you weaken Federal please see indirect Page 2 North America act and write a wholly new Constitution. In Ottawa the Federal prime minister Lester Pearson had already tackled some of the supposedly scared symbols of the Canadian federation the Public service. For the shoes and How much in Quebec s late Daniel Johnson hardly raised an Eyebrow when he said he was sure Young canadians would be quite Happy to throw out the old British funeral service held for John Sifton or. Pearson had also begun taxes. To express doubts about the i were going to change advantages of the parliament that 1.would change it so even Ary Over the Federal government could t amendments to the ban act. I i a would be required to solve the country s underlying problems. The conservative opposition responded to the mood of 1967 by dropping the old Leader who had opposed or. Pearson s initiatives and spoken for past concepts of Canada and by please see Liberal Page 6 today this edition include in Ceil 16-Page tabloid Lection Fol brides the business reports pages 17 to 28. Also included in a special Section 1a to 6a an Canada 70 a report on bilingualism Page 1a voyage of the a Page 5a, and a report on the booming activity at Kettle rapids Page 6a. Today s Index classified.29 to 43 comics i 13 deaths 6 finance 50 to 53 Jumble 31 movies 1" sports -j6 to 49 television s women 14, 15 City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press funeral service for John Sifton was held at 2 . Monday in Westminster United Church. Or. Sifton 43, president of the Winnipeg free press lied where the leaders Are Avenue was last seen in the River near this Concrete Structure at the rear of 277 Wellington Crescent where he and a group of friends were making mud pies. The mud pies can be seen on the Structure. Police Are dragging for the boy i body. See Story Page 3. Or. Siplon was president of publications general Man Ager of the Winnipeg free press a director of Sun pub Lishing company lid., the Globe and mail and a number of other companies. Rev. R. E. Vipond officiated at the funeral service and burial was in Chapel Lawn memorial gardens. Active pallbearers were a Bruce Laking a. G. Kennedy. Or. E. N. Anderson stun Mic Donatl Alex c. Craig and Llewellyn Smith. Honorary pallbearers were Clifford Sifton g. Max Bell Howard Webster r. S. Malone George vennels. Ghent Carroll and Peter Mckinlock. Looking for a dog this want and under dogs cats Birds 21 cute Collie pups Lassie markings females s10, males Sis. J75-oj27. 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. Premier Walter Weir was in Portage la Prairie tuesday morning and in the afternoon campaigned in Gladstone. Tuesday evening he will be at a joint constituency meeting at Rivers in the Canadian legion Hall. Wednesday afternoon he will Tohir Lakeside constituency and in the evening lie will visit Riverton and a Borg. Liberal Leader . Bobby Bend campaigned in Charleswood during the lunch hour tuesday and in Selkirk tuesday afternoon. Later in the afternoon he was in Gimli and in Arborg tuesday evening. , or. Bend will Campaign in Minnedosa and will Mai Street in Russell and Dauphin in the afternoon. He will Fly to Swan River for dinner and a Public meeting in the legion Hall wednesday evening. Nip Leader Al Schreyer is campaigning in nor Thern Manitoba until Friday ;