Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, June 19, 1969

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 701 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 76 no. 225 Price Loc with comics thursday june 19, 1969 Sunrise . Moonrise . Sunset . Moonset . . Govt. And unions agree Wilson drops controversial plan to Fine Wildcat strikers by. Karl Meyer London minister Harold Wilson wednesday night pulled Back from the. Brink of his Row with British Trade unions and agreed to drop the labor government s controversial impose fines on Wildcat strikers. Convicted of wounding in daughter s death Calgary up maximum sentences of 14. Years were imposed wednesday on Julia and Julius Martisz for intentionally wounding their teen age daughter in a manner the trial judge said went be in return . Wilson was Given a solemn and binding undertaking by the general Council of the trades Union Congress Tuc to take sterner disciplinary measures against the unofficial strikes that have plagued British Industry. The outcome of the months Long dispute will surely be described As a climb Down by the prime minister s critics but Downing Street spokesmen insisted that the Trade unionists had come up with a package that met . Wilson s test for effectiveness. The Accord was reached after a Long Day of haggling. After wards . Wilson told reporters he was very satisfied mrs. Barbara Castle the productivity minister and an ardent Champion of Tough anti strike action said she was extremely according to Victor Feather Tuc acting general Secretary it was a Victory for common please see . Govt. Page 6 Bend would shift tax off property Vietnam pullout urged former . De Feisee Secretary Calls for total withdrawal by Chalmers Roberts Washington special defence Secretary Clark m. Clifford called wednes Day for withdrawal this year from Vietnam of about troops As part of a pullout by the end of 1970 of All . Ground combat forces. He did so in an article in foreign affairs Magazine sub titled the personal history of one Man s View and How it evolved during the Johnson administration from Vietnam Hawk to Dove. . Clifford s recommendations were Pond a manslaughter charge Laid against the couple after Eva Ferenczi 18, died last novem i Ber was dismissed for Lack of evidence by . Justice h. W. Riley of the Alberta supreme court. Eva a daughter of mrs. Mar Tisz by a previous marriage died of pneumonia and malnutrition a few hours after she was admitted to Hospital a pathologist testified. . Justice Riley said it was a Case of unbelievable brutal Ity. It goes beyond sadism. It goes beyond a fiendish Delight for torture. There was a studied plan of torture. This Case goes beyond Gestapo the couple both 37, who Emi grated from Hungary in 1957, Learned of their sentences through an interpreter shortly after counsel said the defence would t be calling evidence. The couple still face two i charges of wounding with intent arising out of beatings suffered by Helen Ferenczi. 14. And her sister Julia 16. These charges j will probably be heard in sep tember. Maximum sentences Given to Julia and Julius Martisz by Mac Keillor Swan River Man. Staff. W. Bobby Bend vowed he would relieve Manitoba tax payers of some of the Load Levy on property and put it some where else. Please see pages 9 and 48 for other stories on the provincial election. The Liberal Leader abandoned his Bend Wagon wednesday and took to the air on a primarily Mai Streeting swing through Minnedosa Russell Dauphin and ended the Day Here. The legion Hall in Swan River had t enough chairs for the crowd he Drew there and after 225 so were seated it was standing room Only at the Back of the Hall. He repeated to the Large crowd Many of the issues he has been hammering illustrating on each what he would do would have done were he conducting affairs. Talking about property tax he challenged his audience a Quarter Section some places almost can anyone Here Rise and Tell me this land can carry this taxation rate see Bend plans Page 6 Schreyer pledges farm policy fight the troop pullout order should be passed to the South vietnamese so they would have no doubt that the initial withdrawal was the beginning of a process leading to total ground combat withdrawal. Orders should be issued to . Military commanders to discontinue efforts to apply maximum military pressure on j the enemy and to seek instead to reduce the level of while . Combat troops Are being withdrawn the United states should continue to pro vide the South vietnamese armed forces with logistic support and with our air eventual withdrawal of these forces would be determined on the basis of political and military develop . Clifford argued that the results of such l a. Policy would be to confront by Bob Culbert a Goblin Man. Staff Farmers in. Manitoba were Given an Assurance wednesday night that a new democratic party government would press hard and heavy on Ottawa to revise its National agricultural programs. The pledge came from nip Leader de Schreyer who accused the Weir administration of being too timid in trying to influence the determination of National farm policy. In an official statement of its party s farm policy delivered Here to an audience of Farmers and businessmen . Schreyer eight Point crash ease the present outline an program to plight of Western Farmers. The new rated nip Leader adv immediate Cash assistance to Grain producers to prevent Rural economic collapse. A two Price system for Cereal grains at the rate of three dollars on the first bushels the strengthening of the i Canadian wheat Board with an increase in Cash advantages to meet rising operation costs. An overhaul of the system of Farmland assessment in Manitoba using a system of deferment already in use in the Eastern United states to ensure fairness in property taxation. A broadening of the provincial crop insurance program to provide optional Hail insurance coverage on an individual Field basis and to cover crops please see Schreyer Page 6 the three girls and their Sis Ter Elizabeth 19, arrived from Hungary in 1966 and 1967. The manslaughter charge was dismissed by . Justice Riley who said medical evidence strictly in the cause of death was please see couple Page 6 tile men to picket projects to h i t y of n e tile setters on strike for higher wages since last thursday Are threatening to tie up six. Major construction projects in greater Winnipeg unless contractors meet their wage demands. The e tile setters a Section of local 101. Bricklayers and the North Viet. Masons Union Al Cio Csc namese leaders with a painful Are demanding a si.30 hourly either the Prospect rivals Hunt votes Quebec party chooses chief saturday Quebec City up blaring loudspeakers echoed across the City s exhibition grounds while Long lines of delegates registered today for the three Day Union a t i o n a 1 e leadership meeting. Campaign organizers for the two chief rivals Premier Jean Jacques Bertrand and his Edu cation minister Jean Guy car Dinal have Laid on a weekend of partying dancing and entertain ing for the delegates. They la be out especially to woo any undecided among the delegates who cast ballots saturday night to decide on a Aid centres govt. Job by Wally denn1son decentralizing social services Agency officials and into the neighbourhoods. The part social workers reacted cautiously wednesday to the final report of greater Winnipeg s social serv ice audit particularly the proposal for a network of neigh boyhood health and social serv ice centres while some saw the need for such a network they wondered whether the Job of providing comprehensive health and Wel forecast mostly Cloudy 40 and 60 govt. To up pay civil service to vote on 6% an agreement providing most provincial civil ser vants with a 7y3 per cent raise retroactive to March 22, 1969, and another six per cent next year has been reached by the Manitoba government employees association and the Provin Cial government. The two year agreement to expire March 19, 1971 has been accepted by the association s negotiating and joint Council committees but awaits a ratification vote by the general membership june 26. There Are about members. The text of the agreement was released thursday by the association s president Allan Rouse. The agreement says most civil service and departmental employees will get a to per cent salary increase during the first year retroactive to March 22, 1969, and expiring March 21, 1970. In the same period certain classes of professional officers administrative service officers another Pait Recom-1 and others would get a five per mentation that i really question j cent raise is whether these local units can offer the kind of specialized i wonder about in that recommendation is whether this can be done Well under total government auspices. Services some of these problems require. I m not. Sure that they can assume the jobs fare services could be done Best care and probation by civil servants responsible to adequate a Central provincial government of child in an office. Under the proposal employees of private agencies whose work would be shifted to the centres would become civil servants. Donald Lugtig executive Dir Ector of the children s Aid society of Eastern Manitoba said i do like the idea Clive Bate executive director of the children s Home of Winnipeg said from what i can see it s More less what was anticipated. I think that it bore out the concern a number of professionals were expressing earlier of please see network Page 16 please see Manitoba Page 15 air Canada talks july 15 Spivak Industry minister Sidne Toba As being part Spivak said wednesday the permanent Leader to government will meet succeed july 15 with air Canada to the late Premier Daniel John discuss Manitoba s air transport needs and objectives. He made . Bertrand called a news the announcement at a news of a prolonged and substantial presence of american air and logistical personnel to support please see Vietnam Page 14 win try to hold tax line Weir today Canada 70 20 Power failure darkens Downs record 58 today s Index classified.33 to 48, 60 comics 30, 31 deaths 14 finance 23 to 25 Jumble 35 movies 28, sports 50 to 59 television 26 women 17 to 19 City zone total 100.sb7 nearly everyone reads the free press increase Over two years with a first raise of 45 cents an hour. Their present wage is s3.35 an hour. The contractors have offered a 90-cent hourly in crease Over two years. Since the tile setters walked out last week after voting 30 to 1 in favor of a strike they have picketed Only sporadically whenever tile setting was being carried out by one of the contractors. But now says William of. Iverson business manager and j i Secretary of the Union the tile setters will picket continuously at All construction jobs where they Are employed. The projects affected Are the Manitoba Institute of technology Extension a school in Windsor Park. Buchanan school in St. James Assiniboia St. Norbert elementary school in fort Garry High school in St. James Assiniboia and two other unnamed schools. If the continuous is put into effect said . Tver sot1, other unions would be expected to Honor the picket lines. Announce the results of an Opin Ion Survey of 840 official Dele Gates conducted for his organization by a Montreal research Centre. Please see rivals Page 6 fisheries bldg. Likely Canada s fisheries min ister Jack Davis is expected to announce at a press conference monday plans for the construction of a building approximately 000 Square feet in area and costing million. The Structure is expected to be built at the Corner of University Crescent and Dafoe Road on the fort Garry Campus of the University of Manitoba. It will be for the fisheries research Board of Canada. Umbrella of the air of the Industry and he urged Manitoba businessmen to take an Active interest in the air Industry conference. He traced Manitoba s Long involvement in National transportation and cited the Exposi discrimination of in the International Structure and the Winnipeg air fare sors of the Manitoba air Industry conference to be held tips of the Here dec. 3 to 5. Paul Duval co chairman of commissioning the study on the conference sponsored by the Northern transportation As sex Industrial development Board Amples of Manitoba s continuing of greater Winnipeg and the interest in the air Industry and chamber of Commerce also announced at the news Confer ence that Knut Hammarskjold director general of the inter National air transport association has been invited to speak at Winnipeg As keynote speaker for the december conference. . Spivak welcomed the initiative of both groups sponsoring the conference and said Winnipeg was most deserving of such attention. The minister said of prime interest to Manitoba now is the forthcoming Canada-. Negotiations on bilateral air agree ments which have been the Toba government next month. Its place in the growth of the province. . Spivak said Manitoba has asked the Federal government to provide the province with commercial air service to Chi Cago los Angeles Denver and Milwaukee to help with the continued growth of Manitoba. The minister said there was a Hydro pro govt. Indians the Manitoba Indian brother Hood charged thursday that Manitoba Hydro is participating in a pro government manner in the current election Campaign and the progressive conserva Tive government is attempting to make political gains on the misery of Indian people. In a press release the brotherhood says a recent press tour of the Nelson River project paid for by Manitoba Hydro was a method of gaining publicity for the government. There can be Little doubt that this tour directed As it was to the communications sector was intended to influence the communications Media who in turn would influence the electors at Large said the release. Since the entire proposal has Jeen opposed by most opposition parties it can be readily assumed that the Benefit of Uch publicity would largely go o the the brotherhood aks that a political parties categorically Tate Thier positions on the Churchill River diversion and he Nelson River Power project. Please see Hydro Page 15 Strong Community Between Winnipeg of interest and some . Points particularly Chi Cago. He said he welcomed the initiative of air Canada in asking to meet with the Mani subject of intensive study by his government and the Federal government. . Spivak described Mani air Canada is evaluating exist ing routes to determine what see air Canada Page 14 party leaders accused by Jed Stuart i Tion should Arborg Man. Staff return . The jewel of the Interlake will continue to sparkle if the progressive conservative government is re elected Premier Walter Weir indicated Here wednesday night. St. Voters Schwartz he predicted. About 100 supporters in the local Curling rink lounge also heard . Weir pay warm j tribute to . Johnson As a devoted minister of the Crown campaigning for Reeve to Wouita be greatly missed Schwartz of Sig Lunes Rural municipality pc candidate in the leaders Are members Are beaten. Some times they Are does the party actually jail sen. Robert p. Griffin disillusioned b 1 a c k panthers asked in marched into a Senate hearing v h room wednesday and accused a sedulously the party s leaders of turning it i replied . Powell by George Lardner . Washington special still two tons perched Black on their berets Heads by his former cab net col works in the area of Arborg ?.r. 48. Fro Curc to us Uno h 1-e-v social services son Gimli la since 1958, Calls education. The jewel of the i . Weir s attendance Al the the Arborg area part of j Coffee party Type political Mel Gimli constituency before being ing a Arborg concluded a Busy transferred to St. George in the Day of campaigning. Recent redistribution would con a Tiniuc to have Good represent a see Weir Aims Page 15 Premier Walter Weir will spend thursday campaigning in the constituencies of Emerson Rhineland and Pembina. He will speak at a Public rally in Carman at 8 . Liberal Leader. W. Bobby Bend was at the St. Regis hotel from . To . Thursday and at a concert in memorial Park from noon to . He will attend a ladies luncheon at the Holiday fun and Sun swim club and at 2 . Will begin a tour of shopping centres ending at Polo Park at . Nip Leader de Schreyer Mains reeled in grand View and Dauphin thursday morning. In the afternoon he will attend a Public meeting at Dauphin. He will be in a car cavalcade through Minnedosa in the evening and at . Will be at a Public meeting in Minnedosa. Into a Racket that thrives on j armed robberies and shake i Downs of ghetto merchants. The Black Panther party As an organization nobody knows i about protested Jean Powell who worked at its National Headquarters before she was drummed out with her husband. When people in the party gel up to Tell they Are threatened frightened for lesser infractions said her husband. Larry party discipline is still strict. Sometimes he told the Senate permanent investigations subcommittee who said he had been a Panther gunman and enforcer. They have a maximum Security room under National Headquarters in Oakland and that s where a person is put. It depends on How soon he gets through his political Edu cation As to when he is looking for a set of Drums this want and under musical instruments 06 must sacrifice com plete set of Drums. Pm. 338-2j78 All. 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. The during testimony poured a Long Day in out the sprawling Senate appropriations committee hearing room dramatically orchestrated with Brig Lri i lights charts and armed guards. J the powells both 25, said j they had already been threatened with death. He said he found himself labelled a coun i Ter revolutionary after his a i rest last december for an armed robbery carried out a please see Panther Page trans air spurns Quebe Cair by Sheldon Bowles trans air s Board of directors Las decided to spurn a takeover Aid by Quebe Cair Ltd. Of Montreal which would have seen the Quebec based airline Purchase control of Manitoba s regional a Carrier by buying Treasury shares from trans air. It would Likely have meant the removal of trans air s Winnipeg base to Quebec. We already went through that exercise once said trans air president Alvin o. Norman referring to air Canada s decision to move its overhaul base from Winnipeg to Montreal. The terms and conditions of the Quebe Cair offer which would have meant moving the base presented at both the May and june Board meetings of trans air Are unacceptable said . Norman. The proposal presented by Neil Gough president of cortex and Quebe Cair was for 800.000 new common shares at so a please see trans air Page 16 ;