Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 70 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 76 no. 230 Price Loc foil bomb plot device found on Prince s route Holyhead Wales up police today Dis covered a powerful bomb on the pier where Prince Charles will set foot next week on his Way to investiture As Prince of Wales. An army team defused it. The bomb was made from 10 High explosive gel ignite Sticks. Police cleared people off the pier at this Welsh port after the device with timing mechanism was discovered in an airline bag near a Monument commemorating the occasion in 1958 when Charles first set foot on Welsh soil. The Prince is scheduled to arrive at Holyhead tuesday in the Royal yacht Britannia and drive 30 Miles to Caernarvon the ancient capital of Wales for the elaborate investiture ceremony the following Day. Police gave no immediate de tails on when the bomb was timed to explode or of its Poten tial Power. Previous bomb outrages blamed on extremists who oppose the investiture have been highly professional jobs. Fears of demonstrations or even an assassination attempt Are among reasons keeping peo ple away from the ceremonies officials believe. Empty hotel rooms and spare tickets Are going begging in Caernarvon with less than a week to go. It s not going to be the Bonanza some people said Amyr Griffith of the Welsh tourist Board. At one time visitors were expected to attend the most elaborate Royal ceremony since the Coronation in 1953. Now estimates Range at about less than the crowd at a major soccer match in Britain. Welsh police and Scotland Yard have been working for months on the tightest possible Security arrangements for the ceremony. Wednesday june 25, 1969 Sunrise . Moonrise . Sunset . Moonset . Forecast Cloudy 50 and 60 jubilant youths destroy papier mache statue of St. Jean Baptiste youths run lid Yum. T put on wild in Benefit Montreal the election voters have say today Cool Rainy weather expected to reduce turnout at polls Cool showery weather blanketing Manitoba is expected to reduce the number of voters casting ballots in today s provincial election. A late morning Survey of polling stations in greater Winnipeg and across the province brought reports of a turnout ranging from unusually heavy to very More than Manitoban have the right to put an end to 12 years of progressive conservative government today if they so desire. Many returning officers expressed concern that the weather might retard the voting. Premier Walter Weir is seek ing his first mandate As Leader of the progressive conservative party and both the new democratic party and Liberal party have new untested leaders. If the Weir administration is returned to Power a late summer Early fall session of the legislature is expected. Please see Page 6 for other stories on the provincial election. Row erupts Over Flag decision Alexander salute9 dropped Diefenbaker blasts govt. By the Canadian press canadians out for a stroll tuesday might have been confused if they had noticed government buildings some were flying flags at full Mast others at half Mast. A Cross Canada Survey by the Canadian press revealed there was confusion among officials about Flag flying protocol to Mark the funeral tuesday lord Alexander of Britain for Mer Canadian governor Gen eral who died june 16. For example in Regina the Flag on the provincial District court House was at half Mast the one on a Federal building a Block away at full staff. In Winnipeg Manitoba or ered flags on provincial build Csc switches off 2 commentators Montreal up two French language television commentators reporting the St. Jean Baptiste Day Parade for Delta director missing Al Hochbaum. Director of the Delta waterfowl research Sta Tion near Portage la Prairie Man., is one of three people missing on a flight from Yeso knife to Bathurst Inlet in the Northwest territories. A Canadian forces search and Rescue spokesman said Here today three people including j the Pilot were aboard a float equipped Cessna 180 when it left Yellowknife monday evening and failed to arrive at Bathurst Inlet a trip which would normally take about 2% hours. The spokesman identified the others aboard As Lyle Hawkins of Cambridge Bay ., the Pilot and mrs. Glen Warner Hay River The spokesman said ramp requested assistance from search and Rescue in looking for the plane. Two Dakota aircraft one from Trenton ont., and the other from Winnipeg have been sent to the search area. Attack on Parade float triggers Street Battles Montreal up slogan chanting youths ran wild through City streets tuesday As the annual St. Jean Baptiste Day Parade became a scene of nationalist action for the second straight year. I Twenty persons were arrested and six policemen were injured demonstrators smashed windows overturned potted Trees and mail boxes and strewed garbage on downtown streets. The demonstrators smashed the front window of the Queen s Printer Book shop which car ried portraits of prime minister Trudeau and there were re ports of minor looting in other stores. The Csc were taken off the air tuesday for what the Corpora Tion described As an in oppor at last year s is. Jean Bap tune and disgraceful taste Day demonstrations nearly commentary. Pierre Perreault and Bernard Gosslin both of Montreal were covering the Parade for the Csc on a freelance basis when word came from Csc offices to have them taken off the air. The coverage was without commentary for More than 15 minutes until a replacement was found. A statement from the Csc s 300 persons were arrested and 135 injured. Prime minister Trudeau information night said office tuesday the decision was made after management concluded it was impossible to rectify what had been said. Or. Perreault a television writer and producer and or. Please see Parade Page 4 whose presence at last year s ceremonies infuriated separatists did not attend this year. About policemen were on duty for tuesday s Parade. The demonstration March organized by the nationalist front i de liberation Populaire was held without a Parade permit. Police director Jean Paul Gil Bert last week refused the Fly a permit because he said he did not have enough men to super Vise two simultaneous parades. The official Parade began at . Colourful floats please see youths Page 4 medicare won t fully cover added services coverage of chiropractor and optometrist services will be limited under the National medical care insurance plan in Mani Toba it was disclosed wednesday. A spokesman for the health services insurance corporation noted that the services of chiropractors and optometrists will be covered by medicare As of july 1. But not All chiropractic services will be covered and age will be a vital Factor in deciding optometric coverage. The corporation s spokesman said that under medicare s new optometric coverage people under 21 years will be allowed one Eye examination including refraction and prescription every year people Between 21 and 40, one every three years but people Over 40 will be allowed one every two years. However if the corporation is provided with proof of its need a Complete optometric examination and refraction will be covered regardless of the length of time since the last Examina. Tion was carried out the spokesman said. The new chiropractic cover age will include Only the please see medicare Page 4 polls close at 8 . And results Are expected to Start arriving shortly afterwards. Voters have their Choice of 184 candidates. At press time today it was too Early to predict accurately a Vot ing trend in most areas of the City Deputy returning officers interviewed said. The Urban constituencies of fort Rouge Logan Transcona and Sturgeon Creek were among those where electoral officials say it s too Early to reports from Wolseley and River Heights indicated that the vote could be unusually heavy. Advance polls in both constituencies were relatively heavy and from Wolseley came the word that the Early morning vote showed very Good inter in Rural and Northern con please see voters Page 4 Ings to be flown at half Mast after a noon Houi Cabinet meet ing. In Saskatchewan new Bruns Wick and Nova Scotia flags on provincial government buildings were lowered the Day lord Al expander died. But one govern ment building in Vancouver did not Fly any Flag. Officials i n Saskatchewan Manitoba new Brunswick and Nova Scotia said they had received a directive signed by Jules Leger under Secretary of state ordering the flags be flown at half Mast on the Day of the funeral. But they said a countermand ing directive was received later from or. Leger saying flags should be flown at full Mast on tuesday. Yet in Prince Edward Island officials said they received no Flag flying protocol instructions. And so hags on Federal build Ings there flew at half Mast. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker raised the Issue at a press conference in Ottawa tuesday blasting the Federal government for what he de scribed As shocking Deci a spokesman in prime minis Ter Trudeau s office said later we had to make a decision. It was either the feast Day St. Jean Baptiste Day or the Funer see Row erupts Page 4 peace Tower Flag at full Mast in Ottawa Weir has Luck Manitoba different Horoscope says flags at half staff after one year in office pm a changed Man will try rioters Prague Cap Nineteen i czechoslovak Are to go on trial for their part in the riots follow ing the czechoslovak hockey Victory Over the soviet Union March 28, the czechoslovak radio reported sunday. By Peter Newman Ottawa 12 months since prime minis Ter Pierre Elliott Trudeau s election Victory a year ago today have provided a fascinating study in the inter action Between a Leader and a nation during a period of intense development for both. Canada Lias changed since june 25. 1968, but not nearly As much As her fifteenth prime minister. The change in the Man has been so startling be cause or. Trudeau the prime minister seems Only vaguely related to or. Trudeau. The candidate. The Carefree swinger of the hustings has become an Earnest Technocrat a sort of Buddhist Monk in Mufti a kind of Boh Winters in mod. The change in the nation has been subtler but Lial it amounts to is that Ottawa has rejoined the main Stream of Canadian life. During most of the Pearson and Diefenbaker years the capital appeared to the country at Large like the scene of some inane puppet looking for a boat this want and under boats and Marine supplies 16 runabout boat. 65 . Merc motor Ard trailer. Thorre 783-9387. 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. Show with the two chief puppeteers continually get Ling their wires crossed and puppet ministers stumbling Over each other in a series of unintentionally hilarious blackouts. Now at last. Canada feels As though it s being governed again. By using the first year of his mandate to restructure and revitalize Ottawa s decision making apparatus an apparatus grown Rusty after a decade of misuse and inertia or. Trudeau has gained the most precious commodity any new prime minister can have time to Brief himself on the nation s problems so that he need not attempt their solution until he has please see Trudeau Paffie 15 whether or not today s election Marks the dawning of the age of aquarius in Manitoba is a matter of personal opinion but the daily Horoscope for the four party leaders sounds As tories fear apathy on election Day progressive conservative strategists Are worried about voter apathy and what they term an apparent decline in popularity of the liberals. A conservative spokesman said in an interview that the tories fear these two actors May Combine to give the new democrats More seats than their strength otherwise might warrant. He said voter apathy was a distinct possibility because by far the majority of Manitoban arc very government reasonable As any pundit s forecast. According to Frances Drake s daily Horoscope column in the free press Premier Walter Jan. 7 under a born Leader who is governed by Jupiter planet of Power and Opportunity. He is a gifted Salesman a witty entertainer and often Lucky the Horoscope says. For today it reads Fine gains for like efforts. How Ever be on the Lookout for gimmicks that could trip you persons who would undermine your self Confidence by belittling your Liberal Leader r. W. Bobby april j see Horoscope Page 18 i flags on provincial buildings and offices in Manitoba were lowered to half staff tuesday to Mark the funeral of former Canadian governor general lord office saying All flags on Federal buildings and offices would be flown at full staff. It is believed this decision was reached due to the St. Jean Baptiste Day Alexander of Tunis while fed Oral government buildings flew the hag at full staff. A spokesman for the Loba government said the decision to lower the flags on provincial buildings came Dur ing a noon hour Cabinet meet ing. He said that at the time celebrations in Quebec. The provincial spokesman said the provinces Aren t bound Ottawa s policy on Flag i such matters. He of lord Alexander s death the Federal government issued in formation saying that flags would be flown at half Mast on the Day of the funeral. Monday. Lieutenant governor Richard s. Bowles of Manitoba received a further directive from the Secretary of state s quiet Campaign with few issues said Ottawa s direction is Only a suggestion which May or May not be followed. In the Case of lord Alexan Der s funeral the spokesman said the province Felt flags should be flown at half staff out of respect for the former governor general and War hero. Several private buildings in Winnipeg including downtown department stores followed the example of the province and lowered their flags. The Federal move to keep flags at full staff aroused see Manitoba s Page 18 by Derik Hodgson Manitoban under generally pleased with the j Cloudy and rain threatening that they be been skies were marking their bal Gelting from Walter j lots today to write off one of the tories could lose some i the quietest campaigns on re scats by default in this Cord. It was a Campaign filled he said we Don t think Well with provincial non issues non loss but we re sure we won t do As Well As we could or should if the votes Are apathetic at election on the second Point he predicted the liberals would debates and some non sense. A minority progressive conservative government seems a possibility. The overriding issues of the Campaign Haven t Vinci Al Campaign. The major provincial issues were the Cost of medicare premiums and whether an elec Tion was necessary at this time. Despite the Hopes and at tempts of both opposition Par ties it appears the Southern Indian Lake controversy did not become a major election Issue. Numerous challenges and counter challenges i o debate were issued but no major debates took place. Both opposition party leaders failed to smoke out Premier been pro lose ground this election be Vinci Al. Federal issues have cause they Are not offering a crept to the forefront in almost viable alternative to the present every constituency. Wheat sales Walter Weir either in front of a the official languages Bill and j television camera or in a constitutional discord have All please sen tories Page 4 i played their part in uie please see quiet Page 4 today Canada 70 Lavonne scores Victory 43 66 today s Index classified 45 to 59 comics 30, 31 deaths 59 finance 25 to 28 movies 79 sports 66 to 70 television .78 women 21 to 23 City zone total 133.b46 nearly everyone reads the free press ;