Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 21, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba .4 charged with murder accused of slaying Constable remanded for a week four men have been charged with murdering a St Boniface police Constable late Friday. Charged with capital murder Are Clifford Wickett Lurvey 52, of Vancouver Daniel Craib 37, of 726 Dufferin Avenue Clarence Charles Prince 29, of 729 Mary land Street and Lawrence Hewitt alias 29 of 346 seven Oaks Avenue West Kildonan. All four appeared Winnipeg free press monday. July 21. 196 St Boniface magistrate s court monday and were remanded a week. They were jointly charged before magistrate Robert e. Trudel. The to hrs Manitoba Mui have secured Legal counsel. Or. Lurvey will have counsel through the Manitoba Law society. The slain policeman is con stable Leonard Shakespeare 26, father of two Small children. He was shot As he approached two men at the Loco Mart super Market Provencher Avenue and Des neurons Street St. Boni face late Friday after a burglar alarm had sounded. Police arrested one Man at the scene. A second was flushed from the Bush on the Banks of the Seine River about 200 Yards from the scene at Dawn saturday. The other two were arrested after they voluntarily gave themselves up to police one late saturday the other sunday the last two arrested had been sought by police for questioning hmm Ivin i time the incident from the occurred. The first two men were arrested Early saturday. At about 11 . Friday two men masked and armed con fronted the store manager and his assistant As they entered a taxi the manager had called. They forced he manager Back into the store and ordered him open the sate police said. The two were apparently about to leave the store when please see 4 charged Page 16 lightning ignites forests the Forest fire situation in Manitoba worsened during the weekend a spokesman for the Orest Protection division provincial department of mines and natural resources said monday. A series of lightning storms passing through the North sparked at least 21 new ires and not All the reports Are in yet the spokesman said. It was expected More fires would be reported later monday. Most of the new blazes were caused by lightning although some were due to other causes. Twenty five fires were Al ready burning before the new ones were reported with More than 220 men fighting them. No figures Are available As to How Many Are under control. The spokesman said planes were bombing nine separate fires sunday until men could be gathered to go into the areas. Action on the new fires is proceeding As quickly As pos sible the spokesman Saul a full complement of aircraft is employed in fighting the blazes including two helicopters otters cantos and float air planes. Egypt Israel jets Battle arabs claim greatest Victory since 1967 As both sides raid each other s territory from a Reuters the City of Suez on the Southern end of Egypt s Suez Canar came under israeli artillery fire today egyptian officials reported. The shelling followed air and ground Battles along the 103 mile waterway sunday in the fiercest Fig Hong since the War of june 1967. Buildings and streets Are being one official said. The egyptians gave no idea when the shelling started or How heavy it was. Sunday s action began before with an israeli commando attack on Green Island an egyptian fortress in the Gulf of Suez. Israeli jets followed up 12 hours later hitting egyptian positions across the canal for the first Lime since the 1s67 War. Egyptian planes then made a series of raids on israeli targets in the occupied Sinai desert. The egyptians claimed they shot Down 19 israeli jets one during the Green Island raid and the rest in dogfights along the canal. The israelis admitted losing two Mirage fit caters but said they shot Down five egyptian planes. Artillery raged for More san six hours up and Down the 103-mils waterway. In observers pleaded twice for a cease fire but t lie ground and air fighting Coli Tineil. Israel said three Diers were killed of its sol and three wounded by artillery fire. The israelis reported six Comman Dos killed and nine wounded in the attack on Greet Island Egypt claimed 30 israelis killed. Egypt termed the escalation rumple the warfare on the part please see Suez Page 8 Bend Kennedy May spurns a j. I Ace Accident complaint Canada cuts wheat Price no. 1 Northern drops two cents to other reductions vary up to cents the Canadian wheat Board today announced Price reductions of two to seven cents for most grades of wheat and 11% cents for Drums. The Price cuts posted at the opening of Trade on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange followed United states reductions announced Friday of up to 12 cents on Ham and soft red Winter wheat Farmers May get 11 million Canada dropped the top graded no. 1 Northern two cents basis Lakehead while no. 2 Northern was unchanged. No. 3 Northern was Down 6vs cents no. 4 Northern seven cents. Three cent drops were an nuanced for no. And no. 6 wheat and two cents for feed grades. The Canadian reductions been expected in the Oil the waited or jew letkbr1dge, Alta. Up prune minister Trudeau said sat Fairfax lands he s 1st to Row across Atlantic Hollywood Beach Fla. A tanned whiskers John Fairfax rowed ashore saturday after a journey to be come the first Man to Row the Atlantic Ocean alone. This is bloody the exhausted London adventurer protested after friends aboard a boat declined to take him in Tow and urged him on for the last mile. Pulling wearily Fairfax Sang Hail Britannia and put ashore at a White Sand Beach As hundreds of weekend swimmers ran to Greet him. His 24-foot Orange shoe shaped Rowboat Britannia was badly flaked and faded from 180 Days in the often Stormy Atlan tic. Fastened to his Bow were dried Grey shark fins a re minder of a Battle he did with a giant Hammerhead shark some 120 Days at sea. The 31-year-old unemployed Bachelor Fairfax said the shark attacked hint As he scraped barnacles from the Bottom of his tiny vessel and be managed to kill it with his knife. His Long hair Curling out from under a faded Blue Sun Cap the lean wobbly kneed Sailor exchanged greetings with sunbathers. Aboard a yacht which Fol Lowed Fairfax in was his Lon Don sweetheart Sylvia Marrett 30. He looks marvelous a Little thinner i she beamed As she waved him on. John Austin of London one of Fairfax sponsors said the rec Ord voyage would be financially profitable. It s bound to be Worth much More than he said. Please see Fairfax Page 10 order defied not in interest of students Board told r. W. Bobby Bend retiring Leader of the Liberal party of Mani Toba announced Mon Day he has decided not to accept the Job of assistant superintendent. Of the Transcona Springfield school Divi Sion. In a Brief press statement at party Headquarters 667 Euice Avenue or. Bend said he has informed the Transcona Springfield school Board in writing it is not in the Best interests of the students for me to accept the or. Bend had resigned As superintendent of the division in May after he was chosen Leader of the Manitoba liberals. After Bis defeat at the polls june 25, or. Bend announced his intention to step Down As party Leader and subsequently verbally accepted an offer to return to school administration As one of two assistant superintendents. The superintendent s Job had been filled by Reeven Cramer who was hired during or. Bend s Brief political comeback. The other assistant superintendent rehired for the fall was mrs. Thelma Jean Call formerly assistant to or. Bend. Mrs. Call was unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Transcona in the june 25 provincial election. Vietnam tactics praised Saigon special tons the recent Lull in Vietnam does not appear to be a political significant de escalation by the enemy Gen. Earl c. Wheeler said Satur Day. Speaking to a press Confer ence at the end of a four Day inspection tour of the War zone the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff also disputed reports that three North vietnamese regiments have recently with drawn across the demilitarized zone a principal purpose of sen. Wheeler s visit Heie was to assess the recent Lull and determine whether it was a deliberate de escalation by the communists that deserved a . Resp Iuie. Die implication of everything Gen. Wheeler said please see Vietnam Page 8 san Salvador Reuters the government of Al Salvador held firm sunday against pres sure from the organization of american states to withdraw its troops unconditionally from honduran territory occupied during five Days of Border War Al Salvador maintained its position despite an Oas order to carry out the withdrawal by 10 . Midnight Edt tuesday there will be no withdrawal until Al Salvador obtains guarantees that 280.000 salvadorans living in Honduras will not be harmed repeated government statements said. In the Battle zone sunday salvadorean president Fedel san Chez Hernandez made an inspection tour of the Southern front in the Valle Region Only 45 Miles from Tegucigalpa the honduran capital. And a team of Oas military officials flew to the various fronts to supervise an Oas cease fire. An Oas negotiating team continued its efforts sunday despite salvadorean refusal to with draw from Honduras maintain ing constant Contact with Washington and Tegucigalpa. Oas negotiator Jorge Fernan Dez of Ecuador said the honduran government had agreed to a plan calling for the placing of 21 Oas officials to supervise implementation of guarantees to salvadorans in Honduras. Fernandez said the Oas also proposed a study aimed at solv ing a salvadorean demographic explosion and consequent Emi Gration to other Central Ameri can countries but Al Salvador officials were not satisfied with the proposals. Duo Orvii me or. Bend would not say Why could receive the notice would he had decided not to accept the i be tuesday. Senator s car skids off Bridge o into Pond woman passenger Dies Edgartown Massachusetts a a com plaint charging sen. Edward m. Kennedy with leaving Yea or axe weft do sought As a result of an Auto wreck in which a woman died police said sunday. The victim Mary Joko pc Chen 28, of Washington d.c., former Secretary to the late senator Robert f. Kennedy dem. Was Riding in a car that skidded off a narrow Bridge and into a Pond on Chappaquiddick Island. Kennedy was driving. He supposedly escaped with what apparently was Only a mild concussion. The Accident happened be tween 11 . Friday and 1 . Saturday but went unreported until 10 . Saturday. I am firmly convinced there was no negligence police chief Dominic j. Arena told reporters sunday. But the matter of the time period after the is in my opinion a violation concerning going from the scene leaving the Arena said notice of the com plaint had been sent by registered mail to Kennedy but be cause today s mail deliveries have been suspended in the . In Observance of the Apollo 11 Mission the earliest Kennedy which failed to re establish the floor prices set last year under the new International grains arrangement. At Vancouver the reductions were no. 1 Northern ,-eni.s a Bushel no. 2 Northern unchanged no. 3 Northern 614 no. 4 Northern no. 5, no. 6, feed Drums the new Lakehead schedule no. 1 Northern no. 2 Northern no. 3 North pm no. 4 Northern no. 5, no. 6, no. 1 durum no. 2, no. 3, Naif Singleton the Canadian wheat Board s Price reductions for most j grades of wheat won t result i i any increase in wheat sales Kenneth j. Singleton president of the Manitoba banners Union said monday. In an interview or. Singleton said the reductions will result Only in reduced incomes for Canadian wheat banners. The wheat Board s decision is one More Nail in the coffin please see another Page 10 Mary to Dies in Kopechne Accident Post but did t deny that his thinking May have been influenced by the fact that More than 700 Transcona citizens recently signed a petition opposing his rehiring. The petitioners who said they have no grudge against or. Bend contend that the Board had made the recent offer to or. Bend out of sympathy that it had in effect simply created a new position for him. Please see Bend Page once the notice is delivered Arena said Kennedy will have 24 hours in which to request a hearing. If no such request is forthcoming Arena said a sum Mons will be issued automatically. Under Massachusetts Law persons convicted of leaving the scene of an Accident in which personal injury has been sustained May be imprisoned for from two months to two years. Please see Kennedy Page 16 be injected into the Prairie econ omy starting in August. He said this will be done through the system of. Cash advances to Farmers for Grain stored on their farms. Agriculture minister h. A. Olson added at the same press conference that the figure could conceivably reach parliament last year doubled to the amount a Farmer can be paid in Advance for farm stored Grain. Or. Olson said last year the amount advanced to Farmers was or. He said some of the West s complaints Are real but that some Are phoney. Or. Trudeau said he wants to Tell As much of the difficult truth As possible in the next few years. In the year before an election i will try to be a Little More he said. At an other Point or. Trudeau said he Hopes that policy direction aimed at helping the Farmer will emerge in the months and years ahead. Canada protected its Farmers very Little but there was a dilemma Over How subsidies could be administered equitably. Or. Trudeau declined a direct reply when asked whether the and added this is an emerged he had no new financial program to offer the Western wheat Farmer who has been asking at least through various plans excluding the Cash advances. The Cash Advance for farm stored Grain is not a Federal Grant or loan but merely a pay ment in Advance of delivery of use. Scaia. Or. Trudeau said he had a full and Active week on the Prairies and got a lot out of it. He said there is some deep undercurrent which sours feel Ings among canadians. The prime minister said reply to a question that there is not much possibility that he will spend More time the West explaining Federal policies. He said there Are Cabinet ministers Ali responsible associations to do this. In parliament. He did say however that he an t see Why most arguments in a debate cannot be expressed in four or five Days. He also said he doubts whether people 50 Yards away from parliament Hill know that a rules debate is in Progress. By the time of the next elec Tion n o b c d y would recall whether the government had used closure. Asked about his reception in Regina and Saskatoon where he was booed he said i wished commons facing closure threat sen Kennedy faces charge refugee aceivc1es Cox poles harass jews by Alfred Friendly Geneva special tons Many refugee Agen cies that make this City their Headquarters Are deeply concerned Over the Fate of some 15 to 25 thousand jews in Poland who were told Over a year ago that they must get out of the country but have now been told that for most of them the time to escape has passed. The fear is that Many of them will be stateless in Poland their citizenship having been stripped from them and that while the presence of All jews is declared objectionable they Are again forbidden to leave. The remnant of Poland s several million jews left after the nazi holocaust coped As Best they could with the communist regime that followed. Some Man aged to get out in time and a few of the rest became ardent communists rising to High positions in the government. In All it is i estimated that from 20 to 30 thousand jews remained in Poland. Until 1968, Only a handful were allowed to emigrate. But after the Arab Isarel War in the Spring of 1968, communist party Boss Wladislaw Gomulka made a speech declaring that zionists a euphemism for jews who had not disguised or abandoned their religion and racial connection were no longer wanted in Poland. He said they could leave Poland provided they went to Israel. Please see poles Page 8 by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff moving Over proceedings in the com Mons monday was the spectre of closure. All party negotiations in search of a Compromise solution to the procedural Battle that has kept the House sitting Well into the summer Are under was again his week. The House leaders of All parties met thursday and again Friday. Meetings were sche Duler again today. The meeting thursday was harmonious. But Friday there was a Sharp change for the worse As the government s position hardened. If the government does not change its attitude closure appeared to be inevitable opposition House party leaders said. Government House Leader Donald m a c d o n a 1 d is not anxious to discuss the use of closure at this stage. He would rather get the rules through parliament without imposing that complicated method of bringing House debate to an end. Forcing Rule changes on parliament through the use of closure could destroy Harmoni Ous relations for the future. The government does not like the wording of the committee s proposed Rule changes As re commended by a majority report. The combined opposition suicides jurists urge probe of s. African jails by Alfred Friendly Geneva special tons the International commission of jurists has called on the . Commission of human rights to investigate the latest of vat a deaths in recent years of prisoners in sooth african jails All officially labelled the newest Case concerns the Fate of James Benkoe a 35 year old Lesotho taken into a custody on suspicion of subversive activity March 5 of this year and according to the Pretoria jail warders found hanging from his cell bars five Jay Macbride former for eign minister of Ireland who is now Secretary general of the jurists organization wrote the please see prison Page 8 recommend like the arbitrary Dallons even less. If the government imposes closure it is expected to also move an amendment sending he rules Back to its committee for a change in wording. This could delay the forced closing of the commons until late next week. Members on both sides of the House would like to see a Compromise end the debate this week. However the opposition is determined to Block the adoption of the rules in their present form because they give the government sweeping Powers to Cut Short the discus Sion of major legislation there darts of by curtailing the rights of the p opposition. There had been More Thunder West s worry heard Taber Alta. Up prime minister Trudeau said saturday the West has a definite sense of being misunderstood by other injured Miner Dies Thompson Man. Special Robert Grunding 27, of Thompson died in Thompson general Hospital sunday night of injuries suffered in a mining Accident wednesday afternoon. Or. Gruending was engaged in a timbering operation at the level of to mine of International Nickel co. Ltd at Thompson. The ramp s pre Minary investigation indicates that a scoop Tram an underground front end loader was being moved into position o assist in the work when or. Intending was pinned Between the machine and the face of the Ore body. The Accident occurred at he told a crowd of about 200 people in front of Taber administration building that there is an undercurrent of feeling in the West that easterners Are not giving it a fair Deal. He said this problem concerns his government very much and it hoped to be Able to do something about it such As the recent lowering of some tariffs on imported goods. The prime minister then sat Down with 10 Farmers for a Chin wag on local problems the need to rebuild the irrigation system and the High Cost of machinery. Agriculture minister h. A. Olson known in the District As or. Sugar because of his interest in sugar beets said the government is getting near the Point where it will be Able to present to parliament Tion to set up National Market ing boards. V a lava of t . Wednesday. Or. Gruending died at . Sunday. He had been employed by no since 1961 and was slope eader at the time of the incident. He is survived by his wife and three children. Looking for a dog this want and under dogs cats Birds 21 German Shepherd pups 5 was. Of 7m-45u. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Festival upstaged Edmonton 11 and a Thunder storm that moved in earlier than expected put a Damper on Klondike Days festivities sunday including what was billed As the world s biggest outdoor Barbecue. Many Edmonton ans remained glued to their Home television sets to watch the Progress of the Moon Landing Mission and those who did venture downtown were sent scurrying Back by the storm that struck about . Cost with winds that gusted to 60 Miles an murder verdict quashed Bridgetown Barbados Reuters a barbadian won his Ai Oval against conviction for the at refer of a Canadian woman Friday but shortly after was rearrested and charged with the murder of the woman s three year old son. Wingrove Brathwaite 22, was Oise of the two youths originally charged with the murder of Elizabeth Gale 30, wife of Ca Nadian anglican minister Rby. Charles Gale Here on Christmas morning 1967. The gales were from Wood lands Man., and or. Gate was a vicar Here. The other youth Carlton Mcglorie was used As a prose cution witness at the trial at which Brathwaite was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged for the murder of the woman ;