Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 28, 1970, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Wednesday january 21, 1970 people and places . West coast fears nerve Gas Accident poor sight most spiders have eight eyes j but see very poorly. Species there Are More than species of spiders. Many clubs there Are 4-h clubs in the United states. Johannes Brahms did not produce his first symphony until he was 43. Walter Ulbricht in the president of t Santa Monica. California were grazing. Sewn they were the Immi All in their death throes. J nent arrival of tons of nerve Gas in the Pacific state of Oregon has aroused alarm and opposition this week All along the . West coast. California Only the action of rain and Snow in bringing the lethal Cloud to Earth prevented it from floating Over a populated area. Salt Lake City with its 400.000 scientists say that the Gas is j population could have been hit. Sufficient to wipe out the Earth a the Gas came from Dugway answer to read us inter Crotti out every other utter be inning with the Mcload letter in word. is Xii int. Low income housing the aim Kitchener ont. Up Robert Andras minister responsible for housing said monday the Central mortgage and hous ing corp s capital budget in 1970 is aimed at producing Low income housing quickly. He told a news conference the capital budget will be the High est in the corporation s history but refused to discuss details. He said the budget will emphasize Quick Low income hous ing but not the Urban renewal schemes that several Canadian cities have been planning. There is no freeze on Federal funds for Low income he said. There never has or. Andras said his depart ment is continuing its intensive study that will produce a More cohesive program for Urban renewal and that he Hopes the study will be completed in the Spring. Population twice Over. The Gas had been secretly stored on Okinawa the japanese Island base occupied by the . Since the second world War. Its presence was revealed last july when 23 soldiers and a civilian suffered dizziness and blurred vision after handling a Leaky Container. The news caused an inter National rumpus and now that president Richard Nixon has promised the return of Okinawa to Japan the nerve Gas is being moved to a new Home. But overseas bases Are increasingly unwilling to store . Secret weapons. Protests have followed the discovery of similar caches in West Germany and Hawaii. Nor is it any longer possible to sneak the Gas quietly into one of the Many arsenals in the . Under a Law enacted last november state governors must be formally notified before shipment of War material into their states. It was thus that Oregon s Republican governor Thomas Mccall Learned that the nerve Gas was due to arrive last month at the Umatilla army depot i the Bleak northeastern expanses of the state. He at once recalled that a spectacular Accident hushed up at the time occurred in March 1968 in neighbouring Utah which is a major Centre for weapon research. An army aircraft was conducting spraying tests of a nerve agent As vex which is so potent that a drop on the skin is enough to kill. Some 20 pounds of the Gas drifted in the wrong direction across the desert into Skull Valley where sheep proving ground a secret army compound 80 Miles Distant where hundreds of animals have been infected monthly be virologists co operating with univer sity scientists. Though a Strong Nixon sup Porter gov. Mccall objected to the shipment of the Okinawa cargo to his state. Recalling that the president had just renounced the first use in any War of lethal chemical and biological weapons he branded the move As morally repugnant and a threat1 to our defence Secretary m e 1 v i n who is on record As favouring the development and stockpiling of such material wrote Back our National Security requires that we have the capability to deter the first use of lethal weapons against our forces. We can do this Only by maintaining limited deter rent stocks under strict safety Oregon s congressman backed the governor in rejecting this reply. They recall a closed doors Washington committee a few months ago at which they were assured that the . Has already in hand enough of a single Type of nerve Gas to kill million people. The Okinawa Gas is to be stored in some of the hundreds of steel and Concrete igloos on the Umatilla depot. They squat on Sagebrush Hills behind a High steel link Fence guarded by a civilian Force. Col. Charles Harris depot commander says that even if an explosion occurred in some of these containers they Are built that the Force would be directed upwards not sideway to avoid a Chain reaction. Rabbits Are introduced into the steel doors of the igloos before anyone enters to test for Gas leakage. And. Claims the colonel we Haven lost a Rabbit col. Harris has firm allies among the local population which is largely dependent on spending by depot employees. Joe Burns head of a civil group in nearby Hermiston has assured the Pentagon of their support. Army veterans have volunteered to guard the consignment of Gas from Okinawa when it arrives by rail. And r. P. Smith District attorney of Umatilla county is harshly criticized for an attempt at court action to Stop the Gas. Hearing that the Hermiston chamber of Commerce was meeting to demand his re placement 34 year old or. Smith walked in to Challenge his opponents. If i have to choose Between losing my Job or being on the Side of decency the Choice is made. What do you think god would say about the use of nerve Gas against his protests have also come from the Northern most state of Washington where the Gas is to be unloaded for transport by rail. Objectors say the number of railway accidents has doubled in recent years Anc Point to an Accident last Spring near los Angeles where munitions train caught fire and shells bombarded the site of a new Airport. Mexico big buyer Mexico City Mexico is the biggest latin american Market for . Exports and is the United states sixth largest Market. In 1968 the United states provided 63 per cent of Mexico s total imports. 7 Little come on to get you to go on in s super Continental. Pm s Only Winnipeg to Vancouver Winnipeg to Toronto in coaches on red bargain Days. Daily service. Greater savings with family youth and group farts. Call your travel agent or in pissing to salts offset. 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Red kidney Beans 2 tin 43c Green giant Canada fancy Kernel Corn 2 59c Carnation French Fries 2 49c powdered detergent Kraft Coffee Charm n of. Jar farm prices effective Jan. 29, 30 31, 1970 we Rusc five the right to limit quantities ;