Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 9, 1970, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Centennial 1970 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 77 no. 114 Price 10 cents 15 cents monday february 9, 1970 a unrest . Moon rest . Sunil . Moonset . Forecast a Little colder 10 and 10 As flames gut Church israeli egyptian jets Duel by Gerry Cairns firemen were on the monday morning pouring water on the burned out hell of Zion Apos Tolic Church 335 Pacific Avenue. Two firemen Wen injured fighting the blame which brought eight fire fighting units to the scene at its height. The Church choir had been practising in the building when the wis first noticed but no injured. Price rest Raul pact sought j Ity Irving c Whynot Canadian press business editor Ottawa up close to 300 of Canada s top businessmen sat Dowie today in an attempt to find Sonie agreement on a hat the prices and incomes commis Sion Hopes will be a meaningful first step in the continuing fight Aga test inflation. The commission headed by or. John Young invited the business leaders to the two Day talks to write a formula for Price restraint. The is to hold. 1970 Price increases below the rate of unavoidable Cost in creases. Or. Young told a pre Confer ence briefing sunday that we have to have a meaningful first step in order to go on to any further to be meaningful it had to do two things. to have enough stuff Mother told to move in it so that it has a real bite in terms of its effect on pricing be and it had to be meaningful in the sense that it is not easy for people to diverge from a code of behaviour which has been broadly agreed upon by the business the Broad of the Confer ence was outlined in a Back ground paper As in principle business firms please see Price Page 7 indicate i i measures by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff measures to restrain inflationary forces in areas where the pressures Are strongest Are now. Being considered by the Federal govern ment prime minister Trudeau told a National conference on Price stability which opened Here monday. In the last budget we brought in a special tax Mea sure applying Only in the areas where inflationary pressures were strongest Ontario Al doubts . To join eco by Egon Frecie a 25-year-old Mother of three who testified before the legislative committee investigating i the landlords and tenants has been Given notice to vacate her rented House in the Pas by March 31. Theresa Kennedy 60 Paul Avenue the Pas Man., said in a Telephone interview she has received a registered letter from her landlord John Grabowich saying the House has been sold and she will have to move out by March 31. Kennedy said she does t think the House has been sold since no one has been around to look at it. She accuses the landlord of evicting her because of her Testim any to the legislative committee. Or. Grabowich said monday he has t yet signed the Deal and won t reveal the name of the buyer until then. Ill know this afternoon whether or not he comes up. With the he said he fell he had Kiyon i mrs. Kennedy sufficient notice j to find another place to live. Or. Grabowich said i own a Bunch of houses and they re All up for Sale. All my tenants please see move out Page 4 by Dave Humphreys London staff British membership in the european common Market is unlikely to be achieved in the judgment of prof. Harry g. Johnson of the London school of economics. In an interview prof. Johnson said the British application will Likely fail because the Market itself has lost its original objective of political federalism and because the majority of the British Public opposes member ship. Opinion polls Here have consistently reflected opposition by a majority of those questioned. However All three political parties officially favor negotiations stressing that favourable terms must be reached for Britain to proceed. Prof. Johnson attributed the apparent recent shift in end Phasis by the British govern ment from the economic to the political advantages of member ship to the fact that there never really have been any economic advantages. At present Britain is waiting for a Long promised White paper giving the economic please see doubts Page 2 what1 s the difference in prizes in new contest what s the difference that s the name of a new contest starting today in the free press. And the difference is plenty the grand prize is a Choice of three trips a four week tour of Europe or a tour of Portugal Spain Morocco and the Canary islands or a trip to sunny Hawaii and the islands or Cash. All trips Are for two people. In addition there Are Cash prizes ranging from to starting today the free press will run a set of two cartoons that look alike. But there is a difference. If you can find the things in one cartoon that Are different from its com Panion you re Well on your Way. There will be 40 sets of cartoons and contestants May Send in As Many sets or reasonable facsimiles As they wish. Rules for the contest and the first Puzzle will be Frimd on Page 18 of today s edition. Berta British we Are now considering further ways to restrain inflationary forces in those he said. He did not spell out the new government action that May be taken. Controlling inflation is As much a Challenge for Canada As it is for its neighbors and competitors. We cannot afford a worse record than or. Trudeau said. He reviewed what the Federal government is already doing about the problem. Finally he said he would not hide the fact that "1970 is. Not Likely to be an easy year for he added else May be Uncertain there Are two things about which there should be no Shadow of a doubt first the harm inflation will cause to every Canadian if it is not checked second this govern ment s determinate to face it please see pm Page 5 Man 21, gets 10 years trucks Hose 66-year-old building by Jim Worobec As sirens wailed and a choir Sang Tell the world Jesus saves an other old c h u r c h in Winnipeg was destroyed by fire sunday night. This time it was the Zion apostolic Church 335 Pacific Avenue. The fire produced billowing columns of smoke that could be seen for Miles. At the height of the two alarm fire More than six fire trucks and two snorkel trucks poured thousands of Gallons of water onto the 66-year-old building. Men from the Winnipeg fire department fought the flames from the roof of a manse adjoining the Church and from ladders against the front of the burning building. At one Point the huge dome shaped roof Over the Church auditorium fell into the blazing Interior sending a Shower of Sparks into the air. At one time about 30 people were in the building. They were conducting a choir practice. The choir members first tried to douse the flames but were unsuccessful and were forced to flee the building. Fire officials said two firemen were injured in the Blaze. One apparently was injured when Partid flee building on him. The to have sprained his ankle in a fall outside the Church. Fire department spokesman said they answered the alarm at . They said that the cause of the fire was not immediately known but it apparently started in the upper rear part of the building. See old Church Page 4 tax plan criticism mounts by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff a chill wind was blowing across parliament Hill monday causing the Cabinet and civil servants to shiver As criticism of the tax Reform proposals mounts. Ottawa was worried As it assessed monday the implications of an angry gathering of nearly taxpayers in Tor onto sunday. The rally was sponsored by the Canadian committee for fair Taxa Tion. A 21-year-old Man who look part in an armed robbery at the vendome hotel saturday morn ing and two other armed robberies during january has been sentenced to 10 years in Stony Mountain Penitentiary. Fernand Ludger couture 184 River Avenue room a pleaded guilty before magistrate Mike Baryluk in Winnipeg mag j Istrate s court monday morning. He declined Legal assistance. Crown counsel David r. Bir Chard told court that at . Saturday couture a 31 year old Man and a 17-year-old juvenile held up the manager of the vendome hotel 308 fort Street and stole the Days receipts totalling Between and couture masked and armed with a knife helped tie up the manager and in beating him up after the Man got free from his Bonds and tried to flee from his office on the second floor of the hotel. I court was told the three were arrested saturday reverting in couture s room. A total of was recovered from couture. I la ask Sec Man 21 Page 4 please see Story on Page 5 tills organization sprang into Yeinji As a spontaneous protest against the tax changes pro posed by Federal finance mini Ster Edgar Benson in his White paper on lax Reform. The irate crowd at the meeting applauded vigorously a please see tax plan Page 2 govt. Eyes new setup scr ctr Ali Iii nip May form publicly owned corporations v Brandon Man. Staff the Manitoba government could be ready by the end of the year to set up publicly owned manufacturing industries in the province premiered Schreyer of Manitoba said Here sunday. Port pact signed Mackasey believes men will accept Vancouver up Union negotiators and employers today signed a fourth con tract aimed at settling a strike by Long t Sho semen which has hit six British Colum Bia ports. Terms of the proposed agree ment were not disclosed. It is expected to go before the membership for ratification or rejection within two or three Days. Labor minister Bryce Macka sey who played a key role in bringing both sides Back to the bargaining table expressed optimism the contract will be approved. If i were a Longshoreman i d vote for he said in an interview. I think it is an Excel Lent the contract was put to Union negotiators late sunday night. Or. Mackasey who said he would stay Here until the ballots were counted left it to the Union to disclose terms of the proposed settlement. Union officials were not immediately available for com ment. They were to meet later today to decide whether to recommend acceptance by the longshoremen. Or. Mackasey said the new pact corrects or eliminates most of the areas which the membership were fearful of and which has caused rejection on three previous it provides a degree of Secu please see port Page 5 and or. Schreyer hinted that liquor and drugs Are two commodities catching the Eye of government s Industrial growth he told delegates at a new democratic party Pouch sem Inar that plans being made to More stories on pages 3, 5, 7 increase Industrial development May in one or two cases involve the Crown in outright ownership of Industry. The Premier said he would be hesitant to take the Crown into Industrial development which would involve the province into a vast network sales Chan Nels. Said in cases where Public institutions could provide adequate markets manufacturing could easily by carried out under the Aegis o. The government. Asked afterwards what area. Of Industry were being looked at with a View to Public ownership or. Schreyer said in and interview that Public institutions such As hospitals or the liquor commission required a vast Range of products which could be manufactured in the province. Was the government planning to getting into the liquor and drugs business this whole question of government sponsored Industry is still under study but we have seme pharmacologists keenly he said. The Premier said that funds for government sponsored Industry could come through see new setup Page 5 today what s the difference 18 Northcott again 21 today s Index classified 27 to 33 comics 12, 13 deaths 1 finance 14 to 16 Jumble 29 movies 31 places quiz 6 sports 22 to 2fi, 33 television 10 women 17, 18 City local nearly everyone reads the free press arabs renew liberation pledge by the associated press israeli and egyptian jets traded strikes across the Northern Suez canal today Little Summit meet ing of Israel s chief Arab foes ended in Cairo. Leaders of the Arab confrontation conference ended their discussions by renewing their determination o liberate occupied Arab please see israeli Page 5 held As spy soviet official keeps silent on charges Seattle Washington a a soviet employee of the United nations re fuses to comment on charges of espionage against him. The state department the Fri in Washington and the soviet mis Sion to the United nations also Are keeping quiet on the Case. Aleksandr Vasi Eyvish Tikhomirov 37, remained in City jail on an Fri complaint which said he had conspired with rus Sian agents and other persons unknown since Jan. 4, 1969, to obtain information about United slates defences. An unidentified official of the soviet embassy in Washington visited Tikhomirov in his cell for about 30 minutes sunday but made no attempt to Post bail. Bail of was set Satur Day by . Commissioner Wal Ter j. Roseburg jr., who scheduled a hearing wednesday. 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People Are says Charles Asfar a Lead ing Beirut antiquary dealer and we Are Selling More beads than what s More the Ori finally Oriental worry beads arc moving into inc Occi do Neal world of fashion in a big Way. . Stores Are offering worry Bead neck laces As a Chic new item with an appropriate Adver Tising pitch such As the following from a California store pc disc sue Woidy 7 student clash by Bob Culbert Brandon Man. Staff mines and resources minister Sidney Green clashed with a Young new democratic party member Here saturday Over government action on the set Ling up of the Churchill Forest industries Chi pulp Complex at the Pas. The Calm of an nip policy seminar Here was interrupted by an angry hour Long confrontation after suggestions by 23-year-old University of Mani Toba economics student Harold Charncy that party members in the legislature had altered their positions on the controversial agreement setting up the North Ern pulp Mill operation when they formed the government last year. The Row was sparked Oft when or. Charncy a Delegate from the fort Rouge constituency association was alow cd to present a special Resolution. It in part called for a full scale please Sec 1ueen Page ;