Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free press tuesday december 7. 1971 Trudeau Nixon agree by Tim Traynor Washington staff pres ident Nixon indicated monday that he was in Accord with prime minister Trudeau on Sev eral major economic questions. The reaction the prime min ister received when he raised questions with the president May Mark an important turn in relations Between the . And Canada. The measure of Accord be tween the . If to its largest trading partner should also reinforce Progress towards a settlement of the International monetary crisis involving re Moval of the 10 per cent import surcharge. Visibly at least there was Little movement in lower level talks on specific Trade and monetary questions including the future value of the Canad an Dollar in a restructured world monetary scheme. But Canadian officials were anxious to give the impression this was overshadowed by the top level Accord. At a White House meeting monday afternoon or. Trudeau put several propositions to the president implying that . Agreement. To them in principle was Basic to economic Harmony Between the two countries. A key proposition was related to . Efforts since August to reduce its merchandise Trade deficit with Canada and other countries that is to reduce their surpluses with the United ctr incr crams in Trade in the manufactured goods Canada has in the past few years converted a Long standing Trade deficit into a surplus whose effect it is claimed is to pay for outflows of interest and profit generated by investments in Canada of foreign capital mostly . Capital. As Canadian officials de scribed it or. Trudeau sought or. Nixon s response to the View that Canada had grounds for sustaining the Trade surplus and that it not ought to be the . Goal to push Canada Back into the earlier position of Trade deficit. Rolling Back the surplus would in the Canadian mean a curtailment of Canad an manufacturing Industry and or. Trudeau reportedly spoke of this As politically unacceptable. Or. Nixon was reported to have accepted the Basic tru Deau View As almost to be taken for granted. The Gist of the president s reply was described As of course Why is this a prob this was coupled with a Broad reassurance that the . Had no intention of doing ill to can Ada either through indifference or on purpose. On the basis of this a Canadian official who sat in on the meetings characterized its main result As a presidential Assurance that the . Would respect the Canad an desire for a distinct identity and to Chart an economic future satisfying to canadians free from interference. In summarizing the Nixon Trudeau conversations White House press Secretary Ronald Ziegler gave greater emphasis to coverage of International issues ranging from the indo Pakistan War to prime minister Trudeau s meeting with soviet Premier Kosygin in Moscow and in Canada. Or. Ziegler would say Little More than that the leaders had talked about economic relations Over the Long term but his tone was similar to that of Canadian briefing officials. While officials of both coun tries avoided firm predictions about agreement on specific issues they both suggested that results could flow from Mon Day s meetings. The Canadian officials said the leaders had created a Broad pc Fern Structure in which others could find a at a secondary meeting Mon Day at the White House. Trea i surer Secretary John Connally and other . Economic officials. Met with finance min j Isler Edgar Benson and Trade j minister Jean Luc Pepin. Canadian officials indicated later that they had primarily reviewed lower level discussions on . Complaints about the Canadian american automotive free Trade agreement defence production sharing agreements and travel allowances for Cana Dian tourists in the . Canada had raised counter complaints including irritation with . Restrictions on imports of Canadian uranium. While the two delegations stated a divergent position on a number of Points at the lower level meeting the top leaders clearly pointed to acc Ommo Dation Canadian officials said there was agreement that ministers and officials should proceed to resolve differences in line with their respective Domestic any such movement would blend with broader movements towards a settlement of the International monetary crisis in eluding a removal of the 10 per cent . Import charge. One of the Points report div made by or. Trudeau was that Canadian willingness to help in easing the . Payments deficits and thus to contribute to a monetary settlement would be influenced by or. Nixon s reassurances on the Points raised by the prime minister. Further Point on which or. Trudeau reportedly received re Assurance was that the . Balance of payments should be dealt with jointly by the Maini to nations with neither the . Nor any other nation seeking National gain or. Trudeau also reportedly pressed the Point that Canada simply because of a Large vol ume of its Trade is with the ., should not be called upon to Bear an especially heavy Burden in the redressing of the . Payments balance. Both changes in Trade practises and alterations of cur Rency values figure in discus Sion of reducing the . Defi Cit. But a Clear Canadian con Cern is with pressures for fur ther upward movements of the Canadian Dollar against other currencies to the detriment of Canadian Trade and jobs. The . Raised this possibility and Canadian officials argued against it at the lower level talks monday. As a Canadian official de scribed it Canada questioned the idea of upward valuation of the Canadian Dollar As a Means of reducing the Canadian sur plus. Canada s Trade position had. It was pointed out fluctuated considerably Over the years. Bonnie s sister in War Ottawa up a sister ship of the Bonaventure. Canada s last aircraft Carrier is operating with the Indian Navy in the Bay of Bengal in the in Dia Pakistan War. Government sources said monday. The vessel is the vibrant. Purchased by India from Bri j Tain in the 1950s at the same time Canada purchased the Bonaventure. The Bonaventure was retired by the Canadian Navy last year stripped Down and towed to Taiwan to be scrapped. It was recently reported that the Bonnie contrary to the sales agreement was being fit Ted at an Indian shipyard for service in the Indian Navy. However officials of Crown assets disposal corp. Said Mon Day they had been assured by the purchaser Vancouver dealer m. W. Kennedy that scrapping operations where proceeding on Taiwan. Two other sister ships of the Bonaventure the Sydney and the Melbourne Are in service with the Royal australian j Navy. Marjorie Eaton a re rident of the hotel fort carry a helped Down the hotel Steps by a hotel employee after fire broke out there Early Titei Day. Free reporter Paul Roberton left carries mrs. Eaton s pet poodle Tina. Survivor looks Back on . Naval disaster 10 groups there Are 10 linguistic groups of indians in Canada with 54 related languages and dialects. Healing substance. Exclusive Healing substance proven to shrink repair damaged tissue. A renowned research has found a with the ability to shrink . It relieves itching ind Discon Nort As in irises and of the a Jared one Tenor Nowfel Case is a Healing so Bjarke a xxx which nips head in Jared cells and stimulates growth of new a Issac. By Djak is form Cajka prep Ranoa h. In to Aetna Strink a preps Arjon h Jataka is and irenes Tess a Smeil it j for cs.s55 j by whsite 5s. Of Forest sure. Was Fri valved or sees Devi was feed s2 face of 1188 Ashburn Street was taken to the Winnipeg general Hospital for observation after suffering smoke inhalation while fighting the Blaze. Or. Ross was allowed to go Home tuesday morning after a few hours in Hospital. Thomas b. Warren of 720 Burrows Avenue an employee of the hotel fort Garry s Engi Neering department was taken to the Winnipeg general Hospi Tal after tuesday s fire. Winnipeg police said or. Warren suffered a broken knee and smoke inhalation. The hotel employee who lives in the hotel and was believed missing during the fire was re ported to be visiting relatives in Stonewall Man. Or. And mrs. Jack Brooks a retired couple from Swan River Man., and Robert Dodds a Toronto management Consul Tant had a tougher time of it. The Brooks were trapped in their ninth floor suite and tried to attract attention to their plight by waving a red Blanket and throwing furniture from their Garret window in the 58 year old hotel. We screamed for More than an hour before firemen came and got said Olive Brooks As she spoke to reporters in the hectic Smokey lobby. We threw lamps ashtrays blankets pillows anything the Wisdow to attract attention i wanted to throw All the furniture out. We screamed and hollered until we could t holler any More then we went to get a drink of water and hollered some said the 68-year-old mrs. Brooks. Or. Dodds said a Telephone Call informed him that the hotel located Between fort and Garry streets on Broadway was on fire so he grabbed some clothes and started out the door. He got As far As the seventh floor and then i realized i was t going to get Down the smoke was too bad so i went Back into the room and climbed out on the window Sill. It was the Only place i could or. D6dds was the last guest to leave the hotel and he spoke to reporters As he forced cold feet into wet shoes in the hotel lobby before going to Hospital for a Check up. Federal agriculture minister h. A. Bud Olson was one of the guests forced to evacuate the hotel with Only the clothes on their backs. Or. Olson was one of the Lucky ones he was wearing his suit but most other guests escaped Only in their night clothes. A 17-Miles-per-hour North wind brought the two degree temperatures to a chill Factor of 23 below As Many guests were sent to the in station. Two blocks East before being billeted in other City hotels. Winnipeg fire chief Cam Shewan said one of the main problems in battling the Blaze was that firemen were forced to run up several flights of stairs to get to the Centre of the fire. My Mother told me there would be nights like this. I think i be lost 10 pounds. I think it s better than the chief Shewan said fire dam j age appeared confined to the i seventh floor seventh Mezza nine which contains the hotel s two ballrooms and convention area and the eighth and ninth j floors. Smoke damage penetrated As far Down As the third floor. Where or. Olson was staying. And there was extensive water damage throughout the hotel. Water was flowing into the Lubby through the mail Chute and was cascading from Light i fixtures on the Mezzanine. J the drummer boy lounge on j the main floor received heavy damage As water poured through the ornamental domed ceiling. I chief Shewan offered Praise to nine Young men who helped j the fire department run oxygen tanks to firemen combating the Blaze in the upper floors. Three of the helpers were Terry Casey and James Miller j both 17, and 18-year-old Rod Howard. Between trips lugging yellow oxygen bottles to fire men the teen agers said they were attracted by the fire and that firemen asked them if they could tend a hand. At one Point daring the fire a Rescue of or. And mrs. Brooks with the telescoping ladder on a snorkel fire track was attempted. For emetic drove the track 05to the Lawn on the Broadway Side of the botel. The was extended bet failed to read fee stranded new Safe. T or. Doors or. Is mrs Grey Froff sat if i v 7the 5tai red River Coop Ltd. Owned by Consumers Ellice and Wall Henderson Highway Rossmere Centre St. Norbert Stonewall prices effective this week Only we Reserve the right to limit quantities Coop drug stores Ellice and Wall Rossmere Centre Blades 75, r of this week i 2 packages of 5 Jordan tooth brushes adult a repriced 89c 75c for this week childrens this week Eno the sparkling antacid 7 01. This week cleans dentures ans Dent .99c 11 of. Package this week Coop or Sweet reconstituted 48 Al. Of. 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