Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dance cancelled see Page 3 vol. 79 no. 61 Winnipeg free press final edition Price 10 cents 15 cents wednesday december 8, 1971 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Forecast mainly sunny -5 and 15 an Indian army machine gunner fires at pakistani positions in Village across an open Field some Yards inside East Pakistan Border. Both sides have taken Trench line positions along the Border. Picture was made about 300 Miles Northeast of Calcutta. . India Washington special tons the White House accused India tuesday of ignoring substantial conces Sions by Pakistan toward a political settlement in launching its full scale War against that country. Clearly stung by charges that the Nixon administration is anti Indian a White House official who cannot be named listed the following among con Cessions extended by pakistani president Yahya Khan unilateral withdrawal of his troops from his rebellious East Ern Section. 0 agreement to give political autonomy to East Pakistan with Only defence foreign and fiscal policies retained by his Federal government agreement to negotiate with the Bangladesh rebels on Indian soil. But India no longer wanted political evolution in East Pakistan rather its political col lapse the official said. What began As a tragedy has become an attempt by India to Dis member the Sovereign state of Pakistan he added. Please see . Page 6 outlines firms roles by Vern Fowlie the commission of Inq Sriry into the Churchill Forest Indus tries Complex was told tuesday of How or. Alexander Kasser of techno pulp inc. Of Montclair new Jersey interested a West German firm in becoming in voiced in beading a paper at the Northern forestry com plex. Kasos Peter Ernst of is Helios tier Papie Fabrik a Mph a West Gen any began Tes testimony before the Coromis of by Sis Sang his cwt fact or. Kasser canadians in Dacca Rescue efforts fail Ottawa up efforts to get canadians out of War hot Pakistan Are continuing despite the failure of two evacuation at tempts Cut Short by near involvement in the shooting be tween Pakistan and India. External affairs minister Mit Chell Sharp told the commons tuesday that arrangements Are being made to remove about 270 canadians from West pakis Tan and defence minister Don Ald Macdonald says another try at plucking 40 canadians and other nations from besieged Dacca in East Pakistan will be made when possible. The time has come to move them the canadians to safer or. Sharp said in reply to a question from Michael Forrestall conservative member for Dartmouth Halifax East and his party s commons defence critic. A defence department spokes Man said a Canadian forces being 707 Jet will leave Early Boeing 707 Jet will leave Early today for Islamabad the West pakistani capital and Karachi. Or. Macdonald said a new at tempt the third to Rescue canadians from Dacca will de Pend on United nations arrangements for a temporary ceasefire to enable a Canadian Hercules c-130 transport plane to make a Landing at Dacca. In urges truce United nations up the general Assembly called for an immediate ceasefire and troop withdrawal on the Indian subcontinent tuesday night and asked the Security Council to make a new attempt to find peace in the area. The Assembly gave an Over whelming 104-to-Lo vote to a Multi country Resolution calling for the ceasefire and withdraw Al of Indian and pakistani troops to their own Borders. The soviet bloc and India up posed the Resolution which India is expected to ignore at least for the time being. Resolutions of the Assembly Are not binding. The Assembly acted after a 12-hour debate. The matter had been referred to it by the 15 country Security Council which had been paralysed by soviet vetoes during three nights of debate starting saturday night one informed observer asked what will happen next said the Security Council probably will meet again in the next two please see in Page 4 plane from a Reuter Indian troops thrust to within 22 Miles of Dacca today an official spokesman reported in new Delhi As 20 invading columns fought their Way across River obstacles in the heart of East Pakistan. Judging by official Indian reports the race to get first to Dacca capital of East Pakistan is going to the troops driving West from Assam who have reached the River towns of Dau Kandi Chapur and Brahman Baria. The first is 22 Miles from Dacca the two others each 40 Miles from the provincial capital. India also reported capturing the Airport at Cornilla 30 Miles Southeast of Dacca. The loss of the important Mil itary bases of Jess Ore and Syl Het As Well As of Brahman Baria now is admitted i Dacca but on the Western front the pakis Tanis Are still deeply entrenched in the Chamb sector of South Ern Kashmir captured from India in a fierce tank Battle. More than Miles Sepa rates East and West pakis Tan. India held Kashmir Borders West Pakistan to the North. An air Force spokesman in Rawalpindi Pakistan reporting that More than 250 pakistani civilians had died under Indian air attack said if the raids continue the indians will be Given a bit of their own the Pakistan spokesman also accused the indians of dropping napalm on Dacca tuesday. An army spokesman declared that the conflict with India was now a moslem holy War and said any pakistani who lays Down his life in the conflict lives for Ever i Only a few hours after the Cabinet of the self proclaimed government of Bangladesh Bengal nation held a meeting tuesday on East pakistani territory Cap tured by Indian troops pres ident Yahya Khan announced the creation of Pakistan s first civilian government since 1958. It will be headed by an East pakistani 78-year-old Nurul Amin a Veteran politician who will have As his Deputy Premier please see indians Page 14 tax Bill haste Senate hackles raised Ottawa up an alarmed and rebellious Senate Learned tuesday night that the government s 707-Page tax Bill now lumbering through the commons May not get to the upper House before dec. 17. Senator Paul Martin govern ment Leader in the Senate said it May have to sit through the weekend before Christmas including sunday to pass the Bill by dec. 23. Senator Martin and the government say the Bill must be passed by parliament by Jan. 1 the possibility of ses Sions Between Christmas and new year s. Please see Senate Page 14 Ottawa confident of surtax end Ltd a4 set . A forestry Cess Leonard h. Cwt on t Pilot missing the Canadian armed forces i has begun an Aerial search for a Mooney Mark 20 aircraft and its Pilot the plane is overdue on a flight to Winnipeg from Thompson Man. Via grand rapids. A cab Winnipeg information officer said wednesday the Pilot of the missing aircraft is James h. Macdonald 46, of Fletcher Crescent fort Garry. Or. Macdonald is the head of j. H. Macdonald and associates ltd., a fort Garry engineering firm. He is Laar ried and has two Damren. Search and Rescue officers said that fee aircraft was in a a Nafie tree aircraft coed be Dowa aay were within a area. Two arrayed forces sir Craft was biped a Fteres frs arid a Dato a. Are search Feeg for aircraft in Ottawa up prime min ister Trudeau and senior min users say they Are confident after meetings in Washington that the International Trade and Money crisis will be settled in a matter of weeks and United states surtax on imports with drawn. Bilateral Trade disputes be tween the . And Canada Are expected to be resolved simultaneously although differences apparently remain on the future Exchange rate of the Canadian Dollar. The prime minister s assess ment of his Washington trip reinforced by ministers and officials who accompanied him emerged from a series of Brief Hiss a press conference before he left Washington tuesday morning and in a report to the commons on his return. His report Back in Canada provoked mixed reaction that ranged from reserved approval by the progressive conserva Tives to harsh criticism by new democrats. Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield said he was pleased about the Washington trip but suggested that or. Nixon s Gen eral assurances about respect for Canadian autonomy should be backed up by More precise guidelines governing . Canada relations. Nip Leader David Lewis denounced or. Trudeau for in effect asking Washington for permission to design the Cana Dian destiny. That was humiliating for Canada and canadians he said. In Washington John Petty please see Ottawa Page 4 a Christmas Cheek for a lonely Man crackdown on obscenity in movies Mackling to get Tough following by Alice Krueger the Manitoba government plans to crack Down on movie theatres and film distributors in the prov Ince in the Wake of obscenity charges Laid this week in connection with the movie the stewardesses. In an interview tuesday at Torney general Al Mackling indicated he will Likely introduce legislation at the next session of the Manitoba legislature to clarify sections of the amuse ments act making it Clear that prosecution is As Well the attorney general hinted that measures May he taken to strengthen enforce ment of attendance bans of under age persons at restricted movies. I am informed by my attorneys that the act amusements act does t have the Teeth it requires for he said. We Are looking into improvements in the act making it Clear that prosecution is pos both metropolitan theatre Winnipeg limited and its Man Ager were charged tuesday under the obscenity sections of the criminal code of Canada after City of Winnipeg police seized copies of the movie the stewardesses. The manager and a representative of the company Are to appear in Winnipeg magistrate s court at 10 . Friday. Please see film Page 11 Camp pc bid Defeated by Egon Fekech Ottawa Shadow of John Diefenbaker was evident Here tuesday As the progressive conservatives elected 45-year-old Donald Matthews a London ont millionaire contractor As their new National president or. Matthews election by a Mere 23 votes signalled the defeat of Roy Deyell of Cal Gary the protege of the establishment and former National president Dalton Camp. The election was the first de feat of the Camp forces since they engineered the defeat of please see Camp Page 6 21 Points covered Nofu adopts policy by Paul Pihi Chyn the National Farmers Union wants the Federal government to assume the Cost of storing All Grain held in commercial storage in Canada. This proposal is among a series of positions contained in an Over All grains policy accepted tuesday by delegates attend ing the second annual Conven Tion of the Farmers Union at the Winnipeg inn. The policy position states that the government could take Over the storage Cost of All grains through amendments to the temporary wheat reserves act. This act now covers the commercial storage costs of wheat Only. Payments would be based on an adequate Supply of Grain to meet Normal Market de the 21-Point position states. It is the Farmers Union con Tention that this would spread the Cost of Normal storage Over the whole country and not just to the Farmers. The policy position also Reaf firms the Farmers Union stand that the government through please see Nofu Page 11 Olson warmly received when Gyorgy got the Fin last a North be refused to use his medicare and see a doctor. Maybe he thought be co khat afford it or perhaps fee Doe sat see doctors. One Reasy Taew Why. No one Fenew Aud to ;