Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday december 13, 1971 indians attack invaders continued settlers Range into the India territory. At this Point the land is reserved As an Indian Park but the Region is so isolated i is beyond the Law and there Are regular clashes. Or. Meireles 24, is the son o Francisco Meiries who has spen 36 years studying and protect ing indians. Both father and son advocate arming the country s indians and teaching them to shoot so they can de fend themselves against miners and land hungry Whites. Apolena Meier Les said after his escape that he had sen dozens of messages to the settlers warning them of the dangers they Are running. And it did t help a bit. Everything indicates that the indians Are not going to tolerate this in Vasion of their Hunting area. The irresponsibility of these settlers could have unforeseen consequences. These raiders Are responsible for the death of Possidonio Cavalcanti Bastos and for the growing tension in the or. Meireles said. The indians can t make distinctions Between groups. So they attack those who Are least Well defended. In this Case it was Apolena Meires said. The indians can t make distinctions Between groups. So they attack those who Are least Well defended. In this Case it was Apolena Meireles is an employee of the National Indian foundation and director of Ari Puana Indian Park. His father Francisco is regional director of the foundation throughout a huge area based in Porto Velho. Bastos a former reporter in the Brasilia office of the Kio daily newspaper 0 Globo had for several years been an admirer of their efforts to protect indians. Early this year he went on an expedition with Apolena Meireles to make con tact with Remote Indian tribes including the Cintas Vargas. When he came Back he gave up his Job in journalism to devote his life to the indians. He feared Brazil s indians would be wiped out within the next few years unless they received help from people they could Trust. Or. Meireles said Bastos apparently had not fought Back against the indians though he was. Well armed. He had been hit by two arrows in the Back and then the indians had chopped at him with heavy knives. In a desperate attempt to escape said or. Meireles Bastos had jumped into the Ari Puana River but had died in the water. Manitoba Telephone system Motich of ten Der rental of equipment sealed tenders to a. G. Ans purchasing supplies Automo Tive equipment superintendent room 102, 1300 Ellice Avenue Winnipeg Man Zloba. Postal code inc oa2, will be received until . Central Standard time on the 12th Day of january 1972 for the rental of the following equip ment for our construction season begin Ning May 1972 item 1 Crawler Type tractor 112 . Draw bar pull and operator. Item 2 Crawler Type tractor 92 . Egine net and operator. Item 3 Crawler Type tractor 65 h. P. Engine net and operator. 4 rubber tired Backhoe and operator plus a unit for transporting. Item s tractor Type truck equipped with a Hydraulic Crane Low and High bed Semi frailer and operator. Fem 4 _ trencher and Backhoe unit and operator plus a unit for transporting. All tenders must be submitted on Mani Toba Telephone system specifications j forms which May be obtained from the purchasing department room 107, i 1300 Ellice Avenue Winnipeg Mani 1 Toba. Postal code r3c oa2. J the lowest or any tender Sci necessarily accepted. J december 2nd, 1971 i Register no. 8c63o the Manitoba Telephone j system i per . Mills chairman and general i manager j notice of tender j sealed general contractor tenders in duplicate will be received . . Wednesday december 22, 1971, at the office of or. A. Moute Secretary treasurer town of the Pas Box 870, the Pas Manitoba. Tenders Shah be enclosed in a seated i envelope marked i tenders for the construction of i to in Han civic of Vire can Jex phase 2, the Pas Mafi Joba each tender Seal. Be a compar red by a 10 per cent by Bond or accepted cute one repressing ten per cent of fhe of tender As a Vicenus Good to gear of accepted sorely o Issue required tenders is to . Frt Fay 17, a Keogh 3kj sysum Coert Toj to win woes 293 Street astronauts Charles Duke left and John Young Centre will spend tip to 18 hours exploring the lunar surface while Tom Mattingly right circles Over the Moon during the Apollo 16 flight. The launch of Apollo 16 is scheduled for March 17 with the astronauts Landing on the Moon March 21 and a scheduled splashdown in the Pacific set for March 29 after Man s fifth lunar exploration. Changes seen in voters time but i like him better now. I like the fact that he s with drawing from if the War is indeed Over by the time she votes for president again she will switch to or. Nixon. It is not unusual to meet american voters like this while travelling across the country Oday. They have changed and o has the tone of the country. A year ago americans encountered on a similar nation wide political trip were almost uniformly pessimistic about he future. They were in the midst of a season of despair politically they viewed no major political figure including heir president with any Emo ional warmth or affection. The Eeling of distrust for All Politi Al leaders was profound. Now on the eve of another year that will affect everyone s life the political picture has altered sharply. Americans today Are less angry less passionate less Pes mistic. Far More now believe the Vietnam War is ending but hey do not think the country is ree of its multitude of prob s. Indeed nearly two thirds f the voters we encountered in ight key states say America s condition is no better now than was in the bitter autumn of 968 men or. Nixon was elect be to office if eople approve. He is a far More formidable candidate Oday. That does t mean the people hink the president has wrought a Miracle. And As will be seen n subsequent articles or. Nix on s present stronger position rests on an extremely shaky foundation. Neither is the More favourable impression accorded the pres ident cause for Comfort for his party. Our Reading of the american voting Public today is dismal news at Best for both parties. Never have political loyalties and allegiances been weaker. It is literally hard to find anyone who will not say i will vote for the Man. Not the then they win go on to say the party makes virtually no difference no mat Ter How they May be registered. They Are Correct and the politicians themselves in both parties agree that the old two party political system that served the . Since its inception is i serious decline and in some areas is already Mori bund. Wedded because americans today Are not wedded to any part Cajar Man and certainly to no political party the 1972 presidential prospects Are by an extraordinarily Affeid state. Cost rounding ice Cwa Sion is a other to Fitial fact new great War Aryl peace or ecce Joksic or Best Issee ice Ascero continued wrapped up i the problems and frustrations of their own lives their taxes their jobs their schools their children. The have Little time or inclination to think about other questions. Indeed they do not seem that interested in National questions or even problems of. Other american communities. This feeling of withdrawal and Insu lation contributes to the frag mentation of the political process. A word about this political Survey for the last two months these reporters have travelled to eight states new Hampshire new York Penn Sylvania Ohio Michigan Florida Texas and both Northern and Southern California interviewing voters in 27 carefully selected precincts for which we have voting data from pre Vious elections. Each person was asked the same set of questions his pre Vious voting behaviour his feel ing about the issues and the future his personal Choice for president and what he thinks about the leading presidential prospects his impressions of politics and the political Par ties and How Well he knows the former . . Dies at 80 Vancouver up Frank Ross British Columbia s lieu tenant governor from 1955 to 1960, died saturday at the age of 80. Or. Ross collapsed in his car and was pronounced dead on arrival at Vancouver general Hospital. Or. Ross born in Scotland emigrated to Canada when he was 19 and worked for a Toronto Bank. He went on to become a millionaire. He joined the 48th High Landers during the first world War and was twice decorated for gallantry being awarded the military Cross and bar. During the second world War he was director general of the armament Supply and naval equipment Branch of the ministry of Supply and then be came coordinator of regional reconstruction councils which assisted in returning the Cana Dian Economy to a peacetime base. Air freight moving Montreal up an embargo on Domestic air freight shipments imposed Friday by up air to relieve pressure on overcrowded shipping facilities was lifted saturday. A similar air Canada Embar go wednesday swamped up air s terminal making the embargo necessary. The air can Ada embargo was lifted Friday. 3 hours for lunch Noumea exr Caledonia s capital Noumea is matted the of the fast Croft cafes tree blitzed streets landscaped scares. Rest Talce Jare Lowr Tecec b r e a in s a Fassora people who represent him at local state and National Levels. In addition each person was interviewed at length about Why he thinks the Way he does. When tabulated in a variety of ways by a computer our Sam ple of 300 americans turned out to be a Cross Section of the electorate. For instance 43 per cent of the americans we interviewed said they voted for Humphrey last time. He actually received 42.7 per cent of the vote in 1968. Forty seven per cent said they voted for Nixon. His actual figure was 43.4. Thir teen and a half per cent of the voters went for Wallace last time while nine per cent our Sample supported the Alabama governor. The voting data and inter views on major political personalities brought some results that Are sharply at Odds with the Gallup and Harris polls. One candidate holds a com manding position in the polls. But among those we interviewed he is viewed As Likely to polarize the country if nominated. Two others with High poll rat Ings have extremely shaky holds on the Public s affection. Some announced contenders Are almost invisible while cer Tain dark horses Are already More than Long shots in the voters eyes. Some of those caught up in the passions of the 1968 Campaign Are less controversial figures today some retain surprising support still others seem unable to escape the reputations they earned in that divisive year. All these findings will be detailed in other articles. The voters also dramatically demonstrated How Little importance they attach to the Politi Cal parties. Aside from a Gener Al impression albeit a Nota Bly weaker one than in the past that the democrats still tend to do More for the poor and the working Man while the republicans favor business and the wealthy the voters Don t think it makes any difference which party is in Power or that either one will do a More effective Job on specific issues. Some election in one area however the feelings they voice about poli tics go to the heart of the Politi Cal climate in the . Today and the lesson from these Arti cles. Fewer than two out of 10 voters say they Ever vote a straight party ticket. The rest Are voting for democrats re publicans and independents. Liberals conservatives and i moderates often All i same general election. That kind of voting behaviour underscores the problems fac ing the politicians and their parties. The people strongly Dis j Trust politicians. Sixty eight per cent said they do not believe j j politicians Tell the truth. I i while we Are reporting How the people feel about politics we also will be examining the i system from another perspective that is the professional j j politician s viewpoint in every j area we talked to these largely j j Anonymous men and women i the chairmen precinct j gains Ward Bosses Money raisers candidates office flow cars and Volunteer workers who Are inf filing the parties at the grass roots of cd. Accompanying each a tide a Fol be tape recorded Conversa Tibbs in which these Pofi Tkal operatives ;