Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 7, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press final edition vol. 79 no. 137 Price 10 cents 15 cents Tubay March 7, 1972 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Forecast mainly Clear -15 and 10 Geff frogs help in jail return of pair Montreal Iii tar general Jean Fierre Goyer says Steps Are being taken for the return to Ca Nada of escaped murderer Yves Geoffroy and Carmen his Bride of 10 weeks Fol lowing their arrest monday in Barcelona Spain. La announcing the capture of the Geoffreys monday or. Goyer said two Quebec Provin Cial officers and a member of the a Imp Are in Barcelona to make sure that the Spanish authorities Don t re lease the pair until Legal proce dures against them Are com in Barcelona sources said Geoffrey and his wife were placed under heavy guard1 in separate cells in the City jail. The Gazette in a Story from the northeastern Spanish City quotes one of the Canadian poli Cemen As saying of then the Geof freys were very surprised when they were found. He Only said that he was not Happy to see Canadian police the newspaper also quotes the officer As saying Geoffroy and his wife attempted to get jobs in Spain i but that they could not produce the document tation necessary to get employ ment Jin Europe a o it i 1 con it yes contract approved by than per cent Ottawa electronic technicians have officially accepted a contract Argee ment signed More than a week ago by their Union negotiators and the Federal Treasury Board. Local 2228 of the International brotherhood of electrical workers which represents the technicians informed its membership and the treas Ury Board today that More than 50 per cent of ballots feast during the ratification vote last week approved the contract., the exact result of the vote will not be known for about a said Des Savidge Union business agent some of the local unit results were received by Telephone and the actual ballots were still on their Way Here by mtg he j please see Airport 5 ctr outlet gets game Maple Leafs Csc Rick till Orson Marks vote rally on blackboard in new Hampshire primary tuesday at the balsams in a Exville notch where voters turned out to cast their ballots at Midnight. President Nixon All 11 Republican votes a land Slider according to Rick. Troy Ersy has. Boiled up Over the escape the rival 50-hour unescorted leave from St. Vincent do Paul Here Christmas eve 4o marry the former Carmen Parent 27 year old teacher. U his new Bride was an in by the Canadian press the traditional Csc telecast of a saturday night Toronto Maple Home game will in Uchto outlet o willing witness at his 1170 trial for the strangulation murder of his first wife. Geoffrey had served 14 months of a life sen tence when he received leave to marry Carmen. Or. Goyer told the commons in Ottawa where he was greeted by a desk pounding Welcome by Liberal maps that there Are three possibilities for Geoffroy s return to Montreal. Please see return Page 5 but tha for the about All tha about the Fate of National hockey league telecasts out of Toronto. Nil telecasts Are the produced to Attra Ada. Incan kills 5 patients London medical authorities sounded a country wide Kart monday night after the deaths of five patients who were All fed intravenously with a dextrose solution at a Hospital at Plymouth in Southwest eng land. A doctor warned that a Batch i of the fluid used through the j veins to feed Post operative patients and others who cannot eat was dangerously co Tami j i the British government s i health department ordered hospitals doctors and chemists not to use bottles from a Batch of the solution distributed by a Liverpool j the health department and the firm involved Evans medi Cal issued a joint statement saying oat bottles of the particular Batch of five per cent dextrose solution should not be used in any circumstances. Five persons who were fed the solution at the Devonport Hospital in Plymouth died Dor i ing the last week. J Harold Ballard president of Maple Leaf gardens kicked the Csc out of his rink monday saying he was fed a with to technicians walkouts. The technicians members o the National association o broadcast employees and technicians have left their gardens camera posts four time s since dec. 4 in their series of rotating strikes against the publicly owned broadcasting corporation. John Bassett president of Cito was Quick to snap up saturday s telecast at or. Bal lard s invitation. Meanwhile Csc officials met this morning to discuss the Legal aspects of the network switch. Caught in the Middle was Mclaren advertising Agency which holds the to rights to All nil games in Canada. It Sells the games to sponsors then pays the hockey teams for the Talent and the to networks for their time. Games Are shown saturdays on Csc and wednesdays on Ctm. Toronto fans see the Leafs when they Are playing at Home on those nights during the schedule and playoffs. Among the Legal aspects being discussed by the Csc were or. Ballard s authority to switch stations and the contract the Csc has with the Advertis ing Agency Sty s not yet known whether a Kerdiy s game against Cali fornia Golden seals will be the one affected. This saturday the Csc schedule called for the Mon Treal canadians Chicago Black Hawks of country with the Toronto Ganie being aired regionally it May still do that if it can get technicians to Promise not to spoil which Case it will lose Only the Toronto telecast to Cito. But if the Csc can t Guaran tee the Montreal game Mac Laren s will give saturday s please see Maple Page 5 victim awarded Highway 3 rinks stir unbeaten look we for a pet Tigs mat Ender dogs. Gait Trof Cal Fuci 21 fe3w.j.e. Z5-5c5. Be the stuff ufos tree a 40-year-old Winnipeg Man to lost his left leg As a result f an Auto Accident was award in damages monday y or. Justice j. R. Solomon of be Manitoba court of Queen s Bench. Gerhard Gnann was struck by a car oct. 25, 1969 at . As he walked behind a Moore s taxicab. Or. Gnann had taken the taxi Home and it had stopped on the left Side of Sher Brook Street to let him out or. Gnann had got out of the taxi and while it was still stopped he started to walk be Hind it to get to his House. A car driven by Lawrence Daniel Wright struck or. Gnann and he was crushed be tween the two cars. Moore s taxi 1961 Ltd., was also awarded damages i the amount of for damage to their taxi. Defendants i the action were Lawrence Daniel Wright the Driver and the owner of the car Richard Fleming Wright Bis father. In his judgment or. Justice Solomon said the taxi was stopped almost directly beneath records while Manitoba which 1 a Street lamp and had its fights had Bye tins morning is 2-0.1 he said he was satisfied that prior to the Accident the Driver was engaged a a every Gosse on Arosma bits in tree car was paying to to traffic cons Stone in of us St. Johns fld. The number of undefeated rinks in this year s Canadian Curling championships was reduced to three Here this morning when Saskatchewan edged new Brunswick 7-6. At the same time British co tarred Back Nova Scotia both Saskatchewan and please see dextrose Page 8 British Columbia now have 34 the second storm warn ing for Southern Manitoba issued in As Many Days was cancelled at noon. Conditions Are definitely improving with winds de creasing and visibility in creasing a spokesman for the weather office said. Lower temperatures Are moving in. Today s forecast called for a few Cloudy periods with Drifting Snow in the of t e in o o a and Northwest winds from 20 to 25 ., decreasing to 15 This evening. Tonight and wednesday is expected to be mainly Clear with a Low of 10 to 15 degrees below Zero tonight and a High of 10 degrees above Zero on wednesday. The Manitoba highways department has cautioned against Highway travel until mid afternoon. Visibility be tween Winnipeg and por Tage la Prairie was poor and not expected to Clear until about 2 . The same conditions applied for South Ern Manitoba. While All main highways Are open secondary roads remain treacherous. Schools were remaining open in Winnipeg and Rural Manitoba but school buses in some divisions outside the City Are not running. The storm moved into Manitoba from Saskatchewan where a Low pressure area has caused near Bliz ii pm primary today succession duty change in offing Cherniack says no tax levies on estates under by Egon Frech free press legislative reporter finance minister Saul Cherniack of Manitoba has announced additional exemptions under the province s proposed succession duties legislation which will apply retroactively to Jan. 1. Exemptions for a surviving spouse have been raised to from and estates of less than won t be taxed at All or Cherniack said at a news conference in the legislative building. The previous proposal called for the taxation of estates Worth More than As Well there Are increased exemptions for charitable institutions and for infirm children of a deceased Parent. Another new feature is that Canada pension p1 benefits won t be included As part of an estate for the purposes of calculating succession duties. The legislation now being prepared will be introduced at Manchester . A some new Hampshire voters cast the first presidential primary ballots of 1972 today in an important test of senator Edmund Muskie s standing As the leading candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. The primary is basically a popularity test to be followed by 23 other primaries leading to the presidential election nov. 7. The presidential nominees from please see storm Page 5 today fes fral hug Miami 3, 9. Ovy 5cvvn by Utown i is iwo 1-1. In other third Rowry games. Alberta Ontario and Quebec Al to remain a Ovate Taoh Jim Ltd Prowe de by car. Jt0d Otstot Tsi Hie be was Siss sed 3f fee Toi Payag p. E. I. A be vow Ltd seen after to tit Swatts Hunts spots 28 1 18 a Sass says son feared poisoning by Esther Tennenhouse free press staff writer Jean Charles d Auteuil 20, on trial on a charge of murdering an ramp officer at he Des Chenes. Man., rarely left his parents Home and often believed his food was poisoned his Mother said monday. But added mrs. Joel d Auteuil. He was a rather Good the first Day of the Assize court trial ended monday with the testimony of mrs. D Auteuil 63, who testified about her son s growing isolation his talk of martians and a growing fear of poisoning. Or. D Auteuil has pleaded not guilty to a charge of capital murder for the sept. 26 shoot ing of Constable Harold Stanley Seigel 28, at the d Auteuil he Des Chenes Home. Constable Seigel was killed by a Bullet in his head As be stood behind the noose in which or. D Auteuil armed with a Rifle had barricaded himself court was told. On the witness stand monday the accused s Mother Tom the 12-member jury and or. Justice j. R. Solomon in Manitoba Cert of Queen s Bench that Constable seige and Bis officers were called or her each major party will be picket at National conventions this summer. Muskie appealed for a big from vote As a near native neighbouring Maine in a Campaign that ended with a bar rage of charges Between him self and senator George Mcgovern of South Dakota Over which had been first to disclose the source of Campaign funds. If 1 can t get help from my friends close to Home i Don t Inow where to expect mus Kie told 200 supporters As he wound up his Campaign monday night in the North country paper Mill town of Berlin just 40 Miles from his Rumford me., Birthplace. Two hours later even closer to the Canadian Border in the Hamlet of Nixville notch voters gathered at Midnight to cast primary Day s first votes. All 11 republicans voted for president Nixon while Muskie took five of six democratic votes. Me govern had had the other. Polling hours elsewhere varied with some opening As Early As 5 . Cost and some closing As late As 8 . Paper ballots were in use everywhere except in Portsmouth and Nashua. With a Long list of Dele please see Muskie Page 5 the coming session of the legis lature and will take the place of the Federal estate tax act which was abolished dec. 31. Or. Cherniack said the most recent changes Are being made by Manitoba after consultation with the other five provinces which entered into an agree ment whereby the Federal gov Ern m in t would collect the taxes. He said he believes the new regulations will adequately protect most family farms and family businesses in Manitoba. The exemptions were increased because the government re cognized the special needs of a surviving spouse and the con Cern of Many Manitoban for their wives. He said the prov Ince won t lose any Money be cause up to now surviving spouses weren t taxed at All. Under the new regulations the surviving spouse has an Addi Jon exemption of Over and above the spouse s proportional share of the exemption for All preferred Bene j Ici Aries. J there will be an additional j exemption for infirm children qual to a year for each i rear the child is under age 71, n addition to the child s proportional share of the exemption for preferred Benefi varies. Charitable organizations will e exempt from tax if the Dona Tion does t exceed 20 per cent of the value of the whole estate after deduction of All debts. The see succession Page 5 theft Over Louii. Found guilty councillor Kenneth c. Cochrane 21, of 710 Union Avenue a new democratic party member of St. Johns Community committee on Winnipeg s Central City Council was found guilty tuesday in county court judge s criminal court on a charge of theft Over 550. He was remanded by judge Benjamin Hewak to thurs Day for sentence. Cochrane elected get 6.1971, had entered a not guilty plea to a charge of stealing 15 Long playing records oct 16, 1971, from a s. S. Kresge Ltd. Department store at 368 Portage Avenue. See councillor Page 5 wife tin son appeared at Sie axe with a Nile Aad refused Sisera ent Rance. A stresses sets file Resgel Fead been new York a the Romance of tiny Tim and his miss Vicki solemnized before inc eyes of millions of late night television viewers apparently has ended. Newspaper reports Here and in Phi Ladelphia. Where Tsiyu has just finished an engage ment said the Long haired squeaky voiced Singer and the former Victoria May Bodin Ger Nave separated. The reports said miss Vicki went to her parents in had Dan Teki. . Taking with their nine month old daughter. Tsip Raffied for a fat tiny tiptoes i Liis Feest tej Owa Ress Ditrow. Tisy said use reports off or is so. Or an Segi Sennett is Kansas 3tf. Minimum pay Rise opposed vote by april 18 Likely by Bob Lis Way free press Urban reporter any increase in the minimum wage at this time will result in less expansion fewer jobs and higher prices in the Rural areas of Manitoba says a Survey con ducted by. The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce. The Manitoba Chambers submitted the analysis of Over 150 replies from businesses in Rural Manitoba to the minimum wage Board. The Chambers reported that 60 per cent of 141 Rural businessmen said an increase in the minimum wage would cause i them to reduce staff. J seventy one per cent of 139 businessmen said an increase j would seriously affect expansion plans. Eighty two per cent of those replying said an in crease in the minimum wage would cause Beni to increase their prices. The Manitoba Chambers expressed concern that a higher minimum stage to end make ssh finder jobs Border to stud. The climbers saaid a Cov Erial tear and Taesu affaire to 43 Chambers of Mniece in Zoh Usaj 20 a by election will Likely be held within six weeks in the St. Johns Community committee s j Riverton Ward. I a lapse of six weeks would j bring the Date april 18. The Central City Council seat for the Ward is unofficially vacant As a result of the conviction tuesday of Kenneth c. Cochrane 21, of 710 Union ave nue on a theft charge under Section 294 of the criminal code theft Over i a councillor must forfeit his seat on Council under Section 1 93 of Manitoba s City of Winnipeg act if he is convicted of i any indictable offence which i carries a penalty of imprison ment for five years or More. The charge under which Cochrane was convicted has a maximum penalty of 10 years. Cochrane wll be sentenced thursday. Civic Legal officials made it Clear that no matter what the sentence is be must forfeit his seat because he is liable to a sentence of More than five years. E must immediately forfeit seat by signing a disclaimer up his rights to the seat under the terms of the Provin Cial legislation. The City of Winnipeg act makes no provi Sion for an Appeal to a higher Sert St b. Real parse is pc Fewry. Ass Taos after the resignation is re c e i v e a she mayor Deputy mayor or Day Derk most iia fwd lately can a to be Berj sic weeks. Co Ferane was ejected As a 35ew party Coss Csor m fee oct. Is71, ;