Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, March 08, 1972

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 8, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg of Ftp press wednesday March 8, 1972 Seymour Cassel arid Cena Rowlands Star in the movie Minnie and mos Kowitz which opens Friday at the Carrick theatre Cinema one. Writer director John Cassavetes describes the movie As a contemporary fairy tale. For jail sgt. Free press staff writer Jean -eh.arles. ,21, charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Constable Harold Stanley Seigel at he Des Chenes mah., Jast fall told the policeman that Hie wanted to go to jail was told tuesday. The armed Man who barricaded in his Home sept. Constable Seigel that he did t want to Hurt any one thatche wanted to go to jail and not to Hospital As the officer had suggested a clip sergeant Edward James female testified tuesday. After a Teai. Gas Gre i after a 12-hour police siege Cli maxed by const. Seigers death. Joel of the accused told court tuesday How his Stu who had been act ing oddly shot at him through a locked Kitchen door the Day of const. Seigel s death. The 60 y e a r o 1 d he Des c h. E u e s electrician told the court that his Sou Rifle in hand had refused to let him and his wife enter their Home the after noon of sept 26. He came -. Walking slowly and he turned to me and kind of raised his shoulders. He d Auteuil Home a Rifle shot sounded from the Kitchen window and Constable Sergel Lay bleeding on soft. Webdale said. Told thie jury How the accused was finally dragged out from under his parents bed 12-member p Auteuil told the jury. He said he Uail insurance doubled j Manitoba Farmers More than doubled their Hail insurance coverage Between 1970 and -1971 from million to Mil lion agriculture minister Samuel Yuskiw said tuesday. In the same period he said the number of contracts Rose sharply from to the minister released the data after announcing that the Premium rates for Hail insurance coverage being offered this year by the Manitoba crop insurance corporation Range from 1.1 to 3.8 per cent across the province. Or. Yuskiw said that while the corporation in 1970 paid out in indemnities with premiums totalling for a loss ratio of in 1971 it Only had to pay out in indemnities while receiving in premiums. This rep resents a loss ratio of .29. He suggested that Farmers seeking specific information on the rate Structure for their particular area for 1972 Contact their local crop insurance agent the minister said applications will be mailed out in May to All Farmers insured under the All dodged the Bullet which would have hit him at knee level. Shown to the jury by showed a Hole in the Kitchen door the rear Entrance to the House. Subsequent appeals from or. And mrs. D Auteuil and police officer brought no answer from the House witnesses said. Constable Seigel made the most headway in communicating with the inmate of the guarded House from. A. Posi Tion Between two garages at the rear of the Yard sgt. Webdale told the jury. But talk was soon abandoned and about four hours after police first arrived according to ramp was decided to Force the armed Man out with tear Gas sgt Webdale he testified that he lobbed a tear Gas grenade into the Kitchen window from immediately below. He told the jury that he hesitated to try and get it from his son who had been acting Stran gely. "1 did t want to use friction to get the gun from there his son s closet defence lawyer for the. Accused is Ken Filkow Crown Hymie Weinstein. The Case is being heard in court of Queen s Bench before or. Justice a r. Solomon and a jury of 10 men and two there was a loud bang two seconds later the same time after another bang inside the House that bang was a Rifle shot. That Rifle shot came that he said. Wan mint downtown four organizations have writ ten to Supply minister James Richardson suggesting the Canadian mint be built in d d w n t o w n Winnipeg rather than of the outskirts of St. Boniface. The four groups Are the Winnipeg and District labor coun cil the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce the Community planning Council of Winnipeg and the Indian. And Metis Friendship Centre. The said a Down town the minting of Money which is expected to be come one of the City s most in p o r t a n t tourist attractions would be More easily Access Knowles pursues pensions Ottawa Winnipeg North Centre my Stanley Knowles has been sounding Forth in the House of commons again on one of his favorite subjects the plight of car pensioners. Has also lobbed some criticism Over into the car Field too. Basically , new democratic party House Leader feels that the Cost of living is rising so rapidly that the value of the pensions paid to retired car employees is being eroded to an alarming degree. He says the company should at least agree to have a two a year Cost of living1 escalation clause in the pension plans or Knowles concedes that the car did make a one shot Deal about a year ago when it hiked pensions for those who retired before the end of 1969, but he says the Cost of living is now climbing by three or four per cent a year. Speaking in commons debate on a Bill allotting Money to the car and air Canada or. Knowles said car employees who retired after Jan. 1, 1970, Are not even covered by the scheme announced a year ago. e s e Canadian National employees now retiring Are re tiring on what i regard As the worst possible land of pension namely a pension of a file amount with no provision of that amount to be if maps and Public servant can have a Cost of living Esca lation clause in their pensions so should former railway employees he said. Or. Knowles Drew some chuckles from the House when he suggested that if the matter before the House concerned the car instead of the car he would probably be holding up what the car had done for its pensioners. As an example of the Lousy Deal the car gave its pensioners. It is terribly True that the car has Given its pensioners a Lousy while the car arrangement is better than the car one it just in t Good enough he said. What s More said or development established by the Manitoba housing and renewal Corpora Tion for the elderly was officially opened tuesday by municipal affairs minister Howard Paulley of Man the Are Arthur -80, and Elsie Cort 84, who Are two of the of the new development at 25 Carriage Road St. James Assiniboia. From he said the shot occurred at . And came from a .22 calibre Rifle. I glanced to my tight and i could see his Constable Seigel s feet the soles of his despite the explosion of the tear Gas grenade no one emerged from the House and in the hours that followed every window in the Home was shot ble. Harry Munro executive Secretary of the labor Council told a Council meeting tuesday that tourists would t be inclined to Stop if the mint were on a major Highway. The letter was approved by labor Council members. Or. Richardson announced in january that the mint will be moved to Winnipeg from Otta Knowles a number of changes recently have been made in the air Canada pension scheme that give its pensioners what he wants for car pensioners. Since technically the in owns air Canada or. Knowles argued that railway company pensioners should at least be Given the same pension provi Sions As its subsidiary air can Ada gives its pensioners. Teulon meet tonight on Rye production too Little govt. Money gains by Barry Mullin free press staff writer the provincial tourism and recreation depart ment took a few verbal lumps tuesday even though it was the Host of a Day Long seminar dealing with package Tours. The idea behind the seminar the Northstar inn was o try to generate More Pac Tage toils for Manitoba by Tak ing a close look at that aspect of tourism and arriving at some conclusions about what should Arborg Man. Special Eric Stefanson general manager of the interlace development corporation has announced that the corporation s agricultural committee chaired by dec Helwer of Teulon has scheduled a meeting at Teulon tonight Al a. The most Likely site is the intersection of Highway 59 and Sipui. The trans Canada Highway in out As police aimed 17 tear Gas Southeastern St. Boniface. Be projectiles into the one Storey j got nations Between Federal and risk crop insurance program. They Are entitled to Purchase additional coverage against Hail loss on a Field basis for those crops covered under their All. Risk crop insurance contracts. Only Farmers who take out such contracts Are eligible to Hail insurance. Bungalow sgt. Webdale titled. He said officers finally entered the House at 2 . And he hauled a shoeless and shirt pcs j c i v i c representatives have j taken place and several Sites have been considered but the St Boniface site has been approved by both Levels of government. Less person identified As the accused out by the ankle from under his parents bed. Asked if he had shot the accused said the ramp officer told the jury. It was a very Low voice trembling the person was obviously in Shock mucus was Down his nose. Down his Chin he was a s were swollen shut j department i Don t believe he could be effected Panl open his eyes we rolled 1 the Appo moment of five him m the Pink Bedspread and carried him demonstrating the use of tear 8 . To discuss the potential for Rye production in the Interlake Region. K. J. Ganczar of Calvert of Canada limited will outline the requirements for their Gimli Plant. He will also outline com Pany policy for purchasing specifications varieties Deli very and so on. Al Walls of the Extension Branch department of agriculture will speak on the varieties of Rye recommended for growing in the Interlake and also provide information As to seed supplies. Years behind in its push for the tourist Dollar but the govern ment is not doing its the economic effects of tourism Are directly traceable to the government and the government should spend Money to i develop the Industry. The gov i Ern ment is the beneficiary tourism but they re sleeping on the a. G. Suffron Market development manager of air Canada n Montreal said i would like o see Manitoba under the driving leadership of the j tourism Branch say we will do i this and get it done. The we Industry will put our Money where our Mouth about co representatives of the hotel and Motel Industry airlines railways special at j traction operators and bus a partial decentralization of ment s land development Sec. J Iines attended the seminar and r made Many suggestions about. Area agriculture directors named e done. Instead the tourism depart ment was rapped for failing to leadership i the tourism Industry and criticized or failing to provide enough Money for promoting the Allim portent tourism Industry. Or. Joseph slogan president of paddle wheel tour boats Ltd., said i think that what the government spends on tourism is peanuts. Last year the department s budget was of which was spent on Advertis it has been estimated tha 3.1 million tourists came to Manitoba in 1970 and spen about million. In 1971, an estimated 3.25 million tourists spent about million or. Slogan said businessmen directly connected to the tourism Industry should stand behind 0. S. Eagleton Deputy minister of tourism and help him defend a budget five of six times the size of the present one. Fred Rehbock president of Falk Tours Ltd. Of Winnipeg said Manitoba was not Only 10 i Agency and once it gets operational it could be managed b people in the tourism Industry. Jim Bell operator of the Fai con motor hotel said he woul. Like to see the government be up an inventory of what Touris packages Are offered. The Deputy minister said Thi idea was a possibility tha would have to be or. Eagleton said that i could be feasible for the government to put together a tour package. In his address at the Lun Cheon or. Eagleton made no predictions about Manitoba s tourism future but simply pointed out what the province has to offer w. E. Organ director of tourism said in an interview that the department May be considering shifting in department s budget. However the department will still concentrate its efforts on the North Central United states and will continue to educate americans in North and South Dakota and Minnesota that Manitoba is a place of Comfort As Well As an outdoor province. Phil Reimer director of marketing and sales for trans air Ltd., said Manitoba companies must develop a family package n an Effort to improve tourism. Trans air he said is looking j it package deals in Northern Manitoba but he added the province has an All male image. At the Airport All you see is the male Hunter or Fisherman. We have to develop something so the wife and kids can enjoy Manitoba vhf in the husband is Hunting or fishing up j. R. Klassen manager of Grey Goose bus lines in win n Lee a it s time we stopped thinking about the things Manitoba does t offer but what it has to the government and the Industry itself Are doing a poor Job of marketing our product and As a Carrier we must take our share of the he said in an interview that the Only thing Grey Goose is doing to promote tourism among Manitoban to the beauties of the province is nine Tours available to Winnipeg school he said the travel Industry Las brainwashed the resident to ook elsewhere for vacations other than his own province. Or. Eagleton summed up the seminar we did t really reach any will promote cattle sales Carman Man. Special Carman and area livestock breeders will represent the Manitoba livestock association As a delegation from the prov Ince to promote livestock sales in Minnesota the Dakotas and Montana during March. Ernest Esau of Elm Creek will represent the shorthorn breeders and Donald Savage also of Elm Creek and Ronald Batho of Deleau the Hereford breeders. Elmer Greenslade of Portage la Prairie will represent Aberdeen Angus breeders in the delegation. Conclusions but we did t really expect anything Concrete to sloth Bones found in . Knights ferry Calif a the fossilized Bones sloth believed to be five million years old have been we will undertake to ack to All the people who at ended and we won t let the matter be uncovered in the Sierra Foothills be of stanislaus county reports or. Sue Hirschfield a pal onto Logist at California state College at Hayward. Safeway s advertisement of monday March 6th Canterbury Tea bags should have read Orange Pekoe and Pekoe 120 s pkg. Pioneer Harman Kardon Denaco forged Cheque a Young welfare recipient Tow w i n n i p e g. Magistrate s court tuesday that a Cheque he stole and later cashed was sent to his father to cover the Young grossly and that tear Gas also aliens local and Forral new responsibilities. Man s monthly boarding sex an irritating effect regional organza tons inc Tad program he Tion. Fred j. Slevinsky Eastern director to be centred at Beau sejour. Or. Slevinsky is Region Al coordinator for the depart ment s Extension services Branch in the Interlake. Or. Yuskiw said the appoint int of the five directors from f e c t s the respiratory areas i the department of agn j department Marks a trans Gas projectiles before the jury sgt. Webdale explained that the 3 nauseating Gas used sept. 26 of j regional directors agriculture minister Samuel us cow announced tuesday. The directors will administer regions to pro relationship be what can be done to improve tourism and package Tours in Manitoba. Pick Tyrch vice president of the Manitoba hotel association suggested the tourism depart ment act As packaging agent an irritating effect i in the hours that followed the locis Ledair. 21. Was shooting of Constable Seigel. Sentenced to three months in i the d Auteuil House was sir Al i wooed by As Many As 46 i Dancink after pet a Nelly j formed amed to charges of theft and forging and uttering. Ledair said his father re 111. Il6 development Cor a More of. Portions. Festive Liaison Between his de appointed As directors effect i apartment and the Rural Popynia april l. Are Tion of the province enabling Thomas l. Pringle. North the government to commit i cover a Omas age. No Constable Seigel was Post Western director to be centred i Nanial resources on the basis m i at dais Phin. Or. Pringle. 32. A priorities and Nee a chief of the 4-h and Voerth pro pressed at the local level. Expenses Corner exposed to the j Grams derision Extension ser exposes. 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