Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 8, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winning flail Hiss wednesday March i 1972 Rogers warns Canada Gulf tonal tension is to be greatly reduced. The Secretary said president Nixon Russia to show More restraint and International responsibility when he visits May. His criticism emphasized the Between the two super Powers on major International problems even move to wards improved bilateral relations. This improvement will be dramatized by Nixon s Summit meeting with soviet leaders an interim agreement on curbing the arms race is., Likely this year and May be concluded in time for Nixon s Moscow visit one aim of Nixon s Moscow trip and . Diplomacy in the months ahead will be to reach an agreement with the soviet Union to curb the arms flow to the Middle East Rogers said. Rogers indicated the-. Will shortly recognize the new nation of Bangladesh. Bangladesh with 70 million people is the former East Wing of Pakistan which broke away when Indian forces Defeated Pakistan in december a War. Nations have recognized fhe new state including Britain and the soviet Union but not China. On Nixon s China Rogers said a solid foun d a t Ion for reducing . differences and for Progress towards peace. He Dis closed previous unan n o u n c e d .-chinese agree ment from the peking trip. The . Will opportunities for chinese to learn English in the . And for americans. The program probably will be worked out Between private than As a formal Cul Tural Exchange program. Rogers a pal up the foreign policy review with a firm rejection of suggestions that department is in decline and jigs position is Over shadowed by of Henry Kis Singer presidential foreign affairs adviser. In dealing with Canadian re lations Rogers noted a serious Shock wave was created in Canada by president Nixon s economic reforms imposed last aug. 15 including a 10-per-cent extra import tax. As a country which exports one Quarter of its Gross National value of All goods and services became deeply concerned about uncertainties in pros he said. Some grounds for such anxiety were removed by the group of ten agreement Here in de Cember under which the . Dollar was devalued other currencies revalued and the import surtax dropped Rogers said. Canada announced it would maintain its floating Exchange rate. Rogers noted Canada is continuing to examine its National policies in the Light of its considered need to provide in Haze destroys school s a Grade Man., was school in destroyed Roblin by fire tuesday afternoon. Roblin fire chief Charles Brade said in a Telephone inter Yew the old Roblin intermediate school was a Complete loss 1 in spite of the efforts of the 18-Man Volunteer fire Bri Gade. The building was about 50 years old and Tio used about 300. Children in grades 1 to 3. None of the children1 were injured or. Brade said. The fire started in the build ing s " attic and. Although two pump trucks were at the scene within minutes of the alarm the fire was going quite the men could t get at the fire because it was behind a false ceiling. Was not much we could or. Brade though t a school boar d member turned the alarm in. The alarm was at . And the fire trucks stayed at the building until . He thought cause of the wiring was the fire but there would be further investigation. All that remained were some Walls he said. Jobless Loans queried continued Monton Centre who wanted to know what the government was doing about Loans harking opera tors who take advantage of delays in the issuing of unemployment insurance cheques. Or. Perrault. Said the matter just society v secret continued the Bob Coombe family of Dallas Texas had a couple of unexpected guests drop by for Coffee tuesday it was old time Friend Don might from South Dakota who raises buffaloes for a living. He just happened to have one of his specimens with him. Due to Lack of Buffalo hitches in the neighbourhood they brought Bill into the jiving room. Needless to the neighbors gawked. Win keep mine open continued Muskie wins primary continued the interests of strengthening Canadian Independence some counterweights to a pervasive american auditor blames govt. Vote gave Muskie 48 per cent to 37 per cent for Mcgovern with the rest scattered among a Long list of those on the ballot and write in candidates. The result thus encouraged Mcgovern and the rest of the Large Field of democratic presidential contenders who will face Muskie next tuesday in Flori contest. The new Hampshire poll was nothing More than a popularity contest in which voters got a Chance to express their opinion on party candidates for the pre continued both these factors hampered preparation of the 1971 report which requires great care accuracy and checking and re checking before it can be trans lated and printed. Translation and printing takes about two months. The expansion in the size of government organization and expenditure each year along with the introduction of no m e r o procedural changes has greatly increased the number of matters on which the auditor general must re or. Henderson said. In addition we find the pub lie accounts this year contain More errors than we have Ever encountered or. Henderson has asked the government repeatedly to allow him to recruit his own staff and this was once recommended by the commons Public accounts committee though it later reversed the recommendation. He his staff this Spring is still 28 Short of the number a i theorized by parliament and i i the last 13 months he lost 40 j Side tial nomination which will be made at the National conventions this summer. But the voters did select National convention delegates from the state who will help pick the major candidates for the presidency in next no vember s general election. In the Republican race. Pres ident Nixon polled about 70 per cent of the vote in a sweeping Victory Over two opponents of his bid for a second four year term. Democratic returns covering 83 per cent of the anticipated vote gave Muskie 48 per cent to 36 per cent for Mcgovern the rest scattered among a Long list on the ballot and write in candidates. J Muskie had contended before the balloting that his chief new j Hampshire opponent was a j phantom rival in the form of an i unwritten be determined after the votes were i in he needed to score j regardless of whether he won i the primary. Mcgovern senator Henry j Jackson of Washington and a j spokesman Jar senator Hubert. Humphrey the latter two among Muskie s Florida rivals i who shied away from a new j Hampshire contest immediately cited the Maine senator s apparent failure o reach 50 per cent As a sign of weakness by the leading contender. The failure of the front run Ner to make a Good showing clearly indicates the democratic nomination is wide if this Power struggle " persists in a could jeopardize in any. Permanent a the operation mine the Manitoba government actin on behalf of the people i Thi province Wal single Legal Means to open i said. Asked if this included nationalization the Premier said he did not want to confirm the possibility but then said the government would use All Lega Means including constitutional ones. The Premier also raised the possibility that not All of the of the loan would be paid out. He denied or. Asper s charges that the government s Security could be seriously impaired if general Host of new York wins a lawsuit in which it is claiming repayment of a million loan plus interest. Only of the develop ment corporation loan had been advanced so far he said and it was advanced against the Secu Rity of Worth of Tanta Lum oxide in a bonded Ware House. Further advances on the loan would be made Only against similar Security he said and the development corporation s first mortgage on the mine assets really was unnecessary j or. Schreyer did not provide i a direct answer when asked Why the mining company needed to borrow Money on Ore it had already produced instead of simply Selling the Ore. That s a question you could ask 1.001 private entre pre the Premier said. Why do they go to the Bank to Bor Row Money against assets when the assets Are valuable in them selves this is the kind of ques Tion that is virtually self con asked what the purpose of the mine is if not to produce and sell Ore the Premier said it could be attempting to mar Ket its Ore As it has been in the past. In the meantime it re j quire certain guarantees of against which Premier Schreyer also re the first time lha the development corporation has an option to convert the loan into an equity position. He previously had said the government had options for up to 25 per cent equity in the mine but had never spelled out the 10 per cent difference be tween and a news release that said the development corporation has an option to buy 15 per cent of the mine for million. Or. Asper said later tuesday he has information that the loan is convertible to a Down payment on a 25 per cent equity in Chenalloy Miner als limited of Toronto the Parent company of the mine. He said he was willing to de Bate the Issue of any financial institution with Premier Schreyer with the stakes being that the loser of the debate re Igns his position. However he said it looks like he government is backing out f the loan agreement. Liberal pc Back increase Price Index up .6 continued food prices which account for about one Quarter of the total Index Rose faster last month than they did in the 1960s. Meat poultry and fresh produce prices were the main contributors to the Advance. The Index is based on a monthly Survey of prices for about 300 goods and services figuring Large in the spending pattern of Urban families living on modest incomes and is Gen hockey Takeoff today continued really. Referred to As a Cost of Liv Irig Index. Housing costs including mortgage rates rents and the Cost of household operation represent about one third of the total Index. The housing Index Rose slightly last month due to higher prices for new houses increased repair and some increases in rents. Clothing prices on went Down last month. Because of seasonal sales As they usually do at this lower prices time of year were reported Maclaren which Ells the games to sponsors Hen pays the hockey teams for he Talent and the to. Networks or their time offered Satur Day s game to Cito to which was readily accepted by Cito president John Bassett. J games Are shown saturdays particularly for men s clothing but lower prices also prevailed for women s Wear children s Wear footwear and piece goodst transportation costs in bal n c e remained unchanged. Higher bus and train fares in some parts of the country were offset by lower insurance rates or automobiles in other parts. There were scattered Price increases last month for j men s hairdressing and men s haircuts across the country higher prices for face Cream tooth brushes and sanitary Nap Kins and prices for soap. The Cost of Reading materials went up with higher newspaper subscription rates in Montreal and Thunder Bay and the end ing of Christmas bargain rates caused by a deliberate policy of massive economic slowdown that the government instituted As its Way of waging a War on he told his audience the cry were canadians who want work and there is simply no rationale for he said no other country in the world has a rate of unemployment As High As Canada has been running. Or. Stanfield said much of the productive capacity in can Ada runs below potential be cause businessmen have lost Confidence in this and jobs could be created by a conservative government Deal ing with a main Lack of As commitments for the elec Tion expected by political observers this Stanfield promised that no fight against inflation will be waged in Cal Lous disregard of the Cost of no pensioner in this country will be left to fall behind and denied simple Justice. We will adjust pensions to compensate for real rises in the Cost of Liv ing " earlier in the Day on a Toronto radio station s open line show or. Stanfield said some of the Tail Hartley act May be necessary in Canada to Deal with strikes in essential services. The United Stales legislation p e r m it s the government to order an 80-Day waiting period from the Date when a Union is legally entitled to strike if it operates in an area considered essential to the Public service. His suggestion came in response to a caller who Felt that such strikes As the recent walk outs by Airport controllers and air technicians should be out Jawed. I is a source of great concern to the government. An investigation is being i carried out to find out if the j practice followed by the so called loan Sharks infringes the Law. If it does appropriate measures will be outside the House or. Paproski said As Well As Calgary and Winnipeg newspapers the companies offering to buy up the cheques have been Advertis ing frequently in the Edmonton journal. It s despicable. It s bloody said or. Paproski. These people being Unzem i played Are in dire need of the Money. Because there Are delays in getting the cheques to them they Are having to sign them Over at a High rate of in Terest of. Sell them off losing a substantial or. Perrault said outside he House that investigations Are being carried out under the authority of the Small Loans acl which comes tinder Federal jurisdiction and through other ave Nues. He said the situation first came to the department s Atten Tion in january. With the exception of a Case in Montreal others that have come to his notice have All been in Western Canada. The parliamentary Secretary described the interest rates charged by the operators As however to said that charges that the situation is purely a result of Long delays in getting unemployment cheques out to people is not quite True. Or. Perrault said delays now Are very few. However some people do not like to wait even a week or two for their Cheque to come through. He said similar operations have been underway in buying up income tax refund cheques at a Large discount. However this situation is annoying and we Are working on it As quickly As Perrault said that in Manitoba and Alberta it is possible to avoid loan firms by getting advances from social welfare departments. London up barrister Jacqueline l e v i n e addressed her court antagonist by the Cus Tomary my Learned the Friend happened to be her father Mordecai 35 years a lawyer. Believed to be the first father daughter Joboul in a London High court. Chicago the Hospi tals registered by the american Hospital association reported 181 million outpatient visits in 1970, an increase of 11.1 per cent Over the previous year. Continued on Csc and wednesday on i for m a g a z i n c s some Beer ctr. Toronto fans see the prices in Montreal went Down. Leafs when they Are playing at i n the 12 months from fcb i Home on those nights. Saturday Arv higher food prices the Csc schedule called for the have Bacn the main thrust in Montreal canadians Chicago the rising Black Hawks telecast for most i Hope hell move loan financing which we were j prepared to provide Only upon j j the presence of sufficient quantities of assets or inventory Slaughter subsidy on hens Ottawa up Canadian egg producers complained to the government tuesday about j Low egg prices and asked that they be paid s2 for every laying i Hen they kill before the end of to find jobs. Nick did. Some or. Spivak said the changes in the proposed legislation make it a Little bit better but it obscured the discussion of the value of a succession duties tax. I he also found it strange that the government released the in formation two Days before the j opening of the legislature. Or. Cherniack should have brought the changes before the House where the members i could question him or. Spivak j the Maxim n in i weekly. It deprives us of the oppor Unity of dealing with it is method in his or. Cherniack is or. Spivak said the major question was whether now Manitoba can be put in a position of Competition with on Tario and he said investment provided jobs and people would invest in other parts of Canada that did t have succession duties taxes. Here they could accumulate capital he said. Or. Spivak said the Legisla Tion would penalize Manitoba s Industrial opportunities and would penalize the youth who will have to leave the province of Canada with the Toronto game being aired regionally. Or. Steele said Nabet has been negotiating with the Csc five Days a week and we re now going into the third i we Are not All that Opl Imis j he said. J the radio and television technicians have held rotating strikes for the last three weeks to Back demands for a pay in crease of 12.8 per cent retroactive to last july when their con rising Over ail consumer Price Index. While the total Index Rose 4.9 per cent food prices Rose 7.9 per cent. This is in part a reaction to the super Market Price War late in 1970 which slowed the Rise in food prices Early in 1971. Compared with a year ago. The other two big components of the Over All and increases of 4.8 and .11 per cent respectively. Don t look old before your time tract expired and another 7.8 per cent in 1973. They also want a reduction in the work week to 36 hours from the current 40. Wage now is deaths Row brings family to Canada april. In a statement to Federal and or. Asper agreed that the Hamilton. Bermuda cup an immigration Row hero has resulted in a move to Canada for a widow and her right Young children. Maria Borer first came to Bermuda with her husband from por Jucal two Aco. They 5oid everything they owned in their native country and decided to make their provincial agriculture min 1 Sisters. The Canadian Council of Jackson said i Miami the Humphrey egg producers said such Secretary Daniel Slaughter subsidy applying whom went senator Moskie must be the first per cent of a pro and disappointed. It s a letdown for dancer s flock foam provide him and a boost for senator. Necessary incentive to government departments agencies Many at greatly in creased the fact Chat the Treasury hard afro downgraded 25 of his top at Levels i of All is fuse servants for pay per Las affected to Safe and Etti eretto Jar. Salvador Brazil a. A re he evidence that a Cix Ibiza pm Ca ;