Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 6, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 gunmen seize planes continued to Tampa Fla. At Dallas the Hijacker allowed eight More passengers to leave and a ninth escaped As the new Crew came aboard. The plane was refuelled at Tampa and took for Cuba. The Federal aviation administration in Miami said the plane landed at Havana Airport at . Cd. We have no an Faa spokesman said. All we know is that it is on the ground in the Eastern Hijacker de scribed As Well dressed Well spoken and Businesslike carry ing what one passenger said was a .38-calibre, revolver made the plane Circle. The Washington area for hours and then returned to Dulles be cause he did not like the de nomination of the Bills in the Ransom. He had demanded payment in Bills of and apparently to make a lighter Bun dle for a Parachute getaway. The airline originally paid him in Bills saying it was All they could get on Short notice. But the larger Bills were provided on the second trip. This was the Lith hijacking since last nov. 12 in which a Hijacker sought a Ransom and the 10th in which a Ransom and parachutes were requested. Arrests have been made in eight of the earlier cases one Man was shot and one a Man known Only As d. B. Cooper who bailed out of a Northwest air lines 727 last november with of the airline s Money has not been apprehended. In new Orleans the Eastern Hijacker demanded the . Air Force Chase planes which had followed the Jet from Dulles be called off but it was not immediately known if his request was heeded. The Western Hijacker de scribed As six feet tall weigh ing 200 pounds and armed with a .38-calibre pistol claimed in a note he handed out in los an Geles that several heavily armed members of the anti imperialist movement were responsible for the Hijack. Airline spokesmen also quoted his note As saying the skies of Ameri Ca will not be Safe again until the . Government ceases its aggression against the people of but Western spokesmen said the airline believed no More than one Man was actively involved in the Hijack. Linda Mast 26, of Salt Lake City one of the passengers Al Lowed off the plane in los an Geles said the Hijacker had a gun and used the plane s Public address system. He rambled on mostly about political things like if the . Does t Stop bombing we Are going to kill Richard mrs. Mast said. The Hijacker in addition to getting his new Crew and fuel in Dallas ordered that 70 meals be brought on Board. Then he let eight More passengers get off and police said another escaped As the new Crew got on. The plane took off with the remaining 55 passengers and six Crew members. Budget guesses optimistic continued sources say it was no Cionci d e n c e that the government statement dealing with foreign ownership came just six Days before monday s budget. And they say the Cabinet fully expected to hear criticism Abou the Lack of incentives to encourage Canadian investment. The timing would be per said one official in rela Tion to possible budget announcements of investment incentives. Finance minister John Turne Lias a wide variety of options to choose from in complementing the takeover legislation and n one is predicting the exact form of incentives. But government sources say that in this pre election budget As the country is preoccupied with the who question of foreign investment any such incentives would prob ably be As popular As tax cuts. The sources also predict tha the budget will be followed b other government Steps relating to foreign investment. At a time of relatively Hig unemployment this is some thing that must be approached step by said one Senio official. Last tuesday s state ment was the first Battle of Atlantic commemorated Hal Vax up to Rob Ert Milan of Halifax and i Wdonald of Victo Ria b til of Atlantic sunday has a a meaning. Both members of Esquimalt Bangor class mine sweeper Irp Edweda few Miles Oil Halifax april 16, 1945. She was the last Cana Dian warship sunk during the second world War. Or. Macmillan was skipper of and or. Mac Donald t. F his leading sea a Chance meeting the two decided to National Battle of memorial service to Halifax this week men. Last yet attend Atlantic Gether end. Bob t the Day it w i said. Millan remembers As tragedy Well. I perfect he Sun was shining the sky Clear you would r.1 believe that you could in on a Day like that. In i i All the survivors suffered sunburn and Frozen fee at the same he experienced loss of a ship in August 1941, while Oan to the Royal Navy h vis skipper on the Skuld a norwegian whaler Vertex into a mine sweeper Skudy was sunk in to Batik . After this action he As awarded the do and the Obruk sinking or. A. Nian was wearing a Blue flan Iio shirt and he was wearing the same shirt when he was torpedoed outside Halifax. I grew quite fond of that old he said. It sur Vived two sinking but never made it through the Hospital. Some nurse must have thought it was hexed and had it or. Macdonald remembers other parts of the fateful Day. When the Esquimalt went Down she went under like a Brick. So fast that we did t have time to launch the he said. I remember running right into the water. There was a lot of confusion and one per son was Yelling at Bob still on the jump in you silly old you see Bob was the Only one left on the ship. And then to top it off he did t just jump in he gracefully Dove or. Macmillan said that after he checked to see that All his Crew were off he did dive into the cold seas itching to have at the fellow who was Yelling at him. Four Carley floats surfaced and the survivors clambered aboard them. After six hours in the freezing water they were picked up by their sister ship s a r n i a. Twenty eight men survived out of the ship s company of 65. Or. Macdonald said it s strange but i never thought that i was going to die. But just in Case i decided to Tell the skipper that i was the one who was sneaking the Odd Tot out of his rum or. Macmillan confirmed the statement. For a Long time i had known that someone was dip Ping into my rum bottle. And worst of All the lighter was t even Topping the bottle up with water to cover up. It was t until on that life raft that i found out who the culprit on sunday the memory of the Canadian dead and 24 sunken warships will be commemorated at the sailors memorial in Point pleasant Park Here. Armed forces personnel Parade and the last Post will be sounded. Ice of milk up 2 cents jobs project boosted Ottawa up the most successful and effective projects under the local initiatives program will be continued until ept. 30 with additional Federal Grants of million manpower minister Bryce Mackasey said riday. Most projects were to end by May 31, with a few continuing c june 16. Or. Mackasey told the com Mons the projects that have Al Eady been extended to june 16 will not be eligible for the Extension to sept. 30. The june 16 Extension was mainly to permit completion of construction pro cts. The new injection of 830 Mil lion raises the total committed o . To million. About million has been Given to projects sponsored by Community groups and million to municipalities. The million will be split Between private and municipal projects according to the gov rement s discretion. The monies will be allocated .0 those successful projects which have not Only Demon rated their Worth in terms of Job creation but have provided needed local service or con t r i b u t e d significantly to the Quality of life in the commune or. Mackasey said. About temporary jobs have been created under . Continued jail Art dealer London a a London Art dealer was jailed thursday for five years for handling sur 1 c n pictures including two belonging to the Queen. Judge Geraint Rees said William Edward Horan 45, was clearly part of an organization disposing of stolen works of Art on the european continent. Dairies Ltd. Confirmed their prices were rising because of he Rise by Safeway. They said three other dairies with Home delivery Royal dairies Ltd., Silverwood dairies and people s co operative Ltd. Would follow suit. A people s co operative spokesman said a meeting was in Progress Friday among management Ovek the increase. He said no official announcement would be go because of the illness of be. Wal senior management personnel. Other retail stores a spokes Man for Safeway said Are expected to follow suit in Cash and carry and delivery in creases. Dairy said there had been r Tings and talks about the prvs increases to de Termine the Ost of effectively and economically absorbing higher production costs in the Industry. In april the milk control Board of Manitoba announced that the Price of Home delivered milk would be freed from the 32-cent maximum but that the Cash and carry milk the milk the housewife picks up at the store would Stie be pegged at 32 cents. Previously the Cash and carry Price had been maintained at 30 cents a quart for full milk while the Home delivered Price has been sitting at 32 cents a quart. The Lakeland spokesman said there has been an unwritten Rule that milk prices maintain a two cent differential Between store bought and Home delivered milk. The increase does not apparently affect sundry milk products cottage cheese ice Cream being delivered to the Home. They arc not subject to any Price controls by the milk Board and Are not involved in the releasing of the 32-Cen Price control on Home delivered milk. Last february and March representatives o f Winnipeg dairies told the milk Board in Public hearings they would Lik a three cent increase in maximum retail prices of a quart o milk. They said they had been absorbing increases in product i Tion and costs them selves. The control of the milk boar in prices both the re t a i 1 outlet s and producer s Price of milk and fluid milk in the Winnipeg Brandon and por Tage la Prairie areas. Winnipeg free miss. Saturday May 1972 Jumble Short of money9 Nineteen year old kick Gilbert of 277 carpathia Road was out on a Date Friday night so he did t hear that he had won in the free press Jumble contest. But his Mother did. Betty Gilbert said she had no idea her son had entered the contest. I m not even familiar with she exclaimed. Her son is working for Eaton s this summer and has just completed his first year in science at the University of Manitoba she said. When asked what her son would do with the mrs. Gilbert said i really could t say i Don t know a is year old is always Short of winners of each were Gary Keena of 800 Roanoke Street suite d4, trans Cona h. A. Schachter of 589 Niagara Street mrs. Fred Mckenzie of 115 tache Avenue St. Boni face j. Greenholtz of 501 Rupert land Avenue West Kildonan and mrs. Rex Williams of Russell Man. Cheques to the winners will be mailed out shortly. Here Are the answers to Jumble puzzles 4696 to 4701 irate value skewer bleach a Sieve Vigil Waken thresh lawyer an interview Daisy Creel arouse sturdy addresses awoke minor client Bonnet look buxom inked caucus falter Radium erupt gauge pastry income greetings. Laurent Picard new Csc Bon Csc Choice made continued brigade he. Destroyed continued More bodies found millimetre artillery guns with a Range of 17 Miles have been spotted within striking distance of the old Imperial capital of Hue expected to be North Viet Nam s next major Northern tar get. . Fighter bombers knocked out three of the big guns. But fighting also was reported near fire base Birmingham on the Western approaches to the City at a spot about 12 Miles from the limits. In Cambodia the High com Mand reported that 165 rockets m o r t a r s and recoilless Rifle shells were fired at phenom penh in the biggest barrage of the War against the cambodian capital. Associated press correspondent Robin Mannock re ported that soon after the r sets hit thousands of civilians abandoned their Homes and fled into the streets with their household belongings. Kellogg Idaho Reuter miners with Respirator packs searching through the smoke filled Sunshine Silver mine late Friday night found three More bodies to bring the death toll in tuesday s fire to 35. Mine manager Marvin Chase said Hopes Are still held for the 47 still missing believed to be crouched around compressed air valves a mile deep in the mine. The first Rescue Effort was launched wednesday with miners moving in through the neighbouring and interconnecting Silver Summit mine two Miles to the East across a Pine Clad Mountain Ridge. But with new experienced Rescue teams arriving from British Columbia and neighbor ing states thursday a second approach from the West through the heart of the Middle level fire area was opened Friday. The first team was operating on the Tunnel and the second at feet but they were both headed for a crucial mine Shaft deep in the Mountain which would take them Down to the Silver diggings. The two Crews were blocking openings As they went to prevent smoke and bad air creeping into the escape route. Early today the two teams were expected to co ordinate the construction of the last Bulkhead so that one Rescue Channel does not throw smoke into the other. They will then make for a Swift descent to the Bottom. A third More unusual Rescue attempt by lowering a hastily constructed Man carrying Tor Pedo Down a four foot wide ventilator Shaft was being planned for late today if the smoke continues to hamper the conventional Rescue. Two men from the Federal Bureau of mines wore to be lowered Down in the torpedo which would then be turned into an ambulance to haul out any survivors one by one. Fighting erupts in Kashmir opt out Bill in the works continued a Friendly Man greying at the temples or. Picard has been described by a colleague As like a big he says what s on his this Friend said. He is completely unaffected. Very at Csc employees have found or. Picard easily Appio Acha ble. He in t a person you have to approach through a Barri Cade of one Man said. His ability to talk easily with others May prove an asset in the Csc the current strike of the National association of broadcast employees and technicians is the latest of the Union problems plaguing the corporation. It will require considerable Charm and negotiating ability to avoid fur ther collisions with unions. His easy personality May prove useful in preventing the periodic artistic earthquakes in the Csc which sometimes prompt leading performers to quit in bitterness. Or. Picard has already done much to improve the adminis ration of the corporation. Working with or. Davidson or. Picard has succeeded in giving subordinates greater responsibility. Raymond David head of French network ser vices and his English speaking counterpart Eugene Hallman have considerable authority. Or. Picard and or. Davidson worked smoothly As a team in their four years together at the top of the Csc. Neither had any broadcasting experience before moving into the Csc in 1968. Born in Quebec City or. Picard graduated from Laval University and was a professor in the University s Commerce faculty from 1955 to 1959. He was a research associate at har Vard from 1960 to 1962 and received a doctorate in business administration from that University in 1964. He was professor and associate director of 1 Ecol Des hates Etudes commercials at the University of Montreal when he was named Csc executive vice president. Or. Picard became National Lyt known in 1967 when he headed an inquiry into waterfront conditions in Montreal trois rivieras and Quebec City. The inquiry brought demands by the International longshore Man s association for his Resig nation and an abortive court at tempt by the Union to have him removed. Or. Picard is fluently Bilin Gual and is married with five children. And Roy Benson of a citizen group called the head Ugley Telephone committee who said they were told of the govern ment s plans when they met with or. Burtniak thursday afternoon. Later or. Burtniak said if heading Ley remains in the Cen trial City its residents should get the same Telephone service other Winni Eggers do but this could t be done overnight. Or. Benson said in an inter View that the committee believes they d rather put us out of Uii icily than give As toll free Telephone service to Winnipeg because we re Worth about a in Long distance Telephone the committee has been arguing that since heading Ley residents Are now in the new City they should be allowed toll free telephones. It costs 15 cents to make a three minute Call from heading Ley to Winnipeg. Or. Benson said the commit tee representatives were told by or. Burtniak that the govern ment did t want to move yet on the Telephone situation be cause it is not yet certain if heading Ley will remain in the Central City. Or. Pawley said the heading Ley and Charleswood residents West of the perimeter Highway were promised by acting Urban affairs minister Saul Cherniack at a meeting last year that since they were not within the bound Aries of what used to be metro they would be Given the option of going into the new Central City or staying out. Farm income up 25% continued United nations about alleged Indian ceasefire violations in the last few weeks. The Pakistan defence depart ment reported that fighting broke out in Kashmir when in Dian troops tried to encroach on pakistani territory. A press release said both sides suffered casualties in the fighting and the indians sent up More troops to strengthen their positions. The ministry said in observers supervising the 1948 Kashmir ceasefire line had been fully appraised of the serious situation created by the Indian divorce meetings the Winnipeg chapter of parents without partners will sponsor five weekly sessions de signed to help people who Are approaching or undergoing divorce. The sessions will Start at . Thursday in holy Trinity anglican Church Hall Smith Street and Graham Avenue and will continue every thurs Day at that time until june 8. Thursday s edition the free press incorrectly said the sessions were on wednesdays. Small cast Moncton . Up la Atlanta georgians earned about million from Forest products in .1971. Saguine an original Canadian play by antonine Maillet a native of Buctouche ., Fea Tures Only one character a 72 year old acadian cleaning woman who talks about her life to her reflection in a pail of dirty water. Six monologues from the play will be presented by los Feux chains a Semi professional theatre group from Moncton at the theatre Cana vote called letter continued the letter does not give the Date of the by election but says party workers have approximately five weeks the letter says nip faithful will have to work very hard be cause there is much at stake for both the liberals and the the letter was released to the news Media by Liberal leade Izzy Asper who said he came in Possession of a copy of by or. Asper is the Liberal candidate in Wolseley. Perhaps or. Early know something the Premier does said or. Asper. Be said that while he did no believe the by election has Actu ally been called he though there was some impropriety if it had been because the other candidates should also have been notified. The conservative candidate Ernest Enns. Continued i he said the claim that the provincial government wants to get heading Ley out of Winnipeg is t distortion and that the government s action is based on the Promise made last year. The Telephone rates and the question of whether the area will stay in the City Are two separate issues he said. The committee representatives also said they wondered if the province is willing to extend the same opt out privileges to residents of other areas in Winnipeg. We Are quite sure the government will not permit other areas to opt out and Are writing this Bill for the sole purpose of trying to get us out of Winnipeg so they can continue our Long distance Telephone the representatives said in a statement. They asked other Winnipeg Gers to support them in their fight requesting that no one pay their Telephone Bills until the Manitoba Telephone system contacts them. The Telephone company has issued a notice to All heading Ley area subscribers saying Telephone service will be Cut off by May 16 if overdue Long Dis Tance Bills Are not paid. The residents have been withholding the Long distance portion of their Bills in protest against what they Cail the unfair treat ment they have received. The three committee representatives said or. Burt Nick gave them permission to quote him As saying that he was not in charge of the Mani Toba Telephone system nor was he responsible for its actions. He continued to say no other minister was in charge of its the committee s state ment said. That s a deliberate said or. Burtniak when asked about the charge. He said he is the minister responsible for the net income dropped in other provinces to million from million in Prince Edward Island to milion from 23.3 million in Nova Scotia to 10.8 million from million n new Brunswick to million from million in Quebec and to million from million in Ontario. Newfoundland figures were of included. In terms of realized net in ome Canadian Farmers were n total 10.8 per cent better off ban last year. Realized net income does not include changes in inventory but is limited to what the Farmer actually receives. Total farm net realized in come for last year was billion up from billion the year before. The totals for realized net in come Are lower than for net in come because Farmers added to their inventories last year in Stead of Selling the stocks of previous years. Cash receipts increased mar Kedly for wheat cattle and calves. Farm operating expenses Dur ing 1971 were 5.3 per cent higher than for 1970. Increases and decreases in realized net income for each province were comparable to their changes in total net in come except for British Colum Bia where realized net income dropped to million from milion. All income figures were generally slightly above the 1969 Levels but still below the High Levels of 1968, when total farm income was billion and realized net income was Bil lion. Live lobster smoked fish fresh fish Frozen fish of All kinds Neptune fisheries Powers a Dufferin 589.5341 Telephone system but a Board bus been appointed to oversee the system while he reports for it in the legislature. Asked if he has the Power to order the Telephone company a Crown corporation to Supply service to heading Ley without charges or. Burtniak said he supposed he has but he would t that kind of dictatorial Power Over the Board of directors who should be consulted first on any such action. It would take about 30 months to effect a changeover to the service the rest of Winnipeg gets or. Burtniak said since about 30 new trunk lines would have to be installed to bypass the Long distance system. Or. Benson who is the vice president of the Charleswood new democratic party constituency association said the Resi dents of the area would opt to stay within the City if they were Given the Choice. We be done literally a House to House poll in heading Ley and we can t find anyone who wants he said. He said he personally would save Money despite the fact that his property taxes will Rise if he gets free service to Winnipeg. They could triple and i d still save he said adding that his Home is valued at or. Benson said there would be a Public meeting in heading Ley Community Hall at . Sunday to discuss the situation. We invite the Premier or. Burtniak or any other official to come out and explain Why we can t have the same Tele phone service As the rest of he said. Complete games St. Louis Jack Taylor of the 1904 cardinals completed 39 games he had started. Revival crusade rally sunday . Elim Chapel Portage and All Wal come a 72 festival May 21-27. In Saskatoon Mcphillips named to advisory Board Lou Mcphillips of 1010 mul vey Avenue has been appointed for the second time to a five Man advisory Board of the pilots International association. Or. Mcphillips is the Only Canadian member and he is president of the Manitoba civil Volunteer air patrol. Deaths Bain Graham 65, of 616 Strathcona Street suite 5j, accountant. Balfour George Alexander Carnegie 67, of 1660 Hender son Highway suite 124, East Kildonan retired from Sher Ritt Gordon mines Lynn Lake Man. Barnell Rev. B. A., 67, of Lubbock Texas formerly of Winnipeg. Chernecki mrs. Mike Al 56, of 671 Machray ave nue Salisbury House employee. Caperton mrs. William Gwendoline of Sydney b.c., formerly of Winnipeg. Johnson Amelia of Coquitlam b.c., formerly of Winnipeg widow of . John son. Matlowsky mrs. Steve an 66, in the Pas Man. Formerly of Oakburn Man. Mcconachy Edmund Doug Aid 61, in Vancouver formerly of Winnipeg. Parisien Joseph George 45 1982 William Avenue. 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